Album review: OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW – Jubilee

August 23rd, 2023 by jason

ATO Records [Release date 25.08.23]

Hot on the heels of last year’s enjoyable ‘Paint This Town’, Old Crow Medicine Show are back with their eighth studio album.

‘Miles Away’ was released as the lead single from the album. It was written by frontman Ketch Secor and bluegrass virtuoso Molly Tuttle. The track, which frontman Ketch Secor calls, “a song about amends, of bygones being bygones, and of renewal,” also marked the band’s first recording with founding member Willie Watson in over a decade. One that will be sure to delight the band’s long time fans.

Old Crow Medicine Show do those fast paced, good time, blue grass tunes perfectly as ‘Belle Meade Cockfight’ shows. Sierra Ferrell guests on this one, with tales tossing cocks into the air and chicken pie on a Sunday, this is one of the album’s highlights. Mind you, not to be outdone, ‘Shit Kicked In’ is just as much fun to listen too, sung to a laid back bar room beat, complete with fiddle and piano.

It is not all fun and frolics as they get serious on ‘Nameless, Tennessee’ and the wonderful gospel meets country on ‘One Drop’, with Mavis Staples guesting. Loving the harmonica and organ playing on here.

‘Daughter of the Highlands’ sees Old Crow Medicine Show doing their spin on a traditional Celtic sound. Proof, if needed, that they have plenty of variety in their musical armoury.

Old Crow Medicine Show have done it again, producing an album both existing and new fans can enjoy, dancing & drinking away into the wee small hours… ****

Review by Jason Ritchie

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