Son Volt is currently touring the US to promote its new album, "American Central Dust," which features a song about the Sultana disaster.
The popular alternative country band, Son Volt, have a new album being released on July 7th featuring a song about and titled, “Sultana.” You can listen to a clip from the track on the Amazon page for American Central Dust
The album, and by association, the Sultana disaster, has even received attention in the Wall Street Journal. Singer-songwriter Jay Farrar told the highly respected newspaper what inspired him: “It struck me as a sadly powerful name and a shame that more people don’t know about it.”
Farrar founded Son Volt in 1994 after the breakup of his previous band, Uncle Tupelo, was triggered by a falling out between Farrar and bandmate Jeff Tweedy, who went on to form Wilco with other former group members.
Farrar is a native of St. Louis, which is also the hometown of the Sultana’s Captain J. Cass Mason.
Tour info at Son Volt’s official site… Additional album coverage at St. Louis Today.