Willow Osborne
Willow Osborne is a banjo player and vocalist from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. She began her professional career at the age of eight playing at the renowned Dollywood theme park. Since then, she has represented Nashville’s segment in the IMAX picture America’s Musical Journey, shared the stage with legendary musicians such as Dolly Parton, Daniel Donato, Joscho Stephan and Grace Bowers and taken part in Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country Christmas Jam for the past three years at the Brooklyn Bowl in Nashville. She blends together bluegrass, folk and jazz drawing inspiration from Gillian Welch, Alison Brown & Sierra Ferrell. She plays primarily in a double banjo and vocal duo “Willow & Jesse”. Her latest release was “Today I Started Loving You Again” with Daniel Donato in April 2024
New Music
Willow Osborne Releases “Death Row”
March 13, 2026
East Tennessee banjo player and vocalist Willow Osborne releases her new single, “Death Row,” today on Gravy Records. Originally written by Chris Stapleton and Mike Henderson, the track arrives as a striking reinterpretation that reshapes the song’s sound and atmosphere around Osborne’s signature Romero 6-string gourd banjo.
“I’ve always been a huge fan of Chris Stapleton—his music has consistently inspired me,” Osborne says. “When I first heard Death Row, I immediately thought: this needs gourd banjo, electric bass, and electric guitar. That idea lit the fuse.”
Produced and recorded by Jesse Eads at their home studio, Osborne’s version leans into space and weight rather than polish. Her banjo provides the rhythmic backbone, supported by a heavy, driving bass line from Eads and the sharp electric guitar presence of award-winning guitarist Grace Bowers. Named Instrumentalist of the Year at the 2024 Americana Music Association Honors & Awards and praised by Rolling Stone as “Nashville’s new guitar hero,” Bowers brings a blues-rooted edge that adds grit and depth to the track.
Death Row
Written by Chris Stapleton and Mike Henderson
Warner Chappell Music, Inc. and WB Music Corp.
Release Date: 3/13/2026
ISRC: USACX2501549
UPC: 899090747809
Willow Osborne - banjo, gourd banjo, lead vocals
Jesse Eads - bass, mandolin, percussion
Grace Bowers - electric guitar
Producer: Jesse Eads
Executive Producer: Dave Maggard
Recording Engineer: Jesse Eads
Mixing Engineer: Dave Maggard
Mastering Engineer: Keith Burhans
Recorded at Willow and Jesse’s home studio.
Grace recorded her electric guitar at “Crosstie Recordings” in Nashville, TN.
Mixing and mastering: “Sound Biscuit Productions” Sevierville, TN.
Graphic Artist: Sarah Kiser / Trail Bug Prints
Record Label: Gravy Records
Catalog# SBP-S39GR
Stream link: https://sc.lnk.to/wo-DeathRow
Airplay Direct: https://app.airplaydirect.com/music/DeathRow/
Get It Played: https://getitplayed.com/account/search/song/5051