contact & booking
BOOKING JAMES TUTSON AND THE ROLLBACK
BOOKING JAMES TUTSON
Live shows
Upcoming:
March 22, 2024: Treefort Music Festival, time TBA
March 28, 2024: Iowa City, IA: Englert Theater; w/ Five For Fighting. 7:30 PM.
Past:
December 31, 2023: Iowa City, IA (Wildwood Saloon; w/ The Diplomats of Solid Sound)
November 13, 2023: Des Moines, IA (Iowa PBS)
October 25, 2023: Davenport, IA (Raccoon Motel; w/ Alanna Royale)
October 14, 2023: Decorah, IA (Impact Coffee)
August 26, 2023: Iowa City, IA (Big Grove Brewery: Big Backyard Show w/ The Dip and Alanna Royale)
July 8, 2023: North Liberty, IA (Blues & BBQ Festival)
June 16, 2023: Cedar Falls, IA (River Place Plaza hosted by Iowa Public Radio)
March 24, 2023: Iowa City, IA (Englert Theater; The Mystery Hour w/ Jeff Houghton)
December 9, 2022: Des Moines, IA (Celebrate Iowa Gala)
November 19, 2022: Wheaton, IL (Pop up show w/ Halley Greg)
September 18, 2022: Davenport, IA (Raccoon Motel; w/ Kiss The Tiger)
August 19, 2022: Iowa City, IA (Wildwood Saloon)
August 14, 2022: Iowa City, IA (Party in the Park: Happy Hollow)
July 19, 2022: Iowa City, IA (Party in the Park: Terry Trueblood)
July 9, 2022: Des Moines, IA (80/35 Festival)
July 8, 2022: Iowa City, IA (Friday Night Concert Series)
July 7, 2022: Fairfield, IA (Summer Outdoor Concert Series)
June 25, 2022: Iowa City, IA (Block Party)
June 24, 2022: Des Moines, IA (Des Moines Arts Fest)
June 14, 2022: Iowa City, IA (Party in the Park: Ned Ashton House)
April 10, 2022: Lisbon, IA (Sutliff Farm & Cider House)
March 3, 2022: Des Moines, IA (xBK; Iowa Public Radio “All-Access Live,” and live on IPTV)
September 4, 2021: Des Moines, IA (Riverview Music Festival)
July 9, 2021: Iowa City, IA ( Friday Night Concert Series)
May 1, 2021: Mount Vernon, IA (Cornell College)
November 15, 2019: Iowa City, IA (Big Grove Brewery)
October 23, 2019: Iowa City, IA (Englert Theater; w/ Marc Broussard)
August 2, 2019: Marengo, IA (Fireside Winery)
June 20, 2019: Iowa City, IA (Big Grove Brewery; w/ Shamarr Allen)
June 14, 2019: Iowa City, IA (Friday Night Concert Series)
March 23, 2019: Mount Vernon, IA (Cornell College)
September 3, 2018: Iowa City, IA (Englert Theater; w/ Lake Street Dive)
August 11, 2018: Coralville, IA (5th Street Block Party)
August 10, 2018: Iowa City, IA (Chalk Art Festival)
July 27, 2018: Iowa City, IA (RAGBRAI; w/ Blitzen Trapper, The Jayhawks, and Elizabeth Moen)
July 7, 2018: Iowa City, IA (Harvest Festival; with Sawyer, Jordy Searcy)
June 17, 2018: Iowa City, IA (The Mill; w/ Alex Guthrie)
June 3, 2018: Iowa City, IA (Iowa City Arts Festival)
Happy
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Still
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Make You Free
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On Hope
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About
James Tutson
Iowa City’s James Tutson and his 5 siblings were the entirety of the church choir growing up. He was raised singing southern gospel every Sunday in a tiny chapel in front of a 10 person congregation. This heritage of soul music permeates his vocal stylings and anchors his songwriting even as he crafts his current work telling stories of the modern world and his life journey. He is known for emotive/”raw” vocal performances, tight musical arrangements, and resonant songwriting, which has been described as a “gift for exploring the intersection between joy and sorrow”.
James’ career has taken him to local backyards, dive bars, theater stages, music festivals, and NBC’s The Voice. James was named one of the 2023 National endowment for the arts, Iowa Fellows and has had the privilege of performing with great artists like Lake Street Dive, The Dip, Marc Broussard, Joanna Connor, Jordy Searcy, Alex Guthrie and more. He has recorded six studio albums including his two most recent “Still” and “Happy”, soulful reflections about life during the 2020 global pandemic. For more information on James’ music and story visit, www.jamestutson.com and follow on Instagram: @jtutson.
The Rollback: In 2016, at a Chipotle in downtown Iowa City, James and bass player Heath Hospodarsky met to talk about collaborating on a new full band project. Two weeks later The Rollback had its first meeting. Since then, the band has played dozens of shows together across the country. Known for a tight, crowd pleasing sound and full arrangements, the band is entering its 8th year of being the steady backing behind James’ songwriting.
The Rollback Members:
Tyler Carrington (drums, vocals)
Heath Hospodarsky (bass)
Erik Lehmann (keyboard, vocals)
Jesse Upah (keyboard, vocals)