ROUTES & BRANCHES
featuring the very best of americana, alt.country and roots music
December 1, 2024
Scott Foley, purveyor of dust
This time of year can sometimes be both challenging and fun to build our weekly Spotify ROUTES-casts. Higher profile releases will slow around the holidays, leaving us space to include stuff that might otherwise have been left on the cutting room floor, or to dig deeper into an album once it's released. While some blogs take advantage of the relative lull to step away from the keyboard, it's our plan to continue with most of our regular, recurring stuff, with just a few adjustments. With fewer albums to review, we'll leave Mondays open, continuing to share a review or two on Tuesdays. Wednesdays will continue our popular Lookback Machine series, and Thursdays will feature our Routes & Branches Guide To Feeding Your Monster, as long as we can harvest enough stories and links to share. We've begun our year-end series with Friday's playlist of our favorite cover songs. Between now and the end of the year, we'll use Fridays to feature more favorites and notables from 2024. Saturdays will remain open, and we'll dedicate Sundays to our award-winning ROUTES-casts, much like this one!
- Phil Cook, "I Made a Lover's Prayer" single (Psychic Hotline, 24) D
- Brigid Mae Power, "Walk On Out Of My Mind" Songs For You (BMP, Dec 20) D
- Ron Pope, "In the Morning With the Coffee On" American Man American Music (Brooklyn Basement, Feb 14)
- Innocence Mission, "Camera Divides the Coast Of Maine" Midwinter Swimmers (Bella Union, 24)
- David Wax Museum, "Out Of My Mind" Secret Creature (Mark Of the Leopard, Dec 24)
- Matt Pond PA, "Korea" Ballad Of the Natural Lines (Sonder House, Jan 7) D
- Joe Pug, "Crescent Bridge (live)" Live At the Old Town School Of Folk Music (Pug, Apr 18) D
- Echolalia, "Odd Energy" Echolalia (Full Time Hobby, Feb 28) D
- Hand Habits, "Deeper Understanding (ft Bill Callahan)" TRANSA (Red Hot, 24)
- Mipso, "Do You Want Me (Live)" Gas In the Tank: Live Across America (Mipso, Dec 6) D
- Arny Margaret, "Happy New Year" I Miss You I Do (One Little Independent, Mar 7) D
- Will Johnson, "Frame It" Sleuthed/Full Cuts EP (Keeled Scales, 24)
- Nick Gusman, "Sound Of a Broken Heart" Lifting Heavy Things (Gusman, Dec 7) D
^ Justin Wells, "Counting Days" single (August, 24) D
- Yahtzee Brown, "I Guess I'm Sorry" You Got This (Deko, Jan 24) D
- Ryan Necci & Buffalo Gospel, "You" The Letting Go: Pt 1 EP (Necci, Jan 17) D
- JR Carroll, "Shame" Dark Cloud (Carroll, Dec 6) D
- Ags Connolly, "Men Like Me Can Fly" Your Pal Slim: Songs Of James Hand (James Hand, 24)
- Sean Barna, "Jack Rabbit Hill" Internal Trembling EP (Kill Rock Stars, 24)
- Sacred Paws, "Another Day" single (Merge, 24) D
- Odie Leigh, "All Star Breakfast (ft Field Medic)" single (Mom + Pop, 24) D
- Lenny Kaye, "Time" Let's Go Dancing: Songs Of Kevn Kinney (Tasty Goody ,24)
- Dead Gowns, "In the Haze" It's Summer I Love You and I'm Surrounded By Snow (Mtn Laurel, Feb 14) D
- Des Demonas, "Miles Davis Headwound Blues" Apocalyptic Boom Boom (In the Red, 24)
- Wilco, "Handshake Drugs (11/13/03 Sear Sound - NYC Version)" Ghost Is Born (Expanded Edition) (Nonesuch, Feb 7) D
- Michael Kiwanuka, "Lowdown (part i)" Small Changes (Polydor, 24)
- Billy Allen + the Pollies, "It's Okay" single (Single Lock, 24) D
- Simon Joyner, "Port Of Call" Coyote Butterfly (Grapefruit, 24)
- Wussy, "The Ghosts Keep Me Alive" Cincinnati Ohio (Wussy, 24)
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