Seasick Steve

Seasick Steve — whose rise from journeyman musician, to producing records for Kathleen Hanna and Modest Mouse in 90s Seattle, to selling out Wembley Arena and five appearances at the vaunted Glastonbury festival is the stuff of legends – has sometimes been describes as a “blues man,” but he thinks of himself as more of a “song and dance man” meets “professional busker” meets “done almost every job under the sun’ got lucky” kinda guy. In 2024, Steve and his wife Elisabeth took a road trip across America where he witnessed the poverty and divisiveness in the context of the upcoming election. They were in a New Orleans club where a house band leader welcomed two Belgian musicians on stage by saying “welcome to the last season of America.” This became the theme for the rest of their road trip and led to him writing the title track to the new album. A deeply personal, heartfelt reflection on the state of his home nation, The Last Season of America is a protest record in the truest sense.