Charlie Cunningham Kicks Off North American Tour Today - New Album In Light Out Now

Charlie Cunningham Kicks Off North American Tour Today

New Album In Light Out Now

 

 

June 19, 2025 - New York, NY - London singer-songwriter Charlie Cunningham kicks off the first leg of his North American and Canadian tour today at The Ardmore Music Hall in Ardmore, PA. The second leg will hit the west coast in August. 

The trek is in support of his fourth album In Light, released earlier this year. Charlie says: "I’m so excited to be back out touring North America again this year, it’s always such a unique experience, one that I value hugely. Looking forward to sharing new music and reconnecting with audiences across the pond."

In Light serves as the follow-up to the 2023 album Frame, which concluded its cycle with a series of reworks by Leo Abrahams (Brian Eno, Anohni). That fruitful collaboration paved the way for a new partnership when Abrahams connected Cunningham with Luke Smith (Keaton Henson, Depeche Mode, Foals). The connection proved instant. "We were very aligned as people and shared some fundamental musical philosophies," Cunningham recalls.

Listen to 'The Shape Of Tomorrow' On YouTube:

 

Musically, In Light offers a luminous blend of gently pulsating organic production, soaring melodies, and Cunningham’s signature masterful guitar work. The arrangements, understated yet dynamic, respond instinctively to his voice, weaving in unexpected key changes, moments of distortion, and atmospheric flourishes. Collaborators include Leo Abrahams, who provided additional electric guitar parts, and drummer Liam Hutton, production and mix by Luke Smith, mastering by Katie Tavini, and visual design by Gary Barber. 

The album is available now at www.charliecunningham.com on CD and on limited edition colored splatter 12” vinyl. 

Live Dates:

June:

June 19 - Ardmore, PA - Ardmore Music Hall 

June 20 - New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge  

June 22 - Boston, MA - The Sinclair 

June 24 - Washington, DC - The Atlantis 

June 26 - Evanston, IL - Space 

June 28 - Toronto, ON - The Great Hall 

June 29-  Montreal, QC - Montreal Jazz Festival 

August:

August 12 - Calgary, AB - Commonwealth Bar 

August 15-  Vancouver, BC - Hollywood Theatre 

August 16 - Seattle, WA - St. Mark’s Cathedral  

August 17 - Portland, OR - Polaris Hall 

August 20 - San Francisco, CA - Swedish American Hall 

August 23 - Los Angeles, CA - Barnsdall Gallery Centre 

Charlie Cunningham's story is as fascinating as his music. Despite his dyslexia making it near impossible for him to read music, Charlie earned a music degree, but by his mid-twenties was working a variety of odd jobs while writing songs in his free time. He took the unconventional decision to move to Seville, where he immersed himself in flamenco music - his initial three-month visit eventually turning into a three-year stay. Returning to the UK, he made a modest living playing covers in bars in London and Oxford before adding his own compositions to the mix - the first step towards a career which has seen him become a truly under-the-radar success story; headlining iconic venues in the UK & Europe and connecting with a global fanbase, leading to over half a billion streams to date.

 

Photo Credit: Maximilian Koenig

Site: https://www.charliecunningham.com/

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cunninghamcharlie/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/cunninghamcharlie

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/78CiW0UJbHspFaVuVexOK6  

CLEO REED ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM 'CUNTRY' + NEW SINGLES "AMERICANA" & "DA DA DA"

CLEO REED ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM CUNTRY OUT JULY 17 FEATURING BILLY WOODS, ELLIOTT SKINNER, MALAYA, MOMO BOYD OF INFINITY SONG, MATTHEW JAMAL, AND MORE SHARES TWO NEW SINGLES “AMERICANA” AND “DA DA DA”; LISTEN HERE LIVE PERFORMANCE TONIGHT IN BROOKLYN AT THE DUMBO ARCHWAY



PRESS PRAISE FOR CLEO REED “Beautiful, unique, and incredibly touching” - BANDCAMP “Expansive and experiential soundscapes… Reed melds mediums of sound design and narrative-driven, self-directed performances” - NPR “Emotional and kaleidoscopic, with a regenerative hymn” - OKAYPLAYER “With a new album on the way and a penchant for timely tracks, Cleo Reed’s impact is promising.” - UPROXX

Today, New York-based multi-disciplinary artist Cleo Reed announces their new album CUNTRY, arriving July 17. A bold and visionary double LP, CUNTRY sonically dives into the emotional and physical weight of labor in America, oscillating between southern folk traditions and dystopian, electronic rap landscapes. The project spans 14 tracks and includes standout collaborations with billy woods, Elliott Skinner, Momo Boyd of Infinity Song, Isa Reyes, Matthew Jamal, and more. To mark the album announcement, Reed released two new singles: “AMERICANA” and “DA DA DA”, and will perform live tonight at a free show in Dumbo, Brooklyn at Live at The Archway. Listen to “AMERICANA” and “DA DA DA” HERE. “AMERICANA” and “DA DA DA” find Reed continuing to embrace Black Southern folk styling with banjo elements and soaring reverberant vocals. The new singles follow the acoustic-driven “Women At War”—a protest song for a generation as the US faces the harshest restrictions on women's bodies in decades—and “Always The Horse, Never The Jockey”, where Reed embraces folk styling and presents the symbol of the mule. A double LP, CUNTRY is a sprawling folk-electronic offering exploring the rage that comes with grappling with the grips of labor — both on the body and in the American workplace. Side A pulls influence from the canon of American work songs — blues, soul, folk, and country while Side B, sonically dystopian and electronic forward, references the format with a more rap-centric approach. The dueling sides symbolize the binary, as well as the opposing forces represented in Reed’s New York City upbringing vs. her family’s southern roots. The project’s journey to completion features contributions from a wide range of artists including Nick Hakim, Mike Haldeman, Immanuel Wilkins, billy woods, Annahstasia, Elliott Skinner, Matthew Jamal, and Momo Boyd of Infinity Song. Raised in Uptown NYC and DC, Cleo Reed’s relationship with music is deeply rooted in community and experimentation — from classical percussion training at Harlem School of the Arts to punk guitar with Pretty Sick and studies in sound engineering at Berklee College of Music. Since releasing their debut Root Cause in 2023 (with a limited Vinyl Me, Please pressing and acclaim from NPR, Pitchfork, Bandcamp, Okayplayer, and more), Reed has steadily carved a lane of their own: one grounded in ancestral and cultural lineage. In recent years, Reed has collaborated with Jon Batiste, developing software instruments for “American Symphony” at Carnegie Hall, an award-winning performance that earned the GRAMMY for Best Music Film at the 2025 ceremony. Reed’s performance practice has taken the form of the “Black American Circus,” an ode to Black queer artists of the late 19th and early 20th century, premiering at AFROPUNK Festival in 2023, and performed at Banlieues Bleues in Paris and the Brooklyn Museum. In addition to their musical practice, Reed has received the prestigious 2024 Map Fund, awarded to performing artists who offer extraordinary ideas while participating in their communities’ vitality. As the 2025 Session Resident at Brooklyn’s prestigious Recess Art, Reed developed CUNTRY: Always the Horse, Never The Jockey, a set of musical works, sculptures, and performances presented with Assembly fellows, working to protest against the demand of labor and productivity in the US. Last month, as an Abrons Arts Center AIRspace resident, Reed performed at OPEN STUDIOS, a work in process presentation of experimental theatrical works rooted in their participatory art practice. Today’s announcement and new releases cements Cleo Reed as a young, visionary artist with a singular voice, and an unwavering commitment to honoring those that came before while subverting the status quo.

LISTEN TO “AMERICANA” AND “DA DA DA” https://unitedmasters.com/m/americana-da-da-da 

ALBUM TRACKLIST 1. Salt N’ Lime 2. I Been Out Here Hustlin' ft. Isa Reyes 3. Women At War 4. Ninelives (ft. Michele Rosewoman) 5. Tally The Bill (ft. Momo Boyd, Malaya, Harlem Farr, Matthew Jamal, Kyle Kidd, Isa Reyes) 6. Sleep Song (ft. Elliott Skinner) 7. Always The Horse, Never The Jockey (ft. Iwewe) 8. Americana 9. Da Da Da 10. Wash All Over Me 11. Baseball 12. Strike! (ft. billy woods) 13. No Borders 14. Nona’s Jam *All songs written, produced, and performed by Cleo Reed

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Marion Di Napoli on Charlotte de Witte’s KNTXT - EP Out Now

Marion Di Napoli launches her debut solo EP on Charlotte de Witte’s RPM (by KNTXT) imprint Three-tracker ‘Fade Away’ EP out now - Get it Here

Producer/DJ/distinctive vocalist Marion Di Napoli (formerly known as underground artist La Kajofol) releases her debut solo EP 3-tracker ‘Fade Away’ on Charlotte de Witte’s RPM (by KNTXT) label, out now.     Marion’s 2024 feature EP with de Witte, ‘Sanctum’, for which she provided original vocal samples, established her own unique blend of techno with emotional lyricism (aka ‘Mystical Techno’) as welcome at the top techno events (ADE, Dour Festival, Insane Festival, Boomtown Fair, Fusion Festival, Monegros Festival…) Her swift success comes from meticulous production skills, and processing her own enchanting voice to weave a textural interplay.

Automatic Returns with “Is It Now? via Stones Throw | US Tour

AUTOMATIC RETURNS WITH “IS IT NOW?” FROM THE ALBUM IS IT NOW? OUT THIS FALL ON STONES THROW ON TOUR THIS SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER

Photo credit: Erica Snyder  Listen to “Is It Now?” Watch “Is It Now?” Video Automatic is back with a new song, “Is It Now?”, and will release their album of the same name later this year via Stones Throw. Having released 2 albums since forming nine years ago, Automatic knew they wanted to do something different for their next album. For Is It Now? they collaborated with the producer Loren Humphrey (Cameron Winter, Nice As Fuck, Arctic Monkeys) to build on the sound of previous albums Signal and Excess – minimalist yet danceable songs which they describe as “deviant pop”. After they finished touring around their last record, 2022’s Excess, each member of the LA trio pursued their own interests: Izzy Glaudini (synths, vocals) honed her skills as a producer; Halle Saxon Gaines (bass, vocals) enrolled in botany classes; and Lola Dompé (drums, vocals) got married, moved to the country, and began caring for horses. The title track from Is It Now? celebrates being authentically yourself. Its call-and-response chorus vies between two points of view – the rebellious perspective and the mass culture one. Izzy explains that, increasingly, “the thing I think about the most on a day-to-day basis is: how do you have a sense of joy while the world seems to be collapsing, and you feel so powerless?” She adds, “I feel like, as American citizens, we have a responsibility to pull the levers to stop the machine. ‘Is It Now?’ is about trying to not feel like a victim in this environment. It's important to still feel a sense of joy, even amongst all the horrible shit going on in the world.” Automatic hits the road for a co-headlining tour with Sextile this fall; see dates below. Automatic on tour: 9/16: Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge 9/17: Denver, CO @ Meow Wolf Denver 9/19: Chicago, IL @ Outset 9/20: Detroit, MI @ Tangent Gallery 9/21: Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground 9/23: Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Fairmount 9/24: Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall 9/25: Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw 9/26: Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry @ The Fillmore 9/27: Washington, DC @ Black Cat 9/29: Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall 9/30: Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room at Third Man Records 10/1: Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade 10/3: Dallas, TX @ Studio at The Factory 10/4: Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall 10/5: Austin, TX @ Mohawk (Outside) 10/6: El Paso, TX @ The Lowbrow Palace 10/8: Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom 10/9: Las Vegas, NV @ Swan Dive 10/10: San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park 10/11: Los Angeles, CA @ The Novo

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THE ARMED DROP “KINGBREAKER” FROM UPCOMING ALBUM

THE ARMED DROP “KINGBREAKER” FROM UPCOMING ALBUM  THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED WATCH THE VIDEO  TOUR DATES ON SALE NOW

Photo credit: Luke Nelson  From Left To Right: Crystal Robinson, Tony Wolski, Patrick Shirioishi, Meghan O’Neil, Abbas Muhammad, Max Frank Following last week’s “NO KINGS” protests, The Armed return with a fittingly-titled new single “Kingbreaker.” The track—2 minutes of piss and fury anchored to an earworm vocal hook, blistering Urian Hackney (Iggy Pop) drumming, and throat-shredding screams from Meghan O'Neil (Punch). Directed by Aaron Jones and Tony Wolski, the accompanying video captures the kinetic chaos the Detroit experimental hardcore collective is known for delivering live. “Kingbreaker” follows the release of “Well Made Play” and continues to build momentum toward their newly announced album, THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED (out August 1st), a record steeped in themes of class consciousness, power structures, and upheaval. “Kingbreaker” music video – https://youtu.be/RU5z-l7SSTw “Kingbreaker” streaming – https://lnk.thearmed.com/kingbreaker “Well Made Play” video – https://youtu.be/Smiq2FP9Mos The Armed THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED pre-order/pre-save - https://lnk.thearmed.com/TFIHAENTBD After completing a trilogy of albums laser-focused on dissecting artistic authenticity in the Information Age, The Armed began work on new material with no premeditated rules or concepts—favoring only raw expression and urgency to herald a new era for the project. What emerged is a furious and confrontational new album—THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED. Still genre-defying, yet overtly pissed, it's an unfiltered expression of Weltschmerz, the German term describing the anguish of the world’s reality versus our idealized visions of what it should be. “It’s music for a statistically wealthy population that somehow can’t afford food or medicine—endlessly scrolling past vacation photos, gym selfies, and images of child amputees in the same feed. It reflects the dissociation required just to exist in that reality,” Wolski explains.  Tickets for the bands 9 headline shows are on sale now. Spanning from summer to winter, cities include Boston, New York City, DC, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Detroit. Support on the tour will include fellow Detroit area brutalists Prostitute.  The album includes performances by Ken Szymanski, Patrick Shiroishi, Urian Hackney, Kurt Ballou, Troy Van Leeuwen, Meghan O’Neil, Cara Drolshagen, Tony Wolski, Brian Wolski, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Ben Chisholm, Prostitute, Zach Weeks, Mark Guiliana, Kayleigh Goldsworthy, and Derek Coburn.

The Armed Tour Dates  8.14 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair 8.15 - New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge 8.16 - Washington DC - The Atlantis 9.16 - Seattle, WA - SUBSTATION 9.17 - Portland - Mississippi Studios 9.19 - San Francisco - Rickshaw Stop 9.20 - Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy Theatre 12.12  - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall 12.13 - Detroit, El Club  All Dates to feature Prostitute

THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED Well Made Play Purity Drag Kingbreaker Grace Obscure Broken Mirror ft. Prostitute  Sharp Teeth I Steal What I Want Local Millionaire  Gave up Heathen A More Perfect Design FOR MORE ON THE ARMED Linktree Website Instagram Twitter