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  • Who Transports The Ferryman?

    So if you’re a regular reader of the Cannonball Statman blog, you may have picked up on the fact that – despite this being the official Cannonball Statman blog that’s ideally intended to be all about Cannonball Statman and his music – the person who actually writes this blog is not Cannonball Statman, but rather…

  • Spring 2024 Romantic Punk FR Tour with France de Griessen

    So here’s something to be excited about if you’re anywhere near Paris or the South of France toward the end of March! The double bill of Cannonball Statman and France de Griessen, fresh from last month’s recording sessions for Cannonball’s upcoming self-titled 32nd album that France de Griessen contributed vocals and instrumentation to, will be…

  • Valentine’s Day 2024 Hard to Break CDs!

    Now that Cannonball has returned to a relatively domestic existence for the next month or so after recording his self-titled 32nd album at Axe & Trap Studios in Wells shortly following the end of his 7 week Hard to Break Tour, he finally has the means to ship out physical CDs of Hard to Break…

  • Shriekofafreak! (2015) reissue and more on the way

    Seeing as one of Cannonball’s major plans for 2024 is to put out digital reissues of some previously unavailable “classic albums” of his from the 2010s, we figured what better way to start than with 2015’s Shriekofafreak!, which Chris Urban aka Christoph Jesus, frontman of legendary NJ antifolk/punk band Crazy & the Brains, listed as…

  • Booking Cannonball Statman in 2024-’25

    Throughout 2024 and 2025, Cannonball Statman is available to perform in any season of the year and anywhere in the world, with a primary focus on the UK and mainland Europe. He’s offering a selection of original songs from throughout his career spanning over two decades, especially tracks from Hard to Break (2023), Rhinoceros Crossing…

  • Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024!

    So Cannonball decided it would be a nice idea for me to put together a post to recap everything that’s happened in this incredibly eventful year, thank as many of you as I could fit in this post for everything you’ve done to make 2023 as good as it could be, and take a look…

  • 13 & 14 November: Cannonball Statman & France de Griessen online & in Paris

    In addition to everything else he’s doing on his continued 7 week autumn 2023 tour for his new album Hard to Break, New York antifolk legend Cannonball Statman will be doing 2 very cool things on the 13th and 14th of November with the incredibly brilliant and exceptionally talented Belgian born, Paris based artist France…

  • Cannonball Statman: Hard to Break

    Today’s the day! The mysterious, furious, frighteningly curious, and largely beloved NYC artist Cannonball Statman has just released his latest album Hard to Break, available now on BandCamp and streaming services. He will begin his 7 week English and European tour for the album tonight at The Waiting Room in Stockton-on-Tees. All of this is…

  • 16th November – 7th December: Hard to Break European Tour with Jason Trachtenburg

    In the middle of Cannonball Statman’s 7 week autumn 2023 tour for his new album Hard to Break, he’ll be joined by the legendary NYC artist Jason Trachtenburg for a number of dates in mainland Europe, and one in London. Jason will be performing as a solo act, with his set lists featuring a selection…

  • October 6th & 8th: Cannonball Presents! in Brooklyn

    As the notoriously itinerant New York artist Cannonball Statman prepares for his nearly 2 month long English & European tour coinciding with the October 22 release of his album Hard to Break, one third and final single from the album has yet to be released to the public: a song called “Pennsylvania” that has become…