Two-time GRAMMY winning entertainment legend, Tanya Tucker, who, earlier this week became the newest inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame, will release her highly-anticipated new album, Sweet Western Sound, June 2 on Fantasy Records. Today, Tanya also shared the album’s poignant lead track, Kindness. Listen/share it here and pre-order Sweet Western Sound here.
Produced once again by Brandi Carlile and Shooter Jennings, Sweet Western Sound reunites the award-winning trio following the release of Tanya’s landmark 2019 album, While I’m Livin’. Her first new album in 17 years, While I’m Livin’ reintroduced Tucker to a new generation and went on to win the GRAMMY for Best Country Album as well as Best Country Song for its poignant single, Bring My Flowers Now. Sweet Western Sound stands on Tucker’s exquisitely warm and wizened vocals and a spectacular collection of cut-deep songs—an assertive and confident declaration of vitality and purpose from an irrepressible and irreplaceable country music icon. In addition to songs by Tucker, Carlile and Jennings, the album features contributions from Bernie Taupin, Phil and Tim Hanseroth, JT Nero, Billy Don Burns and Craig Dillingham as well as a voicemail-generated rhyme from Tanya’s hero and close friend, the late great Billy Joe Shaver, which opens and closes the album.
“Sweet Western Sound is another revelation and I’m excited to see what folks think of our new endeavor,” Tanya shared. “It’s ALWAYS a trip working with Brandi and Shooter. I didn’t know if we’d be working together again on a new album after While I’m Livin’!! But we did it! Lots of new things we did this time, and I even co-wrote some of the songs, which means a lot to me. Brandi says we’re MAGIC together, and I’m starting to believe her!!!!”
In celebration of the release, Tucker will return to Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium this spring for two special shows on June 3 and 4. Tickets go on-sale this Friday, April 7 at 10:00am CT. Additional tour dates to be announced soon.
Born in Seminole, Texas, Tanya had her first country hit, the classic, Delta Dawn, at the age of 13 in 1972. Since that auspicious beginning, she has become one of the most admired and influential artists in country music history, amassing 23 Top 40 albums and a stellar string of 56 Top 40 singles, 10 of which reached the #1 spot on the Billboard country charts. Tanya’s indelible songs include some of country music’s biggest hits such Soon, Two Sparrows in a Hurricane, It’s a Little Too Late, Trouble, Texas (When I Die), If It Don’t Come Easy, Strong Enough To Bend, and the aforementioned Delta Dawn. Tanya is also the recipient of numerous awards, including two CMAs, two ACMs and three CMT awards. In 2020, Tanya received two GRAMMY®Awards for Best Country Album: While I’m Livin’ and Best Country Song: Bring My Flowers Now. In October 2022, The Return of Tanya Tucker featuring Brandi Carlile, a documentary that chronicles the resurgence in Tucker’s career following the success of While I’m Livin’ hit theaters globally via Sony Pictures Classics.
Lauded by The New York Times, the documentary raves that Tanya “hasn’t lost a step-in terms of phrasing. The teardrop in her voice, strategically used in heartache songs, remains credible. [The doc] interweaves the contemporary sessions…better-than-competent piece of fan service.” In December 2022, Tanya made her acting debut in a lead role in Paramount’s A Nashville Country Christmas, starring alongside Academy Award winner Keith Carradine. On the spirits side, the country icon’s signature tequila, Tanya Tucker’s Cosa Salvaje Tequila, is now available in 14 U.S. states and Canada, with additional stores carrying the tequila every day. To order Tanya Tucker’s Cosa Salvaje Tequila, visit CosaSalvajeTequila.com. To keep up with Tanya Tucker, go to TanyaTucker.com.
SWEET WESTERN SOUND TRACK LIST:
- Tanya (written by Billy Joe Shaver, Tanya Tucker)
- Kindness (written by Tim Hanseroth, Phil Hanseroth)
- Breakfast In Birmingham featuring Brandi Carlile (written by Brandi Carlile, Bernie Taupin)
- Waltz Across a Moment (written by Shooter Jennings)
- Ready As I’ll Never Be (written by Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker)
- The List (written by Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker)
- Letter To Linda (written by Tanya Tucker, Shooter Jennings)
- City of Gold (written by JT Nero)
- That Wasn’t Me (written by Brandi Carlile, Tim Hanseroth, Phil Hanseroth)
- When The Rodeo Is Over (Where Do the Cowboys Go?) (written by Billy Don Burns, Craig Dillingham)
TOUR DATES
April 15—Georgetown, TX—Two Step Inn
April 30—Wilkesboro, NC—MerleFest
May 12—Biloxi, MS—Golden Nugget Casino Biloxi
May 13—Lake Charles, LA—Golden Nugget Casino
May 18—Prior Lake, MN—Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
May 20—Saint Michael, ND—Spirit Lake Casino
June 3—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
June 4—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium
on-sale this Friday, April 7 at 10:00am CT
June 11—George, WA—The Gorge Amphitheatre
June 17—Martinsville, IN—Morgan County Fairgrounds
June 22—Fort St. John, Canada—Energetic County Fair
