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NEW YORK, NY – March 24th, 2023 – GRAMMY-nominated, platinum-selling artist, prolific songwriter and LGBTQ+ trailblazer Sophie B. Hawkins has released her long-awaited seventh studio album, Free Myself, via Lightyear Entertainment. The album features some of her most emotionally powerful material to date and immediately affirms Sophie B. Hawkins as a truly essential and authentic artist, capable of instilling each listener with the strength and courage needed to follow their own intuition. PRESS HERE to listen/purchase – full track listing can be found below. Sophie will be celebrating the release of the album with a series of release shows, and the tour kicks off TODAY in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and will make stops in New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and more. PRESS HERE for tickets and more information, and the full routing can be found below with new dates in Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis and St. Louis just announced (and more coming soon)!
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Free Myself expands on the colorful eclecticism that’s always permeated Sophie’s music, encompassing everything from folk to soul to Brill Building pop. In many ways a meditation on undoing false self-beliefs and accessing your truest nature, the album’s title track “Free Myself” is gloriously yearning and speaks to the profound joy of self-liberation. Meanwhile, on the moody yet soaring “Better Off Without You,” she explores the pain of betrayal and the transformative triumph of reclaiming your power. While Hawkins wrote most of the album on her own, the quietly enchanting, acoustic-guitar-laced “Green Eyes” arose from an informal session with UK-born songwriter Will Knox, and on “You Are My Balloon,” the artist closes out the album with a gorgeously expressed outpouring of love for her daughter, both breathtakingly delicate and charged with untempered emotion. Co-produced alongside engineer Ken Rich (Ani DiFranco, Ingrid Michaelson) and featuring musicians like pianist/string arranger Andrew Sherman, the album is a medley of grit and grace, much like the human experience, something Sophie uniquely and authentically communicates throughout Free Myself.
Born out of a tumultuous period that Sophie refers to as her “personal tsunami,” including splitting with her longtime partner and returning to New York after living in Venice, California for 17 years, the album sees the artist both reflecting on her revolutionary career and embarking on a new creative chapter of independence and positivity. Free Myself is a testament to the everlasting talent of Sophie B. Hawkins – over three decades after her debut she’s still evolving her sound and making honest tracks that stick with the audience beyond first listen. A dynamic creative force, Sophie has always been fully involved in every aspect of the production of her records, from background vocals and playing her own instruments as a multi-instrumentalist, to engineering and production of her albums. She has proven to be an enduring artist with a fierce commitment to artistic integrity while both constantly evolving and remaining steadfastly true to her own authentic history and experience which connects her to her fans at the very deepest levels.
Sophie’s indelible hit songs such as “Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover” and “As I Lay Me Down” have been featured in cultural touchstone TV shows and films (from recent hits Stranger Things, Euphoria, Ozark, and PEN15, to landmark series Beverly Hills, 90210, Dawson’s Creek, The L Word and more) and the artist has always been ahead of her time with her steadfast activism supporting such causes as environmental protection, animal rights and LGBTQ equality; using her songwriting and platform for positive change with the forward-thinking, pioneering outlook she has championed all along. Her ever-evolving career has also included releasing six widely beloved albums, breaking chart records with her smash hits, four worldwide singles from Whaler and a starring role as Janis Joplin in the critically acclaimed musical Room105.
For more information, please visit www.sophiebhawkins.com.
Free Myself Track Listing
1. Love Yourself
2. Better Off Without You
3. Green Eyes
4. Free Myself
5. Consume Me In Your Fire
6. Hungered For Love
7. Fairy Tales
8. Angel In Disguise
9. I’m Tired Of Taking Care Of You
10. You Are My Balloon
Sophie B. Hawkins Spring 2023 Tour Dates
March 24 – Portsmouth, NH – Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club
March 25 – Woodstock, NY – Colony
March 28 – Philadelphia, PA – World Cafe Live
March 29 – New York City, NY – City Winery
March 30 – Annapolis, MD – Ram’s Head On Stage
March 31 – Fairfield, CT – StageOne
April 1 – Washington DC – The Hamilton
May 10 – Chicago, IL – City Winery *just added*
May 11 – Milwaukee, WI – Shank Hall *just added*
May 12 – Minneapolis, MN – Dakota Jazz *just added*
May 13 – St. Louis, MO – City Winery *just added*
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