Album Premiere: Emily Herring 'Gliding'

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Texas native Emily Herring sings country that is pure and simple, and Gliding, Herring's fourth record, releasing on October 27th, is no exception. Gliding delivers raw emotion from a voice that conveys honky-tonk swagger (“Miller's in Milwaukee"), romantic warmth ("Midnight," “Best Thing”) and down-home truth ("Gettin' By") while showcasing Herring's sharp, honest storytelling. 

The ten-track collection, which mixes originals with well-chosen covers, was produced by the legendary instrumentalist Steve Fishell whose involvement Herring notes was key to the project,

"Truthfully, Steve WAS the project. I had the tremendous opportunity to see him re-record Radney Foster’s Del Rio, TX 1959 for the Revisited album. Because Steve produced the original, and because this was the first Country album I ever bought, this was huge for me. What an opportunity! Steve runs a program, MPI, that is a production class. Students pay to watch some of the best Country musicians you can think of make a record and see the production side of that process. The tuition from the session helps pay for the recording session.

He’s done this for Asleep at the Wheel, Rodney Crowell, Kris Kristofferson.. the list is phenomenal. Steve isn’t just stellar production, he’s a steel player from hell. Steel and dobro are my favourite parts of the signature Country twang and having a producer who embodies the sound you like best is a good move. After that class, I made it my mission to make a record through MPI. When I finished working my last record, Your Mistake, I spent so much time writing and working on demos. I got my three best songs together, and wrote Steve a sincere plea for him to take this project on. Within an hour of writing, he called!

It was amazing… and that’s how I got to be the only unknown artist on the MPI roster. It's not every kid that gets to grow up and have the producer/steel player from the first Country album they ever bought work their record. I am forever grateful."

Today, TDC is honored to premiere the stellar Gliding for you to stream in full below.

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While the songs on Gliding offer everything from aching, tender moments ("Yellow Mailbox," "Right Behind Her") to rollicking classics ("Semi Truck"), Herring chose to title the album after the album's emotional opener, "Gliding." She says, 

"Despite the fact that the title track hinges upon a feeling of loss, I think that overall people think of gliding in a more optimistic way. I wanted to capitalize on that emotion. Good or bad, the feeling of gliding has a certain slowness, and stillness to it. You don’t have to be careening off a cliff.. you could be paragliding! So, there’s some deceitful depression when you listen to the song...But you make it over to Best Thing I’ve Seen Yet, and perk yourself up a little."

Genuine, distinctive, and affecting. Gliding soars.

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