Acclaimed singer-songwriter and producer Lawrence Rothman today unveils a new song, “Nothing Like Shakespeare,’ co-written with Jason Isbell —listen/share HERE and watch the music video HERE. The track and video debut alongside the release of Rothman’s new album, Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust, out now via KRO Records—listen/share HERE.
“Nothing Like Shakespeare” follows previously shared shared singles “Demons,” “Stable,” “Karmakaze,” “A Word’s A Weapon” and “The Meaning.” Americana Highways called “The Meaning” “quintessentially beautiful,” while Riff Magazine hailed “Karmakaze” as “an emotionally raw exploration of addiction, recovery, anxiety and the unrelenting act of surviving.” That Eric Alper also praised the track as a “compelling glimpse into one of the year’s most anticipated Americana releases.”
Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust is Rothman’s fifth studio album and their most revealing work to date. Marking a full embrace of the Americana tradition, the album was written and recorded in Biarritz, France, and Nashville, Tennessee. Produced and mixed entirely by Rothman, the album features contributions from Katie Pruitt, Amanda Shires, Jillian Jacqueline, Jason Isbell and others, and explores addiction, recovery, grief, identity, anxiety, lost love and the relentless act of surviving long enough to reinvent yourself. Grounded in the enduring tradition of Americana, it refuses to be confined to a single genre. Looking forward rather than backward, it pushes the form ahead through uncompromising songwriting, lyrical honesty, raw production and lived experience.
Here Lies Love / Sawdust to Stardust completes a trilogy that began with Good Morning, America (2021) and continued with The Plow That Broke the Plains (2024)—three albums conceived as a single, continuous body of work. The series was born out of the pandemic period, when a collaboration with Lucinda Williams pulled Rothman back to their roots in Nashville. The project represents Rothman’s most cohesive creative statement to date.
Rothman is a singer-songwriter, producer and visual artist whose work has lived at the intersection of folk, rock, Americana and experimental pop for over two decades. Their acclaimed debut album, The Book of Law established Rothman as one of alternative music’s most singular voices. As a producer and collaborator, Rothman has worked with artists including Angel Olsen, Lucinda Williams, MUNA, Blondshell, Amanda Shires, Kim Gordon and Margo Price, helping shape records that transform personal vulnerability into powerful art, and drawing inspiration from those same artists in their own growth as a confessional songwriter.
“You Gotta Hear This—Lawrence Rothman, ‘Demons’” – Bluegrass Situation
“Rothman and longtime collaborator Amanda Shires deliver an emotionally raw exploration of addiction, recovery, anxiety and the unrelenting act of surviving” – RIFF Magazine
“Crystal clear harmonies bring the three sounds—Rothman’s vocals, the guitar strings, and the harmonies—together in a quintessentially beautiful arrangement.” – Americana Highways
LAWRENCE ROTHMAN – HERE LIES LOVE / SAWDUST TO STARDUST:
1. The Meaning
2. A Word’s A Weapon
3. Karmakaze (feat. Amanda Shires)
4. Stable
5. Deep Cut
6. Demons
7. Here Lies Love
8. Worn Out Woman
9. A Fire Test (feat. Sarah Klang)
10. Nothing Like Shakespeare
11. Slow Rush
12. Lost In Her Rock n’ Roll
13. Sawdust To Stardust
