Lambchop

About

Lambchop is an American band from Nashville, Tennessee, active since the mid-1980s under the creative direction of singer-songwriter Kurt Wagner. Their music resists easy classification - country, soul, jazz, chamber pop and electronica have all passed through the band's ever-shifting lineup, which at its largest has numbered close to 20 musicians. AllMusic called them "arguably the most consistently brilliant and unique American group to emerge during the 1990s", and their 2000 album Nixon broke the band through to a wide European audience.

#5,824

Songkick global popularity rank

24×

Most-played city (London, all-time concerts)

17

Studio albums released

40+

Years active

What's new

2026-05
Lambchop announced their 17th album, Punching the Clown, due August 21, 2026 on City Slang, and released the lead single "Weakened".
2026-05
Punching the Clown was recorded at Justin Vernon's April Base studio in Wisconsin, featuring Vernon on banjo and a six-part choir directed by Blake Morgan.
2025-09
Lambchop launched a European tour of intimate piano concerts starting October 29, 2025 in Norway.
2022-09
Lambchop released their 15th studio album The Bible on September 30, 2022 via Merge Records, produced by Andrew Broder and Ryan Olson.