On the Widow's Walk

On the Widow's Walk is a 2020 album written and performed by Americana singer-songwriter the White Buffalo, and produced by Shooter Jennings. It was the first album released on Snakefarm Records. Background On the Widow's Walk is the seventh album by Oregon-born Americana artist the White Buffalo, and a follow-up to his 2017 album Darkest Darks, Lightest Lights. On February 20, 2020, the single "The Rapture" was released, and the album's release date was announced. Initially, the album's release was planned to coincide with a tour of the United Kingdom, but, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the concert was instead live-streamed on April 5, 2020, with the physical concert delayed first to 2021, and then to 2022. Recording After Darkest Darks, Lightest Lights, the White Buffalo claimed he was in a "dark place", and struggled to produce any new material, but after meeting Shooter Jennings, he was able to write the bulk of the album within a week and a half. The recording on On the Widow's Walk was conducted in a live setting, with few retakes, a style which the White Buffalo lamented not having adopted earlier.