{"id":66787,"date":"2020-12-11T11:22:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T11:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=66787"},"modified":"2020-12-11T11:22:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T11:22:18","slug":"sturgill-simpson-returns-with-all-new-surprise-bluegrass-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/12\/sturgill-simpson-returns-with-all-new-surprise-bluegrass-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Sturgill Simpson Returns With All New Surprise Bluegrass Album"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sturgill Simpson has released his second surprise bluegrass album in two months:\u00a0Cuttin\u2019 Grass\u2019 Vol 2 \u2013 The Cowboy Arms Sessions (Vol 1 released in October).\u00a0 Produced by David Ferguson, Cuttin\u2019 Grass Vol 2 is out now digitally on High Top Mountain Records via Thirty Tigers\/The Orchard.\u00a0 Vinyl preorder available now for release April 2, 2021. Stream and download it here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

For ‘Cuttin\u2019 Grass, Volume 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions’, Simpson reunites with an A Team of acoustic musicians \u2014 now dubbed \u201cThe Hillbilly Avengers\u201d \u2013 to once again revisit and reinterpret his catalogue. But going back into the studio so quickly after releasing Volume1 didn\u2019t mean simply repeating a formula.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOn Volume 2, we recorded everything I was too afraid to do on Volume 1,\u201d says Simpson. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to deny that this is a much more personal record. I was thinking about my kids, my grandfather, my wife.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

TRACKLIST for Cuttin\u2019 Grass Vol 2 \u2013 The Cowboy Arms Sessions<\/p>\n

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  1. Call to Arms<\/li>\n
  2. Brace for Impact (Live a Little)<\/li>\n
  3. Oh Sarah<\/li>\n
  4. Sea Stories<\/li>\n
  5. Hero<\/li>\n
  6. Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)<\/li>\n
  7. Jesus Boogie<\/li>\n
  8. Keep It Between the Lines<\/li>\n
  9. You Can Have the Crown<\/li>\n
  10. Tennessee<\/li>\n
  11. Some Days<\/li>\n
  12. Hobo Cartoon<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    *All songs written by Sturgill Simpson, with the exception of \u201cHobo Cartoon\u201d which is written by Merle Haggard and Sturgill Simpson<\/p>\n

    PLAYERS<\/strong>
    \nVocals, Rhythm Guitar: Sturgill Simpson
    \nMandolin, Vocals: Sierra Hull
    \nBass: Mike Bub
    \nFiddle, Vocals: Stuart Duncan
    \nBanjo, Vocals: Scott Vestal
    \nRhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Vocals: Tim O\u2019Brien
    \nRhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Vocals: Mark Howard
    \nPercussion, Vocals: Miles Miller<\/p>\n

    Executive Producer: Ora Simpson
    \nProduced: David Ferguson
    \nRecorded and Engineered by: Sean Sullivan
    \nMastered by: Richard Dodd<\/p>\n

    Since breaking through in 2014 with his Grammy-nominated, ‘Metamodern Sounds in Country Music’ album, Sturgill Simpson has established himself as one of the most daring and most acclaimed artists of our time. His music stretches across genres and styles, from the psychedelic soul of 2016’s ‘A Sailor\u2019s Guide To Earth’ (Grammy-nominated for Album of the Year and winner for Best Country Album) to the fuzzed-out rock attack of Sound & Fury in 2019, which is currently nominated for Best Rock Album for the 2021 Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n

    Simpson debuted in 2013 with his independent release ,’High Top Mountain’. Since then, he has challenged musical expectations\u2014from recording with Kesha to touring with Guns n’ Roses\u2014and branched out into the world of film and television. After making his acting debut in the CBS All Access series$1, he has appeared in several movies, including Jim Jarmusch\u2019s ‘The Dead Don\u2019t Die’ (for which he also wrote and performed the theme song), and had a pivotal role in the award-winning ‘Queen & Slim’.<\/p>\n

    The ‘Sound & Fury’ album was accompanied by a ground-breaking anime film (an interest he picked up during his years in the Navy), on Netflix. Simpson also remains committed to philanthropy, supporting such non-profit organizations as the Special Forces Foundation, Equity Alliance, and MusiCares.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Sturgill Simpson has released his second surprise bluegrass album in two months:\u00a0Cuttin\u2019 Grass\u2019 Vol 2 \u2013 The Cowboy Arms Sessions (Vol 1 released in October).\u00a0 Produced by David Ferguson, Cuttin\u2019 Grass Vol 2 is out now digitally on High Top Mountain Records via Thirty Tigers\/The Orchard.\u00a0 Vinyl preorder available now for release April 2, 2021.<\/p>\n

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