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Consummate vocalist and songwriter Josephine Foster actually studied voice formally at university before abandoning all that academic muckery to blaze her own artistic trail. We're pleased as punch she did, because instead of languishing in some lavish, centuries-old opera house, those spine-tingling cords of hers can now resonate freely through the hallowed halls of some of the dingiest dive bars in America. Call it irony. Call it indie.

Whatever you decide to call it, it's a wonder to behold live, and you're all hereby cordially invited to join Josephine as she inaugurates a tour of these United States tonight in Detroit. While you're at it, scoop up a copy of this year's A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, and the recently-released, Foster-curated anti-military-recruiting benefit compilation So Much Fire to Roast Human Flesh. Issued by Arthur magazine's Bastet imprint, the collection boasts contributions from Devendra Banhart, Pajo, the Angels of Light, Kath Bloom, Diane Cluck, and Foster herself.

Dates:

11-01 Detroit, MI - Nation Bohemian Home
11-02 Buffalo, NY - Soundlab
11-03 Rochester, NY - Bullwinkle's
11-04 Syracuse, NY - Transend Studio
11-05 New York, NY - Tonic *#
11-06 Brooklyn, NY - Monkeytown
11-07 New Haven, CT - Cafe Nine #
11-08 Philadelphia, PA - Haunted Cream Egg
11-09 Charlottesville, VA - Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar
11-10 Chapel Hill, NC - Nightlight
11-11 Asheville, NC - Ship to Shore
11-12 Knoxville, TN - The Pilot Light
11-13 Louisville, KY - The Pour House
11-14 Nashville, TN - Ruby Green ^
11-15 Birmingham, AL - TBA
11-17 New Orleans, LA - The Moon Is Made of Silk and Silver
11-18 Shreveport, LA - MiniCine
11-19 Austin, TX - Red's Scoot Inn
11-20 Denton, TX - TBA
11-25 Phoenix, AZ - Trunk Space

* with Frida Hyvönen, Rachel Mason
# with Kath Bloom
^ with the Cherry Blossoms