Yim Yames, singer-songwriter Daniel Martin Moore and genre-bending cellist and vocalist Ben Sollee will embark on a nine date Appalachian Voices tour in an effort to raise public awareness of the devastating practice of Mountaintop Removal coal mining throughout Appalachia. A portion of the proceeds from the tour will benefit Appalachian Voices, for which the tour was named, an organization devoted to ending mountaintop removal coal mining together with diverse environmental problems impacting the central and southern Appalachian Mountains.

Tickets for the shows will go on sale beginning Friday, May 21st.  For links and info, go to www.dearcompanion.com

“The people and the land of Appalachia are too important to us as a nation to be sacrificed for something as short-sighted as Mountaintop Removal (MTR) coal mining. Our cultural stake in the region, from its music to its log cabins, is an indispensable part of our history and identity as Americans. People all over the world know our country music, our dances and our stories and they call them American. They are the fruit of Appalachia.” Ben Sollee, Daniel Martin Moore and Yim Yames.

Yim Yames will be performing at this year’s Newport Folk Festival. The festival will take place from July 30^th to August 1^st at Fort Adams in Newport, RI. Tickets for the event go on sale Friday, March 26^th at 10AM. For more information on the lineup and how to get tickets, click here.

“Tribute To” is now available for download and purchase at yimyames.com and in stores. You can now purchase and receive the digital download, and purchase the CD and limited edition vinyl. Your purchase of The limited edition vinyl includes the CD and a t-shirt from the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary. A portion of the proceeds from your purchase will go towards the sanctuary.

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yim is a proud partner in the monsters of folk project.
more info at www.monstersoffolk.com

yim is producing an album by ben sollee and daniel martin moore to benefit appalachian voices and help stop the disastrous effect of mountaintop removal. more details.

yim yames recently had the honor of traveling to new orleans to record live with the legendary preservation hall jazz band in grand old school new orleans fashion. the recordings will be part of a benefit album to raise money for the hall (www.preservationhall.com) which hopefully will be released in the fall. more info.