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Imelda May's 'Life, Love, Flesh, Blood' Out Today

By: Apr. 21, 2017
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Critically acclaimed Irish singer Imelda May's fifth full-length record, Life, Love, Flesh, Blood, is out today on Decca Records. The T Bone Burnett-produced album, May's first new music in three years, is receiving early rave reviews in both the U.S. and Europe. May will celebrate the new release with headlining North American tour dates this summer. She is also performing select dates with Elvis Costello & The Imposters in June, see below for the complete routing.

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Rolling Stone Country recently premiered the Women's March-themed video for the track "Should've Been You," hailing it as "empowering." May performed the song on BBC's "The One Show" as well as RTE's "The Late Late Show" in Ireland. She will perform the track on "The Graham Norton Show" later this month.

May also performed the album track "Black Tears" on "Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny" on New Year's Eve. Her performance was the most-watched segment of the evening with 400,000+ YouTube views to date, plus it is the second most viewed video on the BBC Music YouTube Channel since October.

Produced by the legendary T Bone Burnett, the new album marks a new direction for May who recently ended her marriage of eighteen years, making Life, Love, Flesh, Bloodher most autobiographical record to date. The album features contributions from guitar hero Jeff Beck and piano maestro Jools Holland, as well as an accomplished group of backing musicians including the core trio of guitarist Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello), drummer Jay Bellerose (Elton John & Leon Russell, Ray Lamontagne) and bassist Zach Dawes (The Last Shadow Puppets, Mini Mansions), the same band that recorded Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' Raising Sand.
Her previous records have seen success both in the U.S. as well as in Europe. The Los Angeles Times commented on her previous work, "Ireland-born Imelda May's career is fostered by paying homage to legends like Buddy Holly and Johnny Cash and, more importantly, furthering rockabilly's cross-pollination into New Orleans jazz, delta blues and amp-splitting punk aggression." May's 2010 album Mayhem went Platinum in Ireland and Gold in the U.K., along with numerous TV performances on "Later...With Jools Holland," "Conan," and an impressive four performances on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," to name a few.
IMELDA MAY LIVE
* with Elvis Costello & The Imposters
June 20
Richmond, VA
Richmond Raceway Complex*
June 21
Charlotte, NC
Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amph.*
June 22
Vienna, VA
Filene Center at Wolf Trap*
June 24
Boston, MA
Paradise Rock Club
June 25
Philadelphia, PA
Union Transfer
June 27
New York, NY
Webster Hall
June 28
Toronto, ON
Danforth Music Hall
June 30
Chicago, IL
Park West


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