The result is an album that both bears very little relation to Auerbach’s past efforts, yet nonetheless exudes his signature retro-soul fetishism. Whether it was his 2009 solo debut Keep It Hidor his 2015 foray with the Arcs, Auerbach’s outside pursuits have had the Keys’ muddy footprints all over them. But Waiting on a Song could be his first record without a drop of the blues in the mix, with Auerbach favoring the less gruff, more melodic register in his voice atop a studio-smoothed concoction of country, soul, folk, and power pop.

Here’s the brand-new LinkedIn commercial that’s titled ‘Let’s Step Forward, Together’ and features the tagline ‘In It Together’. New Release And Video: Dan Auerbach – Waiting On A Song". thankfolkforthat.com. 22 May 2017 . Retrieved 25 July 2017.Le Top de la semaine: Top Albums – SNEP (Week 23, 2017)". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved June 13, 2017. acoustic guitar 1, 6, 8, 10, resonator guitar 6, 12 string acoustic guitar 4, 12 string guitar 1, electric guitar 1-4, 7, 9, 10, steel guitar 9, sitar 2, 5 Hermes, Will (June 2, 2017). "Review: Dan Auerbach's 'Waiting On A Song' ". Rolling Stone . Retrieved June 3, 2017. Showing a guy looking for a job while also revitalizing a house plant, this 60-second LinkedIn ad spot encourages viewers to take a few small steps with their LinkedIn community and see how things can grow. Stuart Berman (June 1, 2017). "Dan Auerbach: Waiting on a Song Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved June 3, 2017.

I first interviewed Dan in Philadelphia a few weeks ago while we were at Philly station WXPN for NON COMM-vention, a public radio conference. After that 45-minute conversation I discovered — as is every interviewer's worst nightmare — that the resulting sound file was only 12 minutes long. I was sad we lost that interview, but determined to do it again. As it turned out I was flying to Nashville the following week, so we wound up meeting at Easy Eye for a conversation that took place in the middle of the studio. His engineer set us up with a mixer and two microphones, in the very same room where Waiting On A Song was born. We had this free-flowing conversation, that included playing the music that inspired him to make Waiting On A Song and to create his own record label, which shares a name with his studio. Keep It Hid opens with the sound of heritage and family: Auerbach singing "Trouble Weighs A Ton" alone, with an acoustic guitar, until his uncle, James Quine, chimes in at the chorus, harmonizing with Dan in the bluegrass-and-bloodline tradition of The Stanley Brothers. It was just a phrase in a song," Auerbach insists. "If I'd found a record by somebody called Keep It Hid, with that cover" – an odd-angle closeup of Auerbach playing an exotically sculpted mid-Sixties Japanese-budget-brand guitar – "I would have bought it," he adds, laughing.

Austriancharts.at – Dan Auerbach – Waiting on a Song" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 15, 2017. Mayfield, in turn, was raised in singing and bluegrass almost next door – in Kent, Ohio, a half-hour's drive from Akron. "As soon as I heard her, I needed to know who she was," Auerbach recalls. "Her family was a traveling band, and she was writing these incredible songs, funny and witty. I couldn't believe it. We started getting together and writing stuff. Those bluegrass harmonies – that's what really connected us." Top 100 Albumes — Semana 23: del 02.06.2017 al 08.06.2017" (in Spanish). Productores de Música de España . Retrieved June 14, 2017. Offiziellecharts.de – Dan Auerbach – Waiting on a Song" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 9, 2017. Dutchcharts.nl – Dan Auerbach – Waiting on a Song" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 9, 2017.