Old Crow Medicine Show's new album is a 'love letter' to America

NPR | By Henry Larson

Published July 11, 2026 at 5:08 PM EDT

Ketch Secor of the band, Old Crow Medicine Show, says his group's latest album, Union Made, is a love letter to the United States. It's full of stories from the country's past and present.

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