Luke Bryan returns with Signs, featuring his latest hits “Country and She Knows It” and “Fish Hunt Golf Drink.” Signs is a collection of the moments that shape a life, love, and heartbreak, small-town roots and wild nights, the highs, the lows, and everything in between. It’s Luke Bryan at his most honest, following the signs that lead you back to who you are. UPC: 199957929172Label: Capitol NashvilleRelease Date: 9.18.26Format: CD
JJerome87 is the solo moniker of British songwriter, musician and frontman of the critically acclaimed Mercury Prize and Ivor Novello-winning band, alt-J. Recorded in LA alongside producer Carlos De La Gaza, a dedicated group of session musicians and a trio of female vocalists, The Canyon is a collection of alt-J (esque) songs with a Californian, Motown, Blues and Gospel energy.
Tracklist:
Used to It
Red Shoes
Weekend Lover
The Mission
The Other Woman
Half Moon
Everything's Changed
Morning Bells
Hiding in Plain Sight
Gentle Man
This Life
UPC: 198704976964Label: One Riot RecordsRelease Date: 8.14.26Format: CD
The third album from Max McNown, Leave On A Light, reveals a rare artist whose breakout success has brought him even closer to his truest instincts. Amid an explosive ascent that solidified his status as one of his generation’s most compelling singer/songwriters, the Oregon native came to a deeper conviction in music’s power to honor what matters most, such as the people and values who anchor his life. Born from a year of extraordinary momentum—including completing his sold-out, continent-hopping headline tour—Leave On A Light ultimately finds McNown more grounded than ever in his artistic vision, arriving as the fullest expression yet of his singular songwriting voice.
Tracklist:
Overdose (Slow Down)
First Born Daughter
Done For
Something to Someone
World Change Me
Selah’s Song
Famous to You
Same, Same Sun
Heart You Didn’t Break
The way She Says Goodbye
Catch Me When I Fall
Isn’t That Love?
Comets
Make My Peace
Greatest Audience of All
Standstill (My My My)
Space For You
The Room
UPC: 850077888359Label: Fugitive RecordingsRelease Date: 9.25.26Format: CD
Critically acclaimed groundbreaker/songwriter/superstar Miranda Lambert will release her latest album, Crisco, on October 2, 2026. From dance floors and dive bars to desert highways and kitchen-table conversations, Crisco celebrates the many worlds that have always existed within country music. The album features 12 tracks including title track “Crisco” and Grammy-nominated single “A Song To Sing” with Chris Stapleton.
Tracklist:
Snakeskin Boots
Crisco
Cowgirl Curtsy
Two Things Can Be True
Cuttin’ Onions
Till The Going’s Gone
To Everything
Whiskey Business
Right Where We Left It
A Song To Sing (with Chris Stapleton)
I’ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song
Sunset Marquis
UPC: 600574205438Label: Mca NashvilleRelease Date: 10.2.26Format: CD
Mountain Grass Unit stand at the intersection of bluegrass music's past and future. They're leaders of a new generation of songwriters who honor the genre's history while pushing it's boundaries, too - musicians who treat bluegrass not as a tradition, but as a living, breathing language. That language evolves and expands with 'Appalachian Smoke', an album that combines the live-wire energy of the band's concerts with the bold, wide-open exploration of the recording studio.Produced by six-time Grammy winner Vance Powell, 'Appalachian Smoke' came together during a whirlwind era that found Mountain Grass Unit hitting the highway, transforming their grassroots audience into a national following. For years, they'd squeeze their concerts into the narrow margins of long weekends and summertime breaks. When college graduation spilled the musicians out into the real world in 2025, Mountain Grass Unit committed fully to the road, selling out more than 30 shows that year and winning the International Bluegrass Music Association's Momentum Artist of the Year award. Even so, nothing could have prepared the guys for 'Appalachian Smoke.' If releases like 'Runnin' From Trouble' and 'Places I've Been' introduced the band's stacked vocal harmonies, expert flat-picking, and curated songwriting - hallmarks of the bluegrass music they'd grown up playing, along with Grateful Dead cuts and rock & roll classics - then 'Appalachian Smoke' proves they're every bit as interested in reinvention as preservation. This isn't your grandfather's bluegrass record; it's an eclectic collection of modern-day American roots music, proudly planted in the 21st century.
Tracklist:
Earthquake
Homebound Troubadour
Appalachian Smoke
Wait for Me
Window for a Friend
Darkness Rollin' in
Forest Mississippi
Suspicion
One Last Time
Eagle's Nest
Take Your Time
Where Steamboats Go to Die
Another Sunday Again
UPC: 803020308527Label: Dualtone Music GroupRelease Date: 8.28.26Format: CD
Tracklist:
Hazel Creek
Why I Love You
Old Devil's Dream
Blue Ridge Mountains Turnin' Green
Swept
Don't Cry for Me
Follow the Leader
Look for Me and I'll Be There
Maria
Never Did No Wanderin'
UPC: 755757130028Label: PinecastleRelease Date: 8.7.26Format: CD
Mule, Orville Peck's fourth studio album, arrives as his most intimate and ambitious work to date. Following last year's Appaloosa EP, the record unfolds as a chronological account of the year that reshaped his life, tracing the collapse of addiction, the difficult pursuit of sobriety, and the slow, often uncertain process of rebuilding. Told with unflinching honesty, humor, and compassion, Mule finds Peck confronting love, loss, and identity through songs that move fluidly between classic country storytelling, bluegrass, and expansive Americana.
Tracklist:
Prologue (Eulogy Of A Man Turned Mule)
Big Ol’ House
Already Gone
Rehab Blues
Ring The Bell
Blue Skies
The Fall
Cowboy Heart
The Breeze, The Grass, The Mourning Dove and Me
Run Out Of Road
Too Little, Too Late
War of the Worlds
Mules
UPC: 093624821113Label: Warner RecordsRelease Date: 9.18.26Format: CD
It’s no disrespect to the man to not believe, in part or in whole, every word that Ray Wylie Hubbard writes, sings, or speaks — and frankly, he’d probably respect you a little less if you did. As celebrated songwriters of the outlaw poet/down-home-country-blues persuasion go, Hubbard’s credibility is unimpeachable. And to be fair, even as a somewhat notorious raconteur, his overall truthiness is a lot more bankable than your average politician or fundamentalist grifter. But fold your cards every time he goes all in across a table from you, or swallow as fact every nugget of wisdom he sharpens into verse or stretches into a yarn without catching the gleam in his eye or wry tell between the lines, and odds are you’ve been played.
But honestly, that’s all just part of what makes Hubbard so damn fun.
“You know, a lot of artists when they put out a record, they go, ‘This is the best record I’ve done up to this point,’” the Americana legend considers sagely after a pause when asked how to best sum up Reel 2 Reel 4 Real, his 20th album in a recording career stretching back to the mid-70s. “But I’m not going to say this is the best record I’ve done. I’ll say it’s the best record I’ve ever heard.”
No matter how many awards and Hall of Fame inductions others might honor him with (he’s a member of both the Austin Music HOF and the Texas Heritage Songwriters HOF), Hubbard never swaggers or sings his own praises without keeping his tongue planted firmly in cheek. But after brushing aside his bluff with a chuckle, Hubbard gets real. “I am very proud of it,” he answers sincerely. “Everybody that played on it put a lot of work into it, and it just felt right doing it. I’m very grateful.”
Tracklist:
Cassette Mix Tape
El Diablo Esta Ganando
A Murder of Crows
Look What the Cat Drug In
Dog or Wolf
Tip Your Hat to the Black Crow
Gods Playing Poker
Cobwebs
She Plays "Crazy Mama"
The Night
UPC: 732388027484Label: Wylie WorldRelease Date: 8.21.26Format: CD
For years, singer-songwriter Riley Downing has collected stories about life's overlooked moments and underappreciated people. He's unearthed these tales of castaway truths and once-faded recollections for Landfill Poetry, a sophomore solo album and Oh Boy Records debut.A native of small-town Missouri who once worked as a backroad trashman before becoming one of music's weathered journeymen, the husky-voiced Downing may be best known as a member of noisemaking Americana outfit The Deslondes, a New Orleans-born band that he co-founded after a clandestine meeting with likeminded musicians at a folk festival in Oklahoma.On Landfill Poetry, his six-string worldbuilding takes listeners to the back of the trash truck (""Landfill Poetry""), inside the lonely hours of the graveyard paycheck (""Night Shift"") and to the quiet moments after a hard day of work (""Porch Song"").He sings for the restless ones who stay up way too late (""Hay Hay Hay"") and the grandchildren who admire a hard-working compassion once shared between late loved ones (""Helen & Gene""). With each song, Downing uncovers sketches of life that once might've been lost to the landfill but instead are shared anew.
Tracklist:
Landfill Poetry
Chance
Country Fool
Hurt to Fall
The Key
Helen ; Gene
Night Shift
Hay Hay Hay
Like I Always Was
Polecat Holler
Porch Song
Last Day of Mardi Gras
UPC: 608870757729Label: Oh BoyRelease Date: 8.28.26Format: CD
Written and recorded during a pivotal year in his life and amid the biggest tour of his career, That's Just Me is a deeply personal body of work that showcases Riley Green's strength as a songwriter. Rooted in his signature Country storytelling and western spirit, the record moves between heartfelt moments of longing and heartbreak, carefree beachside anthems, and the rowdy drinking songs fans have come to love, revealing the many sides of Green as both an artist and storyteller. UPC: 843930155460Label: Nashville HarborRelease Date: 9.18.26Format: CD
For more than forty years, The Jayhawks have created music that embodies the enduring spirit and soul of classic American songwriting. The Jayhawks emerged from Minneapolis in the post-punk era of The Replacements, Hüsker Dü and Soul Asylum. They pioneered today’s Americana movement through a series of classic albums that introduced rock audiences to their unique musical stew of country, folk, soul, Britpop and rock 'n' roll. The band has played most every major music festival, from Farm Aid to Primavera Sound, Pinkpop to Wilco’s Sky Blue Sky. In the tradition of The Band and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, The Jayhawks have toured with and served as backup band for many of music’s most acclaimed visionaries, including Ray Davies, Roger McGuinn, and Johnny Cash. Today, Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Karen Grotberg and Tim O’Reagan continue to record and tour worldwide. Over 12 studio albums and three live albums, The Jayhawks are still building a legacy of music that stands the test of time.The band once again teamed up with legendary producer Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed) to create their upcoming album entitled Sanctuary Park, set to be released late summer 2026.
Tracklist:
Keeping Our Heads Above Water
Kingston Girl
Mr. Lincoln
Hands Upon The Wheel
Leap Of Faith
American Midnight
Always And A Day
Sanctuary Park
Familiar Strangers
It'll Be All Right Tonight
Rowing The Boat
UPC: 732388032884Label: ShamRelease Date: 8.28.26Format: CD
“Reap what you sow” was a phrase instilled in us before John 3:16 and “don’t eat yellow snow.” Every harvest season in western ND the fields would turn gold, the combines would run, and our hearts would uphold that simple idea. Work hard and you shall receive.
Growing up, we began small by planting songs all around the Midwest. And when that field turned gold, we moved across the country to Nashville. Smaller tractor, bigger field. We tilled on ‘til we ran out of gas and couldn’t see any signs of harvest. What happens when the very principle you relied on fails you? We are never promised the perfect harvest or the biggest yield. We are only promised a harvest. And every single one looks different.
We’ve realized the beauty in the harvest is not the yield itself but the culmination of the bravery it takes to plant and the unwavering faith it takes to sow the seeds not knowing what the harvest will bring. At the root of it, you think you’re the one growing a dream, but in actuality, the dream is growing you. UPC: 199584685625Label: Sme NashvilleRelease Date: 10.9.26Format: CD
Signs of Life presents a strong physical retail opportunity anchored by Trey Pendley's growing reputation as one of country music's most authentic emerging storytellers. The campaign will prioritize vinyl and CD sales through a coordinated pre-order strategy, exclusive product offerings, tour merchandising, and direct fan engagement, creating multiple touchpoints for purchase throughout the album cycle. Trey's audience has demonstrated a strong affinity for traditional country music and artist merchandise, positioning physical formats as a core component of the album's commercial performance.
Tracklist:
01 - Small Potatoes - 3:35
02 - Signs Of Life - 2:58
03 - Country Boy Friday Night - 2:43
04 - Family Man - 3:46
05 - As Good As It Gets - 2:56
06 - Spend My Time Lovin' - 3:06
07 - Another Day Goes By - 3:11
08 - Devil Does - 3:22
09 - The Dog - 3:40
10 - Drunk As Any Rich Man - 3:00
11 - Like A River - 4:08
12 - Podunk - 3:19
13 - TV Tray - 3:28
UPC: 840381616359Label: Leo33Release Date: 8.28.26Format: CD
The Version of Me You Get is a record about perspective, how life changes you, and who you are on the other side of it. Written and recorded in 2020 alongside longtime collaborator Sean McConnell, the album was born out of a rare stillness - a week spent holed up in the studio, building songs piece by piece with no outside noise and no deadline. Bowen had never had that kind of time with a record before. The result was something unhurried, deeply considered and wholly their own. Then life picked back up, and the album sat.
Five years later, Bowen returned to the recordings and found something he didn't expect: the songs had grown. What was captured in 2020 as honest and uncertain had become something richer — shaped by everything that followed, personally and professionally. The distance didn't diminish the record. It deepened it.
Spanning love, struggle, redemption, and vulnerability, The Version of Me You Get didn't just capture a moment in time, it gained meaning because of what came after. These songs finally found their moment. And it turns out, the wait made them better.
Tracklist:
Rain
Burned In The Fire
People Like Us
Weight On The Levee
Turpentine
Better Left Alone
One More Last Time
The Garden
Hard World
The Version Of Me You Get
UPC: 732388035281Label: Bowen SoundsRelease Date: 9.25.26Format: CD
No Brakes, the third studio album from the multi-platinum RIAA certified artist, Warren Zeiders. UPC: 093624818472Label: Warner RecordsRelease Date: 9.25.26Format: CD
Diamonds is the second in a series of albums featuring unknown recordings by Waylon Jennings that his son Shooter Jennings recently unearthed. Compared to Songbird, it’s a higher energy album, a “younger man’s” album, where the tracks all share stories about the rollercoaster of relationships and unrequited love.
Shooter shared the first installment of newly uncovered songs last year with Songbird, which was met by widespread acclaim from such publications as NY Times, the Tennessean, Rolling Stone, Consequence of Sound, Billboard, Stereogum, Variety, American Songwriter, Parade, Whiskey Riff, Holler Country and many more.
Physical copies (CD’s, LP’s, Cassettes) and downloads of Diamonds will be available on November 13, and the album will be available to stream on all digital platforms starting December 11 via Son of Jessi/Thirty Tigers.
Tracklist:
Diamonds (featuring Glen Campbell on guitar)
Saturday Night Special
I Never Said It Would Be Easy
I'm Tired (featuring Jessi Colter)
Wild & Blue
The Good Things Don't Last Very Long
She Smiles Like A River
I Just Ain't Been Able
Lost Love Song
Same Old Blues
Born Too Late
Words
UPC: 732388037889Label: Son Of JessiRelease Date: 11.13.26Format: CD
Diamonds is the second in a series of albums featuring unknown recordings by Waylon Jennings that his son Shooter Jennings recently unearthed. Compared to Songbird, it’s a higher energy album, a “younger man’s” album, where the tracks all share stories about the rollercoaster of relationships and unrequited love.
Shooter shared the first installment of newly uncovered songs last year with Songbird, which was met by widespread acclaim from such publications as NY Times, the Tennessean, Rolling Stone, Consequence of Sound, Billboard, Stereogum, Variety, American Songwriter, Parade, Whiskey Riff, Holler Country and many more.
Physical copies (CD’s, LP’s, Cassettes) and downloads of Diamonds will be available on November 13, and the album will be available to stream on all digital platforms starting December 11 via Son of Jessi/Thirty Tigers. *** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 732388041381Label: Son Of JessiRelease Date: 11.13.26Format: CD
Pain threaded with joy is the sound of survival. On The Hard Truth, Wynonna isn’t letting go of either one, carrying everything she’s endured and reinventing herself as an artist.
This eleven-track tribute to deep sorrow and dogged persistence strips away layer after layer of the lush production that defined Wynonna’s previous recordings, delivering in its place her most personal and powerful work yet. ANTI- is proud to continue its tradition of embracing American legends and giving them a platform to reach new heights.
The Hard Truth has a major contributor in the form of producer Cactus Moser, Wynonna’s partner in music and life. Wynonna and Moser shared songwriting duties on The Hard Truth, and the resulting tracks were recorded to capture and compliment the raw powerhe’d witnessed decades ago. What they’ve created together is an unvarnished elegy to the dead and the missing, an album that pays tribute to choosing love in the face of suffering. Through instrumentation and arrangements unlike any record in Wynonna’s four-decade career, The Hard Truth rolls in like a night train hitting listeners on the blind side
Tracklist:
Prelude (All Downhill From Ashland)
All Downhill From Ashland
Everything (feat. Patterson Hood)
Am I Missing Out
Broken And Blessed
Hear Me Now (feat. Iron & Wine)
The Hopeful Lie (feat. The War And Treaty)
Kentucky Queen
Girl Who Could Sing
Drive
Love Ain’t Got The Best Of Me
UPC: 045778761128Label: AntiRelease Date: 10.2.26Format: CD
Known as much for laughs as for riffs, country singer-songwriter Ray Stevens delivers a joke a line in this collection of his 20 funniest, most-beloved comedy country songs.
Tracklist:
Streak, The
Shriner's Convention
Gitarzan
Ahab the Arab
Bridget the Midget (The Queen of the Blues)
Super Cop
All-American Two Week Summer Family Vacation, The
Ballad of Jake McClusky, The
Motel Song, The
Teenage Mutant Kung Fu Chickens
Tabloid News
Back in the Doghouse Again
Little Blue-Haired Lady, A
Sittin' up With the Dead
Jack Daniels, You Lied to Me Again
Help Me Make It Through the Night
Used Cars
Barbeque
Where Do My Socks Go?
This Ain't Exactly What I Had in Mind
UPC: 715187775329Label: Curb RecordsRelease Date: 11.7.95Format: CD
Ray Stevens Favorites Old & New - Ray Stevens' new album, Favorites Old & New, is scheduled for release on Curb Records. Despite suffering a broken neck in a fall on March 29, the 87-year-old Country Music Hall of Famer is recovering at home and the 13-track project, featuring classics like "The Look of Love" and new songs.
Tracklist:
Savannah
Something
Parakeet Motel
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
Roger
Just For A Thrill
Time Machine
Come Rain or Come Shine
Old Carousels
The Look of Love
Moving Out Is Easier Than Moving On
It Had to Be You
I Guess You've Never Been in Love With The Moon
UPC: 194646078124Label: Curb RecordsRelease Date: 4.17.26Format: CD
Certified gold by the RIAA 3/98.
Tracklist:
Streak, The
Shriner's Convention
Would Jesus Wear a Rolex
Missisippi Squirrel Revival
Gitarzan
It's Me Again, Margaret
Ahab, The Arab
In the Mood
Freddie Feelgood
Bridget the Midget
UPC: 715187731226Label: CurbRelease Date: 6.12.90Format: CD
Redferrin has spent years establishing himself as one of Nashville's most compelling songwriters before breaking out with a signature sound that merges country soul with modern urban influence. His new 13-track album, Been There Done That, serves as a reflective exploration of the heart and the highway. Primarily produced by Jake Saghi, with additional production by Jimmy Robbins, the project balances polished delivery with grounded, honest storytelling. Central to the record is the contrast between Tennessee roots and West Coast allure, highlighted by the pensive"If I Was California"and the standout collaboration"Palm Trees" (feat. Wiz Khalifa). Throughout the tracklist, Redferrin navigates the "definition of insanity" found in repetitive heartbreaks and late-night regrets. From the self-aware vulnerability of "Heart A Break" to the weary resilience of the title track, the album offers a mature, nuanced look at an artist who has truly lived the stories he tells. UPC: 093624824077Label: Warner NashvilleRelease Date: 6.12.26Format: CD
Rodney Atkins - True South - CDRodney Atkins raises a longneck to love, family and memories on True South. Cementing his status as a tried-and-true family man, the hitmaker offers relatable odes to marriage and parenting as he details small town life with wife Rose Falcon and his three sons. Additionally, the 12-song collection delivers the ultimate southern soundtrack with Atkins' rural upbringing at the forefront of his cleverly crafted lyrics.
Tracklist:
True South
Helluvit
Hole in One
Toys in the Dirt
Watching You
The Years Are Short
All Y'all
Small Town After All
Silver Bullets
The Real Thing
Believe Me
Marry Me Again (Mma)
UPC: 194646048028Label: Curb RecordsRelease Date: 5.29.26Format: CD
I guess you could call it a lost album," says Rodney Crowell. "I stumbled upon it in my vault at home. I'd forgotten about it completely." He's referring to Then Again, which he recorded and shelved two decades ago before moving off into new directions. Since then, the album has been biding it's time, waiting for the moment when it's songs would hit hardest. And they hit incredibly hard now, largely because age and experience have granted Crowell a richer perspective. "I'm glad I put it on the shelf, because now is the time for it. It may not be the time for it for the rest of the world, but it's time for it for me. That's why I wanted to call it Then Again. I thought that was a clever way of saying that what was happening then is happening now. Once lost and now found, Then Again is something the Rodney Crowell of the 2000s could never have predicted but something the Rodney Crowell of the 2020s recognizes instinctively: a work of nuance, insight, and sensitivity that considers death but celebrates life. "I'm trying to understand that this spirit of mine is going to leave this body and go off somewhere else. I've got a pretty good idea that it's going to be someplace good, but I still need to perfect some part of my spiritual journey here before I check out. I can see that in these songs now.
Tracklist:
I Won't Lie
Are You One of Us? (Feat. Guy Clark)
If I Could Speak to Leonard
Bring It on Home to Memphis
The Ballad of Artemis and Orion
Sing Your Heart Out (Feat. Kieran Goss ; Annie Kinsella)
Whatcha Gonna Do Now #2 (Feat. Lyle Lovett ; Chely Wright)
The Has-Been Vents His Spleen
Winters
Go Light a Candle (Feat. Emmylou Harris ; Lera Lynn)
UPC: 607396662524Label: New West RecordsRelease Date: 6.26.26Format: CD
I guess you could call it a lost album," says Rodney Crowell. "I stumbled upon it in my vault at home. I'd forgotten about it completely." He's referring to Then Again, which he recorded and shelved two decades ago before moving off into new directions. Since then, the album has been biding it's time, waiting for the moment when it's songs would hit hardest. And they hit incredibly hard now, largely because age and experience have granted Crowell a richer perspective. "I'm glad I put it on the shelf, because now is the time for it. It may not be the time for it for the rest of the world, but it's time for it for me. That's why I wanted to call it Then Again. I thought that was a clever way of saying that what was happening then is happening now. Once lost and now found, Then Again is something the Rodney Crowell of the 2000s could never have predicted but something the Rodney Crowell of the 2020s recognizes instinctively: a work of nuance, insight, and sensitivity that considers death but celebrates life. "I'm trying to understand that this spirit of mine is going to leave this body and go off somewhere else. I've got a pretty good idea that it's going to be someplace good, but I still need to perfect some part of my spiritual journey here before I check out. I can see that in these songs now.
Tracklist:
I Won't Lie
Are You One of Us? (Feat. Guy Clark)
If I Could Speak to Leonard
Bring It on Home to Memphis
The Ballad of Artemis and Orion
Sing Your Heart Out (Feat. Kieran Goss ; Annie Kinsella)
Whatcha Gonna Do Now #2 (Feat. Lyle Lovett ; Chely Wright)
The Has-Been Vents His Spleen
Winters
Go Light a Candle (Feat. Emmylou Harris ; Lera Lynn)
*** Indie Exclusive ***UPC: 607396662500Label: New West RecordsRelease Date: 6.26.26Format: CD
They Call Us The Lucky Ones is a road-worn portrait of modern Americana — songs about movement, memory, love, and survival, exploring the space between freedom and consequence where highways replace homes and connection becomes the true measure of success. The album tells stories of outsiders and drifters, chosen family and lost friends, broken systems and restless ambition — and the ghosts we carry no matter how far we run.Yet for all its hard-earned perspective, the record carries an undeniable sense of hope: a clarity that comes from a life lived in motion, the humor found along the way, and the simple joy of playing music with people you trust. It’s a record that knows how to have a good time without losing its soul.This collection of ten songs finds Ryan Bingham at his best — where life isn’t always about perfection or redemption, but about connection. Because no matter how far you go, how fast you run, or how loud the music gets, all that matters is the people and stories you carry with you along the way.
Tracklist:
The Lucky Ones
Let the Big Dog Eat
I Got a Feelin'
Twist the Knife
Americana
Cocaine Charlie
Blue Skies
Relevance
Ballad of The Texas Gentlemen
I'm a Goin' Nowhere
UPC: 732388020089Label: Bingham Recording CoRelease Date: 5.15.26Format: CD
A 21st-century troubadour who spins layered story songs that deal with the sunlight and shadows of the human condition, Sammy Brue follows in the authentic outlaw songwriter lineage of Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Rodney Crowell, and Justin Townes Earle. Brue's new album, The Journals, pays tribute to his mentor by writing, finishing, or re-imagining never-before-recorded songs taken directly from Earle's journals, entrusted to Sammy by Justin's widow. Some of the songs on the album are based on lyric sheets Brue found. Others are co-writes or songs Brue wrote based on compilations of ideas and little paragraphs Earle wrote. Sammy Brue showcases his lyrical ingenuity, his musical versatility, his innovative songwriting style, and his ringing vocal style on his new album. Like a poet, he commands attention with a vibrant opening chord and a vivid lyric; Brue pulls listeners into his story world, and they're transfixed by his sometimes playful, always perceptive readings of the human heart. Fans of Justin Towne Earle will be grateful to Brue for this lovingly crafted album and will become more familiar again with a singer and songwriter dedicated to bringing the beauty of folk to the world.
Tracklist:
Lonely Morning
You Tell Me
Love at a Glance
Promise to Keep
For Justin
Older Than I Ever Thought I'd Be
One Sided Town
Let's Get Lost
Any Old Time
Lord, I'm Ready Now
UPC: 708857033126Label: Bloodshot RecordsRelease Date: 1.23.26Format: CD
The Outlaw Cherie Lee is a cinematic outlaw revenge story with a tragic love at it's center.After watching her sheriff father murdered by the Bootcut Boys, Cherie Lee abandons the badge and hunts the gang down one by one. In the middle of her vengeance, she falls for one of the outlaws - not the killer, but guilty by association. He believes loving her can redeem him; she hopes loving him can quiet her darkness. They're both wrong.When the real killer resurfaces, her lover kills him in her name, proving that violence doesn't end - it evolves. In the final act, Cherie chooses blood over love, killing the man who loves her most and fully becoming what she set out to destroy. UPC: 199316590999Label: American DogwoodRelease Date: 7.31.26Format: CD