Jason Boland and the Stragglers — The Light Saw Me While many singer-songwriters went internal with their songwriting during the pandemic, digging deep into emotions surfaced from time away from the road, Jason Boland went external —extraterrestrial, even. What does a concept album about alien abduction by a Red Dirt Country legend sound like?Well, if […]
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats — The Future Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats’ 3rd studio album, The Future, released Nov. 5, on Stax Records, covers a lot of ground in its 11 songs — and sometimes all in one song. Recorded at Broken Creek Studio, Rateliff’s studio outside Denver, The Future was produced […]
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Bruce Cockburn’s Greatest Hits (1970 – 2020) Out Dec. 3 on True North Records, legendary Canadian singer songwriter Bruce Cockburn’s Greatest Hits is a masterpiece 2-CD collection of 30 songs spanning his 50-year career. The release coincides with the singer’s induction into Canada’s Walk of Fame on December 4, and his “2nd Attempt” North American […]
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David Tribble — Golden Junk Texas singer-songwriter David Tribble’s new album, Golden Junk, is full of honest, beautiful, songs that draw you in and have you listening to them again and again. Tribble describes the songs on this album—his third—as “songs that need to be heard.” We agree. They also show his range, as he […]
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Hayes Carll — You Get it All Grammy-nominated singer songwriter Hayes Carll is releasing his eighth album, You Get It All, on Oct. 29 (Dualtone Records). It is masterful collection of songs that shows after two decades of music, Carll just keeps getting better and has surely landed at the top of the list of singer […]
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Lilly Hiatt — Lately Lilly Hiatt’s fifth album Lately, released Oct. 15 digitally and through New West Records, is heavy on the brevity with single word song titles and simple, stripped down lyrics and accompaniment. But don’t let the simplicity fool ya—it belies the depth of emotion conveyed in these ten songs. Born of the […]
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Hard Luck Love Song If you have ever wanted to inhabit a Todd Snider song, step into a dark movie theater and sit down with your popcorn and take a ride into the life of Jesse (Michael Dorman), a perpetually down-on-his luck singer songwriter with a penchant for pool hustling, tall tales, and angsty moments […]
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Emily Scott Robinson — American Siren The songs on singer songwriter Emily Scott Robinson’s third release, the aptly named American Siren, will comfort you, make you cry, and have you dancing in your seat. Produced by Jason Richmond (The Avett Brothers, The Steep Canyon Rangers), American Sirens will be released Oct. 29, via John Prine’s […]
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Mary Lou Fulton — We’ll Tell Stories Mary Lou Fulton’s debut album, We’ll Tell Stories, which will be released on Oct. 15 on Infinidad Records, is packed with rich storytelling ballads. Produced in Los Angeles by musician and songwriter Rob Seals, founder and director of The Songwriting School of Los Angeles, the songs on We’ll […]
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