Rocky Votolato will be touring Europe throughout the month of May, and then playing a few dates in the US in June and July, including some shows with mewithoutYou. He's also just announced a new video for the song silver trees, which was filmed by the good folks at One Day's Wages. Ten percent of the royalties from Rocky's new album, true devotion, will be donated to One Day's Wages to help alleviate extreme global poverty. Watch the video here.

Rocky Votolato is featured in a new episode of "Art Zone with Nancy Guppy" on the Seattle Channel, airing at 8pm on Friday, April 2 — or, if you don't have access to this station, you can watch it online here.

True devotion, the forthcoming album from acclaimed Seattle musician Rocky Votolato, is now streaming in its entirety at PasteMagazine.com in advance of its February 23rd release date. Pre-order the record before release date, and receive a bonus 7" single (while supplies last) and be entered to win a free private house show performance by Rocky!

Absolute Punk and Barsuk are excited to announce that anyone who pre-orders Rocky's new album true devotion before February 23rd will be entered to win some pretty great stuff, as well as getting immediate exclusive digital access to the album plus a bonus 7" single with two non-album tracks (while supplies last). Details can be found here.

A free MP3 from true devotion has just been posted as well, for the song red river.

Seattle musician Rocky Votolato is a soft-spoken, very kind, hard-working father of two, born in rural Texas and raised in the Pacific Northwest indie scene (where he fronted the acclaimed rock band Waxwing). Votolato writes graceful, understated, human, unpretentious songs, demonstrating that simplicity is still a viable option for accomplished songwriters. His last two releases, makers (2006, Barsuk) and the brag and cuss (2007, Barsuk), found him exploring and paying homage to the folk and country music that shaped his early life in Texas. True devotion, his new album, is a passionate, stripped down, and mostly acoustic reflection on moments from his current life; showing us where he is, where he has just come from, and where he’s going.

Rocky Votolato will be performing next week at the Seattle International Film Festival before the screening of a film called my suicide, a dark coming of age comedy which features 4 songs by Rocky (as well as music by Radiohead, Bright Eyes, My Morning Jacket, and Tim Kasher of Cursive). The film will be shown on June 10th at the Pacific Place Cinema, and Rocky will perform at 9pm.

Enjoy an exclusive in-studio performance from Rocky Votolato (doing two songs from his most recent album, the brag and cuss), up now at Pure Volume.