Luke Tyler Shelton - Blue Sky
- The 615 Hideaway
- Jul 18
- 2 min read
LUKE TYLER SHELTON FINDS RAREFIED MAGIC
ON DEBUT EP BLUE SKY
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Today, sonic wanderer and time traveler Luke Tyler Shelton releases his debut EP Blue Sky via Concord Records. Produced by Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker) and Jonathan Wilson (Father John Misty, Angel Olsen), Shelton’s debut body of work merges country-rock, folk-pop, and Southern soul into songs that immediately transport the audience into a state of enchanted ease. With a style informed by his DIY community that holds a mirror to the near-mythic creative hotbed of early-70s Laurel Canyon, Shelton calls back a faraway time in a distinctive soul-soothing, windows-down type of way — Stream Blue Sky.
After connecting with Jennings and Wilson, Shelton’s early music was recorded to tape with his close circle of friends at Wilson’s studio in the bohemian enclave of Topanga Canyon. Mixed by four-time Grammy-winner Trina Shoemaker (Sheryl Crow, Queens Of The Stone Age)—and also featuring Jennings’ longtime bandmate Ted Russell Kamp on bass and Wilson on drums, guitar, and Moog synth— Shelton’s debut EP achieves a certain rarefied magic, matching their exquisitely orchestrated sound with a free-flowing energy that instantly transfers onto the listener.
On today’s release, he shares, “‘Blue Sky’ is the title track and final single to be released as a part of my debut EP. I wrote it over two years ago and it’s still one of, if not my favorite song I’ve written so far. It’s one of few that I feel I wrote completely for myself, as I was going through a breakup and I think most people who listen to it have felt a similar type of relief that the song provided me during that time.”
Already this year, Shelton has spent time out on the road supporting The Dip and Joy Oladokun, as well as making his SXSW debut at Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion. He is currently playing a handful of shows with Ole 60, and will soon make appearances at FairWell Festival and Evanston Folk Festival. See all upcoming tour dates here and below.
UPCOMING TOUR DATES
July 18 - FairWell Festival - Redmond, Oregon
July 19 - Knitting Factory - Spokane, WA*
September 6-7 - Evanston Folk Festival - Evanston, IL
* supporting Ole 60
All tour info here
BLUE SKY TRACK LIST
“Anna”
“Feeling Always Down” — watch
“Love On My Mind” — watch
“A Bus Ain’t A Home”
“Where The West Begins”
“Hell Of A Ride”
“Blue Sky”
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