THE DEAD SOUTH RELEASE VINYL LIVE VERSION OF “BLACK LUNG.”

SUGAR & JOY LANDS AT #7 ON BILLBOARD’S BLUEGRASS YEAR END CHART 

THE DEAD SOUTH ALSO NOMINATED FOR AMERICANAUK INTERNATIONAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR AND HEADLINE DENVER’S MISSION BALLROOM TONIGHT. 

SERVED COLD TOUR HITS EAST COAST IN JANUARY.

“Ragged and righteous Canadian bluegrass.” – NPR Music

Prairie bluegrass band The Dead South share the first new live single from their Nashville’s OurVinyl TV session. “Black Lung,” a song from new album Sugar & Joy that puts grit and stomp on a story about workers exploitation – ostensibly about coal mining, but certainly more universally applicable – features multiple lead vocalists and a sinister, nowhere-to-run undercurrent. In OurVinyl’s treatment, the song is set in a rubbled corner of Nashville’s mostly flashy Germantown, with the focus solely on the performance. OurVinyl made their name with highly watchable live sessions that have included Tyler Childers, Billy Strings, St. Paul and The Broken Bones and more.

Listen to "Black Lung" HERE.

Sugar & Joy, The Dead South’s third album, was released in October and praised across the board as their most accomplished work yet. Produced by Jimmy Nutt, the album showcased their imaginative approach to progressive bluegrass. Sugar & Joy recently landed at #7 on Billboard’s Bluegrass Year End Chart (the only Canadian band in the mix), an admirable achievement for a band that has traveled a circuitous path from Regina, Saskatchewan, to Germany where they signed their first record deal, back to North America, where they now call Toronto indie label Six Shooter Records home.

Recently nominated for AmericanaUK’s International Artist of the Year, The Dead South have fully embraced their situation of being outsiders in the traditional folk world, where they hang their musical hats, and in their own country, where they don’t hang their hats that often, as they are constantly touring. As noted in a review of their pre-Thanksgiving show at LA’s Belasco Theatre, 

The Dead South’s approach is “carving out its own lane that lends new life to the genre precisely by remaining comfortably adjacent to it.”

The Dead South’s SERVED COLD TOUR, which will see sold out shows in more than 20 countries, picks up again in the USA in January. Mark The Dead South’s upcoming Paste Studio Live on January 9, 2020 here.

USA SERVED COLD 

Presented by LiveNation Ones To Watch and SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction.

DENVER, CO: Mission Ballroom, Dec 12#

LINCOLN, NE: The Royal Grove, Dec 13#

KANSAS CITY, MO: The Truman, Dec 14#

CLEVELAND, OH: House of Blues, Jan 5#

BUFFALO, NY: Asbury Hall at Babeville, Jan 6#

BOSTON, MA: House of Blues, Jan 7#

BROOKLYN, NY: Warsaw, Jan 9#

PHILADELPHIA, PA: Theatre Of The Living Arts, Jan 10#

SILVER SPRING, MD: The Fillmore Silver Spring, Jan 11#

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA: Elevation 27, Jan 12#

CINCINNATI, OH: Bogarts, Jan 14#

LOUISVILLE, KY: Mercury Ballroom, Jan 15#

ASHEVILLE, NC: Orange Peel, Jan 16~

RALEIGH, NC: The Ritz, Jan 17~

CHARLOTTE, NC: The Underground, Fillmore Charlotte, Jan 18~

CHARLESTON, SC: Music Farm, Jan 20~

ORLANDO, FL: House of Blues, Jan 21~

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL: Revolution Live, Jan 23~

TAMPA, FL: The Orpheum, Jan 24~

ATLANTA, GA: Buckhead Theatre, Jan 25~

w/ Scott H. Biram*

w/ Elliott BROOD+

w/ The Hooten Hollers~

w/ Legendary Shack Shakers#

IRELAND AND UK SERVED COLD

DUBLIN, IE: Vicar Street, Feb 18 (SOLD OUT)

BELFAST, UK: Ulster Hall, Feb 19

GLASGOW, UK: O2 Academy, Feb 21

NEWCASTLE, UK: O2 Academy, Feb 22

MANCHESTER, UK: Academy, Feb 23

BIRMINGHAM, UK: O2 Academy, Feb 25

PORTSMOUTH, UK: Guildhall, Feb 26

LONDON, UK: Brixton Academy, Feb 27

NOTTINGHAM, UK: Rock City, Feb 28

EXETER, UK: Great Hall, Feb 29

EUROPE SERVED COLD

ANTWERP, BE: De Roma, Mar 24 (SOLD OUT)

UTRECHT, NL: TivoliVredenburg, Mar 25 (SOLD OUT)

HAMBURG, DE: Docks, Mar 27 (SOLD OUT)

COPENHAGEN, DK: Amager Bio, Mar 28 (SOLD OUT)

OSLO, NO: John Dee, Mar 29

STOCKHOLM, SE: Debaser Strand, Mar 30 (SOLD OUT)

BERLIN, DE: Columbiahalle, Apr 1

HANNOVER, DE: Capitol, Apr 2

LEIPZIG, DE: Werk 2, Apr 3

PRAGUE, CZ: Palac Akropolis, Apr 4 (SOLD OUT)

VIENNA, AU: Gasometer, Apr 5

ZURICH, CH: Volkshaus, Apr 7

MUNICH, DE: Tonhalle, Apr 8

FRANKFURT, DE: Batschkapp, Apr 9

COLOGNE, DE: E Werk, Apr 11

PARIS, FR: La Cigale, May 12

STRASBOURG, FR: La Laiterie, May 13

LAUSANNE, CH: Les Docks, May 14

MILAN, IT: Serraglio, May 16

LYON, FR: Ninkasi Gerland/KAO, May 18

BILBAO, ES: Kafe Antzokia, May 20

MADRID, ES: Moby Dick Club, May 21

VALENCIA, ES: Sala El Loco, May 22

BARCELONA, ES: La Nau, May 23

SAARBRUCKEN, DE: Garage, June 17

TUNBRIDGE WELLS, UK: Black Deer Festival, June 19-21

GDANSK, PL: Stary Manez, Nov 10

WARSAW, PL: Palladium, Nov 11

KRAKOW, PL: A2 – Centrum Koncertowe, Nov 25

BUDAPEST, HU: Durer Kert, Nov 26

PRAGUE, CZ: Forum Karlin, Nov 28

A rock band without a drummer, a bluegrass band without a fiddler. To the gentlemen of The Dead South, a self-styled 4-piece string band from Regina, Saskatchewan, it’s about how, not what, you play. 

The JUNO Award winning, Canadian gold certified band's original and current lineup includes the gnarled baritone of Nate Hilts, Scott Pringle on mandolin, whistling cellist Danny Kenyon and virtuosic banjo player Colton Crawford. The four-piece, string-driven approach puts the interplay of unique and versatile voices front and centre, with Hilts, Pringle and Kenyon all sharing lead vocal duties.