For those not in the know, while most musicians were busy chasing algorithms, Nash Albert packed his gear and headed for the Caucasus Mountains, where Georgia’s 5th-century musical ghosts still harmonize with the wind.

Kingdom of Love is what happens when you trade studio pressure for mountain air and ancient wisdom—ten genre-defying tracks where traditional panduri dances with psychedelic guitars and church bells ring through the centuries.

Reuniting with his 1990s American tour compatriots, Albert orchestrates a sonic feast that’s less album, more time machine: from the goosebump-inducing Georgian choir on Thought As Time to the heart-rending Maya, dedicated to the mother who first placed music in his hands.

Co-conspirator Enrico Beridze helps weave the lyrical spell, while legendary Bob Ludwig applies his final mastering magic before riding into the sunset of retirement.

In a world obsessed with the flavor of the moment, Albert delivers something far more intoxicating — a timeless reminder that beneath the noise of modern life, LOVE still beats as music’s eternal heart.

1. Thought As Time [5:02]
2. Better Home [5:06]
3. Professor Steiner’s Trip [4:17]
4. Berlin Wall [4:00]
5. Maya [2:55]
6. Around The Sun [3:04]
7. Beautiful Day [4:04]
8. Someone Else Is Me [3:25]
9. Stars [3:50]
10. My Friend [2:43]
11. Kingdom Of Love [3:33]

From Soviet folk to rock’n’roll rebel, this Georgian guitarist opens on the charged ambiance of Thought As Time and the rhythmic Better Home and then we get the jaunty cut Professor Steiner’s Trip, the impassioned Berlin Wall and the languishing, psych-hued ballad Maya.

Up next is the 70’s-hued rocker Around The Sun and the effortlessly free-flowing Beautiful Day and they are in turn backed by the melodious Someone Else Is Me, the veritably shimmering mid-tempo cut Stars, the album rounding out on the tender ballad My Friend, closing on the Eastern-imbibed, harmonic ambiance of Kingdom Of Love.

The CD includes an 8-page lyric booklet (perfect for following Nash’s poetic journey) and bears the final mastering touch of legendary Bob Ludwig before his retirement.

Simply put, this album is a sonic passport featuring authentic Georgian folk instruments — panduri, salamuri, doli, chipon and duduk.

Official Purchase Link

www.nashalbert.com