MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO. To Be SIRIUS-XM Artist In Residence For August

Throughout the month of August, MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO. will serve as “The Roots in Residence” on Sirius/XM radio’s “The Loft,” for whom the band just delivered a stunning in-studio set. Each Sunday at 6 p.m., the band’s appearance on “Your Roots Are Showing” will run i full. Tune in and enjoy!

Kind words from the folks at Sirius: “On the day of (new album Josephine’s) release, Magnolia Electric Co. came into The Loft and recorded their session. We won’t lie, lives were changed, spectators danced and at least one person cried a little (and admitted it). Be prepared for Your Roots Are Showing to transform into a honky-tonk in a ghost town as Magnolia Electric Co. serves as The Roots In Residence. We might as well order drinks and keep the tab open because once Magnolia Electric Co starts to play, you won’t be able to go anywhere.”

MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO.’S Josephine LP Released Today, Live Session With WOXY Available Online

MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO.’S latest longplayer Josephine is a mature, personal album, a meditation on real loss and real dislocation. And as of today, it is available in both CD and vinyl formats at your local, independent record store – and of course, for mail order purchase HERE. Of Josephine, Filter magazine had these fine words to say: “Sparse but somehow inherently hopeful tunes about solitude and loss are (Jason Molina’s) forte, and Josephine…is another act in refining that craft…stripped down buts adds new elements like horn sections and sax solos that who Molina can improvise on what he already does so well.”

Magnolia Electric Co. is currently on a coast-to-coast tour with San Diego’s The Donkeys, making a lot pit stops at radio stations along the way. A recent live session for Cincinatti’s WOXY, a fine recording for the stations Lounge Acts feature which can he downloaded at the WOXY site HERE.

And see a full list of Magnolia Electric Co. tour dates HERE.

MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO. Featured On NPR’s Song Of The Day

Our good friends at NPR are currently loving MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO.’s latest longplayer Josephine (released July 21), most recently featuring a fine tune from the album as NPR’s Song of the Day. In the post, NPR said of lead electrician Jason Molina’s songwriting prowess: “His repetition of themes and imagery never comes off as lazy; it’s creating a new kind of format for the blues, like haiku or cinquain or something.”

And they had these fine words to say regarding featured track “Whip-poor-will”: “It helps that “Whip-poor-will” is as achingly pretty and strangely catchy as anything Molina has written with Magnolia Electric Co. Propelled by a slide-guitar line that’s somehow both sunny and sad, “Whip-poor-will” finds Molina’s sad-sack narrator feeling small and looking helplessly skyward: “So all of you folks in heaven not too busy ringin’ the bell / Some of us down here ain’t doin’ very well.” Of course, that’s a bit of a poetic understatement right there: Molina and pain make an inseparable pair. Fortunately, beauty is always hanging out nearby.”

To see the entire story and listen to “Whip-poor-will,” visit the NPR Song of the Day page HERE.

MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO. Preps Exclusive Record Store Day 7-inch, Tours West Coast With The Avett Brothers

Quite often, times of dormancy only seem so to those of us on the outside. The wheels never really stop turning. Such is the case for MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC Co., which has a string of items lined up over the next months, including its first official release since 2007′s Sojourner box set.

First for the band is an exclusive 7″ titled It’s Made Me Cry, which will be available first on April 18 as part of Record Store Day, an international event celebrating independently-owned record stores. Side A of the 7″ features a tuplet of songs recorded over a weekend in October 2008 at Bloomington’s Russian Recording. The songs serve as a lesson in the power of brevity – each a flaming arrow to the heart of some heavy emotions. Side B of It’s Made Me Cry is the moody, instrumental “Protection Spell,” recorded at Russian Recordings almost exactly a year prior to the other songs and featuring late bassist Evan Farrell. The band’s proceeds from the 7″ will benefit The Evan Farrell Memorial Fund.

A list of businesses participating in Record Store Day can be found HERE.

It’s Made Me Cry will also be available digitally worldwide on May 19.

In May, Magnolia Electric Co. will tour the western U.S., sharing a string of West Coast dates with North Carolina’s The Avett Brothers, who are confessed fans of Magnolia Electric Co. Scott Avett was recently quoted in American Songwriter singing the praises of the band: “Shit, man, that Magnolia (Electric) Co. EP a few years ago moved me, and most of the world hasn’t heard it. That’s ridiculous. But I know those things happen.”

May will also bring a Magnolia Electric Co. appearance at Spain’s Primavera Sound Festival.

See a full listing of Magnolia tour dates HERE.

Stay tuned for more news coming from the Magnolia camp.