ROUTES & BRANCHES
featuring the very best of americana, alt.country and roots music
May 30, 2021
Scott Foley, purveyor of dust
There have been more quality releases in the month of May that in any other month in 2021. This posed a special challenge in paring down our favorite stuff from the past thirty days. It's an eclectic offering as usual, in order of appearance:
WHAT's SO GREAT ABOUT MAY?!!
Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, Jon Randall, Marfa Tapes (Vanner, May 7)
Rosali, No Medium (Spinster, May 7)
Steel Woods, All Your Stones (Woods, May 14)
Allison Russell, Outside Child (Concord, May 21)
Lula Wiles, Shame and Sedition (Smithsonian, May 21)
- Blitzen Trapper, "Don't Let Me Run (demo)" Holy Demos Future Demos (Yep Roc, 21) D
- Okkervil River, "It Hasn't Happened Yet" single (ATO, 21)
- T Hardy Morris, "Shopping Center Sunsets" Digital Age of Rome (Normaltown, Jun 25)
- Yola, "Stand For Myself" Stand For Myself (Easy Eye, Jul 30)
- Black Keys, "Sad Days Lonely Nights" Delta Kream (Nonesuch, 21)
- Low Cut Connie, "American Skin (41 Shots)" Tough Cookies: Best of the Quarantine Broadcasts Vol 1 (Contender, 21)
- Libby DeCamp, "Conductor" Westward and Faster (DeCamp, 21) D
- Neal Francis, "Dogs Stole Things" Cluster Flies (JamBase, 21)
- Jesse Sykes & Sweet Hereafter, "Oh My Girl" Oh My Girl (Barsuk, 04)
- Nathan Kalish, "Literal Man" single (WinterWildfires, 21) D
- Blackberry Smokes, "Lonesome For a Livin' (feat. Jamey Johnson)" You Hear Georgia (3 Legged, 21)
- Shannon McNally, "Help Me Make It Through the Night" Waylon Sessions (Compass, 21)
- Nathaniel Rateliff & Willie Nelson, "It's Not Supposed to Be This Way" single (Marigold, 21) D
- Jason Isbell & 400 Unit, "Everywhere With a Helicopter" Sing For Your Meat: Tribute to Guided by Voices (No More Fake Labels, 11)
- Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, "Leave 'em Behind" A Few Stars Apart (Fantasy, Jul 11)
- Pine Hill Haints, "Pretty Thing" Song Companion of a Lone Start Cowboy (Single Lock, 21)
- Oliver Wood, "Battle Is Over (But the War Goes On)" Always Smilin' (Honey Jar, 21)
- Steve Gunn, "Be Still Moon" single (Matador, 19)
- Allison Russell, "4th Day Prayer" Outside Child (Concord, 21)
- American Aquarium, "Some Girls Do" Slappers Bangers & Certified Twangers Vol 1 (Losing Side, 21)
- Rosali, "Bones" No Medium (Spinster, 21)
- Julia Stone, "Bloodbuzz Ohio" By the Horns (Nettwerk, 12)
- Steve Dawson, "Hard Time Friend" At the Bottom of a Canyon In the Branches of a Tree (Pravda, Jun 12)
^ JP Harris, "Last Chance" Don't You Marry No Railroad Man (Free Dirt, Jun 25)
- Joe Kaplow, "Roses" Sending Money and Stems (Kaplow, 21)
- Lori McKenna, "American Revolver" Lorraine (McKenna, 11)
- David Ferguson, "Knocking Around Nashville" Nashville No More (Fat Possum, Sep 3) D
- Holly Macve, "Sweet Marie" Not the Girl (Modern Sky, 21)
- Suzanne Santo, "Bad Beast" Yard Sale (Soundly, Aug 27) D
- Wilco, "Blue Eyed Soul" AM (Nonesuch, 95)
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