DOWNLOAD: Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Live @ Palace Theatre (9/30/08) // Hear "Ashes & Fire" In Full Now

Ryan Adams is set to release his thirteenth studio album, Ashes & Fire, on October 10th through his own label PAX-AM (in conjunction with Capitol Records). We've already heard the first single "Lucky Now," and below, in case you missed it, you can also see a live performance of the new album's title track. If you're interested in hearing more, NPR currently has the entire album up for streaming here.

To celebrate the release of Ashes & Fire, I want to share with you a concert from Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, one of my favorite live performances I've ever heard. I've been meaning to share this for quite some time now. This particular concert took place in Cleveland, OH on September 30, 2008 and featured a 26-song set spanning many of Adams' releases from the past decade. You can download the concert for free below. And while you might think a free concert bootleg might be a bit poor in terms of sound quality, this actually sounds like a professional recording captured for a live album. Really.

Hear A New Ryan Adams Song from "Ashes & Fire"

In case you didn't hear, Ryan Adams is back -- seemingly unretired from music -- and is set to release a brand new studio album entitled Ashes & Fire on October 11 via his PAX-AM label/Capitol. This is Adams' first release of all new material since 2008's Cardinals record Cardinology -- last year's double album III/IV was a collection of material culled from sessions that ended up producing 2006's Easy Tiger. Ashes & Fire was produced by Glyn Johns (The Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Clash, The Who, The Rolling Stones), a man who also happens to be the father of the Ethan Johns who produced Adams' Heartbreaker, Gold, and 29.

Hear a brand new song from Ashes & Fire entitled "Lucky Now" below.