Release date: February 2, 2024 on all major digital platforms

Watch the music videos: Woman in the Window | Messages from the Grave | Right On

Songwriter, vocalist, and guitar slinger, Phil Gammage is a Texas-born and raised artist who now resides in New York. His new album Redeemed, is a robust collection of Americana songs as diverse and heart-felt as the genre itself. Twisting from railroad cars, endless roads, and the folklore of 20th century America, the album draws inspiration from Phil’s life as a musician, historian, and fiction writer.

Standout songs include the pop flavored “Good Place” and title track “Redeemed”, the country tinged “Right On” and “Johnny Lee”, and the bluesy “Serious Trouble” and “Woman in the Window”.

In addition a new music video “Redeemed” (from the album’s title track) has been announced and will premiere in February. It will join music videos for three other album tracks “Woman in the Window”, “Right On”, and “Messages from the Grave”. These were all premiered in the past year.

Gammage continued his collaboration with other creatives and co-wrote many of the album’s songs with prolific Hudson Valley poet David B. Schell. The result is a greater diversity in the lyrical themes that comprise the album.

“I’ve always enjoyed and had success working with poets and lyricists going back to my days collaborating with Parker Dulany in the New York post-punk band Certain General. David is an amazingly prolific writer, and I actually can pick and choose which poems of his I feel will work best with the music I write. But ultimately the deciding factor when considering a poem for a song’s lyrics is how well I can sing the words.”

Phil selected to record a classic song from the American songbook — “Prisoner of Love” a song written in the 1930s and recorded by a wide range of artists including James Brown and Perry Como. Gammage’s version captures an element of drama not often found in contemporary music. Phil emotes the feelings of a tortured soul in his interpretation of this standard.

“Recording a body of songs that eventually make up a collection (album) always takes on a life of it’s own at a certain point. When that happens the theme and vibe of the album almost defines itself … not so much by the artist. I think the artist has to be intuitive as to what is working and what is not.”

Redeemed was recorded in New York at various studios over a period of one year and was produced by Gammage. Phil enlisted the talents of New York’s greatest musicians to contribute to the recordings.

Michael Fox – drums, Jeff Gordon – bass; Johnny Young – keyboards; Brian ‘Bobo’ Hack – guitar; David Fleming – harmonica; Joe Nieves and Lizzie Edwards – back ground vocals. And Phil Gammage – lead and background vocals, guitars, harmonica, marimba, keyboards.

All songs written by Gammage / Schell except “Phil’s Boogie” (Gammage) and “Prisoner of Love” (Russ Columbo, Leo Robin, and Clarence Gaskill).

Basic tracks recorded at 30 Below Studio NY, NY. Engineered by Brent McLachlan, Tony Mann, and Phil Gammage. “Johnny Lee” mixed by Tony Mann. Photography by David B. Schell. Cover design PreFab International Cine.