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Phil Madeira — Providence
Phil Madeira is a Nashville-based musician, artist, songwriter and producer.
Phil has been a behind-the-scenes shaker and mover as a band member (Emmylou Harris; Red Dirt Boys, Buddy Miller, The Phil Keaggy Band) and session musician/songwriter (Alison Krauss, Mat Kearney, Old Crow Medicine Show, Buddy Miller, Garth Brooks, Toby Keith, Keb’ Mo’, Amy Grant, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Civil Wars, Julie Miller, The Band Perry, Mavis Staples, and many more). The creator of “Mercyland” puts 10 tracks that will take you home on his solo LP Providence. Read about it at Rolling Stone, and grab a copy here.
Dave Zoller — Evidence: The Music of Thelonious Monk
Evidence: The Music of Thelonious Monk is collection of 18 pieces by a giant of jazz, spanning two CDs and three vinyl albums. It is also a career summation by the 75-year old Dallas, Texas-based composer and pianist Dave Zoller, who recorded half of this work in 2012, then suffered the first in a series of three debilitating strokes. Five years later, Zoller recovered and recorded the rest of EVIDENCE.
Learn more about the project here.
Republican Hair — High & Tight / The Prince & The Duke
Soul Step Records initially released four tracks off the HIGH AND TIGHT EP with SSR-014. Fans couldn’t get enough of Republican Hair. The limited edition vinyl quickly sold out. It was some time later when SSR was approached again from Republican Hair, with a pair of songs off a very different sounding – The Prince and the Duke. The single “Miss Prince” was put out on vinyl into the world…it was an even bigger hit. This track was favorited and even highlighted by NPR & Consequence of Sound.
Now comes the LP of all of High & Tight & The Prince and the Duke.
Ruby Boots — Don’t Talk About It
At 14 years old, Ruby Boots—real name Bex Chilcott—left a conflicted home in Perth, Western Australia to do grueling work on pearling boats, and she hasn’t stopped migrating since. Her nomadic streak has taken her around the world, and eventually to Nashville, TN.
Don’t Talk About It charts this drifter’s odyssey, tattered passport in hand. Behind her commanding and versatile voice, sharp guitar playing, and adept songwriting, Ruby Boots confidently maneuvers past the whirlwinds life has tossed on her occasionally lost highway. It’s an album of hope, breakthrough, and handling the unknown challenges around the next bend.
The roads taken, the miles traveled and the voices heard during Ruby’s life’s trek resonate throughout Don’t Talk About It. Informed as much by the wide-open landscapes of her homeland as the intimate writing circles of Nashville, the album may range far and wide but always maintains a firm sense of place. Echoes of first wave UK power pop and jangly punk intersect with the every(wo)man indie and pop-inflected muscle of Best Coast. Classic rock touchstones from T. Rex to the girl group Wall of Sound to personal hero Tom Petty meld with a weary poet’s eye recalling Hope Sandoval.
Preorder now from Bloodshot Records – street date is February 9.
Fresh Hats Tight Beats — The Thread
The Thread is a tribute album to Matt Nigro. You can pre-order the album at www.freshhatstightbeats.com or click the logo at the top. All proceeds from this album will be donated to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Truck Stop Love: Can’t Hear It 1991-1994
Twenty-five years ago Truck Stop Love made their first recordings. These previously unreleased demo tracks and never-before-heard recordings capture the band’s wheels-about-to-come-off-the-rails Midwest rock twang at its most formative – when the songs were fresh, raw, and LOUD!
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Every vinyl purchase comes with a free digital download of the entire album plus the bonus track – The Way / Amphetamine / Fried – the legendary Trilogy from the 1992 “A Quiet Time At Last.”
Low Lumens — The Distant, Everyday
The Distant, Everyday is the first full-length album by Low Lumens, the recording alias of visual artist and musician Danny Bracken.
The sound of ringing church bells mix with swelling synthesizers in the expansive opening track, “Santa Clara.” In many ways, the meditative song sets the tone for the ten track album, a record that is simultaneously complex and spacious. There is an undeniable sense of upbeat repetition, something reminiscent of dance or electronic music. Yet, with bits of voice and acoustic instruments, the compositions retain a sense of humanness. Throughout, a subtle tension weaves: there’s a crackle in the woodwinds, slight feedback in a synthesizer, and a confused auto-tuned brass ensemble lying just below the polished surface.
Available now from Burnt Toast Vinyl.