Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman joined forces to perform ‘Right Back To it’ at the 2024 Americana Honors – check it out below.
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The 23rd edition of the awards show took place in September at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium but was broadcast on Saturday (November 23) for the first time.
The two musicians joined forces to perform a heartfelt rendition of their collaborative track from Waxahatchee’s latest album ‘Tigers Blood‘. ‘Right Back To It’ had been nominated for Song of the Year at the awards show, but lost to Brandy Clark’s ‘Dear Insecurity’.
Elsewhere in the show, a string of artists from across the Americana genre, including Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, the Blind Boys Of Alabama, Dwight Yoakam, Noah Kahan and Shelby Lynn, took to the stage.
Check out the performance below.
Lenderman previously spoke to NME about working with Waxahatchee – real name Katie Crutchfield – as well as her sister Allison who is the A&R who brought him in to the record label ANTI-.
“Allison and Katie both, they’ve lived pretty similar a life to what me and my friends were doing,” he told us. “So they are really open and understanding and immediately felt like friends. They’ve done a lot for me between the two of them. It was really lucky that I met them and their support is really cool. It was super-easy to get along with them.”
‘Tigers Blood’ was released in March, and met with a five-star review from NME, which said: “These songs offer a more adult and grounded perspective than ones like ‘Lone Star Lake’ and ‘Evil Spawn’; they’re about the person who feels like home rather than the one who gets your blood pumping. It’s a nice counterweight that feels emblematic of ‘Tigers Blood’ – it’s a burning fire, and it’s a warm summer evening at once.”
It went on to be named as one of NME’s best albums of 2024 so far, and has also been nominated for a Grammy for Best Americana Album.
NME spoke to Crutchfield ahead of the release of ‘Tigers Blood’ and reflected on the inspiration for the record’s lyrics: “With ‘Tiger’s Blood’, I was just doing really well. I’m in my mid-thirties and things are just quite peaceful right now. So it was really hard for me when I didn’t have that clean narrative of what to write about.”
In other news, she recently announced a UK tour to take place in June 2025, which includes her biggest-ever headline date in the country. You can see a full list of dates here and get tickets here.
Meanwhile, MJ Lenderman recently joined the lineup for ØYA Festival‘s 2025 edition, alongside Chappell Roan, Khruangbin and Wet Leg.
It follows the release of his new album ‘Manning Fireworks’ this year, which NME gave four stars, with Mia Hughes writing: “‘Manning Fireworks’ is an album that aches for its cast of freaks and losers, and its success in walking that line is a sign of MJ Lenderman’s richly developing voice.”
