Critically-Acclaimed Release of New Nanci Griffith CD ``Hearts In Mind'' to Be Accompanied by Extensive Tour Including Appearance at 30th Anniversary Celebration in Vietnam.

LOS ANGELES -- Universal Music Enterprises:

--In addition, Griffith's celebrated Grammy-winning album, "Other Voices, Other Rooms" has just been certified Gold by the RIAA and "I Love This Town," a track from "Hearts In Mind," is currently at #1 at the Americana Radio format

"Hearts In Mind," the magnificent new CD from Grammy-winning artist Nanci Griffith which has been met with glowing reviews in everything from Rolling Stone to USA Today (not to mention an outstanding performance on "The Late Show With David Letterman"), will be accompanied by extensive tour dates which begin in Austin, Texas, March 16th at South-by-Southwest (SXSW) with a special performance honoring the legendary Crickets and end at New York City's Carnegie Hall on November 2nd. Nanci will be accompanied on all concert dates by her long-time band, The Blue Moon Orchestra.

Special stops along the way include Canada's Ride The Rails Songwriters Train Trip from Toronto to Vancouver (March 25th- 29th) and a performance in Vietnam in the Fall where Nanci will appear at a 30th Anniversary of Peace Concert in Old Hanoi. She will also be a part of the Diplomatic peace train ride which will wind its way from Ho Chi Min City up to Hanoi and will include ambassadors and representatives from around the world. The event in Vietnam is being sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation, an organization which Nanci is extensively involved with, as well as the Mines Advisory Group and Adopt-A-Minefield.

"A luminous new album...the heart of Hearts remains Griffith's lovely literate voice and her stubborn grace." - Rolling Stone

"Hearts In Mind" is the first studio album from the acclaimed folk/country/ rock singer-songwriter since 2001's "Clock Without Hands," and was released February 1st by New Door/UMe. An uncompromising, unflinching look at war and an ultimately hopeful look at love, "Hearts In Mind" is "Dedicated to the memory of every soldier and every civilian lost to the horrors of war," and is the first of Nanci's 15 studio albums the five-time Grammy nominee has taken the lead in producing. Among its notable guest artists are Jimmy Buffett, for whom Griffith had contributed vocals for his 2004 hit album "License To Chill," Mac MacAnally, who sang the duet vocal on one of her early signature songs, "Gulf Coast Highway," and Academy Award-winning actor Keith Carradine, who both co-authored and sings on the track, "Our Very Own" from the upcoming film of the same name.

In other Nanci news, her Grammy-winning album "Other Voices, Other Rooms," in which she interprets the works of songwriters ranging from Bob Dylan ("Boots of Spanish Leather") to John Prine ("Speed of the Sound of Loneliness"), has just been certified Gold for sales of over 500,000 units by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Griffith, hailed as "the Queen of Folkabilly" by Rolling Stone when she debuted nationally in the late '80s, won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Performance for 1993's "Other Voices, Other Rooms." Her most recent album was 2002's live "Winter Marquee." The last three years have also seen three new retrospectives, including 2002's two-CD "The Complete MCA Studio Recordings" and the DVD release of "One Fair Summer Evening...Plus!," which features the original VHS live concert performance plus 5 music videos, all newly remastered. Each has celebrated one of the most admired and uncompromising musical artists of this generation.

For a continuously updated list of tour dates and further information regarding the above, please go to Nanci's website at www.NanciGriffith.com.