KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM

Kenny Wayne Shepherd is to release a new album through Provogue/Mascot on May 31.

It’s to be titled ‘The Traveler’, and the main himself explains where the title comes from:

“The album title comes from the song ‘Tailwind’. We’re all travelling together through this thing called life. These are testing times for us as a society, and it seems to me that it’s been a bit crazy in the world lately, with so much division. Without making any kind of political point, it’s like, ‘Let’s get through this together, appreciate one another and not always be trying to fight’.

“There’s some restraint on ‘The Traveler’,” he adds. “As I’ve gotten older, I’ve started to lean towards the approach of less is more. I play for the song now.“

There are two covers featured on the new album, as Shepherd outlines:  “I was asked to do an event honouring Joe Walsh, and everybody had to choose a couple of songs to perform. We did ‘Turn To Stone’, and it came off so well we did a completely live take in the studio. As for the Buffalo Springfield song, ‘Mr. Soul’, Stephen Stills had the idea of getting me, him and Neil Young onstage together at an autism benefit show. It was in the back of my mind that ‘Mr. Soul’ would be a killer song to do, and it was just a spectacular moment. So this was my way of paying tribute to that amazing experience on record.”

You can see Shepherd and his band live at Newcastle Boiler Shop July 17, Sheffield Leadmill 18, Salisbury City Hall 19.