Nation crooner and Nashville favourite Joshua Hedley is tipping his hat to a complete new chapter with the discharge of his upcoming album All Hat, due out October 24, 2025, by way of New West Data.
Produced by Ray Benson of Asleep on the Wheel alongside Hedley himself, All Hat marks the primary venture recorded at Benson’s brand-new Bismeaux Barn studio in Austin, Texas. The 11-song assortment is a vibrant and swinging tribute to the golden period of Western Swing — stuffed with jazz-infused twang, dancehall rhythms, and a complete lot of persona.
“This album is my pièce de résistance,” says Hedley. “It’s all been constructing as much as this second. I really feel like I’m making music I like greater than some other fashion.”
Hedley, a longtime staple at Robert’s Western World on Nashville’s Decrease Broadway, has at all times been a torchbearer for traditional nation traditions. His 2018 debut Mr. Jukebox leaned into the plush sounds of Nineteen Sixties countrypolitan, and 2022’s Neon Blue embraced the daring spirit of early ’90s radio nation. However with All Hat, Hedley makes his boldest transfer but — swapping his ordinary Hedliners bandmates for the professionals from Asleep on the Wheel, together with veteran fiddler Jason Roberts.
The album’s first single, “Contemporary Scorching Biscuits,” premiered right this moment with an equally flavorful video directed by Joshua Shoemaker. (watch above) Filled with infectious power, zippy fiddle traces, and irresistible bounce, the tune was born simply hours earlier than it was tracked. “I wrote it the night time earlier than,” Hedley says. “I believed it was fairly good, however once we recorded it the subsequent day, it actually got here to life.”
That spontaneous magic is baked into each nook of All Hat. Hedley and Benson saved issues free within the studio, encouraging the gamers to chop free and belief the groove. “Ray produced the hell out of this document,” Hedley says, “however he additionally allow us to have enjoyable. Watching him work — getting these refined association concepts and seeing his strategy in actual time — was like a masterclass.”
The title All Hat could also be a nod to the previous saying “All Hat and No Cattle,” however don’t let that idiot you — this document has loads of substance. Hedley’s deep reverence for the style dates again to childhood, when he taught himself Bob Wills tunes and performed nation fiddle in VFW halls as a substitute of video video games within the basement. He even recorded a Wills tribute album at 15 — and now, a long time later, he’s toured the world with Asleep on the Wheel and collaborated together with his childhood hero.
From the primary boot faucet to the final dancehall swing, All Hat doesn’t intention to modernize Western Swing — it merely celebrates it. “At its core, Western Swing is simply dance music,” Hedley says. “Bob Wills didn’t play theaters; he performed dance halls. And that’s what I need these songs to do — get folks up and dancing.”
Followers can be part of the celebration in individual as Hedley kicks off a tour in help of All Hat on September 4 in Chicago, Illinois. No Nashville dates as of but however extra dates might be introduced quickly, so keep tuned.
All Hat Monitor Itemizing:
1. All Hat (No Cattle)
2. Boogie Woogie Tennessee
3. Contemporary Scorching Biscuits
4. Caught in Texas (feat. Ray Benson)
5. Hedliner Polka
6. Come Take A Journey With Me
7. Clueless
8. Imply Mama Blues
9. Crawlin’ Residence To You
10. The Waltz I Promised To You
11. Over The Line
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