Big Loud Records’ Ashland Craft ain’t looking in the rearview as her debut album, TRAVELIN’ KIND, rolls today (9/3) on all streaming platforms and digital retailers. “TRAVELIN’ KIND feels like the start of a whole new adventure. It’s a heartfelt, wide open track list (written with some of my very best friends), that takes you through all the ups and downs that come along with life’s journey,” shares Craft. “I wanted it to be rooted but carefree, and a little imperfect – which I feel like Jonathan Singleton captured perfectly while producing my debut record. My dreams are becoming a reality and I can’t wait to hear what songs fans resonate with!”
Roaming free and easy with all songs intersecting, TRAVELIN’ KIND is an 11-track introduction to her ramblin’ way of life. Taking a direct route through the heart-and-hustle of a 17 miles-per-gallon grind, it’s an important mile marker for Craft’s rising career as it follows her road-worn one-way ticket to Nashville, TN, and all the tour stops, truck stops, and broken hearts in-between, after relocating from her hometown of Piedmont, SC, in 2019.
“I wasn’t made for the settlin’ down / In a white picket fence water tank town / I got a soul like a black crow flyin’ / I guess I always been the travelin’ kind,” she sings in the bold title track and wild-at-heart manifesto. As one of nine songs all co-penned by Craft, the Jonathan Singleton-produced collection features a heavy-hitting, GRAMMY-nominated songwriting crew including Singleton, Jessi Alexander, Jessie Jo Dillon, Rodney Clawson, and Wyatt Beasley Durrette, III, alongside her close friends and rising talents like Faren Rachels, Rob Snyder, Lee Starr, Willie Morrison, Reid Isbell, and Jenna LaMaster.
Celebrating her album release all weekend long, Craft is getting rowdy in New York as she supports Zac Brown Band’s THE COMEBACK TOUR 2021. Performing back-to-back shows at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, NY, last night (9/2) and tonight (9/3), she’s also ready to hit the stage at Darien Lake Amphitheater in Darien Center, NY, tomorrow (9/4). Find all upcoming tour dates here.
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Big Loud Records’ Ashland Craft is introducing her own brand of Country music with debut album, TRAVELIN’ KIND, out September 3. “Crank it up and cut loose,” hails Rolling Stone, as her latest love-drunk release “Two Wildflowers and a Box of Wine” follows Craft’s debut “Trainwreck” to critics’ approval: Billboard applauds that she “makes a big loud entrance with the captivating Southern rock-tinged, chugging track,” and American Songwriter praises, “There’s a New Country Badass in Town,” claiming, “This girl has star quality flying out of her boots.” Among CMT’s Next Women of Country Class of 2021, she’s matched high-profile looks while stacking 2021 Artists to Watch lists by Pandora, Nashville Lifestyles, Country Now, and The Boot, as well as named Texas Roadhouse’s “Artist of the Month” for December last year. Featured in knockout duet, “SO CLOSE,” off HARDY’s acclaimed album, A ROCK, Craft’s opened tours for major artists like Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, and is currently supporting Zac Brown Band’s THE COMEBACK TOUR 2021. Discovering her honky-tonk spirit during cutting her teeth at a hometown bar in South Carolina singing Country and Rock covers plus cracking Top 10 on NBC’s The Voice, Craft buzzes under the influence of musical heroes Def Leppard, Chris Stapleton, Bonnie Raitt, The Chicks, and John Mayer.
