New York-based singer-songwriter Charles Ellsworth has now released his highly anticipated fifth album, ‘Cosmic Cannon Fodder’, released on Burro Borracho Records. The album encapsulates Ellsworth’s refined alt-country sound. The 11-track album takes the listener on a lyrical journey of musical elasticity, occupying what it means to be human in the modern world. Ellsworth’s perspective and fearless pursuit of truth ensures that nothing is hidden in this forthcoming collection of songs. 

This album 'XII' has all the hallmarks of why we came to love Burrells sound; catchy melodies, meaningful lyrics, great acoustic guitar riffs and sincere vocals. Folk, Americana and blues as a benchmark. As a successful artist, Burrell has become a fixture in the live music scene

Porcelain Angel is Rees Shad's 17th solo effort in which he returns to his Americana roots with fresh tales and some of the most memorable characters yet revealed. Porcelain Angel marks a refining of Rees Shad’s recipe for blending various musical genres with entrancing narratives where we are introduced to captivating characters. A number of wonderful guests join Rees and his band The Conversations on this album. Eleanor Dubinsky, Kemp Harris, Wanda Houston, Rick Ruskin, R.B. Stone, Dario Acosta Teich, and Natalia Zukerman are all featured here, and are the fine filigree in the stories that Rees weaves. 

In four years, the band grew from remote covers to an Americana rock formation with a fantastic live Mambo Studio. Turmoil is a band you will definitely hear more of, with this new album they will also travel to the country in 2025 to introduce the public to their fresh take on ‘old school’ guitar-driven music. 'Coming Home' is the debut album from the Dutch Americana/Rock quartet: Turmoil. Coming Home is a collection of 10 songs with the common thread being: change, new beginnings and ultimately Coming Home.

Creativity and talent are in abundance with David Ronaldo and his Dices. With "Six String Preacher", they have once again delivered an impressive album featuring eleven absolute top tracks.

Inspired by and made in honour and celebration of my Grandmother, Philomena ‘Phyl’ Gallyot (née Scott), my musical roots and cultural heritage, this album is made up of 5 cover songs, 2 reworked originals from my catalogue and a brand new song which is also the title track. 

Terry’s current project is recording a song cycle of seven songs, each I think of as a scene from a film noir srtyle movie. The overall title of the project and the title of the lead song is "Looking For Redemption". Donaghue's music captures the essence of the Blues and combines it with Rock elements to produce a distinctive and alluring sound. His skill in fusing the two genres together creates a vibrant and thrilling musical experience. Donaghue always performs with passion and intensity, whether he's tearing through aggressive riffs or belting out emotional ballads. 

As Robert Jon & The Wreck prepare for their extensive 2024 tour, they continue to captivate audiences worldwide with their evolving sound and dynamic live performances, ranging from intimate venues to major international festivals. With every new song, including the upcoming album ‘Red Moon Rising’, Journeyman Records reaffirms its commitment to supporting exceptional languages. In an electrifying surge of creativity, Southern rock behemoths Robert Jon & The Wreck are poised to unveil their most ambitious project yet, ‘Red Moon Rising’.

When you first listen to Mark Brown, you might find yourself wondering where he’s been and why it took him so long to get here. Combining a sharp eye with a sly sense of humor reminiscent of John Prine, Mark makes songs that hail from everywhere, incorporating ballads, cowboy songs, jigs, sideshow melodies, and field hollers. His songs give voice to craftsmen, broken-hearted mechanics, heavy equipment operators, squatters and girls with their dirt bikes. Like many of his characters, Mark’s been around: after growing up in Maryland, he’s done some farming, worked as a mechanic, spent years as a commercial fisherman in the northern Pacific and worked as a carpenter in the northeastern US. These experiences have influenced his music the way an oak cask influences good whiskey. In his latest album ‘Happy Hour’, Mark's distinctive voice is accompanied by his band of longtime friends: Ken McGloin joining in on guitar, Mark Murphy on bass, Dean Sharp on drums and the versatile talents of Dean Jones.

Jesse Dayton also does what he has always been good at on his latest album. Dayton is a storyteller who also interprets the 'outlaw country' in his own way. He knows how to fuse country with Texas rockabilly and blues in a formidable way and then covers the resulting product with a layer of punk rock, but he also leaves room for evolution. Evolution that characterizes 'The Hard Way Blues' more than once. You can immediately hear this with class on the energetic opening track 'The Hard Way', where he mixes the rock 'n' roll from the seventies with powerful pop influences. 'Night Brain' starts off as a somewhat country blues, but when the guitar comes on stage, the song transforms into a power blues rocker. With the slower 'Talkin' Company Man Blues', Dayton presents a beautiful contemporary city blues, which is followed by the acoustic, changing tempo 'Baby's Long Gone'. Power blues later becomes the breeding ground for 'Navasota'. You get a wonderful example of Dayton's talent as a 'storyteller' in the 'Ballad Of Boyd Elder', a Texan who was adept at painting longhorn skulls. Truly impressive and emotional, Jesse tells the story of a Haitian immigrant in 'Esther Pearl' who assisted runaway slaves in the half of the 19th century. That Dayton can just as well conjure up a catchy love song, he shows in 'Angel In My Pocket'. 'Hunstville Prison Rodeo' reminds me a bit of Springsteen. The album closes with the hypnotic riff floating 'God Ain't Makin' No More Of It'.
Jesse Dayton has been shining in the Americana firmament for three decades. He proves that he wants to keep it that way with 'The Hard Way Blues', an album that shows his current position in music. Jesse Dayton has reinvented himself with this album.

Seth Lee Jones not only relishes his Oklahoma roots, but he actively nurtures them to ensure they remain real and relevant. His sophomore studio release, Tulsa Custom, reflects his strong work ethic, continually developing his unique playing style that complements his original material and fresh interpretations of covers. 

The sound is a nice mix of rock, blues, Americana, country and southern rock with sincere lyrics, with a nice seventies touch. 

Ever since learning to play her first guitar chords in a bluegrass jam at the age of thirty-five, Sue has been discovering her truth in song. These days, her music inhabits the borderlands where blues, folk, country, and soul meet. On Keeping Time, Sue’s unique capacity for pairing meaningful and topical lyrics with ear-catching melodies shines through. 

Ted Russell Kamp's new album 'California Son' contains twelve original songs, written or co-written by some soulmates. On this album Ted plays bass, acoustic and electric guitar, dobro, organ and percussion. Although he does like to be accompanied by a number of guests on various songs. The title track is a song about being a musician, and he mentions some of those iconic places in Los Angeles. An album of hope, with a dash of country, rock and blues...!

Lyrics that mean something, music that grabs you by the balls.  Great album!

A 20-year retrospective album of some of Session's most popular songs will be available. This is  a brand-new Session Americana record, produced by acclaimed NYC musician and producer Alec Spiegelman, is set to be released in 2024.

Malcom MacWatt’s mixture of the Americana and British Folklore is the epitome of the instrument that saves our souls each time we listen to it, that of the human expression across a breadth of subjects we are subjected to, we can fiercely bring art to answer for the occasion, for the despair, and for the heartbreak we may encounter.

Here Riviere, whose lead guitar infuses the album, is backed by McKendree on keys and guitars along with bassist David Santos and drummer Kenneth Blevins, just your basic four-piece, with the McCrary Sisters (Ann, Regina, & Freda) appearing on the closing gospel tune “Cold, Cold, River.” 

There is no doubt that this live recording should be missing in every right-minded Americana, roots, blues or Southern rockfans. This release is excellently recorded and mixed time document…

As their 6th full length release over a 16-year history, Metaterranea affirms Old Californio as a band existing in a consistent state of musical evolution. Its line-up recurring yet flexible, its sound familiar yet unexpected, its roots in earth yet its head in the clouds. Metaterranea indeed marks a return to form for Old Californio.

Josh Gray’s sound is a mixture of the folk, blues, country, rock, and bluegrass that first inspired him to pick up a guitar. He’s a storyteller at heart, bridging both generations and genres to form his signature style of Americana. Highly recommended!

​Ed Snodderly is a songwriter, singer and guitar picker,  following in the footsteps of songsters as varied as A. P. Carter to Riley Puckett to Ray Davies.  His songs beat with a strong sense of place and the heart of them is a fresh, creative twist to the listener’s ear.  Combining outstanding musicianship with storytelling, the performances feel familiar, yet enlightening;  like old ropes that pull the bells to ring.  “The charts call it Folk/Americana. I feel it as American Southern music; could be New Hillbilly.”. 
‘Chimney Smoke’ had its origins in Snodderly’s desire not only to make the best record possible but in the concept of creating a quintessential “Southern” album, a chronicle of both his Appalachian roots and his own personal upbringing. The title track “Chimney Smoke” offers a vivid depiction of Appalachian life, and is one of the prime examples of Snodderly’s gift for bringing memories and a deep sense of place to life with his intimate lyrics.

Strangers No More offers an all-encompassing view not only of the places Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors have been, but where they’re headed next, too. From ageless folk music to atmospheric Americana to soulful rock & roll, the album marks an ambitious new chapter in the band’s story and is due out June 7th via Magnolia Music. 

​Afton Wolfe’s new mini-album ‘Twenty-Three’ is the follow-up to his acclaimed 2021 debut LP, ‘Kings for Sale‘, which made waves on both sides of the Atlantic. Spending his musically formative years in and around New Orleans, where the humidity of the Mississippi combined with the Cajun seasonings, the jazz, zydeco, creole, and gospel music, his Mississippi roots coalesce to add resonance and depth to his blues, country and rock influences. 

​Nils De Caster and Sara De Smedt are not only sublime musicians, but have also left their mark in the music world. Multi-instrumentalist Nils is a crack on guitar, mandolin and lap steel. The list of musicians he has worked with is impressive. If we mention Bruno Deneckere, Roland Van Campenhout, Lieven Tavernier, Elliott Murphy, Johan Verminnen, Pascale Michiels and Kathleen Vandenhoudt, we will surely forget just as many and even more.
Sara De Smedt graduated in 2009 as a master of cabaret at the Herman Teirlinck Institute. As an actress she plays both at the KVS and Theater Antigone. For years she was also one of the front singers of The Triplettes & The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boys. Sara has been forming a duo with Nils since 2018, who released their debut album with 'It Takes A Believer' in 2020.
Album that now gets a follow-up with 'Take This Stone', which contains no less than 11 original songs. Musically the duo is supported by HT Roberts, Bart Vervaeck, David Broeders and Leander Meuris. The album starts with 'All Right', a beautiful Americana song that makes you dream from your seat. That song is followed up with the country-flowing 'We Gotta Move On', in which the voices of Nils and Sara, well supported with a wonderful lap steel, sound heavenly as one. Number that gives you a boost when the going gets tough. Contagious is certainly the dreamy 'When I Close My Eyes', which takes you to places where you would love to stay. Life, saying goodbye, but also cherishing what you have get a beautiful place in the title track. Cheerful, both in lyrics and melody, 'Sweetest Sin' confirms that things the way you do them, you do them well. And how wonderfully those voices of Nils and Sara blend, just like in the uptempo 'No Greater Love Than Mine', a powerful ode to love. Slightly jazzy, with a touch of J.J. Cale we swing through 'Endless Night', while 'Red Kite' closes with a beautiful long intro.
You can better see 'Take This Stone' as 'Take This Diamond'. The album by Nils and Sara shows an extremely close and inspiring band outside the duo. 'Take This Stone' makes it clear that great Americana can also originate with our musicians. This album exudes international class.