For those unaware, Jack Barksdale is a 17-year-old folk/Americana singer/songwriter from Texas. Inspired by folk, rock, and blues legends, Jack started performing original music at the age of nine and has already shared the stage with Wynonna Judd, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Junior Brown, John Fullbright, and Hayes Carll.

Recently Jack signed a record deal with Truly Handmade Records, formed by the estate of Guy Clark and so this brand new album entitled Voices - which features many notable guest artists - is the first full length album under that label and is released on June 13th, 2025.

“I’ve been exploring many things,” Barksdale reflects. “Art, religion, reality, society, philosophy, and myself. I guess you could say I’m searching for a better understanding of it all. I hope this album provokes thought on big questions, and the complexity and nuance that exist within pretty much everything around us, if you look hard enough.”

1. The Man, The Myth, the Legend
2. Martyrs
3. Only Human
4. The Cost
5. A Funny Song
6. Song Of The Arist
7. 21st Century Savior
8. God Is Dead, I Am Dead, And So Are You
9. The End Of Days
10. Entropy
11. Voices

Already a veteran singer-songwriter even at the tender age of just 17, this musically expansive new recording opens on the languishing The Man, The Myth, the Legend and then brings us the dulcet duet with Sarah Jarosz Martyrs, the perfectly jaunty Only Human, and both the hushed, Paris-hued The Cost and the low toned ebb of A Funny Song.

After a quiet lead in, along next on this sumptuously crafted new album is the free flowing Song Of The Arist which is itself seamlessly backed by the rhythmically sculpted 21st Century Savior, an aching yearn found veined throughout God Is Dead, I Am Dead, And So Are You, the folk americana of The End Of Days (featuring Kelley Mickwee and Jeff Plankenhorn), the set rounding out on the veritably ethereal one minute, quietly soaring the next Entropy, coming to an all too soon close on the reflective title track Voices.

As aforementioned, the album benefits from an all-star cast of personnel. Engineered by Britton Beisenherz of Ramble Creek Studios in Austin, Texas, Voices features additional contributions from Luke Moller, Diana Burgess, and Chris Gelin, among others. Barksdale expresses deep gratitude for the collaborative effort, saying, “Thanks to all of these people, these voices are being heard. I hope you enjoy and become acquainted with them.”

With Voices, Jack Barksdale cements his place as an artist of rare depth and insight — one unafraid to explore the vast terrain of human experience, and to share his discoveries, one song at a time.

In September 2024 Jack released his 2nd EP “Out of Order and in October 2023 Jack launched a 7-song instrumental EP entitled Phantom Trails.”

Jack tours nationally and wows audiences with lyrics wise beyond his years. Jack plays guitar, slide guitar, harmonica, mandolin, piano, and ukulele, but identifies first and foremost as a songwriter.

Jack Barksdale - A Funny Song (Official Lyric Video)

Official CD Purchase Link

www.jackbarksdale.com