“Jolly Roger” is the music video from Tempest’s “Going Home.” With a handful of pirates and the classic Jolly Roger flying, the video was produced at Morgan’s Cove, the secret, treasure-laden pirate ship in a backyard of Morgan Hill, CA, as well as at SoundTek Studios in Campbell, CA. “Jolly Roger” is a folk-rock cover from the Byrds’ Roger McGuinn.
The Bay Area Celtic Rock Band is releasing the
new album, “Going Home,” on the group’s new record label Celtodelic on St.
Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2022. Co-produced by band leader Lief Sorbye and
Robert Berry (3, December People) in November and December of 2021, the album
is best described as “Euro Celtic,” as Tempest incorporates more Scandinavian
and British Isles material into their brand of Progressive Folk Rock.
Lief wrote “The Shepherd’s Daughter,” based on the traditional British ballad,
The Knight and The Shepherd’s Daughter. “Dream Morris” was a melody fully
formed in Lief’s head one morning when he woke.
The disc features a range of spirited fiddle and mandolin instrumentals “The
Optimist” and “Mrs. Preston’s Favorite.” There are songs in Lief’s native
language Norwegian. “Hjemreise” is a dedication to the recent passing of his
mom and the magical mountain cabin ‘Jegerstølen,’ pictured on the front cover
of the record. The song title translates to the album title, Going Home.
The Norwegian children’s song “Pål Sine Høner” (Paul’s Chickens), a Swedish
murder ballad “De Två Systrarna” (The Two Sisters), and the British “The Devil
and the Farmer” are traditional folk songs on Going Home.
Hailing from Oslo, Norway, founding member and lead singer/electric
mandolinist, Lief Sorbye, is recognized as a driving force in the modern
folk-rock movement. He started Tempest in 1988 after years of touring and
recording on the folk circuit. The band also features San Francisco’s Lee
Corbie-Wells (fiddle, vocals), Bulgaria-born Nikolay Georgiev (guitars),
Michigan’s Hugh Caley, (bassist), and Cuban drummer Adolfo Lazo, who is an
original member of Tempest.
TEMPEST ‘The Going Home Tour' Spring 2022
Feb. 26 | Vallejo, CA EMPRESS THEATRE
Mar. 5 | Fresno, CA FULL CIRCLE BREWING CO.
Mar. 12, 13 | Dublin, CA ST. PATRICK’S DAY FESTIVAL
Mar. 17 | Healdsburg, CA HEALDSBURG PLAZA
Mar. 17 | Soquel, CA MICHAEL’S ON MAIN
Mar. 19 | Sutter Creek, CA SUTTER CREEK THEATER
Mar. 25 | Williamsburg, IA RAVEN WOLF
Mar. 26 | St. Louis, MO FOCALPOINT THEATRE
Mar. 27 | Goshen, IN IGNITION MUSIC GARAGE
Mar. 30 | Rochester, NY LOVIN’ CUP
Mar. 31 | Albany, NY THE LINDA THEATRE
Apr. 1 | Middletown, CT BUTTONWOOD TREE ARTS CENTER
Apr. 2 | New Hope, PA HAVANA
Apr. 3 | Wayne, PA 118 NORTH
Apr. 4 | Kenton, DE COOLDOG CONCERT SERIES
Apr. 6 | Cleveland, OH BROTHERS LOUNGE CONCERT HALL
Apr. 7 | White Oak, PA BRYN MAWR CHURCH
Apr. 8 | Columbus, OH BYRNES PUB
Apr. 9 | Dayton, OH YELLOW CAB TAVERN
