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Hayes crafts songs that allow us to take a good look at ourselves – the good, the bad, and even the absurd – through his character narratives and sage perspectives. On his tenth album (release date August 8th on Thirty Tigers), Carll turns the mirror back on himself for the most deeply introspective, reflective work he has created to date. "Like John Prine, Carll has a clever, concise style of communicating serious concepts, frequently through dark humor, displaying world-weary truths underneath wry lyrics." (American Songwriter).

Produced by Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker), “Heart of the Eternal” features a selection of songs that journey from psychedelia to Philadelphia soul to Latin-infused jazz-pop, and you can probably detect a couple of other genres, too. The album was completed during Croce’s downtime from his ongoing “Croce Plays Croce” tour—a widely celebrated run in which he performs classic songs from his late father Jim, along with his own material and a number of specially curated covers.

On this, her 11th album, Patty Griffin once again forms a poetic tapestry woven from the threads of love, loss, grief, disillusionment, resilience, and hope, shifting fluidly between intimate confessions, philosophical musings, and symbolic storytelling – all grounded in intensely human feelings and emotion. Burrowing into the stories she had long been telling herself, the award-winning songwriter ruminates on a vast array of themes and deeply personal topics, spanning the trajectory of women in the 20th and 21st centuries and communion with nature to the sound of her voice after cancer treatment made its mark to the relationship with her late mother, whose wedding day photo graces the album’s cover, set into artwork by Mishka Westell that captures many of her greatest loves, including the Maine woods of her – and Patty’s – childhood.

Here is some of Luther Dickinson’s description of this special new Allstars album: “Still Shakin’ is a celebration of our life-changing first album, Shake Hands with Shorty, which we released 25 years ago, and a love letter of appreciation to everyone who supported us and kept us in the game all these years. Touring this album cycle into 2026 will mark thirty years since we started North Mississippi Allstars, and we couldn’t resist by commemorating both of those anniversaries. Rather than focus on the old material, we decided to record new music in the spirit of our debut. …

We’ve been following the growth of brother/sister duo Elisha and Aila Wildman of Floyd, VA, for the past few years, including a Studio B session in 2022. Their old-time and bluegrass backgrounds remain strong as they forge ahead with other interests like indie-folk, and a love for Gram Parsons. This new album was cultivated in the midst of Aila and Elisha each finishing school at the prestigious Berklee School of Music in Boston, but recording it at Applehead Recording Studio in Woodstock, New York (by producer Nicholas Falk, partner/collaborator with Dori Freeman, who hails from nearby Galax, VA), and that experience reminded them of the Floyd area.

These two members of the Rising Appalachia band, both of whom grew up in Asheville, recorded this album in a rustic cabin in Colorado (named Long Branch.) It’s a wonderful exploration of both both traditional Appalachian and Irish tunes and inventive originality here. Duncan played fiddle, mandocello, guitar, cello; David played guitar, banjo, upright bass. By the way, the album art is by another artist who grew up in Asheville, Hannah Seng. She helped introduce the two to each other years ago, as well as coax Duncan into playing old time fiddle.

This is Van Morrison’s first collection of all original music since 2022, with songs that transcend across soul, jazz, blues, folk, and country (including a tribute to another legend known for that, Ray Charles.)

This duo led by Australian Dan Parsons & Canadian Tracy McNeil is described as blending sixth sense harmonies with sun-dappled folk-rock. It’s a rich Laurel Canyon Southern California sound, specifically, thanks to the production work of Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist Dan Horne, who’s produced for Mapache, Beachwood Sparks, and Circles Around the Sun. See if this new discovery is a good addition to your summer soundtrack.

“When I was a young aspiring singer in the early 1960s, one of the Classic Blues Queens of the 1920s and 1930s, Victoria Spivey, took me under her wing and mentored me”, says the other blues legend in the spotlight here, Maria Muldaur. Yes, Spivey (1906-1976) had a huge reputation in mid-20th-century blues, jazz, and folk music, and she was still around Greenwich Village as Muldaur was absorbing that incredible scene. Taj Mahal and Elvin Bishop are also on this new tribute, along with Neil Fontaro (piano), Danny Caron (guitar), Johnny Bones (sax), Steve Height (bass), Beaumont Beaullieu (drums), New Orleans band, Tuba Skinny, and more.

As a skilled guitarist, songwriter, and producer, Mose has collaborated with notable artists like Melissa Carper, Hannah Juanita, Sweet Megg, and Eliza Thorn. This new one of his comes out on July 17th, and covers a wide spectrum, from his love for Hank Williams, to Cajun, Bluegrass and Blues.