Trombone Shorty Shares Title Track From New Album Lifted 

LISTEN TO “LIFTED” HERE: https://tsoa.lnk.to/Lftd

March 11, 2022—Trombone Shorty has released the second preview of his highly anticipated new studio album, Lifted, out April 29 on Blue Note Records. “Lifted” is pure hard-charging funk, a song about love’s unrelenting grip delivered with huge guitars, sneering horns and a trombone solo for the ages.  

Listen to the title track here: https://tsoa.lnk.to/Lftd

For his first album in five years, the born-and-bred New Orleans musical icon and ambassador harnesses the raw power and exhilarating grooves of his legendary live shows, over ten tracks recorded at his own Buckjump Studio with producer Chris Seefried (Fitz and the Tantrums, Andra Day). Shorty and his bandmates crash through funk, soul and psychedelic rock with transcendent performances, set to bold songwriting that explores grit and determination in hard times. The album features special guests Gary Clark, Jr., Lauren Daigle, and the New Breed Brass Band. 

In February, he released the single “Come Back,” an infectious lovelorn plea over a hip-hop beat with hard rock energy. The music video features Trombone Shorty as he cruises the streets of New Orleans and the Treme neighborhood in a classic black Cadillac. Watch HERE.  

He also just rode on his own float during Mardi Gras, leading the Krewe of Freret parade and performed at the after-party gala dubbed “Shorty Gras.” He will have a big presence at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival next month, with a headlining show at the Saenger Theater on April 30. The following weekend he’ll close the festival with the hallowed final set that for years was performed by Dr. John, and Professor Longhair before that. Shorty will then bring his once-in-a-lifetime Voodoo Threaxdown tour featuring Tank & the Bangas, Big Freedia, George Porter, Dumpstaphunk, Cyril Neville, and The Soul Rebels across the U.S. this summer including NYC’s Central Park Summerstage on June 13. 

The album’s title and cover photo reference the relationship Troy had with his late mother, Lois Nelson Andrews. In dedicating the album to her memory he says, “She passed recently, but she continued to inspire me right up until she transitioned, and that’s why I put a picture of her holding me up at a second line on the cover of this album. She lifted me up my whole life.” 

Trombone Shorty (born Troy Andrews) is a native of New Orleans’ Tremé neighborhood and got his start earlier than most, performing at Jazz Fest with Bo Diddley at age four and leading his own brass band at six. Since 2010, he’s released four chart-topping studio albums; collaborated across genres with Pharrell, Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson, Foo Fighters, ZHU, Zac Brown, Normani, Ringo Star and countless others; played Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Newport Folk, Newport azz, and nearly every other major festival; appeared on dozens of tv shows, and at the star-studded Sesame Street Gala, where he was honored with his own muppet. The New York Times has called him an “unstoppable force,” who recently made a cameo on The Simpsons, was profiled by Vanity Fair in 2021 and has been featured in campaigns for Crown Royal and Folgers.