Old Crow Medicine Show will release their next full-length studio album, Union Made, on June 5 through Hartland Records via Firebird Music. Produced by longtime bandmember Morgan Jahnig and recorded in their own East Nashville studio, Union Made is said to “find the group reflecting upon the people, places and stories of a country on the brink of its 250th birthday.”
The LP’s first single, “My Side of the Mountain,” was co-written by Old Crow frontman Ketch Secor, his wife—noted musician Molly Tuttle—and country star Luke Combs. The track also features appearances by Tuttle and bluegrass greats Del McCoury and Ronnie McCoury.
“Molly Tuttle and I got together with Luke Combs to write this song,” Secor said in a statement. “Both Luke and I owe a lot to the scenic town of Boone, high in the hills of westernmost North Carolina where the song is set. Another musician with deep roots in the area is bluegrass legend Del McCoury. ‘My Side of the Mountain’ celebrates the distinct culture and sound of the Appalachian people of WNC, some of our country’s most self-reliant folk. This song is for them.”
Union Made features contributions from a number of other notable names as well, including Maggie Rose, Turnpike Troubadours’ Evan Felker, Jesse Welles, John Carter Cash and Ana Cristina Cash.
“This is a fascinating time in our short history as a nation,” Secor added in his album announcement statement. “We wanted to meet that moment by collecting a bunch of songs that speak to the joys and potentials, the rights and the wrongs of where we are today, where we’re going, and what can embolden us to have a more perfect union in the future. There are wonderful, ghostly American sounds that only bands steeped in folk music traditions know how to conjure, and it seems like an important time for those voices to be heard.”
The new release follows Old Crow’s first-ever holiday album, 2025’s OCMS XMAS, and Secor’s solo debut, The Story the Crow Told Me, which was also released last year. Old Crow Medicine Show also recently announced the first-ever vinyl release of their 2006 sophomore album Big Iron World, remastered by producer David Rawlings. The band has been on the road this year performing the album in full for their Back to the Roots Tour, culminating in a main stage performance at Merlefest this weekend.