With its latest album, Fortune Favors The Bold, Russell County, Virginia-based 49 Winchesteris ready and roaring to break onto the national scene with its unique brand of tear-in-your-beer alt-country, sticky barroom floor rock-n-roll, and high-octane Appalachian folk. Fortune Favors The Boldis not only a record that showcases the current state of 49 Winchester, it’s a melodic stake in the ground of how this group is constantly evolving and taking shape, sonically and lyrically. But, it’s also about looking into the rearview mirror with a genuine appreciation for where you came from and what you’re made of. Those salt-of-the-earth traits in your blood and character that define what it actually takes to climb that damn mountain of dreams. At its essence, Fortune Favors The Boldis about going against all odds to bring your art into fruition and into the world - come hell or high water.
Tracklist:
Annabel
Man’s Best Friend
Russell County Line
All I Need
Hillbilly Daydream
Damn Darlin’
Fortune Favors the Bold
Second Chance
Neon
Last Call
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 607396561018Label: New West RecordsRelease Date: 5.13.22Format: Vinyl
2022 release, the second half of his Macon, Georgia double album concept. The follow-up to the album Macon, this release includes the single "Trouble with a Heartbreak".
Tracklist:
Whiskey Me Away
Trouble with a Heartbreak
The State I'm in
Midnight and Missin' You
Ain't Enough Cowboy
God Made Airplanes
My Weakness
Holy Water
Rock and Roll Cowboy
Your Mama
Take a Little Ride (Live from Las Vegas, NV)
Burnin' It Down (Live from St. Louis, Mo)
Any Ol' Barstool (Live from Knoxville, TN)
Rearview Town (Live from St. Louis, Mo)
Blame It on You (Live from Manchester, TN)
UPC: 4050538719130Label: Bmg Rights ManagemenRelease Date: 4.22.22Format: CD
Joshua Hedley is “a singing professor of country & western,” he declares on his raucous and witty new album, Neon Blue. It might sound like a punchline, but it’s not. An ace fiddle player, a sharp guitarist, and a singer with a granite twang, he’s devoted his entire life to the study of this genre. Ask him about it and he’ll explain: “When all my friends went off to college, I went to Nashville. I was 19 years old playing honkytonks and getting an education.” His 2018 debut, Mr. Jukebox, showcased his deep knowledge of country’s history, in particular the beery ballads of the 1950s and ‘60s. His mentors were George Jones, Ray Price, and Glen Campbell, but his most remarkable accomplishment was putting his own spin on their style.Neon Blue, on the other hand, examines a very different, often forsaken era: the early 1990s. “The last bastion of country music,” says the professor, “was the early 1990s, roughly 1989 and 1996. You could turn on the radio and immediately know you’re hearing a country song. You could still hear steel guitar and fiddle. But there was a hard fork around 1996 or ’97, when country veered off into pop territory. Neon Blue asks, What if that fork had never happened? What if country kept on sounding like country?”That era may have been dismissed by traditionalists at the time as slick or overproduced, but Hedley finds something exciting in that old hat-act sound, and Neon Blue plays up the excitement of bigger-than-life choruses, the relatable emotions of those sad-eyed ballads, and the inventiveness of the lively production. “The sound is modern,” he says, “but it’s still discernibly country.”
Tracklist:
Broke Again
Country & Western
Old Heartbroke Blues
The Last Thing In The World
Down To My Last Lie
Free (One Heart)
Neon Blue
Bury Me With My Boots On
Found In A Bar
Let’s Make A Memory
Wonder If You Wonder
River In The Rain
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 607396560714Label: New West RecordsRelease Date: 4.22.22Format: Vinyl
Want to get a bead on Paul Cauthen?
Good freakin' luck -- especially on his third album, COUNTRY COMING DOWN.
COUNTRY COMING DOWN has been in motion awhile, actually. The title track, one of several co-writes with good Nashville pal Aaron Raitiere, has been around since before Cauthen's dark sophomore album ROOM 41. Its sense of campfire calm and "damn near off the map" idyll set a bar, for both music and lifestyle, that Cauthen aspired to, while the rest of the new album, recorded at Modern Electric Sound Recorders in Dallas with regular collaborators Beau Bedford (Texas Gentlemen) and Jason Burt (Medicine Man Revival), shows that Cauthen was able to get there without losing any of the playful "hot dog holly golly dagnabit" good-time spirit that rolls off his tongue like a tumbleweed in the west Texas panhandle.
If you want to know what COUNTRY COMING DOWN sounds like, tuck into the album's sonic array, an austere, sinewy attack that puts Cauthen's vocals dead center in the ride. "We've really unleashed Big Velvet in this situation, which I love," he says. Nowhere is that more true than "Country As Fuck," with a taut groove and loping gait tailor made for a 21st century honky tonk. Cauthen, Bedford and Burt play with that template throughout COUNTRY COMING DOWN, punctuating "Caught Me At a Good Time" with a sharp guitar solo, "High Heels" with a tasteful Wurlitzer break and the satiristic "Country Clubbin'" with a disco beat and chorus of female backing vocals.
His muse fully engaged, Cauthen is looking towards doing more of that in the future, with a few conceptual ideas up his sleeve about what he might do next. No matter what direction he takes, however, he won’t be abandoning that cabin in the hills or the "Country Clubbin'" life; Cauthen will just be adding more to the mix he's stirred together.
"It's just about looking at yourself in the mirror and knowing that what you've done to this day has been in good standing, with good morals and a good compass in life, driven the right way," he says. "Legacy is all we have -- that, and try to be a good person as well. If you get all that together, then you can do whatever the fuck you want and it'll be alright."
Tracklist:
Country as Fuck
Caught Me at a Good Time
High Heels
Country Clubbin'
Champagne & a Limo
Fuck You Money
Cut a Rug
Till the Day I Die
Roll on Over
Country Coming Down
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 860007596681Label: Velvet Rose RecordsRelease Date: 4.1.22Format: Vinyl
Priscilla Block draws listeners in with her unfiltered, relatable songwriting and catchy melodies. "I love writing about real-life experiences and the ups and downs that I've gone through," Priscilla says. "I don't sugarcoat anything, and I think that's the beauty of songwriting and being an artist. It's a little sass, a little trash and a little sad," she describes with a knowing wink as her catalog rolls easily from heartbreak to laughter. Features the Country radio hit, "Just About Over You."
Tracklist:
Welcome To The Block Party
My Bar
Heels In Hand
Like A Boy
I Know A Girl (featuring Hillary Lindsey)
Ever Since You Left
Thick Thighs
I Bet You Wanna Know
I’ve Gotten Good
Wish You Were The Whiskey
Just About Over You
Peaked In High School
UPC: 602435968445Label: Mercury NashvilleRelease Date: 2.11.22Format: CD
Produced by longtime collaborator Dan Horne (Circles Around The Sun, Allah-Las), Mapache's new album, From Liberty Street, captures the Los Angeles duo at their finest, with Sam Blasucci and Clay Finch weaving airtight harmonies around stripped-down, organic arrangements that blur the lines between traditional folk and modern cosmic country. The songs here reckon with longing, desire,and change, and the arrangements draw on everything from Hawaiian-steeped surf and Mexican boleros (Blasucci spent two years living South of the border) to Bakersfield twang and lonesome cowboy campfire tunes, all delivered with the kind of easy going charm and natural intuition usually reserved for blood brothers or married couples. It's an instantly engaging chemistry the two share, a captivating musical bond that mirrors the comfort, closeness, and camaraderie of the album's homespun roots.'This record is about as close to the sound of home as you can get,' says Blasucci. 'We recorded it with a bunch of our friends in the house where we were living in a neighborhood that we loved. The studio was right downstairs, so we had the freedom to try all kinds of new ideas without any pressure or limitations. All the other folks who lived in the house were musicians, too, so it made for this communal atmosphere where everyone was always collaborating and creating together. 'The First Edition LP and CD of From Liberty Street includes a free Mapache air freshener in the packaging! Plus, the First Edition LP arrives on limited edition yellow vinyl!
Tracklist:
Life on Fire
Read Between the Lines
Me Voy Pa'l Pueblo
Cactus Flower
See Through
Face Is Blue
Cowboy
Liberty Street Blues
Me Da Muerte
Coyote
Cherry Barb
Igual
To Play for All of You
I Just Steal Away and Pray
UPC: 634457266216Label: Yep Roc RecordsRelease Date: 3.20.20Format: Vinyl
Vinyl LP pressing. 2020 release. Returning to the studio as Watkins Family Hour, Sean and Sara Watkins consider 'brother sister' a duo-centric record - yet one that feels bigger than just two people. With Sean primarily on guitar and Sara on fiddle, and with both of them sharing vocals, the siblings enlisted producer Mike Viola (Jenny Lewis, Mandy Moore, J.S. Ondara) and mixer-engineer Clay Blair to harness the energy and honesty of their live sound.
Tracklist:
The Cure
Neighborhood Name
Just Another Reason
Snow Tunnel
Lafayette
Fake Badge, Real Gun
Miles of Desert Sand
Bella and Ivan
Accidentally Like a Martyr
Keep It Clean
UPC: 644216970896Label: Family Hour RecordsRelease Date: 4.10.20Format: Vinyl
Award-winning duo Maddie & Tae are drawing praise for their new music “anchored around their stellar vocal pairings and some of the tightest harmonies on Music Row” (Rolling Stone). Maddie & Tae first broke out in 2013 with their brilliant take down of bro-country, “Girl In A Country Song,” which took Country radio by storm, skyrocketing to the top of the charts and quickly going PLATINUM. The duo became only the third female duo in 70 years to top the Country Airplay charts, also earning trophies from the Country Music Academy and Radio Disney Music Awards along with multiple ACM, CMA and CMT Award nominations. Receiving widespread praise from NPR, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, Glamour and others, country music’s hottest stars including Dierks Bentley, Lee Brice and Brad Paisley have welcomed Maddie & Tae on the road, with Carrie Underwood recently inviting the duo out as direct support on her 2019 The Cry Pretty Tour 360. On April 10th, Maddie & Tae will release new album, "The Way It Feels". CD packaging includes a free poster offer, valid thru 10/1/20.
Tracklist:
Everywhere I’m Goin’
Bathroom Floor
My Man
Tourist In This Town
Drunk or Lonely
One Heart To Another
Trying On Rings
Write A Book
Water In His Wine Glass
Die From A Broken Heart
Ain’t There Yet
Lay Here With Me (Featuring Dierks Bentley)
Friend’s Don’t
I Don’t Need To Know
New Dog Old Tricks
UPC: 602508771170Label: Mercury NashvilleRelease Date: 4.10.20Format: CD
Multi-Platinum-selling country star Sam Hunt announces his eagerly-awaited sophomore album SOUTHSIDE, releasing April 3 on MCA Nashville. The album will feature his current Top 5-and-climbing radio hit “Kinfolks,” the introspective ballad “Sinning With You,” and more from the award-winning artist. SOUTHSIDE will be the first full album since Hunt’s critically acclaimed, GRAMMY-nominated, Triple Platinum-selling debut, Montevallo.
Tracklist:
2016
Hard To Forget
KinFolks
Young Once
Body Like A Back Road
That Ain’t Beautiful
Let It Down
Downtown’s Dead
Nothing Lasts Forever
Sinning With You
Breaking Up Was Easy In The 90’s
Drinkin’ Too Much
UPC: 602508742644Label: Mca NashvilleRelease Date: 4.3.20Format: CD
Steep Canyon Rangers are Asheville, North Carolina's GRAMMY winners, perennial Billboard chart-toppers, and frequent collaborators of the renowned banjoist (and occasional comedian) Steve Martin. The Rangers can now add their hometown Asheville Symphony to their long list of musical companions on the new album Be Still Moses. Each track on Be Still Moses features the Rangers and symphony breathing new life into signature Steep Canyon Rangers songs through newly inspired orchestral arrangements.The album's title track features what is perhaps their most singular musical partnership to date ' Steep Canyon Rangers teaming with not only the Asheville Symphony, but also Philadelphia soul legends Boyz II Men to completely overhaul the Rangers' original 'Be Still Moses,' which was first recorded on their 2007 breakout album Lovin' Pretty Women. The collaboration was recognized for its 'sublime harmonies and soulful ad-libs by Rolling Stone and resulted in both the Rangers and Boyz II Men performing the song live together in October 2019.
Tracklist:
Easy to Love
Radio
Be Still Moses (feat. Boyz II Men)
Call the Captain
Let Me Out of This Town
Blow Me Away
Between Midnight and the Dawn
Las Vegas
Farmers and Pharaohs
The Mountain's Gonna Sing
Auden's Train
UPC: 634457269422Label: Yep Roc RecordsRelease Date: 4.10.20Format: CD
Jim Lauderdale comes back to his roots with When Carolina Comes Home Again, a bluegrass album of songs old and new. Chocked full of rich stories, tremendous foot stompin' tunes, and extraordinary musicianship, the album will delight bluegrass enthusiasts and beyond. With urgency and precision, the song 'When Carolina Comes Home Again' tells the tale of a man awaiting his lover, Carolina, to return home. In the cheeky 'Cackalacky' Lauderdale sings of his love of biscuits. Brimming with real life, there's a little something for everybody here.
Tracklist:
When Carolina Comes Home Again
As A Sign
Misery’s Embrace
The Last To Know
It Just Takes One To Wander
Cackalacky
You’ll Have To Earn It
You’ve Got This
Mountaineer
I’m Here To Remind You
Moonrider
Spin A Yarn
Better Than You Found It
UPC: 634457269552Label: Yep Roc RecordsRelease Date: 3.27.20Format: CD
Kim Richey celebrates the 20th anniversary of her album Glimmer with, A Long Way Back: The Songs of Glimmer, featuring new recordings of the songs from Kim's classic album. Produced by Doug Lancio, who also plays most of the instruments, A Long Way Back. . . allowed Kim to reinterpret these songs and give them a fresh, yet timeless sound. Other musicians on the album include Nielsen Hubbard and Dan Mitchell.
Tracklist:
Come Around
Long Way Back
Good at Secrets
Keep Me
Lay It Down
Can't Lose Them All
Hello Old Friend
Other Side of Town
The Way It Never Was
So It Goes
So It Goes
If You Don't Mind
Strength In You
Didn't I
UPC: 634457268425Label: Yep Roc RecordsRelease Date: 3.27.20Format: CD
Vinyl LP pressing. 2020 release. Never Will is the fourth studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Ashley McBryde. April 3, 2020 via Warner Music Nashville. The album is McBryde's second major label release and was preceded by the lead single "One Night Standards".
Tracklist:
Hang In There Girl
One Night Standards
Shut Up Sheila
First Thing I Reach For
Voodoo Doll
Sparrow
Martha Divine
Velvet Red
Stone
Never Will
Styrofoam
UPC: 093624894315Label: Warner NashvilleRelease Date: 4.3.20Format: Vinyl
Years is the new album from John Anderson
Tracklist:
I'm Still Hangin' On
Celebrate
Years
Tuesday I'll Be Gone (Feat. Blake Shelton)
What's A Man Got To Do
Wild And Free
Slow Down
All We're Really Looking For
Chasing Down A Dream
You're Nearly Nothing
UPC: 4050538593761Label: Bmg Rights ManagemenRelease Date: 4.10.20Format: CD
With a sound that recalls Country music's acid washed golden era, the '90s influenced band Hot Country Knights has finally revealed more details about their debut album THE K IS SILENT, from Capitol Nashville, available May 1st. Produced by Dierks Bentley, the multi-Platinum entertainer also serves as a co-writer on over half of the 10 brawny tracks, serving up one of the most musically satisfying debut albums since 1999. Standout track "You Make It Hard" best represents their High-T philosophy.
Tracklist:
Hot Country Knights
Pick Her Up
Asphalt
Moose Knuckle Shuffle
Then It Rained
Wrangler Danger
Mull It Over
Kings of Neon
You Make It Hard
The USA Begins With Us
UPC: 602508747694Label: CapnRelease Date: 5.1.20Format: CD
Warner Music Nashville's Gabby Barrett is setting the trend. Recently spotlighted as one ofCMT's Next Women of Country (Class of 2020), a 2020MusicRowNext Big Thing artist, aSiriusXM+PandoraAll-Genre and Country Artist to Watch, Radio Disney's Next Big Thing, andAmazon Music's Weekly One best performing Country female of 2019, she continues to rise through the ranks as "country music's next female superstar" (Country Now). Garnering critical acclaim, Barrett's current single "I Hope" was named one ofRolling Stone Country's "10 Best Country and Americana Songs To Hear Now" and claimed the #1 spot onSiriusXM's The Highway Hot 30 Countdown and onRadio Disney's Country Top 50 chart. "A voice you must hear, " (The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) Barrett has opened forDierks Bentley, Kane Brown, Luke Bryan, Toby Keith, Chris Lane, Dustin Lynch, Jake Owen, Bebe Rexha, Cole Swindell, Sugarland, andCarrie Underwood, and will take the stage at mile marker festivals like Stagecoach, Tortuga Music Festival, and Country Jam in 2020. With over 130 MILLION on-demand streams to her credit, Barrett previewed her upcomingRoss Copperman-produced album releasing new song "The Good Ones." The Pennsylvania native began singing in her local gospel choir at nine years old, and performed 136 shows in 2017 alone before rising to national prominence as a Top 3 finalist on ABC'sAmerican Idol.
Tracklist:
I Hope
Thank God
Write It on My Heart
Footprints on the Moon
You're the Only Reason
Goldmine
The Good Ones
Jesus & My Mama
Hall of Fame
Got Me (feat. Shane & Shane)
Rose Needs a Jack
Strong
I Hope (feat. Charlie Puth) - By Gabby Barrett and Charlie Puth
UPC: 093624893318Label: Warner NashvilleRelease Date: 6.19.20Format: CD
Danny Kroha’s Detroit Blues could be considered part two of his solo debut LP - Angels Watching Over Me. In his own words, “it was me in a room playing acoustic instruments and doing my own arrangements of some old songs”. Not so fast man!, when you hear this record and dig a little deeper into the facts, you’ll have a heightened awareness of the sonic beauty found in the simplicity. On many of these traditional songs, Danny dropped, added or rearranged verses from various sources, mixing up music from one song and words from another and unintentionally created his own amalgamation of early blues and ‘60s folk. Keep your ears peeled for familiar and wild homemade sounds. There’s a DIY one string washtub bass made out of some kinda bug spray can. There’s a lot of jug bass, blowing the bass notes over the jug opening, frequently heard in early rural American music but also with the 13th Floor Elevators who ran their jug thru an amplifier. The one string guitar, aka The Diddley Bow, on “Come Out Of The Wilderness” is extremely rare, aside from Danny, one of the last times we heard one was on One String Sam's “I Need A Hundred Dollars”. You have your traditional assortment of spoons, jawbones and other percussion instruments, but during one session, Danny and the album supervisor tried out several pairs of Danny's work boots to find the best tone for the foot stomps. We’ll report back soon on what brand was chosen. Instead of following all the rules rooted the early blues and ‘60s folk, Danny Kroha mixed up all the rural and urban traditions and kicked out a new surreal sound that could really only happen in Detroit - “I listen to both genres, for sure. I just wasn’t TRYING to make a record that sounds like that. It just came out that way”.
Tracklist:
Poor Howard
Detroit Blues
I’ll Be Rested
Way Down In Florida On A Hog
Oh Death
Reuben, Oh Reuben
Come Out of the Wilderness
Leavin’ Blues
Little Lulie
Adam and Eve
Rich Girl, Poor Girl
Run Johnny
House of the Rising Sun
Up Above My Head
UPC: 813547029744Label: Third Man Vinyl LlcRelease Date: 2.5.21Format: CD
Good Woman was written and recorded in a time of tremendous turmoil and change forthe band, between theending of relationships,thedeath oftheir beloved mother, andthebirth of Emily’s first child. The album is a testament tothe Stavely-Taylors’ strength and that of other women; to sisters, mothers, and daughters; to love, loss, and change; and to trying to be a good woman.The band explains: “We have been working on this for a long time and are thrilled to share the title track. When we think about making this album we think about moments and snapshots of all the different contexts we were in as it was made. Living in each other’s pockets and then living with oceans between us. Of voice notes and field recordings and ideas in emails sent across continents. We think of homesickness and family. Of being an outsider. Of endless notebooks and scraps of paper. Of studios in the winter and recordings under the summer sun. Of rainy London days and long American nights with coffees and beers, dogs, and cats. We think of love. Big, big love. Our Mum. Our Dad. Our friends. And of loss. Death and birth. Womanhood, motherhood. Sisterhood.“And coming home.”
Tracklist:
Good Woman
Best Friend
Careful, Kid
Next Year, Next Time
Nothing's Gonna Happen
Sparks
Paralysed
Devotion
Failure
Satisfied
Trying
Waiting on Me to Change
UPC: 190295127022Label: NonesuchRelease Date: 2.5.21Format: CD
The transcendent new album from Ani Di Franco, Revolutionary Love marks the latest proof of one of her most powerful gifts as an artist: a rare ability to give voice to our deepest frustrations and tensions, on both a personal and political level. “My songs have always reflected an acute connection between my personal life and the life of my society,” says the trailblazing musician and activist. “As I started to come out of years of dealing with marriage problems, I saw my entire country in the same situation; the complete breakdown of communication and loss of empathy and connection. But after what seems like unforgivable damage, then where do you go? You can’t kick each other off the planet, you can’t change the past, so what then?” As the 22nd studio album in an iconic career— a musical career which forged one degree of separation between Pete Seeger and Prince and the accompanying career of founding her own precedent-setting label, Righteous Babe Records—Revolutionary Love began taking shape in the final weeks before the Covid 19 pandemic came to change the plans of everyone everywhere. Returning home to New Orleans from a West Coast tour in February of 2020, with a new batch of songs written on the road, Di Franco found herself without a path to recording those songs and lost in the creative abyss of the collective need for social isolation. “And then I decided I wanted to start pushing this new music out by fall… before the election,” she recalls. “I felt very strongly that I needed a horse to ride to try to help get out the vote—to get people inspired and get them believing in democracy, believing in each other and in themselves.”Di Franco began to explore using live recordings from the tour as the basis for the new album but then she reached out to her friend Brad Cook, a Durham, North Carolina-based producer/multi-instrumentalist known for his work with artists like Bon Iver and Waxahatchee. The two had kept in touch after crossing paths at the Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival (an event co-founded by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, who appeared on Di Franco’s acclaimed 2017 album Binary), where she became enamored with one of Cook’s guitars. “Brad let me borrow the guitar and I ended up writing half this record on it,” says Di Franco. “I called him up and told him about the new pile of songs I’d pulled out of his guitar and about my recording predicament and he said to me, ‘Give me a week. If you can get yourself to Durham, I’ll take care of the rest.’”Produced by Di Franco and recorded mainly in two whirlwind days at Overdub Lane in Durham, Revolutionary Love more than justifies the mad dash behind its making. As her first studio effort since the release of No Walls and the Recurring Dream (Di Franco’s widely praised 2019 memoir), Revolutionary Love arrives as an instantly transportive selection of songs. Rooted in her poetic lyricism and ever-commanding vocal work, the album unfolds in an understated yet captivating alchemy of folk and soul and lushly textured jazz-pop. In sculpting that sound, Di Franco and Cook assembled an eclectic lineup of musicians, including percussionist Brevan Hampden (Hiss Golden Messenger, Milton Suggs), horn/flute player Matt Douglas (The Mountain Goats, Josh Ritter), keyboardist Phil Cook (Megafaun, Shouting Matches), drummer Yan Westerlund (Quetico, Mipso) and Di Franco’s longtime touring band Terence Higgins on percussion and Todd Sickafoose on bass.
Tracklist:
Revolutionary Love
Bad Dream
Chloroform
Contagious
Do or Die
Station Identification
Shrinking Violet
Metropolis
Simultaneously
Confluence
Crocus
UPC: 748731709914Label: Righteous BabeRelease Date: 1.29.21Format: CD
The first Country act to achieve RIAA’s DIAMOND certification, GRAMMY-nominated duo Florida Georgia Line have been making history since 2012. They’ve tallied 17 career #1 singles, 13.1+ billion streams, sold more than 33.9 million tracks and 4.7 million albums worldwide, logged 1.5 billion video views, and played to over 4 million fans spanning massive headline tours. Honored by ACM, AMA, Billboard, CMA, and CMT Awards, Florida Georgia Line releases their anticipated studio album Life Rolls On.
Tracklist:
Long Live
Life Looks Good
Countryside
Always Gonna Love You
I Love My Country
Hard To Get To Heaven
Long Time Comin'
Interlude
Ain’t Worried Bout It
Beer:30
New Truck
Eyes Closed
Second Guessing [From Songland]
Good To Me
U.S. Stronger
Life Rolls On
UPC: 843930060153Label: Big Machine RecordsRelease Date: 2.12.21Format: CD
Honoring the enduring inspiration of Frank Sinatra, That’s Life is Willie Nelson’s second album of classics made famous by The Chairman Of The Board. Willie’s first ode to Frank, 2018's My Way, earned Willie the Grammy for Best Traditional Pop Solo Album, and That's Life finds Nelson (who has penned a few standards himself) inhabiting 11 more of the most treasured songs in the Great American Songbook including the title track, "Luck Be A Lady,” "Nice Work If You Can Get It," "I've Got You Under My Skin," "You Make Me Feel So Young," and "I Won't Dance" (a duet featuring Diana Krall). Produced by Buddy Cannon and Matt Rollings, That's Life was recorded at Capitol Studios in Hollywood--where Frank Sinatra, created a string of album masterpieces--with additional recording at Pedernales Studios in Austin, Texas. Willie delivers 11 new studio performances, coming alive in a musical landscape animated by lush string and vibrant horn arrangements on an album mixed by recording industry legend Al Schmitt (who's recorded and mixed more than 150 gold and platinum albums and won more Grammy Awards than any other engineer or mixer). The album cover features a brand new painting of Willie and his iconic guitar, Trigger, standing in the glow of a twilight streetlamp, evoking classic Sinatra album covers of yore.
Tracklist:
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Just In Time
A Cottage For Sale
I've Got You Under My Skin
You Make Me Feel So Young
I Won't Dance (Featuring Diana Krall)
That's Life
Luck Be A Lady
In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning
Learnin' The Blues
Lonesome Road
UPC: 194398394527Label: Sony LegacyRelease Date: 2.26.21Format: CD
Special reissue of this excellent compilation of 12 early recordings from the infamous outlaw of country music, Waylon Jennings!Includes "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright," "White Lightnin'," "Crying," "It's So Easy" and more!Features production and guest appearances by the late great icon of early rock music, Buddy Holly!"Available as a mini-LP gatefold CD or deluxe tri-colored RED, WHITE & BLUE vinyl!
Tracklist:
When Sin Stops Feat. Buddy Holly
Jole Blon Feat. Buddy Holly
Crying
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
White Lightnin'
Sally Was a Good Old Girl
Love's Gonna Live Here
Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
Big Mamou
Abilene
Money (That's What I Want)
Lorena
UPC: 889466208911Label: GoldenlaneRelease Date: 1.22.21Format: Vinyl
2020 release. Garth Brooks' 12th studio album, Fun features 14 tracks including 'Dive Bar', the "rowdy" (Rolling Stone) and "anthemic" (Billboard) collaboration with Blake Shelton. The album also includes a cover of 'Shallow' with Trisha Yearwood, 'All Day Long' and 'Stronger Than Me'.
Tracklist:
The Road I'm on
That's What Cowboys Do
All Day Long
Shallow Featuring - Trisha Yearwood
Dive Bar Featuring - Blake Shelton
Amen
The Courage of Love
I Can Be Me with You
Message in a Bottle
Stronger Than Me
(A Hard Way to Make An) Easy Livin'
Where the Cross Don't Burn Featuring - Charley Pride
Party Gras (The Mardi Gras Song)
(Sometimes You've Got to Die to) Live Again
UPC: 854206001879Label: PelcRelease Date: 11.20.20Format: CD
American Soul' is Aaron Watson's 13th studio album, and 17th album overall, since his debut in 2000. His last 4 studio albums have debuted Top 10 on the Billboard country album chart with the last three hitting the #1, #2 and #2 positions respectively. To say that he is prolific as a writer and an artist is an understatement. Recorded just days before the COVID 19 shutdown, the 10 tracks on American Soul take the listener on a journey of love, heartbreak, nostalgia and pride. - Aaron Watson continues to dominate as a true independent in the country music arena. Watson's last release Vaquero launched into the Top 10 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart with his biggest career sales debut to date, and at #2 on the Top Country Albums chart. Vaquero is the follow up to his history-making album The Underdog, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, making him the first-ever independent, male country artist to debut in the coveted top spot. The album features lead single "Outta Style," his record-breaking Top 10 hit on country music's national radio airplay charts. His new single, "Run Wild Horses" has just hit country radio. Watson's rise has been paved by years of hard work and perseverance. Eighteen years later, over a dozen recorded albums and more than 2,500 shows in the U.S. and Europe, the Texas native is determined to stay true to his roots and deliver music directly to his fans.
Tracklist:
Silverado Saturday Night
Boots
Whisper My Name
Best Friend
Long Live Cowboys
Stay
American Soul
Out of My Misery
Touchdown Town
Dog Tags
UPC: 190296810602Label: Big Label RecordsRelease Date: 2.5.21Format: CD
Produced by ACM Producer of the Year nominee Joey Moi and co-produced by Derek Wells, with additional production on select tracks by David Garcia and Jake Mitchell, A ROCK features a diverse cast of Nashville’s elite songwriters – from mainstay hitmakers Hillary Lindsey, Jessie Jo Dillon and Ashley Gorley to hot-on-the-rise newcomers Hunter Phelps and Zach Abend – and dives deep into every corner of HARDY’s influence.
Bleeding elements of Soundgarden, Pink Floyd, John Prine, Eric Church, Kid Rock and more into the record's sound while maintaining his own signature brand of Country throughout, the collection runs the gamut of genre and encapsulates the fullness of HARDY’s artistry, making it clear where he's come from, and exactly where he's headed next.
Tracklist:
Truck
Boyfriend
Give Heaven Some Hell
Boots
Where Ya at
Ain't a Bad Day
One Beer (Feat. Lauren Alaina, Devin Dawson)
So Close (Feat. Ashland Craft)
Broke Boy
Hate Your Hometown
Unapologetically Country As Hell
A Rock
UPC: 762183562828Label: Big Loud RecordsRelease Date: 9.4.20Format: CD
During the middle decades of the 20th century, the factories of southwestern Ohio drew hundreds of thousands of migrants from Appalachia, including innumerable musicians. Industrial Strength Bluegrass celebrates the music that these migrants made and loved, and explores a pivotal moment in the history of bluegrass and country music at large. Produced by beloved performer and radio personality Joe Mullins, the collection features many modern legends like Lee Ann Womack, Mo Pitney, and Vince Gill, plus a stellar lineup of bluegrass stalwarts including Rhonda Vincent, Bobby Osborne, and Mullins himself, taking on tunes that have echoed across Ohio for decades. This group of some of the biggest names in bluegrass today pays tribute to the jubilant highs and lonesome lows of life amongst the factories and warehouses, reflecting the region's rich culture and resilient people.
Tracklist:
Readin', Rightin', Route 23
20/20 Vision
Suzanne
From Life's Other Side
Larry Sparks Medley: Dark Hollow / A Face in the Crowd / These Old Blues
When He Blessed My Soul
The Rolling Mills of Middletown
Family Reunion
Mountain Strings
Stone Walls and Steel Bars
Are You Missing Me
Once More
Barefoot Nellie
Garden Tomb
Baby Blue Eyes
We'll Head Back to Harlan)
UPC: 093074023822Label: Smithsonian FolkwaysRelease Date: 3.26.21Format: CD
Sturgill Simpson has released his new concept album, The Ballad of Dood and Juanita. This is the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter's third album in twelve months and his most ambitious project to date.. Written and recorded in less than a week, and featuring the same ace musicians who played on last year's Cuttin' Grass albums, the record tells a classic American story of a Civil War-era couple torn apart by violence and reunited by love—what Simpson calls "a simple tale of either redemption or revenge."
“I just wanted to write a story—not a collection of songs that tell a story, but an actual story, front to back,” says Simpson. He describes the concept album as a “rollercoaster ride through all the styles of traditional country and bluegrass and mountain music that I love, including gospel and a cappella.”
In a career marked by risk-taking and rule-breaking, Simpson has previously challenged genre conventions with 2016’s soul-inflected A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, which won the Grammy award for Country Album of the Year and was nominated for Album of the Year, and 2019’s Sound & Fury, which was nominated for Rock Album of the Year.
The Ballad of Dood and Juanita is available on an indie record store-exclusive CD that includes a printed illustration from the album artwork. A standard CD is also available. On 12/3/21, the vinyl will be available on indie-exclusive Translucent Natural vinyl, and will include another 11x11 print of the illustration on the front cover. Standard black vinyl is also available. Support your local independent record store.
Tracklist:
Prologue
Ol’ Dood (part I)
One In the Saddle, One On the Ground
Shamrock
Played Out
Sam
Juanita (featuring Willie Nelson)
Go In Peace
Epilogue
Ol’ Dood (part II)
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 793888436701Label: High Top MountainRelease Date: 2.25.22Format: Vinyl
The Willie Nelson Family finds Willie joined in his Pedernales Studios by a host of his family members and extended family of long-time band members, performing songs that they have performed for much of their lives. Sister Bobbie, sons Lukas and Micah, and daughters Amy and Paula all contribute plus band members Mickey Raphael, Kevin Smith and Billy and Paul English. Produced by Willie and Steve Chadie and shaped around a setlist of 12 favorite spirit-driven songs from the Nelson Family repertoire, the album draws on deep Americana (including A.P. Carter's "Keep It On The Sunnyside" and the traditional hymn "In The Garden") while celebrating classic songwriting from Hank Williams ("I Saw The Light") and Kris Kristofferson ("Why Me") to George Harrison ("All Things Must Pass") and Willie Nelson (who penned half of the album's compositions). Willie's son Lukas (who fronts his own band, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real) sings lead vocals on two of the album's tracks--"All Things Must Pass" and "Keep It On The Sunnyside"--while sharing lead vocals with Willie on "I Saw the Light," "I Thought About You, Lord" and "Why Me." These songs represent the final recordings Willie made with his longtime drummer and pal Paul English who was Willie’s drummer for over 50 years before he passed away in February 2020.
Tracklist:
Heaven And Hell
Kneel At The Feet Of Jesus
Laying My Burdens Down
Family Bible
In The Garden
All Things Must Pass
I Saw The Light
In God’s Eyes
Keep It On The Sunnyside
I Thought About You, Lord
Too Sick To Pray
Why Me
UPC: 194398874920Label: Sony LegacyRelease Date: 11.19.21Format: CD
“I’m starting to realize that being an outlier and a weirdo––it doesn’t have to be a bad thing,” says Sarah Shook. Shook pauses, then adds with a grin, “It can be whatever you want it to be.” Shook is home in North Carolina, talking about Nightroamer, the hotly anticipated new album from their band, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers. Backed by white-knuckle playing from Eric Peterson on guitar, Aaron Oliva on upright bass, drummer Jack Foster, and Adam Kurtz on pedal steel, Shook has pulled from Hank Williams, Elliott Smith, the Sex Pistols, and Shook’s own inquisitive, open, outlying self to create pop-savvy, honky-tonk punk that’s both an escape and a reality check––a re-opened wound and a balm. Relationships and life-changing realizations are dissected with honesty and humor, three tight minutes at a time.When Sarah Shook & The Disarmers released Sidelong four years ago, the irreverent quintet’s debut turned heads around the world. Then 2018’s follow-up Years hooked everyone from Rolling Stone to Vice. “This ain’t no country for hipsters or posers,” said No Depression. “It’s real, raw, mean-and-evil-bad-and-nasty bidness.” Then, the first two albums turned into a tease: The pandemic shut down the world, just as The Disarmers finished recording Nightroamer in Los Angeles. The band has had to sit on the album––until now.Nightroamer is worth the wait. This is still a band whose recordings beg to be heard live, either in a punk-rock hole in the wall or honky-tonk roadhouse. Shook’s voice is crystalline––but boozy, too, with a cadence that sounds comfortable resting in the pocket before lagging, jumping, or cozying up to the offbeat. What initially may feel like a slip is actually a stroke––and listeners cannot get enough. Produced by Pete Anderson, Nightroamer is the confident next step fans hoped The Disarmers could take. “I think this record is different than ones we’ve done in the past. It feels every bit as expansive as I wanted it to feel,” says Shook. “I didn’t want there to be a shocking, jarring difference, but I definitely wanted it to feel like things are opening up. It’s a bigger feeling experience.”Asked what they hope listeners experience, Shook is clear. “Music is one of the ways we can connect to other people,” they say. “That’s my hope: That people feel seen and they feel connected to something that brings them a sense of peace.”
Tracklist:
Somebody Else
Been Lovin' You Too Long
If It's Poison
No Mistakes
Nightroamer
It Doesn't Change Anything
Stranger
I Got This
Believer
Talkin' To Myself
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 793888439801Label: Abeyance RecordsRelease Date: 2.18.22Format: Vinyl
Two CDs. The consummate collection curated by Bruce Cockburn himself, presents 30 songs over a double album that defines the acclaimed singer-songwriters' 50 year career. These songs are both the ones that shot to the top of the charts when they were released, and also are the fan favourites most often requested at Bruce's concerts. With over 125 minutes of music, and notes on each song by the artist.
Tracklist:
Going to the Country
Musical Friends
One Day I Walk
Mama Just Wants to Barrelhouse All Night Long
All the Diamonds in the World
Silver Wheels
Wondering Where the Lions Are
Tokyo
Rumours of Glory
The Coldest Night of the Year
Wanna Go Walking
The Trouble with Normal
Lovers in a Dangerous Time
If I Had a Rocket Launcher
Call It Democracy
People See Through You
Waiting for a Miracle
Stolen Land
If a Tree Falls
A Dream Like Mine
Listen for a Laugh
Night Train
Pacing the Cage
Last Night of the World
Anything Anytime Anywhere
Open
Put It in Your Heart
Different When It Comes to You
Call Me Rose
States I'm in
UPC: 620638078624Label: True NorthRelease Date: 12.3.21Format: CD
Body Language has already yielded Platinum-certified No. 1 smash "Happy Anywhere" with Gwen Stefani. The deluxe edition also features brand new single "Come Back As A Country Boy". The anthem boasts a "muscular lead voice... driving rhythm and gritty melody" (Billboard) as it extolls the virtues of living the country lifestyle, rooted deep within the Oklahoma native.
Tracklist:
Come Back As a Country Boy
Fire Up the Night (Feat. Hardy)
Minimum Wage
Body Language (Feat. the Swon Brothers)
Happy Anywhere (Feat. Gwen Stefani)
Now I Don't
Monday Mornin' Missin' You
Corn
Makin' It Up As You Go
Whatcha Doin' Tomorrow
The Girl Can't Help It
The Flow
Neon Time
Bible Verses
Throw It on Back (Feat. Brooks ; Dunn)
We Can Reach the Stars
UPC: 093624875505Label: Warner NashvilleRelease Date: 12.3.21Format: CD
Equally upbeat and mellow, Hayes writes clever songs that mirror his brand and artistry of unconventional, unique country music. Following the high from scoring his first No. 1 with hit song “Fancy Like,” Hayes’ latest album is a continuation of that success; a medley of beatboxing, sing-rapping, and witty lyrics with refreshing and vulnerable honesty that solidifies his place as a top-notch, one-of-a-kind player in the country music scene. After a long journey of fighting tooth and nail to make it in Nashville, but always sticking to his true self, Hayes’ record tells reminiscent stories of trials and triumphs of following a dream and trying to be better every day, with refreshing, catchy tunes about love and life mixed in that you can’t resist singing along to.
Tracklist:
Drinking Songs
AA
Life With You
U Gurl
DeLorean
Fancy Like
Craig (feat. MercyMe)
What You Don’t Wish For
Country Stuff (feat. Jake Owen)
I Hope You Miss Me
Briefcase (feat. Lori McKenna)
Make You Cry
What If We Did (feat. Carly Pearce)
UPC: 194399835326Label: Monument RecordsRelease Date: 1.21.22Format: CD
Coming off her first Number 1 single at country radio with "Somebody Like That" & 2021 ACM's New female artist nominee, Tenille Arts is set to release her third studio album, Girl To Girl. Catapulting into the project is the Dave Pittenger produced lead single,"Back Then, Right Now" which has amassed 8.8M streams on Spotify to date. Tenille continues to deliver magic with the 13 track album while stepping into stardom on a major tour this summer through January 2022 with Lady A. Features include Matt Stell & Callista Clark.
Tracklist:
Back Then, Right Now
That's My Friend You're Talkin' About
One Bedroom Apartment
Breakup Songs (Feat. Callista Clark)
Life Goes Like That
Girl to Girl
Heartbreak Regulars
Mama's Boy
Over You Is You (Feat. Matt Stell)
Give It to Me Straight
High School Sweetheart
Sweet Sixteen
Growing Old Young
UPC: 194690588471Label: 19th + Grand RecordsRelease Date: 6.3.22Format: Vinyl
Vinyl collection of early and rare recordings from the biggest legend of outlaw country, Willie Nelson!Nelson's matchless songwriting and rebellious spirit made him one of the most influential music icons of all-time and songs such as "Things To Remember," "A Moment Isn't Very Long," and "The Face Of A Fighter" show why!Comes in a gatefold jacket with unique multi-color vinyl!
Tracklist:
Things To Remember
A Moment Isn't Very Long
Healing Hands Of Time
Slow Down Old World
Some Other Time
The Face Of A Fighter
Following Me Around
I Hope So
Why Are You Pickin' On Me
I Can't Find The Time
You'll Always Have Someone
December Day
UPC: 889466236617Label: GoldenlaneRelease Date: 11.26.21Format: Vinyl
The extraordinary career of superstar Lorrie Morgan, one of the biggest and best selling female artists in country music history, is celebrated on this very special anthology that finds Morgan revisiting her greatst moments as well as covering a handful of country classics and more!Includes fresh new recordings of the blockbuster singles "Five Minutes," "What Part Of No," and "Something In Red" plus beautiful renditions of Tammy Wynette's "Till I Can Make It On My Own," George Jones's "Loving You Could Never Be Better" and a special acoustic set of all new songs that fans are gonna love!Now available for the first time on vinyl in a gorgeous gatefold jacket with PINK colored vinyl!
Tracklist:
Watch Me
Something in Red
Don't Worry Baby
Good As I Was to You
Till I Can Make It on My Own
Five Minutes
Except for Monday
A Picture of Me (Without You)
What Part of No
Take Me to Your World
Wherever You Are Tonight
Hopelessly Yours
UPC: 889466016714Label: GoldenlaneRelease Date: 12.17.21Format: Vinyl
Two queens of contemporary country music join forces on this powerful album, combining voices, vision and talents!Altogether, these two artists have sold well over 10 million albums worldwide, not to mention they both come from country royalty - Pam is the daughter of icon Mel Tillis and Lorrie, the daughter of hitmaker George Morgan!Pam's grit meets Lorrie's glamour on such country classics as the title track, originally made famous by Dottie West, Billie Jo Spears' "Blanket On The Ground," and Dwight Yoakam's "Guitars, Cadillacs" PLUS early rock favorites such as Roy Orbison's "It's Over" and The Everly Brothers' "Walk Right Back!"Special guest appearances by Joe Diffie & Darryl Worley!
Tracklist:
Do Ya
Walk Right Back
It's Over
Guitars, Cadillacs
Summer Wine Feat. Joe Diffie ; Darryl Worley
Saunders Ferry Lane
Rose in Paradise
Blanket on the Ground
Tennessee Waltz
It Doesn't Matter Anymore
The End of the World
Come See Me and Come Lonely
UPC: 889466268922Label: CleopatraRelease Date: 11.12.21Format: CD
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