Taking to Instagram on Wednesday (4.29,) Keith Urban confirmed the June 12 release of Flow State, an album of his “all-time favorite” yacht rock songs.
What will be his thirteenth studio full length, the country music superstar explained that he’d been working on new music for a while, adding:
“Flow State started as a fun little project and somehow turned into a full-fledged album.” “It features 10 covers of some of my all-time favorite yacht rock songs, along with incredible collaborations with John Mayer and Little Big Town, PLUS one original track, We Go Back, with the legendary Michael McDonald.”
In addition to ‘We Go Back’ and the 1972 Seals and Crofts classic, ‘Summer Breeze,’ that are now available on streaming platforms, other tracks on his cover collection include ‘Steal Away,’ a version of Robbie Dupree’s 1980 song, and ‘Baby Come Back,’ the lead single from rock band Player’s 1977 debut.
In an interview with Extra ahead of the release, Urban recalled how record producer Dann Huff encouraged him to get back into the recording studio, explaining:
“It wasn’t a plan. I just bought a new studio and I wanted to just break it in and so we thought we’d do one or two yacht rock songs for fun and when we got to the end of the session on the first day, Dann Huff says, ‘You got any more?’ And I was like, ‘Maybe,'” the 58-year-old continued. “The record just kept growing and growing and we ended up with a whole album. The album had a life of its own.”
On Tuesday (4.28,), Keith Urban was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame Class of 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee, several months his divorce from Nicole Kidman was finalized.
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Author: Saul Goode
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