City of Gold follows Tuttle's acclaimed 2022 record, Crooked Tree, which won Best Bluegrass Album at the 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards and led NPR Music to call her, "a female flat picker extraordinaire with agility, speed and elegance who distinctively brings American roots music into the spotlight," adding that the album "marries the improvisatory solos of traditional bluegrass with singer-songwriter sophistication. "Produced by Tuttle and Jerry Douglas and recorded at Nashville's Sound Emporium Studios, City of Gold was inspired by Tuttle's constant touring with Golden Highway these past few years, during which they have grown together as musicians and performers, cohering as a band. These 13 tracks-mostly written by Tuttle and Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show)-capture the electric energy of band's live shows by highlighting each members' musical strengths. In addition to Tuttle and Secor, Mason Via also co-wrote "Down Home Dispensary," while Melody Walker and Shelby Means co-wrote "Next Rodeo."
Track Listing:
- Side 1 -
1 El Dorado
2 Where Did All the Wild Things Go?
3 San Joaquin
4 Yosemite
5 Next Rodeo
6 When My Race Is Run
- Side 2 -
1 Alice in the Bluegrass
2 Stranger Things
3 Down Home Dispensary
4 More Like a River
5 Goodbye Mary
6 Evergreen, Ok
7 The First Time I Fell in Love