The Milk Carton Kids are a folk duo, hailing from Eagle Rock California, with a fast-growing reputation as highly regarded Roots Americana artists. Live from Lincoln Theatre was recorded in 2013, while on tour promoting their second album, Ash & Clay.
The Beths deliver a knock-out of a second album, Jump Rope Gazers, which seems destined to give them an international boost in these troubling times.
Eight years since his last studio album, James Reyne delivers the goods with Toon Town Lullaby, ten finely crafted songs delivered with a voice in great form and a highly polished but sympathetic production.
With Love in the Midst of Mayhem, the original Flatlander, Joe Ely trawls through his personal trove of unreleased songs stretching back to the 70’s to deliver a sombre but ultimately uplifting set of songs for the troubled America.
These Lucy and the Rats have come up with a perfectly packaged power pop minor classic. Don’t have a lot of information on them, but for the meantime jump around your living room (or bedroom) to this gem.
Lewis Watson delivers a well-crafted Folk-Pop album on his third album release.
Taking folk and Americana to broader places, Sneaky Bones is Matthew Bean, who hails from Oregon. His latest outing, Little Words was recorded in Sonoma California, amongst the heart of wine-making country and is both intimate and all-embracing.
Reckless Kelly are a Country Americana band. Originally formed in Bend, Oregon in 1996, they established themselves in Austin Texas as a well-regarded Roots music ensemble.
The New England-based singer/songwriter’s eighth album could have easily been recorded in isolation as he played all instruments, produced, engineered, sings and writes all the songs.
It’s been a long wait, but after coming this close to being released in 1975, Neil Young’s Homegrown is finally out.