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The pioneering jam-grass act from Colorado has a new multi-instrumentalist member, and some fresh energy, in Nick Piccininni. Co-founders Adam Aijala, Ben Kaufmann and Dave Johnston are still hanging out on the mountain, along with fiddler Allie Kral who joined in 2015.

This is a departure for the New Orleans-based Alynda Segarra, in terms of their musical direction. Its eleven new “nature punk” tracks on the theme of survival are music for a world in flux—songs about thriving, not just surviving, while disaster is unfolding.

Sometimes you just need to hang ten with all the crazy headlines crashing into us… Check out this instrumental surf-rock band, that also weaves in some jazz noir and spaghetti western vibes. They’re new and from British Columbia, and they say that their highlights and achievements have yet to be fully measured, “but Bodhi from the taco stand heard us rehearsing and said “it was pretty gnarly”.”

After a couple albums with the band Sons of Fathers, “Big Velvet” (a nickname courtesy of his deep, smooth baritone) is now releasing his third solo album. His love for outlaw country (Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, etc.) is still there, but this time he’s a little more adventurous with synthesizer, a bit of a funk and even disco groove, and a whole lot of sneering satire. A couple of the songs, we can’t even name on the radio. Count on us to turn it up for the others, though!

The Punk rock pioneer from the band X is also an actor, and author…and a folk musician! This is the debut release from The John Doe Folk Trio, with tales set in the pre-Industrial Era. Doe says he “didn’t do a deep dive into folk music and concern myself with what was ‘traditional,’ it was just an outgrowth of trying to strip the songs down to the basics.”

She’s the singer for the fun New Orleans swing/jazz band Tuba Skinny, but this album has the stamp of Nashville, where she recorded with John James Tourville (The Deslondes) and his great producer and pedal steel prowess. It’s more Cosmic Americana and indie-folk/rock than ragtime and swing. Bonus: Erika calls Asheville home! We plan to have her live in Studio B in the near future.

Stockholm, Sweden’s Julia Logan offers a refreshing surprise discovery to our new music search this month, with this lush Americana sound that evokes a warm California vibe on this beautiful new album. Performers include drummer Kyle Crane (Neko Case, Daniel Lanois, M. Ward, Bon Iver) and Peter Morén (Peter, Bjorn and John).

It’s been a while since this New Jersey bluegrass-inspired jamband as released an album! This is their first time to record down in New Orleans, and with famed musician Anders Osborne as producer: “There are five producers in this band, so a strong-willed voice from the outside is usually pretty essential. Anders was the voice,” according to drummer Carey Harmon…. It’s also their first one since losing cofounder Andy Goessling to cancer in 2018, so there’s an additional level of bittersweet, raw emotion on this one.

They’re one of our favorite progressive bluegrass/newgrass bands, and they follow up last year’s tribute to Bill Monroe with this one of all originals. “It’s been fun to explore a little bit of The Dusters’ darker side for this album,” dobroist Andy Hall says of this one. “Sometimes the times call for some serious reflection, and these songs really hit home. Get ready to go deep with us!” The other members are Travis Book (bass), Andy Falco (guitar), Jeremy Garrett (fiddle), and Chris Pandolfi (banjo).

BOH had been doing a regular string of livestreams during the pandemic, which eventually included great guests on a weekly basis, collaborating on some of their favorite classic rock covers just for fun. Margo Price, Hayes Carll, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and others covering the likes of The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, and The Temptations. They weren’t planning on it becoming an album, until it basically became one!