WILLIE NELSON’S GRAMMY®-NOMINATED COUNTRY MUSIC ALBUM RETURNS TO VINYL

March 10, 2026
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Craft Recordings and HighTone Records are proud to kick off the year with a standout album from one of the greatest names in the Americana genre, Willie Nelson. Originally released in 2010 and helmed by esteemed producer T Bone Burnett, the GRAMMY®-nominated album, Country Music, finds the iconic artist putting his distinctive touch on 15 country standards, including Hank Williams’ “House of Gold,” Ernest Tubb’s “Seaman’s Blues,” Merle Travis’ “Dark as a Dungeon,” as well as his very own 1959 single, “Man with the Blues.”

Aptly titled Country Music, Nelson’s 2010—his first for Rounder Records—found him returning to Nashville to interpret the foundational tunes that inspired him. “They’re all really good songs that I grew up singing,” Nelson told CMT of the tracklist. Speaking to The Boot, he added that the material “speaks to you in a lot of ways and you feel it move you. You cry or laugh; when you have those kinds of emotions, when a song brings them out, it’s pretty safe to say this is a great song.”

Released in April 2010, Country Music proved to be another success for Nelson. In addition to debuting at No.4 on Billboard’s Country Albums chart and No.20 on the Billboard 200, it earned a GRAMMY nomination for Best Americana Album. It was also met with broad critical acclaim from the likes of Paste, Q, Billboard, No Depression, and American Songwriter, which hailed Country Music as “Willie at his finest.” Slant Magazine called the album “an essential addition to Nelson’s rich catalogue,” while The Los Angeles Times declared it to be “deeply satisfying.” PopMatters praised, “This is easily the new millennium’s most effective showcase of the gifts that Nelson’s reputation rests upon. It…remind[s] us that there’s no one like Willie Nelson.”  

Tracklist

  1. Man With The Blues 
  2. Seaman’s Blues 
  3. Dark As A Dungeon 
  4. Gotta Walk Alone 
  5. Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down 
  6. My Baby’s Gone 
  7. Freight Train Boogie 
  8. Satisfied Mind 
  9. You Done Me Wrong 
  10. Pistol Packin’ Mama 
  11. Ocean Of Diamonds 
  12. Drinking Champagne 
  13. I Am A Pilgrim 
  14. House Of Gold 
  15. Nobody’s Fault But Mine