For all you Woody Guthrie fans out there and everybody hurtin’ for money…

We are physically releasing our new album this Friday (March 22nd)
To celebrate we want to show you three new videos from my hometown by Jarred Gastreich!

Ian Fisher & The Present [short, but sweet Swiss tour]:

March 12 – Winterthur, Switzerland – Albani
March 13 – Zurich, Switzerland – Bar Rossi
March 16 – St. Gallen, Switzerland – Hofkeller

Ian Fisher & The Present + Tim Neuhaus [German Tour]:

March 19 – München, Feierwerk
March 20 – Konstanz, Kulturladen
March 21 – Frankfurt, Sankt Peter Cafe
March 22 – Tübingen, Sudhaus
March 23 – Saarbrücken, Garage
March 24 – Köln – Melodica Festival
March 25 – Düsseldorf, Forum Freies Theater
March 26 – Münster, Gleis 22
March 27 – Göttingen, Junges Theater
March 28 – Hagen, Kuz Pelmke
April 02 – Leipzig, Werk 2
April 03 – Erfurt, Museumskeller
April 04 – Berlin, Postbahnhof
April 05 – Hannover, Lux
April 06 – Bremen, Tower
April 07 – Hamburg, Knust

Ian Fisher & The Present in Ireland:
April 22 – Dublin, Whelan’s

Junior Tour:
April 17 – Vienna (A), Chelsea
April 18 – Graz (A), Cuntra la Kunsthure
May 1 – Darmstadt (D), Frischzelle
May 3 – Frankfurt a.M (D), 25 Hours Levis Hotel
May 4 – Bern (CH), Aua Wir Leben Festival

Nowhere Train [Austria]:
May 8 – Weyer, Bertholdsaal
May 9 – Graz, Cuntra la Kunsthure
May 10 – Feldkirch, Spielboden
May 11 – Innsbruck, PMK
May 17 – Linz, Posthof
May 31 – St. Pölten, Cinema Paradiso
June 1 – Vienna, Festival Der Bezirke

Lasse Matthiessen + Ian Fisher:
May 16 – Berlin (D), Danish Embassy
May 19 – Kiel (D), tba
May 21-23 – The Netherlands, tba
May 24 – Cologne (D), tba
May 25 – Aachen (D), Raststätte
May 26 – Offenback (D), Hafen 2
May 27 – Winterthur (CH), Portier
May 29 – Zurich (CH), Langstar
May 30 – Wattens (A)

Ian Fisher & The Present:
June 03 – Lübeck, wolkenkuckucksheim.tv
June 04 – Hamburg, Sprechwerk
June 05 – Kruså (DK), Store Okseø
June 06 – Berlin, NBI
June 07 – Dresden, Veränderbar
June 08 – Leipzig, Substanz Biergarten Open Air
June 09 – Erfurt, Franz Mehlhose Biergarten Open Air
June 10 – Frankfurt, Ponyhof
June 11 – Stuttgart, Zwölfzehn
June 12 – Gera, Comma
June 13 – Freiburg, The Great Räng Teng Teng
June 14 – Tübingen, Café HAAG
June 15 – München, Hauskonzerte.com
June 17 – Wien (A), fluc

Today the new album was officially-digitally released! It’ll be in stores in Europe on March 21st.

Buy it by clicking HERE!

Come to our German release concert in Berlin at the Privatclub on March 7th!

March 7 – Berlin, Germany – Privatclub

Watch our new video by Anna Kohlweis!

Happy New Year Everybody!

I have some news for 2013…

1. We got signed to Seayou Records! We will release the album in Europe on March 1st, 2013.

2. Ryan and I will play three concerts in our homestate of Missouri:
- Jan. 5 – The Orris – Ste. Genevieve
- Jan. 12 – The Firebird – St. Louis
- Jan. 24 – Off Broadway – St. Louis

3. Our German album release show/party will be on March 7th in Berlin at the Privatclub. Come!!!

4. We are going on tour all over Germany with Tim Neuhaus this March & April!

19.03. München, Feierwerk
20.03. Konstanz, Kulturladen
21.03. Frankfurt, Sankt Peter Cafe
22.03. Tübingen, Sudhaus
23.03. Saarbrücken, Garage
25.03. Düsseldorf, Forum Freies Theater
26.03. Münster, Gleis 22
27.03. Göttingen, Junges Theater
28.03. Hagen, Kuz Pelmke
02.04. Leipzig, Werk 2
03.04. Erfurt, Museumskeller
04.04. Berlin, Postbahnhof
05.04. Hannover, Lux
06.04. Bremen, Tower
07.04. Hamburg, Knust

5. I will play my first concert with Lasse Matthiessen on May 16th in Berlin at the Nordic Embassies!

6. Here is our newest live video from my farm in Ste. Geneveive:

7. Lastly, I would like to thank all of these people for all they did for me in 2012!

My Family, Lorraine Franceschi & Family, Ryan Thomas Carpenter, Ben Majchrzak, Anna Kohlweis, Lisi & Ron, Simon Bauer, Fabian Kalker, Andreas Laudwein, Ollie Samland, Max Andrzejewski, Lasse Matthiessen, All the boys from the Nowhere Train (Jakob, Frenk, Stefan, Stephan, & Martin), Town of Saints (Harmen Ridderbos & Heta Salkolahti), Reverend John DeLore, Philipp Szalay, Babsi Steiner & INK, Ilias Dahimène & Seayou Records, Jarred Gastreich, Andreas Samland, Yavuz Odabas, Philipp Peterson, Tim Neuhaus, Bernhard Eder, Kai Müller, Mary Strobel & Trinity, Hannes Wirth, Stefano Schiavocampo & the Dublin crew, the Ja,Panik boys, Vincent Bozek and the citizens of Chevillon, Cecile Ventola & friends, Simon Baumann, Bjørn Strømme, Nina Hochrainer & FM4, Peter Grosshauser & the Stüberl, Emer Tannam & Family, The Serfausians (Sarah, Joe, Flo, Pia, and the gang), The St. Gallians (Juliette, Michael, Severin, and all you nice folks)

Hey Everybody!

Three things:

1. If any of you are in Berlin on Monday the 12th, then I hope to see you when I play support for Adam Green at the Heimathafen!

2. My band, The Nowhere Train, just released its debut album! Check it out this video about the album:

3. I will play my 100th concert of 2012 on November 16th at a beautiful salon in Vienna called the Bockkeller! Here’s the link to the facebook event below. Come and tell your friends!

http://www.facebook.com/events/285795818205817/

The best part of this entire southern Italian tour has been playing the song “Rocky Top” with our friends
from the band Town of Saints on the top of Mount Etna, the tallest active volcano in Europe… crazy!

Soon we’ll be back up north to tour with the great Reverend John DeLore…

Ian Fisher & The Present + Reverend John DeLore Tour:
November 1 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Tatoo Musem (PR)**
November 3 – Groningen, The Netherlands – Melodica Festival (PR)**
November 5 – Bern, Switzerland – Cafe Kairo (PR)**
November 6 – Bern, Switzerland – House Concert (PR)**
[for house show contact wohnzimmerkonzerte@gmx.ch]
November 7 – St. Gallen, Switzerland – Grabenhallen (PR)**
November 8 – Locarno, Switzerland – Cantina Canetti (PR)**
November 9 – Zurich, Switzerland – Für Dich (PR)**
November 10 – Emmen, Switzerland – Viscos Stubli (PR)**
November 11 – Basel, Switzerland – Grenzwert Bar (PR)**
November 13 – Innsbruck, Austria – Die Bäckerei (PR)**
November 14 – Timelkam, Austria – Bart (PR)**
November 16 – Vienna, Austria – Bockkeller [100th SHOW OF 2012] (PR)**
November 19 – Graz, Austria – Scherbe (PR)**

Ian Fisher & The Present Somewhere in France Tour
November 23 – house concert (PR)
November 24 – house concert (PR)
November 30 – Chevillion, France – Castle of Chevillon (PR)
November 31 – Sainte-Dizier, France – Larcelet (PR)

Nowhere Train Album Release Tour:
December 10 – Vienna, Austria – Stadtsaal (NWT)
December 14 – Graz, Austria – Postgarage (NWT)
December 15 – Steyr, Austria – Altes Theater (NWT)
- other dates are soon to be announced

…I play in many different projects, so here’s a key to understand things better…

Band Key:
PR = Ian Fisher & The Present
NWT = The Nowhere Train
** = support for/by Reverend John DeLore

Come hoot & holler with us on our second European tour!!! Below you can even watch a full concert that we played a few months ago in Berlin!

Ian Fisher & The Past Tour:
October 3 – Zurich, Switzerland – Mi-Sous-L’eau
October 5 – Winterthur, Switzerland – Kraftfeld
October 6 – St. Gallen, Switzerland – Rümpeltum
October 7 – Innsbruck, Austria – PMK
October 8 – Vienna, Austria – Chelsea – with Philipp Szalay
October 10 – Berlin, Germany – Grüner Salon – with Miss Kenichi
- to put your name on the €5 entry list for our Oct. 10th concert in Berlin, then send an email to ian@ianfisheronline.com with the message “€5 list – Grüner Salon” and include your full name.

Ian Fisher & The Past // Live in Berlin // Schokoladen
// April 4th, 2012 // filmed by Andreas Samland & Jona Byron

1 A Pause

2 Pushing This Wheel

3 Probably Empty Now

4 Copper Statue

5 Hail Mary

6 RSA

7 The Way To Go

8 A Bar

9 You’ll Be a Killer

10 Aloof We Eat & 11 Nothing

12 Candles For Elvis

I’ve been very busy organizing concerts lately, but I will be even busier soon. I will play nearly 50 shows in the next three months. Here is where and when they’ll be. I hope to see you there!!!

August 29 – Berlin, Germany – Schokoladen (Anti-Gema Benefit)
September 1 – Boltenhagen, Germany – Villa Seebach – Theatergarten*
September 2 – Leipzig, Germany – Living Room Concert (contact for information)*
September 4 – Berlin, Germany – Liesl*

Berlin Music Week:
September 5 – Berlin, Germany – Gretchen (with my new band!!!JUNIOR!!!) (JR)
September 6 – Berlin, Germany – Circus Schatzinsel (film premiere with my band!!!THE NOWHERE TRAIN!!!) (NWT) (film @ 7:30pm, concert @ 9pm)

September 14 – Wuppertal, Germany – Endstation Sehnsucht
September 15 – Bremen, Germany – tba*
September 16 – Bremen, Germany – Fehrfeld (early show at 17:00)
September 19 – Berlin, Germany – About Songs*
September 20 – Kiel, Germany – Prinz Willy
September 21 – Aachen, Germany – Raststätte*
September 22 – Dusseldorf, Germany – Brause*
September 23 – Bonn, Germany – Sunplugged*
September 25 – Berlin, Germany – King Kong Club
September 30 – Berlin, Germany – Musique Maudite

Ian Fisher & The Past Tour:
October 3 – Zurich, Switzerland – Mi-Sous-L’eau (PA)
October 5 – Winterthur, Switzerland – Kraftfeld (PA)
October 6 – St. Gallen, Switzerland – Rümpeltum (PA)
October 7 – Innsbruck, Austria – PMK (PA)
October 8 – Vienna, Austria – Chelsea (PA) – with Philipp Szalay
October 10 – Berlin, Germany – Grüner Salon (PA) with Miss Kenichi

Junior Mini-Tour:
October 12 – Bern, Switzerland – Dampfzentrale (JR)
October 13 – Zurich, Switzerland – Helsinki (JR)

Ian Fisher & The Present + Town of Saints Italian Tour:
October 18 – Messina, Italy – Retronouveau (PR)*
October 19 – Siracusa, Italy – Buzz (PR)*
October 21 – Catania, Italy – La Chiave (PR)*
October 23 – Palermo, Italy – 13 Tapas (PR)*
October 24 – Catanzaro Lido, Italy – Cubolumiere (PR)*
October 26 – Ariano Irpino, Italy – Sanacore (PR)*
October 28 – Avellino, Italy – Art Godot (PR)*
more Italian shows to come…

Ian Fisher & The Present + Reverend John DeLore Tour:
November 1 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Tatoo Musem (PR)**
November 3 – Groningen, The Netherlands – Melodica Festival (PR)**
November 5 – Bern, Switzerland – Cafe Kairo (PR)**
November 7 – St. Gallen, Switzerland – Grabenhallen (PR)**
November 8 – Locarno, Switzerland – Cantina Canetti (PR)**
November 9 – Zurich, Switzerland – Für Dich (PR)**
November 10 – Emmen, Switzerland – Viscos Stubli (PR)**
November 11 – Basel, Switzerland – Grenzwert Bar (PR)**
November 13 – Innsbruck, Austria – Die Bäckerei (PR)**
November 14 – Timelkam, Austria – Bart (PR)**
November 16 – Vienna, Austria – Bockkeller (PR)**
November 19 – Graz, Austria – tba (PR)**

Nowhere Train Album Release Tour:
- December 9th till December 21st (NWT)
- Specific dates and locations are soon to be announced

…I play in many different projects, so here’s a key to understand things better…

Band Key:
PR = Ian Fisher & The Present
PA = Ian Fisher & The Past
JR = Junior
NWT = The Nowhere Train
*= support for/by Town of Saints
** = support for/by Reverend John DeLore

Our good friend Anna Kohlweis (AKA Squalloscope or Paper Bird) recently animated a comic strip about Ryan Thomas Carpenter and myself. If you’ve ever met Ryan and I or saw us on stage together, then you will probably like this very much. It makes me look like a terrible person, but it’s too funny for me not to post. To read the entire comic and to see more of Anna’s fantastic art, then go to http://annakohlweis.com/

Ian Fisher & The Present Comic by Anna Kohlweis