Crowell is "Feeling Good" with new video out today
The song is a Crowell original that was first recorded by Emmylou Harris on her 1977 L"uxury Liner" record. While Crowell had long intended to record it himself, the stars didn't align until a new arrangement fell into place with producer and Wilco founder Jeff Tweedy on guitar. The video, which was directed by Joshua Britt and Neilson Hubbard, features paintings created by Crowell and his two-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter Olive.
Crowell said, "I would encourage her to start a piece — to make any kind of design she wanted to with primary colors. When she would finish, I would basically try to get in touch with my own two-and-a-half-year-old self and finish our paintings."
"When Joshua Britt saw those paintings, he looked at them all and said 'It would be great to animate these and make a video.' So, I gave him 20-25 paintings, and they did their magic with it. I showed it to Olive, and at two, she couldn't quite grasp what it was, but I could tell she was intrigued that she had something to do with this music video. And to me, that was worth the entire thing."
Crowell currently is on tour in support of "The Chicago Sessions," which was released in May on New West Records.
More news for Rodney Crowell
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- 04/16/26: "Then Again," it's time for Crowell
- 02/26/26: Crowell will "Go Light a Candle"
- 08/29/25: Top, Price, Crowell, Wilson Jr. release new sounds
- 07/24/25: Crowell offers "The Twenty-One Song Salute"
- 05/29/25: Crowell takes flight with "Airline Highway"
- 05/05/23: Crowell, Moroney, Moore, Jewell release discs
- 04/19/23: Crowell hopes to get "Lucky"
CD reviews for Rodney Crowell
Coming off an unintentional trilogy of albums — "The Houston Kid," "Fate's Right Hand" and "The Outsider" — establishing him as an equal to mentors — Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Mickey Newberry and the like — and contemporaries — notably Steve Earle, Rosanne Cash, Lucinda Williams — in 2005, Rodney Crowell returned to the studio with longtime collaborator Steuart Smith to record his next album.
Despite quality songs and ...
2025 has been a big year already for Rodney Crowell. In addition to "Oh What a Beautiful World," Willie Nelson's acclaimed album of Crowell covers, he was also inducted into the prestigious Texas Institute of Letters alongside such literary lions as Cormac McCarthy and Larry McMurtry. And although this ageless icon with the impish grin somehow turned 75 while we weren't looking, he shows no signs of slowing down and no intention of resting on his laurels. ...
Having Jeff Tweedy (a fan) produce Rodney Crowell's "The Chicago Sessions," was a smart move. He doesn't over embellish these 10 fine songs, which don't need any gussying up. It finds Crowell expressing gratitude, beginning with the upbeat opener, "Lucky," and continuing with one about the power of love, which posits that - no matter what life may bring – being loved will get you through it all. Crowell sings these songs, most of which he wrote, quite well as always. ...
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