Seminal folksingers C. Daniel Boling and Tom Paxton have teamed up for a new album titled It Matters, which will be released on April 18th, 2025 on Berkalin Records.

When Tom Paxton heard final mixes for their first album together, titled New Old Friends, he wrote Daniel, “Wonderful album, son. Let’s do another!” And a year and a half later, they have created their second release.

The 16 songs on It Matters are taken from three times that many songs that they’ve written together since their 2023 album. Those range from love songs to story songs, commentary on politics, society, religion and war, and more.

Daniel Boling and Tom Paxton recorded at The Kitchen Sink studio in Santa Fe, NM with Producer/engineer Jono Manson. Jono Manson and a dozen friends and fellow musicians pitched in on other instruments and a few harmonies, but their goal was “stripped-down, acoustic Folk.”

Tom Paxton officially retired from touring at the end of 2024 after 64 years, but he’s determined to keep writing songs, and writing with Daniel, as long as he lives. That means there just might be another album on the way one of these days.