Tom Russell will release his brand-new studio album, "Folk Hotel" on September 8th. A signature Tom Russell collection, the wide-ranging subject matter on "Folk Hotel" includes songs and stories about New York’s Chelsea Hotel, a journey up the road from El Paso to Santa Fe, a cowboy song about Ian Tyson refusing to "leave his old horses", a song for Dylan Thomas - melting into a James Joycean landscape about day in the life of Belfast, a song about Tom meeting J.F.K., another song using only 16th century slang and more….