Guitarist Derek Trucks and vocalist/guitarist Susan Tedeschi, “two of the best roots rock musicians of their generation” (NPR), kick off 2019 with a winter tour ahead of their fourth studio LP, which is slated for release early this year. Unrivaled in their blend of American soul, blues, rock and country, the GRAMMY-winning 12-member band will play multiple nights in some of America’s biggest cities.
If there's another East Nashville four-piece interested in Cryptozoology, boot-making and writing scores to paintings, they probably haven't toured with Diarrhea Planet, Margo Price or Spoon. Recorded in an old Tennessee farmhouse with minimal gear and even less second-guessing, Blank Range's new album explores themes of unity in loneliness through high-energy thrashers and pedal-steel slow burners, both natural extensions of their incredible live show.
Contact: Amy Bailey
One of roots music’s most thoughtful young groups “exuding gentle elegance” (NPR Music) breaks through on this self-produced album. From the weighty atmosphere of the allegorical “Wolves” to the Appalachian hymn-like yearn of “Suspended In Heaven,” these slow-burning acoustic meditations on love and loss are belied by a newfound directness.
Contact: Greg Jakubik
Paul Webb, formerly of Talk Talk, releases a new album 17 years in the making, exploring themes of time and junk with his love of film scores and ‘40s standards. The album was recorded in Webb’s home, a converted barn in an Essex field three miles from the nearest village that is as much Old Curiosity Shop as modern living space.
Contact: Greg Jakubik
Guitarist Derek Trucks and vocalist/guitarist Susan Tedeschi, “two of the best roots rock musicians of their generation” (NPR), kick off 2019 with a winter tour ahead of their fourth studio LP, which is slated for release early this year. Unrivaled in their blend of American soul, blues, rock and country, the GRAMMY-winning 12-member band will play multiple nights in some of America’s biggest cities.
This 15-year-old Brighton native and “name to watch” (Vogue) recorded these four songs when she was between 12 and 14 years old – a mature and lush world fusing orchestral, hip hop, R&B, and soul. FADER calls first single “Places” a “soulful escape,” and UPROXX says, “It’s not just the maturity in the vocals that stand out ... but also just the confidence of the arrangement, the lyrics, and the entire package.”
Contact: Mikaela Duhs
The Nashville songwriter interviewed 100 people over 11 months to explore how humanity connects all people. She stopped patrons at her YMCA, chatted with strangers at her local coffee shop, reached out via social media to people all over the world, and connected with incredibly diverse communities. Nobel combined these diverse and vulnerable stories and created this collection of stark and intimate songs.
Contact: Olivia Del Valle
The Seattle soul septet and “one of the most exciting and joyous acts to emerge in recent years” (KEXP) blend warm, vintage R&B sounds with classic pop storytelling for an album both raw and polished. Known throughout the Pacific Northwest for their lively shows, the group harnesses the fervor and energy of the live show on the new album, which features such audience favorites as “Sure Don’t Miss You” and “Slow Sipper.”
Contact: Mikaela Duhs
The Burlington, VT musical bard with over 70 million Spotify streams confronts the dangers of toxic masculinity on his new album. Through his folk songwriting, Jamison sits in a boardwalk bar drinking whiskey while pondering emotional repression; reflects on the socio-economic divide while watching a group of chummy, Ivy League students ride a train out of NYC; and details the overt, damaging expressions of masculinity lived out through a game of Grand Theft Auto.
Contact: Hannah Schwartz
On their new album, the unstoppable GRAMMY-winning 12-piece musical juggernaut led by husband and wife Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi face down troubled times with credence and conviction. The group’s world-class musicianship is on full display in a genre-defying collection that runs the gamut from uplifting soulful anthems to bittersweet ballads and driving rock ‘n’ roll. NPR Music calls the lead single “Hard Case” “an upbeat, shuffling instant classic.”
Contact: Grace Fleisher
Aspiring champagne papis and their families rejoice – these 12 songs are sure to be the best you ever heard. With blanket-soft versions of chart-toppers like "One Dance," "Started From the Bottom" and "God's Plan," Rockabye Baby’s first release of 2019 is fit for rap stars in the making and new parents looking to add a little Hotline Bling energy to their bedtime routines.
Contact: Hannah Schwartz
On their latest release, the Harvard grad siblings, already touring and recording veterans, draw on Jimmy Page, Pat Benatar and Nina Simone for their love letter to classic rock. Jocelyn’s intense vocals and Chris’ guitar playing mesh into infectious grooves that explore soul and raw emotion, featuring collaborations with Gov’t Mule’s Danny Louis and Vulfpeck’s Cory Wong.
Contact: Andrea Evenson
Drawing on early minstrelsy and banjo music, the Native Daughters – Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla and Allison Russell – reclaim, recast and spotlight the often unheard and untold history of their ancestors, whose stories remain vital and alive today. Initially conceived and co-produced by Giddens, these songs, written and sung in various combinations, are inspired by New World slave narratives; discrimination and how it has shaped our American experience; and musicians including Haitian troubadour Althiery Dorval and Mississippi Hill Country string player Sid Hemphill.
Contact: Andrea Evenson
This sister duo explores, and explodes, conventions of 21st-century womanhood on this album, co-produced by Daniel Tashian and Ian Fitchuk (Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour). The record's name comes from Canterbury Park in the duo’s Indianapolis hometown, where all these songs on relationships, power imbalances and weighty expectations were written, including “Self Care,” which Rolling Stone calls a harmonized “dreamy piano waltz.”
Contact: Jaclyn D. Carter
At age 19, the South African artist came out to his fundamentalist Christian church and Xhosa family, only to spend the next six years surrendering to the false belief he could pray away his "sinful" sexuality. Now abandoning his religion to embrace his identity with experimental soul, electronic art pop and queer anti-gospel, Nakhane’s US debut captures a heroic voice and an international icon in the making. Madonna, Perfume Genius, Nile Rodgers, Elton John and ANOHNI (who guests on the album) are already fans of Nakhane’s songs of honesty and resilience.
Contact: Greg Jakubik
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