James McMurtry has introduced his first album in 4 years. The Black Canine and the Wandering Boy is the Texas singer-songwriter’s follow-up to 2021’s The Horses and the Hounds. The file was impressed by the demise of McMurtry’s father, a topic that’s addressed immediately on its title monitor, which is out in the present day. Hearken to it beneath (by way of Rolling Stone).
“The album title and that tune comes from my stepmother, Faye,” McMurtry mentioned. “After my dad handed, she requested me if he ever talked to me about his hallucinations. He’d gone into dementia for some time earlier than he died, however hadn’t talked about to me something about seeing issues. She advised me his favourite hallucinations had been the black canine and the wandering boy. I took them and utilized them to a fictional character.”
The Black Canine and the Wandering Boy is out June 20 by way of New West. McMurtry co-produced his new album with Don Dixon, and it options contributions from Sarah Jarosz, Charlie Sexton, Bonnie Whitmore, Bukka Allen, accordionist and vocalist BettySoo, bassist Cornbread, guitarist Tim Holt, and drummer Darren Hess.
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The Black Canine and the Wandering Boy:
01 Laredo (Small Darkish One thing)
02 South Texas Lawman
03 The Shade of Night time
04 Pinocchio in Vegas
05 Annie
06 The Black Canine and the Wandering Boy
07 Again to Coeur d’Alene
08 Sons of the Second Sons
09 Crusing Away
10 Damaged Freedom Tune
