Miami formed and long-time Nashville based, genre-bending Americana icons THE MAVERICKS have announced details today on their highly anticipated new album “Moon & Stars”. Set for release on May 17th via the band’s own Mono Mundo Recordings imprint in conjunction with Thirty Tigers, the award winning group’s 13th studio album marks their first new music release since 2020’s ground-breaking and chart topping “En Espanol” project, and their first return to a full English language release since their acclaimed “Brand New Day” album in 2017.
Already known for their distinctive and eclectic Americana / Roots fusion of Alternative & Outlaw Country, Rock, Blues, R&B and Tejano/Tex-Mex influences, The Mavericks quite appropriately recorded the tracks of “Moon & Stars” across the country in Blackbird Studio (Nashville, Tennessee), Frogville Studios (Santa Fe, New Mexico) and Dockside Studio (Maurice, Louisiana). The result is a long-awaited album that instantly invokes both a timeless feel of a classic Mavericks release that will fit seamlessly among their most revered career work, while once again challenging genre conventions and pushing the boundaries of their melting pot sound ever forward.
First single and title track “Moon & Stars (with Sierra Ferrell)” will be released this Friday, March 1st (with advance press copies available by request) and simultaneously launch the album’s Pre-Save availability across all major DSPs, and Pre-Orders for physical CDs and vinyl. Additional special featured guests on the album will include Maggie Rose, Nicole Atkins, and the band’s own ‘Fantastic Five’ member Max Abrams. Song co-writers with THE MAVERICKS also include Bernie Taupin, Sam Hollander, Wally Wilson, and more.
Watch for additional singles from “Moon & Stars” to be released in late March and April, with THE MAVERICKS already giving live previews of select songs in their ongoing live touring and the band’s April/May tour throughout Europe – with many more dates to follow throughout the year (see all announced dates below).
“The Mavericks do what precious few of their contemporaries can... A band conversant in country, jazz, pop and Latin-flavored rhythms, finely honed by its relentless dedication to touring... Raul Malo and his bandmates had just spent about 80 minutes delivering one of their trademark performances packed with fire, feeling and funkiness... Throughout, the Mavericks were reliably kinetic and locked tighter than a bank vault... [and] Malo’s luscious voice wrapped around bilingual lyrics, a riveting anchor amid the musical maelstrom…and the ecstatic howl from the crowd crystallized the night in a single word, repeated at high volume: “More! More! MORE!” ...The only true disappointment about any Mavericks gig is that it has to end at some point. After all, if you can sustain such pleasure indefinitely, why stop?
– Dallas Observer, 02/10/24
THE MAVERICKS –UPCOMING TOUR DATES
03/1/24 - 3/8/24 Cayamo Cruise
03/15/24 Miami, FL Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
03/16/24 Key Largo, FL Ocean Reef Cultural Center
04/11/24 Milwaukee, WI The Pabst Theater
04/12/24 Waukegan, IL Genesee Theatre
04/13/24 Madison, WI The Orpheum Theater
04/21/24 Glasgow, UK Royal Concert Hall
04/22/24 Manchester, UK Bridgewater Hall
04/24/24 Bath, UK The Forum
04/25/24 London, UK The Palladium
04/26/24 Paris, FR La Cigale
04/28/24 Antwerp, BE De Roma
04/29/24 Utrecht, NL Tivoli Vredenburg
04/30/24 Amsterdam, NL Paradiso
05/02/24 Einhoven, NL Muziekgebouw Eindhoven
05/03/24 Hamburg, DE Gruenspan
05/04/24 Berlin, DE Columbia Theater
05/06/24 Copenhagen, DK Amager Bio
05/07/24 Gothenburg, SE Pustervik
05/08/24 Stockholm, SE Berns
START OF THE MOON & STARS TOUR
05/17/24 Austin, TX ACL Live at The Moody Theater
05/18/24 Austin, TX ACL Live at The Moody Theater
05/23/24 Kansas City, MO Knuckleheads
05/25/24 Kansas City, MO Knuckleheads
05/26/24 Camdenton, MO Ozarks Amphitheater (Supporting Willie Nelson)
06/01/24 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre
06/19/24 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Center
06/21/24 Sidney, ME Snow Pond Center
06/22/24 Webster, MA Indian Ranch
06/23/24 Beverly, MA The Cabot
06/25/24 Ridgefield, CT Ridgefield Playhouse
06/27/24 Syracuse, NY Syracuse Jazz Fest
06/29/24 Hammondsport, NY Point of the Bluff Concert Pavilion
07/12/24 Aspen, CO Belly Up Aspen
07/13/24 Denver, CO Paramount Theatre
07/14/24 Steamboat Springs, CO Strings Music Festival
07/23/24 Paso Robles, CA California Mid-State Fair
08/15/24 Oshkosh, WI Waterfest
08/16/24 Cedar Rapids, IA Paramount Theatre
08/17/24 Indianapolis, IN Rock the Ruins
09/09/24 Spencer IA Clay County Fair
- More to come
RAUL MALO – TOUR DATES
“Listening to Raul Malo sing transcends the aural experience. The leader of the Mavericks and a genre-bending solo artist, Malo possesses a voice that vibrates through a listener’s entire core — to say nothing of what it does on an emotional level. Equal parts Orbison and Pavarotti, Malo makes a case for himself as the greatest singer working in roots music – Rolling Stone
MAR 1 FRI Cayamo Cruise 2024 Miami, FL
MAR 22 FRI City Winery Boston Boston, MA
MAR 23 SAT Jane Pickens Theater & Event Center Newport, RI
MAR 24 SUN Tarrytown Music Hall Tarrytown, NY
MAR 26 TUE City Winery Hudson Valley Montgomery, NY
MAR 27 WED The Newton Theatre Newton, NJ
MAR 28 THU Sellersville Theater Sellersville, PA
MAR 30 SAT Birchmere Alexandria, VA
APR 3 WED Music Box Supper Club Cleveland, OH
APR 4 THU Ludlow Garage Cincinnati, OH
APR 6 SAT The Ark Ann Arbor, MI
APR 8 MON Dakota Minneapolis, MN
