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THE CHICAGO SESSIONS (2023)

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Album Announcement Press Release HERE

Press Highlights:

Grammy Award Nomination for Best Americana Album of 2023

“The 15 Best Americana Albums of 2023” POPMATTERS
“Best Roots Music Albums of 2023” NO DEPRESSION
“Outstanding and Essential Albums of 2023” WMOT

"At 72 years of age, Crowell remains both a vital link to (Townes) Van Zandt's classic sensibility and an enduring force whose vitality shows few signs of waning." 8/10 - "Americana Album of the Month" - Uncut Magazine

“You can never tell at what moment in a career a musician will strike a new vein of inspiration, but this is one of those moments for Rodney Crowell. He’s made one of the most open, least self conscious albums of his career.” - NPR's Fresh Air

“Teaming with Jeff Tweedy, the alt-country fount has rarely sounded so easy-going… At 72, Rodney Crowell has nothing to prove.” **** - MOJO

"Rodney Crowell travels to the house Wilco built and subtly delivers one of his best albums in years." 9/10 Stars - PopMatters

"Another triumph from Rodney Crowell... he resides in the upper tier of today's absolute best singer/songwriters." 4/5 Stars - American Songwriter

"The Chicago Sessions finds Crowell working at the top of his songwriting game..." -No Depression

"...The Chicago Sessions is a renaissance in the singer-songwriter's career. It's also the latest in a long line of critically acclaimed, deeply intelligent, and heartfelt albums that began with another career renaissance, 2001's The Houston Kid... As fine as the record is, it indicates that Crowell's best hours may be yet to come." - PopMatters

"...the record spotlights the incomparable poetic lyricism and seasoned artistic vision that has cemented him as one of country music's all-time best." - The Boot

"...the result is a gem, one of Crowell's most purely enjoyable albums, capturing him in excellent form as a writer and a performer... The Chicago Sessions is a splendid example of Rodney Crowell doing what he does best, with some help from a guy who knows how to get him to play to his strengths; it's Crowell as his smart and soulful best." 4/5 Stars - AllMusic

"... it may very well sneak onto more than a few 'Best of 23' lists, this LP certainly deserves such placement." - Glide Magazine

"It's an unclassifiable record by a true master — you'll hear hints of blues throughout, but 'You're Supposed to Be Feeling Good' and 'Everything at Once' are as ace as songwriting gets." - Nashville Scene

"Yet another feather in an already much decorated cap." - Music Row

"It's the work of a singer and songwriter with nothing left to prove, which means that Crowell can simply enjoy himself." - Paste Magazine

"There's a seam of joy and intensity running through Crowell's new heartfelt record... Reminiscent of Johnny Cash in his later years, when he carved out something fresh with Rick Rubin... Hopefully this album is the beginning of a beautiful friendship for Crowell and Tweedy" - Holler

“The Chicago Sessions is an uncluttered document of the world-class songcraft that has made Rodney Crowell a legend of Texas music and one of the giants of not-quite-mainstream country over the past five decades. Playing it loose with a live band, he sounds as good as he has in years.” - Bandcamp

"Longtime fans of Crowell's work are likely to keep his new album, The Chicago Sessions, in rotation alongside classics like Diamonds & Dirt or The Houston Kid." - The Bluegrass Situation

Highlights:
WTF with Marc Maron: Episode HERE
NPR Fresh Air: Album Review HERE
WNYC All Of It with Alison Stewart: Episode HERE
Pitchfork: Album Announcement HERE
The Bluegrass Situation: Artist of the Month Feature HERE
The Boot: “You’re Supposed To Be Feeling Good” Video Premiere HERE
PopMatters: Feature HERE
No Depression: Feature HERE
No Depression: Best Roots Music Albums of 2023 HERE
PopMatters: Album Review HERE
PopMatters: 15 Best Americana Albums of 2023 HERE
American Songwriter: Album Review HERE
AllMusic: Album Review HERE
Paste Magazine: Album Review HERE
Glide Magazine: Album Review HERE
Slant Magazine: Album Review HERE
Americana UK: Album Review HERE
Holler: Album Review HERE
Bandcamp: The Best Country Music on Bandcamp May 2023 HERE

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Christmas Everywhere (2018)

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Praise for Christmas Everywhere

“Fifty years removed from his days as a teen playing in Houston garage bands, the six-time Americana Honors & Awards winner has returned to release arguably one of the most introspective recordings of his storied career.” - Billboard Magazine

"Crowell conjures a collection both wryly whimsical and devastatingly sincere." - Uncut Magazine

“One of Americana music’s most astute singer-songwriters applies his well-honed wit and observational prowess to a dozen original songs that mine the full spectrum of emotions that go with the season like tinsel and garland, coal and stockings. Healthy doses of humor sit side-by-side with sincerity in this smartly conceived, engagingly executed holiday song cycle.” - The Los Angeles Times

"There are more than enough recorded renditions of the season’s standard repertoire, from ‘Silent Night’ to ‘Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.’ So it’s a Christmas blessing that Rodney Crowell has opted for all-original material on his first album celebrating the holiday." - The Associated Press

"Rodney Crowell delivers a wonderfully playful salute to the excesses, loneliness, and misplaced magic of the season in his sardonic and satiric Christmas Everywhere." - No Depression

"The master songwriter sets his earnest eye on the holiday season, with his wry wit and astute observations." - No Depression

CLOSE TIES (2017)

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**RODNEY CROWELL GARNERS 2018 GRAMMY NOMINATION for close ties single**

“IT AIN’T OVER YET,” FEATURING ROSANNE CASH & JOHN PAUL WHITE, NOMINATED FOR “BEST AMERICAN ROOTS SONG”

Rodney Crowell’s “It Ain’t Over Yet,” from his recent album Close Ties, is included in the “Best American Roots Song” category for the 2018 GRAMMY Awards. The song is a vocal collaboration between Crowell, his ex-wife Rosanne Cash, and John Paul White, of which CMT praises, “Never has a song more brilliantly and emotionally captured the journey of a man at a crossroads in his life.” Rolling Stone Country premiered the Reid Long-directed video for the song (seen HERE) stating, “The evocative lyrics call to mind the two-tone, punked-out cover image from Cash’s 1985 LP Rhythm and Romance, which preceded Crowell’s mainstream country breakthrough of five consecutive Number One hits from 1988’s Diamonds & Dirt and the subsequent collapse of the couple’s marriage.” Close Ties is available now via New West Records. Winners from each category will be announced at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony that will be held on January 28, 2018.

A multi-GRAMMY Award winner, Rodney Crowell has written or recorded 15 #1 songs on the country music charts throughout his successful career, with cuts by country legends (Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, George Strait) to current country chart toppers (Tim McGraw, Keith Urban) to blues icons (Etta James) to rock and roll legends (Van Morrison, Bob Seger). He recently received the prestigious ASCAP Founders Award at the 55th annual ASCAP Country Music Awards and has won five Americana Music Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting in 2009 as well as Song of the Year in 2017 for “It Ain’t Over Yet.” Close Ties was released this past March to widespread acclaim with NPR Music stating, “There’s no doubt that Crowell was an architect of Americana as we know it, and with Close Ties, we’re fortunate to have a look at his blueprints.” The Wall Street Journal raves, “[Close Ties] proves energizing, engaging and often fascinating;” and the Associated Press adds, “...the set ranks among his best.” The Los Angeles Times calls it “exceptional,” while No Depression notes, “Whether he’ll accept it or not, [Crowell has] now assumed the mantle of the late Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt, two poets who could zero in on our emotions by telling wry, straight-as-an-arrow stories about the desiccated desolation of the failures or triumphs of relationships, or the battered denizens of small towns searching for truth, comfort, love, or refuge in their own halting ways.” Crowell has announced tour dates for 2018, which include performances on the Outlaw Country Cruise in January followed by a solo acoustic tour with Tommy Emmanuel. Please see below for full tour details.

praise for close ties

“There's no doubt that Crowell was an architect of Americana as we know it, and with Close Ties, we're fortunate to have a look at his blueprints.”- NPR Music

“...energizing, engaging and often fascinating.” The Wall Street Journal

"It's his first album in more than three years, which might seem like a decade to Crowell, but the set ranks among his best."- Associated Press

“[Close Ties] collects his nuanced personal reflections with the intimate, literary sophistication that has been a hallmark of the Houston-born tunesmith's work since the early Seventies.” - Rolling Stone Country

“...exceptional…” - Los Angeles Times

“...wise, vulnerable and fearless in the truth.” - Paste Magazine

“Whether he’ll accept it or not, he’s now assumed the mantle of the late Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt, two poets who could zero in on our emotions by telling wry, straight-as-an-arrow stories about the desiccated desolation of the failures or triumphs of relationships, or the battered denizens of small towns searching for truth, comfort, love, or refuge in their own halting ways.” - No Depression

“Close Ties shows that it's possible to be an experienced professional and still make music that's emotionally urgent and immediate; it's also a reminder that Rodney Crowell was and remains a talent to be reckoned with, and this album shows he's a long, long way from used up.” - AllMusic

“...Crowell’s brutally honest musings on his life and loves is a case-study that makes the reflective Close Ties a poignant and emotionally affecting portrait of one of American music’s most captivating, talented and honest artists.” - American Songwriter

Tour Dates

CONTACTS

Management: Vector

Lisa Jenkins – ljenkins@vectormgmt.com

Press: New West Records

Brady Brock – bradybrock@newwestrecords.com

Radio: New West Records

Joel Habbeshaw – joel@newwestrecords.com

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