'Blackgrass: From West Virginia to 125th St' will arrive through the late John Prine's Oh Boy Records on May 31, following up 2022’s 'I Need A Job…So I Can Buy More Auto-Tune'.
Produced by Ryan Olson and recorded with Noam Pikelny, Sierra Hull, Jerry Douglas, Chris Scruggs, Billy Contreras, and Kenny Vaughan, it'll feature guest contributions from Margo Price, Vernon Reid, Jenny Lewis, Justin Vernon, and The Cactus Blossoms.
As its title suggests, the record is a bluegrass album. Swamp Dogg explained in a statement:
"Not a lot of people talk about the true origins of bluegrass music. But it came from Black people. The banjo, the washtub, all that stuff started with African Americans. We were playing it before it even had a name. I’m trying to touch on every kind of music I grew up loving and listening to. This is my way of letting people know that I’m not just a soul singer or whatever they think I am. I’m so much more."
Alongside the news, the 79-year-old cult hero has shared the LP's lead single and opening track, Mess Under That Dress, a lively bluegrass track.
'Bluegrass: From West Virginia to 125th St' tracklist:
1. Mess Under That Dress
2. Ugly Man’s Wife
3. Curtains On The Window
4. Have A Good Time
5. To The Other Woman (feat. Margo Price)
6. Songs To Sing
7. Count The Days (feat. Jenny Lewis)
8. Gotta Have My Baby Back
9. Your Best Friend
10. This Is My Dream
11. Rise Up (feat. Vernon Reid)
12. Murder Ballad
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