Americana News, Notions & Nonsense for 3.6.20

It may not be new to you… But it’s news to us!

Swamp Dogg’s Sorry You Couldn’t Make It dropped today and is definitely worth your time and money. Available in limited edition “Swamp Green” vinyl and hand-numbered silver and black spattered vinyl…

Did you see the video for Joshua Ray Walker’s new song “Voices”? Let it tide you over while you wait on JRW’s new album…

American Aquarium has released a new video for “Long Haul” from their forthcoming album Lamentations. BJ and the boys will celebrate the release by making their Grand Ole Opry debut on 5/1

Yep Roc Records is feelin’ good with multiple upcoming releases. Right now, you can pick up Jim Lauderdale’s When Carolina Comes Home Again, and look for Kim Richey’s A Long Way Back: The Songs of Glimmer on 3/27, Aoife O’Donovan’s Bull Frogs Croon (and Other Songs) on 4/17, and Chuck Prophet’s The Land That Time Forgot on 5/15

Also on 3/27, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real are set to release Naked Garden. Continuing what the band started with 2019’s Turn Off The News, the album will feature unreleased tracks and alternate takes…

Consider pre-ordering  Logan Ledger’s self-titled debut. Due on 4/3, the album was produced by T Bone Burnett and features a stellar array of musicians, songs, and vintage style…

Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit just dropped  “What’ve I Done To Help”. Look for the new album, Reunions on 5/15— and don’t forget 400 Unit guitarist Sadler Vaden on The Creek Stage 4/9

On 5/29, Smithsonian Folkways will release Doc Watson and Gaither Carlton, an album featuring the guitar guru and his fiddlin’ father-in-law live in 1962 Greenwich Village…

Courtney Marie Andrews will release Old Flowers on 6/5. Need a preview? Check out  “If I Told You”

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