Bristol, TN – February 26, 2026 – Branson, Missouri–based Americana singer-songwriter Sundi Jo will travel to Bristol, Tennessee, March 12–17 to record her forthcoming full-length album, Whiskey Redemption, a concept album written about her father that confronts addiction, inherited trauma, breaking generational curses, and the power of forgiveness.
Whiskey Redemption tells the truth about addiction, not only how it destroys, but how it reshapes families long after it’s gone. Drawing from Sundi Jo’s relationship with her dad, the album unfolds as a stark, compassionate narrative about loving someone you cannot save, telling the truth out loud, and refusing to carry shame forward.
Rather than offering redemption through sobriety or resolution, Whiskey Redemption traces a more complicated path: one marked by memory, grief, accountability, mercy, and the conscious choice to break a generational cycle. The songs examine addiction as inheritance, patterns of harm passed down quietly, and the moment where responsibility shifts and a line is finally drawn.
“This album was part of my own healing, healing I didn’t even know I needed,” Sundi Jo shares. “I spent all of 2025 writing these songs, trying to tell the truth as carefully and honestly as I could. Writing them helped me understand my dad differently, and it helped me say things out loud that I had carried quietly for a long time.”
The project opens with Before Whiskey, released in September 2025, which introduced listeners to the album’s emotional foundation, childhood love, and moments of light that coexisted with addiction. From there, the record progresses through loss, reckoning, and clarity, allowing each chapter to stand on its own without explanation or excuse.
Whiskey Redemption will be recorded at Classic Recording Studio, located on the same historic stretch of State Street where the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers recorded their earliest work. Often referred to as the birthplace of American roots music, Bristol’s legacy of stripped-down, story-first songwriting made it a natural fit for an album grounded in honesty and restraint.
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Classic Recording Studio is owned and operated by Grammy-nominated engineer and producer Mike Stephenson, whose work spans Americana, rock, pop, and film and television projects for Disney, Netflix, and Hulu. Known for capturing organic performances and prioritizing feel over flash, the studio reflects the album’s commitment to letting the songs and their stories lead.
The album is produced by Brad Hacker of Little Alien Music Production, who has produced Sundi Jo’s previous releases.
“It’s wild to realize this is the first full album I’ve produced sober, and it happens to be one about addiction and loss,” Hacker says. “There’s a depth and clarity in these songs that comes from telling the truth without trying to fix it. My job was simply to get out of the way and let that honesty come through.”
Beyond her work as an Americana recording artist and writing songs for herself, Sundi Jo is an accomplished songwriter in other genres, having co-written a Faith Country single that spent four consecutive weeks at #1 and earning a Southern Gospel cut.
Rather than positioning Whiskey Redemption as a collection of singles, Sundi Jo approaches the project as a cohesive body of work, one meant to be heard from beginning to end. Recording in Bristol marks a significant milestone in bringing this story fully to life.
Additional details, behind-the-scenes content, and release information will be shared in the months ahead.
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