A hearty thank you to family, friends, and former strangers who gave me shelter as I hawked Hungry Heartland across the Midwest and Northeast last month. My shows in Montpelier, Portland, Cambridge, and New York City were among the best I have played on my own. I sha'n't be gone long!
Here is a glimpse of what went down...
My new album Hungry Heartland is now purchasable right here on my website. It is also now available on iTunes, Amazon. and Spotify. Here are two samples...
Thank you Ben Cosgrove for composing a haunting and beautiful string arrangement for "Emily." Thank you Jenn Fagre for performing all of it!
About HH: For many years, I've been accruing songs that couldn't necessarily move a bar full of people to dance but that I always thought were "pretty good." By some coincidence or not, these quieter and under-performed songs were written largely in and about the lower upper Midwest...even though I spent about 50% of my nights in Massachusetts during the time they came into my life. I've finally recorded this set, and am pleasantly surprised by how cohesive the thing seems to be. I hope you like the songs.
I'm emerging from my winter cave and some live situations are on the horizon once again. The first one is this Thursday night at Gulu-Gulu Café in Salem, MA at 9PM. The rest are listed on my shows page. I hope to see you out and around!
I'm back in the North Country for Christmas and am playing a show with my fellow Saints at Amazing Grace Bakery and Cafe in Duluth, MN. If your holiday home happens to be the same as mine, come out to my favorite café-type establishment tomorrow night, Christmas Eve-Eve. They now serve beer and wine! SA will start stomping-grass at approximately 7 PM...
Toad is my favorite tiny bar in Cambridge. This will also be 90MP's last show together for some months - stop in and say hi!
The next month will be pretty varied. I'm performing a solo show in New Orleans, LA and will be jumping on stage with Dane Aaron, Ben Cosgrove, and Saint Anyway in a variety of places. See below!
11/29/14: New Orleans, LA - Neutral Grounds, 7pm
12/3/14: Superior, WI - Red Mug Coffee, 7pm (w/Dane Aaron)
12/11/14: Salem, MA - Gulu Gulu Cafe, 8pm (w/Ben Cosgrove)
12/12/14: Cambridge, MA - Toad, 10pm (w/Ben Cosgrove)
12/23/14: Duluth, MN - Amazing Grace Cafe, 7pm (w/Saint Anyway)
Jamie Kallestad is a songwriter from Cloquet, MN. A longtime guitarist and vocalist for the stomp-grass trio Saint Anyway, he is also one half of the Americana duo 90-Mile Portage. Writing from life and travel, Jamie’s songs take place in the upper midwest, up and down the great Mississippi River Road—Highway 61—as well as Northern Norway, New England, and New Orleans. In 2017, Jamie served as artist-in-residence for the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Northern Michigan and wrote three songs inspired by that experience. He currently lives in Watertown, MA and is busy recording new songs, among other things.
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