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It’s hard to believe this is already their 26th album, but if you’re not familiar with this wild, mercurial Australian band, it’s a great start. For Flight b741, bandleader Stu Mackenzie says King Gizzard “wanted to make something that was primal, instinctual, more ‘from the gut’ – just people in a room, doing what feels right. We wanted to make something fun.” As Relix says, “‘Field of Vision’ is a greased-up garage rock stomper, driven to dust by the band’s six-piston ignition and smoldering like a tire fire.” They’re in the midst of a 40-date North American tour that included Asheville last month, a show that wildly praised!

You’ve gotta love someone whose prime influences include Bob Wills and Howlin’ Wolf! Eliza has spent years busking and traveling, and her debut album reflects both retro and modern Nashville. Other musicians here include Chris Scruggs, Dennis Crouch, and Nate Leath.

This 10th album from Drew and the band celebrates their sense of togetherness, with each other and with their fans. Produced by Cason Cooley, it expands the band’s mix of timeless songwriting, modern-day Laurel Canyon folk, amplified Americana, and heartland rock & roll. Song by song, Strangers No More Volume 2 offers an all-encompassing view not only of the places Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors have been, but where they’re headed next, too. It’s an invitation into the band’s world.

"...Both nostalgic yet evolving... Even back to its founding, the band has stretched the definition of Americana" - Glide Magazine "... A stripped-down effort that is as warm and inviting as the first tipple from the Sazerac Bar. Roll It Out is the sound of a band hurtling toward a fresh start, only to find themselves back in a familiar place, wiser and with a couple more battle scars." - Garden & Gun

Acclaimed for her expressive playing, fiddler and banjo player Maura Shawn Scanlin’s songwriting and musical style hint at her North Carolina and Appalachian regional influences; she’s a native of Boone, but also has deep Classical training. Further north, guitarist Conor Hearn grew up steeped in the venerated Washington, D.C. Irish music scene and developed a keen interest in literature and poetry. His setting of James Joyce’s poetry on the title track as well as “Lightly Come or Lightly Go” epitomizes the duo’s approach: the dexterous alchemy of the old and the new into something wholly Rakish. The friends’ deep musical connection and unbridled love for pushing traditional sounds forward is something we treasure here at WNCW.

The band from Folly Beach – and nowadays putting down Western NC roots too – is back with a self-titled album filled with the joy and hope and fun that we’ve come to associate with their vibe. Original members Dan Lotti (vocals, guitar, bass), Mike Sivilli (guitar, vocals), Steven Sandifer (percussion, bass, vocals) are nowadays joined by a fourth, Andrew Hendryx on mandolin. Recorded at Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, they once again capture that blend of folk, rock, and jam grooves. As their press release states, “Dan Lotti’s powerful vocals soar through the hallowed rafters of the old church as he sings on themes of light, healing, and growth, while floating on the beachy and breezy sounds we have come to recognize as uniquely Dangermuffin.”

We introduce you to a new singer/songwriter, whose new collection of songs is largely a vulnerable one of hard-won self-acceptance. In her words, "Deep Feeler is an album three years in the making, a bundle of love letters to myself in my early twenties, a time when I was just learning how to be vulnerable. The songs on this record capture me finally giving myself freedom and permission. Permission to take risks, to get my hands dirty, to (mess) up. Permission to let go of others’ pain and start to hold my own, to embrace the parts of myself that once terrified me (hello queerness). Permission to buy myself flowers and wine. And finally, permission to hold everything I feel - anger, gratitude, sadness, joy- deeply, and sometimes all at once. It won’t be released until October 18th, but we thought we’d start getting to know her in advance of her show in our area on October 22nd: 185 King Street in Brevard. Greene self-produced and recorded Deep Feeler primarily live to tape in Nashville’s Woodland Sound Studios (now being made famous by their its current owners Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings). Contributors include Sarah Jarosz on mandolin and harmonies, Elise Leavy on accordion and piano, Jack Schneider on electric guitar, Mike Robinson on pedal steel, Matt Andrews on high strung and organ, Sean Szoch on drums and electric guitar, Emily Mann and Jared Manzo on electric bass, and Christian Sedelmyer on fiddle.

"I'm very much a southerner," says Malone ,who co-produced the album with Paul Warner. "This whole record was written, recorded, and performed by southerners, and you can hear it. There's rock, country, and folk here. There's swagger. Southern Comfort isn't about booze; it's about a feeling, a family, a familiarity—all the things that make you feel warm and fuzzy. For me, that's Georgia." Other musicians on here include Buddy Miller, Will Kimbrough, Randall Bramblett and members of Blackberry Smoke and The Georgia Satellites.

Formed in 1996, this has been one of the most consistently sounding Americana/rock bands, a trend that continues on this new one.“Reckless Kelly proudly carries the Americana/alt-country/Red Dirt torch. The Idaho-born, Austin-based group has been going for more than a quarter of a century now, but they remain as strong as ever live and in the studio.” – Americana Highways

We’ve been awaiting it for a while, and here it is! Fans know how meticulous they are with getting their sound just right – a perfect balance of rustic, acoustic warmth with modern technology. This was recorded in Nashville at Welch and Rawlings' own Woodland Sound Studio, and mastered directly from the original tapes (through custom Ortofon amplifiers to a Neumann VMS-80 cutting system.) David Rawlings produced it.