What an honor! Jake La Botz's Sunnyside won TWO Independent Music Awards: "Best Album - Alternative Country," and our very own Jimmy Sutton for "Best Music Producer - Roots Country"! Congratulations to all of this year's nominees and winners. Find the full list of winners here.
Jake La Botz Returns To Europe For May/June Tour
Jake La Botz will head across the pond for a tour through mainland Europe & the UK this May/June. Find the full list of dates here.
Three IMA Nominations for Hi-Style this Year!
Congratulations to Jake La Botz and Hi-Style founder Jimmy Sutton who are both nominated for The Independent Music Awards this year! Check out the details below. The awards will be give out March 30-31 at Lincoln Center in NYC.
Jake La Botz - "How I Wish She Was Mine" (Best Alt. Country Song)
Jake La Botz - 'Sunnyside' (Best Alt. Country Album)
Jimmy Sutton - 'Sunnyside' (Best Roots/Country Music Producer)
Jake La Botz Heads To Europe This Spring
Jake La Botz is heading back across the pond for a European tour this spring. He'll be making stops in Belgium, Germany, Spain, and France. See the full schedule below:
06-MAY: Brussels (BE) @ Rockin Around The Atomium
07-MAY: Mannheim (DE) @ Altes Volksbad
08-MAY: Hamburg (DE) @ Hafenbahnhof
09-MAY: Berlin (DE) @ Die Blaue Stunde
10-MAY: Tubingen (DE) @ Blauer Saloon
15-MAY: Madrid (ESP) @ Sala Sol
16-MAY: Valencia (ESP) @ 16 Toneladas
17-MAY: Barcelona (ESP) @ A Wamba Buluba
18-MAY: Zaragoza (ESP) @ Teatro Arbolé
19-MAY: Vitoria (ESP) @ Helldorado
20-MAY: Bilbao (ESP) @ Antzokia
21-MAY: Trets (FR) @ South Vintage Festival
22-MAY: Montluçon (FR) @ Le 109
24-MAY: Le Havre (FR) @ Le Tetris
25-MAY: Beauvas (FR) @ L`Ouvre Boïte
26-MAY: Guyancourt (FR) @ La Batterie
27-MAY: Rennes (FR) @ Ubu
03-JUNE: Turnhout (BE) @ Goezot In Het Hofke
Jake La Botz Winter/Spring Tour With Lucero
This just in: Jake La Botz hits the road with Lucero in February & March! Catch them both in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest US - tour schedule below. Get your copy of Jake's album 'Sunnyside' right here.
Feb 21, 2018 - Bowling Green, KY @ Warehouse
Feb 22, 2018 - Lexington, KY @ Manchester Music Hall
Feb 23, 2018 - Knoxville, TN @ Mill & Mine
Feb 25, 2018 - Rocky Mount, VA @ Harvester Performance Center
Feb 27, 2018 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Shaka's
Mar 01, 2018 - Providence, RI @ Met Cafe
Mar 02, 2018 - Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace
Mar 03, 2018 - Hartford, CT @ Infinity Hall
Mar 04, 2018 - Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt
Mar 06, 2018 - Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell's
Mar 07, 2018 - Madison, WI @ High Noon
Mar 08, 2018 - Iowa City, IA @ Gabe's
Mar 09, 2018 - Des Moines, IA @ Wooly's
Mar 10, 2018 - Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre
Jake La Botz Heads To Europe This Month
Jake La Botz begins his 'Sunnyside' European Tour in two weeks! Find the full list of dates below and a slick poster designed by Scott Harrison (aka BS Welt):
17-NOV: Freiburg (DE) @ The Great Räng teng teng
18-NOV: Stuttgart (DE) @ Goldmark's
19-NOV: Munich (DE) @ Rattlesnake Saloon
20-NOV: Fürth (DE) @ kunstkeller o27
21-NOV: Berlin (DE) @ Die Blaue Stunde
22-NOV: Albertslund (DK) @ Sallie’s Restaurant & Snack Bar
23-NOV: Sodermalm (SWE) @ Twang
24-NOV: Höganäs (SWE) @ Garage - Good Stuff for Good People
25-NOV: Eksjö (SWE) @ Backarp Kulla
27-NOV: Norderstedt (DE) @ MusicStar Norderstedt
28-NOV: Amsterdam (NL) @ Paradiso Amsterdam
30-NOV: Lyon (FR) @ Kraspek Myzik
01-DEC: Valence (FR) @ MISTRAL PALACE
03-DEC: Schaffhausen (CH) @ TapTab Musikraum
04-DEC: Zürich (CH) @ El Lokal
05-DEC: Sonneberg (DE) @ Gesellschaftshaus Sonneberg
06-DEC: Eppstein (DE) @ Wunderbar Weite Welt
07-DEC: Tilburg (NL) @ 013 Tilburg
08-DEC: Aachen (DE) @ Musikbunker Aachen
09-DEC: Bremen (DE) @ Lila Eule
10-DEC: Utrecht (NL) @ dB's
12-DEC: Nottingham (UK) @ The Running Horse
13-DEC: London (UK) @ Sebright Arms
14-DEC: Exeter (UK) @ Exeter Cavern
15-DEC: Oxford (UK) @ Halfway to Seventy-Five Christmas Jamboree
16-DEC: Houffalize (BE) @ La Truite Magique - Festival in the Woods
17-DEC: Leiden (NL) @ Muziekhuis
New Jake La Botz Official Video for "Feel No Pain"
BLURT Magazine has the exclusive premiere of Jake La Botz's cool new video for "Feel No Pain", a track off his new album Sunnyside. Click here to watch the video.
La Botz says the song speaks to "watching the magic of sweaty semi-clad bodies grooving through the streets of Chicago after the seeming eternity of Winter."
Jake La Botz on NPR Music's World Cafe
On a recent trip out East, Jake La Botz and band stopped by the WXPN studios to record a live session for World Cafe!
Click here to stream the session via NPR Music, and to hear Jake in conversation with David Dye about his new record Sunnyside.
