Kathleen Edwards – Total Freedom
Ottawa singer/songwriter Kathleen Edwards’ fifth studio release Total Freedom is her return to music after…read more→
Jordan Tice – Motivational Speakeasy
Maryland bluegrass singer/songwriter Jordan Tice is best known for being a member of the progressive…read more→
Kevin Morby – Sundowner
With the advent of the covid pandemic singer/songwriter Kevin Morby had to stop preparations for…read more→
William Elliott Whitmore – I’m With You
I’m with You is William Elliott Whitmore’s eighth studio album and his first album of…read more→
Bill Callahan – Gold Record
Released less than a year after the six-years-in-the-making Shepherd in A Sheepskin Vest, Bill Callahan’s…read more→
Colter Wall – Western Swing and Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs
The 25-year-old Saskatchewan, Canada traditional country singer/songwriter Colter Wall follows-up the excellent 2018 release Songs…read more→
Daniel Donato – A Young Man’s Country
Nashville based twenty-five-year-old singer/songwriter Daniel Donato is a six-string guitar wunderkind who has been honing…read more→
Joshua Ray Walker – Glad You Made It
Dallas-based honky-tonker wunderkind Joshua Ray Walker follows-up his near-perfect breakthrough 2019 debut album Wish You…read more→
The Dead Tongues – Transmigration Blues
Singer/songwriter Ryan Gustafson (a.k.a. The Dead Tongues) follow’s-up 2018’s excellent Unsung Passage with his fourth…read more→
Old 97’s – Twelfth
Dallas based Old 97’s have been a band for nearly 30 years and are still…read more→
Jim White – Misfit’s Jubilee
TSinger/songwriter and Americana music stalwart Jim White follows-up 2017’s Waffles, Triangles and Jesus, with his…read more→
The Avett Brothers – Gleam III
North Carolina’s The Avett Brothers (Scott and Seth) initially developed a reputation as a raw,…read more→
Garcia Peoples – Nightcap At Wits’ End
The New Jersey-based avant-garde jam band Garcia Peoples follow-up their breakthrough 2018 album Cosmic Cash…read more→
Cinder Well – No Summer
Cinder Well is the concept of singer/songwriter Amelia Baker, a native Californian who currently resides…read more→
Andrew Tuttle – Alexandra
Queensland, Australia’s multi-instrumentalist Andrew Tuttle follows-up 2018’s self-titled album with his fourth release Alexandra –…read more→
James Hyland – Western
Austin, Texas-based singer/songwriter James Hyland (co-founder and frontman of South Austin Jug Band) follows-up his…read more→
Delta Spirit – What is There
The Southern Californian-based band Delta Spirit returns after a six-year hiatus to follow-up their critically…read more→
The Roadside Graves – That’s Why We’re Running Away
The Roadside Graves return after a five-year hiatus with That’s Why We’re Running Away, the…read more→
Zephaniah Ohora – Listening to the Music
Brooklyn based Singer/songwriter Zephaniah Ohora follows-up his 2017 debut This Highway with his sophomore release…read more→
Jarrod Dickenson – Ready The Horses
Texas native by way of Nashville singer/songwriter Jarrod Dickenson follows up 2019’s Under a Texas…read more→
Jayhawks – XOXO
The Jayhawks have long been recognized as one of the primary influences on modern Americana/roots…read more→
Golden Shoals – Golden Shoals
Asheville, North Carolina’s Golden Shoals – formerly known as Hoot and Holler (aka Mark Kilianski…read more→
Khruangbin – Mordechai
Houston based trio Khruangbin follows their breakthrough 2018 release Hasta El Cielo with third studio…read more→
Tom Alexander – Waves
Portland-based musician Tommy Alexander follows-up his 2019 release Baby You’re Blue with his third LP…read more→
Clay Harper – Dirt Yard Street
Atlanta based singer/songwriter Clay Harper is known for his work with bands like The Coolies…read more→
The Tender Things – How You Make a Fool
Austin, TX-based The Tender Things follow-up their excellent 2017 self-titled debut with How You Make…read more→
The Texas Gentlemen – Floor It!!!
The Dallas-based collective The Texas Gentlemen follow-up their excellent 2017 TX Jelly release with Floor…read more→
Jake Blount – Spider Tales
Providence, Rhode Island-based Black scholar, LGBTQ activist, fiddler, banjoist, singer/songwriter Jake Blount is out with…read more→
Kristen Grainger and True North – Ghost Tattoo
Oregon based band Kristen Grainger and True North follow-up 2018’s acclaimed Open Road, Broken Heart…read more→
Charley Crockett – Welcome to Hard Times
Charley Crockett returns for his second release of the year and his eighth full length…read more→
Jason Molina – Eight Gates
Seven years after the death of 39-year-old Jason Molina (Magnolia Electric Co.), Secretly Canadian is…read more→
Dougie Poole – The Freelancers Blues
Brooklyn cosmic country singer/songwriter Dougie Poole follows-up his 2017 debut album Wideass Highway with The…read more→
Chuck Prophet – The Land That Time Forgot
California singer/songwriter Chuck Prophet follows-up 2017’s Bobby Fuller Died for Your Sins release with The…read more→
Rose City Band – Summerlong
Portland, Oregon’s Rose City Band is another project from Ripley Johnson, who is also one…read more→
Damien Jurado – What’s New, Tomboy?
Seattle-based singer/songwriter Damien Jurado follows-up 2018’s sparse acoustic one man performance The Horizon Just Laughed…read more→
Hibbs Family Band – Tears in Missouri
Athens, Georgia based traditional Southern group Hibbs Family Band is comprised of Rob (guitar) and…read more→
Mammals – Nonet
The Hudson Valley, New York based band The Mammals released their second album Nonet following…read more→
Owen Cook – Owen Cook
After three years in the making, New Orleans, Louisiana singer/songwriter Owen Cook is out with…read more→
Cordovas – Destiny Hotel
The Cordovas follow up their very enjoyable 2018’s That Santa Fe Channel with Destiny Hotel…read more→
Katie Pruitt – Expectations
25-year-old Georgia based singer-songwriter Katie Pruitt is out with her debut album Expectations – a…read more→
Mapache – From Liberty Street
LA based Mapache (aka Sam Blasucci and Clay Finch) are a charming duo known for…read more→
Sarah Siskind – Modern Appalachia
North Carolina native and singer/songwriter Sarah Siskind follows her 2015 release In the Mountains with…read more→
Western Centuries – Call the Captain
One of the region’s top country/honky-tonk bands, Western Centuries, follow their excellent 2018 LP Songs…read more→
The War and Treaty – Hearts Town
The Nashville soul act The War and Treaty (Tanya Blount-Trotter and Michael Trotter Jr.) follow-up…read more→
Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
Indie singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers’ popularity boomed after the release of her acclaimed 2017 debut Stranger…read more→
Jason Isbell – Reunions
Acclaimed four-time Grammy winner, singer-songwriter Jason Isbell follows-up the immense success of 2015’s Something More…read more→
Margo Price – That’s How Rumors Get Started
Nashville country singer/songwriter Margo Price is known for writing biting and tender country songs —…read more→
Patina – Hard Luck Sound
Nashville country singer/songwriter Margo Price is known for writing biting and tender country songs —…read more→
The Roseline – Good/Grief
Lawrence, Kansas heartland Americana band The Roseline (fronted by Colin Halliburton) has evolved from an…read more→
John Baumann – Country Shade
Texas based singer/songwriter/ picker John Baumann of The Panhandlers follows-up 2017’s Proving Grounds with his…read more→
Molly Maher – Follow
Minnesota-based singer/songwriter Molly Maher follows-up 2011’s Merry Come Up release after a nine-year gap with…read more→
Ruston Kelly – Shape and Destroy
Nashville singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly’s second full-length album Shape and Destroy comes on the heels of…read more→
American Aquarium – Lamentations
The North Carolina based band American Aquarium cut their latest album, Lamentations, in Los Angeles…read more→
Pokey LaFarge – Rock Bottom Rhapsody
Mid-western singer/songwriter Pokey LaFarge follows-up 2017’s Manic Revelations release with Rock Bottom Rhapsody. LaFarge continues…read more→
Jaime Wyatt – Neon Cross
Jaime Wyatt follows-up her acclaimed 2017 debut Felony Blues with the new album Neon Cross.…read more→
Teddy Thompson – Heartbreaker Please
British singer/songwriter Teddy Thompson’s Heartbreaker Please is his first solo release in nearly a decade…read more→
Eric Long – Looking Up
Pennsylvania native by way of San Francisco singer/songwriter Eric Long follows-up 2018’s solo A Long…read more→
Jonathan Wilson – Dixie Blur
LA based guitarist and singer/songwriter Jonathan Wilson has released three excellent albums over the past…read more→
Pharis and Jason Romero – Bet on Love
Romero follow-up 2018’s excellent, multi-award-winning Sweet Old Religion with their fifth studio effort, Bet on…read more→
Caitlin Sherman – Death to the Damsel
Seattle based singer/songwriter Caitlin Sherman (formally of Evening Bell, Slow Skate) releases her solo debut…read more→
S.G. Goodman – Old Time Feeling
Western Kentucky native and singer/songwriter S.G. Goodman’s debut record Old Time Feeling showcases her soaring…read more→
Dakota Theim – Somewhere Under the Sun
Portland-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dakota Theim’s debut album Somewhere Under the Sun recalls the classic…read more→
Early James – Singing for My Supper
Alabama native and singer/songwriter Early James (aka Frederick James Mullis, Jr.) released his debut album,…read more→
Sam Doores – Sam Doores
!– wp:paragraph –> Sam Doores (The Deslondes, Hurray for the Riff Raff) recorded his self-titled…read more→
The Legendary Ingramettes – Take A Look in The Book
With sixty-five years of making music under their belt, The Legendary Ingramettes have lasted generations…read more→
Clem Snide – Forever Just Beyond
Singer/songwriter Eef Barzelay (aka Clem Snide) has had a rough go the past decade –…read more→
Iron City Houserockers – Have A Good Time But Get Out Alive
Forty years after its original release on Cleveland International Records, Pittsburgh’s Iron City Houserockers are…read more→
Miss Tess – The Moon is an Ashtray
Nashville based singer-songwriter Miss Tess follows-up her 2016 release, Baby, We All Know, with The…read more→
Gus Clark and the Least of His Problems – A Bit of Country Music
Seattle-born crooner Gus Clark (Country Lips) and the Least of His Problems follows-up Clark’s self-titled…read more→
Sadler Vaden – Anybody Out There?
Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit guitarist Sadler Vaden follows-up his stellar 2016 self-titled debut with Anybody…read more→
Frenchies Blues Destroyers – Praise
Frenchies Blues Destroyers is guitarist/singer/songwriter Kevin “Frenchie” Sciou and drummer Pete Coatney – longtime members…read more→
Lucinda Williams – Good Souls Better Angels
67-year-old Nashville based singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams follows-up 2017’s This Sweet Old World with Good Souls…read more→
Bonny Light Horseman – Bonny Light Horseman
There is an immediate warmth to the self-titled debut from Bonny Light Horseman, the newly…read more→
John Moreland – LP5
The Tulsa, Oklahoma-based singer-songwriter has a penchant for writing stunning soulful sad songs, but his…read more→
Marcus King – El Dorado
23-year-old South Carolina guitarist/singer/songwriter Marcus King steps out from behind the Marcus King Band (MKB)…read more→
Tami Neilson – Chickaboom!
The brassy Canadian-born New Zealand vocalist Tami Neilson follows-up her feminist call to arms on…read more→
Bart Budwig – Another Burn on the Astroturf
Cosmic country soul crooner Bart Budwig (who self-identifies as a “son of Idaho”) has seven…read more→
Bonnie Prince Billy – I Made a Place
Bonnie “Prince” Billy (aka Will Oldham) follows-up his 2017’s Wolf of the Cosmos – a…read more→
John Calvin Abney – Safe Passage
Singer/songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist John Calvin Abney follows-up his 2018 release, Coyote, with Safe Passage…read more→
Christopher Paul Stelling – Best of Luck
Asheville-based finger-picking guitarist, singer/songwriter Christopher Paul Stelling follows-up his 2017 Itinerant Arias release by switching…read more→
Bloodshot Records – Too Late to Pray: Defiant Chicago Roots
It’s been 25 years since the inception of Chicago’s iconic indie label Bloodshot Records and…read more→
Scott H. Biram – Sold Out to the Devil A Collection of Gospel Cuts
Sold Out to the Devil: A Collection of Gospel Cuts by the Rev. Scott H.…read more→
Them Coulee Boys – Die Happy
The Eau Claire, Wisconsin based band Them Coulee Boys follows-up their 2016 release, Dancing in…read more→
Billy Strings – Home
The 26-year-old Lansing, Michigan native singer/songwriter, guitarist, and bluegrass musician Billy Strings follows-up 2017’s debut…read more→
The Secret Sisters – Saturn Return
Saturn Return is the fourth album from the Alabama sibling duo The Secret Sisters (Laura…read more→
Andy Nelson – Man on the Mountain
New South Wales, Australia-based singer/songwriter and storyteller Andy Nelson is out with his debut album…read more→
Top Albums of 2019
Our favorite albums of 2019 from left to right and top to bottom.
Vetiver – Up on High
Vetiver’s (aka singer/songwriter Andy Cabic) seventh album, Up on High, is a return to the…read more→
Hackles – A Dobritch did as a Dobritch Should
A Dobritch did as a Dobritch Should is the second album from Astoria, Oregon’s Hackles…read more→
Kacy and Clayton – Carrying On
Saskatchewan folk duo and cousins Kacy and Clayton have released their fifth album in nine…read more→
Wilco – Ode to Joy
Following Wilco’s 2016’s angsty release Schmilco, frontman Jeff Tweedy put the band on a short…read more→
Dawn Riding – Last Spring
San Francisco trio Dawn Riding is comprised of Sarah Rose Janko (lead vocals, acoustic guitar),…read more→
Dori Freeman – Every Single Star
Galax, Virginia’s Dori Freeman is a charming folk singer/songwriter with subtle country leanings and Every…read more→
Hiss Golden Messenger – Terms of Surrender
Since the 2009 debut of Country Hai East Cotton, Hiss Golden Messenger (a.k.a. M.C. Taylor)…read more→
Beth Bombara – Evergreen
St. Louis based Americana singer/songwriter Beth Bombara follows-up her 2017 Map and No Direction release…read more→
Zachary Lucky – Midwestern
Saskatoon based singer/songwriter Zachary Lucky’s fifth full-length LP, Midwestern, is an excellent collection of songs…read more→
Lost Dog Street Band – Weight of a Trigger
Ashley Mae (vocals, fiddle). Formed in Nashville in 2010, the two-piece follows in the tradition…read more→
Kassi Valazza – Dear Dead Days
Portland based singer songwriter Kassi Valazza has released her nine-song debut, Dear Dead Days –…read more→
Hobo Johnson – The Fall of Hobo Johnson
Hobo Johnson (aka Frank Lopes, Jr.), is a California based rap/spoken word artist who follows-up…read more→
Andrew Combs – Ideal Man
Andrew Combs has continued to evolve his sound ever since his twangy 2012 Worried Man…read more→