ROUTES-cast August 16, 2026

ROUTES & BRANCHES

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

August 16, 2026

Scott Foley, purveyor of dust

Several things to be happy about this Episode, including one of two surprise records Pony Bradshaw is dropping before the end of 2026. There are few better americana writers among us, and we'll likely devote some review time once that second LP arrives on November 13. We're also enjoying Elizabeth Cook's great Great Television, and Hank Heaven's new EP. No shortage of quality singles either. Put this Spotify ROUTES-cast on REPEAT for a week (or more) of rewarding listening. Or at least one hour and fifty-four minutes of distraction.

ROUTES-cast August 16, 2026

^ Pony Bradshaw, "Demigods In Utopia" Ode To Humidity  (Dogs Of the South, 26)  D

- Samantha Crain, "Tvshki cha foha (ft Ken Pomeroy)" single  (Crain, 26)  D

- Orville Peck, "Already Gone" Mule  (Warner, Sep 18)

- Bill Baird, "Karma Loan" Life Creates Itself  (Royal Oakie, Sep 25)  D

- Jess Williamson, "Tracking the Tropics" Miles South Of Heaven  (New West, Oct 9)

- Elizabeth Moen, "Not You Not Me" Fields On Fire  (Moen, 26)  D

- JP Harris, "Roustabout" Shaving a Dead Man  (Bloodshot, Oct 23)

- Goodnight Texas, "Argentina (Goodbye For Now)" Wooden Machine  (Goodnight Tx, Sep 15)

- Aubory Bugg, "The One You Want To Lose" I Think I Had Something Once  (Dualtone, Sep 18)

- Jonathan Something, "Gasoline" One More Lonesome Cowboy Song  (High Shelter, Oct 16)  D

- Elizabeth Cook, "Thiokol Tripwire" Great Television  (Agent Love, 26)

- Shinyribs, "Arkansas Mud" Real Alligator  (Spaceflight, Oct 9)  D

- Israel Nash, "You Ain't Going Nowhere" Sweetheart Of the Rodeo  (Desert Folklore, Sep 25)  D

- Queen Of Jeans, "Sweet Devotion" hard/SWEET  (Memory Music, Oct 9)  D

- Uncle Lucius, "The Bruxist" Open Eyes Broken Heart  (Boo Clap, Sep 25)  D

- Sadurn, "Never Tell Me" The Underworld  (Run For Cover, Oct 16)

- Lily Seabird, "The Afterglow" Lightspheres On Their Way  (Lame-O, Oct 2)

- Tallest Man On Earth, "Deliver Me From Trying" Just Beyond Endless Mountain  (Anti, Oct 9)  D

- Hank Heaven, "Thread" Welterweight EP  (Nice Life, 26)

- Dogwood Tales, "7xover" Every Star In Rockingham County  (Born Losers, Aug 27)

- Grumpy, "OBL" Unfindable Ring  (Bayonet, Oct 23)  D

- Foot Ox, "Prairie Song"  Topanga Canyon  (Lauren, Oct 23)

- Alex Dupree, "Room For One More" Talking To the Dog  (Scissor Tail, 26)

- Two Runner, "Witch Well" Porchlight  (Warner, Jan 29)

- Amble, "Last Rites" Love and All Its Wares  (Warner, Jan 29)  D

- Wilder Blue, "When He's Out Of Sight" Cinco  (Hill Country, Aug 28)

- Fenne Lily, "Sleeping" Win Win  (Nettwerk, Oct 23)

- Panamint, "Wrapped Around Your Finger" single  (Panamint, 26)  D

- Allison de Groot & Rich Ruth, "Nervion" Allison de Groot & RIch Ruth  (Western Vinyl, Oct 2)  D

- Hour, "Ghost Bridge" Ghost Bridge  (Dear Life, Oct 9)  D

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