Lonely Mountain Town - EP
Lonely Mountain Town - EP Album ∙ Country ∙ 2025 Charles Wesley Godwin Charles Wesley Godwin may have had a busy 2024 out on the road, but it didn’t keep the West Virginia-born singer-songwriter away from pen and paper. Invigorated by touring life, Godwin dreamt up a handful of new tunes to follow his acclaimed 2023 record Family Ties , writing while on the road and recording what would become this EP with bandmate Al Torrence. The tracks serve as a snapshot of Godwin’s evolving artistry, retaining the vivid and thoughtful perspective of earlier material while exploring more narrative forms of storytelling. The EP opens with its title track, a sketch of rural romantic longing with an understated, dynamic vocal. Godwin gets an assist from Ernest on “Dead To Rights,” a yearning love song about unexpected romance, with gently dizzying guitars mimicking the disorientation that comes with falling hard and fast. Closing out the EP is the Scott Avett (The Avett Brothers) collaboration “H...