New York, NY (September 25, 2015) -- Singer-songwriter-author David Berkeley releases his sixth album,Cardboard Boat today, along with his accompanying novella, The Free Brontosaurus. The songs on the album are sung from the perspective of each story's main character. This pairing of songs with stories follows Berkeley's initial book/album combination: 140 Goats and a Guitar. That book comprised thirteen stories, each of which set up a song on his fourth album, Some Kind of Cure.

Earlier this week, CBS News debuted the full stream of Cardboard Boat, which begins with an ominous bowed bass and ends with the ethereal tinkling of metals. In between, we get Berkeley's carefully fingerpicked guitar, banjos, trumpets, organ, string sections, nylon and electric guitars and a whole array of drums and percussion sounds.

Always front and center, though, is Berkeley's voice and lyric, supported on five of the ten tracks by the silver throated Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek. Each song is a story in itself, a layered landscape of sounds and textures.

Stream / Purchase / Cardboard Boat & The Free Brontosaurus:

Berkeley Store

iTunes

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The central musicians on Cardboard Boat include guitarist Bill Titus (Dan Bern, Brother Ali), trumpet and banjo player Jordan Katz (De La Soul, The Indigo Girls), bassist/keyboard player Will Robertson (Shawn Mullins) and drummer Mathias Kunzli (Regina Spektor).

David Berkeley Tour Dates:

Sept 25 - Spring Lake, MI - Pin Drop Concert Series

Sept 26 - Chicago, IL - Schuba's Music Hall

Oct 01 - Falls Church, VA - Falls Church Episcopal Church

Oct 03 - New York, NY - Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2

Oct 04 - Philadelphia, PA - Tin Angel

Oct 05 - South Orange, NJ - South Orange Public Library

Oct 07 - Brattleboro, VT - Brattleboro Museum and Arts Center

Oct 08 - Cambridge, MA - Club Passim

Oct 10 - Harrisburg, PA - Midtown Scholar (reading and performance)

Oct 11 - Charleston, WV - Culture Center Theater (Mountain Stage) 

Oct 22 - Wimberley, TX - Blue Rock Live

Oct 23 - Houston, TX - Natachee's

Oct 24 - Longview, TX - Longview Museum of Fine Arts

Nov 05 - Los Angeles, CA - The Last Book Store

Nov 06 - Seattle, WA - Fremont Abbey Arts 

Nov 07 - Portland, OR - Abbie Weisenbloom Music Series

Nov 09 - Arcata, CA - TBA 

Nov 10 - Berkeley, CA - Freight & Salvage

Nov 11 - Austin, TX - Rock Room

Nov 12 - Austin, TX - Open Ears

Nov 13 - Fischer, TX - Fischer Fest

Nov 21 - Amarillo, TX - High Plains Public Radio Concert Series

Nov 22 - Lubbock, TX - Rockin' Box 33

Dec 03 - Nashville, TN - TBA 

Dec 04 - Memphis, TN - TBA 

Dec 05 - Decatur, GA - Eddie's Attic

Dec 06 - Birmingham, AL - Moonlight on the Mountain

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(Photo Credit: Kerry Sherck)