Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for April 26th, 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.
Charley Crockett
$10 Cowboy (Son of Davy Records)
Suppose you’ve read about Charley Crockett, a Texas-born descendant of Davy Crockett. In that case, you know his nomadic, scuffling existence in the first three decades of the award-winning, now 40-year-old’s career. Fourteen records in, his keen observations and having-lived-it wisdom give him a seemingly endless well of ideas and experiences to draw from. $10 Cowboy is his follow-up to 2022’s widely acclaimed Man from Waco, a well-conceived concept album. While this one didn’t begin that way, the results yielded well-connected songs. Many were written on the fly as he toured through the country, at truck stops, casinos, alleys behind venues, or in his truck parked in South Austin. Mostly, he writes about those who have fallen through the cracks. Crockett has a potpourri of songs here, from the relatively simple country ditties, to arresting narratives, to those filled with symbolism that demand multiple listens. He remains squarely in the front row of today’s best writers. (edited from Glide Magazine review)
Also new this week..
Chris BadNews Barnes – BadNews Travels Fast (Gulf Coast Records)
Iron & Wine – Light Verse (Sub Pop Records)
Cris Jacobs – One Of These Days (Soundly Music)
Pi Jacobs – Soldier On (Blackbird Record Label) +
Lost Dog Street Band – Survived (independent) +
Mark & Maggie O’Connor – Life After Life (Omac Records) +
Anders Osborne – Picasso’s Villa (5th Ward Records)
Phoebe Rees – Bring In the Light (Strictly Country Records)
Lawrence Rothman – The Plow That Broke the Plains (KRO Records)
Gileah Taylor – Slow Parade (Velvet Blue Music)
Coming out soon … Tyler & the Train Robbers, Chris Smither, Pokey LaFarge, Grant Langston, Tim Easton, Kaia Kater, The Reverend Shawn Amos, Curtis McMurtry, Ruth Moody, David Myles, Anna Tivel, Richard Thompson, Kim Richey, Jim Keller, Willie Nelson, Ana Egge, Swamp Dogg, Yarn, Jesse Dayton, Silverada, The Mavericks, Jesse Daniel and more!
