Sturgill Simpson to Release New Bluegrass Album, “Cuttin’ Grass,” On Friday, Oct. 16th

Exciting news for Sturgill Simpson fans!

He is set to release a new 20-song bluegrass album, Cuttin’ Grass: Vol 1 – The Butcher Shoppe Sessions, on Friday, Oct. 16th.

Sturgill revealed the news via Instagram with the album cover: “Welp,..was hoping to surprise everybody on Thursday but somebody somewhere (Germany) got all excited and just couldn’t hold their horses. Anyway,..’Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1 – The Butcher Shoppe Sessions’ dropping 10/16 (midnight Thursday). And yes,..this is actually the album cover.”

Cuttin’ Grass consists of 20 songs from Sturgill’s past catalog, which have been redone as bluegrass songs.  ‘Cuttin’ Grass’ was produced by David Ferguson, and features Mark Howard (banjo), Scott Vestal (banjo), Mike Bub (bass), Sierra Hull (vocals/mandolin), Tim O’Brien (vocals/guitar), Miles Miller (vocals/snare) and Stuart Duncan (fiddle).