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Chuck Ragan Announces 'Till Midnight' and Premieres New Song
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Sunday, January 12, 2014 - 10:37
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Hot Water Music's Chuck Ragan has announced another folk-flecked solo album this spring. The follow-up to 2011's "Covering Ground" is titled "Till Midnight", and it arrives March 25 through SideOneDummy.

Ragan tracked his fourth solo effort up at his northern California home, with Blind Melon's Christopher Thorn playing the producer role. Ragan's backup band the Camaraderie are back in action, with guitarist-pedal steel player Todd Beene, fiddler Jon Gaunt and bassist Joe Ginsberg now joined by drummer David Hidalgo Jr. (Social Distortion, Suicidal Tendencies). Additionally, the set features guest contributions from Foo Fighters keyboardist Rami Jaffe, Lucero member Ben Nichols and Dave Hause.

While a tracklisting has yet to be revealed in full, the album is said to include cuts called "Something May Catch Fire," "Vagabond," "Bedroll Lullaby" and "Wake With You." The record is apparently full of relationship-geared numbers, including newly premiered number "Non Typical." You can check out Ragan's familiarly scratched-up vocals here.