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Nils Lofgren Shares Official Video For
Cindy Mizelle and Kevin McCormick
New Album "Mountains" Out Now
Featuring Performances by Neil Young, Ron Carter, Howard Gospel Choir, and David Crosby
New Episodes of Rockaility Video Series With Stories Feat. Jimi Hendrix, John Fogerty, Neil Young, and more
August 24, 2023: Today, Nils Lofgren has shared the music video for “Ain’t The Truth Enough,” which features Ringo Starr on drums, Kevin McCormick on bass, and extraordinary vocalist Cindy Mizelle. The track is the opener on the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s new album Mountains out now, which also features guests Neil Young, the Howard Gospel Choir, Ron Carter and David Crosby. Read my review of Mountains HERE.
Written in the wake of the January 6 protest in Washington, D.C., the track reckons with the ways that misinformation and demagoguery can tear families apart and silo us in our own realities. “It’s about a fierce mother dealing with her husband who just home from the Jan. 6 insurrection,” states Lofgren. “No bull, just the brutal truth.” Like much of Mountains, the song grounds its search for existential answers in deeply personal revelations and compassionate character studies.
Mountains has been praised by Stereogum, SPIN, Uncut, Paste Magazine, MOJO, WNYC’s All Of It, American Songwriter, BrooklynVegan, Ultimate Classic Rock,Exclaim!, and many more. PopMatters reviewed the album and proclaimed, “Nils Lofgren is one of the finest ever to grace recorded music, and with each album, he delivers something we didn’t know we needed but now somehow can’t live without.”
Written and recorded at home in Scottsdale, AZ, and produced by Nils and his wife Amy, the 10-song collection is lush and soulful, mixing rock and roll muscle with blues grit and gospel transcendence as it grapples with a world where pride and selfishness are treated as virtues and the power-hungry are rewarded for their greed and shortsightedness. The result is perhaps the most vulnerable and revealing work in Lofgren’s impressive 50-year catalog, an intuitive, empathetic reflection on truth, trust, and the power of human connection. The album also contains stunning artwork by renowned Arizona artist Ed Mell.
Concurrent with the release of Mountains, Nils launched his Rockality video series, 30–40 minute episodes consisting of Nils’ storytelling at its best, as he recounts the twists and turns of his path in the world of music. These are non-rehearsed, folksy deliveries of fascinating, colorful and entertaining stories that conclude with Nils singing a song or stretching out on his guitar. Upcoming episodes include stories about Jimi Hendrix, Grin, and Neil Young among others. Each episode is available to purchase from at rockality.nilslofgren.com.
Mountains tracklist:
1. Ain't The Truth Enough
2. Only Ticket Out
3. Back In Your Arms
4. Won’t Cry No More (For Charlie Watts)
5. Nothin’s Easy (For Amy)
6. Dream Killer
7. Only Your Smile
8. I Remember Her Name
9. We Better Find It
10. Angel Blues
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