Shenandoah is bringing Luke Combs, Nickelback and some familiar songs along for its first album since 2020. “If That Ain’t Country” arrives Feb. 26, 2027, through 8 Track Entertainment, with the title track available now.
The album combines new music with collaborations the band has released over the past several years. Some revisit the songs that helped establish Shenandoah, this time with guests sharing the microphone with lead singer Marty Raybon.
Shenandoah’s Hits Get New Company
Combs joins Shenandoah on “Two Dozen Roses,” while Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan appear on “Sunday in the South.” Nickelback takes a turn on “The Church on Cumberland Road.” The band’s latest collaboration, “Scares Me More,” features Alexandra Kay.
Those recordings will appear alongside the new material, with additional guest artists still to be announced.
Raybon sees an audience ready for it. In the album announcement, the lead singer said, “As everybody knows, 90s country is hotter than a two-dollar pistol right now.”
Shenandoah has plenty of history to draw from. The Muscle Shoals group built its name on songs including “Two Dozen Roses,” “The Church on Cumberland Road” and “Next to You, Next to Me.” Its catalog also includes “Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart,” the Grammy-winning collaboration with Alison Krauss.
The new album continues that practice of sharing the microphone. This time, the announced guests range from country singers to Nickelback, whose recording brings a rock band into Shenandoah’s catalog.
A First Headlining Night at the Ryman
The announcement follows Shenandoah’s sold-out Oct. 28 show at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. Part of the band’s 40th anniversary celebration, it marked the group’s first headlining appearance at the venue.
Jamey Johnson, Kay, Mae Estes and Adam Sanders joined the band that night. Management also surprised Shenandoah with double platinum plaques for “Two Dozen Roses.”
That song now has another chapter through the Combs recording included on “If That Ain’t Country.” The album will give those recent collaborations a shared home when it arrives in February.
“If That Ain’t Country” arrives Feb. 26, 2027. Find the album and available tracks on Amazon Music and Apple Music.