Album Releases by Genre
Bare
by Rosie Carney
January 25, 2019
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Folkocracy
by Rufus Wainwright
June 2, 2023
The latest full-length release from Rufus Wainwright features folk cover songs with guest appearances by Anohni, Andrew Bird, David Byrne, Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, Madison Cunningham, Susanna Hoffs, Chaka Khan, Lily Lanken, John Legend, Anna McGarrigle, Van Dyke Parks, Nicole Scherzinger, Chris Stills, Chaim Tannenbaum, Martha Wainwright, and Lucy Wainwright Roche.
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Live at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco Aug 31-Sept 1 2011
by Ry Cooder
September 10, 2013
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Junky Star
by Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses
August 31, 2010
Songwriter Ryan Bingham has grown tremendously on this third full-length. Barely 30 years old, his previous work showed promise but carried the excess expected of a novice. Bingham won both a Golden Globe and an Oscar for "The Weary Kind," the theme song from the film Crazy Heart. The song was produced by T-Bone Burnett, creating a partnership extended on Junky Star. Bingham and his Dead Horses--drummer Matthew Smith, bassist Elijah Ford, and guitarist Corby Schaub, prove the song was no fluke. The sound is pure Americana; these 12 lyrically sophisticated yet direct songs, reflect a host of tense, lost, desperate, individuals dreaming the same dark dream, one that suggests that we are all growing tenser with the times. Bingham has trimmed his songwriting to the bone, while learing to use metaphor and metonomy like a veteran. A former rodeo rider, he wears his influences proudly: Guthrie, Dylan, Van Zandt, Ely, Earle, Clark, and Hubbard. He begins with a sandblasted vision of America in "the Poet." Amid acoustic guitars, a lonesome harmonica ,restrained electric and bass drum, Bingham's whiskey-smoked vocal offers a lyric theme the entire album turns on: "As I keep walking, people keep talking/About things they've never seen or done/Homeless sleep in the park, lovers kiss in the dark/Me, I keep moving on through time." Time is suspended as Bingham's protagonists tell stories from the road (some of them bone-chilling), from America's past and present, physically and psychologically. Rootlessness as peace of mind is portrayed via country rock in "The Wandering," but the feeling in "Strange Feeling In The Air," the title track, a deeply moving acoustic murder ballad (they are strewn throughout the album), and the angry uptempo "Depression," reflect a contradiction: constant movement is the key to survival, not necessarily peace. "Hallelujah" is another murder ballad with a disturbing twist. "Lay My Head On The Rail," is pure folk poetry illustrated by a lone acoustic guitar. The blues in "Hard Worn Trail," are rooted in poverty worry, strained, broken relationships resulting in the search for comfort. It doesn't come anywehre on Junky Star. "All Choked Up Again," set to Waylon Jennings' brand of outlaw country closes it out by mining the existential darkness deeper. Bingham is unflinching, but his songs hold out for a glimmer of something else. The only real consolation Junky Star offers is that no one need feel alone in her or his desperation-this is a true accomplishment. Bingham has delivered a set of songs that mirrors our uncertain times in a musical language that doesn't unduly distort or romanticise them. ~ Thom Jurek
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Deafman Glance
by Ryley Walker
May 18, 2018
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Course in Fable
by Ryley Walker
April 2, 2021
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I See The Sign
by Sam Amidon
April 13, 2010
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Bright Sunny South
by Sam Amidon
May 14, 2013
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Lily-O
by Sam Amidon
September 30, 2014
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The Following Mountain
by Sam Amidon
May 26, 2017
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Sam Amidon
by Sam Amidon
October 23, 2020
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Salt River
by Sam Amidon
January 24, 2025
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The No Testament
by Sam Carter
August 20, 2012
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The Fade in Time
by Sam Lee
March 16, 2015
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Old Wow
by Sam Lee
January 31, 2020
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Songdreaming
by Sam Lee
March 15, 2024
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Song Up In Her Head
by Sarah Jarosz
June 16, 2009
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Follow Me Down
by Sarah Jarosz
May 17, 2011
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Build Me Up from Bones
by Sarah Jarosz
September 24, 2013
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Undercurrent
by Sarah Jarosz
June 17, 2016
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Deeper Woods
by Sarah Louise
May 11, 2018
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Nighttime Birds and Morning Stars
by Sarah Louise
January 25, 2019
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Kalak
by Sarathy Korwar
November 11, 2022
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Magic
by Sean Rowe
February 22, 2011
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The Salesman and the Shark
by Sean Rowe
August 28, 2012
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Man From Another Time
by Seasick Steve
March 30, 2010
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Hubcap Music
by Seasick Steve
April 29, 2013
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Keepin' the Horse Between Me and the Ground
by Seasick Steve
October 7, 2016
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Love & Peace
by Seasick Steve
July 24, 2020
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Tales from the Barrel House
by Seth Lakeman
April 2, 2012
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Word of Mouth
by Seth Lakeman
February 3, 2014
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A Pilgrim's Tale
by Seth Lakeman
February 7, 2020
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The Granite Way
by Seth Lakeman
February 14, 2025
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Can't Wake Up
by Shakey Graves
May 4, 2018
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Woody Nightshade
by Sharron Kraus
November 2, 2010
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Whole New You
by Shawn Colvin
March 27, 2001
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All Fall Down
by Shawn Colvin
June 5, 2012
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Uncovered
by Shawn Colvin
September 25, 2015
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Not Dark Yet
by Shelby Lynne
August 18, 2017
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Lodestar
by Shirley Collins
November 4, 2016
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Heart's Ease
by Shirley Collins
July 24, 2020
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Archangel Hill
by Shirley Collins
May 26, 2023
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O' Be Joyful
by Shovels & Rope
July 31, 2012
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Swimmin' Time
by Shovels & Rope
August 26, 2014
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Long Time Coming
by Sierra Ferrell
August 20, 2021
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Tangier Sessions
by Sir Richard Bishop
February 16, 2015
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A Universe That Roasts Blossoms for a Horse
by Sirom
August 30, 2019
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In The Wind Of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper
by Sirom
October 10, 2025
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Northern Shore
by Skydiggers
April 24, 2012
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Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away
by Slaid Cleaves
April 21, 2009
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Still Fighting the War
by Slaid Cleaves
June 18, 2013
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Through Low Light and Trees
by Smoke Fairies
June 14, 2011
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Forever on My Mind
by Son House
March 18, 2022
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Songs of Separation
by Songs of Separation
January 29, 2016
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Spencer Cullum's Coin Collection 3
by Spencer Cullum
March 27, 2026
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Rattlesnake Cage
by Steve Dawson
February 18, 2014
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Townes
by Steve Earle
May 12, 2009
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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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JERRY JEFF
by Steve Earle & the Dukes
May 27, 2022
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Over with You
by Steve Forbert
September 11, 2012
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Way Out Weather
by Steve Gunn
October 7, 2014
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Music For Writers
by Steve Gunn
August 15, 2025
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Love Has Come for You
by Steve Martin
April 23, 2013
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So Familiar
by Steve Martin
October 30, 2015
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Truth to Tell
by Steve Tilston
July 20, 2015
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From Here
by Stick in the Wheel
September 25, 2015
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Follow Them True
by Stick in the Wheel
January 26, 2018
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The Last Ship
by Sting
September 24, 2013
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Sound & Fury
by Sturgill Simpson
September 27, 2019
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Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions
by Sturgill Simpson
October 16, 2020
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Illinois
by Sufjan Stevens
July 5, 2005
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Silver & Gold [Boxset]
by Sufjan Stevens
November 13, 2012
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Convocations
by Sufjan Stevens
May 6, 2021
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Sumie
by Sumie
December 3, 2013
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Lost in Light
by Sumie
November 10, 2017
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Anarchist Gospel
by Sunny War
February 3, 2023
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Armageddon In A Summer Dress
by Sunny War
February 21, 2025
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Beauty & Crime
by Suzanne Vega
July 17, 2007
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Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles
by Suzanne Vega
February 18, 2014
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Evening of New York Songs and Stories [Live]
by Suzanne Vega
September 11, 2020
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Flying With Angels
by Suzanne Vega
May 2, 2025
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Sound Mirror
by Syd Arthur
May 19, 2014
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Animism
by Tanya Tagaq Gillis
January 20, 2015
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Heartbreaker Please
by Teddy Thompson
May 29, 2020
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Little Windows
by Teddy Thompson/Kelly Jones
April 1, 2016
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So Jealous
by Tegan and Sara
September 14, 2004
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Get Along [Live]
by Tegan and Sara
November 15, 2011
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A Swollen River, a Well Overflowing
by Tenci
November 4, 2022
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Know Better Learn Faster
by Thao With The Get Down Stay Down
October 13, 2009
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There Were Wolves
by The Accidental
June 3, 2008
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No Ghost
by The Acorn
September 7, 2010
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Joji
by The Anomoanon
November 2, 2004
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Hospice
by The Antlers
August 18, 2009
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I And Love And You
by The Avett Brothers
September 29, 2009
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The Carpenter
by The Avett Brothers
September 11, 2012
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Magpie and the Dandelion
by The Avett Brothers
October 15, 2013
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Closer Than Together
by The Avett Brothers
October 4, 2019
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The Third Gleam
by The Avett Brothers
August 28, 2020
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Queens of the Breakers
by The Barr Brothers
October 13, 2017
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Baseball Project, Vol. 2: High and Inside
by The Baseball Project
March 1, 2011
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