Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for February 14th, 2025. 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.
The Delines
Mr. Luck & Mrs. Doom (El Cortez Records)
The Delines fourth album follows romantic misfits and grifters as they drift across the United States, living out of suitcases and cars, hoping that in the next town or city will be the score that saves them. Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom features 11 new songs penned by novelist and songwriter Willy Vlautin, whose lyrics transport the listener inside the lives of these lost drifters. The record features Amy Boone’s lush, world worn voice, the cinematic production skills of Askew, and the horn and string arrangement of Delines keyboardist and trumpeter, Cory Gray. This is wide screen, CinemaScope, Delines at their best. (from press release)
The War and Treaty
Plus One (Mercury Nashville)
As the War and Treaty, spouses Michael Trotter, Jr. and Tanya Blount make impassioned soul music that draws on country, R&B, traditional folk, and spirituals, often combining them all. “We see this record as an open invitation to be a part of what we’re doing—it came from wanting to be the hope we believe people need right now, as well as the hope that we need for ourselves,” Tanya shared of the forthcoming album in a statement, with Michael offering, “One of our main intentions with this album is to inspire people to share themselves with others, and open themselves up to the possibility of being loved.”Plus One also boasts a couple of cool collaborations, including a co-write with Miranda Lambert on the song “Love Like Whiskey,” as well as an appearance by Billy Strings on the song “Drink From Me.”
Also new this week…
Chatham Rabbits – Be Real With Me (independent)
Gary Louris – Dark Country (Sham Records)
Miss Georgia Peach – Class Out The Ass (Rum Bar Records)
Ron Pope – American Man, American Music (Brooklyn Basement Records)
Truman Sinclair – American Recordings (R&R Recordings)
Chip Taylor – The Truth and Other Things (Train Wreck Records)
Coming out soon … Christina Vane, Paul Thorn, Jesse Welles, Sean McConnell, JD Clayton, Patterson Hood, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Sunny War, The Devil Makes Three, Jason Isbell, Kinky Friedman, Seth Walker, Palmyra, Jason Boland & The Stragglers, A.J. Croce, Janiva Magness, Sam Outlaw, Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters, Pete Mancini, Charley Crockett, Mason Via, Kassi Valazza and more!
