Jobi Riccio Previews New Album with Gritty Single “Buzzkill”
LISTEN HERE / WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO HERE
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January 21, 2026 - Today, Nashville-via-Colorado songwriter Jobi Riccio returns with “Buzzkill,” a sharp-edged and self-assured new single that captures the tension between self-awareness and self-acceptance. Driven by distorted guitar and a more electric palette than her previous work, the track finds Riccio confronting the instinct to shrink herself in social spaces, and choosing not to.
Co-produced by Riccio, Isaiah Beard, and Jesse Timm, “Buzzkill” pairs dry wit with emotional clarity, delivered with a gruffer edge that lands somewhere between Courtney Barnett’s deadpan candor and Waxahatchee’s full-throated twang. “I don’t want to be the guy at the party / Who makes you sorry / You decided to go,” she sings, pushing back against people-pleasing impulses and the pressure to soften difficult feelings for the comfort of others.
“‘Buzzkill’ is a punk-inspired story of extended adolescence and transitioning into your mid to late twenties,” says Riccio. “My adult life didn't start with the bang I had anticipated when my graduation coincided with a pandemic. It was easy to angst out about not living the movie version of what I thought my life should be at that point, while simultaneously not having much of the financial security my parents' generation had. I needed to process and accept that sometimes life sucks, but that it’s not because of anything I did or didn’t do.”
Listen to “Buzzkill” HERE, and watch the official music video HERE. The single offers an early glimpse at Riccio’s upcoming album, due later this year, which continues her evolution beyond the folk and country roots of her acclaimed debut album Whiplash. “Buzzkill” follows previous singles “Wildfire Season,” which Ann Powers deemed “protest music at its finest” in NPR Music’s “Best Songs of 2025” list, and “The Ridge.”
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Since her debut, Riccio has steadily built an impressive résumé, earning the John Prine Songwriters Fellowship Award at the Newport Folk Festival, receiving an Americana Honors & Awards nomination for Emerging Artist of the Year, making her Grand Ole Opry debut, appearing on CBS Saturday, and touring with Lucius, Jason Isbell, Iron & Wine and more.
Riccio will join John Craigie for a run of Colorado tour dates in February, followed by a performance aboard the Cayamo Cruise 2026 this March. Please see all announced tour dates below, and visit https://www.jobiriccio.com/ for more information.
Jobi Riccio 2026 Tour Dates
February 11 - Ridgway, CO - Sherbino Theater
February 12 - Buena Vista, CO - The Ivy Ballroom
February 13 & 14 - Basalt, CO - TACAW - The Arts Campus At Willits
February 15 - Steamboat Springs, CO - Strings on the Mountain
March 7 - Hendersonville, NC - 1898 Waverly Inn
March 13 - Miami, FL - Cayamo Cruise 2026
For more information, please contact Taylor Perry (tperry@shorefire.com).