Winfield Local Artists

“Hymns for the Trying” name of new Dirty Clergy album

The Dirty Clergy, a vintage/indie rock group from Winfield, is on set of a video for one of the songs from their forthcoming album, “Hymns for the Trying.” Shown in back, from left, are Ky Carter on bass, Videographer R.J. Ortiz and Kyle Estes on drums. Brian Manasco is shown on guitar.

WINFIELD — Winfield’s nationally acclaimed band will soon have a new album ready for the listening. The Dirty Clergy, a vintage and indie rock group, has songs written for an album titled “Hymns for the Trying,” which is due out sometime this fall on Cornelius Chapel Records out of Birmingham. It will be the group’s fourth album to date.
The group’s leader and guitarist, Brian Manasco, mentioned 40 songs for the album have been written over the past two and a half years and that they have narrowed down the selection for an album.