Davis Coen"s new release Magnolia Land was recorded in early-2007 and mid-2008 at the Delta Recording Service in Como, Mississippi. The sessions were overseen by seasoned studio proprietor Jimbo Mathus, who also played bass or joined in on guitar on many of the essentially live studio cuts. Session musicians also include North-Mississippi regional blues players, such as sure-handed drummer Kinney Kimbrough and steady-driving bassist Justin Showah (both currently in the touring band Afrissippi). Magnolia Land is the first Coen album to stray completely from his much-noted Piedmont acoustic guitar style. Now Carolina-gone-North Mississippi, he showcases his flair for electrically charged arrangements rooted deeply in the musical environs present around the Hill Country where the recording sessions took place. Several tracks, including the album opener Tired And Lonesome, also add the organ accompaniment of Lance Ashley, who appreared on Coen"s previous 2008 release Blues Lights For Yours And Mine.