New
& Upcoming CD Releases
Here's
what has been released recently and what's coming 'round the bend...
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| May Releases
April Releases
March Releases
Also, There is now a Freight Train Boogie New Releases Blog with more detailed release comments.
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| July 14th |
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| GREG BROWN |
Dream City: Essential Recordings Vol 2, 1997-2006 (Red House ) (A 2-disc album, it includes highlights of his recent recordings, with material from his best-selling Red House albums, his two Trailer Records releases) |
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| July 7th |
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| THE JAYHAWKS |
Music from the North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology (Sony Legacy) |
| SON VOLT |
American Central Dust (Rounder) |
| THOSE DARLINS |
Those Darlins (Thirty Tigers) |
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| June 30th |
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LEVON HELM
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Electric Dirt (Vanguard) |
| STILLHOUSE HOLLOW |
Dakota (Me And The Machine) |
| TANYA TUCKER |
My Turn (Saguaro Road) |
| WILCO |
Wilco (The Album) (Nonesuch) |
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| June 23rd |
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| KENDAL CARSON |
Alright Dynamite (Train Wreck) |
| SHAWN COLVIN |
Live (Nonesuch) |
| PATTERSON HOOD |
Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs) (Ruth St.) (sophomore solo album from the leader of the Drive-By Truckers) |
| JIM LAUDERDALE |
Planet of Love (American Beat) (Lauderdale's 1992 debut is an acknowledged country classic, a landmark album in the then-emerging 'Americana' and 'New Country' movements that took country back to its roots. John Leventhal and Rodney Crowell co-produced) |
| TIFT MERRITT |
Buckingham Solo (Fantasy) |
| CHARLIE ROBISON |
Beautiful Day (Dualtone) |
| LEON RUSSELL |
Best Of Hank Wilson (R.E.D.) |
| SONS OF BILL |
One Town Away (Thirty Tigers) |
| OTIS TAYLOR |
Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs (Telarc/Concord) |
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| june 16th |
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| DADDY |
For A Second Time (Cedar Creek) |
| MAURA O'CONNELL |
Naked with Friends (Sugar Hill) |
| RHONDA VINCENT |
Destination Life (Rounder) |
| HANK WILLIAMS JR. |
127 Rose Avenue (Curb) |
| HOLLY WILLIAMS |
Here With Me (Mercury Nashville) |
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| June 9th |
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| NANCI GRIFFITH |
The Loving Kind (Rounder) |
| PETER HOLSAPPLE & CHRIS STAMEY |
Here And Now (Bar None) |
| RHETT MILLER |
Rhett Miller (Shout! Factory) |
| TODD SNIDER |
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| OWEN TEMPLE |
Dollars and Dimes (El Paisano) |
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| June 2nd |
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| RYAN BINGHAM |
Roadhouse Sun (Lost Highway) |
| ELVIS COSTELLO |
Secret, Profane & Sugarcure (Hear) |
| RICK ESTRIN AND THE NIGHTCATS |
Twisted (Alligator) (once known as Little Charlie & the Nightcats, Estrin has been the lead singer/harp player with the band for over 30 years) |
| ADAM HOOD |
Different Groove (Saguaro Road) |
| CATHERINE MACLELLAN |
Water In The Ground (True North) |
| MELISSA MCCLELLAND |
Victoria Day (Six Shooter) |
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| May 26th |
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| DAVE ALVIN & THE GUILTY WOMEN |
Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women (Yep Roc) (with Cindy Cashdollar, Nina Gerber, Christy McWilson, Laurie Lewis, Amy Farris, Sarah Brown, Lisa Pankratz and others) |
| DAVID SERBY |
Honky Tonk And Vine (Harbor Grove) |
| Various Artists |
The Man Of Somebody's Dreams: A Tribute to Chris Gaffney (Yep Roc) (with Dave Alvin, Alejandro Escovedo, Los Lobos, James McMurtry, Calexico, Dan Penn, Boz Scaggs, Freddy Fender, Joe Ely and others) |
| THE WAIFS |
From The Union Of Soul: Live (Compass) |
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| may 19th |
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| ZEE AVI |
Zee Avi (Brushfire) |
| SCOTT H. BIRAM |
Something's Wrong/Lost Forever (Bloodshot) |
| ASHLEY CLEVELAND |
God Don't Never Change (Koch) |
| DIANA JONES |
My Remembrance of You (Proper) |
| COLIN LINDEN |
From The Water (True North) |
| JASON LYTLE |
Yours Truly, The Commuter (Anti-) |
| RED STICK RAMBLERS |
My Suitcase Is Always Packed (Sugar Hill) |
| THE TRACTORS |
Trade Union (Koch) |
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| may 12th |
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| BELLEVILLE OUTFIT |
Time To Stand (self released) |
| DEXATEENS |
Singlewide (Skybucket/Cornelius Chapel) |
| CASEY DRIESSEN |
Oog (Red Shoe) |
| STEVE EARLE |
Townes (New West) |
| GYPSY DAVE AND THE STUMPJUMPERS |
A Bucketful Of Ghosts (self released) (produced by Will Kimbrough) |
| HANNE HUKKELBERG |
Blood From A Stone (Nettwerk) |
| LIL' MO AND THE MONICATS |
On The Moon (Cow Island) |
| CHUCK MEAD |
Journeyman's Wager (self released) |
| ROMAN CANDLE |
Oh Tall Tree In The Ear (Carnival) |
| MICHELLE SHOCKED |
Soul Of My Soul (Mighty Sound) |
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| May 5th |
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| CRACKER |
Sunrise In The Land Of Milk And Honey (429 Records) |
| GIBSON BROTHERS |
Ring The Bell (Compass) |
| DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER |
Lonely Street (Rounder) |
| ALASTAIR ROBERTS |
Spoils (Drag City) |
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| April 28 |
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| SLAID CLEAVES |
Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away (Music Road) |
| DEBRA COWAN |
Fond Desire Farewell (Falling Mountain) |
| SAMANTHA CRAIN & THE MIDNIGHT SHIVERS |
Songs In The Night (Ramseur) |
| TIM EASTON |
Porcupine (New West) |
| KING WILKIE |
The Wilkie Family Singers (Casa Nueva) (with Robyn Hitchcock, Abigail Washburn, David Bromberg, Peter Rowan, the Dirt Band's John McEuen, and the Be Good Tanyas' Sam Parton) |
| BEN LEE |
The Rebirth Of Venus (New West) |
| LOS STRAITJACKETS |
The Further Adventures Of (Yep Roc) |
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| April 21st |
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| BRIAN BLADE |
Mama Rosa (Verve Forecast) |
| THE BOXMASTERS |
Modbilly (Vanguard) |
| COMMANDER CODY |
Dopers, Drunks, And Everyday Losers (Blind Pig) |
| THE GREENCARDS |
Fascination (Sugar Hill) |
| WAYNE HANCOCK |
Viper Of Melody (Bloodshot) |
| EILEN JEWELL |
Sea Of Tears (Signature Sounds) |
| ROY ROGERS |
Split Decision (Blind Pig) |
| ALLEN TOUSSAINT |
The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch) |
| WEBB WILDER |
More Like Me (Blind Pig) |
| JESSE WINCHESTER |
Love Filling Station (Appleseed) |
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| April 14th |
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| JOHN DOE AND THE SADIES |
Country Club (Yep Roc) |
| THE HANDSOME FAMILY |
Honey Moon (Carrot Top) |
| SCOTT MILLER |
For Crying Out Loud (F.A.Y. Recordings) |
| MOONALICE |
Moonalice (self released) (produced by T Bone Burnett; band members include Jack Casady and G.E. Smith) |
| WILLIE NILE |
House Of A Thousand Guitars (River House/GB) |
| STAR ANNA & THE LAUGHING DOGS |
The Only Thing That Matters (self released) |
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| April 7th |
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| ALLISON BROWN |
The Company You Keep (Compass) |
| RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOTT |
A Stranger Here (Anti-) (produced by Joe Henry) |
| ARTY HILL AND THE LONG GONE DADDYS |
Back On The Rail (Cow Island) (reissue) |
| THE HOLLYFELDS |
Black Heart Blue (self released 5-song EP) |
| OLD CALIFORNIO |
Westering Again (self released) |
| RICHARD SHINDELL |
Not Far Now (Signature Sounds) |
| SARA WATKINS |
Sara Watkins (Nonesuch) (from Nickel Creek, produced by John Paul Jones) |
| NEIL YOUNG |
Fork In The Road (Reprise) |
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| March 31st |
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| BRUCE COCKBURN |
Slice O Life: Live Solo (Rounder) |
| DAILEY & VINCENT |
Brothers From Different Mothers (Rounder) |
| THE FLATLANDERS |
Hills And Valleys (New West) |
| GREAT LAKE SWIMMERS |
Lost Channels (Nettwerk) |
| MICHELLE MALONE |
Debris (SBS) |
| BOBBY OSBOURNE |
Bluegrass & Beyond (Rounder) |
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| March 24th |
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| SARAH BORGES & THE BROKEN SINGLES |
The Stars Are Out (Sugar Hill) |
| THE DECEMBERISTS |
The Hazards Of Love (Capitol) |
| DAN HICKS AND THE HOT LICKS |
Tangled Tales (Surfdog) |
| ERIC LINDELL |
Gulf Coast Highway (Alligator) |
| SPECIAL CONSENSUS |
Signs (Pinecastle) |
| IAN TYSON |
Yellowhead To Yellowstone (Stony Plain) |
| Various Artists |
Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm (Vanguard) (with tracks by Los Lobos, Alejandro Escovedo, Delbert McClinton, Dave Alvin, The Gourds and more) |
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| March 17th |
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| BLACK JOE LEWIS AND THE HONEY BEARS |
self-titled (Lost Highway) |
| FROG HOLLER |
Believe It Or Not (Zo Bird) |
| WILLIE NELSON |
Naked Willie (RCA/Legacy) (collection of 17 "unproduced" tracks from 1966-1970) |
| KELLY JOE PHELPS |
Western Bell (Black Hen) |
| TOO SLIM AND THE TAILDRAGGERS |
Free Your Mind (Underworld) |
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| March 10th |
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| LUKA BLOOM |
Eleven Songs (Bar/None) |
| BODEANS |
Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams, Collector's Edition (Rhino) (reissue with unreleased demos and 1985 concert DVD) |
| JOHN WESLEY HARDING |
Who Was Changed And Who Was Dead (Popover Corps) |
| ROMI MAYES |
Achin' In Yer Bones (self released) (Produced by Gurf Morlix) |
| mADELEINE PEYROUX |
Bare Bones (Rounder) |
| DANNY SCHMIDT |
Instead The Forest Rose To Sing (Red House) |
| SOMETYMES WHY |
Your Heart Is A Glorious Machine (Signature Sounds) (a new trio featuring Uncle Earl's Kristin Andreassen, Crooked Still's Aoife O'Donovan, and the Mammals' Ruth Merenda) |
| STRAW DOGS |
Love and then Hope (Crafty) |
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| mARCH 3rd |
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| NEKO CASE |
Middle Cyclone (Anti-) |
| JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE |
Midnight At The Movies (Bloodshot) |
| BELA FLECK |
Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 – Africa Sessions (Rounder) |
| jESSE HARRIS |
Watching The Sky (Mercer Street) |
| IAN McLAGAN |
Never Say Never (00:02:59) |
| RAUL MALO |
Lucky One (Fantasy) |
| BUDDY & JULIE MILLER |
Written In Chalk (New West) |
| DANNY O'KEEFE |
In Time (Bicameral) |
| DALLAS WAYNE |
I'll Take the Fifth (Smith Music Group) |
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