Johnny Dark Homegrown May 2026

When underground country-blues artist Johnny Dark announced he was leaving his Nashville label last year, insiders predicted a polished solo album. They were wrong.

Homegrown is available now on vinyl, cassette, and via a USB drive buried in a mason jar—if you can find it. johnny dark homegrown

Staff Writer

The album’s seven tracks were cut live with a single vintage microphone. You can hear dogs barking in the distance on “Creekbed Sermon” and the squeak of a rocking chair on “Mama’s Rusty Nail.” Critics are calling it “the most authentically uncomfortable record of the decade”—a compliment Dark wears like a sweat-stained hat. johnny dark homegrown