Doug Keith

Some great things coming up just before I head out on tour!
The reissue of my remixed/remastered 2009 record, Here’s to Outliving Me, comes out next Tuesday, July 13th! It’ll be available everywhere in CD and digital format, there are some bonus tracks free with both options! Get a copy, get a copy!
To celebrate, I’m doing a last minute good time hometown show. The good people at The Mercury Lounge had an opening on the 13th and asked if I wanted to play it. I’m going to be doing a smaller version of my usual band and good friends. You should come, it’s going to be an absolute blast and I’ll be playing at least two brand new songs! I’m playing right about 8 pm!

In addition to all of that, the good folks at WHUS in Storrs, CT have asked me to come up and take over the station from noon to 3 pm EST this Saturday, July 10th! You can listen in live right HERE!
I’m going to be playing live, playing songs I like, talking about what I’m into and all sorts of other cool stuff, so tune in, it’s going to be a really fun show!

I’m just back from the New England shows which were a lot of fun. Ben Lord came with me and played drums and we had a blast. Thanks to all that came out.
I’m excited to announce that on July 13th, The Village Label will be reissuing a remixed/remastered version of my first solo record, “Here’s to Outliving Me”! It’ll be available everywhere on the 13th.
To celebrate, I’m going to play a bunch of shows in July! I’m hitting the  road July 14th and playing shows until the 31st, playing a lot of the towns I hit in June (Pittsburgh, Columbus, Chicago, Champaign, etc). I’ll see you on the road!

All dates below:

Related show

• 07/10/10
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• Doug Keith in Storrs, CT at WHUS
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• 07/14/10
• 8:00pm
• Doug Keith in Pittsburgh, PA at Howler’s Coyote Cafe
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• 07/15/10
• 8:00pm
• Doug Keith in Rochester, NY at Havana Moe’s
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• 07/16/10
• 8:00pm
• Doug Keith in Columbus, OH at The Treehouse
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• 07/17/10
• 12:00pm
• Doug Keith in Kalamazoo, MI at WIDR
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• 07/17/10
• 7:00pm
• Doug Keith in Frankenmuth, MI at Harvest Coffeehouse
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• 07/20/10
• 7:00pm
• Doug Keith in Indianapolis, IN at Birdy’s
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• 07/21/10
• 7:00pm
• Doug Keith in Champaign, IL at Aroma Cafe
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• 07/22/10
• 7:00pm
• Doug Keith in Chicago, IL at Uncommon Ground
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• 07/23/10
• 7:00pm
• Doug Keith in Lexington, KY at Common Grounds
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• 07/28/10
• 7:00pm
• Doug Keith in Chapel Hill, NC at The Cave
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• 07/29/10
• 7:00pm
• Doug Keith in Charlotte, NC at Common Market
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• 07/30/10
• 7:00pm
• Doug Keith in Decatur, GA at Kavarna
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Big news! I’ve started a brand new record label with my friend Chandra Johnson called The Village Label and I’m playing a free show to celebrate!

Here are all the details:
September 21st, 7 pm (I’m starting at 7)
Arlene’s Grocery
95 Stanton St (between Ludlow and Orchard)
212.995.1652

I’ll be joined on stage by these amazing people:
Ben Lord, Martin Olson, Margaret White & special guest, Ms. Kendall Meade!

This show is free and easy and on the early side! You should definitely come. It’s going to be epic. Seriously.

The Village Label will be reissuing a fully remixed/remastered version of Here’s to Outliving Me in October! There will be a lot more news around that coming very, very soon.

NPR picked Here’s to Outliving Me as Song of the Day!
As a regular listener to their podcast, I couldn’t be more excited about it.
Click HERE or the link at the bottom of this post to download the podcast and the track “Now I’ve Got it Made” from the record.

Here’s what NPR had to say about the record:

NPR.org, January 28, 2009 - Doug Keith’s debut LP, Here’s To Outliving Me, is familiar but fresh. The New York native’s songs are rooted comfortably in traditional folk and Americana, without being mawkish or treading into tired territory. This is largely because Keith’s voice is so richly textured, backed by sweet harmonies and beautifully layered instrumentation.

Keith is a modern-day troubadour. He sings of the usual topics: women, heartbreak, death, and longing. But thanks to a welcome trace of roughness in his voice, he comes off as a well-weathered and sage source of advice and storytelling.

For Here’s To Outliving Me, Keith also has a few tricks up his sleeve: The addition of a Wurlitzer, lapsteel and electric guitars on a handful of tracks makes the songs a bit richer and more complex. Jennifer O’Connor, who has recorded with The Hold Steady and Ben Folds Five, lends some surprising backing vocals on tracks like “The Companion of an Angel” or “Now I’ve Got It Made”.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99961288

Thanks NPR!

I am blown away by the reviews that Here’s to Outliving Me has been receiving; so far nothing but positives. Here are a few snippets from the reviews it has been getting:

“A soulful collection of self penned songs fill this album with a hazy vibe of good times and melancholy. Doug Keith obviously has a way with a tune and an ear for a ramshackle chorus. There are moments of great beauty ‘There Are Days’ boasts a lyrical almost gossamer guitar solo that precedes a stirring mixed voice chorus that just hits the spot. You know… that spot……the one where Neil sings the chorus to Old Man and the others join in……..that spot. This is a great album. Buy it and cherish it. Then play it to someone else.” - Americana UK (9 out of 10)

“A fantastic solo debut from this New York singer-songwriter who conjures the spirit of Dylan, Young, and Waits–the former, for example, at the height of his sneering Hawks-backed era on “Salty Woman.” “Take the Hammer Down, Dear” shares the earthiness of Richard Buckner’s finest work. The songs are almost uniformly beautiful and heartrending, with backing tracks whose crisp acoustics, tinkling pianos, piercing organ, and percussive heartbeat channel the finest work of the icons Keith convincingly recalls.” – PURGe (#3 in 2008’s Top 20, 2008)

“…from the first notes of “The Companion of an Angel” from his upcoming release “Here’s To Outliving Me” I was hooked. As a nice bonus Jennifer O’Connor is featured on a number of tracks including “Companion…” Its theme of an undying love for an angel-like woman is one I can relate to.” – songs: Illinois

“Doug Keith’s lyrics create imagery like the classic country/folk storytellers and there’s a lot of delicate interplay between Doug’s vocals, his guitar work and the work of his band mates.” - Brooklyn Rocks

“Eleven endearing indie pop songs… Ear pleasing melodies, warm acoustics and occasional moments of shoegazing simplicity.” – Hear/Say Magazine

“We will watch Doug Keith and his future work very closely because he will be huge.” - Rootstime (Belgium)

Buy Here’s to Outliving Me now on iTunes!: www.tinyurl.com/dpk-htom

Download The Companion of an Angel Here: 

The Companion of an Angel

“A fantastic solo debut from this New York singer-songwriter who conjures the spirit of Dylan, Young, and Waits–the former, for example, at the height of his sneering Hawks-backed era on “Salty Woman.” “Take the Hammer Down, Dear” shares the earthiness of Richard Buckner’s finest work. The songs are almost uniformly beautiful and heartrending, with backing tracks whose crisp acoustics, tinkling pianos, piercing organ, and percussive heartbeat channel the finest work of the icons Keith convincingly recalls.”

1. -PURGe
   http://purgegeeks.blogspot.com/2009/01/lous-top-20-of-2008-part-4.html

   Download Salty Woman Here:  Salty Woman

My new record, “Here’s to Outliving Me” is coming out really soon and we are going to celebrate its release in top notch form on January 9th at Pianos in NYCs Lower East Side. 

Here are all the details:
January 9th, 10 pm
Record Release Party for “Here’s to Outliving Me”
Pianos
158 Ludlow Street (between Stanton & Rivington)
New York, NY 10002
www.pianosnyc.com

This will be the first chance to get the new record and the whole band is going to be playing so you should definitely come out for it. 

You can also buy it now from iTunes!: http://tinyurl.com/dpk-htom 

-Doug