New track listing, tour dates for K’naan’s “Troubadour”

K’naan’s years-in-the-making Troubadour finally has a firm release date of February 24, when it will be issued by A&M/Octone Records. The track listing has recently changed, and songs with guest appearances from Mos Def and Chali 2na (“America”) now complete the bill.

Next month, K’naan will come to the States for dozens of concerts. The itinerary includes solo dates and festival gigs.

• 1. “ABC’s” (feat. Chubb Rock)
• 2. “Dreamer”
• 3. “I Come Prepared” (feat. Damian Marley)
• 4. “15 Minutes Away”
• 5. “Bang Bang” (feat. Adam Levine)
• 6. “Fire In Freetown”
• 7. “People Like Me”
• 8. “Somalia”
• 9. “America” (feat. Mos Def & Chali Tuna)
• 10. “Fatima”
• 11. “If Rap Gets Jealous” (feat. Kirk Hammett from Metallica)
• 11. “Take A Minute”
• 12. “T.I.A.”
• 13. “Waiving Flag”

And here are the tour dates:

• 2/05: Calvin College Fine Arts Center, Grand Rapids, MI
• 2/06: Michigan Union Ballroom, Ann Arbor, MI
• 2/08: Reggie’s Bar and Grill, Chicago, IL
• 2/10: The Annex, Madison, WI
• 2/11: Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN
• 2/13: University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
• 2/14: The Bluebird, Denver, CO
• 2/16: San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA
• 2/19: Toph’s House, Garberville, CA
• 2/20: Fox Theatre, Oakland, CA
• 2/21: Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA
• 2/24: The Middle East, Boston, MA
• 2/26: SOB’s, New York, NY
• 2/27: Kennedy Center, Washington, DC
• 2/28: Sonar, Baltimore, MD
• 3/01: World Café, Philadelphia, PA
• 3/04: Vinyl, Atlanta, GA
• 3/05: Jack Rabbit’s, Jacksonville, FL
• 3/06: The Social, Orlando, FL
• 3/07: Bicentennial Park, Miami, FL
• 3/09: Doug Fir, Portland, OR
• 3/10: Neumo’s, Seattle, WA

2/16: Tribute to the Legends Festival
2/20: Raggamuffins Festival w/Stephen Marley, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Julian Marley, Rootz Underground
2/21: Raggamuffins Festival
3/07: Langerado Music Festival

Photo by Peter Graham Photography.