Oh Happy Day!
The Gourds' ninth studio release, Noble Creatures has been released!

"... Continues to mix equal parts genre-blending road-honed instrumental grooves, iconic verbal turns, and impenetrably opaque lyrics. The musical hooks are ample, but the memorable verbal phrases are shiny fragments rather than whole jewels, rendered in tone and words rather than characters or story. Perhaps it's the overall obscurity that makes descriptive shards like "lonely as a weather balloon" stand out in such sharp relief."
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new date	City	State	Venue
5/1/2008	Fort Worth	TX	Mayfest
5/2/2008	New Braunfels	TX	Gruene Hall
5/3/2008	Houston	TX	Private Event
5/29/2008	Houston	TX	Discovery Green
5/30/2008	Bryan	TX	Lakeside Icehouse
5/31/2008	Austin	TX	Nutty Brown Cafe
6/1/2008	Kerrville	TX	Kerrville Folk Festival
6/4/2008	Tulsa	OK	Plan B
6/5/2008	St. Louis	MO	Twangfest @ The Duck Room / Blueberry Hill
6/6/2008	Columbia	MO	The Blue Note
6/7/2008	Lawrence	KS	Wakarusa Festival
6/19/2008	Ft. Worth	TX	Central Market
6/20/2008	Dallas	TX	The Granada Theater
6/21/2008	Austin	TX	Threadgills
6/28/2008	Austin	TX	Private Event
7/3/2008	New Braunfels	TX	White Water Amphitheatre
7/16/2008	Sunland Park	NM	Sunset Hall @ Ardavino’s Desert Crossing
7/17/2008	Santa Fe	NM	Santa Fe Bandstand
7/18/2008	Los Alamos	NM	Los Alamos Summer Concert Series
7/30/2008	Boise	ID	Grove Plaza - Alive After Five Series
8/1/2008	Hailey	ID	Northern Rockies Folk Festival
8/2/2008	Bend	OR	TBA NOT ISSUED
8/2/2008	Bend	OR	The Domino Room
8/3/2008	Happy Valley	OR	Pickathon Roots Music Festival
8/27/2008	Albany	NY	The Linda
8/28/2008	Brooklyn	NY	Music Hall of Williamsburg
8/29/2008	Philadelphia	PA	World Cafe Live
8/30/2008	Scotch Plains	NJ	Private Event
8/31/2008	Charleston	RI	Rhythm & Roots Festival
9/5/2008	Falls Church	VA	The State Theatre
9/6/2008	North Garden	VA	Private Event
10/2/2008	Los Angeles	CA	Safari Sam’s
10/4/2008	San Francisco	CA	Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival
10/25/2008	New Braunfels	TX	Private Event