Alex Dupree

Alex Dupree’s “Talking to the Dog” is outsider-folk made with a completely unique eye for lyrical detail. Dupree moves between country twang, cosmic psychedelia and soulful confession with the ease of a picaresque poet-jester-troubadour. You could pick any couplet and it would stand against the best lyric writing of the last sixty years. Let’s hope he finally gets the credit he deserves.

Alex Dupree shares “I Can See Her In Your Eyes,” a country duet with Jolie Holland and the third single from “Talking to the Dog,” out August 14th via Scissor Tail Records. Two voices circle the same relational dead end from opposite sides — one still hung up on an old love, the other reading it plainly.

Alex Dupree shares “You’re a Dog, Don’t Talk to Me,” a Michael Hurley cover that features on “Talking to the Dog,” his first album since 2022’s “Thieves,” out August 14th on Scissor Tail Records. His reading carries extra weight this year, following the loss of Michael Hurley back in April.

Alex Dupree returns on August 14th with “Talking to the Dog,” his first album since 2022’s “Thieves,” released via Oklahoma’s Scissor Tail Records. Produced by Michael Krassner and featuring Jolie Holland, it’s the work of a poet-songwriter taking Hank Williams’s offhand line somewhere stranger and more visionary. Ahead of it, he shares lead track “New Meaning.”

On Thieves, Alex Dupree reveals tales worthy of a novelist. It’s a riveting listen if you’re willing to commit to it. One that takes you on transformational journeys to locales around the globe.