The Red Clay Strays

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• The Red Clay Strays, "Grateful" - Album Review | Country Central | June 9, 2026, 6:53 a.m.
"In what feels like a victory lap record, The Red Clay Strays seem to epitomize the notion of genre being obsolete in all the best ways."

• The Red Clay Strays Release Soul-Stirring Third Studio Album, “Grateful” | Grateful Web | June 5, 2026, 2:16 p.m.
The Red Clay Strays release Grateful, their new album via HBYCO Records/RCA Records, and announce The Grateful Tour ’26.

• ‘An urgent, timely record:’ What they’re saying about Red Clay Strays’ new album | al | June 9, 2026, 11 a.m.
"Grateful" was released Friday and is getting positive response.

• Album Review – The Red Clay Strays – “Grateful” | Saving Country Music | June 7, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
The Red Clay Strays are American music. And most any genre should want to claim them as their own since they immediately up the ante of talent among it. The Red Clay Strays also can't be anything but themselves.

• The Red Clay Strays Talk About the Highs and the Lows on Their New Album ‘Grateful’ | 92.5 XTU | June 8, 2026, 1:56 p.m.
The Red Clay Strays are opening up about the emotional journey behind their latest album, Grateful, and reflected on the band's high and lows.

• Album Review – The Red Clay Strays – “Grateful” | Saving Country Music | June 7, 2026, 3:24 p.m.
The Red Clay Strays are American music. And most any genre should want to claim them as their own since they immediately up the ante of talent among it. The Red Clay Strays also can't be anything but themselves.

• The Red Clay Strays Want You All to Get Along | Rolling Stone | June 5, 2026, 4:41 p.m.
How the Red Clay Strays became country music's unlikely new stars and what their faith means to new album 'Grateful.'

• New album by the band Red Clay Strays has this reviewer feeling grateful | NPR Illinois | June 5, 2026, 8:46 p.m.
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Laura Grant of station WEXT in Albany, N.Y., about new music out Friday by the Alabama-based band The Red Clay Strays.

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