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GRAMMY® Award nominated singer/songwriter Ryan Hurd prepares his Midwest Rock & Roll encore with the announcement of Midwest Rock & Roll (Deluxe), out May 30 via Big Machine Records. The deluxe album was recorded at the iconic Abbey Road Studios in London earlier this year and features a brand-new original song with rising Country singer Carter Faith (“JP’s Hard Luck Diner, Permanently Closed”), a reimagined version of the fan-favorite track “Paul.,” and two Paul McCartney-inspired covers – The Beatles’ “In My Life” and Paul McCartney and Wings’ “Let Me Roll it.” Building on the introspective, Midwestern-inspired coming-of-age backdrop established in the original 12-track album, Midwest Rock & Roll (Deluxe) adds more melancholy, gray imagery and Country grunge-forward reflection to the Aaron Eshuis-produced project. “Midwest Rock & Roll has been such a special project for me, and I wasn’t ready to close the door on that chapter just yet,” shares Hurd. “I’m excited to release the deluxe record featuring four new songs, all of which I recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London |
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Ryan Hurd’s Paul McCartney-inspired track “Paul.” takes on new meaning in “Paul. (London Sessions),” out today. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, the song is infused with the kind of magic that can only be bottled when the stars align for Hurd to sing an ode to his hero in the very studio where McCartney recorded songs that inspired Hurd to pursue music himself. A play-by-play account of the time Hurd met McCartney at a Grammy afterparty written alongside Summer Overstreet and Jordan Reynolds, the song has never felt more alive, carrying the weight of the invisible string that connects the two musicians with meaning and grace. Midwest Rock & Roll was released on March 21. Injecting vivid stories of Rust-Belt rebellion and romantic wreckage with a gut punch of Country grunge, the 12 tracks co-written by Hurd and produced by Aaron Eshuis find the Kalamazoo, Michigan native standing tall as a power chord-purist who’s still very much in love with the place that made him. His first full-length project since 2021’s Pelago, Hurd shares a vivid sonic timestamp of his own coming of age with the edgy, soul-baring confessions of Midwest Rock & Roll. |
