Article Contributed by New West Records
Published on 2026-07-21
Buddy Miller will release Buddy Miller on September 11, 2026, via New West Records. The 12-track set is his first solo album in 15 years and was produced by Miller, recorded by Mike Poole, and mixed by Miller and Alasdair MacKenzie.
The album follows In the Throes, his critically acclaimed 2023 collaboration with his wife, Julie Miller, and features appearances by Emmylou Harris, The War & Treaty, Lee Ann Womack, Shawn Colvin, Ashley Monroe, Elizabeth Cook, Jim Lauderdale, Dan Penn, and Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams.
The core band on Buddy Miller includes Fred Eltringham on drums and percussion, Viktor Krauss on bass, Tim Lauer on keyboards, and Steve Fishell on pedal steel, with frequent appearances from The McCrary Sisters. Together, they have made music filled with country soul, plus a sprinkling of early rock ’n’ roll, gospel, and anything that comes straight from the heart.
Glide Magazine premiered the album standout “Don’t Look Back,” saying, “Few artists command the kind of respect Buddy Miller has earned over the last four decades... Miller has built a career on taste, humility, and an uncanny ability to elevate every song he touches.”
“Don’t Look Back” features Dan Penn, the legendary co-writer of “The Dark End of the Street,” “I’m Your Puppet,” “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man,” and countless other classics.
Miller says, “I met Dan around 1994 when he came over to look at a Studer 24-track tape machine I’d listed in the PennySaver. He passed on the Studer, but I gained a hero as a friend. He sang on my first record and I played a few sessions at his studio. His songs have been recorded by Aretha, Otis, Janis, Linda Ronstadt, and so many more — and his singing is as soulful as ever.”
Buddy Miller is kind and patient, like love is supposed to be, played with understated nuance. Songs came from those same places, and Miller will admit to having started with 50-odd possibilities before the winnowing, which yields an early Temptations hit, a Jesse Winchester track, plus the delightful “Till the Wheels Come Off,” which Ashley Monroe, Elizabeth Cook, Angaleena Presley, and Meg McRee wrote about Buddy and his wife, Julie.
“The intention was to make a country soul record,” Miller says, “but then I kept running into songs Julie had written that I wanted to put in.”
So, a record with soul, then. Written and performed with an awareness of time, and of its passing.
Buddy Miller is Americana Music royalty and a Grammy Award winner. Named “Artist of the Decade” by No Depression and “Instrumentalist of the Year” multiple times by the Americana Music Association, he is a highly sought-after and respected producer and guitarist who has worked with Willie Nelson, Linda Ronstadt, Robert Plant, Elvis Costello, John Fogerty, Solomon Burke, Richard Thompson, Patty Griffin, Frank Black of the Pixies, Steve Earle, and countless others.
He also joined T Bone Burnett on the musical team for the hit ABC-TV series Nashville, and following Burnett’s departure, became the show’s executive music producer.
Buddy also has scores of gold and platinum records from artists who have recorded songs written by him and his wife, the great Julie Miller. He is also the longtime co-host of The Buddy & Jim Show on SiriusXM alongside his friend Jim Lauderdale.
Buddy Miller will be available across streaming platforms, compact disc, and standard black vinyl. Limited “Ultra Clear” LP and compact disc editions autographed by Buddy Miller will be available through independent retailers and are also available for pre-order via New West Records.
Buddy Miller Track Listing:
1. “As Long as I Have You”
2. “You Never Really Get Over It” with Shawn Colvin
3. “Strange Desire” with Jim Lauderdale
4. “Ruby Hang On” with Regina McCrary
5. “Don’t Look Back” with Dan Penn
6. “Not Enough Time to Change”
7. “Losers’ Celebration”
8. “Lay Down the Burden of Your Heart” with The War & Treaty
9. “Stop Me” with Lee Ann Womack
10. “Till the Wheels Come Off” with Ashley Monroe and Elizabeth Cook
11. “The Inner Sanctum of God” with Emmylou Harris and Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
12. “Masterpiece in the Sand”
More information:
BuddyMiller.com
NewWestRecords.com
