JULIE ROBERTS RETURNS TO COUNTRY MUSIC
WITH POWERFUL NEW ALBUM ON ONErpm

Ain’t in No Hurry Available Nationwide Oct. 28
Album Available to Pre-Save HERE

“[For ‘Music City’s Killing Me’] Roberts teams with … Jamey Johnson to take on the heartache, creative restraints and deception that oftentimes comes with chasing down a dream on the streets of Nashville” in a song that’s “fiddle-drenched, crammed with emotional truths and featuring two artists whose voices command attention.”
– Billboard

Julie Roberts, whose 2004 debut single “Break Down Here” turned her into a country headliner, is back with what her producers are calling a career-defining album. Produced by Shooter Jennings(Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker) and singer-songwriter Erin Enderlin ("Last Call," "Monday Morning Church") and debuting Friday, Oct. 28, Ain’t in No Hurry features 14 songs about love, loss, roots and redemption. Global music provider ONErpm Nashville will handle marketing and distribution.

Roberts’ new music ranges from southern soul and Tennessee twang to bluesy ballads and heart-rending love songs, including duets with Jamey Johnson (“In Color,” “Stars in Alabama”) and Randy Houser (“Like a Cowboy,” “We Went”), delivered in a voice that’s never sounded bigger. Every track highlights her trademark energy and the passion she feels for authentic country music.

“It’s a record of strength,” Roberts says. “I’m reinventing myself here, both musically and lyrically, while still paying tribute to the traditional elements people know me for.”

“I believed in Julie Roberts from the moment she was on the scene,” shares Jennings. “I’m so happy this album is finally coming out.”

“I’ve always been a big fan of Julie’s voice,” adds Houser, “so I was delighted to be a part of her new music and couldn’t be more proud of her.”

In 2010—after tallying over a million units sold from her first two albums—Roberts took a step back from the business to regroup and heal after the loss of her home to that year’s historic flood, alongside a life-changing medical diagnosis and the end of her record deal (one of the songs on the album, “The Song Goes with Me,” revisits her difficult split with Universal Music). A decade later, she’s married, fully in remission from multiple sclerosis and back with new music, while also welcoming her first child, a baby boy born via IVF. “I never imagined I could feel this much joy,” Roberts, 43, says. “It puts life into such clear perspective and makes me even more excited about sharing my life journey through new music.”

In 2019, when Jennings (whom Roberts had met years earlier), emailed her out of the blue and asked her to come to Los Angeles to make an album that could define her legacy, Roberts jumped at the chance. She ultimately recorded nine songs in L.A. with Jennings and five more with the well-respected Enderlin in Nashville. Three years later, Ain’t in No Hurry is the result: a record that sinks its roots deep into the music of the American South, saluting traditional sounds and creating new ones. It’s an album about building a future without ignoring one’s past, about celebrating resilience while firmly embracing the future.

Already out, the poignant lead single “Music City’s Killing Me” was produced by Jennings, written by Ray LaMontagne (“Such a Simple Thing,” “Roses and Cigarettes”) and is performed as a duet with Johnson. “Roberts teams with one of the Grand Ole Opry’s newest members, Jamey Johnson, to take on the heartache, creative restraints and deception that oftentimes comes with chasing down a dream on the streets of Nashville,” a review in Billboard notes, finding the song “fiddle-drenched, crammed with emotional truths and featuring two artists whose voices command attention.” Whiskey Riff agrees, adding, “It’s a beautiful, yet also sad country song about wanting to leave Nashville, because the weight of Music City is simply too much. Julie’s haunting vocals captivate you from the get-go, and you just believe every word she’s singing.”

Other songs on the album offer revamped covers of older songs, including a stirring makeover of K.T. Oslin’s chart-topping “Do Ya,” and sharply written originals, such as the women’s empowerment anthem “All By My Damn Self,” the Randy Houser duet “A Little Crazy’s Kinda Nice,” the soon-to-be classic “Don’t Call Me, Baby,” just released Sept. 30 while the glorious "Ain’t in No Hurry," which captures the full range of Roberts’ vocal abilities.

For “Devil’s Pool,” set for release Oct. 14, Roberts shares writing credits with Waylon and Shooter Jennings on a song idea never fully developed until she added the verses. The closing track, “I Think You Know,” is a moving ballad Jessi Colter (Shooter’s mom and Waylon’s wife) wrote years ago. Fittingly, the title song, “Ain’t in No Hurry,” is a stirring introspection on life’s journeys that also represents the length of time Roberts and her producers took to make this album all that it needed to be.

For more information, visit JulieRoberts.com and follow along on Facebook.com/JulieRoberts, Instagram and Twitter @TheJulieRoberts and TikTok @JulieRobertsOfficial.

About Julie Roberts
Years before her first single, “Break Down Here,” turned her into a country headliner, Julie Roberts was a young girl with a dream in rural South Carolina, raised on the sounds of traditional country music, blues and old-school soul. “The radio was my escape,” she remembers. “Every guitar lick, every melody, every bit of hurt in someone’s voice became ingrained in my head.” After the success of her debut single, Roberts followed with classics such as “Wake Up Older,” “Men and Mascara” and “Rain on a Tin Roof,” selling over a million records. She also sang the Good Morning America theme song, did national ads for Clinique, had a featured photo spread in Maxim Magazine and signed over her story to Lifetime for a movie. In 2010, she took a step back to deal with a personal loss and some serious medical issues. In 2022, Roberts is back with what many are referring to as her career record—the best since her self-titled debut—singing about love, loss, roots and redemption in a voice that’s never sounded bigger. Produced by Shooter Jennings and Erin Enderlin, Ain’t in No Hurry features 14 songs across a variety of styles, including duets with Jamey Johnson and Randy Houser. Every song highlights her trademark energy and a celebration of authentic country music and passion. Roberts is also featured in Kathie Lee Gifford’s latest film project, an oratorio called “The Way,” which hit theaters in September and will be available soon on DVD and CD. She sings the biblical character of Sarah, who longs for a child with Abraham. Roberts appears alongside Jimmie Allen, Danny Gokey, BeBe Winans, Nicole C. Mullen and more. Now a new mom as well, in many ways, Julie Roberts is just getting started.

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