Darrell Scott Releases New Covers Album: The New Modern Hymns

Today brings us Darrell Scott's new album The New Modern Hymns. The album features 13 covers, with songs by Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot, John Hartford, Guy Clark, Hoyt Axton, and more.

These songs were originally released on Darrell's Modern Hymns album of 2007, but this is the first time they are available digitally. This reissued version adds a cover of Cat Stevens' "I Want To Live In A Wigwam," a song that has been missing since it was recorded in 2004.

There is a stellar lineup of guest vocalists on this new album, including Del McCoury, Allison Krauss, The Fisk Jubilee Singers, Tim O’Brien, Mary Gauthier, John Cowan, Odessa Settles, Jonelle Mosser and Kathy Chiavola.

“‘The New Modern Hymns’ is a recording I am very proud of for the great songs, the great singers and musicians who helped make it so. Where the sum is greater than the parts and the parts are acoustic music's best.” - Darrell Scott

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Listen to The New Modern Hymns here.

To hear the stories behind these songs, tune in to Darrell's monthly music series, New Moon New Music. Watch the latest episode here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDJUOQCLUbQ