Pitchfork

Behold the awesome powers of the internets! In 1997, after typing her own name into a search engine, psych-folk pioneer Vashti Bunyan discovered pockets of music fans desperately seeking her 1970 debut album Just Another Diamond Day in legit CD format. Tons of emails later, Bunyan tracked down the masters and Just Another Diamond Day finally was re-released-- roughly thirty years after Bunyan had "abandoned music forever."

But the story doesn't end there. The reissued album found a new web-savvy audience, eventually leading to Bunyan's public re-emergence, collaborations with Animal Collective, Piano Magic, and Devendra Banhart, and eventually, 35 years after her debut, a sophomore album, 2005's gorgeous Lookaftering.

And now, the interweb is making magic happen yet again, as we bring to you the announcement of Vashti Bunyan's first-ever North American tour! After spending the summer hitting the European festival circuit, she'll kick off a brief trek on our shores with a show in Vancouver on September 1.

Bunyan will be accompanied on the road by Scottish musicians Jo Mango (piano, flute, kalimba, concertina) and Gareth Dickson (guitar) as well as Kevin Barker of Currituck County on guitar and a violinist and cellist who have yet to be determined.

More diamond days:

07-03 Malmo, Sweden - Accelerator Festival
07-05 Goteborg, Sweden - Accelerator Festival
07-06 Stockholm, Sweden - Accelerator Festival
07-07 Kristiansand, Norway - Quart Festival
08-04 Hereford, England - Big Chill
08-12 Leicester, England - Summer Sundae
09-01 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
09-02 Portland, OR - Hollywood Theater (Halleluwah Arts Fest)
09-03 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival
09-07 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
09-08 Los Angeles, CA - Getty Museum
09-09 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
09-11 Chicago, IL - Lakeshore Theater
09-14 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
09-15 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts
09-16 Shelburne Falls, MA - Memorial Hall Theater