Tami Neilson Neon Cowgirl (CD)

(Outside Music) 10 tracks - digisleeve

The Neon Cowgirl, who towers over Broadway in Nashville like the patron saint of heartbreak, watched Tami Neilson grow up. Wide-eyed with joy, Tami walked into the Ryman Auditorium as a 16-year-old - and dreamed of taking her place on that stage ever since. After spending six months touring North America from coast to coast with her young family in a 12-meter motorhome, Tami returned to New Zealand to record a collection of songs inspired by her pilgrimage. This lovesick letter, written on four wheels over asphalt, became “Neon Cowgirl”.

From the banger “Borrow My Boots” - a tribute to sisterhood, written and performed with Ashley McBryde and Shelly Fairchild and guitar prodigy Grace Bowers - to the title track's dreamy duet with Neil Finn, Tami's soaring ode to Roy Orbison “Foolish Heart” and the smoky “You're Gonna Fall”, recorded with JD MCPherson - “Neon Cowgirl” leaves no emotion unexplored, no stone unturned.