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We lost the wonderful singer/songwriter Nanci Griffith in 2021, and now have this loving compilation that features the late John Prine, who recorded his version of “Love At The Five & Dime” with Kelsey Waldon shortly before his own passing in 2020. It’s also got Nanci Griffith covers from artists like Steve Earle, Iris DeMent, Emmylou Harris, and Shawn Colvin. Other highlights include Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle together on “Listen The Radio,” Lyle Lovett and Kathy Mattea taking on “Trouble In The Fields”, and The War And Treaty covering “From A Distance.” The new tribute is out on Rounder/Concord Records, which has also reissued Nanci’s first few albums.

“Down here, there's a lot going on and there's nothing going on at the same time," Cobb says of life in the south.This new one from Cobb does a good job capturing the laid-back, easy-going attitude of Southern living. The Georgia native recorded this at the legendary Capricorn Sound Studios in Macon, mostly with local musicians. “…I'm from Georgia, so I always look for the southern star. This album, the songs, the sounds… they're all a product of where I'm from, both musically and environmentally.

It’s been a remarkable 2023 for Giddens. The multi-faceted artist, GRAMMY-winner, and MacArthur fellow was recently awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music for her collaborative opera, Omar. This new album, her first of all original material, was produced by Jack Splash (Kendrick Lamar, Solange, Alicia Keys, Valerie June, Tank and the Bangas). The collaborators include Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi plus American fiddler Dirk Powell, bassist Jason Sypher, and Congolese guitarist Niwel Tsumbu.

It’s the 23rd release from the California bluegrass singer going back to her days with the Good Ol’ Persons and Laurie Lewis, and the 7th featuring this band of hers. It features six songs written by her, a few written by bandmates Greg Booth and Tom Bekeny, and songs learned from the Osborne Brothers, Earl Scruggs, and John Prine.

On November 14, 2022, Charley Crockett played his first-ever show at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN, a sellout which Marcus K. Dowling at the Tennessean praised as "country music's mother church turning into a 2,500-seat honky-tonking juke joint." Now we have Live from the Ryman, a document of the raucous, celebratory evening. The full show will be available as an album as well as a beautifully shot concert film. Crockett and his ace band pulled from Crockett’s deep catalogue – 12 albums and counting – and mixed in covers from George Jones, Tanya Tucker, James “Slim” Hand, Jerry Reed, T-Bone Walker and Townes Va

“What it might sound like if Jimmy Smith and Grant Green were leading a jam band at Bonnaroo” - The Buffalo News. Voted #1 out of 64 emerging NY bands in 2021, Organ Fairchild have been described as a musical party that won't quit. Take your old-school organ trio (organ, guitar and drums – Joe Bellanti, Dave Ruch, and Corey Kertzie respectively), add dance-heavy grooves and adventurous jamming, and shake vigorously. Enjoy all night long.

Hailing from the Canadian Rockies, this roots-rock band has shared stages with esteemed acts such as The Dead South, Elliott Brood, and The Cave Singers. Canadian music guide Exclaim says “Influenced as much by Old Man Luedecke as by Arcade Fire, it is as if Pete Seeger met up with the Smashing Pumpkins for a ski and a jam. The different musical influences collide with intention and precision and avoid hipster cliché.” Well, see for yourself!

With ‘Love is Why,’ Powers’ first self-penned full-length album since 2018, the New England-based artist explores the universal emotion of love and its huge influence on our decisions. In particular, she examines love in the context of holding on or letting go through human loss and grieving. The album’s original songs were written during the pandemic and after Powers lost her father, whom she calls “my best friend.” “I wrote the songs from a place of loss and grieving and went from there,” she says. “Writing the songs was hard but a necessary part of healing. At the end of the day, all the songs were written from a place of love for humanity and the need to spread the message that love is essential.” ‘Love is Why’ was recorded in February 2021 at Dagotown Recorders in Boston. Produced by drummer Marco Giovino (Robert Plant, Tom Jones, Norah Jones), guest artists include Anne and Regina McCrary, Bo Ramsey, Luther Dickinson, and a duet of Greg Allman’s “Please Call Home,” with Paul Thorn. Fans of Shannon McNally should get to know Kerri Powers!

Tricks & Treats all day long...

Dylan LeBlanc often finds himself flirting with the edge -- or “dancing on a razor,” as he calls it. A verdict vagabond since he was a little boy tossed between Texas, Louisiana and Alabama, LeBlanc thrives on the precipice, never staying in one place for too long. It is that nomadic spirit that drew him not only to a life as a touring musician, but also to the beast that titles his newest record: ‘Coyote.’ This is LeBlanc’s fifth studio album and his first full-length LP to be self-produced. Recorded at the iconic FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL, it boasts an ensemble of world-renowned session players including Fred Eltringham (Ringo Starr and Sheryl Crow), pianist Jim "Moose" Brown (Bob Seger), and bassist Seth Kaufman (Floating Action from Black Mountain!). Though ‘Coyote’ covers familiar ground for LeBlanc, living on the edge of danger and its many consequences, the album is both semi-autobiographical and an concept album centered on the evocative character of Coyote, a man on the run in pursuit of an ever elusive freedom from his past.