The Staves begin a nine-city tour across the UK and Ireland with a sold-out show at Gorilla in Manchester tonight. The tour includes additional headline shows at venues in Belfast, Galway, Limerick, Glasgow, Barrow in Furness, and Brighton, as well as sets at the Forbidden Fruit Festival in Dublin and Bushstock Festival in London.

The Staves recently stopped by Yellow Couch Studio in Pittsburgh while on their US tour and performed two songs for the studio's sessions series: "Make It Holy," from the 2015 album If I Was, and a take on Jackson Browne's "These Days." "It's hard to imagine a more enchanting and talented trio than The Staves," says Yellow Couch. "A regular heap of rare and impressive talents, The Staves are!" You can watch the performances here.

The line-up for the Funhouse Fest in Williamsburg, Virginia, has been announced, and among the featured performers are three Nonesuch artists: Lake Street Dive, who perform on Saturday, June 24; Rhiannon Giddens, who takes thes stage on Sunday, June 25; and The Staves, who perform their own set on Saturday and are joined by the chamber ensemble yMusic on Sunday. Funhouse Fest is curated by Bruce Hornsby and takes place on the lawn of the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, as part of the Virginia Arts Festival.

The Staves, currently touring North America, have announced six headline shows in cities across the UK and Ireland this spring, following previously announced appearances at Forbidden Fruit Festival in Dublin and Bushstock in London. The tour, which begins in Manchester on May 31, will make stops at venues in Belfast, Galway, Limerick, Glasgow, and Brighton. The tour follows the release of the digital double A Side Tired As Fuck / Train Tracks last month. 

The Staves, who kick off a four-week tour of North America next week, release the double A side "Tired As Fuck," a previously unreleased tune, and "Train Tracks," a re-mastered version of a bonus track from their 2015 album If I Was. The former was "written in the midst of a relationship breaking down," says the trio. "Lamenting the lack of some sort of guidance, but also accepting and resigning yourself to fact that you have to soldier on. Keep going. There is no helping hand. 'Train Tracks' is the beginning of something new and how confusing and difficult that can be when you're really just as clueless as anyone! The two tracks bookend each other in that respect." You can watch a video for "Tired As Fuck" here.

The Staves, who kick off a tour of Minnesota and Wisconsin tonight, have announced a new tour across North America in February and March. The shows begins in Seattle on February 16, followed by stops along the West Coast in Vancouver, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego; then into Arizona and Texas; down South to New Orleans, Birmingham, Nashville, Louisville; and up North to Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Boston, Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto. Fan pre-sale begins this Wednesday; general on sale begins Friday, November 4.

The Staves performed an intimate live show of songs from their album If I Was and EP Sleeping In A Car at NYC's Rockwood Music Hall for a lucky few WFUV members earlier this month. The full set, including a conversation with WFUV host Russ Boris, is available now at wfuv.org. "The beauty of three-part harmony has a long and rich history: the Beatles' John, Paul and George; David, Graham and Stephen of CSN; and Emmylou, Linda and Dolly," says Boris. "But there’s something incredibly special about the voices of The Staves."

The Staves are the guests on this week's episode of Acoustic Café, discussing and performing from their new EP, Sleeping In A Car, and their 2015 Nonesuch debut album, If I Was. The trio performs the title track and "Roses" from the new EP, and "Sadness Don't Own Me" and "Damn It All" from If I Was. The Staves, who just completed a headlining tour of North America, will perform at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Newport Folk Festival, and Justin Vernon's Eaux Claires Festival this summer.

The Staves embark on a 19-city North American tour beginning with a sold-out show at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis on Friday, followed by shows in Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago, Toronto, Nashville, Atlanta, St. Louis, DC, Brooklyn, and more, including a sold-out date at NYC's Bowery Ballroom and sets at the Firefly, Winnipeg, Newport, and Eaux Claires festivals. The English trio's newly released EP, Sleeping In A Car, is available everywhere digitally; CDs will be available exclusively at the Staves' shows.

Sleeping In A Car, a three-song EP from the English trio The Staves, is out now. The EP was recorded in Eau Claire, WI, at Justin Vernon's April Base studio and also at Urchin Studios in London. Physical CDs of the EP will be available exclusively on the Staves' North American tour, which begins June 3. The sisters said of the EP: "These songs reflect the transient nature of travelling. Fleeting moments, like a slide show—reflections in car windows, streetlights passing in rhythm, stolen phone calls, late nights. Feelings of displacement and a disconnect—living in some sort of alternate state of reality. But underneath it all is the feeling of adventure and making your own rules and how dizzying and freeing that can be." You can watch a video for the title track here.

Nonesuch Records releases Sleeping In A Car, a three-song EP from the English trio The Staves, on May 13, 2016. The EP was recorded at Justin Vernon's April Base studio in Eau Claire, WI, and at Urchin Studios in London. The Staves will embark on a North American tour beginning June 3, with stops in Minneapolis, Washington, Nashville, New York, and more, along with the Firefly, Newport, and Eaux Claires festivals. Sleeping In A Car is available to pre-order digitally; CDs will be available exclusively at the Staves' shows.

The English trio The Staves have announced plans for a 16-city North American tour beginning June 3. Stops include Minneapolis, Washington, Nashville, and New York, among others, along with previously announced sets at the Firefly and Eaux Claires festivals. A fan pre-sale for the newly announced dates begins this Wednesday, March 2, via thestaves.com; general on-sale begins on Friday, March 4.