As previous reported, Slip guitarist Brad Barr release the solo album _ The Fall Apartment: Instrumental_ through New Yorks Tompkins Square label on September 16. The set will feature both a mix of original compositions and such diverse covers as Cuban musician Ernesto Lecuonas Maria La O, Kurt Cobains Heart Shaped Box and Le Trio Ferrets Gin Gin. Barr will support the solo set when he hits the road later this month for a tour with Sonya Kitchell. In addition to opening for Kitchell on a number of dates, Barr will pull double duty and back the singer/songwriter along with the rest of the Slip throughout her entire fall tour. Barrs series of opening dates will kick off at South Burlington, VTs Higher Ground on September 24, before making stops in Boston (9/25), New York (10/1), Baltimore (10/2), Philadelphia (10/3), Washington (10/4), Morgantown, WV (10/5), Pittsburgh (10/7), Indianapolis (10/8), Arbor, MI (10/9), Madison, WI (10/10), Chicago (10/11), Minneapolis (10/12), Seattle (10/21), Portland, OR (10/22), San Francisco (10/24), Santa Barbara, CA (10/25), Los Angeles (10/26), Solana Beach, CA (10/27), Tucson, AZ (10/28), Austin, TX (10/31), Atlanta (11/1) and Nashville, TN (11/2).

The Slip guitarist also appears on Kitchells new album _ This Storm_. Please check out the most recent issue of Relix for more Kitchell and her recent collaborations with The Slip.