Discography

Rust Belt Hymns (EP, 2014 – Ironwood Records)

Michael Suttree’s breakthrough EP, recorded on a shoestring budget but packed with raw intensity.

1. Smoke and Factory Light

2. Cadillac Ghosts

3. Ashes on the River

4. Hymn for the Broken Streets

Rust Belt Heroes (Compilation LP, 2018 – Ironwood Records)

A showcase of Ironwood’s roster of Rust Belt songwriters, blending grit and grace. Suttree contributes two solo tracks and one duet with labelmate India Chase.

Michael Suttree contributions:

• Ashes on the River

• Nobody’s Children

• One Hand Clapping (with India Chase)

Other featured tracks:

• Broadway Rose – India Chase

• Judas Was a Friend of Mine – Luke Kessler

• All Right on the Night – Evelyn Cross

• Steel Town Waltz – Clara Mayfield

• Heartland Motel – Jack Dorsey

• Working Shoes – The Hollow Pines

• River Will Rise – Tomás Ortega

• Whiskey and Forgiveness – Evelyn Cross

• Freight Line Hymn – Luke Kessler

• Songs for the Gone – India Chase

Locked Up in Lockdown (Album, 2020 – self-released under Ironwood imprint)

Written and recorded in isolation during the pandemic, Locked Up in Lockdown is a dark rumination on the damage done to planet Earth and to ordinary people by powerful governments and corporations. It remains one of Suttree’s most uncompromising collections.

1. After the Holocaust

2. Judas Was a Friend of Mine

3. Broken Windows, Broken Lives

4. The Dark Side of the Dale (with India Chase)

5. Last Tree Standing

6. Empty Highways

7. Smoke on the Horizon

8. Drowning in Plastic

9. Concrete Rain

10. Silent Sirens

11. Songs for No One

12. The World We Leave Behind

From Asheville to Athens (Album, 2023 – self-released under Ironwood imprint)

A more personal and reflective album, From Asheville to Athens chronicles Suttree’s struggles, trials, and small salvations, but with an overall tone of resilience, happiness, and redemption. Home-recorded yet intimate, it shows his eye turning inward after years of outward critique.

1. Above the Clouds

2. Red Letter Day

3. Love Song

4. Ghost Town Heart

5. In the Morning Light

6. Worn-out Shoes

7. Miles Between Us

8. When the River Bends

9. Tired Eyes, Open Roads

10. Carry Me Home

11. A Place Called Tomorrow

12. From Asheville to Athens

Collaborations (2018–2024)

Suttree has appeared on multiple projects with fellow Ironwood artists:

• Cold Winter’s Night – with India Chase

• Cry of the Madman – with India Chase

• Crying over Spilt Milk – with Evelyn Cross

• Last Tree Standing – with Evelyn Cross

• A Lady I Know – with Luke Kessler

• Memories of You – with Luke Kessler

Angry Young Man (Single, 2025 – Ironwood Records)

Released September 15, 2025. A five-minute howl of rage and resilience, Suttree’s most unflinching work to date.