Thomm Jutz is a German-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter, producer, guitarist, and composer. He’s recently announced his new album, Ring-A-Bellin’, arriving independently on April 3rd, 2026. The album’s first single, “Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Blues” is out now, alongside a live performance video.

“Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Blues” was created with a co-writer, The SteelDrivers’ Tammy Rogers, and Jutz brings in observations from his own experience working on the road since he was nineteen years old.

He shares:

Going on the road at nineteen was the perfect way to live at the time. No responsibilities but to make it to the next gig. Do what you know how to do and move on. That’s why it doesn’t matter where you are, you could be going up and down the Mississippi River in 1898 or the damn Autobahn in Germany in 1998. There’s always somebody waiting to play another game, frequently with a bottle of booze.

While some people love life on the road, he notes that it can “wear off.”:

It did for me. I got sick of the people I was with, sick of myself for sitting down at the table to play their game. As it turned out, that part wasn’t over when I moved to Nashville. As it turned out, it was necessary, so better things could come.

Jutz describes his creative approach to writing thus:

Finding ideas in the chaos of the outer world and the inner world. Defining ideas by separating them, by distilling them into different parts. Applying craft, mind, and spirit to the material. Observing the coming together of the inner and the outer in song.

The new song features acoustic instruments played live, together in a room. Co-writer Rogers supports with her fiddle and backing vocals, joined by Mike Compton’s mandolin and Mark Fain’s bass. They are also joined by Finn Goodwin-Bain’s piano.

For those wanting to dive even deeper into the thoughts and patterns behind the new album release, a hardback Ring-A-Bellin’ companion book includes the stories and inspiration behind each song. For more information, visit thommjutz.com.

Thomm Jutz comments further on the new album:

“I’d been thinking about making another solo record for some time, something sonically and thematically different from what I’d done before, different in instrumentation and approach to recording as well. 

I wanted to start recording every song with the smallest musical unit appropriate to the song and only add what felt necessary and relevant, keeping everything in the realm of acoustic instruments. Some songs started and ended with just me singing and playing, others with me and bass player extraordinaire Mark Fain, or as a trio with Tim O’Brien and Michael Rinne. All the main ingredients are live, especially all the lead vocals. 

It was extremely liberating to record like this, in the moment, with almost no premeditation, no direction to the players, not even much, or any, direction to myself. It felt immensely freeing to my guitar playing and reconnected me with an energy I wasn’t sure I still had. It takes players that you trust 100% to record like that, like all the players on this album – and engineers like my old friend Andy Kern, and my new friend Finn Goodwin-Bain, who are willing to move fast and with confidence to capture the moment.”