Benjamin Wagner is Reaching For The Stars in New Album “Constellations”

Nov 10

Rarely do you hear people tell the story of moving to the welcoming suburbs and quaint city of Wilmington, Delaware to find musical inspiration. After living in New York City for 25 years, Iowa City singer, songwriter, film maker, author, and podcaster Benjamin Wagner did just that. Lulled by the quietness and green scenery, Wagner reconnected with his roots resulting in a nine-song album Constellations, steeped in Country Americana goodness titled, released October 14.

Constellations is Wagner’s tenth studio album and the seasoned song writer is spreading hope and relatability through the cosmos. The storytelling is felt throughout this project with songs like ‘I’m So Sorry’ telling the tale of a man lost in the sickness of love and how he deals with depression the morning after. ‘Tyler, TX’ is a story inspired by a chance meeting and conversation Wagner had with a waitress in Nashville.

Recorded in the world famous Fame Recording Studio in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Constellations has the spirit of old America mingling with new flavors as Wagner and his band inhabit some of the same rooms and musical instruments that made the music that shaped America. Led by guitarist Will McFarlane, drummer Justin Holder and engineer Spencer Coats, Wagner & Co., it was tracked in the same room and on the same Wurlitzer keyboards and Marshall amps that generated hits for everyone from Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding to Lynyrd Skynyrd and Jason Isbell.

To really set the album off into the stratosphere, Wagner commissioned a custom-made Nudie suit from revered Music City designer Manuel Cuevas that he dons on the album cover shot by celebrity photographer, John Shearer. For more information and show dates visit Wagner’s official website.

Watch the official music video for ‘ Tyler, Texas’ here.