Sam Outlaw - one of Los Angeles's only modern country artists - was presented with the International Album of the Year Award for his acclaimed, Ry and Joachim Cooder produced debut album 'Angeleno' at the UK Americana Awards 2017. Tenderheart, is his much anticipated sophomore LP. The 13-track collection of originals was recorded in the San Fernando Valley and co-produced by Outlaw alongside Martin Pradler. Outlaw enlisted many of the same musicians that made his first album, 2015's 'Angeleno,' an undisputed breakthrough and one of the best-reviewed debuts of that year: harmony singer Molly Jenson, pedal steel pro Jeremy Long and guitarist Danny Garcia, along with Taylor Goldsmith (Dawes) and Bo Koster (My Morning Jacket). In addition, 'Tenderheart' features local mariachi group Erwin Vasquez and Mariachi Teocuitatlan. Outlaw offers an extraordinary refinement of the artistic identity laid out on 'Angeleno'. Sonically, the album elaborates on his SoCal Country sound: a sun-bleached, Baja-influenced twang that deftly points to country's neo-traditionalists and LA's legendary singer-songwriters. Thematically, 'Tenderheart' is a thesis on self-discovery and the power of love "- Outlaw meditates on his own conflicted quest for peace amidst the chaos of his chosen path".
April 2017
