It’s been a long, hard road to success for North Carolina songwriter Aaron Burdett. Although he has an extensive catalog of critically-acclaimed recordings—not to mention his share of national songwriting competition honors—it took the recent success of his bluegrass-flavored “Rockefeller,” which climbed the charts and lingered there for most of 2020, to repay his persistence and make him a new discovery for roots music fans.
About Dream Rich, Dirt Poor
Burdett is joined by both top studio players and his seasoned band members to create an album that sits more squarely in the progressive roots, bluegrass and folk genre that is gaining so much popularity nationwide. Dream Rich, Dirt Poor, with it’s working class themes and sincerity, isa return to Burdett’s North Carolina mountain roots in style and subject matter.
From its prior released, critically successful singles to the album’s additional unreleased material like “Hard Hand”, “Working Class” and “Too Far From Home”, Dream Rich, Dirt Poor oozes with pastoral storytelling that is both heartfelt and humorous with some strategic irony to boot.
This album includes 3 chart-toppingand critically acclaimed prior singles, “Rockefeller” (13 weeks in the charts), “Losers Bracket” (8 weeks in the charts), and “Dirt Poor” (7 weeks in the charts). These lead off singles have been featured in national editorials, such as The Bluegrass Situation, Hallels, Country Music News International, Laurel of Asheville.