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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Bill Frater

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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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Americana Music Releases for July 18th

Posted on July 17, 2025 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for July 18th, 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.

 

BettySoo
If You Never Go Away  (independent)

Raised outside Houston by first-generation Korean immigrant parents, BettySoo grew up listening to the Great American songbook and country radio.  Older sisters led her to the world of singer/songwriters, and nights spent at The Cactus Café and Hole In The Wall turned her on to the legacy of Texas song. Affectionately coined as “The Queen of the Bummer Jams,” her ability to marry melancholia with hyper-immediate melodies is a well-documented gift. Austin’s KUTX calls her music, “beautiful, heart-wrenching songwriting that is also edgy and unwavering.” BettySoo cut a unique path through the broad streaming landscape — and as with everything she does, she approached it in a way that invites authentic connection, encourages compassion, and merits listening. With more new music on the horizon, her path is headed in a bright direction.

 

Mose Wilson
That’s Love  (independent)

The 11-track offering That’s Love marks Wilson’s long-awaited follow-up to his self-titled debut, released four years ago. Like much of his music, the album sits at the crossroads of roots, country and Americana, but it also blends in hints of soul, funk and rock and roll—an eclectic sound that reflects his life’s path and wide-ranging influences. Over the years, Wilson’s songwriting has grown to explore everything from love and heartbreak to mortality, family, nightlife and the quiet moments that define a life. On That’s Love, those themes are especially front and center. The album doesn’t paint love as simple or idealized; instead, it leans into its contradictions, and sits with the beauty and the bruises. (edited from Atwood Magazine review)

 

Also new this week…

Jade Bird – Who Wants To Talk About Love  (Glassnote Records)
The Boneshakers – Live To Be This (Gulf Coast Records)
Dylan Gossett – Westward  (Mercury Records)
Ian Kocourek – Right or Wrong  (independent)
Amy Lashley – Flatland Blossoms (independent)  +
The Last Revel – Gone For Good  (Hassle House Records)
Emily Lubitz – Two Black Horses  (independent)
Phil Madeira – Falcon (Mercyland Records)  +
Cole Quest & The City Pickers – Homegrown  (Jalopy Records)  +

 

 

Coming out soon … Tyler Childers, Cody Jinks, Hayes Carll, Sunny Sweeney, Patty Griffin, 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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Americana Music Releases for July 11th

Posted on July 10, 2025 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for July 11th, 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.

 

Ketch Secor
Story The Crow Told Me  (Equal Housing Opportunity Records)

Ketch Secor is a merry ringmaster, passionate professor, modern Beat, and unassuming virtuoso. Secor’s debut solo album, described as a “coming-of-age saga” and a personal reflection on his 25 years in Nashville. With help from girlfriend Molly Tuttle plus Marty Stuart, Old Crow alums Critter Fuqua and Willie Watson. and an inevitable Old Crow influence, Story The Crow Told Me is looking to be a wonderful combination of old and new. “I’ve been in the game a long time,” Secor explains, “I do enjoy looking forward, but old-timey music is about simultaneously looking forward and backward at the same time. That’s why it’s a regressive art.”

 

The Wildmans
Longtime Friend (New West Records)

The Wildmans are a brother sister led band. The tale of this duo’s journey starts early when sister and brother Aila and Eli Wildman were at the mere ages of 5 and 7. The siblings were born and raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, a veritable hotbed of old-time, bluegrass and all ilks of mountain music. As they entered their teens, the siblings branched out to form their own band with a host of different bandmates and Eli sharing equal time on the guitar, eventually recording their first self-titled release and performing at festivals throughout the area.  With their latest record, Longtime Friend, The Wildmans are showcasing their musicianship and honoring their craft while expanding and improvising on a base of traditional American roots music. This is the core of The Wildmans set and sound. (from press release)

 

Also new this week…

The Boxmasters – Pepper Tree Hill  (Keentone Records)
Brent Cobb & The Fixins – Ain’t Rocked in a While  (Ol’ Buddy Records)
Rick Faris – Life’s Parade  (Dark Shadow Recording)
Goldpine – Three (independent)
Graves – Gary Owens Jr.: Super Hits Volume 3  (indie)
Murry Hammond – Trail Songs of the Deep  (Fluff and Gravy Records)
Hilary Hawke – Lift Up This Old World  (Adhyâropa Records)
Maria Muldaur – One Hour Mama: The Blues Of Victoria Spivey  (Nola Blue, Inc.)  +
Tami Neilson – Neon Cowgirl  (Outside Music)  +
Benjamin Dakota Rogers – This Ol’ Way  (Good People Records)
Peter Salett – Dance of the Yellow Leaf  (Dusty Shoes Music)
Tanner Usrey – These Days  (Atlantic Records)  +
Eli West – The Shape of a Sway   (independent)  +

 

Coming out soon …  BettySoo, Tyler Childers, Hayes Carll, Jade Bird, Phil Madeira, Sunny Sweeney, Patty Griffin, Rodney Crowell, Molly Tuttle, Kathleen Edwards, Margo Price, The Wood Brothers, Josh Ritter, Asleep at the Wheel and more!

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Bill Frater

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Americana Music Releases for July 4th

Posted on July 3, 2025 by

Here’s some the best Americana and roots-type music releases for July 4th, 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.

 

Paul Carrick
The Country Side of Paul Carrack, Vol. 1  (Carrack-UK)

Known for his soulful singing on hits such as “How Long” with Ace, “Tempted” by Squeeze, and “The Living Years” & “Over My Shoulder” by Mike and the Mechanics, Paul Carrick now explores his love of country music. “Growing up I was hungry for any kind of music,” says Carrack, “but I would listen to people like Chet Atkins, Hank Williams, the Everly Brothers, and I particularly loved to hear Ray Charles. Of course, he was predominantly known for his soul and jazz stuff, but he was also a great Country singer.” A paean to the greatest era of Country music, The Country Side of Paul Carrack, Vol. 1 focuses on music from the ‘50s to the ‘70s. Paul and producer Steven Wood selected eight classics from Hank Williams, Ray Charles, George Jones, Hank Snow and others, plus two of Paul’s self-penned songs.

 

Also new this week…

John Jenkins – Restless Hearts  (independent)  +
Stillhouse Junkies – The Ballad of Charlie Avalon  (independent)
Jesse Welles – Pilgrim  (independent)  +

 

Coming out soon … Ketch Secor, The Wildmans, Eli West, Jade Bird, Tyler Childers, Hayes Carll, Phil Madeira, Sunny Sweeney, Patty Griffin, Rodney Crowell, Tanner Usrey, Molly Tuttle, Grain Thief, Kathleen Edwards, Charley Crockett, Margo Price, The Wood Brothers, Josh Ritter, Asleep at the Wheel and more!

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Bill Frater

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Americana Music Releases for June 27th

Posted on June 26, 2025 by

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

 

Willi Carlisle
Winged Victory  (Signature Sounds)

On his fourth studio (and first self-produced) album, Winged Victory, Carlisle returns with his signature blend of traditionally-rooted folk music and kaleidoscope of oddball characters to confer with his core tenets in more overt and provocative ways. Intent on creating art and a well-rounded life in a broken world, Carlisle directly addresses the hope that by understanding our collective suffering we might be free of it. Rather than a manifesto, the eleven songs on Winged Victory should be understood as a reflection. They revel in the beauty of tiny, monetarily-worthless moments and things, offering with them a consideration of our innate humanity. Within his heart and his music, folksinger Willi Carlisle holds tight the conviction that love is bigger than hate, and no-one is expendable. (from Bandcamp page)

 

Corb Lund
Unforgiving Mistress  (New West Records)

Unforgiving Mistress was originally released in 1999 and will finally get its due with its first vinyl pressing. From songs about morality to the rare Corb Lund love song, Unforgiving Mistress is packed with Corb’s classic storytelling and songwriting. “This record was my second as the Corb Lund Band and I was still in The Smalls when it was released. It was a major step forward from Modern Pain in terms of songwriting, arrangement and recording quality for me. I hadn’t heard this album for years and I was pleasantly surprised at how it holds up. I like how folky it is,” says Lund, “It’s a cool little record!

Also new this week…

Kai Crowe-Getty – The Wreckage  (independent)
From the Dirt – Colored Edge of Memory  (independent)
Jeremy Garrett – Storm Mountain  (Americana Vibes)
Gasoline Lollipops – Kill the Architect  (ALP Recordings)
Handsome and the Humbles – Draw Some Blood  (Slapawitz Syndicate Recordings)
Haystack Slim & The Broken Arrow – Whiskey Rainbow  (independent)
The Horsenecks – In The West  (Tiki Parlour Recordings)  +
Katie and the Honky Tonks – Ain’t No Shame  (independent)
Kathryn Legendre – Here’s Your Honky Tonk  (independent)
Rah Rah Rabbit – Chasin’ Rabbits, Catchin’ Squirrels  (independent)
Sister Sadie – All Will Be Well  (Mountain Home Music Company)  +
Sara Trunzo – Better Than I Was  (Country & Northeastern Records)
Vandoliers – Life Behind Bars  (Break Maiden Records)  +
Various Artists – A Tribute to the King of Zydeco  (Valcour Records)  +

 

Coming out soon … Ketch Secor, The Wildmans, Tyler Childers, Hayes Carll, Jade Bird, Phil Madeira, Sunny Sweeney, Patty Griffin, Rodney Crowell, Tanner Usrey, Molly Tuttle, Kathleen Edwards, Margo Price, The Wood Brothers, Josh Ritter, Asleep at the Wheel and more!

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Bill Frater

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Americana Music Releases for June 20th

Posted on June 18, 2025 by

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

 

Lukas Nelson
American Romance  (Sony Music Nashville)

Being the son of Willie means Lukas Nelson knows a little something about pedigree, and for his first solo studio album American Romance, he decided to up the stakes even more by hiring none other than Shooting Jennings – son of Waylon and Jessi Colter – to produce. If being the son of a bona fide country legend and having Jennings as his producer weren’t kudos enough, Nelson has none other than the late, great Kris Kristofferson to count as a reason he pursued a career in music. The album’s last song, the ballad “You Were It”, happens to also be the first song Nelson wrote at the tender age of 11, it’s a song that caught the ear of Kristofferson, who told him at the time: “You’re going to be a songwriter. You don’t have a choice.” Kristofferson was of course right, because it’s not birth that destined Nelson to be a musician, but talent, which is something far greater than any lineage.  (edited from Americana UK review)

 

Kelsey Waldon
Every Ghost (Oh Boy Records)

The pride of Monkey’s Eyebrow, Kentucky, and a certified Kentucky Colonel, you don’t get much more Kentucky or much more country than Kelsey Waldon, down to the Bill Monroe tilt of her hat. Uncompromising as she is genuine, Waldon has always leaned into her Kentucky roots, but is unfulfilled just scratching the surface with her writing. Instead she fearlessly explores serious subject matter to make herself and her audience feel and think something a little deeper. “There’s a lot of hard-earned healing on this record,” Waldon says. “I’ve put in the work not only to better myself and leave behind bad habits, but also to learn to love my past selves. It took time and experience, but I’ve come to find compassion for who I was, and that’s a major part of this album.” Waldon also pays tribute to her granny on the album with the song “Tiger Lillies,” and also includes a Hazel Dickens cover to close the album out, “Ramblin’ Woman.”  (edited from Saving Country Music review)

 

Also new this week…

William Beckmann – Whiskey, Lies, and Alibis   (Warner Music Nashville)
Vincent Cross – A Place Where Songs Come to Live  (independent)
S.G. Goodman – Planting by the Signs  (Slough Water Records)  +
James McMurtry – The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy  (New West Records)  +
Micky and the Motorcars – Micky and the Motorcars  (independent)  +
Special Consensus – Been All Around This World  (Compass Records)
Various Artists – Sweet Relief: We Can Help  (Flatiron Recordings)

 

Coming out soon … Ketch Secor, Willi Carlisle, The Wildmans, Tyler Childers, Hayes Carll, Jade Bird, Phil Madeira, Sunny Sweeney, Patty Griffin, Rodney Crowell, Tanner Usrey, Molly Tuttle, Kathleen Edwards, Margo Price, The Wood Brothers, Josh Ritter, Asleep at the Wheel and more!

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Bill Frater

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Americana Music Releases for June 13th

Posted on June 12, 2025 by

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

 

Wayne Scott
Wayne’s Pain  (Here Records)

Lifted from the sessions that yielded Wayne’s 2005 debut album,This Weary Way, and featuring the same musicians – his son Darrell Scott, guitarist Dan Dugmore, fiddler Casey Driessen and others. This posthumous collection spotlights some of the darkest, most unsettling songs from those recordings, songs every bit as desolate as their titles (“I Know What It’s Like To Be Alone,” “I’m Here Alone,” “If The Bottle Don’t Kill Me”). Here is a whole other side of Wayne Scott. “Dad’s honest, deep, unflinching, real-life songs kept shining through the years, inspiring me to keep moving forward; his writing and his singing lit the way,” Darrell said. “All five of his sons: Denny, Dale, Darrell, Don, David and my son, Abraham, also worked on this recording – three generations of Scotts. Homemade songs truly made for home.” (edited from That Eric Alper review)

 

Also new this week…

Jack Barksdale – Voices  (independent)
Terry Hanck – Grease to Gravy  (independent)
Hot Club of Cowtown – Limelight  (Gold Strike Records)
Van Morrison – Remembering Now (Exile Productions Ltd)
Joshua Ray Walker – Tropicana  (East Dallas Records)  +
Neil Young And The Chrome Hearts – Talkin’ To The Trees (Reprise Records)

 

Coming out soon … Lukas Nelson, Kelsey Waldon, S.G. Goodman, James McMurtry, Ketch Secor, Willi Carlisle, The Wildmans, Tyler Childers, Hayes Carll, Jade Bird, Phil Madeira, Sunny Sweeney, Patty Griffin, Rodney Crowell, Molly Tuttle, Kathleen Edwards, Margo Price, The Wood Brothers, Josh Ritter, Asleep at the Wheel and more!

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Bill Frater

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Americana Music Releases for June 6th

Posted on June 5, 2025 by

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

 

Jesse Daniel
Son of the San Lorenzo  (Lightning Rod Records)

Jesse Daniel, a native of Ben Lomond in California’s San Lorenzo Valley, has carved a niche in the country music scene with his authentic storytelling and dedication to the Bakersfield sound. Raised in a musically inclined family, Daniel was exposed to classic rock and country from an early age, attending his father’s band performances and developing a passion for music. Son of the San Lorenzo is a sweeping, evocative exploration of memory, manhood and the choices that shape us. Rooted in Daniel’s Central California upbringing, the album walks a fine line between personal reflection and timeless Americana storytelling. With its blend of dusty Western ballads, Bakersfield swing, Southern rock swagger, and soul-baring confessionals, Jesse Daniel has crafted a record that’s both a personal statement and a universal mirror.   (edited from Entertainment Focus review)

 

Tim O’Brien & Jan Fabricious
Paper Flowers  (Howdy Skies Records)

He has released a continuous flow of music since the late 1970s; first with Bluegrass unit, Hot Rize, his sister, Mollie O’Brien, fellow singer-songwriter Darrell Scott and of course, solo. Then there’s his multi-instrumental playing; fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar and bouzouki. Paper Flowers sees the elevation of his partner, Jan Fabricius go from supporting member to duo status. The duo have teamed up with folk legend, Tom Paxton; who is having something of a renaissance, to collaborate on writing twelve songs; helping the listener becoming removed from the hustle ‘n bustle of this crazy world.  (edited from Rocking Magpie review)

Also new this week…

Mary Chapin Carpenter – Personal History  (Lambent Light Records)  +
Crowe Boys – Made To Wander  (UMG Recordings)
My Brother’s Keeper – Wartime Cartoons  (Robust Records)
North Mississippi Allstars – Still Shakin’ (New West Records)
Poi Rogers – Twilight Blues  (independent)

 

Coming out soon … Lukas Nelson, Kelsey Waldon, S.G. Goodman, James McMurtry, The Wildmans, Hayes Carll, Neil Young And The Chrome Hearts, Phil Madeira, Sunny Sweeney, Patty Griffin, Rodney Crowell, Molly Tuttle, Kathleen Edwards and more!

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Bill Frater

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