Since breaking through in 2014 with his Grammy nominated Metamodern Sounds in Country Music album, Sturgill Simpson has established himself as one of the most daring and most acclaimed artists of our time. His music stretches across genres and styles, from the psychedelic soul of 2016's A Sailors Guide To Earth (Grammy nominated for Album of the Year and winner for Best Country Album) to the fuzzed-out rock attack of Sound & Fury in 2019. Now Simpson returns to the music of his native Kentucky with his first bluegrass project, Cuttin Grass - Vol. 1 (The Butcher Shoppe Sessions). The album, which he calls "a mixtape for the fans," was dreamed up while he was recovering from Coronavirus, and sees him reimagining songs from across his catalogue backed by some of Nashville's finest acoustic virtuosos.
Tracklist
Side A
1. All Around You
2. All The Pretty Colors
3. Breakers Roar
4. I Don't Mind
5. I Wonder
Side B
1. Just Let Go
2. Life Ain't Fair And The World Is Mean
3. A Little Light
4. Life Of Sin
5. Long White Line Written-By Buford Abner
Side C
1. Living The Dream
2. Old King Coal
3. Railroad Of Sin
4. Sitting Here Without You
6. Sometimes Wine
Side D
1. The Storm
2. Time After All
3. Turtles All The Way Down
4. Voices
5. Water In A Well