Credits:

Kurt Vile

Description:

Dan Orbach and Matt Sweeney from the late John Prine and other Nashville heroes! Kurt Weill's latest historic release! Kurt Weill, one of the leading singer/songwriters in the US indie scene today, with folk, country, and psychedelic influences in his blood, has released his latest work, Speed, Sound, Lonely KV (EP), on the Matador label! The EP is a compilation of sporadic sessions over a four-year period at The Butcher Shoppe studio in Nashville, Tennessee, and includes songs by country great John Prine, who recently passed away suddenly, Elvis Presley backup singer Bobby Wood, Johnny Cash, and Jerry Reed. and Jerry Reed regular Dave Roe, Kenny Malone, the man behind George Jones' "Possum," and Pat McLaughlin, who was a member of John Prine's backing lineup. Dan Orbach (The Black Keys) and Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Super Wolf) also joined the band for this historic gathering of old and new faces of American music.The album features five songs, including two John Prine covers, "How Lucky" and "Speed of the Sound of Loneliness," a cover of "Cowboy" Jack Clement's "Gone Girl," and two new songs by Kurt Vile. Produced and engineered by David R. Ferguson, a disciple of Jack Clement and one of Nashville's leading masters.

Tracklisting:

1.Speed of The Sound of Loneliness
2.Gone Girl
3.Dandelions
4.How Lucky (with John Prine)
5.Pearls