Magnolia Electric Co.

Talk about a band with ambition. Magnolia Electric Co. is not only touring Europe and the United States, but will release a box set of new and previously released material.

The first leg of the tour, which begins in mid-June, will see the band trek across Europe with stops in Spain, Germany, Austria, Norway and the United Kingdom. They then return for dates in North America between late August and early October.

All these dates are in support of a brand new box set entitled Sojourner. To be releases on August 7th, it will feature four CD's, and a DVD using thirteen musicians, five locations, four recording engineers, three filmmakers, two designers, and one songwriter. The CDs are:

• Nashville Moon was recorded by Steve Albini at Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago, IL. It features the band's most frequent line-up.
• Black Ram was recorded by David Lowery at this Sound of Music studios in Richmond, VA. This one features an entirely different set of musicians.
• Sun Sessions was recorded at the legendary Sun Studios in Memphis, TN.
• Shohola features Jason Molina's solo work using only a microphone and a guitar.

The DVD is a film called The Road Becomes What You Leave which was produced by Todd Chandler and Tim Sutton. It follows the band as they tour across the prairie provinces of Canada. The movie demonstrates the loneliness and isolation a band can experience even when traveling in a pack.

For a complete listing of everyone involved in this project as well as the music featured on each CD, log on the Secretly Canadian website at www.secretlycanadian.com.