Radney Foster is prepping the release of his first new album since 2009. Everything I Should Have Said will be available May 13 via his own Devil’s River Records with distribution by Think Indie. The revered songwriter will mark the release with a May 3 concert at The Franklin Theater near Nashville.
“I wanted the album to have a band feel, and to do that I knew we needed to get away from schedules and cell phones,” said Foster, who recorded at Dockside Studios in Louisiana. “When you’re sitting with the moss hanging from the trees and the bayou rolling by, you can’t help but have your songs slow down and get swampier.”
Co-producers Foster and Justin Tocket strove for a sonic difference from the first track, “Whose Heart You Wreck (Ode To The Muse),” which was recorded using found objects. “The drum kit was made up of trashcans, a piece of angle iron, and a big gear plate,” added Foster. “There were a lot of Tom Waits style atmospherics going on behind me, but I was playing a straight-up, double thumb style guitar blues, almost like Doc Watson would have done.”
Foster calls the album’s title track, “Everything I Should Have Said,” the emotional centerpiece of the record.
He will tour beginning April 4 in San Antonio, Texas, then venture overseas for a date in Scotland, before returning to the States for shows throughout the summer. Tour dates at radneyfoster.com.
Foster has written and produced songs for Randy Rogers, Jack Ingram, Kacey Musgraves, Wade Bowen, Josh Abbott, Pat Green, Cory Morrow and many others. His songs are regularly mined by superstar acts like Keith Urban (“Raining on Sunday,” “I’m In,”), Sara Evans (“Real Fine Place,” “Revival”) and the Dixie Chicks (“Godspeed”).
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