Fruit Bats Play World Cafe And Appear on KVSC

Fruit Bats’ Eric D. Johnson recently joined Stephen Kallao on World Cafe to discuss The Landfill and the Midwestern landscape that helped inspire it. The conversation explores how a childhood memory became a way of thinking about failure and perspective, along with Johnson’s years teaching at Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music and his evolving approach to songwriting. Listen here.

There’s more Fruit Bats on the radio this week! Johnson joins KVSC news director Shay Lelonek for The Menu tomorrow (Tuesday, October 20) at 4:30 pm local time (2:30 Pacific). Get the details here, and tune in. The Landfill is at radio now from Merge.

Tour dates:

10/20 – Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall
10/21 – Iowa City, IA – Englert Civic Theatre
10/22 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
10/23 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
10/24 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed Indoors
11/5 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
11/6 – South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground Ballroom
11/7 – Boston, MA – Royale
11/8 – Portland, ME – State Theatre
11/11 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
11/12 – Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Café & Music Hall
11/14 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
11/15 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
11/17 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
11/18 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East
11/19 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn
11/20 – New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s
11/21 – Austin, TX – Mohawk