Singer-songwriter Tré Burt has shared the title-track off his forthcoming new album, Traffic Fiction, which is being released on October 6 via Oh Boy Records. The album marks a musical reinvention and is deeply influenced by the soul music he listened to with his grandfather as a child. His Grandfather, Tommy Burt passed away as he was writing this album, but their relationship is preserved via the 14 tracks found on Traffic Fiction. Of the single Tré shares, “’Traffic Fiction’ was originally a poem I wrote in a bar in Calgary called ‘A Poem Written in a Calgary Bar.’ I probably read some headline about impending war that day and thought ‘why is that my problem?’ and got to writing this poem over a beer and spliff in the early hours of morning. The words ‘Traffic Fiction’ seemed a good way to describe the way media, world leaders and governments exploit our fear of death in order to corroborate us in their own self interests, holding us all hostage on their sinking ship (and in a microcosmic sense how we everyday neighbors do the same to each other) and figured it make for a good song.” The video for the song was directed by Josh Shoemaker.
On October 6 and 7 Tré will perform at The Los Angeles Folk Festival taking place at The Fold. The shows kick off his North American tour which also hits Brooklyn on October 7, Toronto on October 18 and Nashville on November 2 before concluding in Atlanta the following night, November 3.
Tré Burt Tour Dates
*Supporting Wilco
8/14: Guixols Arena – Sant Feliu De Guixols, SPAIN*
8/16: Starlite Marbella – Marbella, SPAIN*
8/17: Plaza de Toros – Alacant, SPAIN*
8/20: Espazos Festival – Vigo, SPAIN*
8/22: Le Bikini – Ramonville-St-Agne, FRANCE*
8/27: The Long Road Festival – Leicestershire, UK
9/8-10: The Burl County Fair – Lexington, KY
9/23: Healing Appalachia – Lewisburg, WV
10/7: Los Angeles Folk Festival at The Ford – Los Angeles, CA
10/9: Songbyrd – Washington, DC
10/10: Johnny Brenda’s – Philly, PA
10/11: Baby’s All Right – Brooklyn, NY
10/13: Higher Ground – Burlington, VT
10/14: The Red Room at Cafe 939 – Boston, MA
10/15: Billsville House Concerts – Manchester, VT
10/17: Cafe Campus – Montreal, QC
10/18: Monarch Tavern – Toronto, ON
10/19: Magic Bag – Ferndale, MI
10/20: SPACE – Chicago, IL
10/21: Racoon Motel – Davenport, IA
10/22: Turf Club – Minneapolis, MN
10/24: Cactus Club – Milwaukee, WI
10/25: Bishop Bar – Bloomington, IN
11/2: Blue Room at Third Man – Nashville, TN
11/3: The Loft at Center Stage – Atlanta, GA
