Americana Music Releases for June 21st

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for June 21st, 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.

 

Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore feat. The Guilty Ones
TexiCali  (Yep Roc Records)

The title of their new album, TexiCali, like their first collaboration, Downey to Lubbock again plays up their geographical roots, and like the combination of words in that title, their individual styles continue to mesh smoothly. But there are some differences. The first one contained only two originals, and the duo was backed mostly by West Coast roots session cats. TexiCali contains six top-notch originals, and the backing throughout is by Alvin’s excellent band, The Guilty Ones. Gilmore’s distinctive warble makes everything he sings seem connected to a long tradition, adding heft and vitality to the ringing country-rock of his own “Borderland,” and a revved-up take on the Stonewall Jackson country chestnut “Why I’m Walking.” That voice and style also blend well with Alvin’s nicotine-scarred baritone when they share vocals, as on Brownie McGhee’s “Betty and Dupree,” among others. That theme of survival gets a more light-hearted, if still pointed, treatment on the finale, “We’re Still Here,” the only Alvin-Gilmore cowrite on TexiCali. In a rollicking roadhouse romp, the Downey guy and the Lubbock guy celebrate their longevity in the face of all kinds of hurdles while stubbornly doing things their own way. “We just keep on rolling,” they sing. Indeed they do.  (edited from No Depression review)

Also new this week…

Eden Brent – Getaway Blues  (Yellow Dog Records)
Cody Dickinson – Homemade (Strong Place Music)
George Ducas – Long Way From Home 
(Loud Ranch Records)  +
Harry Lee Follon – Uncle’s Lament  (Down by the Point Records)
Matt Hillyer – Bright Skyline  (State Fair Records)  +
Lake Street Dive – Good Together  (Fantasy Records)
Jim Lauderdale – My Favorite Place  (Sky Crunch Records)  +
Linda Thompson – Proxy Music (StorySound Records)
Various Artists – Petty Country: A Country Music Celebration Of Tom Petty (Petty Legacy/Big Machine Label)  +
Robert Vincent – Barriers  (independent)

 

Coming out soon … Yarn, Silverada, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Kaitlin Butts, Jubal Lee Young, Dawn & Hawkes, Melissa Carper, Donovan Woods, Joe Ely, Rory Block, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Billy Strings, Norman Blake, The Cactus Blossoms, The Deslondes and more!

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Bill Frater

About Bill Frater

This blog, Americana Boogie is mostly about new music releases in the Americana music genre. Bill Frater is passionate about Americana and roots music and writes about new releases here. He does weekly radio shows on JiveRadio.org and BluegrassCountry.org. Frater also does a bi-weekly podcast show on http://FTBpodcasts.com.
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