Kentucky-born and Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Dawn Landes release her third album, Sweet Heart Rodeo. The album berates a certain someone who once ruined one of Landes birthdays by standing her up, and borrows a hook from Tennessee Ernie Ford's fifties nugget of resignation "16 Tons". The title was inspired by Landes great-grandmother's beau, who ran away to join the rodeo during the Great Depression. A rodeo theme runs throughout the record as she compares the ups and downs of romance to the rigours of bull riding. Recorded in Landes own studio (Saltlands in Brooklyn) with regular collaborator, drummer and all-rounder Ray Rizzo, guitarist Josh Kaufman and bassist Annie Nero.