Kentucky’s Black Stone Cherry are back with Celebrate, a new EP dropping March 6, ’26! The first single, “Neon Eyes”, is out now!
You’ll love how the song came about: it’s a soundcheck riff caught on an iPhone that snowballed into a full-on anthem! “We knew we wanted the main riff to also be the chorus so once we landed on the title, everything fell into place,” the band said. “A classic BSC banger.”
Cool video. It captures a day in the life on the road, from hanging with fans to tearing up their headline slot at the 2025 Maid Of Stone festival.
Self-produced and recorded at High Street Studios in Bowling Green, Celebrate sees Black Stone Cherry bringing more massive hooks.
“Any piece of art is a snapshot of that artist’s life,” singer Chris Robertson said. “So I look at these songs as a culmination of everything we’ve lived since Screamin’ At The Sky.”
Guitarist Ben Wells added, “None of us are precious, because we’re all fighting on the same team… It was cool to think you could start the day without a song, and five hours later walk out with a demo.”
The EP isn’t afraid of contrasts. There’s woozy grunge Nirvana inspired “I’m Fine,” and gut-punch honesty in “Deep,” a song written just days after Wells and his wife suffered a miscarriage during the writing process. For the finale, they flip the ‘80s classic “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” with help from Theory Of A Deadman’s Tyler Connolly, a gritty, soulful song.
Robertson summed it up best: “I love that song!”
“Celebrate” track listing:
01. Celebrate
02. Neon Eyes
03. Caught Up In The Up Down
04. I’m Fine
05. Deep
06. What You’re Made Of
07. Don’t You Forget About Me (feat. Tyler Connolly)
Black Stone Cherry are: Chris Robertson (vocals/guitar), Ben Wells (guitars), John Fred Young (drums), Steve Jewell Jr. (bass).
One of rock’s most underrated. This. Band. Rules.
