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Get ready for the newest album from Adam Carroll.  His latest album, titled *I Walked In Them Shoes*, drops on April 12.  But first, for those readers not up on the artist in question, a bit of background.

# Adam Carroll
Adam Carroll is an artisanal singer-songwriter and musician from Tyler, Texas.  His resume includes eight previous releases.  His premiere platter, released in 2000, is titled *South of Town*.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNvc5APZEqc
 
His signature sound is a blend of Americana, country, and folk.  He has this sense of pretentious-free modesty that adds a quiet impact to his songs.  His work has been compared to such other artists as Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, and Guy Clark.    

# *I Walked In Them Shoes*
On his ninth and latest disc, *I Walked in Them Shoes*, Carroll leads the way on vocals, guitar, harmonica, keys, and harmonium.  He is backed only by producer Lloyd Maines (pedal steel, rhythm and slide guitars).  The album includes 10 tracks.

#  Track by track
This intimate and unpolished album opens on the titular [“Walked In Them Shoes.”](https://soundcloud.com/adam-1-1/walked-in-them-shoes-1)  Co-composed with his friend Brian Rung and Americana up-and-comer Paul Cauthen, it’s an effective, simple song about an act who has been through a lot and is too spot on to not be at least a bit biographical.  The second selection is “Caroline”  which is a pretty piece co-composed with Rung. 

 
“Storms” is perfect for a cold, rainy night.  Despite a few outdated and political references the song still works well.  Musical metaphors from a partisan player?  Who cares?  Again, it works and is not overly obvious.

["Crescent City Angels,"](https://soundcloud.com/polished-steel/adam-carroll-crescent-city-angels) is a calm, quiet, cut with clever moments.  It was co-written with his wife and preferred duet-partner Chris Carroll and Michael O'Connor.  It’s perhaps inspired by some of the same sources as some of his previous work including his last release, 2014's *Let It Choose You*. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMvVBymhQGU    

“Iris And The Lonesome Stranger” Is a troubled tuneful tale.  It demonstrates what Carroll can do as a solo songwriter.  It’s followed by “This Old Garage.”  It’s a seemingly autobiographical offering again showing what Carroll can do as a solo composer.

"Cordelia" somehow sounds like a pub song.  It’s also a love song for his wife.  It’s also in part by the book “Entering the Heart of the Buddha” by a Buddhist monk named Thich Nhat Hanh.

"My Only Good Shirt", a tuneful tribute track written for Maines.  It has a touch of fun to it and contains some familiar elements.  His signature sound remains both solid and consistent.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIGOtT7itxE


In fact, it carries over into “The Last Word” which was actually co-written with Dustin Welch and Halleyanna Finlay Welch.    

[“Night At The Show”](https://soundcloud.com/adam-1-1/night-at-the-show-1) is another tuneful tribute.  This one is to the late Kent Finlay.  Finlay is the former owner of the popular San Marcos, Texas, songwriter’s hangout and honky-tonk known as the Cheatham Street Warehouse. It’s a fairly eloquent album endnote.  


Overall, the audio offerings herein come off as somehow both personal and nigh universal.  It’s a great trick if not a requirement for any successful songwriter.  So check out Adam Carroll’s *I Walked In Them Shoes* and then you can have “The Last Word.”        
 
*(All media courtesy of original owners)*