Americana Boogie new releases for the week of June 24th… The Duhks, Carolina Story, Sarah Borges, Robert Gordon, Ben Vaughn and more

THE DUHKS
Beyond Blue  (Compass)

Rejuvenated by a two year hiatus and energized by the return of vocalist Jessee Havey and the addition of new members, fiddler Rosie Newton, drummer Kevin Garcia, and guitarist/bouzouki player Colin Savoie-Levac, The Duhks founder Leonard Podolak found an amazing pallet of inspiration for the new project. The goal was to draw on everything we’ve learned over the years and everything we know about where we want to take the music now and create something as fresh and exciting as possible.” The band turned to the production team of Mike Merenda and Ruth Unger, (The Mammals), who brought a progressive approach to production that was still firmly rooted in the traditions of folk music.

SARAH BORGES
Radio Sweetheart (Lonesome Day)

“After seven years, the Broken Singles had run its course. It was an amicable breakup.” says Borges, who under the name Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles released four records and toured nonstop. This time out, she took the more courageous route of going it alone. “It’s scary and freeing at the same time to do a record where I don’t have anyone to answer to but myself. A big driving force for this record was to find myself again and remind myself how much I love music after being away from it.”

Also new this week…

THE BAND – Carter Barron Amphitheater Washington DC July 17th, 1976 (live) (Keyhole)
CAROLINA STORY – Chapter Two (True Bearing)
RAY CHARLES – Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music, Vols. 1 & 2 (Not Now) (reissue)
ROBERT GORDON –I’m Coming Home  (Lanark)  
KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS – Snapshot (Hickory)
JESS KLEIN –  Learning Faith  (self release)
THE LOUDERMILKS – The Loudermilks   (You Know What…?)
PHISH – Fuego (Jemp/ATO)
ROD PIAZZA & THE MIGHTY FLYERS – Emergency Situation  (Blind Pig)  
BEN VAUGHN – Texas Road Trip (Munster)
WAYLON SPEED – Kin (Crow on Ten)

Above are all of the Americana and roots-type music releases for the week of June 24th, 2014. Click the artist or album links to find out more.  The artist’s names link to their websites and the CD title links go either ” target=”_blank”>Amazon,  CD Baby or the artist’s site for ordering or downloading.

Coming out soon… CORB LUND, OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW, JIM LAUDERDALE, JONAH TOLCHIN, BETH ORTON, THE MASTERSONS, STEVE WYNN,  PETER ROWAN, JOHN MELLENCAMP, SEAN WATKINS, DAVID OLNEY, TRAMPLED BY TURTLES, PUSS ‘N BOOTS, JANA POCHOP, DON FLEMONS, JOHN HIATT, PETER HIMMLEMAN, COWBOY JACK CLEMENT, LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III, SHOVELS AND ROPE, TOM PETTY  … more new releases.  Here’s a link to this week’s Americana Music Association Americana Airplay Chart

Bill Frater
Freight Train Boogie