Adam Wright Unveils “Fiercely Smart” (WMOT) Four-Part Solo Album, Nature Of Necessity - Out Now
Watch Live Acoustic Performance Of Wistful Album Closer “Weeds” HERE
“The Poet Laureate Of Music Row”
(The Bluegrass Situation)
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September 25, 2025: GRAMMY-nominated Nashville songwriter Adam Wright has unveiled his epic four-part solo project Nature of Necessity. The sweeping 18-track collection, deemed “a masterpiece” (WMOT), finds Wright stepping out of the writer’s room and into the spotlight. Bringing his “richly crafted melodies” (Billboard) and intricate storytelling to the forefront, the album is Wright’s most ambitious and personal body of work to date, marking a culmination of years spent sharpening his craft. Wright is “a poet whose medium is best set to music” - read more about Nature of Necessity via The Bluegrass Situation / Good Country here: https://thebluegrasssituation.com/read/is-adam-wright-the-poet-laureate-of-music-row/
Nature of Necessity has been unveiled in four parts ahead of its release with Side One, Side Two and Side Three. Today, Wright has revealed the final Side Four to complete the full collection, along with a live acoustic performance of album closer “Weeds.” The track, which features Lee Ann Womack on background vocals, is “a provincial waltz from the perspective of a farmer who reckons ‘somewhere up yonder in the great everlasting’ might lie the only meadow free of impurity,” says Wright.
Watch the live performance video of “Weeds” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svyU7eRvYRE.
Listen to Nature of Necessity here: https://music.empi.re/natureofnecessity
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Nature of Necessity is produced by Frank Liddell (Miranda Lambert, Lee Ann Womack) and recorded by Mike McCarthy, and mixed by Anna Liddell at East Iris in Nashville, TN with renowned musicians Glenn Worf on bass (Mark Knopfler) and Matt Chamberlain on drums (Fiona Apple). When it comes to the story behind the upcoming album, Wright says: “The story is there is no story. I didn’t get sober. There was no breakup. I didn’t awaken to some new awareness. I’m just a lyric junkie with a melody addiction. And this is rock bottom.”
A songwriter’s songwriter, Adam Wright has penned songs for Garth Brooks, Brandy Clark, Sierra Hull, Alan Jackson, Randy Newman, Lee Ann Womack, Hailey Whitters and more. Hailed as a “wildly brilliant genius” by Robert Earl Keen and “one of the best of the best songwriters and storytellers there is” by Buddy Miller, Wright is a lyrical force to be reckoned with. “Even if you don't know Adam Wright's name, you almost certainly know his songs,” says The Tennessean.
Recent highlights include a collaboration with Parker McCollum on his self-titled album, which came out this June, and supporting Robert Earl Keen at Texas’ legendary Gruene Hall. This fall, Wright will celebrate release with a Songwriter Session at the Country Music Hall of Fame, performances at Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe and more. For more info please see below and visit https://www.adamwrightsongs.com/.
Tour Dates:
September 27 - Pilgrimage Peach Jam - Franklin, TN #
October 2 - Bluebird Cafe - Nashville, TN
October 9 - Bluebird Cafe - Nashville, TN
October 17 - Balsam Mountain Inn - Silva, NC *
October 18 - The Down Home - Johnson City, TN *
November 7 - Bluebird Cafe - Nashville, TN
November 22 - Country Music Hall of Fame, Songwriter Session - Nashville, TN
January 31 - Newnan Cultural Arts Songwriting Festival - Newman, GA
February 20-21 - Mockingbird at The Peace Center - Greenville, SC ^
June 4 - WUWF RadioLive - Pensacola, FL
# with Ben Chapman and Friends
* with Thomm Jutz & Ed Snodderly
^ with Maia Sharp
Nature of Necessity Tracklist:
1. Yellow Bird
2. Eternally East
3. Crawlspace
4. Music of Life
5. Whisper Gold
6. Motorblood
7. Mark of The Jester
8. Warm Wind
9. Dreamer and The Realist
10. All The Texas
11. Crack Down The Middle
12. Daughters of Memory
13. Leonardo
14. Heaven When I Die
15. Apprentice To The Draper
16. Friends Who Didn’t Live Long Enough
17. You Were Right and I Was Wrong
18. Weeds
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About Adam Wright
Adam Wright’s songs are deeply rooted in the lives of people. A true singer-songwriter, Wright breathes life into his characters so vividly that you’d need a series of novels to fully tell their stories. A self-proclaimed bookworm with a fondness for classic literature, Wright quips, “I probably should’ve just written short stories instead of playing music. It would’ve been easier on my fingers.”
From heart-wrenching ballads like “So You Don’t Have to Love Me Anymore” (recorded by Alan Jackson, which earned a Grammy nomination for Best Country Song) to raw, defiant tracks like “All The Trouble” (recorded by Lee Ann Womack and nominated for both a Grammy and an Americana Music Association Song of the Year award), Wright has proven himself a master of the art of songwriting. His work has been recorded by Nashville heavyweights like Jackson, Womack, Garth Brooks, and Trisha Yearwood, alongside renowned artists such as Brandy Clark, Robert Earl Keen, and Bruce Robison. Wright has also contributed numerous songs to bluegrass bands like Lonesome River Band and Balsam Range, earning IBMA Song of the Year nominations for each.
Yet his solo albums carve out a distinct, deeply personal path that doesn’t always align with his collaborations. Across his solo releases to date, all but one song has been written solely by Wright. While this level of self-reliance isn’t uncommon in the singer-songwriter world, it’s rare in Nashville’s Music Row. From the playful optimism of "I Win" (which AP writer Steve Wine called "the antidote to 2020") to the haunting beauty of Dust, Wright’s songwriting voice remains consistent—a testament to his unwavering dedication to his craft.
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