Ray LaMontagne's third studio album, Gossip in the Grain, will be released by RCA Records on October 14. He will appear on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien the day after the album's release. LaMontagne returned to producer Ethan Johns, who helmed his first two albums: Trouble (2004, which reached #189 on the Billboard 200 album chart) and Till the Sun (2006, which reached #28).

Singer/songwriter Leona Naess, a fellow Paradigm client, sings on two tracks on Gossip in the Grain and will support LaMontagne's fall North American tour. Dates are as follows:

September 2008
30 - Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre

October 2008
1 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
3 - Madison, WI - Union Theater
4 - Minneapolis, MN - State Theatre
6 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre
7 - Toronto, Ontario - Music Hall Theatre
9, 10 - Boston, MA - Opera House
11 - New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
13 - Glenside, PA - Keswick Theatre
14 - North Bethesda, MD - Strathmore Music Center
16 - Raleigh, NC - Meymandi Concert Hall
17 - Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre
18 - Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
19 - Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
21 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater
23 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater
24 - Dallas, TX - Majestic Theatre
25 - Austin, TX - Paramount Theatre
27 - Boulder, CO - Macky Auditorium
28 - Murray, UT - Murray Theater
30 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern

November 2008
1 - San Diego, CA - Spreckels Theatre
2 - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre
3 - Oakland, CA - Paramount Theatre
5 - Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
6 - Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre
8 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Vogue Theatre
9 - Seattle, WA - Marion Oliver McCaw Hall