Jerry Salley Releases His New Album The Believer.
Two-time IBMA Songwriter of the Year and veteran Nashville songsmith and producer, Jerry Salley, has announced the release of his latest solo project, The Believer.
Set for release on Friday, March 13, 2026. The Believer is a collection of 12 all-Gospel songs, cowritten by Salley and recorded in his signature bluegrass style, with some of the greatest musicians in the genre.
The Believer is the second in a series of three projects that I like to call ‘a trilogy of my personality and values that reflect who I am. This new album follows The Songwriter, a critically acclaimed project of all solo written songs by the Ohio Country Music Hall of Fame member, that continues to produce hits at bluegrass radio – – Jerry Salley.
Salley calls this project a left-footed Gospel project, because there are songs on here that you wouldn’t normally think would be on a Gospel album. Songs like BYOB, I Need A Drink and God And A Dog. But, don’t let the song titles fool you! They all have wonderful messages that he wants to share with us. Those who are believers in the message of Christ, and those who may not be Christ followers and usually wouldn’t listen to Bluegrass Gospel music.
The Believer includes new songs along with a few tunes penned by Salley that other artists have recorded previously with wide success at Gospel radio, including Heaven Just Got Sweeter For You (recorded by Darin & Brooke Aldridge and The Kingdom Heirs), It’s A God Thing (recorded by the Dunaways), and the 2014 Dove Award nominated If These Old Walls Could Talk (recorded by Wilburn And Wilburn and nominated for Bluegrass Song of The Year).
Whatever I have accomplished in this life, I owe it all to my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. And, of all the music I have written in my career, it is the Gospel songs that I pray will have the most impact and make the most difference. As someone who has been blessed to write songs for a living, I sincerely believe I was put on this earth to share God’s love through my music, and to do my very best to witness through the songs I write and sing.
I believe in His holy word. I believe Christ came into this world to die for my sins. I believe He was crucified, died and rose again and is alive today. I believe He will return at His appointed time. Yes, I am a believer – Jerry Salley
Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord – Ephesians 5:19
Focus Track: As the entire album is being released, we understand that each DJ will have a favourite track. We humbly ask radio to focus on If God Can Save Paul featuring Carl Jackson, Larry Cordle, and Bradley Walker, as the first single from the album.
About Jerry Salley:
Jerry Salley
Billboard Magazine has praised Jerry Salley as one of Music Row’s greatest veteran tunesmiths. In 2024 he was inducted into the Ohio Country Music Hall Of Fame and in 2022 Jerry won a DOVE award for producing and performing on the Dolly Parton recording of the song, In The Sweet By And By, (from the Country Faith Bluegrass album).
In 2019, Jerry was a final nominee for the Nashville Songwriters Hall Of Fame and a 2020 Grammy nominee for producing the multi-artist, Gonna Sing, Gonna Shout, for Best Roots Gospel album.
He is the 2018 & 2019 IBMA Songwriter of the Year and the 2003 SESAC Country Music Songwriter of the Year. Salley has had over 540 songs recorded, having sold in excess of 18 million records worldwide. Salley has written hits in Country, Bluegrass and Gospel music and may be the most successful songwriter to have earned equal recognition from all three genres of music.
In the bluegrass genre, Jerry has had hundreds of songs recorded, which includes numerous chart toppers. He was honoured to have co-written three songs on The SteelDrivers Grammy award winning album, The Muscle Shoals Recordings and the Del McCoury Band Grammy winning album The Streets Of Baltimore.
Other bluegrass groups who have recorded Jerry’s songs include The Osborne Brothers, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Rhonda Vincent, Lonesome River Band, Balsam Range, Seldom Scene, Flatt Lonesome, IIIrd Tyme Out, Larry Stephenson, Donna Ulisse, Irene Kelley, and many others. Salley is a seven-time IBMA award winner and his song, All Dressed Up recorded by Joe Mullins and The Radio Ramblers won the IBMA Gospel Recorded Song of the Year award in 2016.
