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New & Upcoming CD Releases

Here's what has been released recently and what's coming 'round the bend...




Also, There is now a Freight Train Boogie New Releases Blog with more detailed release comments.

   
Sept. 14th  
   
THE CHAPIN SISTERS Two (Lake Bottom)
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE Harlem River Blues (Bloodshot)
JAMEY JOHNSON The Guitar Song (?)
CIRCE LINK & THE DISCOUNT CANDY FAMILY BAND California Kid (Blackstone Media)
MOLLIE O'BRIEN AND RICH MOORE Saints & Sinners (Remington Raod/Virtual label)
ROBERT PLANT Band Of Joy (Rounder)
KIM RICHEY Wreck Your Wheels (Thirty Tigers)
MAVIS STAPLES You Are Not Alone (?)
TEDDY THOMPSON Bella (Verve Forecast)
   
Sept. 7th  
   
JERRY LEE LEWIS Mean Old Man (Verve Forecast) (Guests include Mick, Keith and Ronnie, James Burton, the Hag, Fogerty, Clapton, Gillian Welch and many others)
MIKE AND RUTHY Million To One (?)
ZOE MUTH AND THE LOST HIGH ROLLERS Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers (
EARL PICKENS & FAMILY Gathering (Yay!)
PETER ROWAN BLUEGRASS BAND Legecy (Compass)
THE STEELDRIVERS Reckless (Rounder)
SHANNON WHITWORTH Water Bound (?)
   

August 31st  
   
ROB BAIRD Blue Eyed Angels (Carnival)
BOBBY BARE, JR. A Storm A Tree My Mother's Head (Thirty Tigers)
RYAN BINGHAM Junky Star (Lost Highway)
CARL BROEMEL  All Birds Say (ATO)
JENNY & JOHNNY I'm Having Fun Now (Warner Bros.)
CORY MORROW Brand New Me (Apex Nashville/Write On)
SAHARA SMITH Myth of the Heart (Red Entertainment)
RICHARD THOMPSON Dream Attic (Shout Factory!)
THE TWO MAN GENTLEMEN BAND Dos Amigos Una Fiesta! (Serious Business)
   

August 24th  
   
JON LANGFORD & SKULL ORCHARD Old Devils (Bloodshot)
CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE The Well (Alligator)
RICKY SKAGGS Mosaic (Skaggs Family)
NORA JANE STRUTHERS Nora Jane Struthers (self released)
MARTY STUART Ghost Train (The Studio B Sessions) (Sugar Hill)
DALE WATSON Carrin' On (E1 Entertainment)
   

August 17th  
   
BUZZ CASON Working Without A Net (ArenA Recordings)
COLIN GILMORE Goodnight Lane (self released)
CALEB KLAUDER Western Country (Hearth Music)
JOHN MELLENCAMP No Better Than This (Rounder) (produced by T Bone Burnett)
MAX STALLING Home To You (Bling Nello)
LESLIE STEVENS AND THE BADGERS Roomful of Smoke (Lyricland/Thirty Tigers)
PORTER WAGONER What Ain't To Be, Just Might Happen (Omni) (reissue)
SHANNON WHITWORTH Water Bound (Thirty Tigers)
   

August 10th  
   
DONNA BEASLEY Under the Rushes (Strange Magic)
LOST IN THE TREES All Alone in An Empty House (Anti-)
MANDA MOSHER City Of Clowns (Red Parlor)
   

August 3rd  
   
DR. JOHN Tribal (429 Records)
LOS LOBOS Tin Can Trust (Shout Factory!)
SQUEEZE Spot the Difference (XOXO)
   

July 27th  
   
BEAUSOLEIL Laissez Les Bon Teps Rouler - Live (Great American Music)
EILEN JEWELL Butcher Holler: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn (Signature Sounds)
TOM JONES Praise & Blame (Mercury Nashville)
CHARLIE LOUVIN Hickory Wind: Live at Gram Parsons' Guitar Pull (Tompkins Square)
MARK OLSON Many Colored Kite (Ryko)
Various Artists Get Low Soundtrack (Rounder)
   

July 20th  
   
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL It's A Good Day (Bismeaux)
KIM BEGGS Blue Bones (Black Hen)
MARC COHN Listening Booth: 1970 (Saguaro Road)
SHERYL CROW 100 Miles From Memphis (Universal)
FRAZEY FORD Obadiah (Nettwerk)
JIMMY LAFAVE Favorites 1992-2001 (Music Road)
THE BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA Don't Mess With A Big Band - Live (Surf Dog)
   

July 13th  
   
CHATHAM COUNTY LINE Wildwood (Yep Roc)
JOHN WESLEY HARDING Sings to a Small Guitar, Vol. 1 (self released)
TIM O'BRIEN Chicken & Egg (Howdy Skies)
RED HORSE Red Horse (Red House) (with Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka and Lucy Kaplansky)
   

July 6th  
   
BLAZE FOLEY Dawg Years (Fat Possum)
THE OLD 97'S Mimeograph (New West) (4 song cover EP, available as download only)
ANN SAVOY & HER SLEEPLESS KNIGHTS Black Coffee (Memphis Int'l)
STONEHONEY The Cedar Creek Sessions (Music Road)
JIMMY VAUGHAN Plays Blues, Ballads & Favorites (Shout Factory!)
   

June 29th  
   
CINDY BULLENS Howling Trains & Barking Dogs (MC)
PETER CASE Wig! (Yep Roc)
JUDY COLLINS Paradise (Wildflowers)
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO Street Songs of Love (Fantasy)
JACKIE GREENE Till The Light Comes (429 Records)
INDIGO GIRLS Staring Down The Brilliant Dream (Vanguard) (live 2-disc set)
JIMMY WEBB Just Across The River (Koch)
   

June 22nd  
   
BEARFOOT Follow Me (Compass) (reissue of 2006 release)
SARAH HARMER Oh Little Fire (Zoe/Rounder)
TERRI HENDRIX Cry Till You Laugh (Wilory)
GRIFFIN HOUSE The Learner (Nettwerk)
PAUL THORN Pimps and Preachers (Perpetual Obscurity)
Various Artists Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows (Oh Boy) (John Prine tribute)
   

June 15th  
   
ELVIN BISHOP Red Dog Speaks (Delta Groove)
COWBOY JUNKIES Renmin Park (Razor & Tie)
STEVE CROPPER & FELIX CAVALIERE Midnight Flyer (Stax)
FRED EAGLESMITH Cha Cha Cha (Lonesome Day)
THE FABULOUS GINN SISTERS You Can't Take a Bad Girl Home (Lonesome Day)
DAVE GLEASON Turn and Fade (326 Records)
CHRIS ISAAK

Live at the Fillmore (Mailboat)

GARY P. NUNN Taking Texas to the Country (Campfire)
PERNICE BROTHERS Goodbye Killer (Ashmont)
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS Mojo (Reprise)
PUNCH BROTHERS Antifogmatic (Nonesuch)
SHINYRIBS Well After Awhile (Nine Mile) (otherwise known as The Gourds' Kevin Russell)
TRUCKSTOP HONEYMOON Homemade Haircut (Squirrel)
SUZANNE VEGA Close-Up Vol. 1, Love Songs (Razor & Tie)
KEVIN WELCH A Patch of Blue Sky (Music Road)
   

June 8th  
   
DIERKS BENTLEY Up On The Ridge (Capitol Nashville)
CADILLAC SKY Letters in the Deep (Dualtone)
SAMANTHA CRAIN You (Understood) (Ramseur)
DEER TICK The Black Dirt Sessions (Partisan)
THE FAREWELL DRIFTERS Yellow Tag Mondays (Heart Squeeze/Thirty Tigers)
SID SELVIDGE I Should Be Blue (Archer)
Various Artists Twistable Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to Shel Silverstein (Sugarhill)
   

June 1st  
   
CHERRYHOLMES Common Threads (Skaggs Family)
TIFT MERRITT See You on the Moon (Fantasy)
WATERMELON SLIM Ringers (Northern Blues)
YARN Come On In (United for Opportunity)
   

May 25th  
   
DAILEY & VINCENT Singing From the Heart (Rounder)
THE JOHN HARTFORD STRINGBAND Memories Of John (Compass)
KELLER & THE KEELS Thief (Sci Fidelity)
BILL KIRCHEN Word To The Wise (Proper)
SMOKIN' JOE KUBEK AND BNOIS KING Have Blues, Will Travel (Alligator)
THE REVEREND PEYTON'S BIG DAMN BAND The Wages (SideOneDummy)
ROBERT POE Robert Poe (Cozy Dog)
JOHN PRINE In Person & On Stage (Oh Boy)
DARRELL SCOTT A Crooked Road (Full Light) (2 CD set)
HANK WILLIAMS III Rebel Within (Curb)
   

May 18th  
   
JIMMY BUFFETT Encores (Mailboat)
SUSAN COWSILL Lighthouse (Threadhead)
CROOKED STILL Some Strange Country (Signature Sounds)
MARY GAUTHIER The Foundling (Razor & Tie)
HARPER Stand Together (Blind Pig)
THE JAYHAWKS The Bunkhouse Album (Lost Highway)
MAGIC SLIM & THE TEARDROPS Raising The Bar (Blind Pig)
ANNE McCUE Broken Promise Land
JOHN NEMETH Name The Day! (Blind Pig)
THE SADIES Darker Circles (Yep Roc)
STONE RIVER BOYS Love On The Dial (Cow Island Music)
SUZANNE VEGA Close Up, Vol. 1 (Razor & Tie)
   

May 11th  
   
JACKSON BROWNE & DAVID LINDLEY Love Is Strange (Live) (Inside Recordings)
ELIZABETH COOK Welder (Thirty Tigers)
JIM LAUDERDALE Patchwood River (Skychrunch/Thirty Tigers)
30db One Man Show (Sci Fidelity)
   

   

(Big thanks to Amazon and Village Records for upcoming release info)

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