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Kevin Morby releases "Baltimore" benefit single, covered VU with Waxahatchee

Kevin Morby has just released a new digital single featuring two different versions of previously unreleased song, “Baltimore.” “Baltimore (Sky At Night)” was recorded during the Singing Saw sessions, while “Baltimore (County Line)” was recorded during the City Music sessions. Says Kevin:

I love Baltimore. It is a city with a giant heart and has remained one of my favorite places to keep returning to on tour. It is unique and beautiful and you can’t mistake it for anywhere else in the world – Baltimore is one hundred percent Baltimore. All proceeds from both my and the label side will go to the Believe In Music education program, which provides “an innovative music education for Baltimore’s youth”. I do hope you enjoy both versions of the song and if you do decide to donate – thank you for contributing to what I believe to be a great cause.

I wrote Baltimore at the time I was conceiving both Singing Saw and City Music and recorded a version during both sessions with two different bands. I love the song dearly, but in the end thought that thematically it didn’t belong on either album, and thus have been waiting for this moment to release it as what it has always been meant to be – a single.

Listen to both “sides” of the single, below. As Kevin mentions above, all proceeds from the single go to Baltimore non-profit Believe In Music whose mission is “empowering youth with self-expression and community engagement through music and technology education.”

Meanwhile, Kevin Morby and recent tourmate Waxahatchee (Katie Crutchfield) covered The Velvet Underground‘s “After Hours” (the original featured Mo Tucker on lead vocals), which they turned lovely duet. Katie shared it on her Tumblr and you can listen to that below.

Kevin’s got European tour dates starting this weekend — all are listed below.

http://katiecrutchfield.tumblr.com/post/166562393700/k-morby-k-crutch-do-vu

KEVIN MORBY – 2018 TOUR DATES:
Sun. Oct. 29 – Nantes, FR @ Festival Soy
Tue. Oct. 31 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom
Wed. Nov. 1 – Leffinge, BE @ De Zwerver / Autumn Falls
Thu. Nov. 2 – Paris, FR @ Pitchfork Paris
Fri. Nov. 3 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique/ Autumn Falls
Sat. Nov. 4 – Wangels, DE @ Rolling Stone Weekender
Sun. Nov. 5 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
Mon. Nov. 6 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
Tue. Nov. 7 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser
Wed. Nov. 8 – Oslo, NO @ John Dee
Thu. Nov. 9 – Lund, SE @ Mejeriet
Sat. Nov. 11 – Utrecht, NL @ Le Guess Who?