Nashville singer-songwriter Brennan Wedl has signed to ANTI- Records, marking the news with a cover of Kathleen Edwards’ ‘Six O’Clock News’. It’s a collaboration with Waxahatchee‘s Katie Crutchfield, who also produced the track with Brad Cook. Check it out below.
“I first heard ‘Six O’Clock News’ on the Cities 97 Sampler CD around 2003,” Wedl shared in a statement. “There’s no doubt that this song shaped my songwriting voice. Originally written by Kathleen Edwards, ‘Six O’Clock News’ is a story about the hysteria of gun violence in an American town. To record and sing this very contemporary story with Waxahatchee over twenty years later is a direct link to the very heart of why I play music. It’s an honour to be joining the ANTI- roster and I’m ecstatic to share what we’ve been working on.”
Crutchfield added: “Brennan and I really bonded over our mutual love for Kathleen Edwards’s music. It’s such a powerful song with timeless appeal and I’m just thrilled to get to release our take on it.”
Edwards, who’s heard their version of the song, had this to say: “I absolutely love this so much and am humbled that my song gets to live a new life with Katie and Brennan. 25 years ago, my audience looked a lot different than theirs does today – it’s incredibly cool to see young women love the songwriting that means so much to me, too.”
This April, Wedl is opening Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman‘s upcoming co-headling US tour, where they’ll continue to cover this song and others.
