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The Wood Brothers with special guests Shovels & Rope at Utepils Brewing in Minneapolis on Friday, May 12.

Touring in support of his 2023 album BIG TALK, a work that, according to PopMatters, "points the way to a better world over a country-rock soundtrack," acclaimed recording artist Jarrod Dickenson headlines a May 1 concert at Davenport's Raccoon Motel, the musician's latest release also lauded by Rock & Blues Muse as "a smooth, defiant roar."

Welcome to this trio’s eighth studio album, recorded analog to 16-track tape. Oliver Wood, Chris Wood, and Jano Rix have written all of these tunes (along with a co-write with Maya DeVitry), and some sax and trombone are added to some of these tunes.

The Wood Brothers have learned to trust their hearts. For the better part of two decades, they've cemented their reputation as freethinking songwriters, road warriors, and community builders, creating a catalog of diverse music and a loyal audience who've grown alongside them through the years. That evolution continues with Heart is the Hero, the band's eighth studio album.

Musician Oliver Wood says that risk remains at the heart of the music he makes with The Wood Brothers.

Release Day Picks this week highlight new albums by Metallica, Fruit Bats, Feist, The Wood Brothers, The Tallest Man on Earth, Neil Young, Temples, Black Thought & El Michels Affair, Dirty Heads, Dinner Party, Angel Olsen, BT ALC Big Band, and Waiting On Mongo.

The Wood Brothers have released their eighth studio album, Heart Is The Hero, available today via Honey Jar/Thirty Tigers. Recorded analog to 16-track tape direct from the studio floor with nary a computer in sight, brothers Oliver and Chris Wood and longtime bandmate Jano Rix stripped back their sound to its elemental core, focusing on the impact of the performances over studio perfection.

Photo: Shervin Lainez *** The Wood Brothers have always had a loose, freewheeling spirit. Brothers Oliver and Chris Wood, along with Jano Rix, embrace

Heart Is The Hero is an album devoted to enduring ideal(s) of integrity, musical and otherwise, this is, in a very real sense, the Wood Brothers' definitive statement of values.

“Everybody’s working for the weekend,” sang Loverboy in one of the worst songs ever to worm its way into our ears and the speaker systems of grocery stores and mall food courts everywhere. Though, I hate to admit that there’s some truth in it. Fortunately there will be only songs worth hearing when three terrific artists with roots and pop leanings take the stage for Finally Friday at 3rd & Lindsley for our weekly free lunchtime concert series. You’ll be Lovin’ Every Minute Of It...