The Marfa Tapes, the new project by Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram and Jon Randall, is available everywhere. The three longtime friends and co-writers returned to their favorite writing spot in Marfa, Texas to record acoustic versions of the songs they wrote together over the years.
Miranda tells us they hoped to bring some of the town's “magic” to their fans via this project. “Marfa is such a magical place. It just – the songs are in the air out there in the desert. And I can’t really explain it but we try to do our best to bring people to Marfa through this music, and it’s one of those places where you just go to disappear and you know writing with two people that you can really be your total self with you know it’s – it feels good that we all get to go out there and just celebrate each other and celebrate creating music.”
The Marfa Tapes feature-length film streamed on Saturday (May 8th). It includes live performances set against the West Texas backdrop, candid interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage captured during the five-day album recording sessions in Marfa last November.
Miranda, Jack and Jon are set to perform on CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday (May 13th).