Della Mae Releases “First Song Dancer” From Forthcoming LP ‘Headlight,” New Tour Dates Added

January 10, 2020 – Nashville, TN – Today, Della Mae unveiled a new album track and video for “First Song Dancer” from their eagerly-anticipated new album Headlight. The album, which will be released on January 17, is their first full-length release in five years and the follow-up to 2019’s acclaimed

The Butcher Shoppe EP.

“First Song Dancer,” available today via digital service providers, pays tribute to “that person in the audience who gives you all their energy right off the bat, and makes you feel like you’re up there for a reason,” says fiddler & vocalist Kimber Ludiker, who co-wrote the song with bandmate Celia Woodsmith. As Woodsmith told American Songwriter‘s Madeline Crone, “The first song dancer has saved me more times than I can count.” The accompanying lyric video was created by Becky Warren.  

Della Mae —  anchored by founding members Kimber Ludiker (fiddle, vocals), Celia Woodsmith (vocals, guitar), and Jenni Lyn Gardner (mandolin, vocals) and joined by Avril Smith (guitar) and Vicki Vaughn (bass) —  will kick off their 2020 tour in support of Headlight on January 22 in Cambridge, England. A full list of dates is below, and more shows will be announced in the coming weeks.

dellamae.com/shows

Headlight Track List:

1. Headlight (Celia Woodsmith)
2. Change (featuring The McCrary Sisters) (Tony Kamel)
3. The Long Game (Kimber Ludiker, Mark Erelli, Jon Weisberger)
4. I Like It When You’re Home (Celia Woodsmith)
5. The Odds of Getting Even (Maya de Vitry, Caitlin Canty)
6. Wild One (Celia Woodsmith)
   7. It’s About Time (featuring The McCrary Sisters) (Jenni Lyn Gardner, Melody Walker)
   8. Waiting For You (Celia Woodsmith)
   9. Peg Monster (Kimber Ludiker)
   10. First Song Dancer (Kimber Ludiker, Celia Woodsmith)
   11. Working (featuring The McCrary Sisters) (Celia Woodsmith, Mark Erelli)
   12. I Can’t Pretend (Celia Woodsmith)

Tour Dates (newly added dates in bold)

1/22 Cambridge, UK Junction
1/24 Biddulph, UK St Lawrence Church
1/25 Sheffield, UK The Greystones
1/26 Dublin, IE TradFest
1/28 Glasgow, UK Celtic Connections
1/29 Leeds, UK Brudenell Social Club
1/30 Bury, UK The Met
1/31 London, UK Kings Place
2/3-2/10 Miami, FL Cayamo Cruise

2/20 Denver, CO Cervantes’
2/21-2/23/2020 Steamboat Springs, CO WinterWonderGrass
2/27/2020 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
2/28 Portland, ME Port City Music Hall
2/29 Northampton, MA Back Porch Festival
3/1 New York, NY City Vineyard

3/12 Asheville, NC Ambrose West
3/13 Elkin, NC Reeves Theater
3/14 Charleston, SC The Charleston Pour House
3/15 Wilmington, NC Brooklyn Arts Center 
3/26 San Francisco, CA The Chapel
3/27-3/28 Squaw Valley, CA WinterWonderGrass
4/1 Charlottesville, VA The Southern Cafe & Music Hall
4/2 Richmond, VA Modlin Center for the Arts
4/3 Washington D.C. The Hamilton Live
4/4 Suffolk, VA Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts
4/5 Hampton-Sydney, VA Tiger Inn
4/10-4/11 Stratton, VT WinterWonderGrass
4/16-4/17 Tilmon, TX Old Settlers Music Festival
4/18 York, SC McCelvey Center
4/23 Lier, BE Ripspique
4/24 Utrecht, NL Tivolivredenburg
4/25 Groningen, NL Spot @ Oosterpoort
4/26Wageningen, NL Junushoff
4/28Middlesbrough, UK Middlesbrough Town Hall
5/9Katonah, NY Caramoor Center for the Arts

5/14 Seattle, WA Nectar Lounge

5/15 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios 
5/16 Yakima, WA Roots & Vines Festival