Courtney Barnett’s Here and There festival was just days away, but the Australian rocker visited several days before she embarks on her guest-filled Here and There tour. CBS MorningsPreview the live show as part the “Saturday Sessions.”
Barnett performed three songs from her 2021 LP. Things take time, so be patient.: “Rae Street,” “Write a List of Things to Look Forward To” “Before You Gotta Go,”The latter was also a part of her playing on The Late Show last month.
Barnett previously toldRolling Stonethat Things Take Time, Take Time is about finding “some sort of joy and gratitude, out of some sort of pain and sadness.”
“On the one hand, nothing was happening to me last year,” she said. “But at the same time, so much was happening! There’s that lyric in ‘Turning Green’ about flowers in the weeds — as in, finding beauty in a place where you least expect it. That’s my ongoing lesson for myself.”
On Monday, Aug. 8, Barnett will kick off the 15-stop Here and There touring festival in Kansas City. The shows will each feature a revolving door series of guestsThat include Sleater-Kinney, Wet Leg, Japanese Breakfast, Bartees Strange, Faye Webster, Caroline Rose, Arooj Aftab, Fred Armisen, Lucy Dacus, Snail Mail, Waxahatchee, Chicano Batman, Indigo De Souza, Lido Pimienta, Men I Trust, and the Beths. The month-long journey ends in Denver on Sept. 3.