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Bonnie Sims (Mandolin, Acoustic, Vocals), Eve Panning (Fiddle, Harmony Vocals), Hazel Royer (Bass, Acoustic, Vocals), and Dr. Joy Adams (Cello, Mandolin, Banjo, Fiddle, Vocals) formed this bluegrass-based Colorado quartet in 2021, and after three busy years of touring some of the most prestigious festivals, cruises and stages (plus WNCW’s Studio B!), they have now released their debut studio album. They performed one of these new songs last February: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myW2hGIeeio

Nine years after his last album, we finally have a new one from the singer, songwriter, actor and film director! In addition to the pandemic-caused delays, he had his first kid in 2020, which he says has significantly changed his outlook on life. The more melodic, less twangy album than previous ones of his is comprised of self-penned songs and co-writes, with the exception of the Byrds’ “Time Between,” and the Carter Family’s “Keep On the Sunny Side.”

The Akron, Ohio band led by Ryan Humbert is back with their 4th album. They’re already known for their Western Swing and honky-tonk flavors of country music, but this might be their most expansive album yet, bringing Vince Gill, Logan Ledger, and Sam Bush in to join them. “This might sound more like us than any of our other records,” Humbert says of this version of their “Red Dirt Americana” sound. “It feels like the beginning of a new chapter.”

An Oklahoma native, 22-year-old Ken Pomeroy is already receiving widespread attention and has established herself as “a new voice reviving the age-old Native Americana sound” (Teen Vogue). Anchored in her Native Cherokee heritage, Cruel Joke is a powerful collection that showcases Pomeroy’s raw songwriting and engaging voice. She is embarking on a tour with I'm With Her and Iron & Wine, making her Newport Folk Festival debut this July, and was recently seen performing in the blockbuster film Twisters and its soundtrack, and had music featured in FX/Hulu show Reservation Dogs.

Daniel Kimbro is a multi-Grammy-nominated musician with more than 20 years of experience performing, recording, and writing roots music. As an accompanist Daniel has shared stages and studios with notable artists including Eric Clapton, Jerry Douglas, John Hiatt, The Transatlantic Sessions, Sarah Jarosz, and many others. While his performing credits are numerous, his new solo album Carpet in The Kitchen best epitomizes Daniel’s experience as a writer, composer and arranger. His songs are largely based off of Appalachian stories he’s picked up from living here.

It’s the first album together in 14 years, though they’ve certainly kept busy during that time with other projects and accolades. Alison has collaborated with Robert Plant among others, and Jerry Douglas has played with, well, just about everybody… Collectively, the members of AK& US have sold over 8 million records and received more than 70 GRAMMY Awards. Ron Block (banjo, guitar, vocals) and Barry Bales (bass, vocals) are still with the band, but they now welcome guitarist and vocalist Russell Moore, best known as the front man of IIIrd Tyme Out, following the departure of long-time member Dan Tyminski. The band is embarking on quite an ambitious national tour this year, which will include appearances in Knoxville on August 23rd and 24th, and the Earl Scruggs Music Festival in Mill Spring on August 30th.

Check out this album that celebrates inclusivity, togetherness and the deep African imprint on American roots music. “The porch is a metaphor for a perfect world - with the kind of smiles like those between the two of them on the cover,” said MIX Magazine in a recent front-page profile. It’s their 2nd “TajMo” collaboration, the first being in 2017. Singers Wendy Moten and Ruby Amanfu are among the musicians joining them here; for the TajMo duo though, there was one collaboration that felt particularly moving: “We had our sons in there playing with us and all the other musicians and writers were hanging the whole time,” remembers Keb’ Mo’. “So it was a really fun place to be.”

Get to know this artist’s wonderful hybrid of jazz, blues, and honky-tonk country, and signature mix of vintage influences and modern edge. After years touring with Postmodern Jukebox and leading a Cirque du Soleil country project, she’s now got her most personal work yet.

One of the more defining indie-rock/alt-country voices of the ‘90s and adjacent decades spent the better part of five years (including the Covid era) recording this 28-songs solo album, and it plays like a most revealing autobiography. As Big Takeover Exclusives has written, “He’s been writing songs about people on the fringe for damn near a lifetime. 40+ years of detailing the idiosyncrasies of outcasts, losers, freaks and outliers in society in his two acclaimed, if not totally different, bands – Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven. David Lowery, chief singer-songwriter and frontman from the aforementioned bands, is now taking a much different approach to his songwriting and is singing about something he’s really never dug that deep into – himself.” The album will be released on Friday May 30th: the very day he returns to Studio B! Live session just past 11am.

How can a band last for some 56 years and keep its legacy so strong? By maintaining its identifiable groove and sound, and by doing so while evolving with different members over the years. Such is the case with Little Feat, formed by Lowell George, Bill Payne, Richie Hayward, and Roy Estrada back in 1969.