It’s time to consider the best songs and singles of 2026 so far. Opinions on songs are always more varied than even with albums. But the point of this exercise is to help inform the public about a song they might have missed.
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Samantha Fish and the Last Honest Noise There was a time when live albums felt dangerous. Not polished. Not corrected by committee. Dangerous. You could hear the room breathing. You could hear amplifiers misbehaving and drummers pushing a little too hard. Sometimes the singer missed a note. Sometimes the singer found one nobody knew existed […]
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Breakfield In the process of reviewing the self-titled album from Breakfield, I went back to listen to their last record, Dusk, released under their previous name, Boy Named Banjo. Dusk struck me as something released by a band exactly in the place Boy Named Banjo was occupying at the time; sleek, uptempo and likable, perfect […]
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Scottie Miller photo by Layne Kennedy Scottie Miller Builds a Song Cycle With Hello Pain Backed By The Budapest Scoring Orchestra Singer/songwriter and pianist Scottie Miller released his new solo album, Hello Pain, on May 29th, 2026, having just come back from Australia where he was touring as Ruthie Foster’s keyboardist. While Miller loves to […]
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Tyler Childers is currently touring behind his Grammy-winning album Snipe Hunter, but won’t be playing a couple of the upcoming tour dates. Instead he will be rescheduling his shows due to the birth of his second child.
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Fruit Bats – The Landfill I admit, after listening to countless singers through the years, what grabs my ear the tightest is a distinctive voice. Eric D. Johnson (guitars/piano/synth/lap steel) has a thin, finely rendered voice, but his delivery is early Dylan on “The Saddest Part of the Song” without the gruffness & harshness. Just […]
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The warm tones on Isle of Hope, the latest album from Duane Betts (son of Dickey Betts of Allman Brothers fame), hit with an emotional resonance that transports listeners through shadows into light. On his second album, the guitarist, songwriter, and singer navigates loss and embraces hope in and songs
Sun of Amen, the debut album from Alex Amen, is what happens when a young man in 2026 has spent his formative years worshipping a lovingly worn stack of his parents’ vinyl, modeling his sound after a different generation’s heroes. The clear-throated moan of early-career
In the hurried pace of life, days often rush past us in a blur as we move among the many busy and little things in our world. Before we know it years have passed, and we’ve settled into familiar patterns, friendships have ended, and we have lost loved ones. On their warmly intimate seventh studio album ‘These Are the Days That Turn in to Years,’ Pharis & Jason Romero reflect on what happens when we slow down and embrace the daily moments in our lives that might otherwise fly by us.
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