The title of Darrell Scott’s new album, “The Invisible Man,” is appropriately misleading. By eschewing the route of major label recordings, Scott has long flown below the radar of pop music culture. His songwriting abilities, however, have left him less than anonymous to attentive acoustic music fans. Scott’s songs have provided the soundscape for much of modern country music; he has penned songs recorded by over 40 other artists, including the Grammy-winning “Long Time Gone,” by the Dixie Chicks, “Great Day To Be Alive,“ by Travis Tritt, and “Born To Fly,” by Sara Evans.

Raised in a musical home near Kentucky’s coal country and the steel mills of Gary, Indiana, Scott was honing the blue collar spirituality of his music in West Coast roadhouses by the age of 16. His career has seen the release of four albums and numerous songwriting awards, including the Independent Music Awards Album of the Year in 2005 for “Theater of the Unheard.”

“The Invisible Man,” slated for release on June 27 on Scott’s own Full Light Records, touches on themes familiar to his music: he wraps his gritty voice around love, doubt, religion, redemption, and troubled times in the album’s 12 tracks. Catch Scott at the Neighborhood Theater in Charlotte, N.C., on June 9 and in Chattanooga, Tenn., at the Riverbend Festival on June 11.

by Dave Stallard