Irving teams with Earle for new single

This is the latest offering from her forthcoming album, "Always Will Be," out April 25 via Queen Of The Castle Records/Missing Piece Records. The disc is a tribute to her friend Willie Nelson.

Originally written by Tony Award-winning songwriter Frank Loesser and popularized further by Nelson, "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" finds Irving and Earle exchanging confessional verses about a lover's lament over a sauntering, jazzy arrangement. The new track is one of many renditions from her longtime friend Nelson's catalog that comprises "Always Will Be" with additional special guests including Amy Helm, Louis Cato, Chris Pierce, Lizzie No and Nelson himself.

"Two of the songs on my new album, which is a celebration of Willie Nelson's music, were not written by him," said Irving. "He sang wonderful renditions of 'I Wish I Didn't Love You So' and 'I'd Have to Be Crazy' in the past, and he suggested them for me. 'I Wish...' was written by Frank Loesser in 1947 for the Paramount movie 'The Perils of Pauline,' and the amazing Steve Earle joins me for this duet. One of my very favorite albums in the world is the soundtrack to the movie 'One From the Heart' with Tom Waits singing his songs in his deep, gravelly voice along with the more pure sounds of Crystal Gayle. I feel like we are in the same lane with this new recording."

"I Wish I Didn't Love You So" follows the bittersweet "Always Will Be" (featuring Amy Helm), a tribute to Irving's late best friend Judy Nelson.

The origin of "Always Will Be" begins with Irving and Nelson's decades-long friendship, which spans back to meeting while shooting the 1980 film "Honeysuckle Rose." After dueting on a reimagining of his song "I'm Waiting Forever," Nelson proposed that Irving record an album entirely of his work. She took him up on the offer, collaborating again with band leader Goolis (Jules David Bartkowski) for these 10 tracks.

Irving first came to prominence with early screen roles in Brian DePalma's "Carrie" and "The Fury." Nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in "Yentl," Irving also was in "Crossing Delancey," "The Competition" and "Micki and Maude."

Irving will perform album release shows at New York City's City Winery on May 4 and Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, N.Y. on May 31

The track list is:
1. It's a Dream Come True (featuring Lizzie No)
2. Yesterday's Wine (featuring Goolis)
3. I Guess I've Come to Live Here In Your Eyes (featuring Chris Pierce)
4. I'd Have To Be Crazy
5. If You Want Me to Love You I Will
6. I Wish I Didn't Love You So (featuring Steve Earle)
7. Getting Over You (featuring Goolis)
8. Everywhere I Go (featuring Louis Cato)
9. Always Will Be (featuring Amy Helm)
10. Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground (featuring Willie Nelson)