Lake Street Dive has announced a new covers EP, Fun Machine: The Sequel. As the title indicates, the collection is the second such project from the soulful fan-favorites. It is due to arrive on September 9th, 2022, 10 years after the original, via Fantasy Records.
The band—comprised of vocalist Rachael Price, bassist/background vocalist Bridget Kearney, drummer/background vocalist Mike Calabrese, and keyboardist/vocalist Akie Bermiss—described the concept for the collection in a press statement: “Imagine you walk into your favorite local dive bar and Lake Street Dive is on stage, doing our regular weekly gig for $5 a head. These are the songs we’d be covering there and how we’d be playing them. Some deep cuts, some sentimental favorites and some (hopefully) epic crowd pleasers.”
Lake Street Dive – Fun Machine: The Sequel Trailer
Produced by Robin MacMillan and recorded at Figure 8 Recording in Brooklyn and Lucy’s Meat Market in Los Angeles (with contributions from touring guitarist/background vocalist James Cornelison), Fun Machine: The Sequel is Lake Street Dive’s second set of distinctive cover songs and first in ten years. While 2012’s Fun Machine paid homage to the group’s classic R&B, neo-soul, and jazz roots, Fun Machine: The Sequel expands the machine’s capacity with selections ranging from R&B and pop favorites like Dionne Warwick’s Burt Bacharach/Hal David-penned classic “Anyone Who Had A Heart” and The Pointer Sisters’ funky “Automatic” to timeless Carole King lament “So Far Away” to The Cranberries‘ ’90s anthem, “Linger”, and even Shania Twain’s pop-country mainstay, “You’re Still The One”.
For the first taste of the new Fun Machine, Lake Street Dive has shared the cover of Bonnie Raitt‘s “Nick of Time” featured on the EP. Taken at a jazzy bounce, with layers of electric piano and tasteful brass over the song’s distinctive backbeat, the song instantly feels like a perfect fit for Price, whose smokey voice has been compared to Raitt’s on countless occasions.
Pre-save or pre-order Fun Machine: The Sequel in the format of your choice, including CD and cassette, here. Listen to the Lake Street Dive cover of “Nick of Time” by Bonnie Raitt below.
Lake Street Dive – “Nick of Time” (Bonnie Raitt)
Lake Street Dive has a number of tour dates and festival plays on the schedule for the rest of the summer. For a full list of the band’s upcoming tour dates, head here.
Lake Street Dive 2022 Tour Dates
JUL 28 – FloydFest 22~Heartbeat – Floyd, VA
JUL 29 – Rock the Ruins at The Vogue Outdoors – Indianapolis, IN w/ The Brook & The Bluff SOLD OUT
JUL 30 – Xcel Energy Center – St. Paul, MN with Brandi Carlile SOLD OUT
AUG 2 – Outdoors at Fargo Brewing – Fargo, ND with Madison Cunningham
AUG 3- The Pablo Center at the Confluence – Eau Claire, WI
AUG 5 – Fiserv Forum – Milwaukee, WI with Brandi Carlile
AUG 6 – Hinterland Festival – St. Charles, IA
AUG 7 – Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua – Bayfield, WI with Madison Cunningham
AUG 9 – Foellinger Theatre – Fort Wayne, IN with Madison Cunningham
AUG 10 – Michigan Theater – Ann Arbor, MI with Madison Cunningham SOLD OUT
AUG 12- Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park – Grand Rapids, MI w/ Madison Cunningham SOLD OUT AUG 13 – Salt Shed at Morton Salt – Chicago, IL with Madison Cunningham SOLD OUT
AUG 14- Chesterfield Amphitheater – St. Louis, MO
AUG 16 – The Andrew J. Brady Music Center – Cincinnati, OH
AUG 17- Rose Music Center at The Heights – Huber Heights, OH with Madison Cunningham
AUG 19 -State Theatre – Portland, ME – LSD Presents Side Streets featuring Rachael & Vilray, Bridget Kearney, Benjamin Lazar Davis and Will Graefe, Michael Calabrese, Akie Bermiss, and James Cornelison
AUG 20- Thompson’s Point – Portland, ME with Madison Cunningham SOLD OUT
AUG 21- Thompson’s Point – Portland, ME with Madison Cunningham
SEP 9- The Anthem – Washington, DC with Allen Stone
SEP 10- Radio City Music Hall – New York, NY with Allen Stone SOLD OUT
SEP 11- Radio City Music Hall – New York, NY with Allen Stone
SEP 13- Virginia Credit Union LIVE! – Richmond, VA with The Dip
SEP 14- North Carolina Museum of Art – Raleigh, NC with The Dip
SEP 16- Live Oak Bank Pavilion at Riverfront Park – Wilmington, NC
SEP 17- Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre – Charlotte, NC
SEP 24- Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival – Franklin, TN
SEP 27- Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater – Austin, TX with Devon Gilfillian
SEP 28- Tobin Center for the Performing Arts – San Antonio, TX with Devon Gilfillian
SEP 30 – The Van Buren – Phoenix, AZ with Devon Gilfillian
OCT 1- Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles, CA with Jack Johnson
OCT 2- Hollywood Bowl – Los Angeles, CA with Jack Johnson
OCT 4- Humphreys Concerts By The Bay – San Diego, CA with Devon Gilfillian
OCT 5- Humphreys Concerts By The Bay – San Diego, CA with Devon Gilfillian
OCT 7- Edgefield – Troutdale, OR with Devon Gilfillian
OCT 8 – Cuthbert Amphitheater – Eugene, OR
OCT 9 – Paramount Theatre – Seattle, WA with Devon Gilfillian
OCT 11 – Orpheum Theatre – Vancouver, BC – with Devon Gilfillian
OCT 13 – Fox Theater – Oakland, CA with Devon Gilfillian SOLD OUT
OCT 14 – Fox Theater – Oakland, CA with The Altons
