Turnpike Troubadours joins host Stephen Kallao

After a three-year hiatus, the country band Turnpike Troubadours returned to the studio to make their latest album, A Cat in the Rain. Recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and produced by Shooter Jennings, A Cat in The Rain is filled with lyrics that can make your heart skip a beat. Frontman Evan Felker joins me to talk about why he needed to take a step back, recording at the legendary studio, and why editing is often his favorite part of songwriting.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Sheryl Crow “Superstar” Sheryl Crow
Turnpike Troubadours “Mean Old Sun” WC Recording
Turnpike Troubadours “Brought Me” WC Recording
Turnpike Troubadours “Good Lord Lorrie” WC Recording
Drive By Truckers “The Part of Him” WC Recording
Aimee Mann “Choice In The Matter” I’m With Stupid
Hozier “Jackie and Wilson” Hozier
The National “Crumble (ft. Roasanne Cash)” Laugh Track
Rosanne Cash “The Wheel” The Wheel
Rosanne Cash “Sunken Lands” WC Recording
Lizzie No “Lagunita” Halfsies
David Gray “Sail Away” White Ladder

Hour Two
Steely Dan “Hey Nineteen” Gaucho
Big Thief “Born for Loving You” Vampire Empire/Born for Loving You
Neil Young “Don’t Cry No Tears” Zuma
Mitch Rowland “Here Comes The Comeback” Come June
The Jesus and Mary Chain “Sometimes Always” Stoned & Dethroned
David Bowie “Rebel Rebel” Diamond Dogs
Lake Street Drive “Call Off Your Dogs” Live at the World Cafe
Beth Orton “Concrete Sky” Live at the World Cafe
Dave Matthews Band “Crash Into Me” Crash
Dire Straits “Expresso Love” Making Movies
Becca Mancari “Arizona Fire” WC Recording
Arlo Parks “Green Eyes” Collapsed In Sunbeams
Silk Sonic “Leave The Door Open” An Evening with Silk Sonic
ROMY “The Sea” Mid Air
Beck “Think I’m In Love” The Information
The Style Council “My Ever Changing Moods” My Ever Changing Moods