Crowell, Moroney, Moore, Jewell release discs

Friday, May 5, 2023 – Rodney Crowell released "The Chicago Sessions" via New West Records. The 10-song set was produced by Jeff Tweedy of Wilco. Looking at the cover of the new disc, listeners might recognize a familiar callback to Crowell's 1978 debut, "Ain't Living Long Like This." While most of "The Chicago Sessions" consists of newly written material, Crowell revisits two tracks from the 1970s. "You're Supposed to Be Feeling Good" is a Crowell original first recorded by Emmylou Harris on her 1977 "Luxury Liner" record. Crowell first heard Townes Van Zandt's "No Place to Fall" at Guy and Susanna Clark's house with Van Zandt sitting across from him.

Justin Moore today shares his seventh studio album, "Stray Dog," via The Valory Music Co. Recorded at the Castle Recording Studios in Franklin, Tenn., Moore takes an autobiographical prism to the eight songs. "Everybody Get Along" features Riley Green, while "You, Me, And Whiskey" includes Priscilla Block on vocals. That was the only song song Moore did not help write.

Newcomer Megan Moroney goes a traditional route on her debut, "Lucky." The 13-song disc from the Georgia native features the ballad "Tennessee Orange." Moroney helped write every song with a number of songs featuring pedal steel guitar. She debuted last year with the EP "Pistol Made of Roses.

Veteran singer Eilen Jewell is out today with "Get Behind the Wheel" on Signature Sounds. Jewell's ninth album was co-produced Will Kimbrough.

Karley Scott Collins introduces her debut EP, "Hands on the Wheel," today via Sony Music Nashville. She had a hand in writing all five songs and co-produced the title track with Nathan Chapman.