Geoff Farina European Tour 2014

Geoff Farina has been writing songs, making records, and touring for over 20 years. He is best known his 12 years fronting Boston’s progressive rock trio 'Karate', as one-half of the seminal early-90s indie duo The Secret Stars, and more recently, as the leader of Glorytellers, his acoustic trio with a pair of releases on Southern Records and one out this year on Damnably. Geoff also released an album with Chris Brokaw (Come/Codeine/Martha's Vinyard Ferries/The New year) on Damnably. Geoff currently lives in Chicago where he teaches music history at DePaul University, plays in several bands, performs classic pre-WWII Piedmont and Delta guitar arrangements, and collects vintage guitars.

Geoff will have copies of his most recent releases with him on sale.

Tour Dates
1.4 Osteria L’Alchimista, Gorizia IT
1.5 777, Vienna AU
1.6 Potrova, Prague CZ
1.7 Jubez, Karlsruhe D
1.8 MUZ, Nuremburg D
1.9 Kreuz, Fulda D
1.10 Weinstube, Offenback
1.11 Alte Kupferschmiede, Giessen D
1.13 house show, Berlin (FB: Freddy Knop for info)
1.14 Conne Island, Leipzig D
1.15 Drucklufthaus, Oberhausen D
1.16 Plank, Frankfurt D
1.17 Jacques Pelzer's Jazz Club, Liège BE (Geoff plays the music of Mississippi John Hurt)
1.18 TBC, BE
1.19 dB’s, Utrecht NL
1.20 Café Video, Gent BE
1.22 Init, Rome IT
1.23 Tender, Florence IT
1.24 Freakout, Bologna IT
1.25 Raindogs, Savona IT
1.26 venue TBA, Pisa IT
1.27 Blah Blah, Torino IT
1.28 Zuni, Ferrara IT
1.29 Helioglobal, Barcelona ES
1.30 venue TBA, Alicante ES
1.31 venue TBA, Madrid ES
2.1 venue TBA, Bilbao ES
2.2 venue TBA, Donostia ES

Geoff Farina links
Geoff Farina 'Hammer And Spade' https://soundcloud.com/damnably/geoff-farina-hammer-and
Glorytellers 'Barely Born' https://soundcloud.com/damnably/gloryte … arely-born
Geoff Farina on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GeoffFarina
Geoff's personal account: https://www.facebook.com/gfarina55
Geoff Farina website: http://geofffarina.com/
Geoff Farina live on Scanner TV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVieuYmJUDA

Press

Sunday Times Stewart Lee – “Prick up Your Ears’ describes small-town soldiers departing for Iraq with commendable sobriety in a folksy idiom, that emphasises their timeless circumstance”
Time Out – “Mellifluous jazz guitar, irresistible melodies, and heart-tuggingly understated vocals”
Alternative Press – “If Farina has learned anything in his 20-plus years as a musician, it’s how to turn the worst parts of life into the greatest art.”
The A.V. Club – “Raw, unorthodox, and honest, his style blends gritty blues riffs with jazzy, prose-like lyrical structure.”
Washington City Paper – “Farina has toiled for 15 years as one of the hardest-working indie rockers in the business, creating songs that unfold like time-lapse nature photography, slowly building to a rugged beauty…”
Popmatters – “Farina’s brilliant guitar technique can, as it did in Karate, still threaten to make these folk songs sound mannered. But luckily, he’s learned to let his sweet, rolling vocals shoulder the emotional load on these tracks. It is quite a feat to see a guy, particularly one who left his last band at the height of its powers, try something completely different, and totally succeed.”
AM New York – “Acoustic strumming accompanies the singer’s frank delivery of sad truths with lyrics that are bluntly poetic. It’s simple and sad, and I love it so much that it kind of hurts my heart. ”
Pocket Jury – “Former Karate front-man pens beautifully realised folk-leaning love letter to the Kennebec River.”
DOA – “one of Geoff Farina’s most generously melodic collections, which repays patience with warmth from a distinctive songwriting intellect.”
Steven Rainy BBC Radio 1 Ulster – “it’s a wonder piece of work..”
Slow Thrills – “both a fine collection of contemporary songs and a homage to legendary folk guitarists”
clicky clicky music -”consistently rich and rewarding”
Americana UK – “Geoff Farina has something many musicians could only dream of attaining.”