Richard Shindell

Richard Shindell Richard Shindell’s new album, Careless, represents the culmination of years of work, preparation, and growth.

Meticulously recorded over three years in Upstate New York and Buenos Aires, Argentina, Careless might be an anachronism: at a time when the very idea of the record-album is called into question—when technological developments and listening habits challenge its status as the natural vehicle of an artist's presentation of new material—Shindell offers us an ambitious, luxurious, full-length statemen

t. Accompanied by his co-producer Greg Anderson, engineer/arranger Scott Petito, and a group of A-list musicians, Shindell immersed himself in the studio, allowing the time and latitude to explore, experiment, take risks—to play—as each of these eleven songs was given form and substance. While his signature acoustic guitar
style is used to good effect here, Careless finds Shindell plugging in more. “Returning to the electric guitar has transformed my relationship with all aspects of my career,” he says. “The wider sonic and dynamic range of the electric has been a real inspiration. Rejuvenating.”

Careless exhibits a wide thematic range as well, from terrestrial to celestial. It begins with seven songs whose feet are very much on the ground: the roots-of-rock’n’roll lope and twang of Stray Cow Blues; the epic mea culpa and pop catharsis of the title track; desire both human and insect in the “summer garden” of Infrared; the ruminant, dystopian, blues-grazing Deer on the Parkway; recovery and reconciliation between a father and daughter, in All Wide Open; a vintage instrument infused with the spirit of a prior owner in Your Guitar; and Abbie, wherein the disappearance of a beloved pet is explained. And from there to the view from above: the ether of Atlas Choking, heaven itself in Before You Go, and geosynchronous orbit in Satellites. With its only cover, The Dome, the album ends where it began: firmly on the ground, beneath a night sky, wondering, awaiting clarification.

04/24/2026

TONIGHT at 8: It's the marvelous Antje Duvekot and splendid Richard Shindell lighting up our stage!

04/22/2026

Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts this week.

The hotel website offered a room “with partial rock view”.So many questions. What rock? And are we talking about a parti...
04/16/2026

The hotel website offered a room “with partial rock view”.

So many questions. What rock? And are we talking about a partial rock or a partial view? Is it the kind of rock that justifies an extra six bucks per night? Intrigued, I sprang for it. Seemed like a reasonable price to pay to solve the mystery.

I’m happy to report that I now have an objectively partial view of a rock (and a wholly impartial view of the parking lot, a fence, and two garbage bins).

But Morro Bay is a lovely town. This morning I roved out in search of good coffee, found it, then wandered into a very cool vintage clothing store. I bought a “Ringo for President” button. Then it was more coffee and back to the hotel to rewire my pedal board and more gazing at what I can see of the famous monolith. I intend to get my money’s worth.

Tonight I’m playing in Ojai, CA. Then it’s onward to LA for a total of three more shows before returning to the East Coast.

April 16 Ojai Underground, Ojai, CA

April 17 McCabe’s, Santa Monica, CA

April 19 Yellow Door Concerts, Santa Ana, CA

Now back to that partial view…

Management is always nervous about sending Richard to a guitar shop for fear he'll leave with more instruments than he h...
04/07/2026

Management is always nervous about sending Richard to a guitar shop for fear he'll leave with more instruments than he had upon arrival. Join him at McCabe's Guitar Shop April 17 to see what transpires. - RS Team. Details in comment below.

Songs, poems, sentences, the odd paragraph. Click to read Richard Shindell: Words and Music, a Substack publication.

Sorry: we've had to cancel the April 10 show at Side Door, Sacramento, due to unforeseen circumstances. All other shows ...
04/05/2026

Sorry: we've had to cancel the April 10 show at Side Door, Sacramento, due to unforeseen circumstances. All other shows are still on (link in comments to tour dates). [Image is of door in Murano, not Sacramento] - RS Team

04/03/2026

Over the moon to be joining one of my songwriting heroes for a few shows this spring.

4/28 The Kate, Old Saybrook, CT
4/29 Towne Crier, Beacon, NY
5/1 The Folk Project, Morristown, NJ

⭐️ I’ll also be solo at Belmar Arts, Belmar NJ 5/3! ⭐️

Info and 🎟️ on my site.

I first heard Richard Shindell’s “Are You Happy Now” when I was a junior in college. Most people don’t know this, but I started out as a short story writer. I loved singing but it seemed so far out of reach as something to do professionally that I hadn’t even considered it. Singing was for famous people.

But I started learning guitar because that seemed like something people did in college. And then my suitemate played me Sparrow’s Point and Somewhere Near Paterson, and I understood for the first time that a short story could be told in a song, that you didn’t have to be a pop star to be a brilliant artist, and that one person with an acoustic could affect a whole room of people, bring them to tears, and then bring them to their feet in applause.

I think what I like best about these shows is just getting to watch a master at work. 🎓

Here we are at Cafe Carpe in Wisconsin last May. (Note the carp on the wall). 🐟

I'm happy to be returning soon to the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix. Then it's onward to California (Sacramento, ...
03/23/2026

I'm happy to be returning soon to the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix. Then it's onward to California (Sacramento, Novato, Sebastapol, Ojai, Santa Monica, and Santa Ana (Yellow Door House Concerts). Full list here (scroll down!):

Songs, poems, sentences, the odd paragraph. Click to read Richard Shindell: Words and Music, a Substack publication.

03/10/2026

Some UK tour dates!

November 5: Cardiff, Wales
Acapela Studio

November 6: Shrewsbury
The Hive

November 8: Canterbury
Gulbenkian Theatre
with Danny Bradley

November 10: Bristol
Hen & Chicken

November 11: London
Green Note

November 12: London
St Pancras Old Church

November 13: Cromer
Cromer Community Centre

November 14: Beverley
St Nicholas’ Church

November 15: Saltaire
The Live Room

November 17: Sheffield
The Greystones

November 18: Glasgow, Scotland
Cottiers Theatre

03/03/2026

Spring is coming, along with some tour dates!

April 3: Phoenix, AZ
Musical Instrument Museum

April 10: Sacramento, CA - CANCELED
The Side Door

April 11: Novato, CA
HopMonk

April 12: Sebastopol, CA
HopMonk

April 16: Ojai, CA
Ojai Underground

April 17: Santa Monica, CA
McCabe’s Guitar Shop

April 23: Exeter, NH
Word Barn (SOLD OUT)

April 24: Plymouth, MA
Spire Center
with Antje Duvekot

April 25: Eastham, MA
First Encounter Coffeehouse

April 26: New York, NY
St. Mary’s

April 28: Old Saybrook, CT
The Kate

April 30: Beacon, NY
Towne Crier
with Jess Klein

May 1: Morristown, NJ
Troubadour
with Jess Klein

May 2: Lewes, DE
The Listening Booth
with Jillian Matundan

May 3: Vienna, VA
Jammin Java

May 6: Kennett Square, PA
The Kennett Flash

May 7: Monkton, MD
The Loft at Manor Mill

May 8: Tuckerton, NJ
Lizzie Rose

May 9: South Egremont, MA
ButtonBall Barn

May 14: Northampton, MA
The Iron Horse

May 15: Lexington, MA
Follen Folk Nights

May 16: Frenchtown, NJ
Frenchtown Bookshop
2 shows (SOLD OUT)

May 17: Bayport, NY
People’s Pub

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