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With his second release in two years, Hard Lessons, Pagliari turns the challenges of the present into Americana songs that provoke and pose questions. These are stories about division, inequality, and challenging times, rooted in the well-worn warmth of Pagliari's voice. He wrote and recorded the album during a global pandemic that found him on the front lines, working overtime as a nurse anesthetist. Many of the songs reflect that experience, from "Flame" — a cautionary tale disguised as a heartland rock anthem, inspired by the civil unrest exacerbated by Donald Trump's presidency — to the wary "This Time Will Tell." Socially-conscious throughout, Hard Lessons makes room for optimism, too, with "Here Comes a Woman" unfolding like a prayer for increased female leadership in American politics. Pagliari grew up in Memphis, Tennessee. After living in Nashville for over a decade, he later moved to Austin, TX. Hard Lessons reunites Pagliari with many of his Midway (released in 2020) collaborators , including Jon Estes (Abigail Washburn, Langhorne Slim), drummer Jamie Dick (Rhiannon Giddens, Milk Carton Kids), & guitarist Jeremy Fetzer (Steelism). Other guests making contributions on the record include guitarist Sadler Vaden (Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit) and vocalist Alexis Saski (Tennessee Muscle Candy). The result is a record of taut, textured Americana songs, written by a lifer who's spent the better part of two decades exploring the peaks of American roots-rock.