ROUTES & BRANCHES
featuring the very best of americana, alt.country and roots music
September 4, 2022
Scott Foley, purveyor of dust
Here at R&B HQ, in Our Faire Square State, August has proven to be a gentler month meteorologically, with few temps venturing above the ninety-degree mark (the melting point for this blogger). The past thirty days once again brought a wealth of quality songs, stuff to feed our criminally short musical attention span. While it's never easy to commit to just ten standouts, we manage to do it every month. And we call it:
WHAT's SO GREAT ABOUT AUGUST?!!
1. Tenci, "Two Cups" A Swollen River A Well Overflowing (Keeled Scales, Nov 4)
2. Margo Price, "Been To the Mountain" single (Loma Vista, 22)
3. Shannen Moser, "Paint by Number" The Sun Still Seems to Move (Lame-O, Sep 30)
4. Early James, "Real Low Down Lonesome (ft Sierra Ferrell)" Strange Time to Be Alive (Easy Eye, Aug 19)
5. Butch Walker, "Leather Weather" Butch Walker as ... Glenn (Ruby Red, Aug 26)
6. Anna Tivel, "Heroes" Outsiders (Mama Bird, Aug 19)
7. Will Stewart, "Just Be Sweet" Slow Life (Cornelius Chapel, Aug 5)
8. Nikki Lane, "Born Tough" Denim & Diamonds (New West, Sep 23)
9. Cahalen Morrison, "This Whole Broken World" Wealth of Sorrow (Fluff & Gravy, Aug 12)
10. Honey Harper, "Broken Token" Honey Harper & the Infinite Sky (ATO, Oct 28)
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We'll also take a moment to identify just five of the many forthcoming records we've added to A Routes & Branches Guide To Feeding Your Monster. Please give yourself a point or two if you've expected Iron & Wine to release a four-song covers ep of Lori McKenna songs. LORI lands on shelves September 16 courtesy of Black Cricket. Ours was one of a handful of blogs covering Tommy Alexander's very good 2020 Waves release. We're pleased to share his October 28 date for Feelings, on his new Fluff & Gravy label home. That same day, we're happy to welcome back one-time groundbreaking red dirt country act Great Divide. Mike McClure and friends will debut Providence on October 28. White Buffalo has quietly shared LP-after-LP of original hard roots music. We've circled November 11 on our release calendar in recognition of the arrival of Year of the Dark Horse, on Snakefarm. And while all this stuff is great, nothing tops this week's announcement that Caitlin Rose has set a date for her first full-length in nearly a decade. Please ask for November 18 off from work, to give yourself time to celebrate the arrival of CAZIMI (Pearl Tower).
- Drugdealer, "Someone To Love" Hiding In Plain Sight (Mexican Summer, Oct 28) D
- Heartless Bastards, "Bye Bye Baby Blues" Arrow (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (Partisan, 22)
- Vandoliers, "Wise County Friday Night" Vandolliers (Amerikinda, 22)
- Truth & Salvage Co, "Back In Your Love" Atoms Form (Blackbird, Oct 7)
- Shannen Moser, "Ben" Sun Still Seems To Move (Lame-O, Sep 13)
- Parker Gispert, "Moving On" Golden Years (Normaltown, 22)
- Passion Fruit Boys, "Looking For a Friend" Passion Fruit Boys (Telefono, Oct 7) D
- Plains, "Abilene" I Walked With You a Ways (Anti, Oct 14)
- Mapache, "You Only Have Your Soul" Lagniappe Session (Innovative Leisure, 22) D
- Anna Tivel, "Royal Blue" The Outsiders (Mama Bird, 22)
- Rayland Baxter, "If I Were a Butterflly" If I Were a Butterfly (ATO, Nov 4) D
- Cory Branan, "When In Rome When In Memphis" When I Go I Ghost (Blue Elan, Oct 14)
- Courtney Patton, "Never On the Hurting End" Electrostatic (Patton, Oct 7)
- Rocky Votolato, "Becoming Human" Wild Roots (Spartan, Sep 9)
- Deer Tick, "Cake and Eggs" Divine Providence (11th Anniversary Edition) (Partisan, Nov 11) D
- Have Gun Will Travel, "Buyer's Remorse" Silver Sounds EP (Burke, Sep 30) D
- Ghost of Paul Revere, "JTE" Goodbye (Americana Vibes, 22) D
- Tallest Man on Earth, "Tears Are In Your Eyes" single (Anti, 22)
- Will Hoge, "It's Just You" Wings On My Shoes (Edlo, 22)
- Lou Turner, "Microcosmos" Microcosmos (Turner, 22) D
- Brody Price, "Dying When I Met You" Win a Trip To Palm Springs (Niles City, Oct 28) D
- Henry Wagons, "(Don't Be) Down and Out" single (Cheatin' Heart, 22) D
- Ward Davis, "Another Bad Apple" single (Davis, 22) D
- Andrew Combs, "Down Among the Dead" Sundays (Tone Tree, 22)
- Hayes Carll, "Happy Hour" You Get It All (Deluxe Edition) (Dualtone, Sep 30) D
- King Margo, "Dishes Ain't Done (ft Gabe Lee)" Waters Rise (Torrez, 22) D
- Gabe Lee, "Rusty" Hometown Kid (Torrez, Oct 28) D
- Panhandlers, "Where Cotton Is King" single (Panhandlers, 22) D
- Hellbound Glory, "13 Corners" Nobody Knows You (Black Country Rock, Sep 30)
- Martha Spencer, "Hesitation Blues (ft Luke Bell)" Wonderland (Gingham Rose, 22) D
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