Honkytonk Mavericks Western Centuries to Perform Tracks from New Album SONGS FROM THE DELUGE In New York

Honkytonk Mavericks Western Centuries shares new tunes from their sophomore album, Songs from the Deluge, at Hill Country BBQ in New York, NY on May 16.

Recorded and produced by famed Cajun musician and Grammy-winning producer Joel Savoy in his Eunice, LA studio, the new record released worldwide on April, 6 2018. This fresh set of songs spans psychedelia, boogie-woogie, and quixotic tales of love, all supported by the band's signature literary approach to lyricism.

There's something missing from today's country music. Before it all began to blur together, artists would borrow from the great expanse of American music: Appalachian stringband music, Texas fiddle traditions, cowboy songs, Delta blues. With Songs from the Deluge, Western Centuries brings country music home to its eclectic and unpretentious origins.

Ethan Lawton, known for his earlier work in Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers, loves to pen imaginative parables about people living at extremes. On "Wild You Run" Lawton tells the story of watching someone you love deteriorate into crippling addiction. Lawton's "My Own Private Honky Tonk" is a rambunctious take on the drinkin' alone narrative which finds him dancing and playing music until the downstairs neighbors call. It's a boogie-woogie flavored tune à la Fats Domino that highlights the upright bass work of Nokosee Fields, the band's newest member.

Cahalen Morrison, known for his earlier duo work with Eli West, is the country boy to Lawton's urban cowboy, inspired by his love for cowboy poetry and the New Mexican desert where he grew up. He's got a knack for bending words around stories until they're as funny as they are tragic, as fantastic as they are real. His songs twist and turn like mesquite in the desert. On "Earthly Justice," Morrison sings of barflies and their troubles.

Jim Miller, known for his earlier work with Donna the Buffalo, is the resident psychedelic poet. Like the best country songwriters, Miller's sense of communion with nature turns his songs into works of magical realism. On "Wild Birds", a song about a road-bound band, he consults the moss, befriends the tide, and survives fire all while asking for prayers to guide his band home. "Borrow Time" features Louisiana accordion legend Roddie Romero, as well as some of the album's best harmonies between the three lead singers.

Throughout the album's 12 songs, Western Centuries' three songwriters traverse vastly differing geographies-the city, the Southwest, the metaphysical-and weave together a tapestry of Western music without sacrificing their hard-earned country dancehall sound. Indeed, Songs from the Deluge harmonizes three distinct songwriting voices into a sound that pulls from the great expanse of American music. This record will levitate heavy hearts, turn spilled beer into ballads, and reclaim the multifaceted roots of country.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
April 13 - Portland, OR @ Alberta Street Pub
April 15 - Petaluma, CA @ Big Easy
April 18 - Denver, CO @ The Walnut Room
April 21- 22 - Burango, CO @ Durango Bluegrass Meltdown
April 24 - Boise, ID @ Pengilly's Saloon
April 25 - Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
May 16 - New York, NY @ Hill Country BBQ
May 17 - Washington, DC @ Pearl Street Warehouse
May 18 - New Holland, PA @ Spring Gulch Folk Festival
May 19 - Baltimore, MD @ Creative Alliance at The Patterson
May 20 - Edinboro, PA @ Edinboro Art & Music Festival
May 22 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Cafe
May 23 - Buffalo, NY @ Sportsmans Tavern
May 24 - Rochester, NY @ Abilene Bar and Lounge
May 25 - Somerville, MA @ The Burren
May 26 - Northampton, MA @ The Parlor Room
May 27 - Williamstown, MA @ 7th Annual Backyard Hootenanny

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