For Immediate Release July 15, 2016
BRENT COBB’S “SOLVING PROBLEMS”
PREMIERES AT NPR MUSIC
MAJOR LABEL DEBUT SHINE ON RAINY DAY TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 7, PRODUCED BY DAVE COBB
FALL TOUR WITH ANDERSON EAST CONFIRMED
“…A GORGEOUS SOLO
ALBUM THAT PROMISES
TO PLACE HIM IN THE
TOP ECHELON OF THIS
CENTURY’S YOUNG TROUBADOURS…”
“Solving Problems,” the lead track from Brent Cobb’s anticipated major label debut, premiered yesterday at NPR Music’s “Songs We Love” series and can now be heard/shared via YouTube and purchased at iTunes. Of the track, NPR Music’s Ann Powers praises, “‘Solving Problems’ is emblematic of the calm insights Cobb offers on Shine On Rainy Day, an album genuinely worthy of comparisons to often-invoked names like Jesse Winchester and Kris Kristofferson.”
Out October 7 on Low Country Sounds/Elektra Records, Shine On Rainy Day was produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell, etc.) and recorded live over four days in Nashville. The album is now available for pre-order, which includes an immediate download of “Solving Problems.”
Of the music and working with producer (and cousin) Dave Cobb, Brent comments, “It’s not as good as it’s going to get. But if it’s the last thing that I ever do, if I died the day after it came out, then thank God I was able to record it because the songs and the production, it was everything I wanted to say. Finally.”
Dave adds, “I wanted to work with Brent for very selfish reasons. When he lifts a pen and opens his mouth, it sounds like home. I did his record because he’s part of the fabric of South Georgia and the soundtrack to my family. Pure rural country soul filled music.”
Already receiving notice, Brent was recently featured on WXPN’s World Café (listen to the full session here), while Rolling Stone featured him as one of their “30 Must-See Acts” at CMA Fest 2016, asserting, “Live, he’s every bit the charming raconteur, setting up catchy rural anthems that have the loose and earthy feel of a front porch sing-along.” Additionally, earlier this year, Brent was featured on Dave’s widely praised Southern Family compilation—contributing the song “Down Home” and writing the standout “Sweet By & By,” which was recorded by Miranda Lambert. Of “Down Home,” Wide Open Country declares, “…one of the most earnest and accurate retellings of everyday life in rural Georgia. The mixture of Cobb’scharming southern drawl, brilliant storytelling and flawless production melds into a track that is impossible to resist.”
Photo credit: Don VanCleave
Born in Ellaville, GA (population 1,609), Brent moved to Nashville in 2008 and has since found widespread success as a writer with songs recorded by Lambert (“Old Shit”), Kenny Chesney (“Don’t It”), Luke Bryan (“Tailgate Blues”), David Nail (“Grandpa’s Farm”), Kellie Pickler (“Rockaway”) and Eli Young Band (“Go Outside and Dance”) among others.
SHINE ON RAINY DAY TRACK LIST
1. Solving Problems
2. South Of Atlanta
3. The World
4. Diggin’ Holes
5. Country Bound
6. Traveling Poor Boy
7. Shine On Rainy Day
8. Let The Rain Come Down
9. Down In The Gulley
10. Black Crow
BRENT COBB CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
September 27—Ann Arbor, MI—Blind Pig*
September 30—Madison, WI—High Noon Saloon*
October 1—St. Louis, MO—Off Broadway*
October 2—Memphis, TN—1884 Lounge*
October 4—Little Rock, AR—Revolution Music Room*
October 6—Fayetteville, AR—George’s Majestic Lounge*
October 11– Jackson, MS—Duling Hall*
October 14—Athens, GA—Georgia Theatre*
November 3—Mobile, AL—Moe’s*
November 6—Macon, GA—Cox Capitol Theatre*
November 8—Wilmington, NC—Brooklyn Arts Center*
November 9—Alexandria, VA—The Birchmere*
November 11—Charlotte, NC—The Underground*
November 12—Raleigh, NC—The Pour House Music Hall*
November 15—Columbus, OH—The A&R Music Bar*
November 17—Ithaca, NY—The Haunt*
November 18—Toronto, ON—The Velvet Underground*
November 19—Cleveland, OH—Beachland Ballroom*
*appearing with Anderson East
For more information, please contact
Asha Goodman 615.320.7753 or Carla Sacks 212.741.1000 at Sacks & Co., or .