ROUTES-cast JULY 28, 2024

ROUTES & BRANCHES

featuring the very best of americana, alt.country and roots music

July 28, 2024

Scott Foley, purveyor of dust

Every Sunday we gather precisely thirty (30) new tracks to soundtrack the coming week and to keep you appraised of the current state of our kind of music. We host the ROUTES-cast on Spotify, with a quick preview located at the bottom of each Episode. A quick visit to our Spotify page will provide you with access to quite a few past ROUTES-casts. If you play your cards right, you might never need to look elsewhere to fulfill your new music needs. On the other hand, if you feel there hasn't been any good music since American Beauty, you're definitely on the wrong website.

A quick note: the ROUTES-cast entries followed by a capital "D" are making their debut, marking the first time anything from the record has been featured on our site. Once an album is formally released, we might play one or two songs from it, but our attention span is brittle. Most of what's below is from new artists and forthcoming LPs. Never heard of an artist? Isn't that cool? Not enjoying a particular song? Not sorry. That's why god made the fast forward button. 

Welcome to the great world of music discovery! 

ROUTES-cast July 28, 2024

- Why Bonnie, "Rhyme Or Reason" Wish On the Bone  (Fire Talk, Aug 30)

- Bill Callahan, "Keep Some Steady Friends Around (live)" Resuscitate!  (Drag City, 24)  D

- Nathan Bowles, "Dappled" Are Possible  (Drag City, 24)

- Alex Izenberg, "Drinking the Dusk Away" Alex Izenberg & the Exiles  (Domino, 24)

- Bria Salmena, "Bending Over Backwards" single  (Sub Pop, 24)  D

- Angie McMahon, "Just Like North" single  (Gracie, 24)  D

- Dr Dog, "Fine White Lies" Dr Dog  (We Buy Gold, 24)

^ Amythyst Kiah, "Play God and Destroy the World (ft SG Goodman)" Still + Bright  (Rounder, Oct 25)  D

- Jesse Welles, "The Poor" single  (Welles, 24)  D

- Cactus Blossoms, "Something's Got a Hold On Me" Every Time I Think About You  (Walkie Talkie, Aug 30)

- Johnny Blue Skies, "Who I Am" Passage du Desir  (High Top Mt, 24)

- 49 Winchester, "Hillbilly Happy" Leavin' This Holler  (New West, Aug 2)

- American Aquarium, "Southern Roots (ft Katie Pruitt)" Fear Of Standing Still  (Losing Side, 24)

- Red Clay Strays, "I'm Still Fine" Made By These Moments  (RCA, 24)

- Miranda Lambert, "Alimony" Postcards From Texas  (Vanner, Sep 18)  D

- Charley Crockett, "Crystal Chandeliers and Burgundy" Visions Of Dallas  (Son Of Davy, 24)  D

- Benjamin Tod, "I Ain't the Man" Shooting Star  (Tod, Oct 18)  D

- Cassandra Lewis, "Lost In a Dream" Lost In a Dream  (Low Country Sound, 24)

- Bob Sumner, "Bridges" Some Place To Rest Easy  (Fluff & Gravy, Sep 6)

- Denintia, "Gettin' Over" Sunset Drive  (Country Road, Sep 6)

- Erisy Watt, "Arrows" either or but everything  (Fist City, Oct 4)

- Amanda Anne Platt & the Honeycutters, "Forget Me Not Blue" The Ones That Stay  (Mule Kick, Aug 9)

- Yarn, "Play Freebird" Born Blessed Grateful & Alive  (333 Entertainment, 24)

- Amy Helm, "Baby Come Back" Silver City  (Sun, Sep 6)

- JD McPherson, "Shining Like Gold" Nite Owls  (New West, Sep 27)

- Sophie Gault, "Jealousy" Baltic Street Hotel  (Strong Place, Sep 20)

- Kevin Gordon, "Keeping My Brother Down" The In Between  (Little Rain, Sep 13)

- Rainy Eyes, "Monday's Gonna Come Around" Lonesome Highway  (Royal Potato Family, 24)

- Caleb Caudle, "The Garage" Sweet Critters  (Caudle, Aug 30)

- Kacey Musgraves, "Irish Goodbye" Deeper Well  (Interscope, Aug 2)  D

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To enjoy our weekly Spotify ROUTES-cast, just open Spotify and search for "routesandbranches" to access this most recent playlist, as well as many others from past months.  Or click here for a preview: