Brandy Clark has announced that her fifth studio album, the bird, will be released on Jan. 15, 2027 via Reprise Records. The 11-track LP is produced by Shooter Jennings and was recorded at Sunset Sound in Los Angeles with her road band (Gabe Burdulia, Amanda McCoy and Erin Nelson). Clark will also embark on her "Take Flight World Tour" beginning in January of next year. To tide us over until then, she dropped the album's lead single, "American Roots," which draws inspiration from Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land." Check it out below.
Sierra Ferrell has shared another new single, "Pair of Dice," after releasing "Trying to Love You" back in August. Ferrell reunites with co-writer Melody Walker ("American Dreaming," "Dollar Bill Bar") on this new track, which also features Gabriel Kelley (bass, drums, piano, Wurlitzer, B-3, guitars, congas, percussion), Luke Munday (banjo) and Billy Contreras (fiddle). Give "Pair of Dice" a listen below.
Meshell Ndegeocello has dropped another excellent single from her forthcoming duets album Synonym (out Oct. 2 via Blue Note), reinterpreting Bob Dylan's “With God on Our Side” with Bill Callahan and Chris Thile. “Bill Callahan's voice to me is enchanting and just draws you in,’’ Ndegeocello says in the album's press materials. “And then my other angel is Chris Thile. He’s a very grounded human being; I just love the earthiness of his voice.” Synonym will also feature duets with Cynthia Erivo, Cat Power, Lianne La Havas, Chaka Khan, Brandi Carlile, Madison Cunningham, Laura Lee (of Khruangbin), Lizz Wright, Emily King, Moses Sumney, Destin Conrad, Nick Hakim, Robert Glasper, ANOHNI, WILLOW, Evann McIntosh, and Ink.
