Carson McHone has shared a video for The Canvas and announced her first run of UK and European headline shows since releasing Pentimento, her third album, in September 2025 via Merge Records.
When we reviewed Pentimento, we called it “a dense, multi-faceted tapestry, with fragments of poetry, spoken verse, field recordings, pastoral folk, guitar and chamber pop, amply demonstrating the benefits of a more collaborative approach on this audacious gem.” Written in the Texas desert and recorded on the Canadian coast, it examines life’s shifting circumstances and the disquiet of the world at large — McHone’s most profound work to date.
The video lands as McHone prepares to cross the Atlantic late this summer, fitting the run in between extensive North American touring as a member of Daniel Romano’s Outfit. Collaboration sits at the front of her practice these days, and for this tour she’s teaming up with past tour pal Max Kinghorn-Mills to build a band drawn from his own Hollow Hand, plus three performances as a trio with Kinghorn-Mills and multi-disciplinary artist Fliss Horrocks. Bills along the way include Sister Wives, Birds Flying Backwards, Manchester’s The Be Positives, and fellow Texans Little Mazarn and Garrett T. Capps.
The headline dates run through August and September, with a slot at End of the Road Festival in Tollard Royal.
Carson McHone on tour:
Jun 22 Windsor, ON – Meteor *
Jun 23 Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Eccentric Cafe *
Jun 24 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle *
Jun 25 Milwaukee, WI – Cactus Club *
Jun 26 Davenport, IA – Raccoon Motel *
Jun 27 Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck *
Jun 28 St. Louis, MO – The Sinkhole *
Jun 29 Nashville, TN – Cannery Hall *
Jul 02 Little Rock, AR – White Water Tavern +
Jul 07 Pioneertown, CA – Pappy & Harriet’s %
Jul 08 Los Angeles, CA – Permanent Records Roadhouse %
Jul 09 Ojai, CA – Ojai Deer Lodge %
Jul 10 San Francisco, CA – Kilowatt Bar %
Jul 11 Santa Cruz, CA – The Crepe Place %
Jul 13 Portland, OR – Turn! Turn! Turn!
Jul 23 Edmonton, AB – The Aviary
UK/EU Tour Dates
Aug 25 London, UK – The Shacklewell Arms
Aug 27 Ermelo, NL – “In De Rimboe”
Aug 29 Twello, NL – Into the Mud 2026
Aug 30 Utrechrt, NL – Brewpub Kromme Haring
Sep 01 Guildford, UK – Star Inn
Sep 02 Sheffield, UK – Delicious Clam
Sep 03 Nottingham, UK – The Chapel Nottingham
Sep 04 Manchester, UK – Gullivers
Sep 05 – Tollard Royal, UK – End of the Road 2026
Sep 09 Nijmegen, NL – Thiemeloods
Sep 10 Groningen, NL – Vera
* w/ Julie Doiron
+ w/ Daniel Romano’s Outfit
% w/ PEARL CHARLES