New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Tides Of A Teardrop, the new album on Yep Roc Records from North Carolina roots duo Mandolin Orange, has debuted at #1 on four separate Billboard charts, including #1 Heatseekers, #1 Americana / Folk, #1 Current Country Albums, and #1 Bluegrass. The band also charted at #2 on Independent Current Albums, #5 Vinyl Albums, #7 Current Rock Albums, and #8
Internet Albums.
These are all career-best entries for the rapidly ascending band, who are currently on their biggest headlining tour to date with most dates selling out. They will make their headlining debut at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium later this year, and have also been announced as a headliner at this year's Pickathon festival. Full tour dates below.
Tides Of A Teardrop has received raves from Rolling Stone, NPR Music, the Washington Post, and many more. Watch Mandolin
Orange perform "The Wolves" on Live From Here with Chris Thile: https://youtu.be/luI3F8_CgaA
Praise For Mandolin
Orange and 'Tides Of A Teardrop'
"Tides of a Teardrop is engineered to settle worried minds, slow the blood and lend an empathetic ear...It's palliative but never boring, sweet but never cloying, worn but never tired." - NPR Music
"Now a decade into a career that has seen it help redefine American roots music for a younger generation, the duo Mandolin
Orange has officially mastered blending engaging storytelling with acoustic elements of bluegrass, folk and country." - Washington Post
"A compelling tale of finding release and joy in spite of darkness and temptation... It's a new step for the band, and one that's rewarding to hear." - Rolling Stone
"One of roots music's most engaging acts." - Garden & Gun
"The North Carolina duo appreciate the gentle beauty in well-executed folk, and their Americana-tinted songs are truly calming affairs." - Uproxx
"Quietly devastating... wistful instrumentation sets the bleak, lonely stage for Marlin's plainspoken odes to his mother." - Paste
Mandolin
Orange Tour Dates
2/12 -
Phoenix Theatre - Toronto, ON*
2/13 -
The Ark (early show) - Ann Arbor, MI* - SOLD OUT
2/13 -
The Ark (late show) - Ann Arbor, MI* - SOLD OUT
2/14 - Majestic Theatre- Madison, WI* - SOLD OUT
2/15 - First Ave - Minneapolis, MN* - SOLD OUT
2/16 -
Thalia Hall - Chicago, IL* - SOLD OUT
2/17 -
Thalia Hall - Chicago, IL%
3/7 - Imperial - Vancouver, BC* - SOLD OUT
3/8 - Mt. Baker Theatre - Bellingham, WA*
3/9 - The Moore - Seattle, WA*
3/10 - The Knitting Factory - Spokane, WA*
3/12 - The Wilma - Missoula, MT*
3/13 - Commonwealth Room - Salt Lake City, UT# - SOLD OUT
3/14 - Washington's - Fort Collins, CO# - SOLD OUT
3/15 - Boulder Theater - Boulder, CO# - SOLD OUT
3/16 - Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO# - SOLD OUT
3/17 - Meow Wolf -
Santa Fe, NM* - SOLD OUT
3/19 - Crescent Ballroom - Phoenix, AZ* - SOLD OUT
3/20 - El Rey Theatre - Los Angeles, CA* - SOLD OUT
3/21 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA* - SOLD OUT
3/22 - Crystal Ballroom - Portland, OR* - SOLD OUT
3/23-3/24 - Treefort
Music Fest - Boise, ID
4/4 - Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA^ - SOLD OUT
4/5 - The Saturn - Birmingham, AL^ - SOLD OUT
4/6 - Duling Hall - Jackson, MS^
4/7 - Minglewood Hall - Memphis, TN^
4/9 - The Pageant - St. Louis, MO^
4/10 - Madrid Theatre - Kansas City, MO^
4/11 - Kessler Theater - Dallas, TX^
4/12 - Old Settlers
Music Festival - Austin, TX
4/13 - Heights Theater - Houston, TX^
4/14 - Tower Theatre - Oklahoma City, OK^
4/16 - Taft Ballroom - Cincinnati, OH^ - SOLD OUT
4/17 - Headliners
Music Hall - Louisville, KY^
4/18 - Walker Theatre - Chattanooga, TN^ - SOLD OUT
4/20 - Bijou Theatre - Knoxville, TN^ - SOLD OUT
5/1 - Ampere - Munich, DE
5/2 - Lido - Berlin, DE
5/3 - Nochtspeicher - Hamburg, DE
5/4 - Folk a Rock - Malmo, SE - SOLD OUT
5/5 - Slaktkyrkan - Stockholm, SE
5/7 - John Dee - Oslo, NO
5/8 - Pustervik - Gothenburg, SE
5/10 - Oosterpoort - Groningen, NL
5/11 - Doornroosje - Nijmegen, NL
5/12 - Paradiso - Amsterdam, NL
5/13 - Dok - Ghent, BE
5/14 - Les Etoiles - Paris, FR
5/15 - Islington Assembly Hall - London, UK
6/1 - Blue Ridge
Music Center with Winston-Salem Symphony - Galax, VA
6/6-6/9 - Nelsonville
Music Festival - Nelsonville, OH
6/13-6/17 - Mountain Jam - Bethel, NY
7/4-7/7 - High
Sierra Music Festival - Quincy, CA
8/2-8/4 - Pickathon - Happy Valley, OR
8/18 - Green Mountain Bluegrass &
Roots - Manchester, VT
8/22-8/25 - Tønder Festival - Tønder, DK
9/7 - Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, TN
*Mapache opens
%Joe Pug opens
#Martha Scanlan opens
^Charlie Parr opens
