Is Nashville Ready for POSTSOUTHERN?

(Isstories Editorial):- Nashville, Tennessee Oct 8, 2025 (Issuewire.com) – Americana artist Luke Powers announces the release of his new album, POSTSOUTHERN, a Faulkner-inspired collection of songs exploring the South’s tangled history and enduring memory. An eighth-generation Tennessean, Powers draws on family stories and folklore in a region where, as Faulkner wrote, “The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past.”

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Luke began writing the songs as Confederate statues were being removed in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. Though a Southerner, he felt no ambivalence: his great-great-grandfather, Willis Powers, had fought for the Union and died in Andersonville Prison. As a long-time English professor at an HBCU, he also understood the complicated history these symbols carry. Reflecting on personal, family, and regional history, he created a song cycle about the Civil War and its aftermath.

POSTSOUTHERN tells stories about a past that refuses to fade.

• “Confederate Statue’s Lament” gives voice to a fading monument ready to be taken down.

• “Willis Powers West Tennessee” recounts the fate of Luke’s ancestor, “who was not aroundthe night they drove old Dixie down.”

• “Confederama” recalls a school trip to a once-glamorized roadside attraction.

• “The Wildman of Walden’s Ridge” draws on Signal Mountain folklore of a hermit who “ran away from the war.”

• “Spirit of the Mountains” – a tribute to Signal Mountain folklorist Emma Bell Miles (d. 1919)

• “March 19 1906” – commemorating Ed Johnson, lynching victim in Chattanooga

Blending folk, country, blues, and rock, POSTSOUTHERN features the late multi-instrumentalist Tommy Spurlock (The Band, Emmylou Harris, Leon Russell, Rodney Crowell, David Olney). “Tommy’s Got a Mule” spins a mostly true tale about Spurlock himself.

“I wanted to make an album like a Faulkner novel — one that honors the South’s heritage while confronting its troubled history,” says Powers. “Each song on POSTSOUTHERN tells a story about a place where the past isn’t past — but maybe should be.”

POSTSOUTHERN is available now on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and all major streaming platforms.  Listen to Luke Powers POSTSOUTHERN 

A series of music videos is available here:  POSTSOUTHERN Music Video Playlist 

For interviews, promotional requests, or more information, please contact:
Adam Zero, Publicist
[email protected] | 615-243-6097

About Luke Powers

Luke Powers is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter known for his evocative lyrics and captivating melodies. A poet and English professor with a PhD from Vanderbilt University, Powers has collaborated with artists such as Garth Hudson (The Band), Sneaky Pete Kleinow (The Flying Burrito Brothers), Richard Lloyd (Television), Jamie Oldaker (Eric Clapton), and John Davis & Sam Powers (Superdrag). Over a career spanning three decades, he has carved out a distinctive place in the Americana music scene. His previous albums, both solo and with The Spicewood Seven, have received critical acclaim and coverage in national music publications.

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