Cordovas starts touring Europe tomorrow!

After two years waiting Cordovas will finally return to Europe with Destiny Hotel. The record is a work of wild poetry and wide-eyed abandon, set to a glorious collision of folk and country and groove-heavy rock-and-roll. In a major creative milestone for the Tennessee-based band—vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Joe Firstman, keyboardist Sevans Henderson, guitarist/vocalist Lucca Soria and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Toby Weaver—the album harnesses the freewheeling energy of their live show more fully than ever, all while lifting their songwriting to a whole new level of sophistication. The result is a batch of songs that ruminate and rhapsodize with equal intensity, inviting endless celebration on the way to transcendence.

But while Destiny Hotel unfolds in untold revelations on fear and ego and self-liberation, Cordovas offer up that insight without ever slipping into didacticism. In fact, much of the album radiates utter elation, each moment echoing Cordovas’ band-of-brothers kinship and extraordinary closeness: when they’re not touring the world, taking the stage at leading festivals like Stagecoach, Newport Folk and Pickathon, or hosting their own Tropic of Cancer Concert Series down in Todos Santos, Cordovas spend much of their time practicing in the barn at their communal farm home just outside Nashville. “I can’t imagine that many bands rehearse more than we do,” says Firstman, whose wife and young child also live on the farm. “We’re all here together in this wonderful space, and we’re pretty good about never taking it for granted.”

Starting tomorrow, Cordovas will be on tour in Europe:

22/03: Leiden, NL - Q-Bus
23/03: Utrecht, NL - TivoliVredenburg
24/03: Sint Niklaas, BE - Casino
25/03: Weert, NL - Bosuil
26/03: Groningen, NL - Oosterpoort
27/03: Oldenzaal, NL - Cobblestone
29/03: Uppsala, SWE - Katalin
30/03: Rimbo, SWE - Opalen
31/03: Sundsvall, SWE - Q-Bar
01/04: Trondheim, NO - Bar Moskus
02/04: Trondheim, NO - Bar Moskus
03/04: Sandane, NO - Sølvane Gard
05/04: Bergen, NO - Bergen Sessions
06/04: Oslo, NO - John Dee
07/04: Kristianstad, SWE - Biljardkompaniet
08/04: Falkenberg, SWE - Tryckhallen
09/04: Göteborg, SWE - Pustervik
10/04: Motala, SWE - Hagebyhöga Handelsträdgård
11/04: Stockholm, SWE - Nalen Klubb
12/04: Kungsbacka, SWE - Kungsbacka Teater
13/04: Malmö, SWE - Folk å Rock
14/04: Odense, DK - Dexter
15/04: Esbjerg, DK - Tobakken
16/04: Hamburg, DE - Nochtwache
17/04: Schijndel, NL - Paaspop
19/04: Angers, FR - Joker's Pub
21/04: Bilbao, ESP - Kafe Antzokia
22/04: Madrid, ESP - El Sol
23/04: Alivés, ESP - Factoria Cultural
24/04: Santander, ESP - Little Bobby
26/04: Cadiz, ESP - Aulario La Bomba
27/04: Valencia, ESP - Loco Club
28/04: Zaragoza, ESP - Rock & Blues Café
29/04: Barcelona, ESP - Sala Bódeva