Peter Rowan has announced a new LP entitled Calling You From My Mountain set to release June 24 via Rebel Records. Along with the album announcement, Rowan shared the first single “The Song That Made Hank Williams Dance.”

The album marks Rowan’s second for Rebel Records and features assistance from American roots stars including Shawn Camp, Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Lindsay Lou, and more. The album is comprised of traditional songs from Rowan and his multi-generational band.

“The Song That Made Hank Williams Dance” features Shawn Camp; Rowan said of the single in a statement, “This chorus appeared to me in a dream one glorious April at my tin-roofed Texas casita. Singer, songwriter, guitar picker Shawn Camp hails from Alabama as did Hank Williams. Shawn, he’s a natural for this song. And a big inspiration! We had some fun!”

“Peter Rowan is a true roots original,” said Mark Freeman, Rebel Records’ owner, in a release. “While his musical curiosity has taken him on many fun and fascinating adventures across many different genres, bluegrass is the foundation and starting point for those trips. Building on the momentum of his previous bluegrass release, Carter Stanley’s Eyes, we at Rebel are thrilled to be working with Peter again as he delivers another collection of powerful material, both new and old!”

Calling You From My Mountain began as a tribute album to Hank Williams’ Hank Williams Sings. Rowan explained, “the only country music album I had, besides one Ernest Tubb record, was Hank Williams Sings Luke the Drifter. So, I listened to that all the time on my little turntable, and I just loved that Hank had an alternate ego who was himself but the sentimental-songs-with-a-message side.” However, he was unable to fully connect with the drifter ethos during the pandemic and something new, collaborative and true to a form, was born. The album has inspiration from Tibetan music and his Buddhist beliefs and practices, along with his love of other American roots legends including Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Guy Clark, Bill Monroe, and Tex Logan (all of whom Rowan’s played and performed with.) Now as the stages reopen Rowan is ready to share what was marinating as he meditated.

“The joy of playing live music again calls for raising our voices from the mountain tops,” Rowan said clarifying the inspiration for the LP’s title.

Pre-order Calling You From My Mountain.

Listen to “The Song That Made Hank Williams Dance” below: