Away Team

Legacy Recordings has announced the release of Red Velvet Car, the first new studio album in six years from the groundbreaking Seattle-based band HEART, available everywhere on Tuesday, August 31st, or pre-order your copy now from Amazon.com here.

For their first new album since 2004′s Jupiter’s Darling, the first ladies of arena rock took an acoustic approach to a collection of songs inspired by the world around them, arranged for an assortment of strings including guitar, mandolin, dobro, banjo, fiddle, viola, cello and autoharp, all played by Nancy Wilson and the album’s producer, Grammy winner Ben Mink.

Nine of the album’s songs were written for, and appear for the first time on Red Velvet Car. The album’s closer, ‘Sand‘, is a newly recorded version of a song originally written and recorded by the LOVEMONGERS, Ann and Nancy‘s 1990′s acoustic side project.

Tracks on Red Velvet Car include:
Death Valley
Safronia’s Mark
Red Velvet Car
Queen City
Sunflower
Wheels
There You Go
WTF
Hey You
Sand

“It feels good to have Sony Music holding our new baby. It’s sort of like coming home, since we worked with them on Little Queen, Dog And Butterfly, Bebe le Strange, Private Audition and Passionworks, among others,” said Ann Wilson. “We’re excited about taking it on the road. A fresh sound with all the original Heart magic.”

“This album feels so right for the times,” said Nancy Wilson. “We can’t wait to share this one with the world!”

Heart will be performing songs from Red Velvet Car, as well as classics from the band’s repertoire, at selected Lilith Fair dates and in headline concerts across the US and Canada from July through September.

Current HEART dates:
7/5/2010 CA San Francisco Lilith Fair
7/15/2010 KS Bonner Springs Lilith Fair
7/17/2010 IL Chicago Lilth Fair
7/18/2010 MN Minneapolis Lilth Fair
7/20/2010 Canada Thunder Bay Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
7/24/2010 Canada London Harris Park
7/28/2010 MA Boston Bank of America Pavilion
7/30/2010 NH Gilford Meadowbrook U.S. Cellular Pavilion
7/31/2010 CT Mashantucket MGM Grand Theater @ Foxwoods
8/1/2010 MD Baltimore Pier Six Concert Pavilion
8/3/2010 NY New York Hammerstein Ballroom
8/5/2010 OH Columbus Ohio State Fair
8/6/2010 PA Pittsburgh Amphitheatre at Station Square
8/7/2010 NJ Atlantic City Cicus Maximus Theater
8/10/2010 PA Bethlehem Musikfest
8/11/2010 VA Glen Allen Innsbrook Pavilion
8/13/2010 VA Portsmouth Ntelos Pavilion
8/14/2010 NC Raliegh Raleigh Amphitheatre
8/15/2010 NC Charlotte The Uptown Amphitheatre
8/17/2010 TN Nashville Ryman Auditorium
8/18/2010 GA Atlanta Chastain Park Amphitheatre
8/19/2010 AL Huntsville Von Braun Center
8/21/2010 AR Little Rock Riverfest Amphitheater
8/22/2010 TX Beaumont Ford Arena
8/23/2010 TX Dallas House of Blue’s Dallas
8/26/2010 CO Denver Paramount Theater
8/27/2010 CO Grand Junction Rock Jam Festival
8/29/2010 NE Grand Island Nebraska State Fair
9/3/2010 MI Clarkston DTE Energy Center
9/4/2010 MO St Charles Family Arena
9/5/2010 OK Quapaw Downstream Casino
9/18/2010 CA Universal City Gibson Amphitheater
9/23/2010 CA Santa Rosa Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
9/24/2010 WA Ridgefield Sleep Country Amphitheater
9/25/2010 WA Puyallup Western Washington Fair