Long hailed as one of Australia’s greatest songwriters, Paul Kelly has spent over four decades capturing the beauty, humor, and heartbreak of ordinary lives. On Seventy, he leans into that role with renewed purpose, drawing on classic storytelling traditions where shared tales offer comfort, meaning, and light in the dark. The album plays like a campfire circle or family gathering, each song its own tale: a ghost story, a love song, a joke, a lament. It’s a beautiful way to celebrate turning 70!

For her first album in four years, Carlile had the intention of making a bit more of a stripped-down, intimate, and personal production here. See if you hear that on these new songs, with help from producer (and member of The National) Aaron Dessner, Andrew Watt (who produced the Elton John collaboration, Who Believes in Angels?), and Justin Vernon (Bon Iver). Then there’s Phil Hanseroth (bass, electric guitar), Tim Hanseroth (electric guitar, acoustic guitar), Josh Klinghoffer (pedal steel, synthesizers, electric guitar, piano, keyboards, organ), Matt Chamberlain (drums, percussion), Chad Smith (drums, percussion), Dave Mackay (synthesizers, organ) Stewart Cole (French horn, trumpet), SistaStrings (strings) Rob Moose (strings), Blake Mills (fretless baritone guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar), Mark Isham (tenor saxophone) and Elton John (Rhodes piano)

We are excited to share our latest compilation of live session highlights of the past year with you, featuring recordings from artists ranging from Anya Hinkle to Yarn, BERTHA to the SUSTO String Band. Intimate acoustic numbers, full-blown rock and R&B jams, and all styles in between that you hear at WNCW. We’ll be sending the double-CD collection to members who request it as a thank-you gift during our Fall Fund Drive; reserve your copy at our special pre-drive rate of $100, beginning October 18th. Until then, enjoy the tracks we’ll preview for you on New Tunes at Two and throughout the weeks!

We are excited to share our latest compilation of live session highlights of the past year with you, featuring recordings from artists ranging from Anya Hinkle to Yarn, BERTHA to the SUSTO String Band. Intimate acoustic numbers, full-blown rock and R&B jams, and all styles in between that you hear at WNCW. We’ll be sending the double-CD collection to members who request it as a thank-you gift during our Fall Fund Drive; reserve your copy at our special pre-drive rate of $100, beginning October 18th. Until then, enjoy the tracks we’ll preview for you on New Tunes at Two and throughout the weeks!

This 10-song collection marks Walker’s most ambitious concept album to date as he inhabits the inner lives of inanimate objects, writing each song from the perspective of an item at an estate sale. Arriving just months after the surprise release of his critically acclaimed beach-country album Tropicana, Stuff is a major stylistic shift for Walker as he explores stripped-down, experimental indie-folk and Americana, drawing inspiration from the indie music he listened to as a teenager, like Bon Iver, Beirut, and The Postal Service.

The frontman for The Old 97’s is back with his 10th solo record, which was recorded in the shadow of a potentially damaging vocal surgery. Threaded with his lived-in reflection on mortality and love in all forms, the album contains some of Miller’s most unguarded material yet. The Old 97’s were recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Americana Music Awards last month

We are excited to share our latest compilation of live session highlights of the past year with you, featuring recordings from artists ranging from Anya Hinkle to Yarn, BERTHA to the SUSTO String Band. Intimate acoustic numbers, full-blown rock and R&B jams, and all styles in between that you hear at WNCW. We’ll be sending the double-CD collection to members who request it as a thank-you gift during our Fall Fund Drive; reserve your copy at our special pre-drive rate of $100, beginning October 18th. Until then, enjoy the tracks we’ll preview for you on New Tunes at Two and throughout the weeks!

We are excited to share our latest compilation of live session highlights of the past year with you, featuring recordings from artists ranging from Anya Hinkle to Yarn, BERTHA to the SUSTO String Band. Intimate acoustic numbers, full-blown rock and R&B jams, and all styles in between that you hear at WNCW. We’ll be sending the double-CD collection to members who request it as a thank-you gift during our Fall Fund Drive; reserve your copy at our special pre-drive rate of $100, beginning October 18th. Until then, enjoy the tracks we’ll preview for you on New Tunes at Two and throughout the weeks!

As Glide Magazine writes, whenever an established group releases a self-titled album in the middle of their career, it acts as a symbol of rebirth, a new direction, course correction, or perhaps a last gasp. St. Paul & The Broken Bones’ self-titled release finds them centering their sound and style, as frontman Paul Janeway states, “I think the band in general feels reignited”.

This is the third album for Cunningham, on Verve Forecast Records, following her wonderful collaboration with Andrew Bird when they reworked the classic ‘70s Buckingham Nicks Fleetwood Mac precursor (which has recently been reissued, by the way.) Ace is another example of Cunningham’s wonderful blend of pop, rock, folk, and jazz, with rich layering and texture thanks to production work from her and Robbie Lackritz.