Jarekus Singleton Launches New Website, Announces Spring Tour

Stinging blues guitar and potent, original songs herald the emergence of a major new talent.   --USA Today

Fast-rising young blues star Jarekus Singleton -- whose 2014 Alligator Records debut CD Refuse To Lose won him countless new fans and piles of critical praise -- launches his new website, www.jarekus.com, on Tuesday, May 26. The interactive, user-friendly site features stunning imagery, a full album stream, as well as up-to-date news and tour information.

At just 30 years old, Singleton is a musical trailblazer with a bold vision for the future of the blues. Springing from the same Mississippi soil as Charley Patton, Muddy Waters and B.B. King, Singleton's cutting-edge sound -- equally rooted in rap, rock and blues traditions -- is all his own. He melds hip-hop wordplay, rock energy and R&B grooves with contemporary and traditional blues, turning audiences of all ages into devoted fans. With his untamed guitar licks and strong, soulful voice effortlessly moving from ferocious and funky to slow and steamy to smoking hot, Singleton is a fresh, electrifying bluesman bursting at the seams with talent.

Refuse To Lose features a scintillating guitar attack and lyrically startling original songs, all sung with a natural storyteller's voice. Produced by Singleton along with Alligator Records president Bruce Iglauer, the album is an impossible-to-ignore first step onto the world stage. With songs telling real life, streetwise stories brimming with surprising images, pop culture references, infectious rhythms and unexpected musical twists, Refuse To Lose unleashes a new wave of blues for a new generation of fans.

Since the release of the CD, Singleton has toured non-stop, playing hundreds of shows at clubs, festivals and concert halls all over North America and Europe. He has just announced new East Coast and Midwest dates, as follows:

SAT, May 30
Western Maryland Blues Fest, Hagerstown, MD

SUN, May 31
Mike Arnone’s Crawfish Festival, Augusta, NJ

TUE, June 2
The Iridium, New York City, NY

THU, June 4
Harvester Performance Center, Rocky Mount, NC

FRI, June 5
Clementine, Harrisonburg, VA

SAT, June 6
4th Annual St. Georges Blues Festival, St. Georges, DE

MON, June 8
Bessie Smith Strut, Riverbend Festival, Chattanooga, TN

WED, June 10
Music Box Supper Club, Cleveland, OH

THU, June 11
Callahan's, Auburn Hills, MI

SAT, June 13
Chicago Blues Festival, Chicago, IL

SAT, June 13
SPACE, Evanston, IL

SUN, June 14
Marquette Waterfront Festival, Madison, WI

WED, June 17
97 WLAV Budweiser Blues on the Mall, Grand Rapids, MI

THU, June 18
The Acorn Theater, Three Oaks, MI

FRI, June 19
Ameristar Casino, St. Charles, MO

SAT, June 20
WC Handy Blues & BBQ Festival, Henderson, KY