Alecia Nugent. Photo by Ben De Rienzo

Burlington, MA – On May 12, Rounder Records will release Hillbilly Goddess, the new album by stunning vocalist Alecia Nugent. In the five short years since the release of Nugent’s debut CD, she has gone from being the toast of Hickory Grove, Louisiana to one of the most celebrated bluegrass & country singers across America’s heartland. Her first single, “Cryin’ All the Way to the Bank,” is currently holding down the #3 most played slot on Sirius XM’s Bluegrass Junction channel for the month of January.

Hillbilly Goddess, delivers on the promises of 2004’s Alecia Nugent and 2006’s A Little Girl…A Big Four-Lane with a confident collection of sassy barnburners and heart-rending ballads, all performed with smooth precision, gorgeous tone and unbridled exuberance. Featuring stellar support from Grammy^® winning producer Carl Jackson, duet partner Bradley Walker, J.D. Crowe, members of Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Blue Highway, The Dan Tyminski Band and The Infamous Stringdusters, Hillbilly Goddess is major step forward for one of the great new voices in American music.

Hillbilly Goddess includes a classic-sounding heartbreaker titled “The Writing’s All Over the Wall,” and, as before, Nugent proves she can rip through a zippy bluegrass romp with ease – the feisty-female “Wrecking the Train” and the tongue-in-cheek “Cryin’ All the Way to the Bank.” However, Hillbilly Goddess plows some new ground. Nugent digs into lyrics with more poetry, complexity and depth than ever before, particularly in the ballads “Wishin’ Hard,” “Already Home” and the delicately lovely “Don’t Tell Me.” Nugent also emerges as a songwriter on this album. In addition to her autobiographical “Nugent Family Band,” co-written with Dixie and Tom T. Hall, she was inspired to write the wry “Hillbilly Goddess” title tune with Carl Jackson and Sonya Kelly.

Track Listing:

1. Wreckin’ The Train
2. Don’t Tell Me
3. Hillbilly Goddess
4. Just Another Alice
5. The Last Greyhound
6. Cryin’ All The Way To The Bank
7. Dyin’ To Hold Her Again
8. Nugent Family Band
9. Wishin’ Hard
10. The Writing’s All Over The Wall (with Bradley Walker)
11. Already Home