Asaf Avidan Announces Nationwide Tour This Spring

International creative force Asaf Avidan is a unique voice in today's music scene. A bestselling, Platinum certified, mass followed star across Europe, he will be winning the hearts of a new audience this April on a nationwide US tour. Living all over the world, Avidan left the continent of America untrodden until just two years ago, and so was less known state side. Once introduced, he quickly garnered the attention of critics. Described by the New York Times as "an artist that writes like Leonard Cohen, sings like Robert Plant, and has the charisma of a cabaret performer" and NPR drawing comparisons to Billie Holiday, Janis Joplin, and Bob Dylan "but they add up to a wholly original sound, with songs that are beautifully written and fervently performed", Avidan is set to continue building his following across America with the upcoming tour dates.

The son of two diplomat parents, Avidan picked up a guitar fairly late in his life, at the age of 26, due to a mythological breakup from his long time girlfriend, which later found his way into his first songs and his EP, "Now That You're Leaving." Released independently, the mini album and Avidan quickly received attention and acclaim. He began performing with a guitar and harmonica and his armor piercing voice and lyrics. As the demand for larger shows and a new album grew, he gathered local backing musicians around him and nicknamed them The Mojos. Together they made three successful studio albums (The Reckoning, Poor Boy-Lucky Man, Through The Gale), toured the globe, signed with Columbia Records in Europe, and made a name for themselves as one of the best live performers across Europe.

True to his artistic vision and needs, Asaf decided to pursue his own solo path and try to find new ways to write and explore his emotions without the confinement of genre. The result was Different Pulses, an intimately texted, yet bravely produced self-dissecting introspective album, that explored new horizons and mixed different styles of music, all held together by Avidan's words and vocals. He then followed with another personal album, going back to the theme that started him off in music, another breakup. Gold Shadow was a sad lament on what appeared to be a fatalistic one way path from Love into Pain and combined jazz and cabaret together with blues and pop. After finishing the tour for the album some months ago, Avidan decided again to change things around. He's currently taking a break from Europe's embrace and playing in front of thousands of his dedicated fans, instead going to countries where he is less known. This year will see him back in small venues where he'll be doing what he feels most comfortable doing and winning the hearts of a new audience again.

Tickets available at AsafAvidanMusic.com.

Tour Dates:
4/10 - New York, NY at Rough Trade
4/11 - New York, NY at Rough Trade
4/13 - New York, NY at Rough Trade
4/15 - Montreal, QC at Theatre Berri
4/16 - Philadelphia, PA at Boot and Saddle
4/17 - Boston, MA at ICA Theater
4/19 - Chicago, IL at Lincoln Hall
4/20 - San Francisco, CA at Bimbo's
4/22 - Los Angeles, CA at Teragram Ballroom
4/24 - New York, NY at Rough Trade

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