Folk act and Richmond, Virginia band Carbon Leaf is embarking in new territory with their new effort Time Is The Playground. The new album is out September 27 and pairs storytelling with their folk infused rock sound. The band is enforcing to embrace mindfulness and wants to enjoy the moment we are living in right now. The new single “Backmask 1983” is out now.
Barry Privett, frontman of the band, says the song is about revisiting the years before the internet was around. “Without a whole lot of information, the mystery of things felt so heightened. I wanted to capture some of that but also have fun with it.”
The band formed in 1992 and earned national recognition with “The Boxer,” a song that won the American Music Awards 2002 New Music Award and made Carbon Leaf the first unsigned band to perform before millions on the AMAs.
Carbon Leaf grew from the grassroots up from Richmond, Virgina and have been at it for quite some time now. Their legions of fans are loyal to say the least.
The group will be going on tour and coming to a town near you:
Carbon Leaf – Tour Dates
Friday, July 26th – Baltimore, MD – Union Craft Brewing
Saturday, August 31st – Sunday, September 1st – Front Royal, VA – Appaloosa Festival 2024
Wednesday, September 25th – St. Louis, MO – City Winery St. Louis
Thursday, September 26th – Wichita, KS – Wave
Friday, September 27th – Dallas, TX – Trees
Saturday, September 28th – Austin, TX – 3TEN Austin City Limits Live
Monday, September 30th – Phoenix, AZ – Musical Instrument Museum
Tuesday, October 1st – San Diego, CA – Casbah
Wednesday, October 2nd – West Hollywood, CA – The Peppermint Club
Thursday, October 3rd – Mill Valley, CA – Sweetwater Music Hall
Friday, October 4th – Portland, OR – The Get Down Music Venue
Saturday, October 5th – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile – Madame Lou’s
Sunday, October 6th – Seattle, WA – The Triple Door (5:00 PM Early Show)
Sunday, October 6th – Seattle, WA – The Triple Door (8:00 PM Late Show)
Tuesday, October 8th – Spokane, WA – The District at Knitting Factory
Wednesday, October 9th – Boise, ID – Neurolux Lounge
Thursday, October 10th – Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room
Friday, October 11th – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
Saturday, October 12th – Kansas City, MO – Knuckleheads
Sunday, October 13th – Omaha, NE – Waiting Room Lounge
Monday, October 14th – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
Tuesday, October 15th – Milwaukee, WI – Vivarium
Wednesday, October 16th – Grand Rapids, MI – The Midtown GR
Thursday, October 17th – Chicago, IL – City Winery Chicago
Friday, October 18th – Indianapolis, IN – Hi-Fi
Saturday, October 19th – Ann Arbor, MI – The Ark
Sunday, October 20th – Cleveland, OH – Music Box Supper Club
Friday, November 8th – New York, NY – Racket NYC
Saturday, November 9th – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
Friday, November 15th – Portland, ME – Portland House Of Music and Events (HOME)
Saturday, November 16th – South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
February 2nd – 9th, 2025 – Sarasota County, FL – String Break Cruise: Music Festival at Sea 2025
