Railroad Earth hits the studio

All For the Song

New Jersey-based Railroad Earth enters their third decade as a band, returning with "All For the Song," their first album since 2019's "Railroad Earth: The John Denver Letters." The new album marks a few firsts. It's produced by Swedish-NOLA songwriter/guitarist Anders Osborne and was the first time the band recorded away from home, in New Orleans. Also, this is the first effort since the passing of founding member Andy Goessling. In fact, his loss was a major reason ...

Railroad Earth

With each spin of Railroad Earth's self-titled album, the band becomes more impressive with each melody, every harmony and a rootsy sound that sounds engaging and effortless. As fans of Americana, folk-rock and bluegrass-inspired jam-pop, Railroad Earth is a talented band now entering its 10th year, and a band that appreciates incorporating different sounds and styles and melding it into their own, distinctive style. The sextet kicks off with Long Walk Home, a track that sounds more like a ...

Amen Corner

Railroad Earth occupies that blue-gray area between bluegrass, country and rock 'n' roll while merging smoothly with the genre tagged "jam bands." The music on their fourth studio album provides the listener with all the variety they could ask for from such a band. While the music moves fluidly between the bluegrass-tinged jam Bringin' My Baby Back Home to the soul infused, banjo-powered groove of Hard Livin' to the acoustic balladry of All Alone the themes remain ...