{"product_id":"kevin_burt-this_trip","title":"This Trip","description":"\u003cp\u003eKevin Burt’s This Trip was released August 28, 2026, through Gulf Coast Records. Recorded in Waterloo, Iowa, and produced by Michael Cutsforth, its 11 tracks run approximately 39 minutes, stripping the arrangements back to Burt’s rich baritone, acoustic guitar, and harmonica. Blues provides the foundation, with soul, gospel, and folk shaping his conversational delivery and emphasis on storytelling. Its defining quality is intimacy: instead of recreating the fuller instrumentation of his previous records, Burt leaves space around the performances, allowing shifts in phrasing and vocal intensity to carry the emotion. Love, loss, resilience, and gratitude emerge through personal encounters rather than grand declarations, bringing the directness of his solo live performances into the studio. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“You Gone” opens with a speech-like account of unreciprocated love, while the harmonica-driven “Round \u0026amp; Around” follows a relationship’s emotional fluctuations, gradually gathering vocal force. “Ancestors Tears” turns toward learning from the past, and the title track, written about his wife, gives the record’s reflections on companionship a personal center. “Daddy’s Smile” addresses his grown-up daughters, finding a counterpart in closing song “Your Smile,” which recalls their childhood. Those two perspectives connect the album’s broader concerns with time and change: affection remains constant even as the people and circumstances around it evolve. Burt’s powerful delivery occasionally pushes beyond the restraint of the accompaniment, but the sparse setting generally strengthens the songs, making their emotional weight depend on the voice and story rather than studio embellishment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl \/ Album - Opaque Vinyl","offer_id":67925196570938,"sku":"41402","price":38.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD \/ Album","offer_id":67989168554298,"sku":"41401","price":19.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-11-13_at_2.18.48_PM.jpg?v=1794646851","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/kevin_burt-this_trip","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}