North Mississippi Allstars invoke ‘Prayer for Peace, album available for pre-order

PRAYER FOR PEACE will be available for pre-order beginning today Tuesday, March 14^th, with all pre-orders joined by instant grat downloads of the album’s roof-raising title track written by the band, a ripping new rendition of R.L. Burnside’s “Long Haired Doney” and presale access to tickets for the tour.  Additional instant grat downloads will be rolled out in the weeks leading up to the album’s release. Both “Prayer For Peace” and “Long Haired Doney” will be available starting tomorrow Wednesday, March 15^th for streaming, individual purchase , & part of pre-order for the new album at all retailers HERE.

Founded in 1996 by brothers Luther (guitar and vocals) and Cody Dickinson (drums, piano, synth bass, programming and vocals), North Mississippi Allstars are entering their third decade with what is unquestionably the most vital album of their brilliant career. PRAYER FOR PEACE sees the now-venerable band continuing to think globally following 2013’s Earth-shaking WORLD BOOGIE IS COMING. That album, North Mississippi Allstars’ seventh studio recording, proved the planetary sensation its title promised, with The Guardian simply declaring it the band’s “best yet.” Now North Mississippi Allstars weave their bred-to-the-bone musical sensibility with a potent message of positivity, inclusion, family, and hope. As ever, original songs like the powerhouse title track and classic covers including Mississippi Fred McDowell’s “You Got To Move” – the latter featuring accompaniment from Hill Country Blues guitar hero Kenny Brown and award-winning singer/bassist Danielle Nicole – pay homage to the Dickinsons’ long lineage of musical heroes, celebrating the blues’ extraordinary legacy while reshaping and pushing it into contemporary relevance with fatback funk, slippery soul, and pure unadulterated rock ‘n’ roll.

Much of PRAYER FOR PEACE was co-produced and recorded at Memphis’ famed Royal Studios with the great Boo Mitchell behind the board. The hard-touring band also recorded as they traveled the country, lighting up studios in St. Louis, Kansas City, New Orleans, Brooklyn, Austin, and of course, their legendary father Jim Dickinson’s Zebra Ranch in the Allstars’ own Hernando, MS. A number of old friends join the congregation, among them bassist Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers Band, Dead & Company), Graeme Lesh (MidnightNorth, The Terrapin Family Band), vocalist Sharisse Norman, bassist Dominic Davis (Jack White), and singer/fife player Shardé Thomas, daughter of Mississippi blues giant Otha Turner. Simultaneously master curators, expert revivalists and forward-thinking visionaries, the Dickinson Brothers have crafted their most daringly creative and provocatively topical collection to date. PRAYER FOR PEACE stands tall as yet another milestone marking North Mississippi Allstars’ own inimitable place in the American musical tradition.

(Sony Legacy)

Release Date: Friday, June 2

Tracklist

1.Prayer For Peace

2.Need To Be Free

3.Miss Maybelle

4.Run Red Rooster

5.Stealin

6.Deep Ellum

6.Bird Without A Feather

7.You Got To Move

8.61 Highway

9.Long Haired Doney

10.Bid You Goodnight

11.P4P (Remix) #

Produced by The Dickinson Brothers

# CD Only

North Mississippi Allstars will trumpet PRAYER FOR PEACE with a truly heroic tour schedule. The band will hit the road on Wednesday, March 29^th with a 25^th anniversary celebration at Boulder, CO’s Fox Theatre followed by headline shows, international festival performances, and much more, with announced dates including a three-night residencies in Alaska and Austin, TX, a special New Orleans gig uniting with Anders Osborne as N.M.O., and a major performance at New York City’s Carnegie Hall set for February 3^rd, 2018. Additional dates – including a full-scale PRAYER FOR PEACE world tour – will be announced soon. For regular updates, please visit nmallstars.com.

29 – Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre

30 – Girdwood, AK – Alyeska Resort at The Sitzmark Bar & Grill

31 – Girdwood, AK – Alyeska Resort at The Sitzmark Bar & Grill

1 – Girdwood, AK – Alyeska Resort at The Sitzmark Bar & Grill

19 – Live Oak, FL – Wanee Festival #

28 – New Orleans, LA – Republic *

6 – New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s Uptown

10 – Philadelphia, PA – World Café Live

11 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom

12 – Boston, MA – The Sinclair

13 – Pawling, NY – Daryl’s House Club

15 – Toronto, ON – Mod Club

17 – Detroit, MI – El Club

18 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall

19 – Nashville, TN – Third Man Records

20 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse

1 – Austin, TX – Antone’s

2 – Austin, TX – Antone’s

3 – Austin, TX – Antone’s

 4 – San Antonio, TX – Sam’s Burger Joint

6 – Houston, TX – The Heights Theater

7 – Dallas, TX – Kessler Theater

9 – Santa Fe, NM – The Bridge @ Santa Fe Brewing

10 – Flagstaff, AZ – Flagstaff Blues & Brews Festival #

13 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up

15 – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy Theatre

16 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall

17 – San Francisco, CA – Great America Music Hall

1 – Järvenpää, FIN – Lakeside Blues Festival #

22 –  Morrison, CO – Red Rock Ampitheatre *

3 – New York, NY – Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall)

* N.M.O. (North Mississippi Allstars & Anders Osborne)

# Festival Performance