Another week, another weekly playlist.

Back with another new music round up and this was again quite a week. There’s so much new music to love that it was tough to narrow this down to any reasonable length. But I suppose that’s not a huge concern. You can listen as much or as little you want.

The big one this week for me is the new Courtney Marie Andrews album. Love the Cinder Well album too and what about that Psalmships EP. Oh my. It takes my breath away. Twain’s album is one of my favorites of the year, but I haven’t seen it on Spotify before this week. Other big album releases came from Jess Cornelius, Taylor Swift, Shirley Collins, Lori McKenna, Arna Georgia (ok, this was a week ago but I missed it then), Liza Anne, Katie Dey and Gregory Uhlmann. Plus great EPs from Gladie, Devandra Banhart and the aforementioned Psalmships.

The Finnish section only has the new The Handkerchiefs single and revisits the new Matti Jasu album. I’m sure there had to be more. Oh and there actually is over at Bandcamp. Like the English debut of JonnaT that was produced by Ken Stringfellow. You’ll find it here.

As for international songs, there’s so much to love. One of my all-time favorite songwriters John K. Samson has a new song and one of my new favorites Heather Valley released the first single from her forthcoming album. Lydia Loveless announced a new album and released a fabulous new single. Then we got new outtakes from the forthcoming albums by Sylvie Simmons, Charlie Whitten, Gold Star Gold Star, Colter Wall, Arlo McKinley, H.C. McEntire… All great just like everything else on this long-ish playlist.

That’s it for this week. Thank you for reading and following my little music blog. It matters to me. See you next week or before if I get my act together and manage to write some blog posts. Love from a distance.

1. Courtney Marie Andrews – Guilty (Old Flowers, Fat Possum / Loose Music, 2020)
2. Cinder Well – The Cuckoo (No Summer, Free Dirt Records, 2020)
3. Psalmships – Vestiges (Another Tongue EP, 2020)
4. Heather Valley – Emily (single, 2020)
5. John K. Samson – Fantasy Football at the End of the World (single, Anti-, 2020)
6. Sylvie Simmons – Sweet California (single, Compass Records, 2020)
7. Charlie Whitten – Good Things (single, 2020)
8. Gold Star Gold Star – Sun Staying Down (single, 2020)
9. Twain – Love, Go Lightly (Days of Effort and Ease, 2020)
10. Lydia Loveless – Love Is Not Enough (single, Honey, You’re Gonna Be Late, 2020)
11. Jess Cornelius – Here Goes Nothing (Distance, 2020)
12. Taylor Swift – betty (Folklore, 2020)
13. Skullcrusher – Places/Plans (Skullcrusher EP, Secretly Canadian, 2020)
14. Shirley Collins – Wondrous Love (Heart’s Ease, Domino Recording Co, 2020)
15. Devandra Banhart – It’s Not Always Funny (Vast Avoid EP, Nonesuch Records, 2020)
16. Colter Wall – Cowpoke (single, La Honda Records, 2020)
17. Lori McKenna – Marie (The Balladeer, CN Records, 2020)
18. Arna Georgia – Blues on a City Street (Yes Girl, 2020)
19. Rachel Angel – Strapped (single, Public Works, 2020)
20. Charley Crockett – Don’t Cry (single, Son of Davy, 2020)
21. Justin Wells – No Time for a Broken Heart (single, Singular Recordings, 2020)
22. Arlo McKinley – Gone for Good (single, Oh Boy Records, 2020)
23. India Ramey – Up to No Good (single, 2020)
24. H.C. McEntire – Final Blow (single, Merge Records, 2020)
25. Gladie – Is That Why You’re Here (Orange Peels EP, 2020)
26. Lily McKown – Metal in the Outlet (single, 2020)
27. Steven Adams & The French Drops – Soft Landigs (single, Fika Recordings, 2020)
28. Liza Anne – Terrible Discovery (Bad Vacation, Arts & Crafts, 2020)
29. Caitlin Pasko – To the Leaves (single, 2020)
30. Rae Fitzgerald – Smileland (single, Keeled Scales, 2020)
31. Katie Dey – Darkness (Mydata, Run for Cover Records, 2020)
32. Eric Slick feat Natalie Prass – Closer to Heaven (single, Slick Records, 2020)
33. The Winston Brothers – Winston Theme (single, Colemine Records, 2020)
34. Lee Fields & The Expressions – The One Who’s Hurting Is You (single, Big Crown Records, 2020)
35. Danielle Ponder and Karate Boogaloo – Look Around (single, Hopestreet Recordings, 2020)
36. Durand Jones & The Indications – Never Heard ‘Em Say (single, Dead Oceans / Colemine, 2020)
37. GA-20 – I Ain’t Got You (single, Colemine Records, 2020)
38. Great Peacock – All I Ever Do (single, 2020)
39. Michaela Anne – Burn My Bridges (single, Yep Roc, 2020)
40. Native Harrow – If I Could (single, Loose Music, 2020)
41. Stephanie Lambring – Pretty (single, 2020)
42. Honey Magpie – Smallest Grains of Sand (single, 2020)
43. Andy Shauf – Judy (single, Anti, 2020)
44. Peter Oren – Thin Blue Line (single, 2020)
45. Photo Ops – Take the Long Way (single, Western Vinyl, 2020)
46. Jess Locke – Fool (single, Dot Dash Recordings, 2020)
47. The Handkerchiefs – Girlfriend (single, 2020)
48. Matti Jasu – Sunblock 5000 (Up and Running, 2020)
49. Milky Wimpshike – You Make a Nice Piece of Art (single, Bobo Integral, 2020)
50. Woolen Men – Cool Breeze (single, Dog’s Table, 2020)
51. Fenne Lily – Berlin (single, Dead Oceans, 2020)
52. Isobel Campbell – Voices in the Sky (single, Cooking Vinyl, 2020)
53. Juanita Stein – Snapshot (single, Nude Music, 2020)
54. Gregory Uhlmann – Neighborhood Watch (Neigborhood Watch, Topshelf Records, 2020)
55. Garrett Owen – Hour in the Forest (single, 2020)
56. Eli Winter – Maroon (single, American Dreams, 2020)
57. Dogwood Tales – Just for a Day (Closest Thing to Heaven, WarHen Records, 2020)
58. Tom Brosseau – Love Cannot Die (The Prairie, 2020)
59. S.G. Goodman – Space and Time (Old Time Feeling, Verve Forecast, 2020)
60. Samantha Crain – Tough For You (A Small Death, Real Kind Records, 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 spent the week vacationing on the countryside, so not a whole lot of blog action during the past week. Back in the city again and back to work on Monday.

Some big album releases this week. S.G. Goodman, Samantha Crain and Dogwood Tales were the big three for me and all are wonderful albums. Or you could make it a quartet by adding the new Tom Brosseau (although this has an official release date of 19th of August, but seems to be already available). The week also gave us excellent new albums from Lianne La Havas, Rob Dobson, Nicholas Mallis, David Ramirez, Drew Danburry (B-sides from forthcoming cassette-only album), Illuminati Hotties, The Chicks, The Texas Gentlemen, Sojourn Suspect, Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards and Ora Cogan . Oh and Joan Shelley’s beautiful live album is now on Spotify too. A couple of EPs too from Pearl Charles and Brooke Bentham.

The Finnish section is rather small, but quality is high. There’s the new Matti Jasu album and a new Helmi treasure from Metsäheikki. Then there’s also The Shouldas EP. They are a band from Lewisburg, PA led by Evan Dresser, but Finnish superhero Thomas Lilley (Daisy, Liljankukka) also plays a major part. The new EP was also recorded in Finland and came out on the wonderful Karhuvaltio Records.

Plenty of singles to love as well. One of my favourite Swedish artists I’m Kingfisher announced a new country album due in October and released the lead single. Juliet McConkey, Victoria Bailey and Emilee Emiko are some new finds for me and all released great singles. New Zephaniah OHora, LadyCouch, Stephen Simmons and Charlie Whitten singles are of course fabulous. Love the Kath Bloom song too that I somehow missed a week or two ago. The War and Treaty single is gorgeous and well I might well name check everything. My favorite song of the week is the opening song Red Bird Morning by S.G. Goodman. I somehow missed the single, so I just heard it for the first time and it absolute floored me. What a song.

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

1. S.G. Goodman – Red Bird Morning (Old Time Feeling, Verve Forecast, 2020)
2. Samantha Crain – Joey (A Small Death, Real Kind Records, 2020)
3. Dogwood Tales – Easy on Your Mind (Closest Thing to Heaven, WarHen Recordsd, 2020)
4. I’m Kingfisher – Pocket Soul (single, Fading Trails Records, 2020)
5. Tom Brosseau – Dusty Tears (The Prairie, 2020)
6. Gillian Welch -Strange Isabella (single, Acony Records, 2020)
7. Juliet McConkey – Hung the Moon (single, 2020)
8. Zephaniah OHora – Black & Blue (single, Last Roundup Records, 2020)
9. Brent Cobb – Keep ‘Em on They Toes (single, Ol’ Buddy Records, 2020)
10. Victoria Bailey – Skid Row (single, 2020)
11. LadyCouch – Heartache (single, Cafe Rooster Records, 2020)
12. Metsäheikki – Savilintuja (single, Helmi Levyt, 2020)
13. Kath Bloom – Blinded (single, Dear Life Records, 2020)
14. Bill Callahan – 35 (single, Drag City, 2020)
15. Emilee Emiko – Quiet (single, 2020)
16. Joan Shelley – Jenny Come In – Live (Live at The Bombard, Absolute Anthem Music, 2020)
17. Drew Danburry – To Complain is to Be Happy, For Brooke (Icarus Phoenix B-Sides), 2020)
18. Lianne La Havas – Paper Thin (Lianne La Havas, Warner, 2020)
19. The War and Treaty – Five More Minutes (single, Rounder Records, 2020)
20. Charlie Whitten – A Long Time (single, 2020)
21. David Ramirez – My Love Is a Hurricane (My Love is a Hurricane, Sweetworld Music, 2020)
22. Matti Jasu – A Love Story (Up and Running, 2020)
23. Nicholas Mallis – The Final Station (The Final Station, Laser Brains, 2020)
24. Young Gun Silver Fox – Baby Girl (single, Colemine Records, 2020)
25. Pearl Charles – Mind’s a Mystery (Between Dreams EP, Kanine Records, 2020)
26. Rob Dobson – It Takes all Kinds (New Dystopia, Hear Garden, 2020)
27. Evangeline Gentle – Sundays (single, Sonic Unyon Records, 2020)
28. MAITA – Coming Up Roses (single, Kill Rock Stars, 2020)
29. Sojourn Suspect – Real Allies (Sojourn Suspect, Repeating Cloud, 2020)
30. Goodwolf – Selfie (single, 2020)
31. The Shouldas – Waiting For Something Wonderful (Waiting For Something Wonderful EP, Karhuvaltio Records, 2020)
32. Illuminati Hotties – Freequent Letdown (Free I.H, Big Scary Monsters, 2020)
33. Dana Gavanski – At Last I Am Free (single, Full Time Hobby, 2020)
34. Buck Meek – Roll Back Your Clocks (single, Keeled Scales, 2020)
35. Lori McKenna – The Balladeer (single, CN Records, 2020)
36. The Chicks – Young Man (Gaslighter, Columbia Records, 2020)
37. The Texas Gentlemen – Hard Rd. (Floor It!! New West Records, 2020)
38. Stephen Simmons – When It Rains (single, 2020)
39. Albert and His Dreamboats – I Feel Like a Dog (single, Dreamgoat America, 2020)
40. Dojo Cuts feat Karl S. Williams – Hold On (single, DCR, 2020)
41. She Keeps Bees feat Tim Carr – Star Stone Skin (single, Future Gods, 2020)
42. Ora Cogan – Tell (Bells in the Ruins, Prism Tongue Records, 2020)
43. Brooke Bentham – People (Nowhere Near EP, Allpoints, 2020)
44. Lauren O’Connell – Kola (single, Sugar Glider, 2020)
45. Blitzen Trapper – Dead Billie Jean (single, Yep Roc, 2020)
46. Laura Cortese & The Dance Cards – Corduroy Jacket (Bitter Better, Compass Records, 2020)
47. Daniel Donato – Justice (single, Cosmic Country Music, 2020)
48. Joshua Ray Walker – Bronco Billy’s (Glad You Made it, State Fair Records, 2020)
49. Margo Price – Prisoner of the Highway (That’s How Rumors Get Started, Loma Vista, 2020)
50. Mary Lattimore – Sometimes He’s In My Dreams (single, Ghostly International, 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 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.