Here are few new music releases on vinyl that I am looking forward to this year.
This is the fifth year of Rhino Recordsâ Start Your Ear Off Right program, which is designed to enliven the dull music month of January with several LP releases each week. Most of the releases are reissues or have never been available on LP before.
So far this month, the program has released music from The Cars, Talking Heads, k.d. lang, and Norah Jones with Billie Joe Armstrong.
The releases set for Friday, Jan. 22, are two titles by Genesis, Dire Straitsâ entire catalog sans the live record and âNuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968.â
Article Contributed by Color Red | Published on Sunday, January 17, 2021
In an age where artists get caught up with keeping up with the times and fitting into the conversation,
Josh Hoyer and Soul Colossal make music for grown folks with their real, authentic songwriting. On March 26, 2021, Hoyer and his musical cohorts will release ‘
Natural Born Hustler,’ his fifth full-length album of timeless songs slated to last through the decades. The LP will come out on Color Red, the music platform founded by Eddie Roberts of The New Mastersounds.
Produced by Eddie Roberts, ‘
Natural Born Hustler’ speaks to fans of early 70s funky blues, doo-wop with a modern twist, and spellbinding psychedelic soul. From start to finish, each song breathes a life of its own into the record and it is evident that Hoyer’s spirited fanbase and eclectic palette of sounds are not confined by age, upbringing, religion, creed, or differences they are meant for anyone who seeks the medicine
While you may not agree that every song deserves a spot on this list, we hope you'll agree that alt-country deserves its place cemented in the history books.
Wilco
I Must Be High
That s Not The Issue
It s Just That Simple
Should ve Been In Love
Passenger Side
Too Far Apart
Comprising frontman Jeff Tweedy and other former members of alt.country legend Uncle Tupelo, Wilco was an apple that didn t fall far from the tree. A.M., the band s debut, continues that older group s brand of updated coun.
more »try-rock (emphasis on rock ) and emotionally powerful songwriting. However, many of the best creations here the driver s-licenseless drunk in Passenger Side, the bar-band celebration of riverboat gambling on Casino Queen sport an unprecedented sense of humor and are unexpectedly catchy, too. Best of all might be It s Just That Simple, in which Tweedy turns the mic over to the high and mournful singing of bassist John Stirratt. David Cantwell
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Has there ever been a better year to let an album sweep you away?
If thereâs one thing we had in 2020, it was time to kill, 40 minutes or an hour here or there to stop hitting shuffle and let a long-player wash over us. Itâs still a singles culture, but the year of the coronavirus pandemic showed that works that take time to digest are just as meaningful as ever, if not more.