California’s Brett Dennen has just release his sixth studio album “Por Favor”. He is currently on tour promoting it and will be at the Fine Line on Tuesday 6/7. Tickets are still available HERE.
As common and simple as it is, “por favor” is such an evocative expression. From Spanish, it translates to “please,” a word that suggests a need for something, a desire to make a change. “‘Por favor’ was something I kept saying every day in the studio, and I got the other musicians saying it,” says Brett Dennen. “We were goofing around, and Dave Cobb, my producer, said it should be the title of my new record. I laughed it off at first, but then I really thought about it.”
“When you say please, you’re asking something to come into your life,” Dennen adds. “It might mean that you’re weak and need something to make you strong. But you’re admitting to some sort of weakness or some form of humility.” That notion is at the heart of Por Favor, Dennen’s intimate and revealing new album that Elektra Records will release on May 20. Produced by Cobb, fresh from his Grammy-winning work with Chris Stapleton and Jason Isbell, the record strips Dennen to his core as a songwriter with nothing to hide.
Image Credit: Jimmy Fontaine
Tour Dates:
June 4 Boise, ID Egyptian Theatre†
June 7 Minneapolis, MN First Line Music Café†
June 8 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall†
June 10 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo
June 11 Charlottesville, VA nTelos Wireless Pavilion‡
June 12 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Small’s Theatre†
June 13 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom†
June 14 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom†
July 14 Brownfield, ME Stone Mountain Arts Center
July 15 Lowell, MA Boarding House Park
July 17 Montauk, NY The Surf Lodge
July 18 Amagansett, NY The Stephen Talkhouse
July 21 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
July 21-24 Trumansburg, NY Finger Lakes GrassRoots Festival of Music and Dance
July 22 Newport, RI Newport Folk Festival
July 25 Indianapolis, IN Farm Bureau Insurance Lawn at White River State Park
July 27 Louisville, KY Louisville Waterfront
July 28 Ann Arbor, MI Sonic Lunch
July 29 Kalamazoo, MI Bell’s Electric Café
July 30 Kent, OH The Kent Stage
September 16 Lincoln, CA Thunder Valley Casino Resort
September 30-October 2 Austin, TX Austin City Limits
October 7-9 Austin, TX Austin City Limits
