Margaret Glaspy Sets Release of New Album 'I Am Both'

Margaret Glaspy will release her new album I Am Both on August 7 via ATO. Produced by three-time GRAMMY-winner Joe Henry, the album is a result of Glaspy's reconnection to her songwriting after stepping away from social media.

Ahead of the album, she has released “Michigan,” a new single that imagines a post-breakup escape to the Midwest. “I was in Michigan a couple years back and had a really beautiful time, and thought about how New Yorkers sometimes fantasize about the countryside as a retreat from the intensity of the city,” Glaspy says.

“It turned into a song about someone going through a bad breakup, and then deciding to just leave the city behind.” Listen to it now here, and watch the video, directed by Ricky Chavez, below.

Glaspy will also embark on her first tour in support of I Am Both, with dates announced stateside and in the UK and Europe. The North American run kicks off on September 11 in Minneapolis, MN and concludes in Sellersville, PA on December 12. Along the way she will stop in Brooklyn for a show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on September 25 and at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on November 17.  All shows are listed below.  Tickets are on sale on Friday, June 5 at 10am local time here.  

Her fourth full-length album, I Am Both, emerged from live sessions at New York City’s Reservoir Studios alongside drummer/percussionist Jay Bellerose (Bonnie Raitt, Robert Plant, Alison Krauss), keyboardist Patrick Warren (Tracy Chapman, Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen), and bassist Ross Gallagher (Paula Cole, Grails).

“When I started writing for this record I had a goal of getting my practice back - to walk the walk in terms of how I envision myself as a songwriter,” says Glaspy. “At first it was really hard to break that addiction to social media, but after a while something shifted. It felt like I’d gotten back to original thought instead of being under the influence of so many outside opinions. It was life-changing.”

The album serves as a follow-up to 2023’s Echo the Diamond, which included “Act Natural,” the highest-charting AAA radio single of her career.

Margaret Glaspy Tour Dates

9/11 -- Fine Line -- Minneapolis, MN

9/12 -- Vivarium -- Milwaukee, WI

9/13 -- Evanston Folk Fest -- Evanston, IL

9/14 -- The Ark -- Ann Arbor, MI

9/16 -- Mod Club -- Toronto, ON

9/17 -- Beachland Ballroom -- Cleveland, OH

9/18 -- Mr. Smalls -- Pittsburgh, PA

9/21 -- Eddie's Attic -- Atlanta, GA

9/22 -- Cat's Cradle -- Carrboro, NC

9/24 -- Iron Horse -- Northampton, MA

9/25 -- Brighton Music Hall -- Boston, MA

9/26 -- Music Hall of Williamsburg -- Brooklyn, NY

10/9 -- Prachtwerk -- Berlin, Germany

10/11 -- TivoliVredenburg (Club Nine) -- Utrecht, Netherlands

10/12 -- Witloof Bar -- Brussels, Belgium

10/14 -- L’Archipel -- Paris, France

10/16 -- St Matthias Church -- London, UK

10/17 -- Halle St. Michael’s -- Manchester, UK

10/18 -- St. Luke’s -- Glasgow, UK

10/20 -- Lantern Hall -- Bristol, UK

10/21 -- Howard Assembly Room -- Leeds, UK

10/22 -- Kitchen Garden Cafe -- Birmingham, UK

10/23 -- Boia Festival @ Tabernacle -- St Davids, UK

10/26 -- Cyprus Avenue -- Cork, Ireland

10/27 -- Upstairs at Dolan’s -- Limerick, Ireland

10/28 -- The Deer’s Head -- Belfast, Ireland

11/4 -- Off Broadway -- St. Louis, MO

11/5 -- Bottleneck -- Lawrence, KS

11/7 -- Ophelia's -- Denver, CO

11/9 -- Urban Lounge -- Salt Lake City, UT

11/10 -- Shrine Basement -- Boise, ID

11/12 -- Tractor Tavern -- Seattle, WA

11/13 -- Biltmore Cabaret -- Vancouver, BC

11/14 -- Mississippi Studios -- Portland, OR

11/16 -- The Chapel -- San Francisco, CA

11/17 -- Troubadour -- Los Angeles, CA

11/20 -- The 04 Center -- Austin, TX

11/21 -- The Kessler Theater -- Dallas, TX

12/11 -- The Atlantis -- Washington, DC

12/12 -- Sellersville Theater -- Sellersville, PA

Photo Credit: Ebru Yildiz