James McMurtry - + support: BettySoo

Name: James McMurtry - + support: BettySoo
Start: 2026-10-17
End: 2026-10-18
Location: SPOT/De Oosterpoort

took place · 17 Oct 2026

SPOT/De Oosterpoort, Groningen

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TakeRoot presents James McMurtry, with sparse lyrics and Texas melancholy. BettySoo opens the show.

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About: James McMurtry

With eleven studio albums behind him and a storytelling reputation that stands apart in Americana, McMurtry tours relentlessly across North America and Europe. His songs about everyday life in provincial America resonate well beyond US borders.

245.9K

monthly listeners on Spotify

position in the Americana Radio Chart with 'Childish Things' (2005, six weeks)

position in the Heatseekers chart with 'The Horses and the Hounds' (2021)

countries visited on current tour

What's new

2026-08
McMurtry is currently on tour to promote 'The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy' and will perform in September 2026 at the 79th Ozark Folk Festival in Eureka Springs.
2026-08
McMurtry announces his band from now on as 'James McMurtry and the Martial Law Review', according to his official website.
2025-06
On June 20, 2025, 'The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy' was released via New West Records - his first studio album in four years, produced together with Don Dixon.

Tour

ChiariEvanstonGlasgowLeedsMcAlesterEureka SpringsClevelandPhoenixMilwaukeeChicago

Tracks

We Can't Make It Hereunderground-anthem about economic inequality, from 'Childish Things' (2005)

Choctaw Bingolive-favorite with rapidly told dark story, from 'Saint Mary of the Woods'

Levellandone of his best-known songs, covered by among others Robert Earl Keen

Copper Canteenfrequently played on tour, from 'Complicated Game' (2015)

Black Dog and Wandering Boytitle track of the album from 2025, permanent part of the current setlist

Recent shows

Sep 22, 2026 Continental Club, Austin (US)
Sep 13, 2026 Dawes Park, Evanston (US)
Sep 4, 2026 DWNTWN 312, McAlester (US)

About: BettySoo

Raised on country radio and the Great American Songbook, BettySoo has spent two decades earning a devoted following on both sides of the Atlantic - a Korean-American songwriter whose spare arrangements and incisive lyrics place her among Austin's most respected folk voices.

1.9K

monthly listeners on Spotify

6.5K

followers on Instagram

What's new

2025-07
BettySoo released her solo album 'If You Never Go Away' on July 18, 2025 - her first solo album in more than ten years, recorded in Austin and Memphis.
2025-07
The album was produced by Will Sexton and recorded at Cedar Creek Studio (Austin) and Southern Grooves (Memphis).
2025-07
Goldmine Magazine described 'If You Never Go Away' as her first solo release in more than a decade and mentioned the work in the same breath as Alison Krauss and Rosanne Cash.

Tracks

How to Live AloneHighly praised song from the Austin songwriting scene

When We're GoneTitle track of the 2014 album, widely praised in the US

What Do You Want From Me Now?Lead single from 'If You Never Go Away' (2025)

Light It UpSingle from 'If You Never Go Away' (2025), featuring brass

WaterlineEP title track from Nobody's Girl (2018)

James McMurtry - + support: BettySoo

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