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Todd Adelman - Western Soul (double album vinyl)
From Odyssey Magazine:
Western Soul is exactly what it sounds like—a dusty, warm-hearted, road-worn collection of songs that blend country, rock, and roots in a way that feels both deeply familiar and strikingly new. It’s the kind of record that doesn’t care about trends or algorithms. It’s about people. Pain. Memory. Survival. It’s the slow-burn, late-night conversation version of a protest album—less slogans, more questions; less noise, more soul.
From Americana UK:
‘Western Soul’ makes the perfect accompaniment to today. An experienced singer, songwriter, producer, and engineer, Adelman has sculpted out the sound of America on ‘Western Soul’ and seems to have captured where its old spirit sits in a contemporary world.”
From Ink 19:
Chock-full of soul and spirit, Western Soul is unpretentious and a bit raw — two qualities that combine to make it an excellent album.
Todd Adelman’s 2025 release Western Soul, is a fourteen-song prescription for what ails The American Dream. It’s as if Adelman has checked the vitals, extracted a little blood & scrutinized our diet of political chaos, rampant illness & overwhelming violence & recommended something honest & straight from the gut. Western Soul is a batch of songs borne right out of the American Songwriting Tradition. An homage & a tribute to all those great records we know & love & feel like have been with us from the start. Like the mythical country singer Bad Blake says, “that’s the way it is with the good ones, you’re sure you’ve heard ‘em before”. &, like his predecessors, Petty & Kristofferson & Prine, Adelman is a Keeper of the Keys. An honest Rock ‘n’ Roller. A Country Gentleman. A Storyteller. Straight to the heart. Without pretension or meanness, just an interest in writing a song. A good one. & that’s what Adelman does over & over again.
Adelman recorded Western Soul, straight to tape with the help of some choice friends. The record was produced by Woodstock Producer/Musician Danny Blume with production assistance given to bassist Taras Prodaniuk and guitarist Doug Pettibone. Veteran Jim Christie joins them on the drums. Both Christie & Prodaniuk have played with: Dwight Yoakum, Lucinda Williams & Merle Haggard. Pettibone has played with Lucinda Williams, Zucchero, Marianne Faithful and Vic Chestnut to name a few. Throw in some Woodstock locals such as Larry Campbell, John Medeski, Pete Rubens, Tony Garnier, and Brian Mitchell & you have quite a stew.
From Odyssey Magazine:
Western Soul is exactly what it sounds like—a dusty, warm-hearted, road-worn collection of songs that blend country, rock, and roots in a way that feels both deeply familiar and strikingly new. It’s the kind of record that doesn’t care about trends or algorithms. It’s about people. Pain. Memory. Survival. It’s the slow-burn, late-night conversation version of a protest album—less slogans, more questions; less noise, more soul.
From Americana UK:
‘Western Soul’ makes the perfect accompaniment to today. An experienced singer, songwriter, producer, and engineer, Adelman has sculpted out the sound of America on ‘Western Soul’ and seems to have captured where its old spirit sits in a contemporary world.”
From Ink 19:
Chock-full of soul and spirit, Western Soul is unpretentious and a bit raw — two qualities that combine to make it an excellent album.
Todd Adelman’s 2025 release Western Soul, is a fourteen-song prescription for what ails The American Dream. It’s as if Adelman has checked the vitals, extracted a little blood & scrutinized our diet of political chaos, rampant illness & overwhelming violence & recommended something honest & straight from the gut. Western Soul is a batch of songs borne right out of the American Songwriting Tradition. An homage & a tribute to all those great records we know & love & feel like have been with us from the start. Like the mythical country singer Bad Blake says, “that’s the way it is with the good ones, you’re sure you’ve heard ‘em before”. &, like his predecessors, Petty & Kristofferson & Prine, Adelman is a Keeper of the Keys. An honest Rock ‘n’ Roller. A Country Gentleman. A Storyteller. Straight to the heart. Without pretension or meanness, just an interest in writing a song. A good one. & that’s what Adelman does over & over again.
Adelman recorded Western Soul, straight to tape with the help of some choice friends. The record was produced by Woodstock Producer/Musician Danny Blume with production assistance given to bassist Taras Prodaniuk and guitarist Doug Pettibone. Veteran Jim Christie joins them on the drums. Both Christie & Prodaniuk have played with: Dwight Yoakum, Lucinda Williams & Merle Haggard. Pettibone has played with Lucinda Williams, Zucchero, Marianne Faithful and Vic Chestnut to name a few. Throw in some Woodstock locals such as Larry Campbell, John Medeski, Pete Rubens, Tony Garnier, and Brian Mitchell & you have quite a stew.