Acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Kathleen Edwards returns with her highly anticipated new album, Billionaire, August 22 on Dualtone Records. Evoking her debut, Failer, the new 10-song album is full of Edwards’ trademark lyrical sharpness and unflinching observations and was produced by Jason Isbell and Gena Johnson.

Celebrated as one of the forebears of modern alt-country and Americana music, Edwards is beloved by fans and fellow musicians, and praised by The New York Times for her, “droll, observant and unsparing tone that is all her own. In her best lines, Edwards has the conversational vernacular and emotional eloquence of a great short-story writer.”

Since debuting in 2003, Edwards has released five albums, including 2020’s Total Freedom — her first after stepping away from music for almost a decade. Released to overwhelming acclaim with pieces at The New Yorker, The New York Times, Rolling Stone and more, Pitchfork called it, “a creative breakthrough, written solely for the thrill of discovery,” while Rolling Stone declared it as, “devastatingly great.” Most recently, Edwards released a covers EP featuring special guests Isbell, Bahamas and Daniel Tashian and including renditions of Isbell’s “Traveling Alone,” Bruce Springsteen’s “Human Touch,” The Flaming Lips’ “Feeling Yourself Disintegrate,” Tom Petty’s “Crawling Back To You” and more. She has been nominated for multiple JUNO and Americana Awards and, in 2012, was awarded the SOCAN Songwriting Prize.

Last month she was covered by Waxahatchee and Brennan Wedl in Nashville, and now the Canadian singer-songwriter is announcing her new record Billionaire, which is produced by Jason Isbell and Gena Johnson. The refreshing songs “Save Your Soul” and “Say Goodbye, Tell No One” are out now.

“I decided to call the record Billionaire because the word is used in such a caustic way these days,” Edwards says. “But we should all want to be billionaires in life, to be rich in experience, friendship, purpose, and the pursuit of the things that bring us joy.”

The LP has Isbell on electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keys, synth, and backing vocals; Johnson on piano and backing vocals; Anna Butterss on bass; Annie Clements on bass; Chad Gamble on drums and percussion; Jen Gunderman on piano, celeste, Hammond B3 organ, and Wurlizter; and Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer on backing vocals. Hear the singles here.