Americana Music Releases for Sept. 26th

Posted on September 25, 2025 by

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!

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Americana Music Releases for Sept. 19th

Posted on September 18, 2025 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for September 19th, 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.

Otis Gibbs
The Trust of Crows  (Wanamaker Recording Company)

Otis Gibbs is a songwriter, storyteller, painter, photographer, and planter of 7,176 trees. He once wrestled a bear and lost. He’s been called “the best unknown songwriter in music today,” but if you ask him, he’ll just say he’s a folksinger. This deeply personal project reflects Otis’ reverence for history, lived experience, and the characters who shaped American roots music from the ground up. He continues to shine a light on the forgotten people, places, and the unvarnished beauty of everyday life. “Gibbs’ songwriting is deeply personal and profound. It’s plain to see Otis Gibbs is a man you should give a damn about.”  (from Rolling Stone)

 

Also new this week…

Briscoe – Heat Of July (ATO Records)
Cole Chaney – In the Shadow of the Mountain  (Ridgeline Records )  +
Elexa Dawson – Stay Put  (Moon Flower Songs)
Dylan Earl – Level-Headed Even Smile  (Gar Hole Records)
Lost Post – All We Leave Is Dust  (Missing Mail Records)
Jon Nolan & Good Co. – Slow Cooker  (Strolling Bones Records)
The Onlies – You Climb The Mountain  (independent)
Bones Owens – Best Western  (Black Ranch Records) +
The Pink Stones – Thank the Lord… it’s The Pink Stones  (Normaltown Records) +
The Third Mind – Right Now!  (Yep Roc Records) +
Kristina Train – County Line  (Blue Elan Records)
Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia – Help Yourself  (Gulf Coast Records)

 

Coming out soon … Dallas Burrow, Jeff Tweedy, Ramona and the Holy Smokes, Maygen & The Birdwatcher, Alison Brown & Steve Martin, Clover County, Amanda Shires, Ed Dupas, Brennen Leigh, Rhett Miller, Joshua Ray Walker, Bernie Leadon, Todd Snider and more!

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Americana Music Releases for Sept. 12th

Posted on September 12, 2025 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for September 12th, 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.

 

The Brothers Comatose
Golden Grass  (Swamp Jam Records)

The Brothers Comatose didn’t set out to coin a new genre. To be honest, it was a bit of an accident. “My brother, Alex, and I have a lot of respect for bluegrass,” explains guitarist/singer Ben Morrison, “but it was never in our blood. We were raised on California rock and folk and country music, so when we got our hands on some traditional acoustic instruments growing up, that’s just the energy and the attitude we naturally channeled. A fan started calling our sound Golden Grass, and the phrase just felt right.”  “The Golden Grass sound is a little more laidback than high and lonesome,” Morrison explains. “It’s more relaxed than it is refined. It’s got all sorts of natural imagery, from the desert to the ocean to the redwood forests, but at its heart, it’s a campfire jam on the beach where anyone can strum a few chords and join in. The more the merrier. Music has always been rooted in friendship and community for us,” Morrison reflects. “Growing up, our parents used to host parties where all these local musicians would sit around the living room singing and playing together. Somebody left their banjo behind one night, and that’s how Alex and I got started. The rest is history.”

 

Shawn Camp
The Ghost of Sis Draper (Truly Handmade Records)

Shawn Camp’s latest release was largely co-written with the late, great Guy Clark, is a remarkable work of story and song. Even without the link to Clark, the songs weave together a fascinating narrative of Sis Draper, a legendary Arkansas fiddler from Camp’s childhood. The album is a narrative-driven concept piece, with songs that are tied together by recurring characters, themes, and elements of old-time fiddle tunes. The songs are tied together by recurring characters and themes, immersing the listener in a world where a fiddle-wielding woman named Sis is both hero and mystery. After a long career of songwriting and performing, the album is a crowning achievement for Camp, delivering on the promise of his songwriting talent and deep roots in traditional country and bluegrass.

 

Also new this week…

Jack Blocker – The Land On Most High  (Elbow Grease Records)
Danny Burns – Southern Sky  (Bonfire Recording Co.) +
Paul Cebar – Paul Cebar  (StorySound Records)
Evan Charles – Echoes At Dawn  (Mr Pink Records) +
KP Hawthorn – Til The Glitter End  (Mule Kick Records)
Nicholas Jamerson – The Narrow Way  (Cloverdale Records) +
Ruston Kelly – Pale, Through the Window  (Rounder Records)
Meredith Moon – From Here To The Sea  (Compass Records)  +
Petunia And The Vipers – Callin’ Me Back  (independent)
Josh Ritter – I Believe in You, My Honeydew  (Pytheas Recordings) +
West Texas Exiles – 8000 Days  (Floating Mesa Records) +
Dar Williams – Hummingbird Highway  (Righteous Babe Records)

 

Coming out soon … Dallas Burrow, Jeff Tweedy, Otis Gibbs, Dylan Earl, The Onlies, The Third Mind, Ramona and the Holy Smokes, Maygen & The Birdwatcher, Alison Brown & Steve Martin, Clover County, Amanda Shires, Brennen Leigh, Rhett Miller, Bernie Leadon, Todd Snider and more!

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Americana Music Releases for Sept. 5th

Posted on September 5, 2025 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for September 5th, 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.

 

Robbie Fulks
Now Then  (Compass Records)

Far from being a follower of trends, Robbie Fulks is an unconventional artist who sets out to challenge and surprise his audience. He featured several Michael Jackson hits on his 2010 album Happy, and he’s even collaborated with British post-punk band The Mekons. His new release Now Then opens with a spoken word line – “It’s time to make a change” – and he proceeds to look at life with a mixture of reflection, humour and anger, as he himself describes it. Though still only 62, his perspective is to consider that the time behind is greater than what lies ahead. Now Then is the first album consisting of songs written by Fulks since his move to California. Finding the local musicians to be very receptive, he has enrolled some of the finest names: Duke Levine and Kevin Barry on guitar and lap steel, Wayne Horvitz on keys, Jenny Scheinman on fiddle and Pete Thomas on drums are all featured here. Meanwhile, Fulks himself is no slouch on guitar, banjo and requinto. (edited from AmericanaUK review)

Forrest VanTuyl
Old Trails  (Fossil Records)

Great writers like Cormac McCarthy have built their careers on the myth of the American West, the stories and vernacular of the American cowboy. For songwriter Forrest VanTuyl, McCarthy was his introduction to the poetry of cowboy life. “I read him when I was in my mid twenties,” he says, “and I was like, ‘There we go. That’s what I’m going to do.’” True to his word, Forrest moved to Enterprise, Oregon and took work packing mules and working cattle in this remote outdoor destination. The songs on his new album are inspired by his time over the past ten years on horseback in little known corners of the Pacific Northwest. Forrest currently lives and works in Washington’s interior ranch country with his wife, fellow songwriter Margo Cilker, who co-wrote some of the songs on the album with him. The songs are about hard people that work with land and animals through hard terrain and hard weather. They’re about the emotional and philosophical depth that comes from a deep pride in work and land.  (from press release)

 

Also new this week…

Becky Buller – Songs That Sing Me  (Dark Shadow Recordings)  +
Casual Drifter – Goin’ For Broke  (Wild Game Records)
Hannah Delynn – Trust Fall (Lady Grand Records)
Tyller Gummersall – In The Middle EP  (independent)
Wesley Hanna –  Magnolia  (independent)
Grant-Lee Phillips – In the Hour of Dust  (Yep Roc Records)
Mike Reid & Joe Henry – Life and Time  (Work Songs)  +
Liam St. John – Man Of The North  (Republic Records)
Walter Trout – Sign Of The Times   (Provogue Records)

Coming out soon … Josh Ritter, Dallas Burrow, KP Hawthorn, Jeff Tweedy, Nicholas Jamerson, Otis Gibbs, Dylan Earl, The Onlies, Shawn Camp, The Third Mind, Ramona and the Holy Smokes, Maygen & The Birdwatcher, Alison Brown & Steve Martin, Clover County, Amanda Shires, Ruston Kelly, The Brothers Comatose, Brennen Leigh, Rhett Miller, Bernie Leadon, Todd Snider and more!

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Americana Music Releases for August 29th

Posted on August 28, 2025 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for August 29th, 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.

 

Rodney Crowell
Airline Highway  (New West Records)

The new record reveals Crowell is still the master of diamonds and dirt, as he labeled his seminal 1988 disc. He sees the world through grease-stained glasses that bring out the shine in the quotidian reality. His music has a gritty edge and a poetic sensibility. The album was recorded in Maurice, Louisiana, and several of the tracks concern Crowell’s nostalgic connections to the southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana region where they grew up. As he sings in “Taking Flight”, “We got our education from a backwoods country station / Proof that there’s a world out there came wrapped up in a song.” There’s an edge to the sentimentality based on the poverty, alcoholism, and dangers of the region, but “lower-class” pride is expressed as well. Airline Highway provides evidence of Crowell’s literate craftsmanship as a songwriter. He doesn’t try to sing or play to impress as much as to serve the material. The songs are his master and mistress here.  (edited from Pop Matters review)

 

Margo Price
Hard Headed Woman  (Loma Vista Recordings)

On her last few releases, Margo Price traveled west (Los Angeles, the desert) to find herself, primarily playing in the realm of 70s-tinged pop rock. Now, on her fifth studio album, she successfully returns to her roots, recording her first album in her hometown of Nashville, as Price’s outlaw-accented country sound rings heartfelt and true throughout Hard Headed Woman.  Price realized she just needed a break from everything outside of the bubble of family life and her art. She started spending more time at home, writing songs alone and with her husband, Jeremey Ivey. She started popping up in the dive bars and tiny venues around Nashville where she got her start, sometimes just to play a country cover or two or dance with the crowd. “I’m a songwriter,” Price says. “I’m not somebody who goes out and needs five people to craft a song, and then tack my name on it. That’s never been my style. I have something to say.”  (edited from her bio)

 

Also new this week…

Bonnie & the Mere Mortals – Take Me To The Moon  (First City Artists)
Marshall Crenshaw – From The Hellhole  (Yep Roc Records)
Chandler Dozier – Bakersfield East  (independent)
Max Gomez – Memory Mountain  (Marveltone Records)
The Hens – Hen Sounds (independent)
Tift Merritt – Time And Patience   (One Riot Records)
Caroline Spence – Heart Go Wild  (Tone Tree Music)
Anna Tival – Animal Poem  (Fluff & Gravy Records) 

 

Coming out soon … Josh Ritter, Forrest VanTuyl, Dallas Burrow, Becky Buller, KP Hawthorn, Jeff Tweedy, Nicholas Jamerson, Otis Gibbs, Dylan Earl, The Onlies, Robbie Fulks, The Third Mind, Ramona and the Holy Smokes, Maygen & The Birdwatcher, Alison Brown & Steve Martin, Clover County, Amanda Shires, Ruston Kelly, The Brothers Comatose, Brennen Leigh, Rhett Miller, Bernie Leadon and more!

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Americana Music Releases for August 22nd

Posted on August 21, 2025 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for August 22nd, 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.

 

East Nash Grass
All God’s Children  (Mountain Fever Records)

After winning the 2024 IBMA Award for New Artist of the Year, touring internationally, and even making their co-headline debut at the Ryman Auditorium, All God’s Children feels like a joyful tribute to the many ways life gets good – and to bluegrass’s many salt-of-the-earth styles. With skillful traditional picking and a focus on diversity (both thematically and in the band’s tendency to share the spotlight at center stage), East Nash Grass deliver a truly spirit-satisfying album. Just don’t let its name fool you – this ain’t gospel. “I enjoyed that it’s a little bit of a misnomer,” says guitarist James Kee, with a touch of mischief in his voice. “We are a fairly traditional bluegrass band and we do some gospel music, but … anybody who knows us would know pretty immediately, it’s not a gospel album. I kind of liked that it would make somebody who doesn’t know our music take a second look.” (edited from Bluegrass Situation review)

 

Kathleen Edwards
Billionaire  (Dualtone Music Group)

In 2002, the roots music world was abuzz when singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards released her debut, Failer.  Granted, Edwards spent a decade away from music, but nothing she has released since has measured up to that album. Billionaire has just changed that. Her acute lyrical bent, honesty, and flair for hooks have returned. She is the sole songwriter on eight of these ten and the co-writer on two others. So, the words are all essentially hers. The title may be viewed somewhat tongue-in-cheek. Billionaires are typically scorned these days, but Edwards says we should all want to be accumulators of joy, life’s rich experiences, and great friendships. It’s the idea of being rich in a non-monetary sense. Yet, the themes of these songs do touch on politics, bitter memories, and breakups, subjects often found in singer-songwriter fare. Yet, Edwards is a compelling, oft-witty storyteller and adept painter of characters. We can celebrate that the Kathleen Edwards we fell in love with two decades ago is back, and she sounds even better than we might recall.   (edited from Glide Magazine review)

 

Also new this week…

Asleep At The Wheel – Riding High In Texas  (Bismeaux Records)  +
Danny Burns – Southern Sky  (Bonfire Recording Co.)
Jesse Dayton, Ian Moore & Johnny Moeller – Texas Headhunters  (Hardcharger Records)
Daniel Donato – Horizons  (Retrace Music)  +
Pete Droge – Fade Away Blue   (Puzzle Tree Records)
Kristen Ford – Pinto  (Righteous Babe Records)
Jeremy Garrett – Storm Mountain  (Americana Vibes)
Dean Johnson – I Hope We Can Still Be Friends  (Saddle Creek Records)  +
Will Hoge – Sweet Misery  (independent)
Case Oats – Last Missouri Exit  (Merge Records)
Tommy Prine – Love Circle  (Oh Boy Records)
Jesse Welles – Devil’s Den  (independent)

 

Coming out soon … Rodney Crowell, Margo Price, Anna Tival, Tift Merritt, Josh Ritter, Max Gomez, Forrest VanTuyl, Dallas Burrow, Becky Buller, KP Hawthorn, Jeff Tweedy, Nicholas Jamerson, Otis Gibbs, Dylan Earl, The Onlies, Robbie Fulks, The Third Mind, Maygen & The Birdwatcher, Clover County, Ruston Kelly, The Brothers Comatose, Brennen Leigh, Rhett Miller, Bernie Leadon and more!

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Americana Music Releases for August 15th

Posted on August 14, 2025 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for August 15th, 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.

 

Molly Tuttle
So Long Little Miss Sunshine  (Nonesuch Records)

Recorded in Nashville with producer Jay Joyce, the fifth full album from the singer, songwriter, and virtuoso guitarist marks a sonic departure from her recent work and features twelve new songs—eleven originals and one cover. Tuttle says, “I’ve been wanting to make this record for such a long time. Part of me was scared to do such a big departure, and that went into the album title.” Eventually she decided, “‘You know what? I’m just not going to care what people think. I’m going to do what I want.’” On her new album, a hybrid of pop, country, rock, and flat-picking, plus one murder ballad, Tuttle goes to a whole new place.  (from label’s press release)

 

Also new this week…

John Donovan – Northern Moon   (independent)
Will Payne Harrison – Still Feelin’ the Payne  (independent)
The Pleasures – Enemy Of My Enemy  (independent)
Jubal Lee Young – Squirrels  (independent)

 

Coming out soon … Rodney Crowell, Kathleen Edwards, Margo Price, Anna Tival, Tift Merritt, Josh Ritter, Dallas Burrow, Asleep at the Wheel, Jeff Tweedy, Max Gomez, Forrest VanTuyl, Nicholas Jamerson, The Onlies, Robbie Fulks, The Third Mind, Maygen & The Birdwatcher, Clover County, Ruston Kelly, The Brothers Comatose, Brennen Leigh, Rhett Miller, Bernie Leadon and more!

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Americana Music Releases for August 8th

Posted on August 7, 2025 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for August 8th, 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.

 

Hayes Carll
We’re Only Human  (Hwy 87 Records)

Like John Prine and Jerry Jeff Walker before him, Hayes Carll has made a career out of blending mellow, infectious acoustic folk with sharp, often humorous portraits of everyday people. On this, his 10th studio album, one of the first things you’ll notice is that Carll has turned that same wit inward, making himself the subject of his own storytelling. “The record was inspired by a desire to start listening to my inner voice rather than running from it. The songs are my way of solidifying the lessons I’ve learned, not because I have all the answers, but because I need the reminder that we’re all only human.” And he doesn’t go easy on himself, aiming his humorous takes on his own insecurities and failings, but also learning when to be appreciative when he can.  (edited from Glide Magazine review)

 

Patrick Sweany
Baby, It’s Late (Nine Mile Records)

Patrick Sweany has never been a one-lane artist. For over two decades, the Ohio-born, East Nashville–based bluesman has slipped between grooves with the ease of a needle on vinyl, whether it be blues, soul, funk, country, or classic rock. And on Baby, It’s Late, his first self-produced album, he brings all of it home. here’s a certain weathered wisdom running through the songs, a sense of someone who’s stared down the silence of being alone and come out the other side ready to shake the dust off with some magic. This record for those who crave the dusty vinyl warmth of old soul records, the immediacy of barroom blues, or the timeless cool of a good story told right. (edited from New Releases Now review)

 

Also new this week…

Beware Wolves – Beware Wolves, Vol. 9  (Aqualamb Records)
Blockhouse Valley – It’s Alright (independent)
The California Honeydrops – Redwood Highway  (independent)
Charley Crockett – Dollar A Day (Lone Star Rider/Island Records)  +
Kelly’s Lot – Late Bloomer  (independent)
Ashley Monroe – Tennessee Lightning   (Mountainrose Sparrow)  +
Tray Wellington – Spatial Awareness  (independent)

 

Coming out soon … Rodney Crowell, Molly Tuttle, Jubal Lee Young, Kathleen Edwards, Margo Price, Josh Ritter, Dallas Burrow, Asleep at the Wheel, Jeff Tweedy, Forrest VanTuyl, Nicholas Jamerson, The Onlies, Robbie Fulks, The Third Mind, Maygen & The Birdwatcher, Clover County, Brennen Leigh, Rhett Miller and more!

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Americana Music Releases for August 1st

Posted on July 31, 2025 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for August 1st, 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.

 

Sunny Sweeney
Rhinestone Requiem  (Aunt Daddy Records)

Her name might be Sunny, but her music is filled with accounts of broken hearts and broken homes like the best of country music. It’s music for those whose lives didn’t exactly turn out as planned, which basically accounts for most all of us. But at least we’ve got great country music from artists like Sunny Sweeney to get us through. If you’re wondering just what kind of country music you might get from it, Sunny leaves nothing to speculation, this will be a Country record. “This is the first time I’ve made a record when I don’t have relationship problems,” Sweeney says. “I’ve lived some life. Not all of it’s been pretty. But I feel like that’s what makes really good music.” Sweeney didn’t solicit some swanky producer for this one. Instead she co-produced it with her guitar player and right hand man Harley Husbands. Sunny continues. “For me, it’s the stories and hooks … I really wanted this album to be a mixture of all the old styles of country music: Jerry Lee Lewis, Waylon Jennings, Loretta Lynn. I make music for myself and hope other people like it.”  (edited from Saving Country Music review)

 

The Wood Brothers
Puff of Smoke  (Honey Jar Records)

Listening, in its truest sense, is a dying art, but it’s one The Wood Brothers are committed to practicing and upholding as a virtue. In fact, it’s the secret to the mélange of joyful sounds and musical styles on Puff of Smoke, the trio’s ninth album. Indeed, through the near two decades spent together in the studio and on the road, they have honed their interconnected, singular voice to telepathic proportions. On this latest studio effort, a true collaborative effort between its three members, the songs weave a medley of musical ideas — ranging from Latin-inflected acoustic guitar lines, to driving post-jazz rhythms, to infectious sing along choruses — resulting in a cohesive, joyful whole. All with The Wood Brothers’ trademark turns of phrase and lighthearted, but subversively profound wisdom at the core. Puff of Smoke is a reminder that life is both precious and precarious, and The Wood Brothers invite you to enjoy the ride.  (edited from their Bandcamp page bio.

 

Also new this week…

Grain Thief – House of the Dog  (Plow Man Records)
Luke Pelletier – American Cheese  (Soggy Anvil Records)
Rachael & Vilray – West of Broadway  (Concord Jazz)
Travis Roberts – Rebel Rose  (New West Records)
Wild Mountain Mystics – Fire and Honey  (Blackbird Record Label)

 

Coming out soon … Hayes Carll, Charley Crockett, Rodney Crowell, Molly Tuttle, Patrick Sweany, Kathleen Edwards, Margo Price, Josh Ritter, Dallas Burrow, Asleep at the Wheel, Jeff Tweedy, The Third Mind, Clover County and more!

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Americana Music Releases for July 25th

Posted on July 24, 2025 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for July 25th, 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.

 

Tyler Childers
Snipe Hunter  (Hickman Holler Records)

Childers once again proves why he’s one of the most vital and unpredictable voices in modern country with this 13-track album is a bold testament to Childers’ evolution as an artist — one who reveres tradition while constantly redrawing its boundaries. Produced by the legendary Rick Rubin alongside Childers himself and Sylvan Esso’s Nick Sanborn, Snipe Hunter is a masterclass in artistic conviction. The sonic landscape is rich and varied, drawing from the Appalachian roots that launched Childers into the spotlight, while weaving in subtle, unexpected textures that reflect his fearless experimentation. He leans into emotional honesty, layered arrangements, and the kind of storytelling that transcends genre lines. Snipe Hunter isn’t just a new album — it’s a statement. A reaffirmation that Tyler Childers is not only here to stay, but here to lead.  (edited from The Sound Cafe review)

 

Patty Griffin
Crown of Roses  (PGM)

On her 10 albums since that debut, Griffin has pinballed between post-grunge rock and graceful folk, between Spanish balladry and sizzling blues, even duetting with Mavis Staples before cutting a country-gospel wonder in Nashville. As she wrote about civil rights and bigotry, adventure and lust, she continued to examine her difficult childhood. Those family tunes culminate on her new album, with the arresting “Way Up to the Sky,” singing about being the youngest of seven children who rarely made their mother feel valued amid a collapsing marriage in a cash-strapped household held together by Catholicism and convenience. Her mother never heard the song, she died in February at 93. Griffin hopes that her mother’s death and Crown of Roses are the capstone of a nearly two-decade period she calls “the come apart.” It began around 2009, her father died, she and Robert Plant broke up, she got breast cancer, and lost her voice. Recognizing how much was out of her control, she started to loosen up, to laugh a little more at the world. She learned to do more with a smaller voice and to write to the sound of it again, as she had done in the ’90s.
(edited from NY Times review)

 

Also new this week…

Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be A Good Time  (Jagjaguwar Records)
The Honeydogs – Algebra for Broken Hearts  (Jullian Records)
Grayson Jenkins – Country Parables  (independent)  +
Cody Jinks – In My Blood  (Late August Records)
Minor Gold – Way to the Sun  (independent)  +
Ben Nichols – In the Heart of the Mountain  (Liberty & Lament Records)

 

Coming out soon … Hayes Carll, Sunny Sweeney, Rodney Crowell, Molly Tuttle, Patrick Sweany, Kathleen Edwards, Margo Price, The Wood Brothers, Josh Ritter, Dallas Burrow, Asleep at the Wheel, Jeff Tweedy, Clover County and more!

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Bill Frater

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