Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for March 7th, 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.
Jason Isbell
Foxes in the Snow (Southeastern Records)
Last October in New York City, Jason Isbell booked five days in Electric Lady Studios and recorded his tenth solo studio album in its entirety. Just voice and acoustic guitar (his 1940 Martin 0-17) from beginning to end, and, by the sound of it, no overdubs. There are 11 new songs here – all of them nigh-on flawless – about love, loneliness, sex, toughness, sobriety, New York, Alabama, more love, words of wisdom, dangerous memories and more. When you take away the buttons and bells and strip a song to its essence, your focus is on this one voice and what it’s telling you – stories of himself, or some other character, or both, with some of the best lyrics around. (edited from Mojo review)
Also new this week…
Robert Sarazin Blake – Let The Longing Run Wild & Free (SameRoom Records)
A.J. Croce – Heart of the Eternal (BMG)
Helene Cronin – Maybe New Mexico (independent)
Darling West – Woods (Jansen Records)
Kris Delmhorst – Ghosts in the Garden (Big Been Records) +
Mike Farris – The Sound of Muscle Shoals (Compass Records) +
Sierra Hull – A Tip Toe High Wire (independent) +
Mike Rufo – Living Is (independent)
Tobacco City – Horses (independent)
Neil Young – Oceanside Countryside (Reprise Records)
Coming out soon … Charley Crockett, Melissa Carper & Theo Lawrence, Kinky Friedman, Palmyra, Jason Boland & The Stragglers, Kora Feder, Janiva Magness, Sam Outlaw, Ashleigh Flynn & The Riveters, Seth Walker, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Pete Mancini, The Wildwoods, Mason Via, Kassi Valazza, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, Shinyribs, Kieran Kane & Rayna Gellert, Mattie Schell and more!
