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New song off HICKORY coming out in March 2016 in the US.

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The first single, "Midnight Sounds" from the new album HICKORY, will be live and available on all Digital Platforms on January 29th, 2016 in the US & Worldwide!!! Thats means anyone, anywhere can download the single that features Randall Bramblett (Steve Winwood, Widespread Panic) on saxophone and Brad Pemberton (from Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, Patty Griffin) on drums. Lots of guests on this album and the single is no different. Guthrie Trapp (Alison Krauss, George Jones) plays lead guitar and Micah Hulscher (Emmylou Harris, Alabama Shakes) on Organ, not to mention all the awesome members of our band, How Far West (Clint Maine, Travis Stock, Andrew Squire). All produced by the great David Pinkston. We hope you enjoy the new song. Hickory is slated to be released Worldwide in March 2016.

Midnight Sounds

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Don Gallardo entered the studio in April 2012 to record "The Art of Troublesome Times," his 3rd full-length album and second project with producer Neilson Hubbard (The Apache Relay, The Farewell Drifters, Kim Richey, Jill Andrews). As he and Neilson began whittling down Don's catalog of folksongs and heartfelt Americana numbers, the singer/songwriter decided he wanted the album to nod to his past while also pushing toward his future. “I just wanted to have this album loaded with songs that tell people ‘this is where I came from and this is where I’m going’,” he says. 

The songs that make up "The Art of Troublesome Times" speak for themselves. They are stories and testimonies of a songwriter who's spent the past 15 years crisscrossing the country, appearing with musicians such as Rosanne Cash, John Prine, Emmylou Harris, Jim Lauderdale, and Yonder Mountain String Band. During the last decade, Don averaged 120 shows a year, and he began touring the UK in 2011. This album encompasses all those years, from his earliest shows in Chico, CA, to more recent performances in Nashville, TN, his adopted hometown. 

The 11-track album opens with "Sinking Ships," a dark love song about the end of the world. From there, it moves between lovely folk songs, 1970s Cosmic country-rockers, and bluegrass tunes like “Burgundy Wine.” Joining Don is his road-tested band, How Far West, as well as guest musicians like organ/piano extraordinaire Jen Gunderman (The Jayhawks, Todd Snider), Eamon McLoughlin (The Greencards, Robert Earl Keen), and Jill Andrews (The Everybodyfields).

Recommended if you like: Bob Dylan, Justin Townes Earle, Ryan Adams, The Band, Ray LaMontagne.


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