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Artist: Wildwood Kin
Release date: 30th November, 2018
Genre: Folk, Pop, Rock
Record Label: Silvertone
Tracks: 4
Website:
A brand new covers EP from the very talented West Country family trio Wildwood Kin.
Artist: Caitlyn Canty
Release Date: 30th March, 2018
Genre: Folk, Blues, Americana, Singer-Songwriter
Record Label: Caitlin Canty / Tone Tree Music
Tracks: 10
Website: https://www.caitlincanty.com
Caitlin Canty is an US singer/songwriter whose music carves a line through folk, blues, and country ballads. Her voice was called “casually devastating” by the San Francisco Chronicle and NPR Music describes her songs as having a “haunting urgency.”
’Motel Bouquet’, Caitlin’s third album, features ten original songs that hold her darkly radiant voice firmly in the spotlight. Produced by Grammy-nominated Noam Pikelny (Punch Brothers) and recorded live over three days in Nashville, the album boasts a band of some of finest musicians in roots music, including fiddler Stuart Duncan and vocalist Aoife O’Donovan. Rolling Stone hails Motel Bouquet as “dreamy and daring” with “poetic lyrics and haunting melodies.”
Artist: Lucy Mae Walker
Release Date: 2nd March, 2018
Genre: Pop, Folk, Singer-Songwriter
Record Label: Independent
Tracks: 5
Artist: India Electric Co.
Release Date: 19th October, 2018
Genre: Folk, Contemporary Folk, Singer-Songwriter
Record Label: Shoelay Music
Tracks: 5
Website: http://indiaelectricco.com/
India Electric Company present the third and final part of a series of releases focusing on the contrasting themes between the country and the city. Displacement and unification form the basis for Tablelands, along with more globalist inclinations. An exploration of their own travels and research that seeks to find musical ties that bind them with the premise that folk songs have evolved from the blending of different cultural traditions. With references including Gnawa rhythms, Norwegian folk melodies and Thomas Gray, Tablelands is a record that is built around using traditional instruments and rhythms in contemporary ways.
Artist: Elle King
Release Date: 19th October, 2018
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock, Pop
Record Label: Colombia
Tracks: 13
Website:
Artist: Southern Halo
Release Date: 27th April, 2018
Genre: Country, Rock, Pop
Records Label: Southern Halo LLC
Tracks: 14
Website: https://www.southernhalo.net/
Fast rising Mississippi sister group Southern Halo return for a high quality second album of Rock and Pop Country. It’s full of brilliant lyrics and highly crafted and polished uptempo songs. ‘Famous’ and ‘Anything is Possible’ are some of the standouts. Catch them live if you can
Artist: Liv Austen
Release Date: 19th October, 2018
Genre: Country, Pop
Record Label: NUA Entertainment
Tracks: 12
Website: https://www.livausten.com/
The highly anticipated debut album from Norwegian born UK Country and Pop rising star Liv Austen. This album positively sparkles with high quality gems from the hand of this very talented singer-songwriter and her very talented team of collaborators. Highly recommended
Artist: Pistol Annies
Release Date: 2nd November. 2018
Genre: Country, Pop
Record Label: RCA Records Label Nashville
Tracks: 14
Website:
The Pistol Annies, the acclaimed side project of Angaleena Presley, Ashley Monroe and Miranda Lambert, have set November 2nd as the release date for their excellent third album ‘Interstate Gospel’. The album is the follow-up to 2013’s ’Annie Up’ and features songs written by all three artists together. With one exception, the album’s closing track “This Too Shall Pass,” written by Ashley and Angaleena.
The platinum-selling supergroup, whose members are also multi talented and very successful solo artists, initially revealed the track listing for the new project through postcards mailed directly to fans. From the riotous, harmony-soaked “Got My Name Changed Back,” to the ironic and poignant “Best Years of My Life,” the album spotlights the trio’s emphasis on classic-country storytelling from a modern female perspective.
Artist: KT Tunstall
Release Date: 5th October, 2018
Genre: Rock, Pop
Record Label: Jaydone
Tracks: 11
Website:
LCM favourite KT Tunstall releases her wonderful latest album ‘Wax’ in October. Really looking forward to this one :)
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Artist: Punch Brothers
Release Date: 20th July, 2018
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Record Label: Nonesuch
Tracks: 9
Website: https://www.punchbrothers.com/
The excellent new fifth studio album from New York band the Punch Brothers, who are the quintet of mandolinist Chris Thile, guitarist Chris Eldridge, bassist Paul Kowert, banjoist Noam Pikelny and violinist Gabe Witcher. Says the Washington Post, "With enthusiasm and experimentation, Punch Brothers take bluegrass to its next evolutionary stage, drawing equal inspiration from the brain and the heart." Their upcoming album, All Ashore, is out July 20 on Nonesuch Records. ‘All Ashore’ follows Punch Brothers’ critically acclaimed T Bone Burnett–produced 2015 release, The Phosphorescent Blues, of which NPR said, “Punch Brothers sing of distraction and isolation in the digital age...the sound is all their own.” ‘For All Ashore’, the quintet again attempt to make sense of the world around them.
Artist: JP Cooper
Release Date: 6th October 2017
Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Soul, Rock, Pop
Record Label: Universal / Island
Tracks: 13
Website: https://jpcoopermusic.com/
The excellent debut album by Manchester singer-songwriter JP Cooper
Artist: Tom Walker
Release Date: 19th October, 2018
Genre: Singer-Songwriter
Record Label: Relentless Records
Tracks: 13
Website: http://www.iamtomwalker.com/
‘What A Time To Be Alive’ is the great debut album from Scottish singer-songwriter Tom Walker.
Artist: Jillian Jacqueline
Release Date: 7th September, 2018
Genre: Country, Pop, Country Pop, SInger-Songwriter
Record Label: Big Loud Records
Tracks: 6
Website: https://www.jillianjacqueline.com/
Artist: Gavin James
Release Date: 26th October, 2018
Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Pop
Record Label:
Tracks: 14
Website:
The very talented singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mary Erskine and her band return for her latest 11-track album 'Loose End' released via Seahorse Music.
After the success of her critically acclaimed top 20 album 'My Wild West', Lissie returns deeply emotive piano ballad Blood & Muscle, showcasing a power vocal performance that has become with synonymous with this always engaging musician. 'Don't You Give Up On Me' reached #23 in the UK Airplay Chart Critical Acclaim for her previous album 'My Wild West' "Undoubtedly her best album yet" - Q | "Another bittersweet triumph" - Independent on Sunday | 4* - The Guardian | 4* - The Star | 4* - Mail On Sunday | 5*- Uncut | "Wild West contains her most convincing songs yet" - Evening Standard | "Country rock calm flows through this album, her voice a mix of Stevie Nicks and Lana Del Rey" - Daily Express | "Lissie's third album is the country-rocking belle's fond farewell to Los Angeles" - Daily Mail | "Fits somewhere between the rustic charm of Emmylou Harris and a dash of Stevie Nicks" - The Times | "An album made by an artist who is still top of her game" - The 405 | "Spellbinding" - Red Bull | "An intoxicating return" - Clash.
After releasing an excellent and one of our LCM featured albums 'To My Roots' in 2017, Emma returns with a brand new EP entitled 'Atoms'. It's being crowd-funded and released through Pledge music with a release date planned towards the end of 2018.
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