Buddy and Julie Miller are "In The Throes"

The 12-song set was produced by Buddy Miller and features Emmylou Harris, Regina McCrary, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, Gurf Morlix and Matt Slocum of Sixpence None the Richer.

"In The Throes" follows their 2019 "Breakdown on 20th Ave. South," which was their first album in a decade.

The new disc combines country, gospel, blues and R&B.

Julie Miller said, "I got deep into songwriting mode, and they just kept coming along." By his count she ended up with more than 100 songs — some of them fully written, others fragments. She wrote every song on the album with the exception of "Don't Make Her Cry," a co-write between Bob Dylan, Regina McCrary and Julie Miller.

McCrary started the song several years ago, then met with Dylan, who wrote, and rewrote more lyrics. When it came time to write the music, Dylan said to McCrary "give it to Buddy Miller." Buddy then passed it to Julie, who added more lyrics, moved others around and set it to music. Buddy took lead vocals on the song.

The title track is out today. Buddy said, "'In the Throes' deals with the toll taken on a relationship when one partner is constantly gone, on the road, working and preoccupied."

Buddy Miller has enjoyed a career as a solo artist, producer, session player with Willie Nelson, Linda Ronstadt, Robert Plant, Elvis Costello, John Fogerty, Solomon Burke, Frank Black of the Pixie and Steve Earle and producer. He also joined T Bone Burnett on the musical team working on the hit ABC-TV series Nashville, and following Burnett's departure, became the show's Executive Music Producer. Alongside Jim Lauderdale, Buddy is also the co-host of The Buddy & Jim Show on Outlaw Country, SiriusXM.

Julie Miller has been a with her debut out in 1990. Her songs have been recorded by Levon Helm, Little Jimmy Scott, Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bentley, Wynonna Judd, Lee Ann Womack, Dianna Krall, Burke, Harris and Ronstadt.

After more than 40 years of marriage, the Millers have recorded only four albums as a duo.. "Music is such a wonderful thing to have in a relationship," Buddy said. "That's how we met back in Austin in the mid 70s. We started playing together, and we've been playing together ever since. I love her writing and she tolerates my singing and playing. It's a lot of give and take, but it's such a joy."

The track list is:
1. You're My Thrill
2. In The Throes
3. Don't Make Her Cry
4. Niccolo
5. I Love You
6. The Last Bridge You Will Cross
7. The Painkillers Ain't Workin'
8. Tattooed Tear
9. I Been Around
10. I'll Never Live It Down
11. We're Leavin'
12. Oh Shout