Oh Boy Records Signs Artist Kelsey Waldon

Kelsey Waldon (photo: Laura E. Partain)

JOHN PRINE’S OH BOY RECORDS has signed its first new artist in 15 years. KENTUCKY native KELSEY WALDON joins the independent label’s roster. PRINE announced the signing on the GRAND OLE OPRY stage on TUESDAY (5/28) after the two artists performed together. Watch the moment here.

OH BOY Dir./Operations JODY WHELAN said, "It's an honor for us to work with KELSEY. There is an honesty and commitment in her music, both as a performer and songwriter, that we've long admired. Evident in all her work is a strong point of view, and a reverence for the culture and history of Country music and songwriting. She is exactly the type of independent-minded artist that OH BOY RECORDS was founded to support."

"It's hard for me to put into words what it truly means to me to be signed to OH BOY RECORDS,” says WALDON. “To have someone like JOHN, who I have looked up to my whole life, who I have set my songwriting standards after and my general music making standards after, to have someone like him endorse my music and care enough about it to make sure it reaches a wider audience — that means everything.”

Added PRINE, “I am bursting with pride to have KELSEY WALDON recording for OH BOY RECORDS. Her music continues an important arc of traditional Folk and Country music. I love KELSEY’s singing. Her voice is one of the more authentic Country voices I’ve heard in a long time. I’m looking forward to all the shows we’ll be performing together this year.”

WALDON will join PRINE for a handful of dates starting in JULY. Her third full-length album is due out this fall on OH BOY. 

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