CHUCK RAGAN takes his tales of “Love And Lore” on the road… 2025 Tour Announced!

Love And Lore finds Chuck in expansion mode. Enriching his musical palette with new sounds and tempos while remaining perfectly Chuck, the album fires on all cylinders from fiery rockers (“Wild In Our Ways”), to fireside acoustic singalongs (“Waiting Out the Storm”), to epic alt-rock bangers (“Echo The Halls”), to gorgeous duets (“One More Shot” featuring Paige Overton). The one theme throughout all of this is how Chuck approaches everything with a level of honesty and integrity that can’t be faked—and that sentiment is undeniable.

Writing and recording for the album began in 2016 with studio work beginning in 2019, but with impending Covid protocols, Love And Lore had been bottled while Chuck focused on his family life and his fly fishing business in Grass Valley, CA. “We got serious about making this album again in 2022, but I didn’t have a ton of time to devote to it between being physically exhausted and having a toddler,” he admits. “It was just chaos.” (This includes a tree falling on guitarist/pedal steel/multi-instrumentalist Todd Beene’s house.) Eventually, Love And Lore was recorded in early 2023. The result is an album that showcases Chuck’s further transcending the “folk” label to create a collection of songs that see him stretching out as a songwriter to fearlessly explore new sonic territory.

A formidable presence on stage for the last three decades, Chuck Ragan played his first solo show over 30 years ago and has been writing heartfelt campfire anthems ever since he picked up an acoustic guitar at 12. Growing up in the Southeast and raised by his Louisiana and Florida-bred Southern family, he has toured the world with seminal punk band Hot Water Music and as a solo performer. Chuck conceptualized The Revival Tour in 2005, one of the most anticipated tours throughout North America, Europe, and Australia since its inception in 2008. Featuring such punk rock royalty as Frank Turner, Dave Hause (The Loved Ones), Jenny Owens Young, Brian Fallon (The Gaslight Anthem), Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!), Dan Andriano (Alkaline Trio) among many others, The Revival Tour was a festival of sorts that brought together artists of varying genres to collaborate and jam on stage as a musical collective. Ragan has toured the globe extensively for the past two decades and has become a household name in both the folk and punk communities.

Love And Lore is out now via Rise Records and can be streamed/purchased here: https://ChuckRagan.lnk.to/LoveandLore.