Americana Music Releases for Dec. 8th

Posted on December 9, 2023 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for December 8th, 2023. 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.

 

Rainbow Girls – Welcome To Whatever  (self-released)
Uncle Lucius – Like It’s The Last One Left  (Boo Clap Records)
Neil Young – Before and After  (Reprise Records)

 

Coming out soon, or next year… John Craigie, Chatham County Line, Sarah Jarosz, John Leventhal, Willi Carlisle, Corb Lund, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Joe Pug, The Steel Wheels, Anna Moss and more!

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Bill Frater

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Americana Music Releases for Dec. 1st

Posted on November 30, 2023 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for December 1st, 2023. 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.

Zach Russell
Where the Flowers Meet the Dew  (Carlboro Records)

Where the Flowers Meet the Dew’s 10 songs explore reincarnation, joy, and 21st-century romance via traditional country waltzes and psych-folk rock songs alike. Throughout, Russell sings with all the grace befitting a former karaoke host and current lapsed Baptist, landing somewhere between the flourish of Chris Stapleton and the grit of Sturgill Simpson. This is the rare debut album that’s sincere all the way through, made up of songs about muscadine wine and stones in the river getting “bowled over” until they’re only just slivers. Russell longs to live in a world where you can earnestly miss your papaw and even unironically imagine a lover “that puts on Maybelline.” There’s an awful lot of self-reflection here, and that’s Russell’s greatest achievement on Where the Flowers Meet the Dew: singing impassioned country songs that feel at once uniquely modern and conventionally timeless.  (edited from No Depression review)

 

Also new this week…

Balsam Range – Kinetic Tone  (Mountain Home Records)
Bill Booth – River Town  (Wheeling Records)
Gregory Dwane – Nostalgia for Nothing  (Peacedale Records)  +
Fred Eaglesmith & Tif Ginn – A Christmas Card (A Major Label)
Uncle Shuffelo and His Haint Hollow Hootenanny – Uncle Shuffelo and His Haint Hollow Hootenanny  (Spring Fed Records)

 

Coming out soon, or next year… The Longshore Drifters, John Craigie, Chatham County Line, Sarah Jarosz, John Leventhal, Corb Lund, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Joe Pug, Anna Moss and more!

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Americana Music Releases for Nov. 24th

Posted on November 23, 2023 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for November 24th, 2023. 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.

 

Amos Lee
Honeysuckle Switches: The Songs of Lucinda Williams  (Hoagiemouth Records)

Specifically, Lee revisited his “songwriting hero,” Lucinda Williams – the iconic musician he describes as “unapologetically sincere” and “a spiritual guide for me.” Now, Lee pays homage to Williams with a full album of covers from her iconic songbook – Honeysuckle Switches. Williams has been a formative artist for Lee dating back to his teenage years, “She is the most genuine and kind person,” recalls Lee. “As someone who wasn’t always readily available, her vulnerability opened my heart.” Reckoning with his own loss and grief over the past year, Lee turned to the songs of his mentor as a source of healing, the album is a way to thank Williams for getting him through life’s most difficult moments time and time again: “She has this persistence and will in her perspective, she embraces the sadness but is never enveloped by it.”   (edited from Grateful Web review)

 

Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels
The Last Roundup: Live from the Bijou Café in Philadelphia March 16th 1973  (Amoeba Records)

n early 1973 Gram Parsons embarked on a tour to promote his recently released first solo album, GP. Gram put together a pretty great band, including the then-unknown Emmylou Harris as his singing partner. One show stood out to pedal steel player Neil Flanz: the third night at the Bijou Cafe. Neil felt that this was the best show of the tour and requested a copy of the soundboard recording. He saved it for almost forty years, and then it was acquired by Amoeba Music for a future Gram release. It turns out Neil was right. This is Gram and Emmylou at their finest. And it’s the next to last club date ever for Gram and the Fallen Angels. A 50-year-old soundboard cassette offers some unique challenges, but thanks to the efforts of some of the world’s best archival sound restoration engineers, the beauty and energy of Gram, Emmy and the band shine through. For all of those who never got to experience Gram live, this is the closest we’ll ever get to being there.

 

Coming out soon… The Wilder Blue, Zach Russell, The Longshore Drifters, Uncle Lucius, John Craigie, Chatham County Line, Sarah Jarosz, John Leventhal, Corb Lund, Joe Pug, Anna Moss and more!


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Americana Music Releases for Nov. 17th

Posted on November 16, 2023 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for November 17th, 2023. 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.

 

Luther Dickinson

Magic Music For Family Folk  (Antone’s/New West Records)

“As a father and touring musician I made this album to keep my kids company in my absence, hopefully for them to sing along with in their mom’s car. These songs evoke memories of my mother playing her Martin parlor guitar and of my father, at the family turntable, telling stories about Furry Lewis and Gus Cannon or explaining a song’s meaning. I wanted to share these childhood favorites with my kids. This collection of childhood favorites was recorded for fun, at home, with family and friends in the spirit of sharing. I wanted to share these songs with my kids and my friend’s kids as well as expose my daughters to the joy of learning, performing and recording music that my father shared with me. The recording was largely done in 2017 during dinner parties, sleep overs and play dates, either in a family style social setting or while the kids slept.”  (from press release)

 

Dori Freeman
Do You Recall  (Blue Hens Music)

Dori Freeman would likely make a good friend in real life. Do You Recall, her compelling fifth LP, features vivid tales of romantic friction that will inspire nods of recognition, introspective monologues sure to ring true for anyone used to self-interrogation, and righteous declarations of outrage at the lousy state of society today. This lovely album is like catching up with a pal who understands life’s ups and downs, and helps you make sense of its daily challenges. Recorded at Freeman’s home in Galax, Virginia, the album downplays her Appalachian roots, with producer Nicholas Falk (also her drummer and spouse) keeping textures light and poppy. Rootsy signifiers like banjo and pedal steel are present, but the focus is on her sweet, appealing voice and smooth country-folk tunes, all written or co-written by Freeman.  (edited from No Depression review)

 

Also new this week…

Trevor Bahnson – Anything Beautiful  (independent)
Stephen Clair – The Presentation of Self In Everyday Life  (independent)  +
Wyatt Flores – Life Lessons  (OEG Records)  +
Jared Dustin Griffin – Battle Cry Mercy  (Singular Recordings)
Iron and Wine – Who Can See Forever Soundtrack  (Sub Pop Records)
Pete Mancini and Rich Lanahan – Silent Troubadour: The Songs of Gene Clark (Paradiddle Records)
Vinnie Paolizzi – The Vinnie Paolizzi LP (Gold Rush Records)
The Wilder Blue – Super Natural  (Hill Country Music)   +
Wood Belly – Cicada (Americana Vibes)

 

Coming out soon… Amos Lee, Zach Russell, John Craigie, Chatham County Line, Sarah Jarosz, John Leventhal, Corb Lund, Joe Pug, Anna Moss and more!

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Americana Music Releases for Nov. 10th

Posted on November 10, 2023 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for November 10th, 2023. 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.

Vincent Neil Emerson
The Golden Crystal Kingdom  (La Honda Records)

On his latest release, produced by Shooter Jennings, Emerson has never sounded better. The artist takes you through a whirlwind of lonesome man ballads brimming with imaginative storytelling while crafting twangy arrangements bursting with personality. The Golden Crystal Kingdom is an appropriate name for an album with lyrics longing for some sense of paradise. Throughout the album, Emerson pens heartfelt novels that focus more on the aftermath of love rather than the rush of emotions felt while deep in it. He brings storytelling to a whole new level, allowing the minimal arrangements to soundtrack his poetic tales. Vincent Neil Emerson has a sound that emulates the Outlaw era and his lyrics paint such vivid pictures it is almost like you’re standing right next to the main character, taking in all the sights and sounds of one of the best country albums to be released this year.  (edited from Glide Magazine review)

 

Chris Stapleton
Higher (Mercury Nashville Records)

With his fifth studio LP, Higher, Chris Stapleton, assisted by co-producers Dave Cobb and Morgane Stapleton, forges another set of meticulously crafted, adeptly instrumented, and accessible songs. While the Kentucky-born artist continues to mine and rebrand various templates, his voice is undeniably and invariably country, whether he’s invoking Saturday night or Sunday morning. Stapleton is at once adventurous and a proponent of the tried and true balancing a fertile confluence of country, blues, and soul. With Higher, he navigates an array of intriguing sonics. As with previous outings, though, it’s his voice — equal parts straight bourbon, aloe balm, Marlboro smoke, and Tupelo honey — that stands out and carries the day. You might call it irresistible, signature, even as it conjures the ghosts of country music’s great progenitors.  (edited from No Depression review)

Also new this week…

Jimmy Buffett – Equal Strain On All Parts  (Sun Records)
Daniel Donato – Reflector  (Retrace Music)
Jon Dee Graham – Only Dead For A Little While  (Strolling Bones Records) +
Kristen Grainger & True North – Fear of Falling Stars  (independent)  +
Terry Klein – Leave The Light On  (independent)   +
Kerri Powers – Love Is Why  (Wildflower Children)
The Resonant Rogues – The Resonant Rogues  (independent)
Todd Snider – Crank It, We’re Doomed  (Aimless Records)
Afton Wolfe – The Harvest  (Grandiflora Records)

 

Coming out soon… Amos Lee, The Wilder Blue, John Craigie, Sarah Jarosz, Willi Carlisle, John Leventhal and more!

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Americana Music Releases for Nov. 3rd

Posted on November 3, 2023 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for November 3rd, 2023. 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.

 

Suzy Bogguss
Prayin’ for Sunshine (Loyal Duchess Records)

On her previous two albums, Bogguss wrapped her warm, crystalline, and sometimes hard-edged vocals around familiar American folk and pop songs and the songs of Merle Haggard. On her new album she wrote and produced the entire album, co-writing songs with her husband and co-producer Doug Crider, Matraca Berg, Gretchen Peters, Pat Bergeson, and Bill Lloyd. Prayin’ for Sunshine moves from supplication to celebration, reveling in the joys of friends, family, community, her fans, and storytelling. Prayin’ for Sunshine showcases Bogguss’ lyrical and musical ingenuity, her nod-and-a-wink humor, and her deep love for her community of friends and fans. And the album reminds us again just how radiant and transportive Bogguss’ vocals are.   (edited from No Depression review)

Jaime Wyatt
Feel Good  (New West Records)

“I’m still learning how to experience joy, how to be free, how to be comfortable in my own skin,” says Wyatt. “A lot of us grow up feeling like we have to hide who we are just to be accepted, but that comes from a place of fear and judgment. I wrote these songs as a way of letting go of all that, as permission to feel good.” Feel Good, Wyatt’s new album, is more than just a permission slip, though: it’s an invitation. Recorded with Black Pumas’ Adrian Quesada, the record is built on tight, intoxicating grooves that belie the songs’ substantial emotional stakes. Taken as a whole, the collection stands as a radical act of creative liberation from an artist already known for pushing limits, a genre-defying work of healing and self-love that tips its cap to everything from Al Green and Otis Redding to Waylon Jennings and Bobbie Gentry in its relentless pursuit of peace and pleasure.  (from press release)

Also new this week…

Al Backstrom – Wild Colonial Boy  (Wild Colonial Boy Records)
Colin Cutler – Tarwater (self-released)
Elliot BROOD – Town  (self-released)
Ben Gage – Two Singing Songs  (self-released)
Heather Anne Lomax & Michael Doman – The Doman Tracks  (Blackbird Record Label)
Jeffrey Martin – Thank God We Left The Garden (Fluff and Gravy Records)  +
Bonnie Montgomery – River  (Gar Hole Records)
Our Man in the Field – Gold on the Horizon   (In the Field Recordings)
Sylvia Tyson – At The End Of The Day  (Stony Plain Music) +

 

Coming out soon… Jon Dee Graham, Chris Stapleton, Vincent Neil Emerson, Kerri Powers, Kristen Grainger & True North, Amos Lee, The Wilder Blue, Terry Klein, The Resonant Rogues, John Craigie, John Leventhal, Sarah Jarosz and more!

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Americana Music Releases for Oct. 27th

Posted on October 27, 2023 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for October 27th, 2023. 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.

Jesse Colter
Edge of Forever  (Appalachia Record Co.)

Jessi Colter has always stood on the edge. She and her late husband Waylon Jennings, along with Willie Nelson and Tompall Glaser, carried country music in new directions in 1976 with the album Wanted! The Outlaws, the first country album to hit platinum status. Colter brought her own outlaw stylings to her haunting chart hit “I’m Not Lisa” in 1975. In 2017, she returned to her Pentecostal roots with her edgy and ethereal versions of The Psalms, produced by Lenny Kaye. On Edge of Forever, produced by Margo Price and mixed by Colter’s son, Shooter Jennings, Colter blurs the edges, delivering soaring gospel-inflected songs, tender ballads, and raucous honky-tonkers.  (edited from No Depression review)

The Third Mind
The Third Mind 2   (Yep Roc Records)

The 2020 appearance of the ad hoc group the Third Mind seemed like a synergistic one-off. Guitarist Dave Alvin gathered musically compatible friends and put them in the studio, running tapes as they jammed, reportedly unrehearsed, on some ’60s psychedelic blues/rock/jazz/folk semi-classics. The same lineup—Alvin, guitarist David Immergluck, drummer Michael Jerome, Victor Krummenacher on bass and keyboards, and singer/acoustic guitarist Jesse Sykes — reunite, now with the experience of the previous release. The results are just as potent and arguably even better. The six tunes traverse a diverse musical palette. From Fred Neil’s “A Little Bit of Rain,” to the Electric Flag’s “Groovin’ Is Easy” and Phil Spector’s unusual childlike “Sally Go Round the Roses,” Alvin and company cast a collective spell over songs rearranged to feature their improvised instrumental prowess. (edited from American Songwriter review)

 

Also new this week…

Black Pumas – Chronicles Of A Diamond  (ATO Records)
Robert Finley – Black Bayou  (Easy Eye Sound)  +
Flatland Cavalry – Wandering Star  (Interscope Records)
Dylan Gossett – No Better Time  (independent)
Anton O’Donnell – Tomber Sur PRW  (Need To Know Music)
Old Californio – Metaterranea  (independent)
Leon Rosselson – Chronicling the Times  (Free Dirt Records)
Nora Jane Struthers – Back to Cast Iron  (Blue Pig Music)
Willy Tea Taylor & The Fellership – The Great Western Hangover  (independent)  +
Tejon Street Corner Thieves – Juxtaposition  (Liars Club Records)
Various Artists – A Tribute To The Judds  (Broken Bow Records)
Skarlett Woods – Letters To The West  (independent)

 

Coming out soon… Jaime Wyatt, Chris Stapleton, Sylvia Tyson, Jon Dee Graham, Vincent Neil Emerson, Kerri Powers, Kristen Grainger & True North, Amos Lee, Ben Gage, Jeffrey Martin, Terry Klein, The Resonant Rogues and more!

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Americana Music Releases for Oct. 20th

Posted on October 19, 2023 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for October 20th, 2023. 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.

 

Eli Paperboy Reed
Hits And Misses: The Singles  (Yep Roc Records)

To use the cliché, the 40-year-old Massachusetts-reared artist born Eli Husock walks it like he talks it. Early on he moved to the Mississippi Delta and then Chicago to soak up the sounds of blues, R&B, and gospel from some of the masters. Now, he possesses a thorough command of those vintage styles himself. With eight standout albums behind him, this one is a collection mostly of tracks that appeared on 45s sold on European tours and spans more than a decade. The 11-song set nevertheless holds together as a powerful testament to Reed’s interpretive skills and his songwriting prowess (three of the numbers are originals). Reed gives an inspired revamp to Steely Dan’s “Do It Again,” adding horns and a swinging, hipsterish sensibility while also covering songs from Motorhead, Merle Haggard, Latimore and more. As with the “Paperboy” nickname, the title Hits and Misses: The Singles can belie its contents. Commercial considerations aside, nothing here is off the mark, and in fact everything hits like a hammer.  (edited from Rock & Blues Muse review)

 

Chris Shiflett
Lost at Sea   (Blue Élan Records)

It makes sense that Chris Shiflett’s newest solo album, Lost at Sea, is a little here, there, and everywhere. Shiflett’s own musical resume is an expansive exploration of geography and genre. From his present role as the full-time guitarist for Foo Fighters to flirting with a number of side projects — superficial and serious — playing everything from death metal to outlaw country. Suffice it to say, Shiflett’s vast experience and musical expertise allow him to feel at home in most settings, and Lost at Sea might even be a titular nod to an inability to pinpoint a proper “home” for this set of songs, that swing through honky-tonks, raise fists in arenas, and sit alone at the bar. Every glass in the house will be raised when Shiflett plays the classic country of “Where’d Everybody Go?” Drinkers and thinkers will also fall in love with Shiflett’s protagonist on “Carrie Midnight Texas Queen” with its modern Nashville flavors. Then there’s the sobering reality described on “Parties,” a straightforward rock number that closes the album by pointing out the anger underneath the surface of us all these days.  (edited from No Depression review)

 

 

Also new this week…

Barbaro – About The Winter  (StorySound Records)
Jon Byrd – All Your Mistakes  (Longleaf Pine Records)  +
The Fugitives – No Help Coming  (Fallen Tree Records)
Alice Gerrard – Sun to Sun  (Sleepy Cat Records) +
Harvest Thieves – As The Sparks Fly Upward  (independent)
Gracie Lane – Doing My Time  (independent)
Dylan LeBlanc – Coyote (ATO Records)  +
Ajay Mathur – Blow My Cover  (Yakketeeyak Music)
Israel Nash – Ozarken  (Soundly Sounds)
Karyn Oliver – Cherchez La Femme  (Buxom County Records)
Carla Olson – Have Harmony, Will Travel 3  (Have Harmony Will Travel Records)
Pert Near Sandstone – Waiting Days  (independent) +
Sado-Domestics – Beach Day In Black And White  (independent)  +
Jonah Tolchin – Dockside  (Clover Music Group)  +
Robert Rex Waller Jr. – See The Big Man Cry  (BFD Records)  +

 

Coming out soon… Jessi Colter, Dylan Gossett, Robert Finley, Jaime Wyatt, Chris Stapleton, Kerri Powers, Kristen Grainger & True North, Amos Lee, Ben Gage, Jeffrey Martin, Terry Klein, The Resonant Rogues and more!

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Americana Music Releases for Oct. 13th

Posted on October 12, 2023 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for October 13th, 2023. 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.

 

Kelly Hunt
Ozark Symphony  (Compass Records)

Once in a while, a musical project comes along that truly captures the spirit of America. It invokes the raw beauty of its landscapes and the tales of those who’ve walked it. Ozark Symphony does exactly this. The album, seasoned with tales from the prairie to the deep South, offers listeners a passport to explore the heart of Americana music. The album is not just a collection of songs but a collaboration of pure musical genius. Teaming up with renowned producer Dirk Powell, the result is nothing short of a masterpiece. Powell, a maestro in a medley of music genres from Celtic to Cajun, has previously worked with icons like Joan Baez, Eric Clapton, and Jack White. With this album, he taps into a rich community of global musicians, ensuring every note echoes with authenticity. Featuring special guests Mike McGoldrick, Natalie Haas, Dirk Powell, and Kai Welch, promises a musical journey that transcends time. It’s more than just an album. It’s the soul of America, sung by a voice that understands its deepest intricacies.  (edited from Grateful Web review)

 

Also new this week…

The Bones of J.R. Jones – Slow Lightning  (Tone Tree Music)
Izzy Ded – What Hurts Most  (Death and Texas Records)
Kathy Kallick Band – The Lonesome Chronicles  (Live Oak Records) +
Mamma Coal – Dance Hall Crush  (self-release)
Lonesome Ace Stringband – Try To Make It Fly  (self-release)
Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus – Big Red Gibson  (Berkalin Records)
Carrie Newcomer – A Great Wild Mercy  (Available Light Records)
The Carolyn Sills Combo – On The Draw  (Moon Lasso Music) +
Tom Sykes – A Long Hard Road  (MoMojo Records)

 

Coming out soon… Robert Rex Waller Jr., Eli Paperboy Reed, Jessi Colter, Jonah Tolchin, Mick Flannery, Chris Stapleton, Kerri Powers, Kristen Grainger & True North, Amos Lee, Ben Gage, Jeffrey Martin, Terry Klein, The Resonant Rogues and more!

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Americana Music Releases for Oct. 6th

Posted on October 6, 2023 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for October 6th, 2023. 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.

 

Ray Bonneville
On The Blind Side  (self-released)

On his 10th album Bonneville delivers nine originals with a voice that moves from soothing to troubling…depending on the direction of the song. He co-produced the record with Texas singer-songwriter Will Sexton, who also plays on the album. While remaining accessible to the listener, this new group of songs represents a more introspective phase for Ray. With insights gained from isolation, Ray has emerged from the pandemic ready to share more of his life story, to draw from it creatively, to allow it to take him to new places and take his audience along with him. “Bonneville strips his bluesy Americana down to its essentials and steeps it in a humid, Southern vibe, creating a compelling poetry of hard living and deep feeling.” – Elmore Magazine

 

John R. Miller
Heat Comes Down  (Rounder Records)

Some songwriters write short stories. Some write anthems. Some write life itself. “My friend had a Twin / I had some old no-name Strat,” John R. Miller sings on the gentle, finger-picked “Basements” on his new album, Heat Comes Down. “Our drummer’s dad was cool / he let us come over and practice.” In four verses he charts the universal, personal journey of countless people who picked up a guitar and took off after a dream, only to land in middle age with an instrument they can play the hell out of, decades’ worth of songs, and nothing left to say. It’s just one cut on a record that reveals its facets with time. Miller, a West Virginia-raised songwriter with Billy Joe Shaver’s lack of airs and Brent Cobb’s casual amble, has given us a collection of approachable, true Americana songs with Heat Comes Down. (edited from No Depression review)

Also new this week…

Victoria Bailey – A Cowgirl Rides On  (Rock Ridge Music) +
Lisa Brokop – Who’s Gonna Fill Their Heels? (Audium Music)
Billy Don Burns – I’ve Seen A Lot Of Highway  (Black Country Rock)  +
Tré Burt – Traffic Fiction  (Oh Boy Records)
Jason Hawk Harris – Thin Places  (Bloodshot Records)
Ida Mae – Thunder Above You  (Vow Road Records)
Charlie Mars – Times Have Changed  (Foxgate Records)  +
Mike and the Moonpies – Live from the Devil’s Backbone  (Prairie Rose Records)  +
Joni Mitchell – Archives, Volume 3: The Asylum Years (1972-1975)  (Elektra Catalog Group)
The Steel Woods – On Your Time  (Woods Music)  +

 

Coming out soon… The Carolyn Sills Combo, Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus, Robert Rex Waller Jr., Kelly Hunt, Eli Paperboy Reed, Jessi Colter, Jonah Tolchin, Mick Flannery, Chris Stapleton, Kerri Powers, Kristen Grainger & True North, Amos Lee, Jeffrey Martin, The Resonant Rogues and more!

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