The most recent taster for Darius Rucker’s impending new album Carolyn’s Boy is now out there. “Southern Consolation” is a homage to the American south, written by Chris LaCorte, whose credit embody “Ain’t That Some,” “Blue Tacoma”), Matt Rogers (“‘Til You Can’t,” “Freedom Was a Freeway”) and Josh Osborne (“By no means Wished to Be That Woman,” “Physique Like a Again Highway.”)
The tune captures the temper and the approach to life of the southern states, with lyrics similar to “That light breeze makes me assume I’m three sheets to the wind/When the fireflies gentle me up proper makes the entire world spin/If sunsets have been like whiskey, man, I’d be seeing double/Ain’t nothing on this bottle will get me drunk as southern consolation.”
Carolyn’s Boy, out on October 6 and named after Rucker’s mom, whom he calls “the best girl I’ve ever identified,” the album has already been previewed with the present single “Fires Don’t Begin Themselves,” the current “Have A Good Time,” and the No.1 smash “Beers And Sunshine.”
Rucker is sort of on the finish of the US leg of his Beginning Fires tour, with a date to return on October 14 at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater. He has simply confirmed a tour of the UK and Eire for subsequent April and Could, for which all particulars are at dariusrucker.com. His European tour begins on April 19 in Cologne, Germany, at Cologne Dwell Music.
Darius Rucker’s 2024 European dates on his Beginning Fires tour are:
April 19, 2024 Cologne, Germany || Cologne Dwell Music
April 21, 2024 Zurich, Switzerland || Zurich Kaufleuten
April 22, 2024 Munich, Germany || Backstag
April 24, 2024 Amsterdam, Netherlands || Paradiso
April 27, 2024 Manchester || O2 Apollo
April 28, 2024 Newcastle || O2 Metropolis Corridor
April 30, 2024 Birmingham || O2 Academy
Could 1, 2024 Bristol || Beacon
Could 3, 2024 London || Eventim Apollo
Could 5, 2024 Leeds || O2 Academy
Could 6, 2024 Glasgow || O2 Academy
Could 9, 2024 Dublin || Olympia Theatre
Could 11, 2024 Belfast || Waterfront Corridor
Pre-order Darius Rucker’s Carolyn’s Boy, which is launched on October 6.