Album Releases by Genre
Paper Airplane
by Alison Krauss & Union Station
April 12, 2011
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Sing It Loud
by k.d. lang
April 12, 2011
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Countrypolitan Duets
by Anna Wilson
April 5, 2011
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Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles
by Willie Nelson
March 29, 2011
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Last of the Country Gentlemen
by Josh T. Pearson
March 29, 2011
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Under Streetlight Glow
by Heidi Spencer
March 29, 2011
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Georgia Clay
by Josh Kelley
March 22, 2011
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Rare Bird Alert
by Steve Martin
March 15, 2011
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Stronger
by Sara Evans
March 8, 2011
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Daybreak
by Sierra Hull
March 8, 2011
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Blessed
by Lucinda Williams
March 1, 2011
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The Majestic Silver Strings
by Buddy Miller
March 1, 2011
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Bootleg, Vol. 2: From Memphis to Hollywood
by Johnny Cash
February 22, 2011
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Smart Flesh
by The Low Anthem
February 22, 2011
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Dead Reckoning
by The Builders and the Butchers
February 22, 2011
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Kmag Yoyo (& Other American Stories)
by Hayes Carll
February 15, 2011
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Gloryland
by Kevin Gordon
February 14, 2011
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the JaneDear girls
by the JaneDear girls
February 1, 2011
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Live: The Storyteller
by Todd Snider
February 1, 2011
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What Makes Bob Holler
by The Hot Club of Cowtown
February 1, 2011
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The Party Ain't Over
by Wanda Jackson
January 25, 2011
Released a little over a year after rock-and-roll Hall of Famer Wanda Jackson and White Stripes frontman Jack White teamed up for a cover of Amy Winehouse, this album represents the first full-length album to be unleashed by the iconic singer in years and features appearances by White (who also served as producer). |
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Steel Magnolia
by Steel Magnolia
January 11, 2011
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City of Refuge
by Abigail Washburn
January 11, 2011
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Blurry Blue Mountain
by Giant Sand
November 23, 2010
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Get Closer
by Keith Urban
November 16, 2010
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All the Women I Am
by Reba McEntire
November 9, 2010
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Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn
by Loretta Lynn
November 9, 2010
The tribute album to the country legend which also includes Loretta Lynn herself, features Lee Ann Womack, Alan Jackson, Martina McBride, Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood, Gretchen Wilson, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, The White Stripes, Kid Rock, Paramore, Reba McEntire, Sheryl Crow, and Miranda Lambert singing many of her hits. |
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Speak Now
by Taylor Swift
October 25, 2010
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The Incredible Machine
by Sugarland
October 19, 2010
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The Secret Sisters
by Secret Sisters
October 12, 2010
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Charleston, SC 1966
by Darius Rucker
October 12, 2010
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The Grand Theatre, Vol. 1
by Old 97's
October 12, 2010
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Sinners & Saints
by Raul Malo
October 5, 2010
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Bullets in the Gun
by Toby Keith
October 5, 2010
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Hemingway's Whiskey
by Kenny Chesney
September 28, 2010
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You Get What You Give
by Zac Brown Band
September 21, 2010
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Enjoy Yourself
by Billy Currington
September 21, 2010
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Band of Joy
by Robert Plant
September 14, 2010
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The Guitar Song
by Jamey Johnson
September 14, 2010
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Harlem River Blues
by Justin Townes Earle
September 14, 2010
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Reckless
by Steeldrivers
September 7, 2010
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Mean Old Man
by Jerry Lee Lewis
September 7, 2010
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Junky Star
by Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses
August 31, 2010
Songwriter Ryan Bingham has grown tremendously on this third full-length. Barely 30 years old, his previous work showed promise but carried the excess expected of a novice. Bingham won both a Golden Globe and an Oscar for "The Weary Kind," the theme song from the film Crazy Heart. The song was produced by T-Bone Burnett, creating a partnership extended on Junky Star. Bingham and his Dead Horses--drummer Matthew Smith, bassist Elijah Ford, and guitarist Corby Schaub, prove the song was no fluke. The sound is pure Americana; these 12 lyrically sophisticated yet direct songs, reflect a host of tense, lost, desperate, individuals dreaming the same dark dream, one that suggests that we are all growing tenser with the times. Bingham has trimmed his songwriting to the bone, while learing to use metaphor and metonomy like a veteran. A former rodeo rider, he wears his influences proudly: Guthrie, Dylan, Van Zandt, Ely, Earle, Clark, and Hubbard. He begins with a sandblasted vision of America in "the Poet." Amid acoustic guitars, a lonesome harmonica ,restrained electric and bass drum, Bingham's whiskey-smoked vocal offers a lyric theme the entire album turns on: "As I keep walking, people keep talking/About things they've never seen or done/Homeless sleep in the park, lovers kiss in the dark/Me, I keep moving on through time." Time is suspended as Bingham's protagonists tell stories from the road (some of them bone-chilling), from America's past and present, physically and psychologically. Rootlessness as peace of mind is portrayed via country rock in "The Wandering," but the feeling in "Strange Feeling In The Air," the title track, a deeply moving acoustic murder ballad (they are strewn throughout the album), and the angry uptempo "Depression," reflect a contradiction: constant movement is the key to survival, not necessarily peace. "Hallelujah" is another murder ballad with a disturbing twist. "Lay My Head On The Rail," is pure folk poetry illustrated by a lone acoustic guitar. The blues in "Hard Worn Trail," are rooted in poverty worry, strained, broken relationships resulting in the search for comfort. It doesn't come anywehre on Junky Star. "All Choked Up Again," set to Waylon Jennings' brand of outlaw country closes it out by mining the existential darkness deeper. Bingham is unflinching, but his songs hold out for a glimmer of something else. The only real consolation Junky Star offers is that no one need feel alone in her or his desperation-this is a true accomplishment. Bingham has delivered a set of songs that mirrors our uncertain times in a musical language that doesn't unduly distort or romanticise them. ~ Thom Jurek |
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The Reason Why
by Little Big Town
August 24, 2010
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Catching a Tiger
by Lissie
August 17, 2010
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Cowboy's Back in Town
by Trace Adkins
August 17, 2010
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All About Tonight
by Blake Shelton
August 10, 2010
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Many Colored Kite
by Mark Olson
July 27, 2010
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Wildwood
by Chatham County Line
July 13, 2010
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Blue Giant
by Blue Giant
July 13, 2010
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Antifogmatic
by Punch Brothers
June 15, 2010
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See You On The Moon
by Tift Merritt
June 1, 2010
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Micah P. Hinson and the Pioneer Saboteurs
by Micah P. Hinson
May 24, 2010
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Court Yard Hounds
by Court Yard Hounds
May 4, 2010
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The Age Of Miracles
by Mary Chapin Carpenter
April 27, 2010
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Country Music
by Willie Nelson
April 20, 2010
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I Am What I Am
by Merle Haggard
April 20, 2010
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Tears, Lies, And Alibis
by Shelby Lynne
April 20, 2010
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Achin' And Shakin'
by Laura Bell Bundy
April 13, 2010
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Freight Train
by Alan Jackson
March 30, 2010
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Get Off On The Pain
by Gary Allan
March 9, 2010
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Easton Corbin
by Easton Corbin
March 2, 2010
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Hillbilly Bone [EP]
by Blake Shelton
March 2, 2010
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The Open Road
by John Hiatt
March 2, 2010
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American VI: Ain't No Grave
by Johnny Cash
February 23, 2010
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Genuine Negro Jig
by Carolina Chocolate Drops
February 16, 2010
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Haywire
by Josh Turner
February 9, 2010
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Need You Now
by Lady Antebellum
January 26, 2010
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OST
by Crazy Heart
January 19, 2010
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Pizza Box
by Danny Barnes
January 19, 2010
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Rain On The City
by Freedy Johnston
January 12, 2010
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You Break Our Hearts, We’ll Tear Yours Out
by The Gilded Palace Of Sin
January 12, 2010
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Play On
by Carrie Underwood
November 3, 2009
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Dolly
by Dolly Parton
October 26, 2009
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Southern Voice
by Tim McGraw
October 20, 2009
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Natural Forces
by Lyle Lovett
October 20, 2009
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Somewhere Gone
by Exene Cervenka
October 6, 2009
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The List
by Rosanne Cash
October 6, 2009
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American Ride
by Toby Keith
October 6, 2009
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Revolution
by Miranda Lambert
September 29, 2009
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Closer To The Bone
by Kris Kristofferson
September 29, 2009
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Mountain Soul II
by Patty Loveless
September 29, 2009
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Somedays The Song Writes You
by Guy Clark
September 22, 2009
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The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
by John Fogerty
September 1, 2009
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American Classic
by Willie Nelson
August 25, 2009
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Big Dreams & High Hopes
by Jack Ingram
August 25, 2009
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Keep On Loving You
by Reba McEntire
August 18, 2009
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Twang
by George Strait
August 11, 2009
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Jessie James
by Jessie James
August 11, 2009
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Gloriana
by Gloriana
August 4, 2009
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American Central Dust
by Son Volt
July 7, 2009
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Wilco (The Album)
by Wilco
June 30, 2009
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American Saturday Night
by Brad Paisley
June 30, 2009
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Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs)
by Patterson Hood
June 23, 2009
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Here With Me
by Holly Williams
June 16, 2009
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The Excitement Plan
by Todd Snider
June 9, 2009
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Secret, Profane & Sugarcane
by Elvis Costello
June 2, 2009
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Roadhouse Sun
by Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses
June 2, 2009
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Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women
by Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women
May 26, 2009
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Townes
by Steve Earle
May 12, 2009
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