FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JOSHUA DYLAN BALIS ANNOUNCES WE’RE ON FIRE SUMMER 2022 TOUR DATES
Singer-Songwriter's Critically-Acclaimed Album We’re On Fire Featured by American Songwriter, The Bluegrass Situation and Dallas Observer
Summer Radio Single ‘Lydia’ Featured In The Boot’s Weekly Picks
"...it takes patience and persistence to etch a place amongst today’s competition. Balis appears to have both the attitude and the aptitude to make his own emphatic impression, these eleven songs provide the proof." - American Songwriter
"Balis has fully delivered on the artistic autonomy it took years for him to claim." - Dallas Observer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 24, 2022) - Folk-rock singer-songwriter Joshua Dylan Balis is bringing the heat with his WE’RE ON FIRE summer headlining tour. Josh is touring in support of his recently released critically-acclaimed debut LP We’re On Fire (State Fair Records), which was featured by American Songwriter, The Bluegrass Situation, and The Dallas Morning News. The Dallas Observer acknowledged the authenticity of the emerging troubadour’s riveting storytelling, lauding the album as “a stunning example of what an artist can do when allowed to create in his own voice" and Glide Magazine said, “Balis puts his skills as a songsmith and singer on full display.”
Josh will kick off his WE’RE ON FIRE headlining tour in his hometown of Dallas, Texas this Friday (5/27) with a special album release show featuring special guests and members of band Bastards of Soul Danny Balis and Chad Stockslager. The 15-city tour will continue with stops in Washington, D.C., New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, and Denver, CO before making a second run through Dallas/Fort Worth, TX and returning to Nashville, TN where Josh currently resides. View the full list of tour dates below.*
Featured in The Boot's Weekly Picks, Josh’s current radio single “Lydia” was named a song “that immediately takes you back to another time” (Holler) and a “jangly heartland rocker that provides Balis’ voice a higher place to elegantly soar” (Dallas Observer). “Lydia” was recently shipped to Triple A, Americana and Non-comm radio stations and was co-produced by Josh and Jay Michael Smith. The song is the follow up to Josh’s previously released “Stories” and title track “We’re On Fire,” which quickly notched an impressive 52,000 streams on YouTube and was noted as a “gorgeous, dreamy arrangement with a hint of Americana twang” (Dallas Observer). View the “We’re On Fire” music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMMnL7Ico1M.
Josh’s current single “Lydia” can be streamed here: https://orcd.co/lydia.
"'Lydia' is a song for the perfect summer day -- you’re driving down the highway with the windows down, daydreaming about the excitement of new love. It's meant to transport you to a magical moment or happy memory, and a similar feeling of being in love," shared Josh.
Along the tour, Josh will make a stop in New Jersey to join WFDU’s Crash on the Levee Host Jerry Treacy for a special interview about his album We’re On Fire on Saturday, June 11th. Fans can tune-in to listen to the full interview at 9a.m. Eastern Time, here: https://wfdu.fm/single/index.php.
Josh is signed to Dallas-based State Fair Records and grew up in a family of accomplished musicians including his grandmother Evelyn, who was a backup vocalist for Patsy Cline during her Hayride circuit, and his father Danny Balis, the co-owner of the Twilite Lounge music venue (Dallas / Fort Worth) and bassist of the band Bastards of Soul.
We're On Fire is available at digital retailers everywhere, listen to it here: https://orcd.co/wereonfirealbum.
*Tickets are on sale now.
For tickets and more information about Joshua Dylan Balis and his upcoming tour stops, visit https://www.joshuabalis.com/.
WE’RE ON FIRE
SUMMER 2022 TOUR DATES
5/27/22 - Dallas, TX - Three Links Deep Ellum (album release show)
6/10/22 - Washington D.C. - Rosslyn
6/11/22 - New York, NY - Pianos
6/12/22 - New York, NY - Rockwood Music Hall
6/13/22 - Columbus, OH - Woodlands Tavern
6/14/22 - Kansas City, MO - (Venue TBA)
6/15/22 - Denver, CO - Skylark Lounge
6/16/22 - Los Angeles, CA - Harvard & Stone
6/17/22 - Salt Lake City, UT (Venue TBA)
6/18/22 - Cody, Wyoming - The Dollar
6/20/22 - Denver, CO - Your Mom’s House
6/21/22 - Tucson, AR - Zia Records
6/22/22 - Fort Worth, TX - Main At South Side (M.A.S.S)
6/23/22 - Dallas, TX - Good Records
6/24/22 - Nashville, TN - The Five Spot
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