Americana Boogie new releases for the week of Nov. 22nd… Jake Bugg, Jim Lauderdale (2!), Carolina Story and “Rockin Legends Pay Tribute To Jack White”

JAKE BUGG
Shangri La (Island/Def-Jam)

Asked to compare Shangri La with its predecessor, Bugg concludes: ‘My first album felt like a list of songs, whereas this one feels like a whole entity with something to say. Or if my first album was the colour of grey reality, this one’s the colour of the sun’. The colour of our planet’s nearest star. Or maybe the sound of a new star intensifying their musical colours. The album shares its title with the Malibu studio where it was made, once the ’70s haven of Bob Dylan and The Band, now the creative hub of producer Rick Rubin. 

Various Artists
Rockin’ Legends Pay Tribute To Jack White (Cleopatra)

The musical ancestors of Jack White and his retro rockabilly blues style come together on this incredible tribute to the man who made rock n roll dangerous again! Featuring performances by artists Mr. White has liberally borrowed from – true legends of rockabilly, early rock, and classic punk including Wanda Jackson, Big Jay McNeely, Sonny Burgess, Gary U.S. Bonds, Knox (The Vibrators), Walture Lure (The Heartbreakers), Bobby Vee and more! Blistering and raw covers of The White Stripes Seven Nation Army, Icky Thump, We re Going To Be Friends and others. (from press release)

Also new this week…

THE BOTTLE ROCKETS – Bottle Rockets & The Brooklyn Side (Bloodshot)
CAROLINA STORY – Chapter One (True Bearing)
JIM LAUDERDALE – Black Roses and Blue Moon Junction (Sky Crunch) (2 albums)
JESSE TERRY – Stay Here With Me (self released)

Coming out soon… BILLY JOE ARMSTRONG & NORAH JONES, NEIL YOUNG, SHELBY LYNNE … more new releases. Here’s a link to this week’s Americana Music Association Americana Airplay Chart

Bill Frater
Freight Train Boogie