Jay Bennett & Edward Burch with Dolly Varden

      Former WILCO guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Jay Bennett, and long-time collaborator, singer/songwriter, Edward Burch,
continue extensive U.S. tour to support their highly-acclaimed debut release, The Palace at 4 A.M. (Part 1).
Jay and Edward have been performing and writing together for several years and The Palace at 4 A.M. (Part 1) showcases their unique chemistry. Jay's brilliant arrangements and husky vocals paired with Edward's haunting baritone and close harmonies flow together perfectly throughout the album. Moody pop, raucous twang, and attitude-laden Indie pop, mix and meld in these guitar and keyboard driven songs of life and love.

Bennett has been widely lauded, both popularly and critically, as a significant driving force behind the evolving sound, increasingly mature songwriting and success of the twice-Grammy-nominated Wilco. Bennett made his studio debut with Wilco on 1996's Being There and stayed through the final sessions of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

High in demand as a session player and producer, Jay Bennett has played on and/or produced albums with such notables as Sheryl Crow, Jellyfish,
Allison Moorer, Tim Easton, Tommy Keene, and Garrison Starr,.

Jay and Edward will continue their busy touring schedule with the band until the end of the year and will complete work on The Palace at 4am (Part II) which is due to be released in early 2003.

Named after a colorful species of hard-to-catch trout, Chicago's Dolly Varden has been making music since 1995. Fronted by the husband and wife
singing-songwriting team of Stephen Dawson and Diane Christiansen, Dolly Varden plays what has been called "unabashedly gorgeous Pop music... an effortless meld of Rock, Country and Soul." The group has developed a rare confidence and grace over the course of seven years, three critically-acclaimed albums and hundreds of performances in the U.S. and Europe. Their new album, Forgiven Now, is the band's most focused effort yet.

For Dolly Varden's new album, Forgiven Now, the band returned to Brad Jones' studio in Nashville. With more time and a new batch of inspired songs, Jones helped guide the group to another musical peak. Especially evident is Christiansen's blossoming songwriting talent, and the growing
depth of a band. This is truly a full-band effort. Discussing the album Dawson says, "when we lined these songs up back to back there seemed to
be a common link...so many of them seemed to be about leaving behind resentments, trying to see a bigger picture. That's where the title comes from." Stephen and Diane will be performing as a duo for this tour with Jay Bennett and Edward Burch.