Splintered from the foundations of John Prine, the Rolling Stones, and Jerry Jeff Walker, Mac Leaphart is an artist who puts the song first. He’s filled his award-winning career with a mix of hook-heavy roots music, honky-tonk rock & roll, and salty, sharply-detailed songwriting. It’s a sound that finds the Nashville-based troubadour nodding to those who've come before him while also pushing forward into uncharted territory, earning support from a cross-country spread of folk fans and Americana audiences along the way.

Leaphart’s 2024 release, Motel Breakfast, is an album for roadhouses, dive bars, and half-lit crowds who want to have a good time but also want to listen. If the bulk of the album conjures up images of Leaphart and company onstage, sweating their way through a rough-and-tumble set of American roots music, then the record's title track takes place the morning after the gig. It's the sort of morning that road-worn musicians know all too well, where the thrills of last night's show have all faded away, and all that's standing between you and another five-hour drive is a free motel breakfast.

Motel Breakfast - Available Everywhere May 10, 2024

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