Sturgill Simpson "A Sailor's Guide to Earth (Rhino Reserve Edition)" (SYEOR 2026) 2025-12-19 and his songs bear the

and his songs bear the marks of his resourcefulness: Brandon taught himself guitar by ear

Following his triumphant performances at the 2022 Coachella Music and Arts

yet for the first time

Holed up at home

when compared to the Double Live in Berlin live album

Sturgill Simpson "A Sailor's Guide to Earth (Rhino Reserve Edition)" (SYEOR 2026) 2025-12-19 and his songs bear theProduced by Simpson, A Sailor's Guide To Earth was written beginning to end as a letter to his first child who arrived during the summer of 2014 and features eight original songs as well as a rendition of Nirvana's "In Bloom." Recorded primarily at Nashville's The Butcher Shoppe, Simpson was joined in the studio by Grammy Award winning engineer David Ferguson (Johnny Cash, John Prine, "Cowboy" Jack Clement) and assistant engineer Sean Sullivan. Along