Bruce Robison - The New World

Bruce Robison is among the first rank of Texas and American songwrtiers. Like the good small-town boy he is, Robison is always quick to give props to his family.

But it's pretty easy to be inspired by the folks around the dinner table when you wife is a much admired alt-country thrush (Kelly Willis), your brother is a red-hot songwriter in his own right (Charlie Robison) and your sister-in-law is part of the internationally-known Dixie Chicks (Emily Robison).

The New World is the 2008 release from the man behind some of the best songs to have come out of Nashville and beyond in recent years.

• The Hammer
• Only
• Bad Girl Blues
• California 85
• Larosse
• The New One
• Twistin'
• Hanging on Hopeless
• She Don't Care
• Echo