Rodney Crowell Slates New Album For August Release, Wraps NYU Residency
Rodney Crowell will release his next record, Airline Highway, on Aug. 29 via New West Records.
The 10-song project produced by Tyler Bryant, and recorded and mixed by Trina Shoemaker. It features Lukas Nelson, Larkin Poe, Ashley McBryde, Bryant and Charlie Starr.
“This record is a document of me falling in love with these musicians,” says Crowell. “That’s one of the great perks of this job—falling in love with the people you’re playing with. And we caught that on tape.”
Airline Highway intertwines themes of finding new perspectives on your past while living contentedly in the present moment.
“At a basic level there are a lot more years behind me than there are ahead of me,” Crowell says. “I’m up in my seventieth decade of my life and I’m glad that I’m still looking forward to certain things I want to do. My ambition isn’t to be a household name anymore. My ambition is to be satisfied with the work that I do. I’m at a place where it really is about having fun.”
The album is available for pre-order now.
In addition to the album, Crowell recently wrapped his time as the 2025 Spring NYU-Americana Artist-In-Residence.
Crowell worked with graduate and undergraduate students through mentoring sessions, collaborative tutorials and intense workshopping to help students hone their songwriting craft. After the program, Crowell and a select group of students concluded the residency with “It All Starts With A Song,” a casual concert presentation of the work they had focused on.
Rodney Crowell with NYU Students.
Airline Highway Track Listing:
1. “Rainy Days In California” (Feat. Lukas Nelson)
2. “Louisiana Sunshine Feeling Okay” (Feat. Larkin Poe)
3. “Sometime Thang”
4. “Some Kind Of Woman”
5. “Taking Flight” (Feat. Ashley McBryde)
6. “Simple (You Wouldn’t Call It Simple)”
7. “The Twenty-One Song Salute (Owed to G.G. Shinn and Cléoma Falcon)” (Feat. Tyler Bryant)
8. “Don’t Give Up On Me”
9. “Heaven Can You Help” (Feat. Charlie Starr)
10. “Maybe Somewhere Down The Road”
