Artist: Frank Newsome
Hometown: Haysi, Virginia
Album: Gone Away with a Friend
Label:Ā Free Dirt Records
Release Date: June 29, 2018
In Their Words: āFrankās voice has to be heard to be believed. His a capella gospel singing will stir the soul of the believer and nonbeliever alike. Iāve seen it happen and felt it myself the first time I heard him and every time since. I donāt know of any voice that exists like his.ā ā Jim Lauderdale, producer
“We at Free Dirt have been fans of Frank Newsomeās singing for some time. Frankās deep Appalachian roots and utterly captivating voice hooked us all from the first listen. When Jon Lohman from Virginia Humanities got in touch some time ago to talk about how to spread Frank and his story out to more people, we knew we wanted to be involved. Weāve prided ourselves on releasing the bestāboth young and oldāof roots music and beyond for over 10 years now, and weāre thrilled to finally get a chance to help Frankās voice get heard by a wider audience.” – John Smith, Free Dirt Records
Photo credit: Morgan Miller