Sturgill Simpson
Taylor Swift isn't the only artist recording at breakneck speed these days. Today Sturgill Simpson has announced
Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions, his second surprise album in as many months. Like the previous installment, these songs reinterpret his catalog through bluegrass and feature an all-star lineup of acoustic musicians he's dubbed the Hillbilly Avengers.
"On Volume 2, we recorded everything I was too afraid to do on Volume 1," Simpson says in a statement.
The Cowboy Arms Sessionslargely draws on 2016's
A Sailor's Guide to Earth, but it also features two previously unreleased tracks, "Tennessee" and "Hobo Cartoon," the latter of which Simpson co-wrote with the late Merle Haggard. Haggard sent Simpson the track before his death, which Simpson ultimately finished years later.