{"id":47787,"date":"2019-03-08T17:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T17:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=47787"},"modified":"2019-03-08T17:00:32","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T17:00:32","slug":"little-steven-and-the-disciples-of-soul-to-celebrate-summer-of-sorcery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/03\/little-steven-and-the-disciples-of-soul-to-celebrate-summer-of-sorcery\/","title":{"rendered":"LITTLE STEVEN AND THE DISCIPLES OF SOUL TO CELEBRATE SUMMER OF SORCERY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2028Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul have announced the release of their eagerly awaited new album. SUMMER OF SORCERY, the legendary rock \u2018n\u2019 rollers’ first album of new material, arrives May 3rd via Wicked Cool\/UMe.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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SUMMER OF SORCERY is available for pre-order now here<\/a>. The album will be released on CD, digitally and on vinyl as double LP on 180-gram black vinyl. A limited edition version will be available as a double LP on 180-gram psychedelic swirl vinyl exclusively via uDiscover. All digital pre-orders will be joined by an instant grat download of the LP\u2019s jet-fueled first track release, \u2018Superfly Terraplane’.<\/p>\n

Little Steven, real name Steven Van Zandt, is probably best known as being a long-time member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band. where he plays guitar and mandolin. He’s also in recent years got into acting, playing Silvio Dante on ‘The Sopranos’ from 1999 to 2007, and Frank Tagliano \/ Giovanni “Johnny” Henriksen on the Netflix Original Series, ‘Lilyhammer’, which he also co-wrote.<\/p>\n

Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul will celebrate SUMMER OF SORCERY with a wide-ranging world tour, beginning May 16th at Liverpool\u2019s 02 Academy and then making headline stops across the United Kingdom, before heading into Europe and the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

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\nThurs 16th \u2013 Liverpool, O2 Academy
\nSat 18th \u2013 Leeds, O2 Academy
\nMon 20th \u2013 Glasgow, O2 Academy
\nWed 22nd \u2013 Bristol, O2 Academy
\nFri 24th \u2013 London, O2 Forum Kentish Town
\nSun 26th \u2013 Derbyshire, Bearded Theory Festival<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy first five albums in the \u201880s were both very personal, and very political,\u201d explains Little Steven aka Steven Van Zandt. \u201cI wanted the new material to be more fictionalised. The way records were when I grew up. Before it was an artform. The concept was capturing and communicating that first rush of summer. The electricity of that feeling of unlimited possibilities. Of falling in love with the world for the first time. Obviously, there are occasional personal references, and a bit of what\u2019s going on socially scattered throughout, but I achieved what I set out to do. I created a collection of fictional movies scenes that feel like summer. I\u2019m quite proud of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n