The Appalachian Voices Tour

James worked with Sollee and Moore earlier this year by producing their album Dear Companion. A portion of the proceeds from the album went towards Appalachian Voices, an organization that James’ website explains is “devoted to ending mountaintop removal coal mining together with diverse environmental problems impacting the central and southern Appalachian Mountains.”

A portion of the proceeds from the tour will also be donated to the organization of the same name.

“The people and the land of Appalachia are too important to us as a nation to be sacrificed for something as short-sighted as Mountaintop Removal (MTR) coal mining,” the trio of singer-songwriters said in a statement. “Our cultural stake in the region, from its music to its log cabins, is an indispensable part of our history and identity as Americans. People all over the world know our country music, our dances and our stories and they call them American. They are the fruit of Appalachia.”

The tour kicks off July 22 in James’ hometown of Louisville, Ky., with a show at the Lexington Opera House.

The trek wraps up with performances at the Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park in Rhode Island. James plays July 31, and Sollee and Martin Moore do their thing Aug. 1.

Additional dates include Bijou Theatre in Knoxville, Tenn. (July 23), Mountain Stage Radio in Charleston, W.Va. (July 25), Jefferson Theatre in Charlottesville, Va. (July 27), Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, N.Y. (July 29) and Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, N.Y. (July 30).

Tickets for the tour go on sale beginning Friday, May 21.

Click here for Jim James’ website.