CHUCK RAGAN
RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘ONE MORE SHOT’
FEATURING PAIGE OVERTON
TAKEN FROM NEW ALBUM LOVE AND LORE
OUT 25TH OCTOBER 2024
SPRING TOUR OF UK AND IRELAND ANNOUNCED FOR 2025
This honesty and vulnerability while still maintaining his integrity is trademark Chuck Ragan™ and why his fanbase has been intensely loyal despite long stretches of time between solo records (his previous studio album Till Midnight was released in 2014; his videogame soundtrack The Flame In The Flood in 2016). Love And Lore was conceptualized in 2016 with studio work beginning in 2019, progress was halted due to that ol’ dreaded COVID, Love And Lore was posited on the shelf while he focused on his fly fishing operation in Grass Valley, CA to provide for his family. “We got serious about making this album again in 2022, but I didn’t have a ton of time to devote to it between being physically exhausted and having a toddler,” he admits. “It was just chaos.” (This also includes a tree falling on guitarist/pedal steel/multi-instrumentalist Todd Beene‘s house.) Eventually Love And Lore was recorded in early 2023 and the result is an album that showcases Chuck’s further transcending the “folk” label to create a collection of songs that see him stretching out as a songwriter to fearlessly explore new sonic territory.
A formidable presence on stage for the last three decades, Chuck Ragan played his first solo show over 30 years ago and has been writing heartfelt campfire anthems ever since he picked up an acoustic guitar at the age of 12. Growing up in the Southeast and raised by his Louisiana and Florida-bred Southern family, he has toured the world with seminal punk band Hot Water Music and as a solo performer. Chuck conceptualized The Revival Tour in 2005, which has been one of the most anticipated tours throughout North America, Europe, and Australia since its inception in 2008. Featuring such punk rock royalty as Frank Turner, Dave Hause (The Loved Ones), Jenny Owens Young, Brian Fallon (The Gaslight Anthem), Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!), Dan Andriano (Alkaline Trio) among many others, The Revival Tour was a festival of sorts that brought together artists of varying genres to collaborate and jam on stage as a musical collective. Ragan has toured the globe extensively for the past two decades and has become a household name in both the folk and punk communities.
Aside from his constantly evolving musical career, Chuck is a true multi-hyphenate as he is an established fishing guide who leads fly fishing trips throughout the Sacramento Valley Rivers in and around the Western region of the Lower Sierra Nevada Mountains. He has also written a book, The Road Most Traveled (2012), which compiles anecdotes about life on the road. In addition, an award-winning documentary Landsick based on his balance between music, his fishing, and his family, had a theatrical release in 2018, and was followed by a wide release on YouTube the following year.
To celebrate the new new album Love or Lore, Chuck Ragan has announced a headline UK tour for April 2025. A full list of dates below:
24 April 2025 Dolans, Limerick
25 April 2025 Whelan’s, Dublin
26 April 2025 The Limelight 2, Belfast
27 April 2025 District, Liverpool
28 April 2025 King Tut’s, Glasgow
29 April 2025 The Cluny, Newcastle
30 April 2025 Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
1 May 2025 The Bullingdon, Oxford
2 May 2025 The Joiners, Southampton
3 May 2025 The Garage, London
4 May 2025 Signature Brew Blackhorse Road, London
Tickets on sale now here
The new album LOVE AND LORE will be released on October 25, 2024. via Rise Records and can be streamed/purchased HERE.
LOVE AND LORE Tracklisting
All In
Wild In Our Ways
Northern World
Echo The Halls
Winter
Aching Hour
Waiting Out The Storm
One More Shot
Reel My Heart
Hanging On
The new album LOVE AND LORE will be released on October 25, 2024. via Rise Records and can be streamed/purchased HERE.
