Quick Picks | July 2022

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5 star = essential, 4 star = excellent, 3 star = good, 2 = fans/collectors, 1 = for completionists only

Little Big Town: Hell Yeah (Single)

Multi-Platinum-selling, country super group Little Big Town, consisting of Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Phillip Sweet, and Jimi Westbrook, release the official music video for current radio single, “Hell Yeah.”

https://www.littlebigtown.com/

George Ezra: Gold Rush Kid (Album)

After two blockbuster albums – Wanted On Voyage (2014) and Staying At Tamara’s (2018), both of which reached number 1 in the UK and sold millions around the world, and the latter of which earned him his first number 1 single in ‘Shotgun’ and won him the 2019 Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist – it was time to return to heart and hearth, with an album written and produced entirely in London with longstanding collaborator Joel Pott.

https://splash.georgeezra.com/

Digging Roots: ZHAWENIM (Album)

ZHAWENIM (To Love Unconditionally) is Digging Roots’ 4th album.

The songwriting team of Raven Kanatakta and ShoShona Kish are stronger than ever and have integrated Anishinabek Song Lines and modern production into ZHAWENIM with their co-producer JUNO-award winning Hill Kourkoutis.

https://www.diggingrootsmusic.com/

Marcas Mac an Tuairneir: Speactram (Album)

Speactram is the exciting and innovative new album from Marcas Mac an Tuairneir. Set for release on Friday 29 July 2022, this new body of work is a watershed moment for the Gaelic music scene as it revives the Gaelic popular music tradition, bringing it back into the spotlight whilst further introducing LGBTQI+ narratives into the traditional and contemporary Gaelic song canon.

https://www.marcasmac.scot/

Luke Combs: Growing Up (Album)

Country superstar and reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year Luke Combs’ highly anticipated new album, Growin’ Up, is out via River House Artists/Columbia Nashville.

https://www.lukecombs.com/

David Place: Gambler's Blues (Album)

Singer-songwriter David Place was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, and now resides in Bari, Italy with his wife and three daughters. He grew up listening to Rock, Folk, and Blues musicians playing out of DIY speakers from his father’s record collection. His latest album is “Gambler’s Blues.”

https://bfan.link/gambler-s-blues

Boo Sutcliffe: You're The Same As Me (EP)

English singer-songwriter Boo Sutcliffe has released his first EP of 2022, 'You're The Same As Me', which includes four tracks with very different moods and energies. Based in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Boo writes songs that sit somewhere in the no man’s land between indie, country and folk.

https://boosutcliffe.com/

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