Mindy Smith - Quiet Town

Mindy Smith — Quiet Town

Limited edition red vinyl

Critically acclaimed and Americana Award winning singer-songwriter Mindy Smith's sixth studio album, Quiet Town, brings a treasured musical voice back into the spotlight.

For Quiet Town, her first album of new material in 12 years, Smith called on producer and musician Neilson Hubbard, alongside engineer Dylan Alldredge. Hubbard enlisted guitarists Will Kimbrough, Megan McCormick, and Juan Solorzano, bassist Lex Price, Danny Mitchell on keys and horns, and a host of acclaimed vocalists for the background vocals, including Maureen Murphy, Nickie Conley, Jodi Seyfried, Matraca Berg, Kate York, and Park Chisolm.

Smith's talent for expressing the most human of vulnerabilities is in full display on the new album. Beyond the title track, other album highlights include "Jericho," co-written with esteemed artist and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame songwriter Matraca Berg, which gives voice to anticipation of impending life changes of monumental import; "I'd Rather Be a Bridge," a plea for compassion and connection; and "Farther Than We Should Have," co-written with Natalie Hemby and K.S. Rhoads. The latter is a song about overcoming the deck stacked against kindred spirits who together trek through a difficult journey and find footing beyond beating the odds.

The spirit of gratitude is the note on which Smith concludes the album. The song "I Always Will," holds out the promise of an abiding love that can transcend whatever troubles life may bring.

"I write for one purpose and that's to figure out how to live in the world I am in" Smith has been quoted as saying. Responding to her comment from years past with a laugh, Smith says "I hope I never do figure that out, because if I did, I don't think I'd know what I'd write about."

 

Side A

1. Quiet Town

2. Jacob's Ladder

3. Every Once in a While

4. Jericho

5. I'd Rather Be a Bridge

Side B

1. Peace Eludes Me

2. Something to Write in Stone

3. Farther Than We Should Have

4. Hour of My Departure

5. Light of Mine

6. I Always Will

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