Album Releases by Genre
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What News
by Alasdair Roberts
March 23, 2018
The collaboration between Alasdair Roberts, Amble Skuse, and David McGuinness features eight traditional Scottish songs.
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May Your Kindness Remain
by Courtney Marie Andrews
March 23, 2018
The sixth full-length release for the Arizona-born singer-songwriter was produced by Mark Howard.
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I Need To Start a Garden
by Haley Heynderickx
March 9, 2018
The debut full-length release for the Portland, Oregon singer-songwriter was produced by Zak Kimball.
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Slowly Paradise
by Eric Chenaux
March 9, 2018
The sixth full-length solo release for the Canadian guitarist was recorded in Paris and was produced with Cyril Harrison.
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Whistle Down the Wind
by Joan Baez
March 2, 2018
The first full-length studio release in a decade for the folk singer-songwriter features covers of songs by such artists as Anohni, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tim Eriksen, Joe Henry (who also produced the album), and Josh Ritter.
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A Man I'd Rather Be, (Part 1) [Box Set]
by Bert Jansch
February 23, 2018
The four-disc set features the Scottish singer-songwriter's first three Transatlantic albums (Bert Jansch, It Don't Bother Me, and Jack Orion) as well as the 1966's Bert And John, a collaboration with John Renbourn (who would later join Jansch in the folk band Pentangle).
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A Man I'd Rather Be, (Part 2) [Box Set]
by Bert Jansch
February 23, 2018
The four-disc set features the Scottish singer-songwriter's four solo albums from the late 60s and early 70s: 1967's Nicola, 1969's Birthday Blues, 1971's Rosemary Lane, and 1973's Moonshine.
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Widdershins
by Grant-Lee Phillips
February 23, 2018
The ninth full-length solo release for the singer-songwriter was recorded over four days in Nashville and was mixed by Tucker Martine.
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See You Around
by I'm with Her
February 16, 2018
The debut full-length release for the collaboration between Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, and Aoife O'Donovan was co-produced with Ethan Johns.
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The Two Worlds
by Brigid Mae Power
February 9, 2018
The second full-length release for the Irish singer-songwriter was produced by Peter Broderick.
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One Drop of Truth
by The Wood Brothers
February 2, 2018
The sixth full-length release for the Nashville-based trio was self-produced.
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Broken Stay Open Sky
by Red River Dialect
February 2, 2018
The fourth full-length release for the British folk band led by David Morris was recorded and mixed by Jimmy Robertson.
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Rifles and Rosary Beads
by Mary Gauthier
January 26, 2018
The latest release from the singer-songwriter co-wrote the collection of songs about the lives of veterans and their families who are a part of the nonprofit, Songwriting with Soldiers.
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Follow Them True
by Stick in the Wheel
January 26, 2018
The second full-length release for the British folk quintet led by singer Nicola Kearey was produced by the band's guitarist Ian Carter.
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Passover
by A Grave with No Name
January 19, 2018
The sixth full-length release for Alexander Shields was produced and mixed by Misha Hering.
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Mother
by Xylouris White
January 19, 2018
The third full-length release for the duo of George Xylouris and Jim White was produced by Fugazi's Guy Picciotto.
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Thanks for Listening
by Chris Thile
December 8, 2017
Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O'Donovan, and Gaby Moreno appear as guests on the first new solo releases in four years for the Grammy-winning mandolin artist that features ten songs originally written and performed for the weekly radio show, A Prairie Home Companion (which he also is the host of).
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A Pocket of Wind Resistance
by Karine Polwart
November 17, 2017
The Scottish singer-songwriter adapted her and Pippa Murphy's Wind Resistance stage show into an album.
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Medicine Songs
by Buffy Sainte-Marie
November 10, 2017
The latest release from the Canadian Cree singer-songwriter features two new songs with 11 rerecorded versions of her older songs.
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Lost at Last, Vol. 1
by Langhorne Slim
November 10, 2017
The seventh full-length studio release for the Pennsylvania singer-songwriter was produced by Malachi DeLorenzo.
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Anthropocene
by Peter Oren
November 10, 2017
The second full-length release for the Indiana singer-songwriter features contributions from guitarist Laur Joamets and Wilco's Ken Coomer, who also produced the album.
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Lost in Light
by Sumie
November 10, 2017
The second full-length release for the Swedish singer-songwriter features a guest appearance from Peter Broderick and was produced by Filip Leyman.
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Bridges Not Walls [EP]
by Billy Bragg
November 3, 2017
The six-track mini-album from the British singer-songwriter was inspired by Brexit and the 2016 elections in the US.
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SpiderBeetleBee
by Bill MacKay
October 20, 2017
This is the second full-length collaborative release for guitarists Bill MacKay and Ryley Walker.
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Carry Fire
by Robert Plant
October 13, 2017
The 11th solo release for the Led Zeppelin lead singer is backed by his band the Sensational Space Shifters and features a guest appearance from Chrissie Hynde.
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Afterglow
by Jon Boden
October 13, 2017
The second full-length solo release for the singer-songwriter is a concept album about post-apocalyptic world and was produced with Andy Bell.
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Woody Guthrie: The Tribute Concerts
by Woody Guthrie
October 13, 2017
The three-disc set contains the entire tribute concerts to Woody Guthrie performed at Carnegie Hall in 1968 and at the Hollywood Bowl in 1970 featuring performances from such artists as Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Bob Dylan, Peter Fonda, Will Geer, Odetta, Tom Paxton, and Pete Seeger.
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Queens of the Breakers
by The Barr Brothers
October 13, 2017
The third full-length release for the Montreal-based folk band features a guest appearance from Lucius.
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Sky Trails
by David Crosby
September 29, 2017
The sixth full-length solo studio release for the singer-songwriter also known as founding members of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young was produced by his son, James Raymond.
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Death Had Quicker Wings Than Love
by Marry Waterson
September 29, 2017
The collaboration between Marry Waterson and David A. Jaycock was produced by Portishead’s Adrian Utley.
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This Sweet Old World
by Lucinda Williams
September 29, 2017
The singer-songwriter re-recorded songs from her 1992 album Sweet Old World along with four bonus tracks not on the 1992 release.
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Plum
by Wand
September 22, 2017
The fourth full-length release for the Los Angeles psychedelic rock band is its first with new members: Robert Cody and Sofia Arreguin.
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I'm a Harmony
by Linda Perhacs
September 22, 2017
The California folk singer-songwriter worked with such artists as Devendra Banhart, Nels Cline, Julia Holter, Wilco's Glenn Kotche, and Mark Pritchard on her third full-length release that was produced with Pat Sansone and Fernando Perdomo.
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Gathering
by Josh Ritter
September 22, 2017
The ninth full-length studio release for the singer-songwriter features a guest appearance by Bob Weir.
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Folk Singer, Vol. 2
by Willie Watson
September 15, 2017
The second solo full-length release for the singer-songwriter was produced by David Rawlings and features guest appearances from Fairfield Four, Morgan Jahnig, Paul Kowert, and Gillian Welch.
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Acoustic Classics II
by Richard Thompson
August 25, 2017
This is the second volume of acoustic versions of some of the British singer-songwriter's songs.
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Not Dark Yet
by Shelby Lynne
August 18, 2017
The debut full-length collaboration between sisters Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer features one original co-written song and was produced by Teddy Thompson.
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Summer Dancing
by Judy Dyble
August 18, 2017
This is the debut full-length release for the collaboration between Fairport Convention singer Judy Dyble and producer Andy Lewis.
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The Siren's Song
by Kacy & Clayton
August 18, 2017
The third full-length release for the Canadian folk duo was produced by Jeff Tweedy.
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Poor David's Almanack
by David Rawlings
August 11, 2017
The third release (and the first under just his name) for the guitarist/producer features Gillian Welch as well as Brittany Haas, Paul Kowert, Ketch Secor, and Willie Watson.
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Bright Phoebus [Reissue]
by Lal & Mike Waterson
August 4, 2017
The reissue of the 1972 studio release from the British folk duo was remastered by David Suff and Marry Waterson (daughter of Lal).
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FramesPerSecond
by Laucan
July 28, 2017
The debut full-length release for British folk artist Laurence Galpin features contributions from Grasscut's Andrew Phillips.
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A Short History of Decay
by John Murry
July 21, 2017
The second full-length release for the singer-songwriter was produced by Cowboy Junkies' Michael Timmins and recorded in five days.
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The Queen of Hearts
by Offa Rex
July 14, 2017
The debut release for the music project between Olivia Chaney and The Decemberists features English-Irish-Scottish folk songs and was produced by Tucker Martine.
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House and Land
by House and Land
June 16, 2017
This is the debut full-length release for the North Carolina folk duo of Sarah Louise Henson and Sally Anne Morgan (of Pelt and Black Twig Pickers).
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Folk Songs
by Kronos Quartet
June 9, 2017
Produced by Doug Petty, the San Francisco-based string quartet worked with Sam Amidon, Olivia Chaney, Rhiannon Giddens and Natalie Merchant on this album of seven traditional folk songs (as well Geeshie Wiley's Last Kind Words and Rhiannon Giddens' Lullaby).
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Binary
by Ani DiFranco
June 9, 2017
The 19th full-length solo studio release for the singer-songwriter features contributions from Ivan Neville, Maceo Parker, and Bon Iver's Justin Vernon.
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Thankful Villages, Vol. 2
by Darren Hayman
June 2, 2017
The second of a planned trilogy of songs about British villages that lost no soldiers in World War I by the singer-songwriter features a guest appearance from Fairport Convention’s Judy Dyble.
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Peasant
by Richard Dawson
June 2, 2017
The lives of those who lived during the early middle ages in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Bryneich is the concept behind the sixth full-length solo release for British singer-songwriter.
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The Following Mountain
by Sam Amidon
May 26, 2017
The first album of original compositions by the folk artist was produced by Leo Abrahams and features a guest by Milford Graves.
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Diversions Vol. 4: The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake
by The Unthanks
May 26, 2017
The folk group's fourth full-length album features interpretations of the songs Molly Drake recorded in the 1950s (and released in 2013) with readings of her poems by her daughter, Gabrielle Drake.
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Sweet Kind of Blue
by Emily Barker
May 19, 2017
The third solo release for the Australian singer-songwriter was produced by Matt Ross-Spang.
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The Meetings of the Waters
by Fionn Regan
April 14, 2017
The fifth full-length release for the Irish singer-songwriter was co-produced with Philip Tennant and Dave Granshaw.
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Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars
by James Yorkston
April 7, 2017
The second full-length collaboration from James Yorkston, Suhail Yusuf Khan and Jon Thorne was self-produced.
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Triplicate
by Bob Dylan
March 31, 2017
The singer-songwriter three-disc set continues his exploration of the Great American Songbook and was produced by Jack Frost.
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What in the Natural World
by Jake Xerxes Fussell
March 31, 2017
The second full-length release for the singer-songwriter features contributions from Nathan Bowles, Nathan Golub, Nathan Salsburg, Joan Shelley and Casey Toll.
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50:50@50
by Fairport Convention
March 17, 2017
The latest release from the British folk-rock band includes both live and studio recorded tracks as well as guest appearances from Robert Plant and Pentangle's Jacqui McShee.
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Semper Femina
by Laura Marling
March 10, 2017
The sixth full-length release for the British folk singer-songwriter was produced by Blake Mills.
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The Navigator
by Hurray for the Riff Raff
March 10, 2017
The sixth full-length release for the folk-blues band is a concept album focuses on a young woman named Navita as she travels through a burning city and learns who she really is.
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Preservation
by Nadia Reid
March 3, 2017
The second full-length release for the New Zealand singer-songwriter was produced by Ben Edwards.
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Pangs
by Alasdair Roberts
February 24, 2017
The second full-length release for the Scottish singer-songwriter was recorded by Julie McLarnon.
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Freedom Highway
by Rhiannon Giddens
February 24, 2017
The second solo release for the Grammy-winning folk singer includes nine original songs.
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Wesley Stace's John Wesley Harding
by Wesley Stace
February 24, 2017
The latest release for the British artist who produced work under both the names John Wesley Harding and his given name, Wesley Stace, features The Jayhawks.
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Enter the Kingdom
by Frontier Ruckus
February 17, 2017
The fifth full-length release for the Detroit band led by Matthew Milia was produced by Ken Coomer.
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Big Machine
by Eliza Carthy
February 3, 2017
Produced by Jim Sutherland, the debut release for the British folk artist and her 12-piece band The Wayward Band features guest appearances from Damien Dempsey, MC Dizraeli, and Teddy Thompson.
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Boots No 1: The Official Revival Bootleg
by Gillian Welch
November 25, 2016
The two-disc collection produced by the singer-songwriter with David Rawlings features eight previously unreleased songs plus alternative versions, outtakes, and demos of tracks from her 1996 debut, Revival.
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Daniel Bachman
by Daniel Bachman
November 11, 2016
The seventh full-length solo studio release for the guitarist was recorded by Brian Haran.
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Highway Songs
by Papa M
November 11, 2016
The first new studio release from David Pajo as Papa M in 15 years comes after a suicide attempt in 2015 and a motorcycle accident in March.
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The 1966 Live Recordings [Box Set]
by Bob Dylan
November 11, 2016
The massive 36-disc box set contains with an exception of the Manchester concert (May 17, 1966) released on Bob Dylan Live 1966 The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 and few other songs, the most complete collection of live concert recordings from singer-songwriter's tour in 1966.
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The Unborn Capitalist From Limbo
by Cory Hanson
November 11, 2016
This is the debut full-length solo release for the Wand frontman.
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Lodestar
by Shirley Collins
November 4, 2016
The first new solo studio release for the British folk singer since 1978 was recorded in her home and was produced by Ian Kearey.
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Heart Song
by Jess Williamson
November 4, 2016
The second full-length release for the singer-songwriter was recorded in Austin with producer Erik Wofford.
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Overnight
by Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker
October 14, 2016
The third release for the British folk duo feature two covers including Gillian Welch and David Rawlings' "Dark Turn of Mind."
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Keepin' the Horse Between Me and the Ground
by Seasick Steve
October 7, 2016
The eighth full-length release for the California blues singer-songwriter was self-recorded and produced.
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Upcetera
by Jim Moray
September 30, 2016
The sixth full-length release for the British singer-songwriter
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For Better, or Worse
by John Prine
September 30, 2016
The latest release for the singer-songwriter is a set of country duets with such artists as Iris DeMent, Alison Krauss, Miranda Lambert, Kathy Mattea, Kacey Musgraves, Amanda Shires, Susan Tedeschi, Holly Williams, and Lee Ann Womack.
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Young as the Morning, Old as the Sea
by Passenger
September 23, 2016
The eighth full-length release for British singer-songwriter Mike Rosenberg was produced with Chris Vallejo.
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Secular Hymns
by Madeleine Peyroux
September 16, 2016
The eighth full-length studio release for the jazz singer was recorded in one day at the Saint Mary Church in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, England.
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Redemption & Ruin
by The Devil Makes Three
September 16, 2016
The covers release for the Northern California Americana trio features guest appearances from Jerry Douglass, Duane Eddy, Emmylou Harris, and Tim O'Brien.
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Joint Control
by John Renbourn & Wizz Jones
September 9, 2016
The final recording from by John Renbourn who passed away in March 2015 features British folk songs and an original instrumental written by Wizz Jones.
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We Move
by James Vincent McMorrow
September 2, 2016
The third full-length release from the Irish singer-songwriter features production from Nineteen85, Two Inch Punch, and Frank Dukes.
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Autumn
by Chatham County Line
September 2, 2016
The seventh full-length release for the North Carolina band was produced by lead singer, Dave Wilson.
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Whole & Cloven
by Nathan Bowles
September 2, 2016
This is the third full-length solo release for the banjo player who worked with Steve Gunn and was part of Black Twig Pickers.
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Mausoleum [Live]
by Myrkur
August 19, 2016
The second full-length release for the black metal project of Amalie Bruun was recorded live at the Emanuel Vigeland Mausoleum in Norway with the Norwegian Girls Choir and Håvard Jorgense.
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Honest Life
by Courtney Marie Andrews
August 19, 2016
The sixth full-length release for the Seattle-based singer-songwriter was self-produced.
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Thousand Mile Night
by Jonah Tolchin
August 5, 2016
The third full-length release for the New Jersey singer-songwriter was recorded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama at FAME Studios and was produced by Marvin Etzioni.
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The Bird & the Rifle
by Lori McKenna
July 29, 2016
The 10th full-length release for the Massachusetts-born country singer-songwriter was produced by Dave Cobb.
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Born of the Sun
by Faun Fables
July 22, 2016
The sixth full-length release for the California psych folk band led by Dawn McCarthy and Nils Frykdahl is their first in six years.
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You Got Me Singing
by Amanda Palmer
July 15, 2016
The covers album from Amanda Palmer and her father Jack was produced with Joe Costa.
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These Stars
by Moon Bros
July 8, 2016
The sixth release for singer-songwriter Matt Schneider features contributions from Dan Bitney of Tortoise, Matt Lux of Iron & Wine, and Sam Wagster of The Cairo Band.
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Undercurrent
by Sarah Jarosz
June 17, 2016
The fourth full-length release for the singer-songwriter features contributions from Jedd Hughes, Parker Millsap, Aoife O'Donovan, Luke Reynolds, Joey Ryan, and Sara Watkins.
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Thankful Villages, Vol. 1
by Darren Hayman
June 10, 2016
The first of a planned trilogy from the British singer-songwriter was inspired by the 54 villages in England and Wales where soldiers from World War I returned home safely.
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Brigid Mae Power
by Brigid Mae Power
June 10, 2016
The debut full-length release for the Irish folk singer-songwriter was recorded in Oregon with Peter Broderick.
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Strange Country
by Kacy & Clayton
May 6, 2016
The second full-length folk release for the Canadian cousin duo of Kacy Anderson and Clayton Linthicum was produced by Shuyler Jansen.
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by The Gloaming
April 8, 2016
This is the second full-length release for the Irish music group that includes Thomas Bartlett (Doveman), Dennis Cahill, Martin Hayes, Iarla Ó Lionáird, and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh.
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Empire Builder
by Laura Gibson
April 1, 2016
The fourth full-length release for the Oregon singer-songwriter features contributions from Peter Broderick, Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Dave Depper, Alela Diane, Neko Case drummer Dan Hunt, and Nate Query of the Decemberists.
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Upland Stories
by Robbie Fulks
April 1, 2016
The latest release for the singer-songwriter features contributions from Shad Cobb, Flatlanders guitarist Robbie Gjersoe, Alex Hall, Wayne Horvitz, Fats Kaplin, Todd Phillips, Jenny Scheinman, and was recorded by Steve Albini.
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Little Windows
by Teddy Thompson/Kelly Jones
April 1, 2016
The duets album between British singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson and American singer-songwriter Kelly Jones was produced by Mike Viola.
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Fleeting
by Glenn Jones
March 18, 2016
The sixth solo release for the Cul de Sac guitarist was recorded by Laura Baird.
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Prospect of Skelmersdale
by The Magnetic North
March 18, 2016
The second full-length release for the British trio of Simon Tong, Erland Cooper and Hannah Peel was inspired by the town of Skelmersdale.
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