SHEPHERD, Kenny Wayne Dirt On My Diamonds Vol 2. (LP, colored Vinyl, Ltd.)

(Provogue Records) 8 tracks
Some creative veins are so hot they can't be satisfied with a single album. In a rare career first for a multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated global superstar who has seen and done it all, Kenny Wayne Shepherd is set to release Part II of his Dirt On My Diamonds vision.

Having only released the highly acclaimed Dirt On My Diamonds Vol. 1 last November, Shepherd's fans are still reeling from the first instalment of the outstanding material. But the Louisiana-born bandleader always had a bigger plan. Now, with a second set of songs crafted during the same writing sessions at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, he presents a follow-up album that's a very different animal, with a shared DNA.

‘When I started writing all these songs, I started to see two individual identities emerge,’ Shepherd explains of Dirt On My Diamonds Vol 2. ‘You hear the same spirit on both albums, but the songs, sounds and grooves are very different. Because of the way people live and consume music today, we decided to stagger the releases - but it's basically a double album. We had the creative momentum on our side, so we just wanted to keep it going.