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Through evocative, emotionally resonant music, Goodbye, Hotel Arkada, the new LP from American harpist and composer Mary Lattimore, speaks not just for its beloved namesake — a hotel in Croatia facing renovation — but for a universal loss that is shared. Six sprawling pieces shaped by change; nothing will ever be the same, and here, the artist, evolving in synthesis, celebrates and mourns the tragedy and beauty of the ephemeral, all that is lived and lost to time. Documented and edited in uncharacteristically measured sessions over the course of two years, the material remains rooted in improvisation while glistening as the most refined and robust in Lattimore’s decade-long catalog. It finds her communing with friends, contemporaries, and longtime influences, in full stride yet slowing down to nurture songs in new ways. The cast includes Lol Tolhurst (The Cure), Meg Baird, Rachel Goswell (Slowdive), Roy Montgomery, Samara Lubelski, and Walt McClements.

“When I think of these songs, I think about fading flowers in vases, melted candles, getting older, being on tour and having things change while you're away, not realizing how ephemeral experiences are until they don't happen anymore, fear for a planet we're losing because of greed, an ode to art and music that's really shaped your life that can transport you back in time, longing to maintain sensitivity and to not sink into hollow despondency.”

Memories, scenes, and split-second impressions have long filled Lattimore’s musical universe. As one of today’s preeminent instrumental storytellers, she has “the uncanny ability to pluck a string in a way that will instantly make someone remember the taste of their fifth birthday cake," writes Pitchfork's Jemima Skala. Lattimore's impulse to record life as it happens matches her drive to travel and perform, as profiled by Grayson Haver Currin for The New York Times: "Lattimore recognized that being in motion shook loose strands of inspiration, moods she wanted to express with melody. She needed, then, to remain on the go." That sense of fluidity has also made her a prolific collaborator outside of solo work. 2020's Silver Ladders, recorded with Slowdive's Neil Halstead, opened the door for Lattimore to widen the vision of her primary project as well, and its proper follow-up is the natural next scale. “All of these people I asked to contribute have deeply affected and inspired my life.”

For the title and inspiration, Lattimore’s mind returns to the island of Hvar in Croatia, where she first saw those silver ladders at the water’s edge. “There's a big old hotel there called the Hotel Arkada, and you could tell it had been hosting holiday-goers for decades in a great way. I walked around the lobby and the empty ballrooms and it looked like a well-worn, well-loved place. My friend Stacey who lives there told me to ‘say goodbye to Hotel Arkada, it might not be here when you get back’ and I heard soon after that it was actually going to be renovated in a very crisp, modern way.” Lattimore became fixated on the ingredients that make a place special — for Hotel Arkada, the patinaed chandeliers, the patternedbedspreads, the echoes of its intangible charm — and how when those leave this world, as they inevitably always will, it feels important to memorialize them, “to bottle it for a brief second.”

Upcoming Shows

February 05, 2026 Lexington, KY Singletary Center at U. Kentucky
February 14, 2026 South Pasadena, CA Sid The Cat Auditorium
February 15, 2026 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
February 17, 2026 Seattle, WA The Crocodile
February 18, 2026 Portland, OR Mississippi Studios
February 20, 2026 Santa Cruz, CA The Crepe Place
February 21, 2026 Ojai, CA Ojai Playhouse
March 11, 2026 Cincinnati, OH Woodward Theater
March 12, 2026 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall
March 14, 2026 Kalamazoo, MI Bell's Eccentric Cafe
March 15, 2026 Ann Arbor, MI The Ark
March 17, 2026 Toronto, CAN The Great Hall
March 18, 2026 Montréal, CAN Gesù
March 19, 2026 Somerville, MA The Center for the Arts at the Armory
March 20, 2026 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church - Sanctuary
March 21, 2026 Queens, NY OUTLINE - Knockdown Center
March 24, 2026 Washington, DC Miracle Theatre
March 25, 2026 Raleigh, NC The Rialto
March 26, 2026 Knoxville, TN Big Ears Festival
March 27, 2026 Knoxville, TN Big Ears Festival
March 28, 2026 Knoxville, TN Big Ears Festival

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