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The legendary Jessi Colter will release her new album Edge of Forever next Friday, October 27th, and today she shares its final preview. Written years ago for her friend Lisa Kristofferson, "Angel in the Fire" is a tender, touching reflection on the security found in love and companionship, despite the challenges of having a partner who's often on the road and away from home. Showcasing a similar strain of empowering balladry behind the classic, chart-topping hits that have cemented her place as The First Lady of Outlaw Country, "Angel in the Fire" is also one of the songs that led to Margo Price producing Edge of Forever. "When Jessi sang 'Standing on the Edge of Forever' and 'Angel in the Fire' back to back for me, I was blown away," says Price. "It was such refined writing, the work of someone who had been continuously, quietly honing her craft. I knew she had to make another album and told her I would love to be a part of that experience."
Listen to "Angel in the Fire" via Appalachia Record Co.
On "Angel in the Fire," Jessi adds, "Guys like Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings were hard to handle. I knew Lisa well and she is a wonderful human being, so I wrote this song for her." The single follows the previously released, psychedelic "Standing On The Edge of Forever," as well as a vibrant new arrangement of "I Wanna Be With You" (feat. Margo Price), each marking "a return to the classic sound of her days as one of the key figures in the Outlaw Country movement of the 1970s" (Garden & Gun).
Produced by Margo Price and mixed by Shooter Jennings, son of Jessi Colter and her late, longtime husband Waylon Jennings, Edge of Forever is an exalting culmination of the many touchstones that make up her storied and still-evolving career. Before recording the album, Colter wasn't sure if she would ever make another one, but together with Price's unbeatable live band, they laid down the whole thing over the course of several days in Nashville. Now, as her 13th studio LP and first since 2017's Lenny Kaye-produced The Psalms, Edge of Forever brings the start of a bright new chapter, featuring ten tracks that span the past decade and far beyond. With songs that Colter first wrote during the outlaw era's golden age, long-lost sheet music discovered in a briefcase, old favorites resurrected with timeless verve, scorching spirituals, honky-tonk hymns, and collaborations with her daughter, Jenni Eddy Jennings, the album further solidifies a legacy that needs no introduction.
As a GRAMMY Hall of Fame Award recipient and certified country star, she is the artist who brought outlaw music to the Top 40 with the chart-topping "I'm Not Lisa" in 1975, which has since been covered by Marianne Faithful, Faith Hill and more. She was the lone woman to appear on the genre-defining Wanted! The Outlaws compilation alongside Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Tompall Glaser – the first country album to go platinum. Her vision and voice have always remained singular, and as No Depression recently said, "When outlaw country royalty speaks, it's best to listen."
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