Brit Taylor writes like someone who has lived the story she’s telling, and “Around and Around” is proof. The Eastern Kentucky songwriter’s latest single takes on the American rat race with Appalachian fiddle, 90s country radio energy, and the kind of vivid, hook-driven storytelling that makes you feel like you already know the person at the centre of it. “She’s questioning all of it,” Taylor says of the song’s main character. “I always felt like there was something else out there calling me.” That authenticity runs through every line.
“Around and Around” is the latest single from ‘Land of the Forgotten,’ Taylor’s 11-song album out now via RidgeTone Records and distributed through Thirty Tigers. Produced by her husband Adam Chaffins, who knows her musical strengths better than anyone, and co-written alongside perpetual collaborator Adam Wright, the record is a collection of tightly written, hook-driven songs that centre on the working class with both warmth and honesty. Holler praised “Around and Around” for its “storytelling depth and fiddle-driven Appalachian spirit,” and the full album delivers on that promise across every track.
Taylor’s perspective on the material is refreshingly grounded. “I think it puts a light-hearted spin on some of the tougher things about life,” she says. “Not to make light of difficult times, but to remind us 2 things can exist at one time, and not to forget to take a look at the bright side too.” That balance, between the weight of where you’re from and the gratitude for what it shaped in you, is what makes ‘Land of the Forgotten’ feel genuinely special rather than simply earnest.
RidgeTone Records, the newly formed label in support of Appalachian talent based in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, launches with Taylor as one of its defining voices. That context matters. This is music rooted in a specific place and community, made by someone with real love and compassion for both. This summer, Taylor takes the road west supporting Nitty Gritty Dirt Band across 8 dates through June.
‘Land of the Forgotten’ Tracklist:
Broke No More
All For Sale
Warning You Whiskey
Done Pretending
Land of the Forgotten
Lately I’ve Been Thinkin’
Queen Of Fools
Around and Around
Crazy Leaf
Bars Closing
Bird of Prey
2026 Tour Dates:
June 5 – Dodge City, KS – United Wireless Arena & Boot Hill Conference Center*
June 6 – Omaha, NE – The Astro*
June 7 – Rapid City, SD – The Monument*
June 9 – Jackson, WY – Jackson Hole Center for the Arts*
June 10 – Jackson, WY – Jackson Hole Center for the Arts*
June 11 – Helena, MT – Helena Civic Center*
June 13 – Billings, MT – Alberta Bair Theater*
June 14 – Sandy, UT – Sandy Amphitheater*
*Supporting Nitty Gritty Dirt Band