Another week, another weekly playlist.

A bit ahead of schedule, because I have some weekend plans. Hopefully I didn’t miss too much good stuff due to this rush. I might add something later on. If you planned on listening last week’s playlist on this Saturday, you can check out the weekly playlist archive over here. I move the songs from the old weekly playlist over there and they’ll stay there for few months.

Quite a lot to love this weekend. New albums from Joshua Ray Walker, The Jayhawks, Margo Price, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Kalen & Aslyn, Tedo Stone, Ray Wylie Hubbard, The Juniper Berries, The Beths, The Clientele (collection of early rarities), Nick Zubeck (now on Spotify), Rufus Wainwright and My Morning Jacket.

Finnish highlight of the week is the Helmi Levyt double single blast from Amuri and Rosita Luu. There’s also a new single from Tahtoisin kertoa sinulle tarinan.

My favorite international single of the week is the new Emily Barker song. Other faves came from Skyway Man (who joined the Mama Bird Family), Robert Chaney, Emma Kupa, India Ramey, Kathleen Edwards and so forth. You’ll find them all below. Update: added new singles from Jeremy Squires, William Matheny and Sylvie Simmons.

That’s it for this week. Love from a distance.

1. Joshua Ray Walker – Voices (Glad You Made It, State Fair Records, 2020)
2. The Jayhawks – This Forgotten Town (XOXO, Sham, 2020)
3. Margo Price – That’s How Rumors Get Started (That’s How Rumors Get Started, 2020)
4. Emily Barker – The Woman Who Planted Trees (single, Everyone Sang, 2020)
5. Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – Hello In There (All the Good Times, Acony Records, 2020)
6. Skyway Man – Muddy Water (single, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2020)
7. Robert Chaney – Before I Go (single, 2020)
8. India Ramey – Montgomery Behind Me (single, 2020)
9. Ray Wylie Hubbard feat Pam Tillis – Missisippi John Hurt (Co-Starring, Big Machine, 2020)
10. Kalen & Aslyn – Heather (Back of Our Minds, Normaltown Records, 2020)
11. Kathleen Edwards – Hard On Everyone (single, Dualtone, 2020)
12. Tedo Stone – Same Old Kid (Same Old Kid, Laser Brains, 2020)
13. Amuri – Herätä minut (single, Helmi Levyt, 2020)
14. Rosita Luu – Luiseva Luisa (single, Helmi Levyt, 2020)
15. Eric Slick – When It Comes Down To It (single, Slick Records, 2020)
16. Emma Kupa – Hey Love (single, Fika Recordings, 2020)
17. Caitlin Pasko – Horrible Person (single, Whatever’s Clever, 2020)
18. Thanya Iyer – I Just Lay Down My Head (single, Topshelf Records, 2020)
19. Bill Callahan – Another Song (single, Drag City, 2020)
20. The Juniper Berries – Winning Streak (The Juniper Berries, Earth Libraries, 2020)
21. Ian Wayne – Baby (single, 2020)
22. Gold Star Gold Star – You Can Tell Me What It Is (Girl) (single, Earth Libraries, 2020)
23. William Matheny – Mind For Leaving (single, 2020)
24. Jeremy Squires – Cast Spells (single, Blackbird, 2020)
25. Sylvie Simmons – Keep Dancing (single, Compass Records, 2020)
26. Birch Pereira & The Gin Joints – You Know It Hurts Me (single, 2020)
27. Jeshua Marshall – Go Go (single, 2020)
28. Guided By Voices – To Keep an Area (single, 2020)
29. The Beths – Out of Sight (Jump Rope Gazers, Carpark Records, 2020)
30. Lily McKown – Backseat Driver (single, 2020)
31. Lomelda – Wonder (single, Double Double Whammy, 2020)
32. Adeline Hotel – Trying For You – Devra Demo (single, Whatever’s Clever, 2020)
33. The Clientele – Dear Jennifer (It’s Art Dad, Merge Records, 2020)
34. Hickey Eyes – Spoon Me (single, 2020)
35. Nick Zubeck – Hollow Thoughts (Venusian Blues, 2020)
36. Astral Swans – Bird Songs (single, 2020)
37. John Davey – Lower Tiers (single, 2020)
38. Kris Delmhorst – The Horses (single, 2020)
39. David Shultz – The Sea (single, 2020)
40. Northcote – Nine to Midnight (single, Black Box Recordings, 2020)
41. Grant Lee Phillips – Gather Up (single, Yep Roc, 2020)
42. Tejon Street Corner Thieves – Demons (Demons EP, Liars Club, 2020)
43. VeldHans – Big Z (single, OneAcre Recordings, 2020)
44. Eilen Jewell – Green River (single, Signature Sounds, 2020)
45. Rebecka Sandberg & David Ritschard – Getå (single, Ella Ruth Institutet, 2020)
46. Bror Gunnar Jansson – Breathe (single, Playground Music, 2020)
47. The Savants of Soul – More Than One To Choose From (single, 2020)
48. Rufus Wainright – Trouble in Paradise (Unfollow the Rules, BMG, 2020)
49. Tahtoisin kertoa sinulle tarinan – Tule mennään (single, 2020)
50. Szlachetka – Lifeboat (single, 2020)
51. My Morning Jacket – Still Thinkin (Waterfall II, ATO Records, 2020)
52. M. Ward feat Alia Farah – Daydream (single, 2020)
53. Matthew McNeal – Blackbird (single, Black Matte Sound Company, 2020)

Playlist link

Oh and do buy the vinyl/cd/download. Spotify and other streaming services are perfect for these introductory purposes, but try to buy at least the music that matter the most to you

If you are looking this after a week has gone, the embedded Spotify will show the latest playlist. I’ll just update the same playlist because a) if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each Sunday b) so that I don’t have a trillion of different playlists on my Spotify account.

Another week, another weekly playlist.

A really slow release week due to the 4th of July I presume. Well plenty of great singles, but not a whole lot of albums. The biggest album release of the week is Roll On by Water Liars. They recorded it five years ago, but it was never released at the time. Now they made it available on Bandcamp. The only international new album on this playlist is the new Willie Nelson album, but there’s wonderful EPs from Red River Dialect, Jane Blanchard, Jason McCue and Daniel Wright. That Tommy Alexander I mentioned a few weeks ago is also now available to stream as well, so I revisited it by adding the sweet closer to this week’s playlist.

The small Finnish section has a gorgeous new album from Robert Ensio Niemistö along with new singles from Grant Wood Company, Teini-Pää, Lapsuus and Jani Matti Juhani.

There was lots of fabulous singles and this starts with a golden song trio from Courtney Marie Andrews, Jenny O. and Le Ren. A new Bill Callahan song is always a treasure and then there was a new album cut from the forthcoming final Jason Molina collection. Not forgetting the greatness of Kristina Murray, Arlo McKinley, Rachel Angel, Charley Crockett, Renee Reed, Michael Robert Murphy (from The Wicked Whispers) and many others.

That’s it for this week. If this week’s playlist week was too short, there’s an eight hour long mid-year list here. I try to make a few blog posts now that I’m on vacation from the day job and have a bit more time to write and listen. No definite promises though. Love from a distance.

1. Courtney Marie Andrews – How You Get Hurt (single, Loose Music / Fat Possum, 2020)
2. Jenny O. – Psychedelic Love (single, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2020)
3. Le Ren – If I Had Wings (single, Secretly Canadian, 2020)
4. Red River Dialect – Front Row (Overabundance EP, Paradise of Bachelors, 2020)
5. Bill Callahan – Pigeons (single, Drag City, 2020)
6. Kristina Murray – The Great Unknown (single, Loud Magnolia, 2020)
7. Arlo McKinley – Die Midwestern (single, Oh Boy Recordings, 2020)
8. Rachel Angel – Highway Songs (single, Public Works, 2020)
9. Charley Crockett – Run Horse Run (single, Son of Davy, 2020)
10. Jason Molina – The Mission’s End (single, Secretly Canadian, 2020)
11. Jason McCue – When This Passes (Apocalypse EP, Fluff and Gravy Records, 2020)
12. Jane Blanchard – Still, Again (Still, Again EP, Gerry Loves Records, 2020)
13. Michael Robert Murphy – Out Of Sight (single, 2020)
14. Daniel Wright – What I Know Now (Wild House EP, Echo Magic, 2020)
15. Humbird – Lincoln, Nebraska (single, Green Thumb, 2020)
16. Renee Reed – Until Tomorrow (single, Keeled Scales, 2020)
17. Dolly Valentine – Stupid Love Song (single, Holy Golden Music, 2020)
18. Grace Gillespie – Empty in the Capital (single, Kaleidoscope, 2020)
19. Native Harrow – Shake (single, Loose Music, 2020)
20. Low Cut Connie – Stay as Long as You Like (single, Contender Records, 2020)
21. Grant Wood Company – Invitation (single, Karhuvaltio Records, 2020)
22. Robert Ensio Niemistö – Tasahaikka (Joilla on korvat se kuulkoon, Jukan Musiikki, 2020)
23. Jani Matti Juhani – Polttava rakkaus (single, Ainoa, 2020)
24. Teini-Pää – Koko kuuman kesän (single, 2020)
25. Lapsuus – Rikkinäisen sydämen tuoksu (single, Stupido Records, 2020)
26. Tedo Stone – Town After Town (single, Laser Brains, 2020)
27. Pop Filter – Big Yellow Van (single, 2020)
28. Merce Lemon – Baby (single, Darling Recordings, 2020)
29. Slight Of – Other People (single, Dadstache, 2020)
30. Corey Flood – Heaven Or (single, Fire Talk, 2020)
31. SASAMI – Toxicity (single, Domino, 2020)
32. Shirley Collins – Sweet Greens and Blues (single, Domino, 2020)
33. Dojo Cuts feat Roxanne – Crazy Good (single, DCR, 2020)
34. Theo Lawrence – We Shouldn’t Talk About It (Plus de Sauce, Tomika, 2020)
35. Willie Nelson – I’m the Only Hell My Mama Ever Raised (First Rose of Spring, Sony Music, 2020)
36. Lauren O’Connell – I Fall to Pieces (single, 2020)
37. This is The Kit – This is What You Did (single, Rough Trade, 2020)
38. Tim Easton – When I See You Again (single, 2020)
39. Annie Dressner – Book of Love (single, 2020)
40. James Elkington – Beechwood Park (single, Paradise of Bachelors, 2020)
41. Jeremy Squires – In the Dark (Eastern Glow, 2020)
42. Tommy Alexander – Doing Things Together (Waves, 2020)

Playlist link

Oh and do buy the vinyl/cd/download. Spotify and other streaming services are perfect for these introductory purposes, but try to buy at least the music that matter the most to you

If you are looking this after a week has gone, the embedded Spotify will show the latest playlist. I’ll just update the same playlist because a) if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each Sunday b) so that I don’t have a trillion of different playlists on my Spotify account.

Another week, another weekly playlist.

I’ll keep this one short, because the weather is dreadfully hot this weekend and the computer isn’t the best companion during a heatwave. I also hope I didn’t miss too much stuff, because I haven’t done that much searching and investigating this time around. Feel free to drop hints of things I forgot or wasn’t even aware of in the first place.

The big new album releases for me came from Snowgoose and Kyle Nix (Snowgoose is out July 24th in the North America on Ba Da Bing, so the US/Canada followers of this music blog / playlist have to wait a few more weeks for it to arrive). Other great new albums on the playlist came from Country Westerns, Corb Lund, Will Hoge, Becca Mancari, Evening Hymns, Ray LaMontagne, Khruangbin, Alasdair Roberts, Jeremy Squires (this has been available on Bandcamp for a while, but it’s now available on streaming services too), The Dead Tongues, Bad Moves and Charles Walker.

The small Finnish section features new singles from Robert Ensio Niemistö, M, Laura Moisio & WANHA plus a new cover single from the half-Finnish Stockholm-based Astral Brain.

The song of the week is the first single from the forthcoming Luka Kuplowsky album. A beauty of a song. Another big one is also the new double single from Dolly Valentine. The album is due in August and I can’t wait to hear it. All the Dolly Valentine singles during the past year have been pure gold. It’s going to be a special album. There was also an album announcement from H.C. McEntire along with a gorgeous first single. And new singles from Andrew Bryant, Joshua Ray Walker, Kyle Cox, Trummors, Oceanator and so forth. Oh and the completely new find of the week for me was Wyatt C. Louis. I really like the Dancing With Sue single and I’m looking forward to hearing more when the album arrives.

That it’s for this week. I did a short Finnish mid-year list thing-y earlier this week. I’ll try to make some kind of international version next week. Love from a distance.

1. Luka Kuplowsky – Never Get Tired (of Loving You) (single, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2020)
2. Snowgoose – Goldenwing (The Making of You, Glass Modern, 2020)
3. Dolly Valentine – Love is Love (single, Holy Golden Music, 2020)
4. Kyle Nix – Blue Eyes (Lightning on the Mountain & Other Short Stories, Bossier City Records, 2020)
5. Andrew Bryant – Dixie is Dead (single, Magnolia State Music, 2020)
6. Joshua Ray Walker – Cupboard (single, State Fair Records, 2020)
7. Country Westerns – Two Characters in Search of a Country Song (Country Westerns, Fat Possum, 2020)
8. Corb Lund – Never Not Had Horses (Agricultural Tragic, New West Records, 2020)
9. Will Hoge – Even the River Runs out of This Town (Tiny Little Movies, EDLO Records, 20209
10. H.C. McEntire – Time, On Fire (single, Merge Records, 2020)
11. Becca Mancari – Knew (The Greatest Part, Captured Tracks, 2020)
12. Evening Hymns – I Can Only Be Good (Heavy Nights, Shuffling Feet Records, 2020)
13. Kyle Cox – Toy Trains (single, 2020)
14. Trummors – Late Arriver (single, Ernest Jenning Record Co, 2020)
15. Ray LaMontagne – Summer Clouds (Monovision, RCA Records, 2020)
16. Khruangbin – Dearest Alfred (Mordechai, Dead Oceans, 2020)
17. The Harlem Gospel Travelers – Nothing But His Love (single, Colemine Records, 2020)
18. Hiss Golden Messenger – Cat’s Eye Blue – Alive at Spacebomb (single, Merge Records, 2020)
19. Justin Wells – The Screaming Song (single, Singular Recordings, 2020)
20. Wyatt C. Louis – Dancing With Sue (single, Slow Weather Music, 2020)
21. Robert Ensio Niemistö – Rakastaa itseään (single, Jukan musiikki, 2020)
22. M – Se tuli mua vastaan (single, Solina Records, 2020)
23. Laura Moisio – Tummat hahmot -WANHA Remix (single, Texicalli Records, 2020)
24. Astral Brain – California Girls (single, 2020)
25. Alasdair Roberts – Second Perthshire House Song (The Songs of My Boyhood, Drag City, 2020)
26. Jeremy Squires – Luna (Eastern Glow, 2020)
27. The Dead Tongues – Deep Water, Strange Wind (Transmigration Blues, Psychic Hotline, 2020)
28. Oceanator – Crack in the World (single, Plastic Miracles, 2020)
29. Bad Moves – Same Bad Friends (Untenable, Don Giovanni Records, 2020)
30. Steven Adams & The French Drops – My Brother, The Racist (single, Fika Recordings, 2020)
31. Charles Walker – I Used to Think I Was (Charles Walker, 2020)
32. Bright Eyes – Mariana Trench (single, Dead Oceans, 2020)
33. The Jayhawks – Bitter Pill (single, SHAM, 2020)
34. Bonny Light Horseman – Green Rocky Road (single, 2020)
35. Emily Scott Robinson – The Time For Flowers (single, 2020)
36. Jess Williamson – Pictures of Flowers (single, Mexican Summer, 2020)
37. Dana Gavanski – I Talk to the Wind (single, Full Time Hobby, 2020)
38. S.G. Goodman – If It Ain’t Me Babe (single, UMG, 2020)
39. Sofia Wolfson – Billboard (single, 2020)
40. Cass McCombs & Steve Gunn – Sweet Lucy (single, Anti, 2020)
41. Shannon Lay & Steve Gunn – Clay Pigeon (single, Sub Pop Records, 2020)
42. Foy Vance – Thank You For Asking (single, Gingerbread Man Records, 2020)
43. Kalen & Aslyn – Don’t Take it Out on Me (single, 2020)
44. The Woolen Men – The Gold Room (single, Dog’s Table, 2020)
45. Tugboat Captain – No Plans (For This Year) (single, Double A-Side Records, 2020)
46. Yee & O’Brien – My My My (single, 2020)
47. T.Gold – You’re Not Gonna Live Forever – Live (single, Sleepy Cat Records, 2020)
48. The Speedways – In a World Without Love It’s Hard to Stay Young (Radio Sounds, 2020)
49. Jane Blanchard – Missing Me (single, Gerry Loves Records, 2020)
50. Phoebe Bridgers – I Know the End (Punisher, Dead Oceans, 2020)

Playlist link

Oh and do buy the vinyl/cd/download. Spotify and other streaming services are perfect for these introductory purposes, but try to buy at least the music that matter the most to you

If you are looking this after a week has gone, the embedded Spotify will show the latest playlist. I’ll just update the same playlist because a) if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each Sunday b) so that I don’t have a trillion of different playlists on my Spotify account.

Another week, another weekly playlist.

A quick weekly playlist and release round up in the mid of the midsummer. This week sees the release of my favorite song of the year. If this blog / world still exists at the end of 2020, it’s very likely that the onechordnet song of the year will be I Don’t Care To Dance by J.E. Sunde. I’ve loved it since I saw this live at Pony Rug video and I’m thrilled that it’s now officially out and available. It just resonates so deeply with my shy, insecure and overly romantic soul. I love it as much as you can possibly love a song. It’s my heart in a song.

The big album releases came from Phoebe Bridgers, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, but there’s also great new albums from Julian Taylor, The Speedways, Darlin’ Brando, The Boomswagglers, Don Bryant, Jill Barber, Kristen Grainger & The True North, Grayson Capps (retrospective), Josh Kimbrough and DG Solaris. Plus EPs from Karima Walker & Katy Kirby, Mukiss and Starflyer 59.

oh and there’s new Twain album that’s only available on Bandcamp. I purchased copy yesterday, but I haven’t listened yet. I’m 100% sure it’s gorgeous, so check that out too.

Onwards to the Finnish section. My new big love Teini-Pää has their new single now on Spotify and it’s of course superb. Long time faves Mitä helvettiä nyt taas also released a fabulous new single and Pöllöt released a surprise EP right after their 2020 album. The playlist also has new singles from Arppa, Suad and Tahtoisin kertoa sinulle tarinan and also revisits Veli’s album from last week.

Plenty of good singles too along with the aforementioned J.E. Sunde song. Some personal faves came from Vincent Neil Emerson, Colter Wall, Erin Enderlin, Michaela Anne and Gold Star Gold Star.

That’s it for this week. Love from a distance.

1. J.E. Sunde – I Don’t Care to Dance (single, Vietnam, 2020)
2. Phoebe Bridgers – Chinese Satellite (Punisher, Dead Oceans, 2020)
3. Karima Walker & Katy Kirby – Idaho-Dakota (Among Horses V, Son Canciones, 2020)
4. Julian Taylor – The Ridge (The Ridge, Howling Turtle, 2020)
5. Vincent Neil Emerson – Road Runner (single, La Honda Records, 2020)
6. Colter Wall – Western Swing & Waltzes (single, La Honda Records, 2020)
7. Erin Enderlin – Fishin’ in the Dark (single, Blaster Records, 2020)
8. Michaela Anne – Good Times (single, Yep Roc, 2020)
9. Gold Star Gold Star – Talkin’ Need My Friends Blues (single, Earth Libraries, 2020)
10. Teini-Pää – Hotelliin (single, 2020)
11. Mitä helvettiä nyt taas – 5.40 (single, Nature Sucks Anyway Records, 2020)
12. Pöllöt – Mestarit saunassa (Odotellaan EP, Svart Records, 2020)
13. Arppa – Kiertoradat (single, Arppa Music, 2020)
14. Tedo Stone – Wunderkid (single, Laser Brains, 2020)
15. Starflyer 59 – Miami (Miami EP, Velvet Blue Music, 2020)
16. The Speedways – Empty Pages (Radio Sounds, 2020)
17. Darlin’ Brando – Crumbling Marriages (Also, Too, 2020)
18. The Boomswagglers – Pick from Your Vine (Heartbreaking Place in My Mind, 2020)
19. Kyle Nix – Josephine (single, 2020)
20. Bob Dylan – Black Rider (Rough and Rowdy Ways, Columbia Records, 2020)
21. Neil Young – Love is a Rose (Homegrown, Silver Bow, 2020)
22. Thee Sacred Souls – Can I Call You Rose? (single, Daptone Records, 2020)
23. Dojo Cuts feat Natalie Slade – If My Love Was Enough (single, DCR, 2020)
24. Don Bryant – Your Love Is Too Late (You Make Me Feel, Fat Possum Records, 2020)
25. LadyCouch – Foolish and Blue (single, Cafe Rooster Records, 2020)
26. Ironsides – Sommer (single, Colemine Records, 2020)
27. Lincoln Barr – Diluvian Tide (single, 2020)
28. Suad – Door (single, Svart Records, 2020)
28. Kate Teague – The Temporary (single, Muscle Beach Records, 2020)
30. Jill Barber – Le monde est beau (Entre Nous, Outside Music, 2020)
31. Elizabeth Cook – Perfect Girls of Pop (single, Agent Love Records, 2020)
32. Mukiss – Cleveland (Happy Face EP, Coyote Hand Puppet Recods, 2020)
33. Kris Delmhorst – Wind’s Gonna Find a Way (single, 2020)
34. Ronnie Fauss – Nothing Worth Saying (single, Normaltown Records, 2020)
35. Will Hoge – The Overthrow (single, EDLO Records, 2020)
36. Buck Fuffalo – Minor League (single, 2020)
37. Kristen Grainger & The True North – Tattooed Love Song (Ghost Tattoo, 2020)
38. Grayson Capps – May We Love (South Front Street – A Retrospective, Royal Potato Family, 2020)
39. Josh Kimbrough – Morning Moon (Slither, Soar & Disappear, Tompkins Square, 2020)
40. Tahtoisin kertoa sinulle tarinan – Meri, ota minut! (single, 2020)
41. Neev – Forgiving Light (single, 2020)
42. DG Solaris – Spirit Glow (Spirit Glow, 2020)
43. Photo Ops – Play On (single, Western Vinyl, 2020)
44. Andrew Thoreen – I Just Stopped Caring About My Ego (single, 2020)
45. Terry Ohms – Curse of the Bat (single, Cornelius Chapel Records, 2020)
46. The Pink Stones – We’ve Got to Get Ourselves Together (single, 2020)
47. Lauren O’Connell – Our Town (single, Sugar Glider, 2020)
48. Abby Hamilton – Big Time (Afraid of the Dark EP, 2020)
49. Veli – A Song (I AM Changing, 2020)
50. The Explorers Club – Dreamin’ (The Explorers Club, Goldstar Recordings, 2020)
51. Leah Senior – The Passing Scene (The Passing Scene, Flightless, 2020)

Playlist link

Oh and do buy the vinyl/cd/download. Spotify and other streaming services are perfect for these introductory purposes, but try to buy at least the music that matter the most to you

If you are looking this after a week has gone, the embedded Spotify will show the latest playlist. I’ll just update the same playlist because a) if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each Sunday b) so that I don’t have a trillion of different playlists on my Spotify account.