A Young Man’s Country, the debut album from 25-year-old Nashville guitar ace, songwriter and vocalist Daniel Donato is set for release on August 7th (13J Productions/Cosmic Country Music). A Young Man’s Country serves as an introduction to a gifted, young artist who merges his extraordinary guitar chops with traditional outlaw country, Americana and Grateful Dead influences to bring his brand …
John Craigie’s latest album Asterisk the Universe is out now via Thirty Tigers and is earning raves across the board. The modern-day troubadour continues to command praise for his meaningful and thought-provoking messages delivered with a twist of irony. And while the recent turn of events has forced Craigie to stay off the road, he remains committed to his devoted …
Saudade, the powerful debut album from Juni Ata is set for independent release on August 21st via Flying On Fire Records. Saudade is a deeply emotional collection of 11 songs brimming with poetic lyrics, rich melodies and arrangements that are as lush and elevating at times as they are sparse and captivating elsewhere. The album serves as an introduction to …
Acclaimed roots/rock/punk duo Shovels & Rope will release a series of acoustic tracks throughout the summer that will culminate in the August 28th deluxe edition release of their acclaimed 2019 album By Blood (Dualtone). Upon its release, NPR Music said of the album, “By Blood is an impressive feat of song craft from one of roots music’s most exciting, unpredictable …
Austin’s The Band of Heathens return with Stranger, their most inventive release to date, on September 25. The follow up to 2017’s critically acclaimed Duende, the band recorded this neweffort in Portland OR with producer Tucker Martine (The Decemberists, My Morning Jacket, Modest Mouse). New track “Today is Our Last Tomorrow” is a sardonic take on the divisive nature of …
Acclaimed singer/songwriter Joan Osborne is back with Trouble and Strife (Womanly Hips Records), her first album of original material in six years. Osborne self-produced the new collection and penned all ten songs, with two co-writes. Trouble and Strife finds the gifted vocalist offering a strong yet uplifting response to some of the socio-political issues plaguing our nation over the last …
RIGHTEOUS BABE RADIO is broadcasting PRISON PRISM, REFRACTING OUTWARD FROM THE PRISON MUSIC PROJECT, a radio festival dedicated to discussions about our criminal justice system currently airing through June 12, 2020. We are hearing from incarcerated poets and lyricists offering their songs and stories and from some of the artists who helped bring those stories to life as part of …
Long Time Gone is a musical collaboration between free artists and incarcerated or formerly incarcerated writers. Ten years in the making, the album will be released June 5th on Righteous Babe Records by the non-profit artist collective known as The PRISON MUSIC PROJECT. All profits of the album sales will go to the Southern Center for Human Rights, an organization …
Righteous Babe Radio, the 24-hour online radio station from singer/songwriter/feminist/activist author Ani DiFranco, has now incorporated Letters From An American, the daily newsletter from Heather Cox Richardson. DiFranco reads the daily news brief every day, which broadcasts at 6pm, 11pm and 8am CT the following day. Richardson, a professor of American History, believes that you can’t get a grip on today’s politics without an …
American Aquarium reaches new heights with their strongest release to date, Lamentations. The new album tops the Billboard charts at #1 on the Top New Artist Album Chart, #1 on the Americana/Folk Album Chart, #2 on the Country Album Chart and #2 on the Rock Album Chart. Lamentations has also earned raves from critics who have praised frontman BJ Barham’s …
