Wrong Again by Ags Connolly

Wrong Again is Ags Connolly’s third studio album, following on from his highly-acclaimed offerings How About Now (2014) and Nothin’ Unexpected (2017). The traditional country singer-songwriter from Oxfordshire took the reins on this latest effort, producing the album
with a team of London-based musicians in the peaceful and intimate surroundings of Woodworm Studios in his home county. Ags also enlisted the expert help of accordionist Michael Guerra (The Mavericks) and fiddle player Eamon McLoughlin (Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell), both of whom had graced his previous album.
Alongside Ags’ trademark honky tonk shuffles, drinking songs and barroom ballads, Wrong Again delves once more into Tex-Mex/south-of-the-border flavours while entering some new territory in the lively western swing closer ‘Sad Songs Forever’. Meanwhile, the one
cover on the album is a swelling, earthy imagining of Gordon Lightfoot’s classic ‘Early Morning Rain’. Whilst perhaps not a concept album in the accepted sense, Wrong Again does feature recurring themes: miles covered in cars and planes, the lone existence of the protagonist, the spectre of Austin, Texas – all gathered in the unforgiving shadow of lost love. These undercurrents tie the songs to each other and ultimately form a very personal record of the period in which they were written.
Described as “a national treasure” by Europe’s biggest-selling country music magazine, Country Music People, Ags Connolly has built a reputation over the last few years as an uncompromising country traditionalist in the UK and beyond, having also headlined shows
across the US and Europe. In an era when the pop and rock incarnations of country music are enjoying a surge of popularity in the UK, Ags continues to defend the last outpost of the genre’s traditional roots. Wrong Again is another defiant offering in this vein, whilst also
once again showcasing the high songwriting and lyrical standards Ags’ music has come to be known for.

Tracklist

1.	I'll Say When	3:31

2.	The Meaning of the Word	3:02

3.	Lonely Nights in Austin	2:58

4.	Wrong Again (You Lose a Life)	3:08

5.	Say It Out Loud	5:05

6.	What Were You Gonna Do About It	3:31

7.	Indian Sign	3:45

8.	Early Morning Rain	4:37

9.	Then and Now	4:42

10.	Sad Songs Forever	3:21

Credits

released November 1, 2019

All songs written by Ags Connolly except 'Early Morning Rain' written by Gordon Lightfoot and published by WB Music Corp o/b/o Moose Music

Produced by Ags Connolly

Ags Connolly – vocals, acoustic guitar
Rob Updegraff – electric guitars, nylon string guitar
Anna Robinson – bass, vocals
Robert Pokorny – drums
Joe Harvey-Whyte – pedal steel guitar
Michael Guerra – accordion
Eamon McLoughlin – fiddle

Engineered and mixed by Stuart Jones at Woodworm Studios, Oxfordshire

Mastered by Garry Boyle at Slate Room Studio, Scotland

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