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Today, Colorado-bred, Tennessee-based singer-songwriter Jobi Ricco has released a vibrant new single “Instead.” The track highlights her witty humor and acute self-awareness, complete with lap steel swells and a singalong-able refrain that’s painfully relatable: “I drank too much and I was crazy.”

“‘Instead’ lovingly stems from a deeply unserious place,” says Riccio. “When I wrote the song I was inspired by the way Roger Miller and John Prine imbued their sense of humor and goofiness into songs while also penning heartbreakingly poignant lyrics in other parts of their catalog. I wanted to put this song on ‘Whiplash’ but just couldn’t get it right. I’m glad it gets a spaghetti western-y second lease on life in this new recording that features the talents of my friends Paul Defiglia, Dom Billet, Rich Hinman, Jesse Timm and Isaiah Beard.”

Listen to “Instead” here: https://ffm.to/insteadsingle 

“Instead” arrives on the heels of Riccio’s “incisive debut” (NYT) Whiplash, released via Yep Roc Records, and an Americana Honors andamp; Awards Nomination for Emerging Artist of the Year. She made her Bonnaroo debut last month, and later this month, she’ll return to the Newport Folk Festival, where she was honored with The John Prine Songwriters Fellowship Award last year. You can catch her official showcase on the Harbour Stage at 12:05pm on Sunday, July 28th. Riccio will also be making her Grand Ole Opry debut on August 10, opening for Lucinda Williams at San Francisco's Stern Grove Festival on August 18, has just announced a Denver, CO support slot with Yola for August 30, an official AmericanaFest showcase, and a string of dates with The Wood Brothers to cap off the year.

Riccio recently made her national TV debut on CBS Saturday’s Saturday Sessions, earned invitations to tour with Jason Isbell, Lucinda Williams, Margo Cilker, Brandy Clark, The Wood Brothers, Willi Carlile, and Molly Tuttle, and garnered rave reviews from The New York Times, NPR Music (Favorite New Musicians of 2023), Stereogum, Billboard, The Tennessean, MOJO and more. For more information and all upcoming tour dates, please visit https://www.jobiriccio.com/. 

 

Jobi Riccio 2024 Tour Dates

July 21 - FairWell Festival - Redmond, OR

July 28 - Newport Folk Festival - Newport, RI 

July 29 - Club Passim - Cambridge, MA

July 30 - Caffe Lena - Saratoga Springs, NY 

August 10 - Grand Ole Opry House - Nashville, TN

August 16 - Park City, UT - Park City Song Summit

August 18 - Stern Grove Festival - San Francisco, CA %

August 25 - Culture Center Theater - Charleston, WV

August 30 - Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities - Arvada, CO #

September 18 - Ryman Auditorium (Americana Awards Ceremony) 

September 19 - Analog (Americana Festival Official Showcase) 

December 5 - The Eastern - Atlanta, GA *

December 6 - The Orange Peel - Asheville, NC *

December 8 - Iron City - Birmingham, AL *

December 10 - The Lyric Oxford - Oxford, MS *

December 11 - Tipitina’s Uptown - New Orleans, LA *

December 13 - Longhorn Ballroom - Dallas, TX *

December 15 - Paramount Theatre - Austin, TX *

* with The Wood Brothers 

% with Lucinda Williams

# with Yola