Claire Lynch Band (L-R) Jason Thomas, Mark Schatz, Jim Hurst & Claire Lynch. Photo by Senor McGuire.

Burlington, MA – Claire Lynch, one of acoustic music’s most versatile singers, will release “Whatcha Gonna Do” September 8 on Rounder Records. A new Claire Lynch album does more than herald the arrival of a new collection of stellar vocals and tight, tasteful arrangements – each album also showcases Lynch’s remarkable taste in songs. “Whatcha Gonna Do” is no exception – it brims over with powerful songs, extraordinary vocals, and top-of-the-line musicianship.

“Whatcha Gonna Do” features four songs written or co-written by Lynch including “Highway,” written with Irene Kelley, “Face to Face,” written with Donna Ulisse, “Widow’s Weeds,” written with Jennifer Kimball, and the haunting “Woods of Sipsey,” which Lynch wrote for “Granny,” her grandmother-in-law, who taught her all about “genteel Southern living.” The album also includes Jesse Winchester’s “That’s What Makes You Strong,” delivered as a sultry duet between Lynch and the songwriter, the lovely “A Canary’s Song,” penned by Garth Brooks and Buddy Mondlock, and Bill Monroe’s classic “My Florida Sunshine,” which accentuates the “blue” in bluegrass.

Over the past two decades, Lynch has crafted one of the most instantly-identifiable sounds in acoustic music. Delicate and lilting, yet uplifting and rhythmically spry, Lynch’s style encompasses classic bluegrass and thoughtful infusions of contemporary folk, country, rock, and swing. She has twice been nominated for the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy^® Award, and was named 1997 Female Vocalist of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association (I.B.M.A.). As a songwriter, Lynch’s songs have been recorded by Kathy Mattea, Patty Loveless, and others, and she has performed as a backing/harmony vocalist with Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Patty Loveless, Pam Tillis, and others.

The Claire Lynch Band is Jim Hurst (guitar, banjo, mandolin, vocals), Mark Schatz (bass, clawhammer banjo) and Jason Thomas (fiddle, mandolin, vocals

“Whatcha Gonna Do” Track Listing

1. Great Day in the Mornin’
2. Highway
3. The Mockingbird’s Voice
4. Face to Face
5. That’s What Makes You Strong
6. Whatcha Gonna Do
7. Crazy Train
8. A Canary’s Song
9. My Florida Sunshine
10. Widows Weeds
11. Barbed Wire Boys
12. Woods of Sipsey