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Join John Hiatt in Southern Africa, April 2021 for a once in a lifetime AFRICAN MUSIC SAFARI. Limited places are available on this small group adventure combining some amazing sights and safari along with 5 private shows for the group in some incredibly unique settings. For more details head to - www.africanmusicsafari.com.au/john-hiatt
Apr 24-May 8
Southern African Music Safari
Cape Town, South Africa
Apr 24-May 8
Southern African Music Safari
Cape Town, South Africa
John Hiatt and past Troubadour honorees John Prine and Robert Earl Keen pose with BMI’s Jody Williams, Mike O’Neill, and Mason Hunter. (Erika Goldring for BMI)
New West Records is proud to announce the release of John Hiatt’s Only The Song Survives Box Set on December 6th, 2019.
Only The Song Survives is the definitive collection of John Hiatt’s musical output spanning two decades of releases from New West Records beginning with Crossing Muddy Waters (2000) through his critically acclaimed The Eclipse Sessions (2018).
Epic in scope, the vast box set includes eleven albums spread across fifteen long playing records, all pressed on high quality 180 gram vinyl. Four studio albums, Crossing Muddy Waters (2000), The Tiki Bar (2001), Beneath This Gruff Exterior (2003), and Master of Disaster (2005) have been remastered and available on vinyl for the very first time.
The box set will also include a 48-page book autographed by John Hiatt. The book features testimonials, essays, and insights from many of Hiatt’s co-conspirators throughout his career, including Ry Cooder, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, Sonny Landreth, Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers, James McMurtry, Luther Dickinson of North Mississippi Allstars, and more. The book also includes rare photos by Jim McGuire, Jack Spencer, David McClister, Michael Wilson, and C. Taylor Crothers. The 15 LPs and accompanying book will be housed in a custom leatherette vinyl carrying case complete with gold stamping and buckle & handle.
Today, The Boot has published an interview with John Hiatt looking back at the albums included on Only The Song Survives, which as a set, writes Chuck Armstrong, “highlights Hiatt’s tenacious work ethic” and is “much more than a greatest hits collection: Only the Song Survives is the definitive collection of Hiatt’s career over the last 20 years.” Read the entire feature HERE .
The John Hiatt Only The Song Survives Box Set is available for pre-order now via New West Records .
John Hiatt Only The Song Survives Box Set:
Crossing Muddy Waters (2000) The First Time On Vinyl
The Tiki Bar Is Open (2001) The First Time On Vinyl
Beneath This Gruff Exterior (2003) The First Time On Vinyl
Master Of Disaster (2005) The First Time On Vinyl
Live From Austin TX (2005)
Same Old Man (2008)
The Open Road (2010)
Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns (2011)
Mystic Pinball (2012)
Terms of My Surrender (2014)
The Eclipse Sessions (2018)
Only The Song Survives is the definitive collection of John Hiatt’s musical output spanning two decades of releases from New West Records beginning with Crossing Muddy Waters (2000) through his critically acclaimed The Eclipse Sessions (2018).
Epic in scope, the vast box set includes eleven albums spread across fifteen long playing records, all pressed on high quality 180 gram vinyl. Four studio albums, Crossing Muddy Waters (2000), The Tiki Bar (2001), Beneath This Gruff Exterior (2003), and Master of Disaster (2005) have been remastered and available on vinyl for the very first time.
The box set will also include a 48-page book autographed by John Hiatt. The book features testimonials, essays, and insights from many of Hiatt’s co-conspirators throughout his career, including Ry Cooder, Steve Earle, Rodney Crowell, Sonny Landreth, Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers, James McMurtry, Luther Dickinson of North Mississippi Allstars, and more. The book also includes rare photos by Jim McGuire, Jack Spencer, David McClister, Michael Wilson, and C. Taylor Crothers. The 15 LPs and accompanying book will be housed in a custom leatherette vinyl carrying case complete with gold stamping and buckle & handle.
Today, The Boot has published an interview with John Hiatt looking back at the albums included on Only The Song Survives, which as a set, writes Chuck Armstrong, “highlights Hiatt’s tenacious work ethic” and is “much more than a greatest hits collection: Only the Song Survives is the definitive collection of Hiatt’s career over the last 20 years.” Read the entire feature HERE .
The John Hiatt Only The Song Survives Box Set is available for pre-order now via New West Records .
John Hiatt Only The Song Survives Box Set:
Crossing Muddy Waters (2000) The First Time On Vinyl
The Tiki Bar Is Open (2001) The First Time On Vinyl
Beneath This Gruff Exterior (2003) The First Time On Vinyl
Master Of Disaster (2005) The First Time On Vinyl
Live From Austin TX (2005)
Same Old Man (2008)
The Open Road (2010)
Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns (2011)
Mystic Pinball (2012)
Terms of My Surrender (2014)
The Eclipse Sessions (2018)
Watch John Hiatt's appearance on CBS This Morning HERE. The Eclipse Sessions is currently #1 on the Alt Country & Americana chart and #23 on Alternative Rock chart at Amazon!
Stream John Hiatt’s Back-to-Basics New Album ‘The Eclipse Sessions’
“It kind of came together in a serendipitous fashion,” Hiatt says of his 23rd studio album, recorded during 2017 solar eclipse
By BRITTNEY MCKENNA - Rolling Stone Country
On October 12th, John Hiatt will release his first album in four years, The Eclipse Sessions, via New West Records. Hiatt’s 23rd studio release since introducing himself with 1974’s Hangin’ Around the Observatory, The Eclipse Sessions is streaming in its entirety below.
Hiatt recorded the album in Nashville over the course of just a few days in the summer of 2017, which happened to include the full solar eclipse that took place on August 21st. Never one to ignore the good fortune of a successful recording session, Hiatt titled the album after the otherworldly natural wonder.
Though Hiatt knew it was nearing time to release new material, he didn’t feel rushed, and went into the recording session with an open mind and a blank notebook. “It kind of came together in a serendipitous fashion,” he tells Rolling Stone Country. “It took me a little bit of time to get to this one. We actually recorded it last summer [2017]. But the way it happened, I was not sure what kind of recording I wanted to do, to be honest with you. I was thinking about doing a solo record, just me and acoustic guitar. So I didn’t really have a plan, in other words.”
“It was the day after my birthday, just coincidentally,” he says. “I hate naming records and never know what to call them, so I thought, ‘Oh, The Eclipse Sessions. That’ll work.’ But it seemed to fit the mood.”
Hiatt was joined in the studio by longtime drummer Kenneth Blevins and bassist Patrick O’Hearn, the three shooting for a stripped-down trio sound that would accentuate Hiatt’s vocals and distinct style of guitar playing. They recorded the album at the home recording studio of Kevin McKendree, with an engineering assist from McKendree’s musical whiz-kid son Yates. By the time the group finished a batch of 15 songs, Hiatt knew he had a new album on his hands.
“They just started sounding so good,” he says. “I felt like we’d made some really good music. The songs started hanging together. That’s when you start to feel like it might be worth other folks hearing, like you’ve got something that can connect with people. People used to ask Guy Clark, ‘When do you feel like it’s time to make a record?’ And he’d say, ‘Well, it’s when you feel like you have 10 good songs.’ So it’s kind of like that. You go in and you start recording, and when they start falling in place and hanging together, it starts to sound like a record.”
John Hiatt is currently on tour, with his next stop taking place in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 20th.