Red Fox Chasers - I'm Going Down To North Carolina - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

OBSESSED WITH THE WESTOBSESSED WITH THE WEST - BRENNEN LEIGH - 'I've been obsessed with western swing since I was a kid, and it's always been an influence, but my records in the past have ranged from bluegrass to hard country to folk, So I've never fully explored it.' So says genre-busting Fargo-born, Austin- incubated, Nashville resident Brennen Leigh, whose new collaboration with the kings of modern-day western swing, Asleep at the Wheel, Obsessed With The West (out on May 6, 2022), is a showcase not just for the Bob Wills fans, but for anyone who's ever curled up with Loretta Lynn, HankSr., Cindy Walker, Billie Holiday, or Willie Nelson. On twelve all original songs, Leigh's supple winking voice and multi-instrument fluency, her interplay with Ray Benson, and the undeniable chops of the Wheel serve up a treat on Leigh's seventh album. With cameos from Emily Gimble and Katie Shore, and all the players getting their moments in the sun, Leigh ' a two-time winner of the Texas Music Awards Best Female Vocalist award ' demonstrates on the terrific jump 40Inchs rhythm and blues, 'Comin' in Hot' and the lonesome cowboy musing of 'Riding Off Onto Sunset Boulevard' why Rodney Crowell and Lee Ann Womack have recorded her songs. Obsessed With The West is a celebration of music for music's sake in 2022, not just an exercise in looking back on times gone by.

GRAMMY-Award winning bluegrass outfit Steep Canyon Rangers brought a special surprise to attendees of their performance at Merlefest 2019. To honor their home state, the Rangers performed a selection of songs from the artists of North Carolina. Featuring unsung Carolinian heroes like Ola Belle Reed and Elizabeth Cotten to world-renowned performers like Thelonious Monk, Doc Watson, James Taylor and Ben E. King, the Rangers' live North Carolina Songbook performance shows why the Tar Heel State continues to celebrate their legacy of musical excellence and influence that dates back over a century.1. Stand By Me2. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down3. Blue Monk4. Drunkard's Hiccups5. Shake Sugaree6. Sweet Baby James7. I've Endured8. Your Lone Journey

Lines in the Levee - Town Mountain - Hailing from Asheville, North Carolina, Town Mountain is the sum of all it's vast and intricate influences - this bastion of alt-country rebellion and honky-tonk attitude pushed through the hardscrabble Southern Appalachian lens of it's origin. With their latest album, Lines in the Levee, Town Mountain creates a collage of sound and scope within the same template of freedom found in the round-robin fashion of the musical institution that is The Band - a solidarity also found in the incendiary live shows Town Mountain is now revered for from coast-to-coast, this devil-may-care gang of strings and swagger. Recorded at Ronnie's Place (part of the Sound Stage Studios) on Music Row in the heart of Nashville, Lines in the Levee is a bona fide workshop in the seamless blend of Americana, country, bluegrass and folk roots - this crossroads of deep influences and cultivated visions each member of Town Mountain brings to the table. Lines in the Levee Comeback Kid Distant Line Firebound Road Rene Seasons Don't Change Daydream Quarantina Big Decisions Unsung Heroes American Family Lean Into the Blue