Nashville had been churning out polished product for years when The SteelDrivers arrived in 2008 with something rawer and more honest, a sound rooted equally in the hollows of Appalachia and the Mississippi Delta. Chris Stapleton's voice alone would have been enough to make people stop, but the band around him locked into a groove that felt ancient and urgent at the same time. Via eleven original songs, their self-titled Debut album offers revealing new takes on classic themes of redemption and loss, hope and home delivered with urgency and heart: where back-country high-lonesome collides with Delta soul, resulting in the freshest sound to emerge from Music City in recent memory. Tracklist Blue Side of the Mountain Drinkin' Dark Whiskey Midnight Train to Memphis Midnight Tears If You Can't Be Good, Be Gone If It Hadn't Been For Love Hear the Willow Cry Sticks That Made Thunder East Kentucky Home To Be With You Again Heaven Sent UPC: 011661059825Label: RounderRelease Date: 1.15.08Format: CD
