JAMES McMURTRY

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THE BLACK DOG AND THE WANDERING BOY (2025)

Album Credits & Lyrics HERE
Album Announcement Press Release HERE

"One of America's greatest living songwriters" - Rolling Stone

"Masterful set from the distinguished folk-blues Texan" 9/10 - Uncut Magazine.

**** - MOJO Magazine

"James McMurtry returns with masterful storytelling & truth laying on The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy." - Glide Magazine

"McMurtry continues to prove that few songwriters—inside or outside Americana—can match his lyrical precision. Like John Prine at his sharpest or Guy Clark at his most plainspoken, McMurtry writes with clarity, compassion, and a healthy dose of bite. The Black Dog finds him at the peak of his powers—wiser, wearier, and unflinchingly honest." - Americana Highways

" A supremely insightful and inventive storyteller, McMurtry teases vivid worlds out of small details, setting them to arrangements that have the elements of Americana but sound too sly and smart for such a general category... this is roots rock at its most cathartic." - Americana UK

"...there is so much to digest in the music of James McMurtry and this new album is filled with ample proof of his many gifts and talent." - Lonesome Highway

Press Highlights:
Rolling Stone: The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy Premiere / Album Announcement HERE
Pitchfork: Album Announcement HERE
Record Store Day Podcast: Episode HERE
Holler: “Sailing Away” Premiere HERE
Glide Magazine: Album Review HERE
Americana Highways: Album Review HERE
Americana UK: Album Review HERE
Lonesome Highway: Album Review HERE