Kathleen Edwards Billionaire LP

Acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Kathleen Edwards returns with her highly anticipated 2025 album, Billionaire, on Dualtone Records. Evoking her debut, Failer, the new 10-song album is full of Edwards' trademark lyrical sharpness and unflinching observations and was produced by Jason Isbell and Gena Johnson.

"I decided to call the record Billionaire because the word is used in such a caustic way these days," explained Edwards. "But we should all want to be billionaires in life, to be rich in experience, friendship, purpose, and the pursuit of the things that bring us joy."

"Kathleen is as funny as she is deep," said co-producer Johnson. "She loves to rock, have fun and nerd out on guitar tones, which both Jason and I love to do as well. It was important to us to make sure we were featuring all the sides of her in the production of this album from tracking to final mix. She totally thrived on the energy of the full band when we were in the studio."

Celebrated as one of the forebears of modern alt-country and Americana music, Edwards is beloved by fans and fellow musicians, and praised by The New York Times for her, "droll, observant and unsparing tone that is all her own. In her best lines, Edwards has the conversational vernacular and emotional eloquence of a great short-story writer."

Since debuting in 2003, Edwards has released five albums, including 2020's Total Freedom — her first after stepping away from music for almost a decade. Released to overwhelming acclaim with pieces at The New Yorker, The New York Times, Rolling Stone and more, Pitchfork called it, "a creative breakthrough, written solely for the thrill of discovery," while Rolling Stone declared it as, "devastatingly great."

Most recently, Edwards released a covers EP featuring special guests Isbell, Bahamas and Daniel Tashian and including renditions of Isbell's "Traveling Alone," Bruce Springsteen's "Human Touch," The Flaming Lips' "Feeling Yourself Disintegrate," Tom Petty's "Crawling Back to You" and more. She has been nominated for multiple JUNO and Americana Awards and, in 2012, was awarded the SOCAN Songwriting Prize.

Edwards' lyrics resonate long after the music stops.

My favorite record of hers since Failer

We can celebrate that the Kathleen Edwards we fell in love with two decades ago is back, and she sounds even better than we might recall.

Billionaire is an immaculate summation of Edwards's art. All the power and pathos, the vulnerability and vigour and the unflinching, clear-eyed honesty we have come to expect.

Rich in texture, harmony and soul, the album is lined with musical gold. Edwards's shining vocals neatly complement Isbell's electric guitar, with her lyricism cutting through everything from love to loss and all the mess that's between.

10 tracks of chugging rock and razor-sharp songwriting

Billionaire is a triumphant return for Edwards, full of confidence and brutally honest reflections on the world around us. Beneath such lofty themes, however, it's also an awesome country/Americana album that shifts from rock-ready hits to slower, acoustic-driven sounds.

If Kathleen Edwards had to take some time off and readjust her creative outlook after the success of Voyageur, Billionaire shows her instincts were perfect — this sounds like it could be her best album to date, and a strong candidate for 'Best of 2025' lists.