Sounds like we've got some new music on the way from country music's real life cowboy, Colter Wall. If you've never given Colter Wall a shot, I'd encourage you to do so as soon as you can (as in right now). The 29-year-old is wise beyond his years, and ironically enough, the music he makes harkens back to a time before his years. It's as if Wall was picked up in the 1960's or 1970's and dropped right here in the present day to save country music. The Canadian singer-songwriter takes pride in keeping the tradition of country music alive. There aren't a lot of people doing narrative songwriting in modern country, but then again, there aren't many people like Colter Wall in the modern country. And part of that is intentional on Wall's part. Colter doesn't fit into the mold of country in 2024, nor does he want to. He even recently talked about how he thinks awards shows are a huge waste of time. It was actually in that same conversation on the Rodeo Time Podcast with Dale Brisby that the baritone country artist revealed that he's got a new album on the way. When asked if he had any new music in the works, Colter Wall somewhat excitedly answered with a yes - though they apparently hit some non-music-related roadblocks along the way: "We just got finished actually. Just got done. Started a new one like a month ago, then the pedal steel player in the band got everyone really sick. We call him 'Muskrat.' He gave everybody the flu really bad so I couldn't sing. We had like two more days in the studio to finish." Yikes. Wall went on to explain his usual process for crafting an album, and how that plan got thrown off course because of the sickness that worked through his band: "I usually try to have a week... make a record in a week. (That's) usually the way it works out for me. The last couple of days, no one could do anything. We were all zombies at that point. So everyone went home and then we booked two more days, that was just the other week. We went back down to the studio and cinched up the record and got her done." As for when the new music can be expected, Colter Wall said that they'll try to get to mixing it as soon as they can. However, he expects that the album will probably see the light of day later in 2025: "I don't know when it will be out. Probably... I would guess, usually they want to shoot for or put that stuff out around July or August. Hopefully this (next) year we'll get it mixed and out into the world. New record, all original songs (with) one cover on there." Since fans will have to wait a while, podcast host Dale Brisby asked if Wall could at least reveal a name or concept for the project. The "Johnny Boy's Bones" singer laughingly said that they have yet to name it, but he happily explained the inspiration behind the collection of music they put together: "I don't know what it's called. I kind of just wanted to make a straight... it's just a love letter to country music. Really it's just a bunch of sad drinking songs mostly. I just wanted to make a record that sounded like Merle Haggard and the Strangers. Late 60's into the early 70's. Honestly, to me, that's where country music peaked. That's my favorite stuff to listen to and I think that was the best band in country music. I wanted to make a record that reminded me of that. So that's what we did... or tried to (do) anyways." COME ON WITH IT. You can hear more from Colter Wall in the interview below: https://youtu.be/3-02YGQT0U8?si=INq-glMTlw_DBxgP&t=2590