Best Of Luck

Impassioned singer and virtuosic guitar player Christopher Paul Stelling returns with his fifth album.

Throughout Best of Luck, discontent and self-doubt are transformed into messages of resilience and hope. "Trouble Don't Follow Me" captures this perfectly, with an upbeat almost anthemic rhythm and soulful, gospel-tinged vocals. "It comes as no surprise to me that one of my most optimistic songs could be written in the most difficult hour," Stelling says. "When all I needed was a little hope and a song, I could play night after night and not get tired of. Something that captured the basic recipe for endurance. A song about marching on, a warning to anything that might stand in your way and needing to feel strong for the people around you, so you can inspire them to do the same".

Best Of Luck is a supremely accessible and finely crafted record that deftly merges genres. Ben Harper, who has previously produced records by Mavis Staples, Rickie Lee Jones, The Blind Boys of Alabama and others, recruited an all-star rhythm section with Jimmy Paxson (Stevie Nicks, Dixie Chicks) on drums and upright bass player Mike Valerio (Randy Newman, LA Philharmonic) to lend a versatility and finesse.