The Tillers have been thumping their own distinctive sound of string band style folk music for a decade, riding it all over the country and across the sea. Four studio albums and one live record have won them praise as modern folk storytellers of the national soundscape.
Mid-2017, The Tillers holed up at Candyland Recording Studio in Dayton, Kentucky with producer Mike Montgomery (Jeremy Pinnell, The Breeders) and tracked ten new songs, live to two-inch tape. The recordings showcase the diversity of their writing and musicianship, from hard-tackle thump to tender graceful melody – lightening-fast banjo to intricate guitar flat picking, plaintive fiddle, deep anchoring bass and clear tenor harmonies.
Fueled by life, family, history, travel and politics, the new self-titled LP is the band’s most engaging record to date.
The Tillers will be released worldwide on Vinyl, CD and Digital Platforms March 23 via SofaBurn. Click here to pre-order the vinyl. And click here to pre-order the CD.
THE TILLERS TOUR DATES
3/23 Columbus, OH – Woodlands Tavern (w/ Pert’ Near Sandstone and Al Scorch)
3/24 Newport, KY – Southgate House Revival (w/ Pert’ Near Sandstone and Al Scorch)
3/29 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon (w/ Pert’ Near Sandstone and Al Scorch)
3/30 Chicago, IL – The Hideout (w/ Pert’ Near Sandstone and Al Scorch)
3/31 Indianapolis, IN – The Hi-Fi (w/ Pert’ Near Sandstone)
4/12 Louisville, KY – Zanzabar (w/ Pert’ Near Sandstone)
4/13 St. Louis – Off Broadway (w/ Pert’ Near Sandstone)
4/14 Bloomington, IN – The Bishop (w/ Pert’ Near Sandstone) 
4/21 Albany, TX – Walk This Earth Fest 
5/31-6/1 Bean Blossom, IN – John Hartford Memorial Festival
6/15 Eau Claire, WI – Blue Ox Music Festival
(additional dates to be announced soon)