Tonight this little round up begins from California with the sweet sounds of the new Little Wings album People. Physical copies have been out for a while, but it’s now out in the digital world too. I bought my download just a while ago and I’m listening to it for the first time while I write this. So I don’t have a clear picture of what are my favorite songs or so forth, but I already know that I’m going to love this record. Here’s Kyle Field and co and Cliff’s Face from the new Little Wings album.

Little Wings Website

Traveling on to Catskill Mountains to experience something quietly monumental and absolutely mesmerizing. The new Florist album Emily Alone came out on the 26th of July on Double Double Whammy and it’s a very special record. It’s dark and vulnerable, but somehow still so soothing and beautiful. It’s difficult to describe the walk I had with this album. It’s like we carried each other out from the dark and for that I’m grateful.

Florist Website

Continuing with huge recent favorites. Jordan Moser is a singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas and his album Long Night came out on the 26th of July on Keeled Scales (who are putting some real pressure on Mama Bird Recording Co in the imaginary best record label in the world battle. Just joking of course. There’s no battle. Just hugs and kisses. I love both dearly). Anyway, this is a tremendous album full of gorgeous literate country folk and sang beautifully by Jordan Moser with more than a little help from Molly Burch who features on every song. A pure bliss from first note to last.

Jordan Moser Website

And let’s wrap tonight’s little blog entry in Oxford, Mississippi with a song from an album that’s not out yet, but it’s definitely one I’m waiting eagerly. Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster’s (from Water Liars) new album Take Heart, Take Care will be released on the 30th of August by Big Legal Mess. The stunning title track has been out for a while. Check it out below and then join me in counting the days until the release. I’ll need some, because I’m horrible at math.

Justin Peter Kinkel-Schuster Website

Four Arms to Hold You is an ongoing feature with a weird name. It might not contain a whole lot of words, but it does contain a whole lot of love towards the featured songs. Basicly this is just four albums / songs / artists that have done their part in holding me together and therefore I want to tell the world or the seven readers of this blog how much I love them. Not entirely sure do these kind of posts serve any kind of purpose and I do hope I manage to write longer posts too. Right now it just feels like the playlists and these kind of short posts are the only way to keep this dear hobby alive. Plus it’s really the music that matters, not my random ramblings and these posts will always contain magical music.

Hey let’s do another of these round-up posts tonight, because I’m way behind. This one is a bit of a country video special.

We shall begin from Dallas, TX with some honky-tonkin rock’n’roll fun. Ottoman Turks is getting ready to release their self-titled debut album that will come out on 23rd of August on State Fair Records. A couple of singles are already out and available and both are excellent. I’ll pick the first one Glass Bottles for this little blog entry, because John Patrick Hughes made a lovely music video for the song. If you scored high marks on your country music exam, you might recognize Mr Joshua Ray Walker on lead guitar. If not, fill the hole in your education by listening to the awesome record Wish You Were Here he released early in the year. This band is still a whole another story though, so it’s time to raise glass bottles with Ottoman Turks.

Ottoman Turks Website

Staying in Texas, but moving to Austin and taking the substance abuse to a new level with the new Paul Cauthen single Cocaine Country Dancing. It’s an outtake from the forthcoming album Room 41 that is due out on the 6th of September on Lightning Rod Records. I’ll never do a hit of cocaine, but I sure can hit this crazy country groove with Paul Cauthen. There’s also another single and music video that you can check out here.

Paul Cauthen Website

Time to dust Texas off our boots, but cocaine is still hanging over our heads (at least on the song title). Brooklyn-based songwriter Ana Egge also has a new album shining in the horizon. The album titled Is it The Kiss will be released by Storysound Records on the 6th of September. Expectations are sky high, because both advance singles have been wonderful. Here’s the beautiful first single Cocaine Cowboys that came with a lovely music video and features Iris DeMent on harmonies and Buck Meek on guitar.

Ana Egge Website

Tonight this story ends in Stockholm, Sweden with the perfect closer of David Ritschard’s album Brobrännaren. Unlike the earlier entries, this record is already out and available. Brobrännaren came out on Rootsy Music on the 14th of June and it’s an extremely enjoyable collision between classic country music and nordic songwriting tradition. If Swedish language is not a dealbreaker, I highly recommend spending an afternoon (or well several) with this swedish honky tonk maestro. The album is a whole lot of fun and also very moving. Kanske kunna leva med mig själv (now there’s a perfect song title. I need a moment to collect myself after only reading it), Inte här (när jag är här) and this album closer Som en Hank Williams refräng are personal favorites. This video below is a must watch too. Fredrik Wågensand has done a brilliant job and I really love the style of the video. Plus my family had the same car (same color too) when I was a child so there’s some extra personal nostalgic vibes too.

David Ritschard Website

Four Arms to Hold You is an ongoing feature with a weird name. It might not contain a whole lot of words, but it does contain a whole lot of love towards the featured songs. Basicly this is just four albums / songs / artists that have done their part in holding me together and therefore I want to tell the world or the seven readers of this blog how much I love them. Not entirely sure do these kind of posts serve any kind of purpose and I do hope I manage to write longer posts too. Right now it just feels like the playlists and these kind of short posts are the only way to keep this dear hobby alive. Plus it’s really the music that matters, not my random ramblings and these posts will always contain magical music.

I’ve spent the first vacation days in planning the forthcoming 18th Anniversary Festival, but now I’ll start the usual catch up special and during the next week or so I will share a lot of songs I’ve loved during the last couple of months.

Today this music journey starts from Nashville, where country songwriter Kelsey Waldon is getting ready to release her new full-length album White Noise/White Lines. The album is coming out on John Prine’s label Oh Boy Records on the 4th of October (Kelsey Waldon is the first signing in 15 years). The excellent first single Anyhow surfaced a few weeks ago with a music video. Check it out below before setting a camp outside the record store.

Kelsey Waldon Website

Moving on to Los Angeles to meet up with country singer Leslie Stevens and her magnificent songs. Her album Sinner is coming out on LyricLand LLC on the 23rd of August and it’s going to be a stunner based on the three advance singles. Here’s Depression, Descent, but the other two are equally awesome, so check them out wherever you listen to music these days. I haven’t even heard the album, but I’m already pretty sure that you’ll find this one from my year-end list.

Leslie Stevens Website

Next stop, Oslo Norway and the new norwegicana single Pause from Malin Pettersen. It’s an outtake from her forthcoming six-song EP Alonesome that is due out on the 11th of October on Die With Your Boots On Records. Solveig Selj made a video for this beautiful and moving single.

Malin Pettersen Website

The final destination of this little blog entry is Canada and more precisely Calgary, Alberta. Casting Stones is Mariel Buckley’s latest single. If I’m not mistaken this powerful song is a b-side for her marvellous 2018 album Driving in the Dark. It’s definitely way too good to be left in the drawer, so it’s good to have it burning its way into my heart now in 2019.

Mariel Buckley Website

Four Arms to Hold You is an ongoing feature with a weird name. It might not contain a whole lot of words, but it does contain a whole lot of love towards the featured songs. Basicly this is just four albums / songs / artists that have done their part in holding me together and therefore I want to tell the world or the seven readers of this blog how much I love them. Not entirely sure do these kind of posts serve any kind of purpose and I do hope I manage to write longer posts too. Right now it just feels like the playlists and these kind of short posts are the only way to keep this dear hobby alive. Plus it’s really the music that matters, not my random ramblings and these posts will always contain magical music.