38 albums in and Jim Lauderdale sounds more energized than ever. The recent Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee delivers ‘Country Super Hits Volume 2,’ a 13-track honky-tonk statement loaded with pedal steel, country piano, and telecasters that finds one of Nashville’s most beloved and prolific songwriters leaning hard into the American music spectrum he’s spent decades defining. “I feel like I’m writing and recording more than ever, and that’s such a favorite thing of mine,” he says. No constraints, no limits, just pure Jim Lauderdale.
Lead single “Everybody’s Got A Problem” captures the album’s spirit with disarming simplicity. “One thing we all have in common,” Lauderdale describes it. The opening verse sets the table plainly: “Everybody’s got a problem / Most have more than just one / There’s no easy way to solve ’em / Or they already would be done.” The payoff comes in the refrain, tight harmonies delivering a genuinely comforting realization: “It helps to know you’re not alone with what you’re going through.” Simple, true, and purely Jim Lauderdale.
‘Country Super Hits Volume 2’ follows his 2006 album of a similar name, 2 decades apart but cut from the same cloth. Since his major label debut in 1991, Lauderdale has released 37 albums under his name, each one reflecting the same unwavering commitment to craft and storytelling that has made him a fixture of Nashville’s finest rooms and stages. This record is no different, universal stories told in a singular voice, with an ace band that knows exactly how to serve the songs.
The touring schedule that accompanies the album is equally ambitious. Lauderdale plays a string of intimate US dates before heading to Europe this summer and fall, opening and closing the season alongside Emmylou Harris across major concert halls in the UK, Netherlands, Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Belgium. Regular appearances at Nashville’s Skinny Dennis run throughout the year. For a songwriter who says he has no constraints and nothing limiting what he can do, the calendar reflects exactly that freedom.
‘Country Super Hits Volume 2’ Tracklist:
I’ve Still Got You
People Get Hurt Sometimes
Hope Springs Eternal
You Had To Be There
Artificial Intelligence
I’m Waggin’ My Tail
Everybody’s Got A Problem
While We Learn To Break Each Others Hearts
Neighbors
I Can’t Get Around It
You’re My Honest To Goodness
Making A Believer Out Of Me
We Don’t See You Anymore
2026 Tour Dates:
April 23 – Wilkesboro, NC – Wilkes Community College
May 2 – Pinewood, SC – Wildlife Education Center
May 4 – Nashville, TN – Skinny Dennis
May 11 – Liverpool, ENG – Royal Liverpool Philharmonic*
May 13 – Birmingham, ENG – Symphony Hall*
May 15 – Bristol, ENG – Bristol Beacon*
May 17 – London, ENG – Royal Albert Hall*
May 18 – Sunderland, ENG – Sunderland Empire*
May 20 – Rotterdam, NL – De Doelen*
May 21 – Eindhoven, NL – Muziekgebouw*
May 23 – Groningen, NL – De Oosterpoort*
May 24 – Amsterdam, NL – Het Concertgebouw*
June 1 – Nashville, TN – Skinny Dennis
June 13 – Broken Bow, OK – Beavers Bend State Park
July 6 – Nashville, TN – Skinny Dennis
August 3 – Nashville, TN – Skinny Dennis
August 21 – Oslo, NO – Oslo Konserthus*
August 22 – Oslo, NO – Oslo Konserthus*
August 24 – Helsinki, FI – Allas Live*
August 26 – Stockholm, SE – Avicii Arena*
September 3 – Bruxelles, BE – BOZAR*
September 4 – Antwerpen, BE – Stadsschouwburg Antwerp*
September 6 – Monheim Am Rhein, DE – Kulturraffinerie K714*
September 7 – Nashville, TN – Skinny Dennis
September 11 – Bristol, TN – Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion
October 5 – Nashville, TN – Skinny Dennis
November 2 – Nashville, TN – Skinny Dennis
December 7 – Nashville, TN – Skinny Dennis
*with Emmylou Harris