A big release week, because we have the new Kassi Valazza album out and available. Love it so much. It might be a bit too early, but it feels like it’s my favorite album of the year so far along with the Dean Johnson album that came out few weeks ago. Kassi Valazza will also perform in Finland in July. Tampere, Nykarleby and Mariehamn to be more precise. I’m really looking forward to the Tampere concert on the 14th of July. Other big album releases of the week came from Chris Staples, RF Shannon, Shirley Collins, Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay, Panic Pocket, Radiator Hospital, Lyndsay Stone, Gia Margaret and Leeann Skoda (EP).
Rosettes 7″ single is the Finnish highlight of the week. Other beautiful Finnish things this week are singles from Waver, Jukka Nousiainen, Rakkaudella Janne, Tinyhawk & Bizzarro and Raivo Jackson.
Steven van Betten made the international song of the week. Such a beauty. Made me cry a bit. Other big early faves came from Leah Senior, Adeem the Artist, Caleb Stine, Teenage Fanclub, Luka Kuplowsky, Buck Meek, Sam Burton, Smug Brothers, David James Allen, Tommy Prine and so forth. Again just to name a few.
That’s all for now. Like, share, follow and all the usual promotional nonsense. It all matters. There might or might not be a small break now. I have a bit of vacation starting on the 2nd of June. The plan was to go to STHLM Americana festival, but unfortunately that was cancelled. Now I have to rethink what to do and when. Which might mean there’s no new music weekly next weekend and/or the weekend after that. If I have time, I might do it but I thought I won’t force myself. Just don’t want to have the burden of this hanging over me while I plan the vacation. So the next one might be on the the weekend of 17-18th of June unless I discover that life is sweeter without this crazy project. I doubt it. If I miss a couple weeks, I try to cover the new music of those weeks too at least to some extent. I guess one thing I could try during the next few weeks is the sort of on-going new music playlist with daily new music additions to the streaming platforms (without a blog post). I sort of like this current method that has a start and an end and some kind of song order / flow, but it might be time to try less time consuming way of doing a new music playlist. This might be a decent time for that. Anyway, that’s all for now. Back either week 22, week 23 or week 24. Love love love.
1. Kassi Valazza – Room in the City (Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing, Fluff & Gravy Records / Loose Music, 2023)
2. Shirley Collins – High and Away (Archangel Hill, Domino Recording Co, 2023)
3. Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay – With the Morning Hills Behind You (Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay, Proper Records, 2023)
4. RF Shannon – Midnight Jewelry (Red Swan in Palmetto, Keeled Scales, 2023)
5. Chris Staples – Burnout Together (Cloud Souverirs, Hot Tub Recordings, 2023)
6. Radiator Hospital – I Can Handle It (Can’t Make Any Promises, 2023)
7. Panic Pocket – Mr Big (Mad Half Hour, Skep Wax Records, 2023)
8. Comet Gain – Pinstriped Rebel (single, Tapete Records, 2023)
9. Teenage Fanclub – Foreign Land (single, PeMa Records, 2023)
10. Smug Brothers – Mistaken for Stars (single, Anyway Records, 2023)
11. Leah Senior – Pony (single, Poison City Records, 2023)
12. Steven van Betten – Mother (single, Future Gods, 2023)
13. Adeem the Artist – I C U (single, Four Quarters Records / Thirty Tigers, 2023)
14. Tommy Prine – Cash Carter Hill (single, Nameless Knight / Thirty Tigers, 2023)
15. Caleb Stine – Saturday to Friday (single, 2023)
16. Laura Cantrell – When the Roses Bloom Again (single, Propeller Sound Recordings, 2023)
17. Lucinda Williams – Where the Song Will Find Me (single, Highway 20 Records / Thirty Tigers, 2023)
18. David James Allen – Holly (single, Littleknown Records, 2023)
19. Jacob Furr – Take Care (single, 2023)
20. Jason Dea West – Out on the Range (single, 2023)
21. Nat Myers – Pray For Rain (single, Easy Eye Sound, 2023)
22. Ags Connolly – Change My Mind (single, Finstock / At the Helm, 2023)
23. Buck Meek – Haunted Mountain (single, 4AD, 2023)
24. Sam Burton – I Don’t Blame You (single, Partisan Records, 2023)
25. Luka Kuplowsky – Sudden Reach from the Inner World (single, Mama Bird Recording Co, 2023)
26. Michael C. Duguay – Ain’t Apathetic (single, Inside Pocket, 2023)
27. Raivo Jackson – Landscapes in the Dark (single, 2023)
28. Tinyhawk & Bizzarro – Uji (single, Humu Records, 2023)
29. Waver – Never Have I Ever (single, Soft Monsters, 2023)
30. Rakkaudella Janne – Osittain kiinni tunteessa (single, Jämädiili Records, 2023)
31. Jukka Nousiainen – Kaikki toivo (single, Jukan Musiikki, 2023)
32. Rosettes – Meaning of Music (single, Ultraääni Records, 2023)
33. Monophonics feat Kendra Morris – Untitled Voices (single, Colemine Records, 2023)
34. The Teskey Brothers – Remember the Time (single, 2023)
35. Chris Pierce – Tulsa Town (single, Friends at Work, 2023)
36. Nat Vazer – Strange Adrenaline (single, Perpetual Doom, 2023)
37. The High Water Marks – Dream Some More (single, 2023)
38. Jenny Lewis – Cherry Baby (single, UMG, 2023)
39. Caitlin Rose – Johnny Velvet (single, Pearl Tower Records / Missing Piece Records, 2023)
40. Sleepy Jean – Once Held My Heart (single, 2023)
41. Caroline Spence feat Sarah Jarosz – Lighthouse (single, Rounder Records, 2023)
42. Lyndsay Stone – Trace (A Couple Seeds, 2023)
43. Karine Polwart & Kris Drever – Northern Sky (single, Chrysalis, 2023)
44. Gia Margaret – City Song (Romantic Piano, Jagjaguwar, 2023)
45. Leeann Skoda feat Sie Sie Benhoff & Dylan Rodrigue – The Living Room (Living Room Sessions EP, 2023)
46. Allegra Krieger – Nothing in This World Ever Stays Still (single, Double Double Whammy, 20239
47. Johanna Samuels – Golden Gate (single, Jealous Butcher Records, 2023)
48. Caitlin Canty – Silver Sunset (single, Tone Tree Music, 2023)
49. Gabe Lee – Property Line (single, Torrez Music Group, 2023)
50. Luke Callen – Fishing Song (single, Milkweed Records, 2023)
51. David Dondero – Recipe to Be Lonely (single, Fluff & Gravy Records, 2023)
52. The South Austin Moonlighters – Box of Memories (single, 2023)
53. Go by Ocean – Autumn Days in Olema (single, Royal Oakie Records, 2023)
54. Cory Hanson – Ghost Ship (single, Drag City, 2023)
55. Dream Sitch – Sideways (single, Airloom, 2023)
56. Kris Gruen and Kendall Jane Meade – Heaven on a Car Ride (single, 2023)
57. Skyscraper Stan – 21st Century Lullaby (single, 2023)
58. Remnose – One Man Today (single, Heart of the Rat Records, 2023)
59. Whitney Rose – Honky Tonk in Mexico (Rosie, MCG Recordings, 2023)
60. NQ Arbuckle – Sad Songs (Love Songs for the Long Game, Six Shooter Recordings, 2023)
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
I’ll make the playlist on Spotify and then transfer it to Tidal. This means a few tracks might be missing from the Tidal version, if they are not available on that platform. Usually it’s 1-3 tracks that are not on Tidal. There’s a bunch of older episodes on my Spotify profile, if you miss an episode or want to revisit.
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 if someone wants to follow it, they can just follow that one list and will get a new set of songs each weekend.
