Muscadine Bloodline Tells Cinematic Southern Stories On New Album
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Country duo Muscadine Bloodline released new album ‘…And What Was Left Behind’ on April 11, 2025. Jay Siske/Contributed No group in country music captures the spirit of the small-town South quite like Muscadine Bloodline. Hailing from Mobile, Alabama, this harmonizing duo sings about lovable characters with questionable morals, blacktop parking lots where heartbreak happens regularly and the long nights that make life worth living. This month, Muscadine Bloodline released … And What Was Left Behind, a new LP that chronicles the sights and sounds of the group’s Southern roots. Like tall tales told around a campfire or a night of barstool banter, the album weaves together a collection of three-minute stories inspired by the people and places the band knows best. The album serves as the second release in a two-part concept series that began with 2024’s The Coastal Plain. In a new interview with Forbes, Muscadine Bloodline members Charlie Muncaster and Gary Stanton chat about the double-album project, writing hometown songs and touring with Post Malone. Read on for highlights from the conversation. On Writing Songs Like A Novel The band approached The Coastal Plain and … And What Was Left Behind like an author writing a novel, Stanton said. Each song should represent a chapter, like pieces that fit to form a larger picture. Listeners hear the end result on … Left Behind with numbers like “Ballad of the Blanton Brothers,” a foot-stompin’ tale of misguided murder, and “Chickasaw County Church,” a song capturing the final moments of a fleeting love. The group’s inspired by singer-songwriters who reprise characters throughout different songs or albums, Stanton said. He name-checked Kentucky troubadour Chris Knight and Evan Felker of Turnpike Troubadours as two songwriting influences. “This is supposed to be a 40-minute listening experience,” Stanton said. “This takes you on a…
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