Released: January 17, 2025
Ben’s new album Country Folk will be released in January 2025.
Work on this project started back in late 2021 with a photoshoot for the album at Wollaton Hall in Nottingham, and its been a real passion project since then.
Talking about the new album Ben said, “a lot has happened in the past five years, in the world and in all of our lives. I’ve been travelling back and forth to Nashville completing research for my PhD, making new friends in the process and getting to peek behind the scenes of how the music business really works. Back home I’ve watched my son grow and adapted to new challenges, while many of us have lost people close to us…. and of course it seems like the world in a constant state of flux, politically, socially and environmentally.” He added, “too much these days I feel like I’m constantly on the run and that life never slows down. Our anxiety is heightened by every new notification and the 24/7 news cycle. This record is about all of those things, but it’s also about getting back to the basics of what really matters and the importance of music as a tool which brings us together. It looks back on the past five years, and it looks ahead.”
You can listen to Country Folk, the title track + Heading Back To Nashville (which was released last year) on Spotify, Apple Music and all streaming platforms now.
The full album in digital, CD and vinyl formats can be pre-ordered now from Bandcamp.
Ben Atkinson’s new album ‘Country Folk’ will be released Friday 22nd November 2024.
Full Track List:
1. Country Folk
2. Heading Back To Nashville
3. The Way I Tend To Be
4. Magpie
5. Choices
6. Wannabe American
7. Why Shouldn’t We
8. Ten Years Ago
9. All About You
10. Changes
11. My Baby Boy
12. Country Folk – Reprise
Ben Atkinson: Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, mandolin, keys/hammond organ, accordion, dulcimer.
Jamie Nowell: Electric Guitar
Zak Taylor-Fray: Pedal Steel Guitar
Chris Haigh: Fiddle
Lottie Morris, Daniella Bridge, Millie Sheppard and Laura Barker: Backing vocals
Produced by Ben Atkinson
Recorded and Mixed by Ben Atkinson
Recorded at The Burrow Studios, Lincoln, UK
Mixed at The Burrow Studios, Lincoln, UK
All songs written by Ben Atkinson (© 2024 Tall Lime Limited) except The Way I Tend To Be written by Frank Turner, Why Shouldn’t We written by Mary Chapin Carpenter and Changes written by Alan Price.
Album photography by Rachel Dodds at REMD Photography.