Crystal Yates Set to Release New Album May 20th

Powerhouse Country and Americana artist Crystal Yates will release her third album, “The Other Side“ on May 20, 2016.

Inspired by classic country singer songwriters like Merle Haggard and Motown artists like Etta James, Yates infectiously fuses soul, country, and rock into an emotional landscape on her new album. “The Other Side” is a compilation of songs that are true stories about overcoming struggles and offer the listener understanding and hope.

“The Other Side” features Crystal’s powerhouse vocals into the most collaborative album she has done to date. The album features such artists Mckenzie Smith and Joey McLellan from the band Midlake and Hank Early from Turnpike Troubadours.

I kept trying to describe the big boomy stomp sound I wanted to hear in the song somewhere..but I didn’t know exactly how to relay that into words. McKenzie went over hit a couple of his drums, but that wasn’t quite it. Then he and Will went over to one of his drum road cases and stared at it for a bit..like they were thinking the same thing but neither of them said a word…and then emptied it out and gave it a whack…and that was exactly the sound I was hoping for,” Crystal stated during the recording session for the title track.

“The Other Side” Complete Track Listing:

1. Leave Me Along To Die
2. Already Yours
3. Made to Last
4. Hell On My Soul
5. The Other Side

The most notable song on the album is “Leave Me Alone to Die,” an emotionally moving and heart breaking song. In this song Crystal’s powerhouse vocals sing an overpoweringly gripping song about when she was kidnapped as a young child. Remembering the words of her Grandmother, Crystal began to pray to Jesus aloud as her kidnapper was undressing in the woods nearby her childhood home. The kidnapper became agitated when hearing her pray he asked her if she wanted to go home and let her go. “Leave me Alone to Die” resonates her mindset from this frightening event.

She was crowned the national winner in the 2014 Texaco Country Showdown, the longest-running music competition, saw her last album “I Believe” produced by Charlie Peacock, rocket up the iTunes charts debuting at #13 on its release day.

Since then, she’s had a more than full schedule…touring across the US and opening for and performing with dozens of artists such as Martina McBride, Joe Ely, John Conlee, Suzy Bogguss, Sam Baker, Deana Carter, and many more, as well as performing at renown venues such as the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, The Bluebird Cafe, and the Ryman Auditorium. Crystal Yates will embark on a national and UK tour in 2017.

For a complete list of tour dates and more up to date information on Crystal Yates, visit her website and follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.