Daniel Romano Announces New Album “If I’ve Only One Time Askin'”
Country throwback and old soul Daniel Romano has just announced he’s got a brand new album on the way, and it’s through the formidable roots label New West Records—home of Steve Earle, John Hiatt, and a host of other notable names in traditional country and Americana. The new album’s called If I’ve Only One Time Askin’, and it will be delivered on July 31st. It’s his follow up to the critically-acclaimed Come Cry With Me from 2013.
Self-produced, and recorded in his hometown of Welland, Ontario, the album is said to include strings, horns, piano, pedal steel, accordion, and be much more than your average neo-traditional release from its countrypolitan feel and exploration of nostalgia. Romano himself calls it “Mosey” music. “Mosey music is a study in contrasts,” says Romano. “There’s glitz and grit, reveling and wallowing, wretchedness and showmanship. Mosey music’s pioneers wore their battered hearts on sequined sleeves.”
On songwriting, Daniel Romano says, “Every time there’s something new, it gets thrown into the coat pocket. Hopefully it’s an entity and not a confused pile of papers. Sometimes you sit down and there isn’t a line. That’s when the songs are a little more ethereal.”
Notably, Nashville singer and songwriter Caitlin Rose joins Romano on the song “Strange Faces.” The two have toured together before, and the both recently played the Stagecoach Festival in California.
Romano is also heading out for a European tour beginning in the middle of May.
Listen to “The One That Got Away (Came Back Today).”
Track List:
1. I’m Gonna Teach You
2. Old Fire Die
3. Strange Faces
4. All The Way Under The Hill
5. If I’ve Only One Time Askin’
6. The One That Got Away (Came Back Today)
7. There’s a Hardship
8. Learning To Do Without Me
9. Two Word Joe
10. If You Go Your Way (I’ll Go Blind)
11. Let Me Sleep (At The End Of A Dream)
May 11, 2015 @ 7:12 pm
Super news…love Daniel Romano’s music! Looking forward to hearing the new album
May 11, 2015 @ 7:22 pm
2 guns here
May 11, 2015 @ 7:22 pm
Great news! Been wondering when the new album was coming.
Even though some of his stuff is a bit corny, he has some tunes I really like & he is different which is
a nice chance at times. Saw & met him here in Kelowna in a Very tiny cafe… Was very good 🙂
May 11, 2015 @ 10:32 pm
Listened to “The One That Got Away” just now. A truly gorgeous song, evocative of the greatest of Willie Nelson. Daniel Romano knows how to make classic country better and more consistently than almost any other new male country artist.
This is just what I needed to cool off after the Toby Keith madness.
May 12, 2015 @ 12:11 am
Excellent! Wondeful cover! It’s just a shame I’ve got to miss his London debut.
June 12, 2015 @ 4:45 am
He was excellent in London the other night –but his debut was actually last year. Totally different shows, only 2 songs in common between them
May 12, 2015 @ 3:22 am
Yes, yes, yes. I don’t even need to say anything else.
May 12, 2015 @ 5:14 am
Thanks for the update Trigger! Romano is very talented and funny as hell in concert. I don’t know if he can singlehandedly save country music, but I’m glad he’s on our side!
May 12, 2015 @ 6:54 am
Wow, so there really is talent still making music out there. I’ve now bookmarked your site in hopes of discovering more good country music. Thank you!
May 12, 2015 @ 7:53 am
Everybody Loves Daniel
May 12, 2015 @ 8:10 am
Canada, represent!!! I love Canadian artists and I love how he’s not a complete sellout like the vast majority of country artists. I’m looking forward to buying it!
May 12, 2015 @ 3:23 pm
I appreciate what Daniel’s trying to do…but there’s not a Country bone in his body. Plus, he can’t sing.
Having said that, and in a half-hearted attempt to “be more positive”, this is still better, and more Country, than anything on the radio.
May 13, 2015 @ 6:09 am
Clint – There very well may not be a Country bone in Daniel’s body, but at least this is authentic country music, something we all know is very rare these days. So cheers to Daniel! Keep it country Man!
May 13, 2015 @ 6:44 pm
Clint, you do realize your comment is the sole negative comment on this artist right? The closest negative is the fact that he isn’t calling it Country and instead calling it “Mosey”
May 13, 2015 @ 8:50 pm
I’m with Clint. Daniel is like many other new ‘country’ artists who want to keep it traditional, their vocal limitations keep them from succeeding. I’ve seen the guy perform in person hoping for something more than what was on record and discovered it was worse. I’m not asking for George Jones, but at least carry a tune. IMO there are too many in the same category these days. Nice try but come back when you can carry sing.
July 8, 2015 @ 6:22 am
I’d argue that you’re dead wrong about Daniel not being able to sing. The guy has an incredible vocal range and is more melodically informed than just about anybody I can think of right now. I doubt anyone in this comment thread can hit all the notes on “There Are Lines On My Face.” I think you’re just arguing from the standpoint of taste and you’re used to people putting on a fake Nashville accent. People have said the same thing about Bob Dylan and Townes Van Zandt. The ‘country’ argument means nothing to me. I live in rural Montana and not a single country trope in any of the dreck songs these days has a thing to do with my life. The only guy who comes close is probably Corb Lund. So, I don’t care whether the guy is ‘country’ or not, all I care about is that he writes great songs. Don’t keep it anything, just do service to your craft and write something genuine.
May 13, 2015 @ 8:34 am
This guy is quite a talent.
This is exciting – I can’t wait to pick it up.
May 13, 2015 @ 1:17 pm
Good stuff. I never heard of him before. I went straight to ITunes and bought several songs.
May 13, 2015 @ 3:43 pm
Big fan of Daniel Romano. I do wish he’d categorise himself as “country” rather than “mosey” though, as (IMHO) contemporary country music needs more guys of his calibre.
Saw him London in September and can’t wait to see him weekend after next!
The Caitlin Rose hookup is the icing on the cake.
May 14, 2015 @ 12:58 am
His last album was the freakiest country album I’ve ever heard.
Sort of like George Jones meets Bruce Jenner–on acid.
I hope he keeps pushing the envelope.
May 18, 2015 @ 10:44 am
Daniel is probably my favorite artist at the moment. HIs sound is very much a throwback in structure but his nuances and approach to songwriting is not stuck in the past. He’s not a guy singing about how he’s more country than anyone else or namedropping his heroes. He’s taking the form and making it something that’s actually quite modern. At first I thought he was just an act, and that’s not entirely inaccurate but he has genuine passion. The last guy that had this effect on me was Robbie Fulks and that’s some good company.
May 18, 2015 @ 4:48 pm
I’m a huge fan of his last album. Couldn’t even listen to all of this song though. He buried a gorgeous tune in synthesized chorus and horns. Why?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9eT4HbBfZ0