Cowboy Junkies release ‘Sing In My Meadow – The Nomad Series Volume 3’, the third album in the four volume Nomad Series on October 17th.

Cowboy Junkies’ Michael Timmins explains: “The idea behind ‘Sing In My Meadow’ was to create an album that referenced an aspect of our live performances that we don’t dig into very much in our studio recordings. We wanted the album to revolve around those psychedelic, blues-inspired forays we are so fond of exploring on stage. So this past February the live band (the four of us plus Jeff Bird) gathered in our studio to record all of these songs over a four day period. We approach them all live-off-the-floor: nasty and dirty and disturbing the cold winter’s nights peace. We tried to channel Miles at the Isle of Wight, deep in his Bitches Brew phase; Captain Beefheart and his Mirror Man psychoses; The Birthday Party live at the Electric Ballroom circa 1981 (Margo, Al and I were in that audience); Neil and Crazy Horse in the back room at SIR….overdriven and thick with electricity.”

The first volume ‘Renmin Park’ and second ‘Demons: A Tribute To Vic Chesnutt’ have already been released to critical acclaim and to follow is fourth volume ‘The Wilderness’, a full album of new songs, some of which (“Angel In The Wilderness,” “Fairytale,” “The Confession of Georgie E”) the band has already introduced on stage. Michael sums up the band’s motivation for taking on such a massive project quite simply. “The main reason for wanting to do it,” he says, “is that, as we steam through our twenty-fifth year, we feel that we have the energy and inspiration to pull it off.”

Cowboy Junkies are now blasting forward with unprecedented determination. The Nomad Series may mark a new and distinct chapter in the band’s remarkable history, but it is certainly consistent with their process and vision. “One of the things we’ve done that has never changed,” Margo says, “is we’ve always made music the way it felt good to us. We never wondered, ‘How will this be received?’ or ‘Is this what’s happening?’ We’ve changed as musicians, but we never changed our attitude and approach. The music has continued to satisfy all of us. That’s why we’re still together.”