Americana singer, guitarist and songwriter Jarrod Dickenson is releasing the song ‘Your Heart Belongs To Me’, a duet sung with his wife Claire. The single is taken from his critically acclaimed 2017 album ‘Ready The Horses’, released on Decca, and has an impact date of March 9th.
Not one to rest on his laurels, Jarrod’s schedule since the release of ‘Ready The Horses’ has been full to the brim, with packed out US and European dates, accolades and recognition flying in from a multitude of respected musical publications and a Christmas single that hit over 250,000 plays on Spotify.
With barely enough time to catch his breath, Jarrod has announced a support slot for the Wandering Heart’s London gig at Bush Hall on March 1st followed by a trio of headline dates across Europe, and a support slot on the UK tour of none other than Americana luminary Don McLean (dates below).
In anticipation of the upcoming dates, Jarrod releases the song ‘Your Heart Belongs To Me’, a love story inspired by the four-year period in which he had a long distance relationship with Claire before they were married. It talks about what Jarrod describes as, “how true love needs no frills, no sugar coating. True love wants to get straight to the heart of the matter, and the thing that binds two people together more than anything else is time spent with one another.”
Their relationship started after meeting at the Songwriters Festival in Belfast (the same festival he is to play on March 11th this year), where Jarrod was a performer and Claire was a volunteer working at the entrance. They instantly hit it off, and although Jarod was due to hit the road the following day, they knew there was something special between them so kept in close contact, during which time a romance blossomed. Jarrod took inspiration from this time apart, “It’s not necessarily an auto-biographical song, but where we were in our own relationship at that time certainly influenced my writing. There were very few gifts exchanged in our dating and courtship, because every penny each of us had was spent in travel to see the other. All we wanted was to be together, and I think the characters in this song feel the same way.”
Jarrod Dickenson UK dates 2018
MAR 1 London Bush Hall (As support for The Wandering Hearts)
MAR 11 Belfast Songwriters Festival
As support for Grant Lee Philips
APR 17 London Bush Hall
APR 18 Birmingham Hare & Hound
APR 19 Liverpool Philharmonic Music Room
APR 20 Manchester Deaf Institute
APR 21 Glasgow King Tuts
APR 22 Leeds Brudenell Social Club
APR 24 Cambridge Portland Arms
APR 25 Bristol The Lantern
As support for Don McLean
APR 29 Southend Cliffs Pavilion
APR 30 York Barbican Centre
MAY 01 Halifax Victoria Theatre
MAY 02 Gateshead Sage
MAY 04 Bexhill On Sea De La Warr Pavilion
MAY 06 Cardiff Donald Gordon Theatre
MAY 07 Manchester The Bridgewater Hall
MAY 09 London Palladium
MAY 10 Birmingham Symphony Hall
MAY 11 Bristol Colston Hall
MAY 13 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
MAY 15 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
MAY 16 Edinburgh Usher Hall
MAY 20-23 Dublin Vicar Street
MAY 25 Castlebar Theatre Royal
MAY 26 Derry Millennium Theatre
MAY 27 Letterkenny Aura Arena
MAY 29 Wexford Opera House
MAY 30 Lyrath Estate Kilkenny
JUN 01-02 Limerick Theatre
JUN 03 Sligo Knocknarea Arena
JUN 05 Westmeath Mullingar Park Hotel Co.
JUN 07 Belfast Waterfront Hall Auditorium
JUN 08-09 Galway Seapoint
JUN 11-12 Dublin Vicar Option
JUN 14 Cork The Marquee
