Tom Russell Returns To NYC To Perform At Joe's Pub Oct. 3; Rugged Songwriter Was Former Gotham Cabbie

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Tom Russell will perform at Joe's Pub on October 3 at 7:30pm as an album release show for his boundaryless new album 'Blood and Candle Smoke' (September 15 / Shout! Factory). While in his former hometown, where he served as a songwriter and cab driver, he will also perform on the Late Show with David Letterman on October 1.

Entertainment Weekly Online is streaming the new track "East of Woodstock, West of Vietnam" on it's Music Mix blog. Hear it now: https://bit.ly/wjVux

UNCUT calls Russell's twelve excellent songs "requiems for a vanishing homeland, his novelistic eye spinning tales of apaches in stolen cars, riverboat casinos, and 'winds colder than a witch's tit.'"

MOJO writes, "He took to Tucson Wave Lab, current HQ of country unorthodoxy, and started drawing big pictures with bold lines connecting the past to now, via grand themes and ghostly presences - from socio-economic injustice (in 'The Most Dangerous Woman in America' it's the broken town standing near the grave of miner's union heroine Mother Jones) to the way a great artist can life your spirit throughout life ('Nina Simone'). Russell sings with a heartfelt authority while Calexico's cool elegance balances the emotional ticket."

Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter (co-writer on the chart-topping 2009 Dylan album) called Tom Russell's new album 'Blood & Candle Smoke' an "excellent record in all respects. Lyrics are jewels, arrangements deeply tasteful, vocals superb."

In radio news, 'Blood and Candle Smoke' was the No 1 most added album at Americana radio this week according to the AMA Americana Airplay Chart.