News

The Flatbed Honeymoon North-Central European juggernaut continues to roll right along … Gerrit Caspers’ Americana radio show Goodno(i)se on Meer Radio in the Netherlands recently told us that he has added “Iron Rails” to his playlist. Thanks, Gerrit! For whatever reason, things are happening in Belgium and the Netherlands for your friends in Flatbed Honeymoon. The Beatles went to Germany … maybe we need to go to the Netherlands?

The Baton Rouge entertainment magazine 225 just released their Top 5 Most Intriguing Records of 2011 list and yours truly was named #1! Check out the article here. If you’re local, you can pick up a copy of The Traveler at Garden District Coffee on Perkins, Atomic Pop Shop on Government, and Circa 1857 on Government. The vinyl is also available at Euclid Records on Chartres in New Orleans. You can also find it at CDBaby and iTunes!

Playing our virgin performance at the Haven Gallery and Listening Room in downtown Baton Rouge tomorrow (631 Laurel St)! Excited to feel out a new room, and it sounds like a cool place. In other news, The Traveler was reviewed on the Belgian website Rootstime. Check it out – or check out the press page for a Google-Translated version

We had a rocking time at the Blue Moon Saloon in Lafayette recently (although this drumming blog poster needed the help of Jack Daniels to survive the gig and this damn pinched nerve in my neck), and also enjoyed what might be the last of that beautiful two-week period between the scorching hot summer and the cold, rainy winter at Chris and Sarah’s wedding gig in Port Allen last Saturday! Some gigs coming up in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette soon, so check the Gigs page. Also, we are currently the Artist of the Week at The Alternate Root Website … check it out!

photo by Kaju Sarkar

We had our first post-Jazz Fest New Orleans gig last Friday at Checkpoint Charlie’s and found a new favorite venue in the process … what a great place! Thanks to all for coming out and to Clyde for sitting in all night on the fiddle. And let’s not forget the great Angelina behind the bar! We’re making arrangements for another show down there soon, so keep an eye on the gigs page. In other news, we just had a cool write up in Dig Magazine. Thanks to Christie Matherne for taking the time to interview us and Kaju Sarkar for the great photos!

We made it back safe and sound after our “North American Tour,” as Jimmy loved to call it. Two shows in Knoxville, one at the incredibly eclectic Highlands Tap Room in Louisville, and two in Carbondale including a great gig at PK’s. Thanks to Neil and Hooch and Sarah and everyone else who came out to the shows and hung out with us. We had a blast! In other news, we are getting air play on 91.9 KRVM in Eugene, OR (thanks, Shotgun!) and might have some other exciting news to report soon. Check out the photos section for some shots from the road.

We’re enjoying a rainy respite from the crippling heat around these parts lately … been nice. The band is gearing up for our tour through Tennessee, Kentucky, and Southern Illinois the first week of August with an acoustic gig at Garden District Coffee this Saturday, July 23. In other news, M.I. Radio, an online radio station out of Brooklyn, has added Flatbed Honeymoon to their rotation. The station is pretty cool … all independent acts. Check out our page here and give them a listen! Also, check out our first international press! “The Traveler” was recently reviewed at ALTCOUNTRY.NL, a Dutch Americana website. Check out their review here (and don’t forget your Internet translator).

Check out the Photos page for some great shots our friend Ryan Gibbs took at Jazz Fest. In other news, the vinyl is finally here, the Kickstarter orders are completely shipped out, we’ve got a new write up in 225, and we’re lining up summer gigs including a southern-midwest tour in early August. If you’ve got connections in Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, St. Louis, or anywhere else thereabouts, please give us a shout!

We received the CDs today! Vinyl is taking its time up in Nashville, but we should have it soonish. T-shirts are coming soon, too, so all you folks who backed our Kickstarter project will be getting a care package soon from us. We’ll have news about the record release at Red Dragon on April 30th, soon (I’m using the word ‘soon’ a lot … bear with us). We’ve got some ideas to make it worth your while. Should be a great time!