Kelsey Waldon

In the six years since she signed to John Prine’s Oh Boy Records, Kelsey Waldon has earned wide

praise for her “self-penned compositions [with] the patina of authenticity” (Rolling Stone). On

her new album, Every Ghost, she confronts addiction, grief, generational trauma, and even

herself — and comes through it stronger and at peace.

“There’s a lot of hard-earned healing on this record,” Waldon says of the nine-song project,

recorded at Southern Grooves studio in Memphis with her band, The Muleskinners. As she sings

in the record’s title track and first song, “Ghost of Myself,” she’s put in the work not only to

better herself and leave behind bad habits, but also to learn to love her past selves.

Doing so wasn’t easy, Waldon admits. “It took time and experience,” she says, adding that she

can now find compassion for her younger self.