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Another Fast Song
- Released
- September 1, 2026
- Style
- Modern Bluegrass
- Record label
- Pennwords Creative
- Year
- 2026
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About the Song
"Another Fast Song" started with a simple question during a co-write: "What do you need for your next project, Casey?" I laughed and said, "I could always use another fast song in the set!” A light bulb went off, and we decided that sounded like a song title. Before long, we were writing it.
It was a joy bringing the idea to life with my co-writers, Jerry Salley and Brent Baxter, then heading into the studio with co-producer Chris Latham at The Gorilla's Nest to create a track that's every bit as energetic and fun as we imagined. We even added a blazing instrumental at the end to keep the momentum going.
Andy Leftwich, Byron House, and Tony Wray brought incredible musicianship to the recording and took it far beyond what I envisioned. I can't wait for everyone to hear "Another Fast Song.
Credits
- Songwriter
- Casey Lee Penn
- Lead Vocals
- Casey Penn
- Harmony Vocals
- Jerry Salley
- Andy Leftwich
- Fiddle
- Andy Leftwich
- Mandolin
Casey Penn
Award-winning songwriter and Bluegrass/Americana artist.
Based in Central Arkansas, Casey Penn is an Arkansas Country Music Award-nominated songwriter and a performing bluegrass artist. She has released three singles and a debut album (One Step Away / February 2023, Mountain Fever Records). Her third single from the album, "We Go Together Like a Guitar and a Fiddle," remained on the Bluegrass Unlimited Top 30 charts for seven months (peaking at #14), and her album graced the Top 15 Album Chart for Bluegrass Unlimited as well. The second single ("Little Lives," written by Carl Jackson and Lucinda Crosby) released in September 2022, and you can check it out here. Penn's first single for the label, "Chasing Rainbows," earned a spot on the Bluegrass Today’s Top 20 Song chart.
Penn is a former founding member of the Americana duo Lee Street Lyrical. Now dissolved, the band was signed to MFM’s Travianna Records and was a repeat ACMA nominee for Acoustic Act of the Year. Their release, “I’ll Never Be A Mountain Girl,” written by Penn and Irene Kelley, reached #8 on Bluegrass Today’s Weekly Grassicana chart (2021).
Past Albums With co-writer Rodger King, Penn won an Arkansas-wide songwriting competition hosted by Infrared Studios. As a result, the two produced and released a Spring/Summer 2016 LP, KINGPENN. Bluegrass Unlimited reviewer Bill Conger wrote of the album, "One of the greatest joys in reviewing CDs is the discovery of new music ... Penn’s cut-to-the-soul vocals are featured in several of the songs ... My favorite is the opening cut, 'Oceans (I Have Cried),' which won an honorable mention in the 2016 Hazel Dickens Bluegrass Songwriting Competition."
Songwriting Awards
Arkansas Songwriting Competition Winner with Rodger King for “Passing Time”
New Song Contest Winner 2022 Walnut Valley Festival Religious Category for “No More Tears”
2016 Hazel Dickens Songwriting Competition Honorable Mention for “Oceans” from KingPenn