Latest News

I am touring with T Bone Burnett (along with Colin Linden and Dennis Crouch), in support of his new record, The Other Side; dates are here.

I will be performing with Ringo Starr (and illustrious friends) at the Ryman on January 15-16; tickets here.

I am working on the score for Season Two of "The Big Lie" for Audible! Starring Jon Hamm and written by John Mankiewiecz, to be premiered at Sundance and released in 2025.

T Bone Burnett and I did the music for the new Twyla Tharp piece, "How Long Blues", which ran through June 23 at Little Island in NYC.

I produced a new album on Kinky Friedman, to be released in early 2025 on Jesse Dayton's Hardcharger label. A collection of brand new tunes by the legendary Texas Jewboy himself!

I am finishing up a new record on Teddy Thompson, all new original tunes. Keep an eye out for release date news here. Also producing a new record for the Chapin Sisters!

I composed the main theme and the score for the hit Showtime limited series, "George & Tammy" starring Jessica Chastain and Michael Shannon. It is available on demand, and the soundtrack has been released on Sony Masterworks (including my theme music), available wherever you stream your music. You can listen to more music from the score on my "Listen" page (TV FIlms).

I wrote the score for last year's hit scripted podcast for Audible.com about the Hollywood blacklist era. Called "The Big Lie", it is based on the making of the film "Salt Of The Earth" and the FBI's attempt to stop it. Starring Jon Hamm and written by John Mankiewiecz, it won two Webby awards for best scripted podcast, limited series! Look for season two, coming later this year!

Rolling Stone has a "Twenty Feet From Stardom"-style series on musicians, click here to read the one they did about me.

My streaming concert series, "The Fallout Shelter", has relocated to my new home, Hobo Sound. The physical fallout shelter is gone, but the music lives on! One of our shows featured Jenni Muldaur and Teddy Thompson; it was a live tracking session for an EP we released on my label, Fallout Shelter Records called "Teddy & Jenni do Porter & Dolly: A Tribute to the Duets of Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton". The project has since expanded into a complete album, now including covers of duets by George Jones/Tammy Wynette, and Conway Twitty/Loretta Lynn. For more info, please visit the Fallout Shelter Record site.

I am featured in the Martin Scorsese film "Rolling Thunder: A Bob Dylan Story" , and in the new box set of recordings from the famed 1975 tour.

David Mansfield