Oakland Based Singer-Songwriter Tom Rhodes Announces Fall 2016 Tour

“…like you've been snuck into something secret and awesome.” - San Francisco Bay Guardian

"The thirteen track collection is brimming with stories and reflections that are insightful, poignant and wisdom-filled." -The Daily Country 

(Press Release) Oakland, CA based Singer/songwriter Tom Rhodes has announced his 2016 Fall tour dates, including a string of shows in support of Louisiana songwriter Kevin Gordin.

Before you hear Tom Rhodes’s voice, you feel it - like a left jab to the jaw. Raspy and soulful, like Ray LaMontagne or a young Van Morrison, but with a soaring intensity that recalls Jackson Browne. Your eyes adjust. You regain your bearings. A familiar feeling washes over you: Have I heard this before? Then, a split-second later, comes the power-punch: the words - direct, poetic, timeless, true.

In July 2016, Rhodes released his fifth full-length album Who You Were – a stunning culmination of Rhodes’s search for his unique voice as a songwriter and singer. Rhodes’s new album Who You Were is a collection of stories and reflections brimming with the same clear-eyed wisdom that abounded on his previous album, 2014's With Or Without. However, the songs on Who You Were possess an added poignancy. Rhodes’s father - himself a master storyteller and dispenser of wisdom - passed away on September 14, 2015. To Rhodes, Who You Were feels like a torch being passed, from one storyteller to another.

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Recorded at Gawain Mathews Music Studio in Pinole, California with some of San Francisco’s most sought-after musicians - Oscar Westesson (Bhi Bhiman, Quiles & Cloud) on bass, Andrew Laubacher (Con Brio, Kelly McFarling) on drums, and Tim Marcus (Lia Rose, Jessie Bridges) on guitar and pedal steel, as well as The Lady Crooners, Kyle M. Terrizzi, and Kelly McFarling on background vocals - Who You Were is a lush Americana record that blends the modern country-rock of Ryan Adams and the acoustic grooves of 70s Laurel Canyon, made unique and timeless through the power of Rhodes’s voice and the honesty and insight in his songs.

The 36-year-old Oakland, California-based songwriter has spent more than a decade honing his honest, heartfelt brand of Americana, and learning to craft songs whose truth matches his passion as a performer. In that time, he has performed all over the US and Europe, released four albums, and appeared on season 9 of The Voice in 2015.

As Rhodes puts it, “To me, singing songs is about passionately connecting with the thing I’m talking about, and if you’re singing about something that you actually believe in it’s really easy to get there."

Fall 2016 Tour
Oct. 2           Philadelphia, PA          World Café  w/ Kevin Gordan     
Oct. 3           Arlington, VA                Club IOTA  w/ Kevin Gordan               
Oct. 4          Belmar, NJ                    10th Ave Burrito w/ Kevin Gordan        
Oct. 5          Sterling, VA                   O’Faolain’s Irish Pub  
Oct. 6          Charlotte, NC               The Evening Muse  w/ Kevin Gordan
Oct. 7          Asheville, NC                Isis  w/ Kevin Gordan                  
Oct. 8          Atlanta, GA                   House Concert            
Oct. 9          Birmingham, AL           Moonlight on the Mountain                    
Oct. 11        Nashville, TN                The 5 Spot
Oct. 15        Mebane, NC                Dance Barn Live
Oct. 16        Greensboro, NC          House Concert