June 26th, 2026 is a BIG Day for New Albums. Here’s Your Guide

Once again we’re starring into the face of one of those big album release days where the amount of top flight records is so intimidating, it’s worth stopping down and highlighting each one so you don’t miss something.
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REVIEW: Willow Avalon “Pink Pocket Pistol”
Willow Avalon Pink Pocket Pistol After introducing her spitfire self to the country music world on last year’s Southern Belle Raisin’ Hell, Willow Avalon is back, not even 18 months later, with another brand-new full-length. And while Southern Belle was a straight-up, modern country record with pop appeal (in a good way), Pink Pocket Pistol […]
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REVIEW: Jenny Reynolds “Willow & Stone”
Jenny Reynolds – Willow & Stone On first listen, I found this work mature & interesting with a vocalist who has a fanciful signature sound that’s engaging. Ms. Reynolds has her influences, but on the opening number “Listening To the Rain,” she’s sanded into a smooth-toned solo artist with good tone, intonation & phrasing. A […]
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REVIEW: Sad Daddy “Ozark Shine”
Sad Daddy – Ozark Shine Some city folk might find this corny, campy & too rural, but hey, listen to the words, listen to the picking, & the sincerity in their voices. This doesn’t need a tuxedo, this is the real thing, boots with no laces & tongues sticking out. It’s clever, humorous, & quite […]
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Jelly Roll Gives A Dedicated Fan The Ultimate Gift
FOUNDERS KEEPERS: Visiting With Iris DeMent’s Sublime ‘The Way I Should’ 30 Years On
On the occasion of its thirtieth anniversary, the indispensable Yep Roc imprint has restored to the marketplace a remastered version of Iris DeMent’s sole major label release, The Way I Should. It should be…it should be a big hairy deal.
Just listen.
If nothing else, listen
ALBUM REVIEW: Andrew Sa Bares His Heart and Soul on Unflinching Debut, ‘American Rough’
From the start of Andrew Sa’s American Rough, it’s impossible not to be pulled in.
With the album’s opening number and title track, a curtain of balmy keys, sinewy bass, and throbbing horns parts to reveal an apparition: “He’s mean
