Americana Music Releases for Nov. 15th

Posted on November 14, 2024 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for November 15th, 2024. Click the artist or album links to find out more. The artist’s names link to their websites and the CD title links go to either Amazon, iTunes, Bandcamp or the artist’s site for ordering or downloading.  A + sign means although not a featured release, it’s a notable album that’s still worth checking out.  Also, this page will be updated as I find out about other new releases so check back again.

 

Caleb Klauder & Reeb Wilms
Gold In Your Pocket  (Free Dirt Records)

This talented duo originates from Washington State & yet, their “Appalachian” mountain sound of authenticity is evident in the warmth of these songs. Good lyrics & storytelling that are intriguing & sung with genuine purist dulcet tones. It has that wood-burning smoke & necessary obligatory bluegrass-folky euphoria. It’s a unique niche. The duo makes every tune sound contemporary without compromising the musical credibility. Recorded in both Tennessee & Louisiana the songs were produced by Joel Savoy, Chris Scruggs & Klauder. Gold in Your Pocket is a mix of mostly original songs by Klauder and Willms, with a handful of thoughtfully chosen covers thrown in. “I’m kind of new to songwriting, but when I have sat down to write songs, I just feel like our world needs joy and love. That’s really important for us to connect to that as humans. And the style of music we play, by nature it’s social music,” Willms says. “That feels super important in this time, too, that people gather in person and have a common experience, musical or if there’s dancing, all the better.” (edited from Americana Highways review and No Depression review)

 

Dwight Yoakam
Brighter Days  (Via Records)

For the first time in nine years, Dwight Yoakam has returned with new material. Brighter Days includes 11 originals and three artfully made covers. It’s a showcase of his unique rock-country style and his songwriting ability. Written over the course of the last three years and self-produced, it’s a great showcase for everything that’s made him beloved. Yoakam has hung his hat on the L.A. cowpunk style of music for a long time, and he continues in that vein here. Rather than attempt to keep up with the ever-changing nature of popular country music, Dwight Yoakam does what makes him happy on Brighter Days. The record feels genuine and optimistic, and country music is short on artists like him.  (edited from Riff Magazine review)

 

Also new this week…

Clover County – Porch Lights   (Undercover Lover Records)
Ron Houston – R.O.A.M.  (independent)
Dolly Parton – Dolly Parton & Family: Smoky Mountain DNA  (Owepar Records)
Cris Williamson – Ravens and the Roses  (Wolf Moon Records)

 

Coming out soon …  Evie Ladin, The Milk Carton Kids, Lucinda Williams, Ringo Starr and more!

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Bill Frater

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Americana Music Releases for Nov. 8th

Posted on November 7, 2024 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for November 8th, 2024. Click the artist or album links to find out more. The artist’s names link to their websites and the CD title links go to either Amazon, iTunes, Bandcamp or the artist’s site for ordering or downloading.  A + sign means although not a featured release, it’s a notable album that’s still worth checking out.  Also, this page will be updated as I find out about other new releases so check back again.

 

Jamey Johnson
Midnight Gasoline  (Big Gassed Records)

For the first time in 14 years, Jamey Johnson has a new album out produced by Dave Cobb (the first half of the album was produced by The Kent Hardly Playboys) and marks Johnson’s sixth studio album in total. This is also the first of Johnson’s Cash Cabin Series, which is a collection of albums recorded at the famed studio in Hendersonville, that was owned by Johnny Cash. “There is a spirit in the place. Maybe it was born there from Johnny and June, and maybe it was born there from the countless other artists who have come to that studio to record. But there is a spirit there and I love it.”Johnson continues,”It feels like home to me. I think the only common thread would be me. There isn’t an overtone or some underlying theme in the songs. They are just glimpses of my life. Some of them are just funny stories, and not all of them were written recently.”   (edited from Whiskey Riff review)

 

Yonder Mountain Stringband
Nowhere Next  (Frog Pad Records)

The 21st century popularity of bluegrass is not something I would’ve predicted a couple decades ago – I knew it mostly as something my hillbilly neighbors played (too loudly) while growing up in Upstate New York. But, even before it began to peak (via Billy Strings) over the past five years, it was on a slow but steady rise. Turns out, the stellar musicianship required to succeed in our most American form of music also lends itself to jammy-ness, and it’s been that melding of two summer-ready genres that’s made jamgrass/newgrass a huge concert draw, especially at Red Rocks. Fortunately for Yonder Mountain String Band, they formed in just the right place – beautiful Nederland, Colorado – roughly a quarter century ago. Their newest album, Nowhere Next, continues to provide ample amounts of their mountain-ready bluegrass, while also pushing deeper lyrically, serving the song as well as the jam.

Also new this week…

Dean Mueller – Wishes Never Gone   (Ripping Glass Entertainment)

 

Coming out soon … Caleb Klauder & Reeb Wilms, Dwight Yoakam, Dolly Parton, Lucinda Williams and more!

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Bill Frater

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Americana Music Releases for Nov. 1st

Posted on October 31, 2024 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for November 1st, 2024. Click the artist or album links to find out more. The artist’s names link to their websites and the CD title links go to either Amazon, iTunes, Bandcamp or the artist’s site for ordering or downloading.  A + sign means although not a featured release, it’s a notable album that’s still worth checking out.  Also, this page will be updated as I find out about other new releases so check back again.

 

Loose Cattle
Someone’s Monster  (Single Lock Records)

Once New Orleans seeps inside you, it never seems to let go. While Loose Cattle may not seem like your typical New Orleans band, every song seems distilled in the Crescent City vibe, making Someone’s Monster a tear-stained tribute to the land of les bon temps roulette. Over the years, bandleaders Kimberly Kaye and Michael Ceveris followed different paths to Louisiana. Instead of second lines, cajun spices or zydeco swamps, Loose Cattle deliver a blend of rock that benefits from the southeastern roots of Ceveris and the college encounters of Kaye in New Jersey. Rather than rootless, the rock of Loose Cattle merges so many influences that it is perhaps the perfect roux for what ails you, with just enough Louisiana spice to give Someone’s Monster the heat that makes an undeniable classic.  (edited from KLOF Mag review)

 

Willie Nelson
Last Leaf On The Tree   (Sony Music Entertainment)

Willie’s new album, Last Leaf on the Tree. It was produced by his 34-year-old son Micah, an L.A.-based, all-disciplines artist whose musical works, created under the guise of Particle Kid, are built on traditional instruments but also feature found sounds, reversed guitar recordings, and laptop blips and bleeps. They get classified as “experimental future-folk,” as apt a description as any for the ethereal, atmospheric Last Leaf, which is a clear sonic outlier in his dad’s catalog. Last Leaf is largely a collection of covers of unexpected artists—including Beck, Tom Waits, the Flaming Lips, Warren Zevon and Nina Simone—and Willie doesn’t so much interpret their songs as experience them. Micah chose most of the cuts, but he didn’t provide his dad with any of the original recordings. Instead he put together the backing tracks, playing most of the instruments himself. (edited from Texas Monthly review)

 

Also new this week…

Jeremie Albino – Our Time In The Sun  (Easy Eye Sound)  +
Joachim Cooder – Dreamer’s Motel  (Temple Of Leaves Records)  +
John Cowan – Fiction  (True Lonesome Records)  +
Warren Haynes – Million Voices Whisper  (Fantasy Records)
Paul Kelly – Fever Longing Still (Cooking Vinyl)
Zachary Lucky – The Wind   (Wroxton Recordings)
Forest Sun – No Finish Line  (Painted Sun Records)
West of Texas – Hot Motel Nights  (Pleasant Valley Ranch Records)  +

 

Coming out soon … Yonder Mountain Stringband, Caleb Klauder & Reeb Wilms, Jamey Johnson, Dwight Yoakam, Dolly Parton, Lucinda Williams and more!

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Bill Frater

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Americana Music Releases for Oct. 25th

Posted on October 24, 2024 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for October 25th, 2024. Click the artist or album links to find out more. The artist’s names link to their websites and the CD title links go to either Amazon, iTunes, Bandcamp or the artist’s site for ordering or downloading.  A + sign means although not a featured release, it’s a notable album that’s still worth checking out.  Also, this page will be updated as I find out about other new releases so check back again.

 

Grayson Capps
Heartbreak, Misery & Death  (Royal Potato Family)

For this latest effort, Capps turned his attention to 16 long-lost folk songs and traditionals performed by artists ranging from Doc Watson and Jerry Jeff Walker to Randy Newman and Gordon Lightfoot. Introduced to these timeless touchstones as a child by his father, they’d catalyze Capps’ love for music at a young age, while informing the Southern Gothic vernacular that he’s gone onto so eloquently explore and reimagine in his own body of work.As Capps explains it “I grew up with music, whether hearing my dad, Ronnie Capps, and his friends singing around the house on weekends I gravitated toward was Doc Watson. I first found my own voice by emulating him singing “Wake Up Little Maggie.” We had The Essential Doc Watson, and I wore those records out. “Columbus Stockade Blues” was one of the first songs I learned to play on the guitar. As the album title Heartbreak, Misery & Death suggests, I have always gravitated toward dark songs, and probably the darkest one on this album is “Saint James Hospital,” but no matter how forlorn it is, it somehow makes me feel good to sing it. (from label’s bio)

 

Lone Justice
Viva Lone Justice  (Afar Records)

From the band who invented Alt-Country, this is the first album from Lone Justice in nearly 40 years. Featuring original band members Maria McKee, Ryan Hedgecock, Marvin Etzioni and Don Heffington. In 1983, Lone Justice started playing the clubs in Los Angeles. Word spread like wildfire. By 1984, Lone Justice was on Geffen Records, and by 1985, the self-titled debut album emerged. The LA Times gave it “Album of the Year”. They played shows with U2, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Willie Nelson. By 1986, Lone Justice broke up. McKee, Hedgecock, Etzioni and Heffington would begin their solo careers…. Now, through the advent of technology, sweat and tears, a new Lone Justice album has been completed, featuring the original debut album band Maria McKee, Ryan Hedgecock, Marvin Etzioni and the late Don Heffington. Special guests include string arranger Tammy Rogers, multi-horn player David Ralicke, Greg Leisz on steel guitar and Benmont Tench on piano.  (from press release)

 

Also new this week…

Ashtyn Barbaree – Sent Through The Ceiling  (independent)
W.C. Beck – Facecomber  (independent)
Paul Cauthen – Black on Black  (Atlantic Recording Corporation)  +
Nicolai Dunger – Melody Rules (Declared Goods Records)
Fancy Hagood – American Spirit  (Fancy Hagood Enterprises)
Beth Hart – You Still Got Me  (Provogue Records)
Amythyst Kiah – Still + Bright  (Rounder Records)
Laura Marling – Patterns in Repeat (Partisan Records)
Ollee Owens – Nowhere To Hide  (Ollee Music Inc.)
Chuck Prophet – Wake The Dead  (Yep Roc Records) +
Josh Ritter – Heaven, or Someplace as Nice  (Pytheas Recordings)
The Wild Feathers – Sirens  (New West Records)  +

 

Coming out soon … Jeremie Albino, Paul Kelly, Yonder Mountain Stringband, Caleb Klauder & Reeb Wilms, Willie Nelson, Jamey Johnson, Dwight Yoakam, Lucinda Williams and more!

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Americana Music Releases for Oct. 18th

Posted on October 17, 2024 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for October 18th, 2024. Click the artist or album links to find out more. The artist’s names link to their websites and the CD title links go to either Amazon, iTunes, Bandcamp or the artist’s site for ordering or downloading.  A + sign means although not a featured release, it’s a notable album that’s still worth checking out.  Also, this page will be updated as I find out about other new releases so check back again.

 

Eric Bibb
In The Real World (Stony Plain Records)

Bluesman Eric Bibb needs little introduction for he has already chalked up getting on for forty albums. Bibbs’ silky tones and the precise nature of the arrangements partner his ability to form melodies that grow more powerful with every note. Here, Bibb is able to generate a big number from the humblest of beginnings and shows that he has a great ear, listens to others and observing those around him, and takes note of what’s happening in the world period. Songs of a social consciousness are the result. “There’s a wholeness about In The Real World that deeply moves me,” Bibb reflects. “It feels like Glen Scott (producer, arranger and musician) and I have reached a milestone on our collective journey. Musically, the album feels like a self-portrait because it truly represents my influences”, he adds. There’s lots of wonderful material on offer here as Eric Bibb continues to stagger people with his unassuming style of Blues/ Folk etc. (edited from Rocking Magpie review)

Twisted Pine
Love Your Mind  (Signature Sounds Recordings)

There are those that may accuse Twisted Pine of tampering with tradition. That may be so, but in the process, the quartet infuses a youthful vibe and an expressive approach that bridges musical boundaries while opening the doors to more mainstream pop appeal. Granted, the group takes considerable liberties as far as the bluegrass blueprint is concerned, especially due to the prominent placement of flute, and the group’s giddy approach. In that regard, Twisted Pine’s effusive vocals and a decidedly youthful vibe distinguish them in general. Again, purists may come away with mixed feelings about the liberties purveyed in the process. After all, this isn’t your parent’s bluegrass band. Ultimately, Love Your Mind offers only sparing references to bluegrass’ archival origins. On the other hand, it points the way to possible future potential, breaking the barriers while bringing other audiences into the fold. And if that’s what it takes to spread the word, it can certainly prove to be positive.  (edited from Bluegrass Today review)

 

Various Artists
Can’t Steal My Fire: The Songs of David Olney  (New West Records)

Originally from Rhode Island, Olney moved to Nashville in the early ‘70s and fell in with a group of songwriters including Townes Van Zandt, John Hiatt, Steve Earle, Guy Clark, and Rodney Crowell. He went on to release a string of brilliant albums and his songs were recorded by Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Del McCoury, Linda Ronstadt, and many others. But the bright lights of stardom never shone on David, and he died the way he lived: onstage in a club, far from home, singing a song. This album features new versions of David Olney songs recorded by Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Willis Alan Ramsey, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Mary Gauthier, Jim Lauderdale, and Buddy Miller among others. The tracklist is also highlighted by a never-before released live recording by Townes Van Zandt, and produced by Gwil Owen.

 

Also new this week…

Another Glory – Another Glory  (Paradiddle Music)
Andrew Bird & Madison Cunningham – Cunningham Bird  (Wegawam Music Co)
Finn – The Waterfall  (independent)
Tim Heidecker – Slipping Away  (Bloodshot Records)
Noeline Hofmann – Purple Gas  (La Honda Records)  +
Jerron Paxton – Things Done Changed (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
Wyatt Flores – Welcome To The Plains  (OEG Records)
Liv Greene – Deep Feeler  (Free Dirt Records) +
Joy Oladokun – Observations from a Crowded Room  (Amigo Records)
Amy Speace – The American Dream  (Windbone Records)  +
Benjamin Tod – Shooting Star  (independent)
Various Artists – Tonight I’ll Go Down Swingin’: A Tribute To Don Heffington  (Nine Mile Records)

 

Coming out soon … Yonder Mountain Stringband, Caleb Klauder & Reeb Wilms, Willie Nelson, Jamey Johnson, Amythyst Kiah, Dwight Yoakam, Lucinda Williams and more!

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Americana Music Releases for Oct. 11th

Posted on October 10, 2024 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for October 11th, 2024. Click the artist or album links to find out more. The artist’s names link to their websites and the CD title links go to either Amazon, iTunes, Bandcamp or the artist’s site for ordering or downloading.  A + sign means although not a featured release, it’s a notable album that’s still worth checking out.  Also, this page will be updated as I find out about other new releases so check back again.


Woody Platt
Far Away With You  (Compass Records)

Known for his twenty-year run as the lead singer and founding member of the Steep Canyon Rangers, Platt helped shape the modern bluegrass scene, earning a Grammy and multiple nominations along the way. But when the pandemic put touring on pause, Platt chose to leave the Rangers, trading the road for home life with his young family. Now, he’s back with a collection of songs that redefine his place at the crossroads of traditional and contemporary bluegrass. Born in the mountains of western North Carolina, Platt’s journey has always intertwined his passions with his career. As he reflects on where he’s been, he says, “I’m so proud of what we accomplished with SCR, and I’m excited each and every day about what the future will bring.”

Also new this week…

Dawes – Oh Brother  (Dead Ringers Records)
Neale Eckstein – Never Too Late  (independent)
Billy Jeter – Delta Traces  (Shine Eye Records)
Charles Latham & The Borrowed Band – II  (Poly Jam Records)
Dustin Lowman – Invulnerable  (independent)
Gurf Morlix – In Love at Zero Degrees  (Rootball Records)  +
Teddy And The Rough Riders – Down Home  (Appalachia Record Co.)
Tucker Zimmerman – Dance Of Love  (4AD Records)

 

Coming out soon … Twisted Pine, Amy Speace, Eric Bibb, Wyatt Flores, Benjamin Tod, Yonder Mountain Stringband, Caleb Klauder & Reeb Wilms, Willie Nelson, Jamey Johnson, Amythyst Kiah, Dwight Yoakam, Lucinda Williams and more!

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Americana Music Releases for Oct. 4th

Posted on October 3, 2024 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for October 4th, 2024. Click the artist or album links to find out more. The artist’s names link to their websites and the CD title links go to either Amazon, iTunes, Bandcamp or the artist’s site for ordering or downloading.  A + sign means although not a featured release, it’s a notable album that’s still worth checking out.  Also, this page will be updated as I find out about other new releases so check back again.

 

Kasey Chambers
Backbone  (Essence Music)

Kasey Chambers has unveiled an interesting suite of new material – kicking off with the announcement of her book “Just Don’t Be A Dickhead”. The material has informed and inspired her new album Backbone. Chambers said: “I’ve just finished writing a book! I am beyond excited to be releasing it along with a brand-new album. [It] is a collection of stories and experiences from my life that I’ve learnt from over the years.  Some from humorous, embarrassing moments, some from deep, heartfelt memories that taught me unlikely things to consistently draw on along the way.” Never one to shy away from home truths, introspective storytelling and unfiltered honesty, Chambers’ writing weaves through both Backbone and the similarly versatile book. This album promises to take listeners on a journey through not only where Chambers has been over the years, but where she’s at right now.  (edited from Americana UK review)

Hayes & the Heathens
Hayes & the Heathens  (BOH Records)

Native Texans Hayes Carll and members of The Band of Heathens have been friends for a long time and both play a distinct brand of Americana (Carll’s is more folk based and The Heathens more rock focused). They’ve even collaborated on and off over the years, but the self-titled Hayes & The Heathens is the first time they have all put out a full record together. “Our collaboration was so natural and easy,” says The Band of Heathens’ Ed Jurdi. “We’ve been great compadres for such a long time, and it was just the right time for this project to come to life. I think you can really hear all of that in the music. This is really that rare alliance where 1+1 = 3.” Across eight tracks, seven of which they wrote together, the group pulls together a fantastic collection that plays up the strength of each. “Nobody Dies From Weed,” one of the strongest songs, shows off Carll’s trademark witty lyrics and boasts some truly impressive harmonies. Hayes & The Heathens deliver the album we never knew we needed, but one you likely won’t be able to stop listening to this fall.  (edited from Americana Highways review)

 

Also new this week…

Darrin Bradbury – Freeman’s T​.​V Repair Shop  (Like You Mean It Records)
Peter Bruntnell – Houdini & The Sucker Punch  (Domestico Records)
Jett Holden – The Phoenix  (Black Opry Records) +
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Live from the Ryman, Vol. 2  (Southeastern Records)  +
Mean Mary – Woman Creature (Portrait of a Woman, Part 2)  (independent)
Dan Reeder – Smithereens  (Oh Boy Records)
Joan Shelley – Mood Ring EP (No Quarter Records)
Mindy Smith – Quiet Town  (Compass Records) +
Various Artists – Better Than Jail  (Wyatt Road Records)  +
Yasmin Williams – Acadia  (Nonesuch Records)

Coming out soon … Gurf Morlix, Twisted Pine, Amy Speace, Eric Bibb, Wyatt Flores, Benjamin Tod, Caleb Klauder & Reeb Wilms, Paul Kelly, Willie Nelson, Amythyst Kiah, Jamey Johnson, Dwight Yoakam, and more!

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Americana Music Releases for Sept. 27th

Posted on September 26, 2024 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for September 27th, 2024. Click the artist or album links to find out more. The artist’s names link to their websites and the CD title links go to either Amazon, iTunes, Bandcamp or the artist’s site for ordering or downloading.  A + sign means although not a featured release, it’s a notable album that’s still worth checking out.  Also, this page will be updated as I find out about other new releases so check back again.

 

Randall Bramblett
Paradise Breakdown  (Strolling Bones Records)

Randall Bramblett is a dreamcatcher of sorts. He captures images from the airy vaults where they recline, waiting to be downloaded by sensitive souls like him. Of course, translating them into a musical format requires some shapeshifting, so he blends jazz, country, folk, gospel, rock, and soul. For his latest, Paradise Breakdown, Bramblett once again pulls down a rich tapestry of images woven from an eclectic blend of styles and genres. The topics while being typical (love & loss, nostalgia & mortality, joy & disappointment) have a Bramblett edge & slant that average songwriters seldom explore. Once again, Randall Bramblett has given us something to hang onto when everything else goes to hell. A glimmer of light to mark the way across while showing you what lies in wait below.  (Edited from No Depression review)

 

Billy Strings
Highway Prayers  (Reprise Records)

Billy Strings is the best live performer on planet earth, any genre, and perhaps, any era. Future generations will be talking about Billy like we talk now about The Beatles, Elvis, and Bill Monroe now, except Billy takes it to an entirely other universe of improvisation and experimentation, while remaining unflinchingly a bluegrass artist. Even Strings himself admits openly that the best way to imbibe in his music is in the live setting. He’s never going to sell millions of studio albums, but that doesn’t mean he can’t get into the studio between shows and see what kind of trouble he can get into. In this case, it’s 20 original songs co-produced with Jon Brion. Simply put, the album finds the artist pushing expectations, the record as a whole beautifully spotlighting his too-often-overshadowed lyricism alongside his masterful picking. Highway Prayers is a gorgeous extension of the artist’s work in shaping bluegrass for a modern audience.  (edited from Saving Country Music)

 

Also new this week…

JD McPherson – Nite Owls  (New West Records)
Heather Pierson – Back To The Light  (Vessel Recordings)
Julian Taylor – Pathways (Howling Turtle Records)
Wreckless Strangers – Blue Sky Fantasy  (independent)

 

Coming out soon … Kasey Chambers, Mindy Smith, Twisted Pine, Mean Mary, Dan Reeder, Amy Speace, Eric Bibb, Wyatt Flores, Benjamin Tod, Yasmin Williams, Caleb Klauder & Reeb Wilms, Willie Nelson, Amythyst Kiah, Dwight Yoakam, and more!

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Americana Music Releases for Sept. 20th

Posted on September 20, 2024 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for September 20th, 2024. Click the artist or album links to find out more. The artist’s names link to their websites and the CD title links go to either Amazon, iTunes, Bandcamp or the artist’s site for ordering or downloading.  A + sign means although not a featured release, it’s a notable album that’s still worth checking out.  Also, this page will be updated as I find out about other new releases so check back again.

 

JP Harris
JP Harris Is A Trash Fire  (Bloodshot Records)

JP’s historic restoration carpentry has continued to be a baseline for his relationship to music. It was through this concurrent line of work that he met another twice-initialed singer with a penchant for old Americana music, obscure film, and overly elaborate ethnic meal preparations: one JD McPherson. The two became fast friends and would eventually, through many twists, turns, false starts, and biblically-proportionate plagues, enter a modest studio in Nashville to record Harris’ latest album. It is a sometimes lush, sometimes sparse, and sometimes jarring country album of Harris’ originals, loudly and violently squelching any attempt to pigeon-hole a song into any subgenre of country music. Featuring the guest vocals of Erin Rae, The Watson Twins, Shovels & Rope, and producer JD McPherson himself, the record is equal parts satire, reflection, and apology to those that would listen. (edited from press release)

Also new this week…

Megan Burt – Witness (Cure For Love Records)
Marcedes Carroll – We Lost Track of the Stars  (independent)
John Craigie – Greatest Hits…Just Kidding…Live – No Hits (Live)  (independent)
Moses Crouch – Earth Music  (Riverlark Music)
Jerry Douglas – The Set  (Nolivan Records)  +
Steve Forbert – Daylight Savings Time  (Blue Rose Music)  +
Donavon Frankenreiter – Get Outta Your Mind  (Liquid Tambourine Records)  +
Sophie Gault – Baltic Street Hotel   (Strong Place Music)
Don Merckle – Same Devil New Skin  (independent)
Carolyn Shulman – Heart on a Wire (independent)
Trampled by Turtles – Always Here  (Banjodad Records)
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway – Into The Wild  (Nonesuch Records)  (EP)  +

 

Coming out soon … Randall Bramblett, Twisted Pine, Billy Strings, Kasey Chambers, Dan Reeder, Amy Speace, Eric Bibb, Wyatt Flores, Benjamin Tod, Mindy Smith, Yasmin Williams, Caleb Klauder & Reeb Wilms, Amythyst Kiah, Dwight Yoakam, and more!

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Bill Frater

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Americana Music Releases for Sept. 13th

Posted on September 12, 2024 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for September 13th, 2024. Click the artist or album links to find out more. The artist’s names link to their websites and the CD title links go to either Amazon, iTunes, Bandcamp or the artist’s site for ordering or downloading.  A + sign means although not a featured release, it’s a notable album that’s still worth checking out.  Also, this page will be updated as I find out about other new releases so check back again.

 

Mac Leaphart
Motel Breakfast  (independent)

“It’s an upbeat honky-tonk rock & roll record that doesn’t skimp on the craft or stories,” says Leaphart, a South Carolina native who kickstarted his career playing the state’s Lowcountry bar scene. Not long after his first solo record, Line, Rope Etc, arrived in 2009, he moved to Nashville. There, he launched a recurring songwriter’s night called the Southpaw Social Club and strengthened his own writing chops, too, penning songs for other artists’ albums as well as his own.  Two years after his last release, Leaphart headed back into the studio with producer Brad Jones and joined by Fats Kaplin, Matt Menefee, and other musicians. “I’m a real big fan of how Jerry Jeff Walker’s albums sound,” Leaphart explains. “They sound like a bunch of guys rolled out of bed, hungover, then stumbled into a studio and pressed record. I’m always going for that laid back vibe. I want it to be real loose and fun.”  (edited from artist’s website)

 

Willie Watson
Willie Watson  (Little Operation Records and More)

Unlike his previous solo albums, previous Old Crow Medicine Show member Willie Watson will not be interpreting old standards on this one. “After 30 years of playing music professionally, this is my debut album,” Willie Watson says. “This record is me beating the devil, or the story of what finally did it anyway. I didn’t make any specific pact or anything but I know we’ve been tangled up most of my life. Now that he’s gone I can love myself again.” Along for the ride is an impressive list of musicians that includes Gabe Witcher (Punch Brothers) and Kenneth Pattengale (Milk Carton Kids) as producers, Paul Kowert on bass, Benmont Tench on keys, and Sami Braman of The Onlies on fiddle. (edited from Saving Country Music review)

 

Also new this week…

Rebecca Frazier – Boarding Windows In Paradise (Amtoco Records)  +
Kevin Gordon – The In Between (independent)
Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors – Strangers No More, Vol. 2  (Tone Tree Music)
Greg Loftus – No Kings In The Wild  (independent)
Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets – Indoor Safari (Yep Roc Records)  +
Lisa Morales –  Sonora  (Luna Records!)
Reckless Kelly – The Last Frontier  (No Big Deal Records)
Shawna Thompson – Lean On Neon (Sun Label Group)
Eliza Thorn – Somebody New  (independent)  +

 

Coming out soon … Jerry Douglas, JP Harris, Randall Bramblett, Twisted Pine, Billy Strings, Amy Speace, Eric Bibb, Wyatt Flores, Benjamin Tod, Donavon Frankenreiter, Yasmin Williams, Caleb Klauder & Reeb Wilms, Amythyst Kiah, Dwight Yoakam, and more!

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Bill Frater

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