There's always a song finds the Kentucky singer-songwriter performing the country and bluegrass songs that shaped her
Ten years ago this summer, Kelsey Waldon was named one of the Rolling Stone CountryThe artist openings you need to know. He's been on a roll ever since, releasing acclaimed albums like 2022 No ordinary dog, and signing with John Prine's Oh Boy! Registrations. On May 10, Waldon will release her latest project, There's always a songa duet album that finds the Kentucky native performing the country and bluegrass songs she listened to growing up.
Waldon previews There's always a song with the release of “Hello Stranger”, a collaboration with fellow Kentuckian SG Goodman, who suggested they cover the song in the manner of Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard in 1973. It's a funky piece of country soul that propelled by Waldon's violin, Libby Weitnauer, and the easy interplay between Waldon and Goodman's voices.
In addition to Goodman, There's always a song hosts guests such as Margo Price (“Traveling the Highway Home”) and 49 Winchester frontman Isaac Gibson (Ralph Stanley's “I Only Exist”). Amanda Shires also lends her fiddle playing on the bluegrass staple 'Uncle Pen'.
“These songs are deep. He was here long before me, and he will be here long after I am gone, since any of us are here. They will survive the test of time,” Waldon said in a statement. “It's like they live in some universe that survives forever. These songs know the secrets of life.”
Waldon is set to perform at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on March 2 as part of the foundation's “Songwriter Session” series.
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