Another week, another weekly playlist.
Sorry for the small delay. I spent the weekend in Stockholm at STHLM Americana festival and therefore couldn’t do this before today. It’s also the reason why I probably missed more stuff than during a normal week. This is also a bit more rushed effort, because I just didn’t have enough time to listen all the new releases that well. Anyway, I loved the festival. It was great to meet likeminded people and see lots of wonderful concerts. Therefore I begin this weeks playlist with the artists that played there and released something new last week. The great new singles from Michaela Anne and Paul Cauthen and a new album from Swedish country maestro David Ritschard fall into this category.
It was a great week for new albums again. Along with the already mentioned excellent Ritschard LP, there were new ones from Bill Callahan, Will Beeley, Courtney Hartman, Claire Cronin, Mike Adams at His Honest Weight, Butcher the Bar, Greg Felden, Bruce Springsteen, Julia Shapiro, Los Coast, Ramonda Hammer, SadGirl, Jeanines, The Minus 5 and Calexico & Iron & Wine. That Steve Marino I managed to miss a while back, but included it now.
The Finnish section is tiny, but quality is super high. New EP from MeriTuuli and a new single from Litku Klemetti.
And lots and lots of new singles from artists that I love dearly. Mariel Buckley, Erin Durant, Hiss Golden Messenger, Shotgun Jimmie, Erin Rae, Jeremy Ivey, Will Johnson, Joan Shelley, Sturgill Simpson and the list goes on an on and everyone could be mentioned on this text as well. Oh my. Heavenly good week for new music.
That’s the weekly round-up. I have a feeling that I forgot something really important. Sorry if I did. I try do a better job next week. Until then. Remember love.
1. Michaela Anne – By Our Design (single, Yep Roc, 2019)
2. Paul Cauthen – Cocaine Country Dancing (single, Lightning Rod Records, 2019)
3. David Ritschard – Inte här (när jag är här) (Brobrännären, Rootsy Music, 2019)
4. Will Beeley – Singin’ Lullabies (Highway & Heart Attacks, Tompkins Squire, 2019)
5. Mariel Buckley – Casting Stones (single, 2019)
6. Courtney Hartman – January Third (Ready Reckoner, Reckoner Records, 2019)
7. Bill Callahan — Circles (Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest, Drag City, 2019)
8. Claire Cronin – What the Night is Thinking (Big Dread Moon, Orindal Records, 2019)
9. Erin Durant – Rising Sun (single, Keeled Scales, 2019)
10. Erin Rae – Gold Plated (single, Single Lock Records, 2019)
11. Hiss Golden Messenger – I Need a Teacher (single, Merge Records, 2019)
12. Mike Adams At His Honest Weight – Olivia (There Is No Feeling Better, Joyful Noise Recordings, 2019)
13. Butcher the Bar – Rosa (III, Bobo Integral, 2019)
14. Shotgun Jimmie – Cool All the Time (single, You’ve Changed Records, 2019)
15. Greg Felden – Tell Me What’s Broken (Made Of Strings, 2019)
16. Eilen Jewell – Crawl (single, Signature Sounds, 2019)
17. Will Johnson – Cornelius (single, Keeled Scales, 2019)
18. Joan Shelley – Coming Down For You (single, No Quarter, 2019)
19. Jeremy Ivey – Story of a Fish (single, Anti-, 2019)
20. Bruce Sprinsteen – Stones (Western Stars, 2019)
21. Jesse Malin (with Billie Joe Armstrong) – Strangers & Thieves (single, Wicked Cool Records, 2019)
22. Brack Cantrell – Blissful Blues (single, 2019)
23. MeriTuuli – Saimaa (Yö Saimaalla EP, 2019
24. Litku Klemetti – Sinä tiedät sen (single, Luova Records, 2019)
25. Chris Staples – Old Friend (single, Barack, 2019)
26. Paper Beat Scissors – Gun Shy (single, Forward Music Group, 2019)
27. Louie Short – Call Me Brother (single, 2019)
28. Eamon Fogerty – Utopia in Blue (single, Jealous Butcher Records, 2019)
29. Wilder Maker – Love So Well (single, Northern Spy, 2019)
30. Julia Shapiro – Parking Lot (Perfect Version, Hardly Art, 2019)
31. Julien Baker – Red Door (single, Matador, 2019)
32. Mega Bog – Truth in the Wild (single, Paradise of Bachelors, 2019)
33. Sara Beth Go – Tugboat (single, Blue Room Tunes, 2019)
34. Angharad Drake – Start Again (single, 2019)
35. Calexico & Iron Wine – In Your Own Time (Years To Burn, Sub Pop Records, 2019)
36. Sturgill Simpson – The Dead Don’t Die (single, Atlantis, 2019)
37. Los Coast – The Morning Weight (Samsara, New West Records, 2019)
38. Ikebe Shakedown – Unqualified (single, Colemine Records, 2019)
39. Mikey Erg – Clueless or Cruel? (single, Don Giovanni, 2019)
40. Ramona Hammer – Empathy (I Never Wanted Company, New Professor, 2019)
41. SadGirl – Chlorine (Water, Suicide Squeeze Records, 2019)
42. Jeanines – Too Late (Jeanines, Slumberland, 2019)
43. Steve Marino – Six Two Four (Fluff, Darling Records, 2019)
44. Black Belt Eagle Scout – At The Party (single, Saddle Creek 2019)
45. The Minus 5 – Scar Crow (Stroke Manor, Yep Roc, 2019)
46. Ben Danaher – We’ll Do the Business (single, 2019)
47. Molly Parden & Hollow Hum – Losing My Religion (single, 2019)
48. Lillie Mae – You’ve Got Other Girls For That (single, Third Man Records, 2019)
Oh and do buy the vinyl/cd/download. Spotify and other streaming services are perfect for these introductory purposes, but try to buy at least the music that matter the most to you
If you are looking this after a week has gone, the embedded Spotify will show the latest playlist. I’ll just update the same playlist because a) if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each Sunday b) so that I don’t have a trillion of different playlists on my Spotify account