Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Releases New EP ‘Night After Night’

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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band have released their new EP, Night After Night today (Oct. 24) via NGDB Records.

Night After Night was produced by Jerry Douglas and features longtime band members Jeff Hanna, Jimmie Fadden, and Bob Carpenter joined by Jaime Hanna, Ross Holmes, and Jim Photoglo, melding together six decades of influences, road miles, and family collaborations. The EP is the band’s first release of all-new music since 2009’s Speed of Life and a followup to their 2022 project, Dirt Does Dylan.

The focus track from the album, “Nashville Skyline” (feat. Matraca Berg) was co-written by Jeff, his son Jaime, and Jeff’s wife Berg. The tune features Jeff and Jaime strumming alongside each other on the record. “’Nashville Skyline is a lament about change,” says Jeff. “A yearning love letter to what was.”

Additional writers across the project include Daniel Tashian, Mac McAnally, and more.

Vinyl copies of Night After Night featuring music on one side and an etched graphic on the other as well as CDs will be released on Dec. 5 and are available to pre-order at the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band online store.

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band also just announced the next leg of dates in commemoration of the band’s 60th Anniversary, “All The Good Times: The Farewell Tour – 60 Years of Dirt.” The new tour dates kick off with the Outlaw Country Cruise in March and will include a show at the Grand Ole Opry House on May 13 —the 60th Anniversary, to the day, of the band’s formation. Pre-sale for the new dates begins on Oct. 29 with general on-sale October 31.

Night After Night Track List:
1. “Night After Night” (Daniel Tashian, Paul Kennerley)
2. “Nashville Skyline (feat. Matraca Berg)” (Jaime Hanna, Jeff Hanna, Matraca Berg)
3. “If You Hang Around Long Enough” (Jeff Hanna, Mac McAnally)
4. “Peace and Quiet” (Drew Kennedy, Jeff Hanna, Matraca Berg)
5. “For All The Good It Did” (Alan Miller, Jaime Hanna)

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