Album Releases by Genre
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Lucinda Williams [Reissue]
by Lucinda Williams
January 14, 2014
The remastered reissue of the singer's self-titled third release, considered by some as one of the first Americana albums, includes 20 live tracks.
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The Warner Bros. Years [Box Set]
by Steve Earle
June 25, 2013
The box set for the Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter contains 1995's Grammy-nominated Train a Comin', 1996's I Feel Alright, and 1997's El Corazon, as well as the unreleased Live at the Polk Theater concert album from 1995 and To Hell and Back, a DVD of a concert at Tennessee's Cold Creek Correctional Facility in 1996.
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No Depression [Legacy Edition]
by Uncle Tupelo
January 28, 2014
The reissued and expanded release of the debut album from the alt-country band led by Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy includes its 1989 demo tape Not Forever, Just for Now.
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Big Time
by Angel Olsen
June 3, 2022
The sixth full-length solo studio release for indie rock singer-songwriter Angel Olsen was co-produced with Jonathan Wilson.
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Decoration Day
by Drive-By Truckers
June 17, 2003
The Southern rock band led by Patterson Hood follow up their 2-disc concept album about Lynyrd Skynyrd ('The Southern Rock Opera') with this less conceptual but equally rocking LP.
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World Without Tears
by Lucinda Williams
April 8, 2003
Recorded live in studio with her band and co-produced by Mark Howard, 'World Without Tears' marks the follow-up to Williams' acclaimed 2001 release 'Essence.'
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
by Wilco
April 23, 2002
The long wait for this fourth album from Jeff Tweedy & co. is partially the result of the tumultuous recording process that left the band without its guitarist (Jay Bennett) and its record label (Warner/Reprise). Fellow Chicagoan Jim O'Rourke mixed the 11 tracks.
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Favourite Colours
by The Sadies
August 24, 2004
The Toronto, Canada country-surf-rockers led by the Good brothers (Dallas and Travis) return with a self-produced effort. Robyn Hitchcock guests on one track.
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Colfax
by The Delines
June 17, 2014
This is the debut release for the new band formed by Richmond Fontaine's Willy Vlautin with Amy Boone and Sean Oldham.
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Quicksand / Cradlesnakes
by Califone
March 18, 2003
Featuring basically the same lineup as the defunct Chicago band Red Red Meat, Califone makes their Thrill Jockey debut with this mix of country, blues, folk, and electronic elements.
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Exodus of Venus
by Elizabeth Cook
June 17, 2016
The alt-country singer-songwriter returns after six years where she faced the death of her parents and a divorce from Tim Carroll with an album produced by guitarist Dexter Green.
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We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River
by Richmond Fontaine
September 29, 2009
This is the Portland, Oregon-based band's eighth album.
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Feast of Wire
by Calexico
February 18, 2003
The Tucson, Arizona-based duo of Joey Burns and John Convertino return with their fourth full-length album.
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Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
by Neko Case
March 7, 2006
Members of Calexico and Giant Sand help provide the music for the singer's first studio album in four years.
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Holopaw
by Holopaw
January 21, 2003
This Gainesville, Fla.-based five-piece band, which mixes indie rock and alt-country with a bit of electronica, features John Orth, who also appeared on the 2002 release by the Modest Mouse side project Ugly Casanova. Brian Deck produces.
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My Favorite Picture of You
by Guy Clark
July 23, 2013
The latest release for the Texas singer-songwriter includes songs co-written with Shawn Camp, Rodney Crowell, Lyle Lovett, and Chris Stapleton.
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Singing Bones
by The Handsome Family
October 7, 2003
The husband and wife duo of Brett and Rennie Sparks return with their sixth CD of dark, country-tinged folk-rock.
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Indestructible Machine
by Lydia Loveless
September 13, 2011
The Columbus, Ohio, singer releases her debut album of country punk rock music.
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Full Circle
by Loretta Lynn
March 4, 2016
The first release in a dozen years for the country artist features guest appearances by Elvis Costello and Willie Nelson and was produced by John Carter Cash and her daughter, Patsy Lynn Russell.
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The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You
by Neko Case
September 3, 2013
The sixth full-length release includes guest appearances from Howe Gelb, Mudhoney's Steve Turner, Visqueen, M. Ward as well as members of Calexico, Los Lobos, My Morning Jacket, the New Pornographers, was produced by Tucker Martine.
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While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records
by Various Artists
November 18, 2014
Andrew Bird, Blitzen Trapper, Chuck Prophet, The Handsome Family, Hiss Golden Messenger, Tim Kasher, Ben Kweller, Chuck Ragan, Superchunk, Frank Turner, and Two Gallants are some of the 38 artists on the two disc release that celebrates 20 years of the Chicago independent record label.
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Eleven Eleven
by Dave Alvin
June 20, 2011
The singer-songwriter who started his career with The Blasters wrote and recorded his latest solo album while on tour or during breaks from his 2010 tour.
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![Juarez [Reissue]](https://static.metacritic.com/images/products/music/2/14ece9f99c18b1289621fc2069a9a588-98.jpg)
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Juarez [Reissue]
by Terry Allen
May 20, 2016
The reissue of the 1975 debut release for the Texas alt-country singer-songwriter was remastered from the original analog tapes.
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24.
The Letting Go
by Bonnie "Prince" Billy
September 19, 2006
Jim White and Paul Oldham are among the guests on prolific songwriter Will Oldham's latest Bonnie "Prince" Billy studio recording.
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I'm a Stranger Here
by The Devil Makes Three
October 29, 2013
The fourth full-length studio release for the alt-country/folk punk trio was produced by Buddy Miller.
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Coyote
by Dylan LeBlanc
October 20, 2023
The self-produced full-length release from Louisiana singer-songwriter Dylan LeBlanc is a concept album about a man named Coyote.
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Nightroamer
by Sarah Shook & the Disarmers
February 18, 2022
The third full-length release for North Carolina country group Sarah Shook & The Disarmers was produced by Pete Anderson.
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Wide Awake
by Rayland Baxter
July 13, 2018
The third full-length release for the Tennessee singer-songwriter was produced by Butch Walker.
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Hollow
by The Handsome Family
September 8, 2023
The 11th full-length studio release from husband-and-wife duo The Handsome Family is its first studio release since 2016's Unseen.
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Live: The Storyteller
by Todd Snider
February 1, 2011
Comedian/country-singer Todd Snider’s latest album contains songs regarding comical social situations and subject matter, offering insightful truths with a bit of humor.
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Master And Everyone
by Bonnie "Prince" Billy
January 28, 2003
Don't know Bonnie "Prince" Billy? You may know him better by his given name, Will Oldham, who recorded under his name as well as Palace Music throughout the 1990s. This is his third album under the Billy moniker, and features contributions from members of Lambchop.
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Harlem River Blues
by Justin Townes Earle
September 14, 2010
The third album for the son of Steve Earle was produced with Skylar Wilson.
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Ghost to a Ghost/Gutter Town
by Hank Williams III
September 6, 2011
One of three releases out on the same day by the alternative country rock artist, this two-disc set tilts more toward country than rock and roll.
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Sylvie
by Sylvie Simmons
October 28, 2014
The debut release for music-journalist-turned-musician Sylvie Simmons was produced by Howe Gelb (with one track by Chris Schultz),
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Can't Wake Up
by Shakey Graves
May 4, 2018
This is the fifth full-length release for Austin singer-songwriter Alejandro Rose-Garcia.
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Folklore
by 16 Horsepower
August 6, 2002
The moody alt-country band led by David Eugene Edwards returns with its darkest set of songs yet.
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Family Man
by Shooter Jennings
March 13, 2012
As befits the title of the album, the theme of family runs through the latest album for Shooter Jennings, who also produced the country release.
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There's a Blue Bird in My Heart
by Anders Parker
June 17, 2014
The latest release for the singer-songwriter was produced by David Barbe.
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Shape & Destroy
by Ruston Kelly
August 28, 2020
The second full-length release for the Nashville-based singer-songwriter
was produced with Jarrad Kritzstein.
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If I've Only One Time Askin'
by Daniel Romano
July 31, 2015
The fourth full-length release for the Canadian alt-country singer-songwriter was self-produced.
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Old Rockhounds Never Die
by Odetta Hartman
August 17, 2018
The second full-length release for the New York experimental singer-songwriter was produced by Jack Inslee.
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Build Me Up from Bones
by Sarah Jarosz
September 24, 2013
Viktor Krauss, Aiofe O'Donovan, Darrell Scott, and Chris Thile appear as guests on the third full-length release for the singer-songwriter.
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Charlatans At the Garden Gate
by Tristen
February 15, 2011
Tristen Gaspadarek's first full-length album on the American Myth label follows on her five-track EP Deceivers Are Achievers.
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Damaged
by Lambchop
August 22, 2006
This is the tenth album for the very large Nashville band led by Kurt Wagner.
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Gill Landry
by Gill Landry
March 3, 2015
The third solo release for the Old Crow Medicine Show multi-instrumentalist features a guest appearance from Laura Marling and was recorded for the most part in his apartment in Nashville.
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a ghost is born
by Wilco
June 22, 2004
When you record one of the most acclaimed albums of the decade, what do you do for an encore? If you are Jeff Tweedy & co., you return with both old (Jim O'Rourke again producing) and new (yet another lineup change) for your fifth studio LP.
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How Many Times
by Esther Rose
March 26, 2021
The third full-length release for the New Orleans-based singer-songwriter was produced by Video Age's Ross Farbe.
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I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart
by Butch Walker And The Black Widows
February 23, 2010
The producer-singer-songwriter returns with his first album to be credited with his new backing band, The Black Widows.
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Aw C'Mon
by Lambchop
February 17, 2004
Recorded at the same time and released on the same day, 'Aw C'Mon' and 'No, You C'Mon' are actually intended as separate albums, rather than two parts of a double album. The Nashville String Machine lends strings to each.
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50.
The Tigers Have Spoken
by Neko Case
November 9, 2004
The New Pornographers singer (and accomplished solo artist) offers up a live set of originals and eclectic covers, backed by The Sadies.
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51.
Songs
by John Fullbright
May 27, 2014
The follow-up to the Oklahoma singer-songwriter's 2012 Grammy-nominated debut From The Ground Up was co-produced with Wes Sharon.
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Great Chicago Fire
by The Waco Brothers
April 24, 2012
Paul Burch and The Waco Brothers team up for this country rock album
that features a cover of Bob Dylan's "Hard Rain's Gonna Fall."
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Above the Prairie
by The Pines
January 22, 2016
The fifth full-length release for the Minnesota-based folk rock band features a guest appearance by John Trudell and was co-produced by Bo Ramsey.
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Agricultural Tragic
by Corb Lund
June 26, 2020
The latest full-length release for the Canadian country singer-songwriter features a guest appearance from Jaida Dreyer.
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Divisionary
by Ages and Ages
March 25, 2014
The second full-length release for the Portland, Oregon collective led by Tim Perry was produced with Tony Lash.
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Forever and Then Some
by Lillie Mae
April 14, 2017
The debut full-length solo release for the country singer-songwriter was produced by Jack White.
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Going Down in History
by Waco Brothers
February 26, 2016
The first studio release of original songs since 2005's Freedom And Weep from the Chicago alt-country band led by Jon Langford was produced by Mike Hagler.
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Regard The End
by Willard Grant Conspiracy
February 17, 2004
The Americana collective founded and led by fronted by Robert Fisher returns with a fifth LP. Co-founder/guitarist Paul Austin is no longer a full-time band member, but he appears on some tracks, as do Kristin Hersh, Chris Eckmen (The Walkabouts) and a variety of other guests.
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Sweet Creep
by Jonny Fritz
October 14, 2016
The second full-length release for the artist under his real name (he formerly went under the name Jonny Corndawg), features production from Taylor Goldsmith and Jim James.
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Other Arrangements
by Parker Millsap
May 4, 2018
The fourth full-length release for the Oklahoma singer-songwriter was produced with Shani Gandhi and Gary Paczosa.
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Psychedelic Country Soul
by The Long Ryders
February 15, 2019
The first new full-length release in over 30 years for the Alt-country/Americana band was produced by Ed Stasium.
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1372 Overton Park
by Lucero
October 6, 2009
The rock band from Tennessee releases their first album on the Universal Republic label.
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What It Is
by Hayes Carll
February 15, 2019
The sixth full-length release for the Nashville-based Texas-born singer-songwriter was co-produced by Brad Jones and Allison Moorer (who also co-wrote several songs).
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Youth & Young Manhood
by Kings of Leon
August 19, 2003
This is the debut full-length for the Nashville-based rock band consisting of three brothers (the sons of a preacher) and their cousin.
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No, You C'Mon
by Lambchop
February 17, 2004
Recorded at the same time and released on the same day, 'Aw, C'Mon' and 'No, You C'Mon' are actually intended as separate albums, rather than two parts of a double album. The Nashville String Machine lends strings to each.
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Prisoner
by Ryan Adams
February 17, 2017
The 16th full-length solo release for the singer-songwriter was influenced by his divorce from singer Mandy Moore.
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Alive And Wired
by Old 97's
September 20, 2005
This 31-song live set was recorded during a pair of 2005 shows in the band's native Texas.
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The Stand-In
by Caitlin Rose
March 5, 2013
The second release for the Nashville singer-songwriter was produced by Jordan Lehning and Skylar Wilson.
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Graveyard Whistling
by Old 97's
February 24, 2017
the 11th full-length release for the alt-country band was produced by Vance Powell.
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70.
Is A Woman
by Lambchop
February 19, 2002
Kurt Wagner & co. return for the band's sixth album, which is a more stripped-down affair than their previous effort, 'Nixon.'
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Here Be Monsters
by Jon Langford & Skull Orchard
April 1, 2014
This is the first release in four years for the Mekons/Waco Brothers member and his band that includes Joe Camarillo, Jean Cook, Alan Doughty, Jim Elkington, and Tawny Newsome.
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72.
Loving You
by Bobbie Nelson
June 23, 2023
The debut full-length collaboration between Amanda Shires and the late Bobbie Nelson was recorded in 2021 and features a guest appearance by Willie Nelson.
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Our Blood
by Richard Buckner
August 2, 2011
The alt-country rocker releases his latest album on Merge Records.
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The Big To-Do
by Drive-By Truckers
March 16, 2010
The debut on ATO Records leans more toward rock than the last studio release for the Athens, Georgia, band.
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O' Be Joyful
by Shovels & Rope
July 31, 2012
This is the debut release for the South Carolina husband and wife duo of Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst.
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Josephine
by Magnolia Electric Co.
July 21, 2009
The latest album from the Magnolia Electric Co. is a tribute concept album for their deceased bassist, Evan Farrell.
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Drill A Hole In That Substrate And Tell Me What You See
by Jim White
June 8, 2004
The always interesting Florida-based singer-songwriter's third album was co-produced by Joe Henry, with appearances from Aimee Mann, Chocolate Genius, M. Ward, Bil Frisell and The Sadies.
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Don't Blame the Stars
by The Black Swans
May 31, 2011
The Texas folk rock band's concept album recorded in a Columbus, Ohio, garage in 2008 is the final album with violinist Noel Sayre, who died in a swimming accident.
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Brothers of the 4X4
by Hank3
October 1, 2013
Hank Williams III's latest country release was self-produced and features guest appearances from Billy Contreras, Andy Gibson, Daniel Mason, David McElfish, Zach Shedd, and Leroy Troy.
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Rumble, Shake and Tumble
by Wagons
August 16, 2011
This is the fifth album for the Australian country and roots rock band led by Henry Wagons.
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Gold
by Ryan Adams
September 25, 2001
'Gold' is the second solo release for former Whiskeytown frontman Ryan Adams, and garnered a good deal of attention for the singer-songwriter in 2001.
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Things That Can't Be Undone
by Corb Lund
October 9, 2015
The first release of new material from the Canadian country singer-songwriter in three yewars was produced by Dave Cobb.
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I'm Staying Out
by Caitlin Cary
April 22, 2003
This sophomore effort for the former Whiskeytown member was, like her acclaimed 2002 debut, produced by Chris Stamey. Mary Chapin Carpenter and Mitch Easter are among numerous guests on the album.
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Ryan Adams
by Ryan Adams
September 9, 2014
The 14th solo studio release for the rock singer-songwriter was self-produced.
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Daughter
by Lydia Loveless
September 25, 2020
The latest full-length release for the Ohio singer-songwriter was recorded in Chicago with producer Tom Schick.
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Bottom of the World
by Terry Allen
February 5, 2013
This is the first studio release in over 14 years for the New Mexico-based alt-country singer-songwriter.
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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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The Lone Bellow
by The Lone Bellow
January 22, 2013
Formerly known as Zach Williams & The Bellow, the debut release for the self-described Brooklyn country trio was produced by Charlie Peacock.
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Two Saviors
by Buck Meek
January 15, 2021
The second full-length solo release for the Big Thief guitarist was produced by Andrew Sarlo.
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All These Dreams
by Andrew Combs
March 3, 2015
The second full-length release for the Texas singer-songwriter was produced by Jordan Lehning and Skylar Wilson.
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Like, Love, Lust & The Open Halls Of The Soul
by Jesse Sykes
February 6, 2007
Nicolai Dunger guests on the singer-songwriter's third LP.
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Songs and Stories [Live]
by Guy Clark
August 16, 2011
The country singer-songwriter releases a live acoustic album recorded at Nashville's Belcourt Theatre in 2009.
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Notes of Blue
by Son Volt
February 17, 2017
The eighth full-length studio release for the alt-country band led by Jay Farrar was inspired by blues music.
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Seeds and Stems
by Bill Kirchen
June 18, 2013
The guitarist of Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen rerecords songs from his career with his current band.
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Ashes & Fire
by Ryan Adams
October 11, 2011
The North Carolina-born singer's 13th album was produced by Glyn Johns, and it is his first since he left the band in part to Meniere's disease in 2009.
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Wilderness
by The Handsome Family
May 14, 2013
The latest release from the husband-and-wife duo Brett and Rennie Sparks is a concept album based on animals and real-life historical figures.
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Holding All the Roses
by Blackberry Smoke
February 10, 2015
The fourth full-length studio release for the Georgia country rock was produced by Brendan O'Brien
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Smart Flesh
by The Low Anthem
February 22, 2011
The eclectic, folk-rock foursome's third album was recorded in Central Falls, RI in an abandoned pasta sauce factory and has an old-timey, indie-folk feel.
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New Seasons
by The Sadies
October 2, 2007
The Canadian alt-country rockers return with their latest album.
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Miracle Temple
by Mount Moriah
February 26, 2013
The second release for the North Carolina band formed by Heather McEntire and Jenks Miller was co-produced by Miller, McEntire, and Mark Nevers.
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