Rhinestones, fiddles, and a whole lot of red, white, and bluegrass — The Kody Norris Show has officially dropped their new full-length album, Spirit of America, out today via Rebel Records. Timed to coincide with the countdown to America’s 250th anniversary, the record is a proud, joyful, and unapologetically patriotic tip of the cowboy hat to the everyday people, places, and stories that built this country.

The award-winning group is celebrating the release in the most fitting way possible: with their 10th appearance on the Grand Ole Opry tonight in Nashville. Not a bad way to launch an album about America.

Across 12 tracks, Spirit of America blends the group’s trademark high-powered traditional musicianship with a songbook that honors farmers, truckers, soldiers, coal miners, families, churches, small towns, and front porches. The rollout has already delivered a string of standout moments — the title track “Spirit of America,” the Kody Norris and Larry Chunn co-write “Good Ol’ USA,” a fresh take on Phil Ochs’ folk classic “The Power and Glory,” and Mary Rachel Nalley-Norris’s first-ever instrumental composition, “Declaration of Independence,” which features triple fiddles including Michael Cleveland alongside Ron Stewart on banjo.

“‘Spirit of America’ is our way of tipping our hat to country music, bluegrass music, and everyday people who made us who we are,” shares Kody Norris. “When you think about America at 250 years, you think about big history, but you also think about the farmers, truckers, soldiers, coal miners, families, churches, small towns, and front porches that still carry that history forward. We wanted this album to feel proud, joyful, respectful, and full of life — the way we feel when we get to carry this music across the country every night.”

The album also features “United We Stand,” a new original penned by Mary Rachel Nalley-Norris and Conrad Fisher, plus band takes on “A Purple Heart,” “Back in the Country,” “The Bible on the Table and the Flag Upon the Wall,” “Waving Ol’ Glory,” “Davy Crockett,” “The Battle of New Orleans,” and “Do Unto Others.”

Spirit of America Track Listing:
1. Good Ol’ USA
2. Spirit of America
3. A Purple Heart
4. Back in the Country
5. The Power and Glory
6. The Bible on the Table and the Flag Upon the Wall
7. Declaration of Independence
8. Waving Ol’ Glory
9. Davy Crockett
10. United We Stand
11. The Battle of New Orleans
12. Do Unto Others

Fresh off past Billboard chart runs with All Suited Up (#7) and Rhinestone Revival (#8), and stacked with IBMA and SPBGMA nominations and wins — including Entertainer of the Year, Instrumental Group of the Year, Guitar Performer of the Year for Kody Norris, and Fiddler of the Year for Mary Rachel Nalley-Norris — the group heads into a packed summer and fall of touring behind the new record. Highlights include RockyGrass in Lyons, CO (7/26), Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, IL (7/29), the Doc and Rosa Lee Watson MusicFest in Boone, NC (7/17), the North Carolina State Bluegrass Festival in Cherokee (8/13), and the Dailey & Vincent Music Festival in Hiawassee, GA (9/18), among many more.

Stream Spirit of America on Spotify now: https://open.spotify.com/album/5cJQ83nFPDCPfL5rMcEd3T

Rhinestones on, flag up, fiddles ready — this one’s built for the front porch and the festival field alike. Catch The Kody Norris Show on tour this summer and fall; full dates are available at thekodynorrisshow.com/tour.