JD McPherson

Acclaimed singer, songwriter and musician JD McPherson will embark on his fifth-annual “SOCKS: A Rock n’ Roll Christmas Tour” this December with confirmed stops at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom, Nashville’s Basement East, & Minneapolis’s First Avenue, among several others. Tickets are available now via www.jdmcpherson.com/tour.

These performances celebrate McPherson’s breakthrough debut Christmas album, SOCKS, which was released in 2018 on New West Records. The album features 11 all-original Christmas songs, the album has been the best-reviewed holiday record receiving overwhelming critical praise.

Celebrated for her profoundly observational lyrics, her “homespun sensibility,” and a voice that curls like a croon from a gramophone, Melissa Carper plays old school country music that resonates across time and place. Carper’s repertoire weaves together the threads of old-time, bluegrass, western swing, jazz, and blues that all intertwined to form American country music. Veteran Nashville musician Chris Scruggs highlighted Carper’s versatile traditionalism when he dubbed her “Hill Billie Holiday,” declaring, “She’s as good as it gets. She has a quality that really transcends time and fashion.”“Melissa’s songs all come from the heart. She don’t blow smoke,” says musical co-conspirator Gallina.

Carper’s unassuming yet unapologetic queerness,combined with her experiences wandering and finding a new home in diverse communities, reinforced her innate ability to channel into her songs the beauty, struggles, and humor of everyday life—a key component of the best kinds of country music.