I’m ashamed to say that I’m only vaguely familiar with Scott Nolan and his songwriting catalog. Even that vaguely familiar is probably an overstatement. I’ve known one of his songs for years though. It’s called Bad Liver and a Broken Heart and Hayes Carll performed it on his Trouble In Mind album. For a really long time I actually thought it was a song by Hayes Carll and probably haven’t been aware of the truth for more than year or so.

It’s definitely about time to get to know this Canadian songwriter and I started by buying his most recent album Silverhill a couple of weeks ago and this is filled with absolutely gorgeous songs. Ok, maybe a filler or two as well, but that’s perfectly ok when most of the songs find the core of my heart. Scott Nolan is a great songwriter and storyteller and these songs are a good place to rest after a hard day at the factory. A lot of depth and value companied with a certain easy-flowing charm that travels through me. Silverhill is out on Transistor 66. Now I need to dig deeper into his song catalog.

Scott Nolan Website

One of the most anticipated country albums of 2016 will see the light of day on 12th of August. The album in question is the new Cody Jinks album I’m Not The Devil. The previous one Adobe Sessions was already very impressive and I’m Not The Devil seem to fullfill my sky high expectations. Extremely highly recommended stuff, if you want to hear some real and true country music. Listen to the title track I’m Not The Devil below and in case you want to get a head start, the whole album is premiering at Noisey.

Cody Jinks Website

New Tom Brosseau album North Dakota Impressions is ready to drop into your heart on 16th of September. I lost track of him for a few years, but got back on board with 2014 release Grass Punks. Still haven’t done my homework and aren’t familiar of his doings between 2007 and 2014, but the last two albums, already mentioned Grass Punks and Perfect Abandon (2015) are both really good. I’m fairly sure everything he did during the timeframe I missed is just as great. Anyway, the new one is coming out this fall on Crossbill Records and there’s a couple of songs already out there. I’m very fond of both of them. Here’s the first single You Can’t Stop.

Tom Brosseau Website