Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for July 3rd, 2026. 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
Clovis ($10 Cowboy/Atlantic Outpost Records)
Crockett originally released Clovis on April 28th, explaining that he was basically dropping the record to get back at Island Records who he’d just released his third and final album from, Age of the Ram. However, due to contract stipulations likely restricting Crockett from releasing new music so soon after his contract expired—or perhaps that Island would get first dibs on any music recorded while Crockett was under contract with them—the album was pulled on May 6th. Charley wrote to his fans, “Happy 4th of July week y’all. Sometimes you need to fight. Goliath vs Goliath. On this 250th birthday for America, I’m reminded that freedom is something you continue to fight for. A war that never ends. Today, we win one battle. Clovis is out now on Atlantic Outpost. Let’s ride.” He recorded Clovis in the New Mexico town of the same name at the historic Norman Petty studios with Shooter Jennings as producer.
Margo Price
Days of Unrest (Loma Vista Recordings)
Tracing a lineage of protest music through some of its most powerful voices, the surprise drop comprises nine tracks that embody the issues Price has championed both on and off the stage, from prison reform and marijuana legalization to the rights of farmers and immigrants, and the struggles of working people around the world.
Just a few new ones because of American holiday…
Hannah Juanita – The Magnolia Sessions (Anti-Corp Records)
Poor Life Choices – June Bug in July (Sasssquatch Records)
Coming out soon… Maya de Vitry, Corb Lund, Elizabeth Cook, Owen Lake and the Tragic Loves, Silverada, Pokey LaFarge, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Mountain Grass Unit, The Jayhawks, Billy Strings, Ruthie Foster, Riley Downing, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Rhiannon Giddens and more!
