Listen to the first song from it “Don’t Look Back” below.
Americana legend Buddy Miller has announced his return with a new self-titled album in 15 years which will be released on 11th September 2026. Described as “12 songs of soul, country, early rock ’n’ roll, and gospel, made with a community of friends and collaborators that spans five decades of American music”, the album was produced by Miller, recorded by Mike Poole, and mixed by Miller and Alasdair MacKenzie.
It follows In The Throes, his critically acclaimed 2023 collaboration with his wife Julie Miller and features appearances by Emmylou Harris, The War & Treaty, Lee Ann Womack, Shawn Colvin, Ashley Monroe, Elizabeth Cook, Jim Lauderdale, Dan Penn, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams. The core band on the LP includes Fred Eltringham (drums, percussion), Viktor Krauss (bass), Tim Lauer (keyboards) and Steve Fishell (pedal steel), with frequent appearances from The McCrary Sisters. The album opens with As Long as I Have You, the early Temptations hit, anchored by the McCrarys. From there it moves through Julie co-writes (You Never Really Get Over It, Losers’ Celebration, Masterpiece In The Sand), a late-period Penn song (Not Enough Time To Change), and Winchester’s Lay Down The Burden Of Your Heart.
Buddy Miller is basically Americana music royalty and a Grammy winner. Named Instrumentalist Of The Year multiple times by the Americana Music Association, he has worked in the past with Willie Nelson, Linda Ronstadt, Robert Plant, Elvis Costello, John Fogerty, Solomon Burke, Richard Thompson, Patty Griffin, Frank Black, Steve Earle among others. He also joined T Bone Burnett on the musical team for the hit series Nashville, and following Burnett’s departure, became the show’s executive music producer. Buddy also has his fair share of gold and platinum records from artists who have recorded his songs written with his wife Julie, and is also the longtime co-host of The Buddy & Jim Show alongside his friend Lauderdale.
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