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Country; Folk
Johnny Cash Easy Rider The Best of the Mercury Recordings Mercury Nashville This 24-track collection features highlights from Johnny Cash’s time at Mercury Records and includes I Shall Be Free; Waymore Blues (with Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, and Carl Perkins); and Tennessee Flat Top Box. Available June 26 12935928 $13.99
Hot Country Knights The K Is Silent Capitol Nashville With a sound that recalls country music’s acidwashed and Aqua Netted golden era, the ‘90s-influenced band Hot Country Knights release their debut album, which is produced by Dierks Bentley. 12981492 $11.99
Dixie Chicks Gaslighter Columbia (USA) Available December 31 12981432 $13.99 After fourteen years, Grammy Award winners Dixie Chicks are back with a brand new album. When talking about the title track, Rolling Stone’s headline said ‘You Definitely Need to Hear This New Dixie Chicks Song.’
Courtney Marie Andrews Old Flowers Fat Possum Courtney Marie Andrews’s highly anticipated new album was produced by Andrew Sarlo (Bon Iver, Big Thief) and features only three musicians: Andrews, Twain’s Matthew Davidson, and Big Thief’s James Krivchenia. Available July 24 12991411 $11.99
Shelby Lynne Shelby Lynne Everso Records It has been twenty years since the release of the album that earned Shelby Lynne a Best New Artist Grammy nod. This release gets direct to the heart of the singer/songwriter/instrumentalist who gives it her name. 12915173 $11.99
Chatham County Line Strange Fascination Yep Roc Records North Carolina’s cherished Americana band is back with a new look and feel. The group demonstrates their sharp self-awareness with a good dose of humor. Available June 15 First Edition 12847094 $15.99
Watkins Family Hour Brother Sister Family Hour Records Returning to the studio as Watkins Family Hour, Sean and Sara Watkins consider Brother Sister a duocentric album, yet one that feels bigger than just two people. 12882770 $12.99
Andrew Farriss Andrew Farriss BMG Rights Management (Australia) Pty Ltd. Coming Soon 12946509 $13.99 For his first solo album, former INXS keyboardist Andrew Farriss goes down a new musical path with a country music album. It includes the tracks Come Midnight and Good Mamma Bad.
Sarah Siskind Modern Appalachia Soundly Music, LLC Sarah Siskind embarks on her most vulnerable and autobiographical album to date. Joining her are Justin Vernon and Bill Frisell, as well as a band of her favorite players. 12915175 $15.99
Eliza Gilkyson 2020 Red House Records Features songs designed to be audience singalongs in the Pete Seeger tradition of motivational political anthems, from the call for unity of Peace in Our Hearts to condemnations of President Trump’s policies with Sooner or Later. 12882756 $16.99