Americana pioneer Robbie Fulks shares new album Now Then

AMERICANA PIONEER ROBBIE FULKS  SHARES NEW ALBUM NOW THEN OUT NOW VIA COMPASS RECORDS – LISTEN US HEADLINE TOUR BEGINS SEPTEMBER 9 IN NEW YORK CITY

Photo by Beth Herzhaft  “In total, the album is a collection of short stories worthy of Raymond Carver or Russell Banks” – No Depression “To say that Robbie Fulks has been one of the best singer-songwriters in American roots music over the last quarter-century would be correct, and maybe a little reductive, too; he’s one of the best writers in America, period.” – VARIETY

Today, GRAMMY-nominated singer-songwriter Robbie Fulks shares his new studio project, and 17th solo album, Now Then, via Compass Records. Fulks offers an extraordinary new collection of songs, aiming his penetrative eye at the past with wonder, amusement, and anger, all the while finding fresh creative vistas to explore as only he can.  LISTEN TO NOW THEN

Fulks continues his longstanding exploration of different sounds, concepts, and genres on the new album, with 12 songs that span folk to power pop, jazz to old-time country. The restless spirit that has long defined Robbie Fulks’s exceptionally diverse three-decade career is on full display here, threaded throughout by his novelist’s eye for lyrical detail and the perspective that comes from the realization that the time behind you spans a greater distance than what lies ahead. His first complete collection of songs written since moving to Los Angeles in 2019, the album features contributions from a cast of musicians including jazz violinist Jenny Scheinman, keyboardist Wayne Horvitz (John Zorn, Bill Frisell), drummers Pete Thomas (Elvis Costello) and Jay Bellerose (Robert Plant, Alison Krauss), bassist Paul Bryan (Aimee Mann, Jeff Parker), guitarists Duke Levine (Bonnie Raitt, Peter Wolf) and Kevin Barry (Jackson Browne, Rosanne Cash), and accordionist Pepe Carlos (La Santa Cecilia).  Robbie Fulks has always been more than a conventional singer and songwriter. Over the past three decades, his instrumental virtuosity and powerful songwriting have gained him recognition as a pioneer of today’s Americana movement. Along with his still-evolving solo body of work, Fulks’s adventurous career has seen collaborations with illustrious names like Lucinda Williams, bluegrass pioneers Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Alison Brown, and Sierra Hull, singer Kelly Willis, NRBQ’s Al Anderson, steel guitarist Lloyd Green, rockabilly legend Linda Gail Lewis, and punk rock revolutionaries The Mekons, while fellow artists such as Sam Bush, Andrew Bird, John Cowan, The Old 97’s, and Hiss Golden Messenger have covered his songs. Fulks has performed on stages around the world, from the Grand Ole Opry to the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in the UK. His TV appearances include Late Night with Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where he joined with Alison Brown and Tim O’Brien to back the great Steve Martin. Shortly after, he took the spotlight to sing during Steve’s set at Los Angeles’s famed Hollywood Bowl as part of Rhiannon Giddens’s “American Tunes,” an all-star celebration of American roots music.  Now Then is the follow-up to Fulks’s 2023 critically lauded Compass debut, Bluegrass Vacation. Fulks will be on tour in support of Now Then throughout the fall, kicking off on September 9 at New York City’s The Loft at City Winery, then traversing the US with a final special matinee performance at Seattle’s Tractor Tavern on November 22. For complete details and ticket information, please visit www.robbiefulks.com/tour.

ROBBIE FULKS ON TOUR 2025 SEPTEMBER 5 – Appleton, WI – Fox Cities Performing Arts Center ^ 6 – Grand Rapids, MI – DeVos Performance Hall^ 9 – New York, NY – The Loft at City Winery 10 – Cambridge, MA – Passim  11 – Wayne, PA – 118 North  12 – State College, PA – The State Theatre  13 – Columbia, MD – The Cooper’s House of Oakland Mills  14 – Vienna, VA – Jammin’ Java  19 – Yucca Valley, CA – Mojave Gold  20 – Tehachapi, CA – Fiddler’s Crossing OCTOBER 5 – Evanston, IL – SPACE ~ 11 – Nashville, TN – CMA Theater + 14 – Buffalo, NY – Sportsmens Tavern 15 – Cleveland, OH – Music Box 16 – Pittsburgh, PA – Crafthouse Stage & Grill  17 – Lake Orion, MI – 20 Front Street  18 – Columbus, OH – Natalie’s Grandview 20 – Greensboro, NC – Flat Iron 21 – Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theatre  22 – Decatur, GA – Eddie’s Attic  23 – Nashville, TN – City Winery  24 – Louisville, KY – The Monarch 25 – Newport, KY – The Southgate House Revival  26 – Chicago, IL – Old Town School of Folk Music NOVEMBER 6 & 7 – Opelousas, LA – The Whirlybird * 8 – Houston, TX – McGonigel’s Mucky Duck 9 – Fort Worth, TX – Tulips   11 – Los Angeles, CA – El Cid  13 – Mill Valley, CA – Sweetwater Music Hall 14 – Fort Bragg, CA – Fort Bragg Town Hall 15 – Arcata, CA – Arcata Playhouse 16 – Folsom, CA – Scarlet’s Saloon  18 – Eugene, OR – Tsunami Books 19 – Baker City, OR – Churchill School 20 – Prosser, WA – Brewminatti 21 – Portland, OR – Polaris Hall 22 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern  ^ Steve Martin & Martin Short, with Alison Brown and Fair Weather Friends + You Got Gold: Celebrating the Life & Songs of John Prine ~ Old No. 1 at 50: Celebrating the Spirit of Guy Clark * Waco Brothers’ “Wacos at the Whirly” # # #  For more information on Robbie Fulks, please visit: robbiefulks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter