Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for September 26th, 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.
Clover County
Finer Things (Undercover Lover Records)
This artist’s debut album is a folk-Americana record blending country twang with modern observations on love and heartbreak, creating a “bootgaze” sound described as a coming-of-age soundtrack. The album, produced by Carrie K, aims to honor the artist’s own experiences of girlhood and features tongue-in-cheek humor alongside serious reflections. The album is a coming-of-age record focusing on experiences of girlhood, modern love, and the ephemera of past relationships, like a “shoebox full of old love letters”.
Roșie Flores & the Talismen
Impossible Frontiers (Mule Kick Records)
Rosie Flores, triple-threat Texas musician, has never allowed the challenge of navigating the male-centric worlds of rock and country music slow her down. In fact, she often drew upon those challenges as source material in sharply observed songs she not only wrote and sang with authority and passion, but also brought to life musically as a widely respected lead guitarist in a string of notable bands. With a voice lit up like neon and a guitar slinging style that bridges rockabilly, country, and cosmic Americana, Rosie’s new record delivers a fresh, vibrant sound while honoring the vintage soul of the music that made you fall in love with her in the first place. (from press release)
Amanda Shires
Nobody’s Girl (ATO Records)
The last twenty or so months haven’t been easy for Amanda Shires. The Nashville singer, songwriter filed for divorce from her husband of ten years, Jason Isbell, in December 2023 and finalized it this March. During that period, she lost her grandfather and then, in May of this year, her father passed away. All of that emotional trauma became fuel for the honest, sexy, and restorative songwriting that engulfs Shires’ new record. In thirteen chapters, Shires’ account of her marriage’s disintegration is swept up by fits of anger, self-doubt, defiance, and, eventually, rebirth. The material is sensitive but naked and unwavering, pulled from some thirty songs written during the last two years. Nobody’s Girl is not only her’ greatest effort to date, but it’s one of the year’s most emotional releases. (edited from Paste Magazine review)
Also new this week…
Dallas Burrow – The Way The West Was Won (Forty Below Records) +
Meghan Clarisse – Shadows of a Ghost Town (Howlin’ Dog Records)
The Far West – Everything We Thought We Wanted (Blackbird Record Label)
Ramona and the Holy Smokes – Ramona and the Holy Smokes (independent)
Jeff Tweedy – Twilight Override (dBpm Records)
Adam Wright – Nature Of Necessity Carnival Recording Company)
Coming out soon … Maygen & The Birdwatcher, Alison Brown & Steve Martin, Ed Dupas, Joshua Hedley, Brennen Leigh, Rhett Miller, Jim Keller, Todd Snider, William Prince, Joshua Ray Walker, Brandi Carlile, Bernie Leadon, Willie Nelson, Miss Emily, Todd Snider and more!
