Tami Nelson - Neon Cowgirl *Pre-Order

Release Date Friday 11th July 2025
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.

The Neon Cowgirl, towering over Broadway in Nashville like the patron saint of heartbreak, watched Tami Neilson grow up. Basking in her glow, Tami walked wide-eyed into the Ryman Auditorium as a 16 year old - and she dreamt of taking her place on that stage ever since. After spending half a year on a coast-to-coast tour of North America with her young family in a 40-foot motorhome, Tami returned to New Zealand to record a collection of songs inspired by her pilgrimage. This lovelorn letter written on 4 wheels over blacktop became Neon Cowgirl. From the barn-burner “Borrow My Boots”- a celebration of sisterhood written and performed with Ashley McBryde and Shelly Fairchild featuring guitar-prodigy Grace Bowers - to the dreamy duet of the title track featuring Neil Finn, to Tami's soaring ode to Roy Orbison "Foolish Heart" and the smoky "You're Gonna Fall" recorded with JD MCPherson, "Neon Cowgirl" leaves no emotion unexamined, no stone unturned. "I collected the seeds for these songs in each place along the way. When they blossomed, there were crossbreeds of Presley and Patsy, Orbison and kd lang- the blues of Memphis, the twang of Texas, the cinematic torch of Judy Garland on a Hollywood soundstage. But, mostly, it became a love letter to my Neon Cowgirl. Or, more accurately, a lovelorn letter. Because she’ll just keep on breaking a foolish heart if you let her." “Neon Cowgirl” is the story of one woman's lifelong dream taking it's own sweet time and almost impossibly coming true. “One of the greatest singers on this entire planet, irrespective of genre or geographic region” - Saving Country Music "A fire-beathing belter" - Rolling Stone “An imperious talent” - The Guardian “Rousing and vibrant like thunder and lightning” - CBC Music

Track Listing:

Foolish Heart

Salvation Mountain

Neon Cowgirl feat Neil Finn

Borrow My Boots feat. Ashley McBryde, Shelly Fairchild, Grace Bowers

Love Someone

Keep On feat. The Secret Sisters

You're Gonna Fall feat. JD McPherson

Heartbreak City, USA

Loneliness of Love

U-Haul Blues

One Less Heart

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