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Chris Thile presents a truly solo album,
Laysongs, on which his voice and mandolin are the sole contributors. Released by Nonesuch Records, the album contains six originals, including “Salt (in the Wounds) of the Earth,” a three-part suite inspired by C.S. Lewis’
The Screwtape Letters, and three covers and was co-produced by Thile’s wife, Claire Coffee. “[Coffee] has incredible taste and narrative intuition,” Thile said. “She was able to help me weave the original and non-original material together.” Engineer Jody Elff recorded
Laysongs with Thile at Future-Past, a recording studio in Upstate New York built inside an old church. The album’s content was informed by Thile’s Christian upbringing, spurred by Nonesuch’s Chairman Emeritus Bob Hurwitz, who told Thile he, “should do a God-themed record of some kind, it’s all over [Thile’s] work.”
Credit: Roger KisbyZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons' latest solo album, Hardware, hits stores on Friday, June 4, and to celebrate the record's arrival, G.
Credit: Roger Kisby
Billy Gibbonsâ latest solo album,
Hardware, hits stores on Friday, June 4, and to celebrate the recordâs arrival, Gibbons will take part in a virtual global listening party scheduled for this Tuesday, June 8, at 3 p.m. ET.
âItâs gonna be a good time and weâre looking forward to checking out the grooves with everybody in the world, known or otherwise, who wants to join us,â Billy says of the listening event. âWeâre really delighted with the way it turned out, not to mention that we managed to avoid rattlesnake bites and cactus punctures over the course of the recording process.â
Credit: Roger KisbyZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons' latest solo album, Hardware, hits stores on Friday, June 4, and to celebrate the record's arrival, G.