Label: Rumblestump Records

Release date: September 8, 2023

The songs on Babel, the upcoming album from Jhett Black, are as much warnings as interpretations. The gritty baritone vocals of Jhett Black’s rise from the Southern gospel/roots ashes, a smoldering foundation that offers stability to the tales and instrumental diversions that complete the musical conversation. These songs are as mysterious and inviting as Spanish moss in a dream state. Just give one song a listen and you’ll be hooked until the needle reaches the final vinyl groove.

After the successes of Jhett Black’s debut EP, Roots, and wins at the International Blues Challenge in 2022, Jhett embarked on a self-produced excursion alongside Glenn Halverson (who mixed and mastered the album) and co-producers Al Basile and Callie Sioux, growing up and out of traditional territories of the blues while maintaining the integrity of the genre. Babel is being distributed by Smith Entertainment Distribution.

If only they gave Grammys for Best Raw Confession That Will Set You Right… or what Jhett Black describes as “Southern Gothic Blues. Murder ballads and gospel blues… Pain and hope. Struggle and victory.”

Amen.