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Melbourne, Australia’s Steph Strings has been making a name for herself as an impressive acoustic guitarist at home and abroad the past few years, after starting her guitar lessons at age 9 (and piano at age 7). Early influences include Celtic players, blues artists, and folk storytellers. After three EP releases, she has released her first full-length album, and a North American and European tour is underway.

This is the 10th full-length album from Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia artist Jenn Grant. It’s a modern-day classic of country and Americana, elevated by Jenn’s unmistakable pop-infused charm.

Molly Venter (Red Molly) and Eben Pariser (Roosevelt Dime) are a couple, both on and off the stage. This is their third album, but they’re new to us. We’re getting to know them this week, though, as we’ll also have them live in Studio B on Wednesday!

Renowned US-Dutch gospel-soul powerhouse Michelle David and The True-tones mark a bold new chapter with their forthcoming album, Soul Woman, out on Record Kicks. Building on the critical acclaim of 2024’s Brothers and Sisters, a record that held a mirror up to the world's complexities, the new LP Soul Woman turns inward — a deeply personal exploration of identity, healing, and spiritual resilience.

She’s 72, she’s a recent stroke survivor, and this is her 18th studio album. And it’s one of her most powerful, spirited ones yet! This is mostly a collection of modern-day protest songs, as she addresses corruption, oppression, division, and women bearing witness to all of this. But it’s also multi-layered, and poised to stand the test of time along with other gems in her catalog like Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and Essence.

Longtime supporters of women in roots music, Della Mae teamed up with producer Alison Brown for this new release, their first on Nashville-based Compass Records. The band has been trailblazing in the roots music scene for 15 years now. Celia Woodsmith on lead vocals and guitar, Vickie Vaughn on bass, Avril Smith on guitar and mandolin, and Kimber Ludiker on fiddle and mandolin.

Following their previous album of covers appropriately titled Songs We Didn’t Write, the trio Organ Fairchild worked with Justin Guip (Hot Tuna, Levon Helm), who recorded, mixed, and co-produced this album of originals. “Organ Fairchild sits at the intersection of Booker T & the MG’s and Phish as the trio uses the classic organ trio style as a foundation, before pushing out into the unknown with prog-like changes and fluid strolling grooves throughout BOOM!” (Glide Magazine)

Hen’s Teeth arrives fully formed but sits as a sibling record, of sorts, to 2024’s acclaimed and Grammy-nominated Light Verse. Its seeds were sewn over multiple sessions in the foothills of Los Angeles over the last few years, with studio owner/engineer Dave Way (Fiona Apple, Jakob Dylan, Sheryl Crow) at the helm. The record features many familiar names from the Iron & Wine universe - David Garza, Sebastian Steinberg, Tyler Chester, Griffin Goldsmith, Beth Goodfellow, Kyle Crane, and Paul Cartwright – lending their talents to a collection of songs that, while complementary in nature, had their own distinct feel. Some early listeners draw comparisons to Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks.

We kick off International Women’s Month with these new singles from folk-rock icon Suzanne Vega (“Alley”), Nashville favorite Margo Price (Guy Clark’s “Rita Ballou”), and Asheville actor and musician Marisa Blake (“Luchando”).

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!