Movin’ Shoes by Emily Nenni

Whenever Emily Nenni is onstage, she welcomes everybody to the dancefloor. The California-born, Nashville-based singer-songwriter wants the honkytonk to be a place of escape, where fans can shed their troubles for a few hours and feel safe and free. “I’m always watching the dancefloor and making sure everybody’s being respectful.” Or, as she sings on the supremely funky title track to her new album Movin’ Shoes, “Here’s where you dress for you and dance the way that you want to.”

Movin’ Shoes is an album about how we treat each other and how we treat ourselves. Confident in its touchstones and compassionate in its insights, Movin’ Shoes eloquently and wryly blends southern soul from Memphis and Muscle Shoals with southern rock from Macon and outlaw country from Austin. Making Movin’ Shoes was a process of discovery for Nenni. Musically she found all new ways to combine the disparate artists she loves so much, and lyrically she found all new ways to relate to herself and to others. “We should at all times acknowledge and accept the fact that we’re imperfect people,” she explains. “We all make mistakes and we should all rethink the way we go about things. I am flawed. Everyone around me is flawed. But that’s not a bad thing. It just means we’re all human. This album is about making mistakes and learning from them. I’m always trying to put that into my songs.”

Tracklist

1.	Movin’ Shoes
2.	Talkin’ To Your Toothbrush
3.	Take My Money
4.	Not A Winner
5.	Livin’ In Shame	2:25

6.	What Have I Done Wrong
7.	Tenderness
8.	Honky Tonkin’
9.	Home With My Dog
10.	Good Ma’am
11.	Yes It Hurt
12.	Talk To Me
13.	You Only Said It To Hurt Me

Credits

releases May 1, 2026

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Musicians:
Emily Nenni - Vocals
Steve Potts - Drums
Alex Lyon - Bass Guitar
Al Gamble - Grand Piano, Hammond and Farfisa Organs, Wurlitzer Piano and Harmonica
Jack Quiggins - Electric and Acoustic Guitars, additional Harmony Vocals
James Woodall - Pedal Steel Guitar and Dobro
Matt Ross-Spang - Rubber B. Guitar
John James Tourville - Electric, Baritone and Acoustic Guitars, Auxiliary Percussion & Synthesizer

Horn Section:
Marc Franklin - Trumpet
Art Edmaiston - Saxophone
Kirk Smothers - Baritone Saxophone

Produced by John James Tourville
Recorded and Mixed by Matt Ross-Spang at Southern Grooves, Memphis, TN
Additional Recording by Jake Davis, Nashville, TN
Mastered by Raelynn Janicke at Infrasonic Mastering (Nashville, TN)

Management: Sam Seifert & Ellie Newman - Lightnin’ Management
Booking: Tommy Alexander, Paige Maloney, Yitzi Peetluk at Wasserman
A&R: George Fontaine, Jr.
Photography: Emilia Paré
Graphic Design / Cover: Taylor Rushing
Layout: Matt Etgen

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All songs written by Emily Nenni (BMI)

Except “Talkin’ To Your Toothbrush” by John Simon
BMG Firefly obo John Simon Music (ASCAP)

“Take My Money” and “Yes It Hurt” by Emily Nenni and John James Tourville
Emily Nenni / Jerktown Music (BMI)

“Tenderness” by Paul Simon
Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI)

“Honky Tonkin’” by Delbert McClinton
Songs of Universal Inc (BMI)

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Thank you first and foremost and always to my beautiful family. To my mom and dad for raising
me, loving me, sharing all kinds of music with me, and for always giving me space to be myself.
To my sisters for always being there to talk to, about the good and the bad. I cherish you both.
To my Charlotte and Teddy, your Auntie loves you so much. To Jack for being an exceptional
partner on and off the road, your hard work and love can’t be matched. To John James Tourville
for producing a second record for me. For not sweating it when I was still sending you voice
memos when we were ten days out from recording in Memphis. Your passion and knowledge for
music and your empathy toward all people truly makes you the perfect producer, and a
wonderful friend. I appreciate you pushing me outside the lines for a few of these songs, or else
they never would have happened. To Matt Ross-Spang for welcoming us into his heavenly
studio, for his endless hours of mastery, and for the candy cigarettes. To Raelynn Janicke for
mastering this record beautifully. To Jake Davis for setting up a cozy space for me to record a
couple vocals in Nashville. To this band; my guys Jack Quiggins and Alex Lyon, it is always a
pleasure to get to record with you and play these songs for you in Nashville while I’m still
working through them. To James Woodall on steel, to Al Gamble for all kinds of keys and
harmonica, and to sweet Steve Potts for keeping excellent time. To the horn trio: Marc Franklin, Art Edmaiston, and Kirk Smothers, it was such a treat to watch y’all work. To my family at New West Records for once again giving me the freedom to make the kind of record I wanted, and for supporting me while I repeatedly step out of my comfort zone. The more I learn about this business the more grateful I am to have somehow landed in the company of such high integrity. To my management team at Lightnin’ Management, Ellie Newman, Sam Seifert and Jacob Pierce for their endless time, work and encouragement since the day we started working together. It is a joy to have you three as teammates in all areas of our work. Thank you to Tommy Alexander and Paige Maloney for keeping me on the road, and bringing me to so many cities and audiences I’d likely never have the pleasure of seeing. To Taylor Rushing for his lettering for the front and back cover for now our third record collaboration, and to Matt Etgen for the layout of the interior. To Beth Brinker for her creative direction for our cover shoot, for being a blast to work with and exceptional at what she does. To Brittney Head for nailing hair and makeup for the cover shoot, and to Emilia Paré for her stunning photography. And last but not least, to Edna for being a good dog. She did a great job interning at Southern Grooves in Memphis and is waiting for Ross-Spang to reach out with a full time opening.

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