Ian Noe tours Benelux this week presenting "River Fools & Mountain Saints"

For Ian Noe, it all started with a title. Two years ago, not long after releasing his stunning debut Between the Country, the Kentucky singer-songwriter was stumbling around in search of a creative direction when a phrase came to him: River Fools & Mountain Saints. In an instant, he knew how he’d be structuring his yet-to-be-written collection of songs.

It is both an expansion and a deepening of the hard-nosed storytelling he introduced on his first LP. Unlike the pitch-black balladry that defined Between the Country, Noe was intent on including at least a few halfway-cheerful tunes this time around. This week Ian Noe brings his band to the Benelux present the brilliant album River Fools & Mountain Saints:

02/06: Antwerp, BE - Trix
03/06: Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso Noord
04/06: Raalte, NL - Ribs & Blues
05/06: Venlo, NL - Down By The River