COUNTRY/ FOLK

Steel & Velvet’s new release, People Just Float, is unhurried, intimate, and carved down to only what matters. Built by Breton musicians Johann Le Roux, Romuald Ballet-Baz, and Jean-Alain Larreur, the band has always favored the raw bones of music, with acoustic guitars and a voice that doesn’t hide behind…

Opening Time For The Battered finds David Palfreyman taking stock in personal spaces where time, memory, and creative identity live. The album brings rock, folk, alternative, and touches of pop on a single serving while being grounded, human, and reflective. It’s the sound of someone who has been around life…

Shy-Anne Hovorka’s newest single, “Fly Away,” is as much a remembrance as it is a release. A celebrated multi-instrumentalist and humanitarian whose career has stretched across powwows, symphony halls, classrooms, and world stages, she’s long been known for songs rooted in cultural reclamation, storytelling, and community healing. This track, released…

Omer Netzer’s Nashville debut EP “Omer” arrives as a homecoming and a reckoning, though the home he finds isn’t tied to geography so much as lineage. Recorded at the storied Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals and guided by producer David “Messy” Mescon, the EP places Netzer’s gravel-warm voice and blues-country…

Tomato Soup’s new single “Half Evil” arrives as their most ambitious and introspective release yet, pushing their Motor-Folk identity into mythic and deeply intimate territory. The Denver six-piece, consisting of Alec Doniger, Adam Cabrera, Ronan Dowling, Riley Merino, Colin Sheehan, and Megan Ellsworth, has already built a reputation for spirited…

Australian country artist Damien J. Johnson opens another heartfelt chapter with his new single “Away From You,” released on October 17, 2025. With honest and unfiltered storytelling, Johnson trades production flash for stripped-down sincerity here. Written after returning to his childhood hometown of Armidale, NSW, only to find his old…

Haven West Veraguas is a 22 year old writer, singer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist from Massachusetts. Despite his homogenous suburban roots, he set off on an international excursion to sonically embody the wild diversity of human emotion, interest, and expression. Currently based in London, his expansive love of nearly every style…

Michellar, the San Francisco-based duo of Michelle and Tobias, steps into the spotlight with their heartfelt original single “We both can fall,” released on October 24, 2025. Blending emotional honesty with melodic finesse, the song emerges from a deeply personal place, born out of Michelle’s own struggles balancing marriage and…

The Cockney Cowboy rides into the spotlight with his debut single “City Boy Singing Country Songs,” released on October 8, 2025, a bold and heartfelt statement from an unlikely cowboy hailing from Romford, England. Born Justin in London’s East End, this city-born country convert channels his lifelong admiration for Garth…

Los Angeles-based Americana songwriter Destinie Lynn returns with her sultry new single “Shortnin’ Bread,” released on October 10, 2025. With her evocative blend of Delta blues, indie folk, and gothic Americana, which Destinie is so well-known for, she dives deep into the roots of Southern storytelling while giving it a…