“All these radio stations // They won’t play my songs // They’ll be back one day // When I’m old and gray // To try and right their wrongs.” The chorus of the opening track of Walk Alone grabbed me and I knew right away that Josh Gray‘s music could hold me for the full 40 minutes. We’re talking about the third album from the San Francisco-born/Nashville-based singer-songwriter, featuring ten diverse powerful songs with relatable stories of hope, hardship and perseverance. Musically it’s a quality mixture of country, blues, rock, folk and bluegrass, with poetic self-aware lyrics by irresistible dark vocals in the lead role. From the closing tune: “Finally found // The solid ground // My feet were missing all along // The perfect site // On a moonlit night // To sit and write these silly songs.” Silly songs for the win – when we finally have a radio show, we’ll play them immediately.
Walk Alone, recorded to tape in The Bomb Shelter and featuring skillful Nashville musicians, is out now digitally and on CD through Continental Record Services.
And even in The Netherlands we discovered the new album from Josh Gray.
What an great album and such a variety.
Josh wrote stunning lyrics that gives us a lot to think about.
The music is so fitting in each song, I admire this singer/songwriter for this great album