Matt Urmy - Out of the Ashes (2017) Lossless

The title of Matt Urmy's new album Out of the Ashes (out March 31st) is not a metaphor: the record was literally salvaged from a historic fire. After a ballsy cold-call to country icon "Cowboy" Jack Clement asking if he could perform at an upcoming show, Urmy struck up a friendship with the influential songwriter and producer, who agreed to produce Urmy's album at his Cowboy Arms Hotel & Recording Spa in Nashville. They made it all the way to the mixing stage before an electrical fire destroyed Clement's house and studio. A year later, Urmy received a call that the raw session files had been recovered. Clement and Urmy finished the album, adding the on-the-nose new song that would become the project's title. Clement passed away in 2013, but his spirit and voice run throughout the project.