Last Train To New Orleans is Canadian born singer songwriter Clark Graham‘s seventh album and takes inspiration of the landscapes of the American south.

By Graeme Smith

Clark’s music has been appearing on our blog since 2022 and it was in November of that year that Jane got to know him better through an interview.

His sound is in the tradition of acts like the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, combining folk, rock and blues. It’s a sound that typified by album opener Bourbon Street Blues. It introduces us to the album’s world through a jaunty, swaggering instrumental, characterful vocals and oodles of storytelling.

Ash To The Wind slows things down with a more introspective number that beautifully showcases Clark’s soulful vocals. Can’t Get My Mind Off Of You is bold and brassy. It waltzes gently while Clark sings of heartache. Title track Last Train To New Orleans rounds off the early listening in a rousing fashion thanks to its soaring melancholia.

The album’s second half gets started with the cantering, moody American Dream Blues. From there we get the gentle, doubting romance of Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?, the fiery philosophy of The Otherside and, finally, Until The Wheels Fall Off. The latter closes the album with a slow-burning piano-led moment that builds to a cinematic finish where Clark leaves everything out there.

The classic song-writing on display in Clark Graham’s new album has a universal appeal, and thoroughly refutes the idea that “the don’t write them like they used to.” Across the eight tracks of Last Train To New Orleans, we a transported to a world that’s as nostalgic as it is contemporary.

Last Train To New Orleans was composed, recorded and produced by Clark in his Vancouver, Canada-based studio. It’s out now and you can check it out below.