Anderson East’s Journey To Redemption And Rediscovery On Rounder Records Debut Album, ‘Worthy,’ Out Everywhere Today

East will play a special album release show & signing at Grimey’s this afternoon at 4pm CT – more info here

Today (5.30), GRAMMY-nominated singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Anderson East shares Worthy, his first album in four years and his Rounder Records debut. 

The 10-track Worthy was born out of a time of much-needed quiet and reflection as East stepped away from the spotlight, the pressure, and the expectations. During that time away – and with the help of his longtime collaborator Dave Cobb – he created the 10-track journey through self-doubt, redemption, and rediscovery. 

East tapped an all-star lineup of friends and famed counterparts to help capture the album’s moments of vulnerability, including GRAMMY-winning songwriters Natalie Hemby (Kacey Musgraves, Lee Ann Womack, Lauren Daigle), Lori McKenna (Brandy Clark, Tim McGraw) and Aaron Raitiere (Whiskey Myers, Ella Langley), the GRAMMY-nominated Ashley Monroe (Caitlyn Smith), and Emmy-winning songwriter Trent Dabbs (Ingrid Michaelson, The Lone Bellow).

Brimming with the big horns, chill-bump-inducing harmonies, and true Muscle Shoals radiance, the album is both a return and a rebirth. From testimonials about anxiety and aspiration (Hemby co-penned “Better It Gets Better”) to escaping chronic delusion (“Fool Myself”) to secular songs of promise to stick around when the chaos and concern of life become overwhelming and ostracizing (“Right Where You’re Meant To Be”) to ballads about defiance and devotion (Lori McKenna co-penned "Chasing You"), Worthy finds East at his most confident, commanding and affecting.

Listen to Worthy here

Watch the official “Before It Gets Better” live performance here

Last Saturday, East made his Grand Ole Opry debut in the famed circle and will return to Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on August 29. This afternoon (5.30), he’ll play a special album release day performance and signing at Grimey’s at 4pm. Learn more here. 

East, who was recently announced to play Austin City Limits Music Festival this October, has been hailed by NPR, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and Billboard, and performed on Austin City Limits, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Late Show with Stephen Colbert. His #1 AAA hit “All On My Mind” (29M+ streams and counting) spent four months in the top 10 and was nominated for a GRAMMY for Best American Roots Performance. In addition to his own solo work, East has produced and/or and written with Chris Stapleton, Natalie Hemby, Lori McKenna, The Red Clay Strays, Dustin Lynch, Wilder Woods, and Michael Bolton.