Julie Roberts Returns With Triumphant New Album ‘Ain’t In No Hurry’

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Julie Roberts. Photo: Brian Williams Creative

Julie Roberts is back with a new album, Ain’t in No Hurry, produced by Shooter Jennings and singer-songwriter Erin Enderlin. 

Due out Oct. 28 via ONErpm, Ain’t in No Hurry features 14 songs about love, loss, roots and redemption, fit with bluesy ballads and heart-rending love songs. The project includes duets with Randy Houser, as well as Jamey Johnson on the lead single, “Music City’s Killing Me,” written by Ray LaMontagne.

The album also features a revamped cover of K.T. Oslin’s chart-topping “Do Ya,” the women’s empowerment anthem “All By My Damn Self,” the Houser duet “A Little Crazy’s Kinda Nice,” “Don’t Call Me, Baby,” and “Ain’t in No Hurry,” which captures the range of Roberts’ vocals.

“It’s a record of strength,” Roberts says. “I’m reinventing myself here, both musically and lyrically, while still paying tribute to the traditional elements people know me for.” She adds, “I never imagined I could feel this much joy. It puts life into such clear perspective and makes me even more excited about sharing my life journey through new music.”

In 2010, after tallying over a million units sold from her first two albums, Roberts took a step back from the business to regroup and heal after the loss of her home to that year’s historic flood, alongside a life-changing medical diagnosis and the end of her record deal. A decade later, she’s married, fully in remission from multiple sclerosis and back with new music, while also welcoming her first child, a baby boy born via IVF.

Ain’t in No Hurry Track List:
Ain’t in No Hurry (Erin Enderlin, Brent Cobb and Ben Chapman)
Don’t Call Me Baby (Erin Enderlin, Waylon Payne and Mae Estes)
Devil’s Pool (Julie Roberts, Waylon Jennings, Shooter Jennings and Richard Jason Collum)
Music City’s Killing Me with Jamey Johnson (New York City’s Killing Me) (Ray LaMontagne)
All By My Damn Self (Julie Roberts and Richard Jason Collum)
Do Ya (K.T. Oslin)
(When You Wake Up) In the Bed You Made (Erin Enderlin, Buddy Lee Owen and Galen Griffin)
Easy Street (Bobby Emmons and Chips Moman)
A Little Crazy’s Kinda Nice with Randy Houser (Jason Matthews and Rebecca Lynn Howard)
Big Moon (John Doe)
The Concept of You (Michael James Farmer)
The King and His Crown (Julie Roberts, Arlis Albritton and Cliff Cody)
The Song Goes with Me (Julie Roberts, Darrell Clark and Marcus Hummon)
I Think You Know (Jessi Colter)

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