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Jeremy Pinnell Delivers Three Chords And The Gospel Truth On New Single “Barabbas”
Shooter Jennings-Produced Album Decades Out October 31
Supporting Paul Cauthen Tomorrow Night, Fall Tour With Jason Boland & The Stragglers Kicks Off Next Week
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October 16, 2025 – Today, Kentucky singer-songwriter Jeremy Pinnell shares his new single “Barabbas,” the latest from his forthcoming album Decades (October 31). Built on nothing more than three chords and the gospel truth, “Barabbas” finds Pinnell turning the stories of Samson, Delilah and Goliath into parables for his own experiences with sin and redemption. The accompanying music video was filmed in the studio with 3x GRAMMY Award winning producer/singer-songwriter Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker).
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“Barabbas” follows Pinnell’s other recent singles “Too Much Sugar,” “Standing Still,” “Save You” and “Come Home To Me.” “This song was written in the summer of 2020, I was really just writing to write,” he says. “I love the first two lines of the chorus because they came from a real place inside of me. ‘Jesus never shows up but the Devil always does.’ I grew up in a very Christian home, so maybe I just wanted to say to myself that it’s okay not to believe.”
When he began writing his 2021 release Goodbye L.A., Pinnell was a tireless road warrior with a packed schedule of shows, scribbling down lyrics between tour stops. That pace won him accolades and the respect of his peers, but it also left him feeling disconnected. Decades reflects on all that time spent in transit, speeding toward the future at the expense of the present. It is sobering and sparkling in the same breath, and the result is something new for Pinnell: an album about highways, hard lessons, and the human condition, stacked to the brim with songs that balance the uplift of his melodies with the gravity of his personal lyrics.
Arriving eight years after Rolling Stone dubbed his music “hardscrabble honky-tonk at its best,” Decades doesn’t just widen Pinnell’s sound; it shines new light on his musical balancing act. With a penchant for exploring the space between genres, he bridges the gap between the brightly poppy and the darkly personal. Connecting with Shooter Jennings, he found another boundary-pushing musician who was eager to turn a foundation in old-school country music into something more expansive. The pair recorded Decades during a week’s worth of live-in-the-studio performances, filling out the songs with contributions from musicians like Chris Masterson (Steve Earle), Ted Russell Kamp (Shooter Jennings), Patrick Keeler (The Raconteurs), and John Schreffler (Duff McKagan).
Hailing from Northern Kentucky, Jeremy Pinnell first garnered acclaim as a no-fuss master of his craft with his 2014 debut OH/KY, which was called “mind-blowingly good” by KEXP. Honest and careworn, his voice can touch on wry, jubilant and debauched all in a single line, and his guitar-driven songs are rooted in classic country storytelling. Now 10 years after his debut, Pinnell gives himself permission to break the mold, chasing the song wherever it leads.
After opening for Paul Cauthen in Lexington tomorrow, Pinnell will hit the road on tour with Jason Boland & The Stragglers next week. See a full list of dates below and find more info here: www.jeremypinnell.com/shows.
Jeremy Pinnell 2025 Tour Dates
October 17 – Lexington, KY @ Manchester Music Hall ^^
October 23 – Greenville, SC @ Doc’s Tavern **
October 24 – Chattanooga, TN @ The Signal **
October 25 – Birmingham, AL @ Iron City **
November 5 – Flagstaff, AZ @ The Orpheum Theater **
November 6 – Tucson, AZ @ The Maverick **
November 7 – Ramona, CA @ Ramona Mainstage **
November 8 – Petaluma, CA @ Mystic Theater **
November 10 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern **
November 12 – Roseville, CA @ Goldfield Trading Post **
November 13 – Morro Bay, CA @ The Siren **
November 14 – Bakersfield, CA @ Barrelhouse Brewing Company **
November 15 – Mesa, AZ @ Roosters Country **
^^ Supporting Paul Cauthen
** Supporting Jason Boland & The Stragglers
Decades Tracklist
1. Barabbas
2. Too Much Sugar
3. Save You
4. Standing Still
5. Stuck In The Rain
6. Set Me Free
7. Dallas
8. Come Home To Me
9. We’ve Been Wrong
10. Pink Champagne
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