ROUTES & BRANCHES
featuring the very best of americana, alt.country and roots music
February 16, 2025
Scott Foley, purveyor of dust
In the neverending music-go-round that is Routes & Branches, we've tried to do our best to keep things focused on the music. We don't pull back the curtain too often to address what's happening Behind the Music. We're yanking on the drapes today, updating our dedicated reader(s) on what to expect when you tune into our blog.
We'll keep it short and to the point here. Other commitments (stuff that pays a little better than blogging) are compromising our attention. Starting right here, right now, we're going to apply our limited attention span to the stuff that has always mattered most - this recurring Spotify ROUTES-cast thing that we deliver every Sunday. That, and our Routes & Branches Guide To Feeding Your Monster. Anything besides that will be bonus content, be it reviews, other lists, news, etc.
Someday when we grow up, we hope to be able to dedicate seven days of blood, sweat, and tears to this thing, but that won't happen today. Rest assured you're still getting the very best of what we do here at R&B HQ, drawing your attention to music that matters, shoving you unceremoniously into the sandbox of music discovery. Please behave.
ROUTES-cast February 16, 2025
^ James Felice, "Barry's Blues" The Little Ones (Million Stars, 25) D
- Beirut, "Guericke's Unicorn" A Study Of Losses (Pompeii, Apr 18) D
- Delines, "Don't Miss the Bus Lorraine" Mr Luck and Ms Doom (El Cortez, 25)
- Lucette, "Too Soon For Sorry" Nice Girl From the Suburbs EP (Prairie Blue, Mar 21)
- Them Coulee Boys, "As Long As You Let Me" No Fun In the Chrysalis (Some Fun, Feb 28)
- Sarah Borges, "Mercy Of the Moon" single (Lakeside Lounge, 25) D
- Jason Isbell, "Foxes In the Snow" Foxes In the Snow (Southeastern, Mar 7)
- Gary Louris, "Listening To Bobby Charles" Dark Country (SHAM, 25)
- Justin Wells, "Up There With the Angels" Cynthiana (Wells, Feb 20)
- Arny Margret, "Greyhound Station" I Miss You I Do (one little independent, Mar 7)
- Will Stewart, "Late For the Banquet" Moon Winx (Earth Libraries, Feb 28)
- Mike Frazier, "Ballard Avenue" April Days (Geneva, Apr 25)
- Ron Pope, "Nobody's Gonna Make It Out Alive" American Man American Music (Brooklyn Basement, 25)
- Kristina Murray, "Watchin' the World Pass Me By" Little Blue (Normaltown, May 9) D
- Adam Hood & Brent Cobb, "Four On the Floor" single (Southern Songs, 25) D
- Larry Fleet, "Hard Work & Holy Water" single (Fleet, 25) D
- Sam Outlaw, "I Never Saw Him Cry" Nonessential Sam Outlaw (Black Hills, Mar 24) D
- Jason Boland & the Stragglers, "Take Me Back To Austin" Last Kings Of Babylon (Proud Souls, Mar 14)
- Muscadine Bloodline, "Chickasaw Church Of Christ" And What Was Left Behind (Stancaster, Apr 11) D
- Matt Steinfeld, "So He Claims" single (Steinfeld, 25) D
- Leif Vollebekk, "LOVE." single (Secret City, 25) D
- Savanna Conley, "If You Don't Want My Love" Playing the Part Of Them Is Me EP (Good Boy Leo, 25) D
- Will Stratton, "Bardo Or Heaven" Points Of Origin (Bella Union, Mar 7)
- Futurebirds, "Patron Lady Beautiful" Let's Go Dancing: Songs Of Kevn Kinney (Tasty Goody, 25)
- Ben Kweller, "Dollar Store (ft Waxahatchee)" Cover the Mirrors (Noise, May 30)
- Minus 5, "Words & Birds" Oar On Penelope (Yep Roc, May 30) D
- Dead Gowns, "See People" It's Summer I Love You and I'm Surrounded By Snow (Mtn Laurel, 25)
- Candi Staton, "My God Has a Telephone (ft William Bell)" Back to My Roots (Beracah, 25) D
- Massy Ferguson, "So Long Carry On" You Can't Tell Me I'm Not What I Used To Be (North and Left, 25)
- William Tyler, "Concern" Time Indefinite (Psychic Hotline, Apr 25) D
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