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TORONZO CANNON ANNOUNCES "SHUT UP AND PLAY" TOUR

Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon has announced the first set of dates of his Shut Up & Play! concert tour. The 28-city tour will take Cannon from the Midwest to the East Coast and back, including dates in Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Boston. 

Shut Up & Play! on Alligator will be released on Friday, June 7. It will be available on CD, yellow vinyl LP, and at all digital services.

WALTER TROUT TO LAUNCH 
U.S. TOUR IN JULY

Currently touring Europe through May, Walter Trout will launch his U.S. Tour in July in support of his new album Broken. That album rdebuted in March at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Blues Charts. The summer tour will include dates in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Broken is available for purchase on CD and translucent vinyl.

SOUTHERN AVENUE SIGNS 
WITH ALLIGATOR RECORDS

Grammy-nominated Memphis-based roots, blues and soul band Southern Avenue has signed with  blues and roots label Alligator Records. 

The band's as-yet-untitled Alligator Records debut, due later this year, was recorded in Memphis at the famous Royal Studios (Al Green, Ann Peebles, Bruno Mars).