An Evening with Souled American: Fri June 12 Zhora Darling in Minneapolis MN www.zhoradarling.com/events Sat June 13 Gamma Ray Bar in Madison WI gammaray.bar/show/souled-... Sun June 14 X-Ray Arcade in Cudahy WI xrayarcade.com/calendar/202...

Telerama 5/26/2026: "There's little light and an abundance of mystery in these twelve tracks, which sometimes take on the feel of primal blues. The Americans are clearly not trying to seduce, with their folk music cobbled together from scraps of thread. But this aridity moves us." - Thomas Richet

This month SA visits ten final cities before disappearing back into the studio in July to make a new album. Buy show tickets NOW! (links below) -Minneapolis MN Fri June 12 - Zhora Darling dice.fm/event/wwr6mv-souled-american-12th-jun-zhora-darling-minneapolis-tickets (Photo: Christopher Bruno) (1/5)

Right to left: Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven), Chris Grigoroff (Souled American), Ted Ellison (Fuck). May 13, 2026. Arcata, California.

Wrapping up west coast tour tonight Mon May 18 with performance at 4 Star Theater in San Francisco. Tickets: www.4-star-movies.com/calendar-of-....

Souled American @souledamerican.bsky.social The Folk Music Center Claremont, CA May 16th 2026

Souled American live on "Radio Free Aftermath" Sun May 10am PST kspc.org/listen/

Desde su fundación en 1986, @souledamerican.bsky.social han sido uno de esos tesoros ocultos en el campo de lo que podríamos llamar country alternativo. 30 años después de su último LP, resucitan discográficamente con “Sanctions”. ✍️ Juan Cervera

Scene Report: Souled American @ Portland Adducci and Grigoroff not only played a portion of their new record Sanctions and a smattering of Souled American favorites, but also spent a good deal of the performance in deep conversation with one another. @souledamerican.bsky.social

May 13 Arcata CA "It’s going to be a proper mini-theater affair, with limited seated tickets going for $30, standing spots running at $25. If you are reading this & understand what is going on here, come through and help this one sell out." DirtyOld Town www.northcoastjournal.com/music/the-se...

Souled American. Portland, Oregon. May 12.

Souled American. Los Angeles. May 15.

Souled American. Seattle WA . May 11.

I think I’m the only Chicago critic who has covered the new Souled American album for a local outlet, anyway their only show in the area all year is tonight

There's still tickets available for tonight's record release show, Souled American's only Chicago-area performance of 2026... Hope to see you there! www.ticketweb.com/event/souled...

"Musically and lyrically, Sanctions is a culmination of Souled American’s four decades of outsider brilliance." dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8144260...

For anyone who missed last Saturday morning's WFMU's Cricket's Everybody's Songs and his wonderful one hour interview with Chris and Joe, you can stream it here. Highly recommended.

"... challenging but provocative in productive ways, musically distinct and lyrically evocative." spectrumculture.com/2026/04/22/s...

tickets just went on sale for this--a new addition to the Sanctions tour as Souled American prep for the Solid Sound Festival--a sudden jaunt through Manhattan--a very small venue--the chance of a lifetime... www.ticketweb.com/event/souled...

"You can hear the band’s influence on Wilco and so many others. SANCTIONS sounds like it has been transmitted from a different time." --SPIN www.spinmagazine.com/2026/04/soul...

Alt-country progenitors Souled American drop their first album in 30 years chicagoreader.com/music/gossip...

Plenty of tickets still available for this Sunday's record release show at SPACE in Evanston! Don't miss Souled American's only Chicago-area appearance of 2026. www.ticketweb.com/event/souled...

I interviewed Souled American about their first album in 30 years for @chicagoreader.com. Plus some details on Accessory’s record release show and @chirpradio.org’s CD Blowout Sale!

#JustListened This is @souledamerican.bsky.social's first album since 1996. And it is amazing! The music is grounded and soulful, knows when to scale things back and simply feels honest and deeply human. The sorrow in this is palpable, but without a shred of defeatism. Highest recommendation!

This new @souledamerican.bsky.social album is AWESOME

“Sanctions is one of the best records I’ve heard in years, and I am saying that out loud.”

Tonight! Avalon Lounge, Catskill NY #gapchair

@souledamerican.bsky.social also returns with An Evening with Souled American, a series of intimate performances. A rare chance to experience songs that continue to redefine the space between country, soul, and something harder to name. Tickets are available now: www.souledamerican.net/home/#Tour

Out now on JBR: @souledamerican.bsky.social’s Sanctions Available today on limited edition clear vinyl. Unwrapped, and “Unforgiven.” Order now → pocp.co/sanctions

#NewMusicFriday @souledamerican.bsky.social, ‘Sanctions’ First album in 30 years by the slowest, strangest meandering-est country band that ever was. My only gotta-hear-it rec today. It’ll warp your sense of time and the direction of your heart. souledamerican.bandcamp.com/album/sancti...

“…bracingly raw and unvarnished, full of empty spaces and coarse, creaky vocal takes…”

Great piece in today's Under the Radar by Mark Moody: www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/s...

Tomorrow on April 17 Souled American's 1st album in 30 years SANCTIONS is released. Tomorrow plus 2 days on April 19 Souled American plays Brooklyn's "Baby's All Right, their first NYC show since yesterday minus 8,395 days. Ticket link below in comments.

"...much of what we now think of as alt.country or Americana we owe to Souled American..." UNCUT April 2026

Jay Ruttenberg, Lowbrow Reader, 4/8/26: "The band Souled American was a creature of Chicago’s heady music ecosystem of the late ’80s and early ’90s, releasing half a dozen albums between 1988 and 1995, each one capturing a sluggish and deeply secretive beauty. (1/6)

This morning on WFMU!! Thanks, Cricket.

A magnificent write-up in the hilariously profane journal "Lowbrow Reader" from Jay Ruttenberg encouraging you to BUY TICKETS NOW for the upcoming performances of Souled American, described herein as "one of those genre-of-one entities... 33 1/3 creatures in a world set at 45."

"The beloved American alternative country band return after three decades with a new record mixing slowcore with Americana." -The Hotlist, Spring 2026, Bandcamp Daily

In case you missed it: last week on NPR!

Chicago pals! BUY TICKETS. Do not miss this! Souled American record release show 4/26. This will be a VERY special show and I'm gutted I can't get out there to see it myself.

This morning on KMRD!

Two long-awaited returns and a spin off the axis: I talk about the first albums in quite some time by Neurosis (10 years) and Souled American (30!), plus the hypnotic Tara Clerkin Trio, on All Songs Considered @npr.org www.npr.org/2026/03/24/n...

this morning! thank you

29 years ago this month, I told my best friend Mark Lerner that my last postering project would be called "Fifty Posters About Souled American." He was unimpressed. "I feel like I could write fifty posters about them easy," he replied (as John Jay told Alexander Hamilton). (1/5)

youtu.be/3OCMkhfk18o?... Today marks the release of "Freeing Wheels," Souled American's second single from their long-awaited seventh record, SANCTIONS, accompanied by another spellbinding music video from Jeff Economy. (1/4)

Thanks WKPN and Alec Cumming!