Chuck Prophet got more than he bargained for. He and his band ventured to Mexico City to record the follow-up to 2007's "boundaryless" (New Yorker) album Soap & Water and encountered a swine flu pandemic, an earthquake, electric brownouts, and crashing hard drives. They emerged with the hard-hitting, broad-ranging album ¡Let Freedom Ring!, which will be released October 27. "I just wanted the energy of this place," Prophet says of Mexico City. "I'm looking at a studio that is totally state of the art...for 1957. I stood in the middle of that room, I clapped my hands and I knew we could make a great record." Chuck Prophet has appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman (CBS) and Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC). He has collaborated with Warren Zevon, Dan Penn and Alejandro Escovedo among many others, and his songs have been recorded by everyone from Solomon Burke to Heart. In 2006, Prophet launched his own record label, (((belle sound))) releasing an album by Sonny Smith and archival recordings by his seminal 1980s band Green on Red ("by far one of the best bands in the United States for almost an entire decade," according to the New York Times). Check out a YouTube video on the making of the album and hear clips of music HERE. Join the Chuck Prophet email list to receive updates on new tour dates, exclusive deals on new releases, the latest news and more.

¡Let Freedom Ring!, 2009

Soap and Water, 2007

Age of Miracles, 2004

No Other Love, 2002

The Hurting Business, 1999

Homemade Blood, 1997

Feast of Hearts, 1994

Balinese Dancer, 1993

Brother Aldo, 1990

10-01-2010 San Francisco, CA
Make Out Room

10-13-2010 Kansas City, MO
Davey’s Uptown

10-14-2010 Omaha, NE
The Waiting Room

10-15-2010 St. Paul, MN
Turf Club

10-16-2010 Evanston, IL
SPACE

10-17-2010 Milwaukee, WI
Shank Hall

10-19-2010 Lexington, KY
Cosmic Charlies

10-20-2010 Cleveland, OH
Beachland Ballroom & Tavern

10-21-2010 Newport, KY
Southgate House

10-22-2010 Springfield, IL
Hoogland Center for the Arts

10-23-2010 St. Louis, MO
Off Broadway

10-24-2010 Memphis, TN
Hi-Tone Cafe

10-25-2010 Little Rock, AR
Sticky Fingerz Rock ‘N’ Roll Chicken Shack

10-29-2010 Houston, TX
Continental Club Houston

10-30-2010 St. Francisville, LA
Magnolia Cafe Faux Blood Festival

10-31-2010 St. Francisville, LA
Magnolia Cafe Faux Blood Festival

11-03-2010 New Haven, CT
Cafe Nine

11-04-2010 Cambridge, MA
The Lizard Lounge

11-05-2010 Cambridge, MA
The Lizard Lounge

11-06-2010 Fall River, MA
Narrows Center for the Arts

11-10-2010 Brooklyn, NY
Union Hall

11-11-2010 NY, NY
The Bowery Electric

11-12-2010 Philadelphia, PA
World Cafe Live

11-13-2010 Hudson, NY
Club Helsinki

12-06-2010 Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art