Kelsey Waldon Is Set To Release New Album White Noise, White Lines On October 4
First New Artist Signing To John Prine’s Oh Boy Records in 15 Years
On her new album, White Noise, White Lines (Oh Boy Records via Thirty Tigers), Kelsey Waldon captures the rugged country sound of her touring band without sacrificing the intimacy of her songwriting. Waldon is native of Monkey’s Eyebrow, Kentucky, who took an interest in singing, songwriting and playing guitar as a child. After moving to Nashville, she earned a college degree and cultivated a loyal following through two acclaimed albums and frequent touring across the U.S. That persistence paid off with a performance slots on the Grand Ole Opry and an invitation to open shows for John Prine in 2018. Waldon co-produced White Noise, White Lines with Dan Knobler.
Waldon is the first artist signing to John Prine’s long-independent Oh Boy Records in 15 years and is certainly no stranger to the rural, workingman’s world in which John Prine’s songs come to life. Both artists are admired for their often candid, occasionally humorous view of normal, everyday life, so when it came time for Waldon to find a home for her songs, Prine and Oh Boy Records welcomed her with open arms.
Watch Prine and Waldon at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville here.
“It’s hard for me to put into words what it truly means to me to be signed to Oh Boy Records,” says Waldon. “To have someone like John, who I have looked up to my whole life, who I have set my songwriting standards after and my general music making standards after, to have someone like him endorse my music and care enough about it to make sure it reaches a wider audience…that means everything.”
Jody Whelan, Director of Operations at Oh Boy, says of the signing, “It’s an honour for us to work with Kelsey. There is an honesty and commitment in her music, both as a performer and songwriter, that we’ve long admired. Evident in all her work is a strong point of view, and a reverence for the culture and history of country music and songwriting, she is exactly the type of independent-minded artist that Oh Boy Records was founded to support.”
Prine echoes Whelan’s excitement adding, “I am bursting with pride to have Kelsey Waldon recording for Oh Boy Records. Her music continues an important arc of traditional folk and country music. I love Kelsey’s singing. Her voice is one of the more authentic country voices I’ve heard in a long time. I’m looking forward to all the shows we’ll be performing together this year.”
It’s been a hard fought journey up to this point in Waldon’s career, but a strong dose of perseverance and patience has led her to greener pastures; spending the last year opening for Tyler Childers, Jamey Johnson, and the head of her new label, John Prine, as well as completing White Noise, White Lines, her third full-length album out on October 4 on Oh Boy Records, via Thirty Tigers.
