Sierra Ferrell - Long Time Coming (2021) [Hi-Res]

Produced by Gary Paczosa (Alison Krauss, Dwight Yoakam, Gillian Welch), Ferrell's debut, 'Long Time Coming', features a stellar lineup of musicians, including country royalty like Chris Scruggs, Billy Strings, and her longtime collaborator Nathan Leath (a fiddle player she first met at the American Legion Post 82's Honky-Tonk Tuesday). Sprung from her self-described 'country heart but a jazz mind', tracks include 'Why'd Ya Do It': a beguiling and bittersweet lament partly inspired by Ferrell's fascination with calypso and tango music. With its galloping rhythm and classic bluegrass storytelling-as well as a guest appearance from Grammy Award-winner Sarah Jarosz on background vocals- 'Jeremiah' sweetly delivers what Ferrell dubs 'a broken song, with a gleam of hope at the end'.