Old Crow Medicine Show are marking their 25th anniversary with plans for a new album Jubilee, out August 25 via ATO Records.
The album features guest appearances by legendary soul singer Mavis Staples and singer-songwriter Sierra Ferrell. The album was co-produced with Matt Ross-Spang (Drive-By Truckers, St. Paul & the Broken Bones) and recorded at their own Hartland Studios in Nashville.
Jubilee is said to capture the expansiveness and versatility of a band 25 years on the scene, showcasing their poetic and musical abilities. This is the band's eighth studio album and follows 2022's Paint This Town.
Today, they share the first single from the album, "Miles Away." Written by the band's Ketch Secor and bluegrass prodigy Molly Tuttle, the track features vocals from Old Crow Medicine Show co-founder Willie Watson in his first performance with the band in ten years. Watson will tour with the band this fall as an opening act as well as to join them onstage.
Secor said of the single: "This is one of those rearview songs where objects in the mirror are closer than they appear. 25 years of making music on the road means you're always coming back to the same places as a different person; there's a reminder of your past self and the choices you made back when… this is a song about amends, of bygones being bygones, and of renewal."
Check out "Miles Away" and the full track list for Jubilee below, and catch the band at the Edmonton Folk Festival on August 12.
Jubilee:
1. Ballad of Jubilee Jones
2. Miles Away (feat. Willie Watson)
3. Keel Over and Die
4. Allegheny Lullabye
5. I Want It Now
6. Smoky Mountain Girl
7. Belle Meade Cockfight (feat. Sierra Ferrell)
8. Shit Kicked In
9. Daughter of the Highlands
10. Wolfman of the Ozarks
11. Nameless, Tennessee
12. One Drop (feat. Mavis Staples)
Pre-order Jubilee.
The album features guest appearances by legendary soul singer Mavis Staples and singer-songwriter Sierra Ferrell. The album was co-produced with Matt Ross-Spang (Drive-By Truckers, St. Paul & the Broken Bones) and recorded at their own Hartland Studios in Nashville.
Jubilee is said to capture the expansiveness and versatility of a band 25 years on the scene, showcasing their poetic and musical abilities. This is the band's eighth studio album and follows 2022's Paint This Town.
Today, they share the first single from the album, "Miles Away." Written by the band's Ketch Secor and bluegrass prodigy Molly Tuttle, the track features vocals from Old Crow Medicine Show co-founder Willie Watson in his first performance with the band in ten years. Watson will tour with the band this fall as an opening act as well as to join them onstage.
Secor said of the single: "This is one of those rearview songs where objects in the mirror are closer than they appear. 25 years of making music on the road means you're always coming back to the same places as a different person; there's a reminder of your past self and the choices you made back when… this is a song about amends, of bygones being bygones, and of renewal."
Check out "Miles Away" and the full track list for Jubilee below, and catch the band at the Edmonton Folk Festival on August 12.
Jubilee:
1. Ballad of Jubilee Jones
2. Miles Away (feat. Willie Watson)
3. Keel Over and Die
4. Allegheny Lullabye
5. I Want It Now
6. Smoky Mountain Girl
7. Belle Meade Cockfight (feat. Sierra Ferrell)
8. Shit Kicked In
9. Daughter of the Highlands
10. Wolfman of the Ozarks
11. Nameless, Tennessee
12. One Drop (feat. Mavis Staples)
Pre-order Jubilee.
