Editing Clint Black (section)

===2013–present: Return to music===
Since the closure of his label in 2008, Black had intermittently hinted at a new album that never materialized.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-615/473861/clint-black-is-back-readies-first-new-album-in-7-years |title=Clint Black Is Back: Readies First New Album in 7 Years |first=Chuck |last=Dauphin |date=December 5, 2012 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>  In 2013, he issued a [[Cracker Barrel]]-exclusive album which featured re-recorded versions of some of his biggest hits as well as three new songs.  Black stated that he hired the same musicians that had played on the original versions to perform the new ones, and that some songs were approached from a "fresh angle" while others were made to be as close to the originals as possible.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-615/5638079/clint-black-reflects-on-new-album-cracker-barrel-partnership |title=Clint Black Reflects On New Album & Cracker Barrel Partnership |first=Chuck |last=Dauphin |date=August 2, 2013 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref>

In early 2015, Black appeared with [[Joe Nichols]] on the ''ACM Superstar Duets'' special, which featured modern artists teaming up with older icons that had influenced their music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://clintblack.com/blog_index&postid=1560765 |title=ACM Superstar Duets |work=ClintBlack.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150731012926/http://clintblack.com/blog_index%26postid%3D1560765 |archive-date=July 31, 2015 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>  In July 2015, it was reported that Black had signed a new record deal with independent label [[Thirty Tigers]] to release an album of new studio material in the Fall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://roughstock.com/news/2015/07/36485-clint-black-release-new-album/ |title=Clint Black To Release A New Album |first=Matt |last=Bjorke |date=July 21, 2015 |work=RoughStock}}</ref>  The record title was revealed shortly thereafter as ''On Purpose,'' with a release date of September 25.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Purpose-BLACK-CLINT/dp/B0130HVMWE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1440025878&sr=8-1&keywords=clint+black+on+purpose |title=Clint Black - On Purpose |work=Amazon.com|date=February 15, 2024 }}</ref> Black's next album, ''Out of Sane'', was released in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Clint Black on Upcoming Album 'Out of Sane': I Try 'to Make Music That's Not Trendy' (Exclusive)|url=https://popculture.com/country-music/news/clint-black-upcoming-album-out-of-sane-try-make-music-not-trendy-exclusive/|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Country Music|date=September 4, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>