At this point, I probably don’t have to explain why the Revival Tour is among my favorite things going in music these days. If you need to know why, just watch the video above of Chuck Ragan, Jon Gaunt, Digger Barnes, Frank Turner and the Anderson Family Bluegrass kids (among others). Those kids are fucking awesome. I finally understand why people have children: sometimes they play bluegrass. Somebody get them a beer and a smoke. Welcome to the road, kids. Grab a bitch and a buzz and bring your fiddle.

As if the tour wasn’t good enough, now I come to find that Todd Beene (from Glossary) and Ben Nichols (from Lucero) will be joining Chuck, Frank, and the guys for the upcoming Australian leg of the tour. I believe each of them have played some shows on the tour in the past, but I’m not dwelling on the past, and it looks like this permutation of pickers and grinners may be one of the best possible combos I’ve heard in a long time. Finding out your favorite musicians that all come from different background and corners of the musical world will be playing together and folkin’ it up on tour together is like watching the All-Star game and for some reason giving a shit about a completely inconsequential baseball game.

The Aussie leg of the Revival Tour doesn’t kickoff until April 22^nd, so why am I mentioning it now? I need a way to get there, and that ain’t happening on short notice, and I’m going to need a few bucks from each of you or possibly a corporate sponsorship or tips on stowing away on a boat to Australia. Perhaps I can temp as a pirate. Still working on the plan. For more on the Revival Tour, go here.