Funny, Thoughtful Nathan Evans Fox creates Heirloom To Seed Bank Life’s Work

About this episode

Nathan Evans Fox discusses his new album 'Heirloom', his journey, and the themes of fatherhood and social issues in his music.

Heirloom, the new album from singer-songwriter Nathan Evans Fox, is out and an impressive manifestation of both creativity and almost historical documentation of an Appalachian artist. Fox joined Roots Music Rambler this week to talk about the new album, his journey to Nashville from the mountains of Western Carolina, fatherhood and more. Like many artists today, Fox often shares little snippets of what he’s working on via social media posts. One nugget of a song-to-be he shared a few months back drove well over one million views across his channels and the song wasn’t more than a few lines. He took the queue to finish it in what became “Hillbilly Hymn (Okra & Cigarettes)” which anchors the album. It has a traditional mountain feel and was recorded in an a capella focus with what seems like family gathered round his singing on the front porch. But the record traverses everything from fatherly advice for a child in Lots of Beginnings to a brilliant “fuck you” song for those Fox gives permission to hate in “Landlords Bill Lee Etc.” It’s an amazing mix of home spun advice and statements about the polarization of today’s world. He told us the record is a bit of a “seed bank” of his…

People in this episode

Hosts: Francesca Folinazzo, Jason Falls

Guest: Nathan Evans Fox

Topics covered

• music
• album release
• Appalachian artist
• fatherhood
• social issues
• creativity

Keywords

• Nathan Evans Fox
• Heirloom
• Appalachian music
• fatherhood
• social issues
• country music

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Heirloom, Hillbilly Hymn (Okra & Cigarettes)

Places: Nashville, Western Carolina

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