Ian Noe - Between The Country

Monday, a new week and a new turn, it's time to present "Record Of The Week" "Between The Country" is the debut album by singer-songwriter Ian Noe. Noe hails from Beattyville, a small town in Eastern Kentucky.

Ian Noe sings with a gentle high nasal voice and the guitar is his main man. The lyrics are based on places where he has lived all his life and touches subjects like death, addiction, country jungle, lost love and poverty.

"Between The Country" was recorded in Nashville’s RCA Studio A with producer Dave Cobb (Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton, and Jason Isbell). Dave also plays guitar on the album along with Adam Gardner on bass and organ piano, Chris Powell on drums and percussion, and Savannah Conley on back up vocals.

The album is a masterful piece of work, a very emotional and touches your soul with its simplicity. Tunes like the personal portraits of "Irene (Ravin’ Bomb)" or the story of a 1904 coal-train crash "Barbera’s Song". He also spotlights the drug problems that have reached every single place in his country in the tunes "Junk Town" and "Meth Head". The somber and emotional tunes like "Letter To Madeline", the title tune "Between The Country" and "Loving You" to the more powerful "Dead On The River (Rolling Down)" or the grey haze across the sky "That Kind Of Life". "Between The Country" is an excellent debut from this singer-songwriter that I recommend you to get or at least check it up.

Ian will hit the road in April with a start in Nashville and a few dates in Europe in June, hopefully he stops by Sweden for a show. See all the dates below.

Sum: "Between The Country" is a brilliant record of small-town sadness.

Today's tune "Between The Country" is shot entirely in Ian's home of Eastern Kentucky, the official video for "Between the Country" features the real places he sings about in this song.



Ian Noe on the road:

APR 4 SAT Ryman Auditorium Nashville, TN, United States
APR 9 THU High Noon Saloon Madison, WI, United States
APR 11 SAT Rose Music Hall Columbia, MO, United States
APR 14 TUE Fort Collins Armory Fort Collins, CO, United States
APR 15 WED Lost Lake Lounge Denver, CO, United States
APR 17 FRI The State Room Salt Lake City, UT, United States
APR 18 SAT The Olympic Venue Boise, ID, United States
APR 21 TUE Barboza Seattle, WA, United States
APR 22 WED Bunk Bar Portland, OR, United States
APR 24 FRI Amado's San Francisco, CA, United States
APR 25 SAT Stagecoach Festival Indio, CA, United States
MAY 3 SUN Shaky Knees Festival Atlanta, GA, United States
JUN 7 SUN Grenswerk Venlo, Netherlands
JUN 12 FRI Rockefeller Oslo, Norway
JUL 17 FRI Forecastle Festival Louisville, KY, United States
SEP 3 THU Larmer Tree Gardens Salisbury, United Kingdom
NOV 16 MON All the Best Fest Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

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