BONUS TRACKS: World Cup Fever, New Music From Wynona, Peggy Seeger, American Aquarium, and More Roots Music News
Happy World Cup season, everyone! The international soccer/football competition actually has a rich musical history, with global superstars like Shakira performing this year in Mexico, classical and operatic performances in Italy in 1990, and K-pop phenomenon and BTS member Jungkook in Qatar in 2022. For anyone looking to
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Happy World Cup season, everyone! The international soccer/football competition actually has a rich musical history, with global superstars like Shakira performing this year in Mexico, classical and operatic performances in Italy in 1990, and K-pop phenomenon and BTS member Jungkook in Qatar in 2022. For anyone looking to jump on the sports bandwagon with more roots music-inspired fashion, though, check out jazz record label Blue Note Records' FC Collection. The line of limited-run, soccer-inspired merch includes music-themed jerseys, track suit separates, and a scarf.
County singer and member of the family band The Judds, Wynonna returns with her first solo album in 10 years. The Hard Truth is due out October 2 via ANTI- and features roots musicians like Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers, The War and Treaty, and Iron & Wine. As she says in a press release,
I've spent a lifetime singing about heartbreak, healing, faith, and survival, but I've never made a record like this one. ...These songs tell the truth about where I've been, what I've lost, what I've overcome, and who I've become. This album asked me to be brave enough to tell the truth—even when my voice shook. It challenged me to let go of perfectionism and embrace the beauty of honest emotion. My hope is that when you hear these songs, you feel what I was feeling while writing and recording them. If they help someone feel seen, understood, or a little less alone, then every hard truth was worth telling.
Lead single "Kentucky Queen" is out now.
American folk singer and living legend Peggy Seeger announced her final album, Vintage, out now. The 26-track album is available only on Bandcamp, as she writes on social media, "because the streaming services are paying writers and artists less and less." Read more about Vintage in her own words and listen below.
Vintage by Peggy Seeger
Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds' recent album, Mutiny After Midnight, is now available on streaming services with three additional bonus tracks. The record went live on Monday in honor of frontman Sturgill Simpson's birthday. Read ND's review from March here.
American Aquarium surprise-announced a new album due out in just two weeks. New Ways To Lose Out, produced by Shooter Jennings, is out out June 26 via Losing Side Records/Thirty Tigers. Check out a live version of lead single "History Repeats Itself" below.
The Revivalists shared the title track — a song about sobriety — from their forthcoming album, Get It Honest, due out July 24 via Concord Records. The LP is the New Orleans band's first new release in three years.
Bronwyn Keith-Hynes shared she will now be performing mononymously as Bronwyn, with a new album titled Rattlin’ Bones due out August 14. The fiddler previously performed as a member of Molly Tuttle's former band Golden Highway. Check out new single "Sticks and Stones" below.
Also on August 14, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Grammy Hall of Fame member Carly Simon returns with her first record of original music since 2008. The new album, titled, Comes In Waves, comprises 12 songs that a press release describes as, "[return] to the themes that have defined her work for more than five decades: love, memory, family, forgiveness, self-discovery, and the complicated ways we make peace with ourselves and one another." Lead single and opening track "Howl" is available now.
After teasing singles, Katie Pruitt announced a new album, Fools for the Fleeting, due out September 18 via Rounder Records. "Blackout," featuring Nolan Taylor, is available now.
Swiss-Ecuadorian sibling duo Hermanos Gutiérrez announced their new album, Los Ojos Del Cóndor, due out September 25 via Easy Eye Sound.
Rising Appalachia announced their new record, the 16-track Trade My Troubles, due out October 2.
Lastly, some additional news from us here at No Depression and our nonprofit publisher, the FreshGrass Foundation. Did you see Patterson Hood of Drive-by Truckers wish us a happy 30th anniversary? Check out the video below and subscribe to our YouTube page to stay up to date on all the great forthcoming testimonials from your favorite roots musicians!
And Abigail Washburn and Martha Redbone will be performing a rare duo show at the ‘62 Center for Theatre and Dance at Williams College on August 7, presented by the FreshGrass Foundation. Tickets are available here.
WHAT WE'RE LISTENING TO
Brian Fallon - "Pearls" (from his forthcoming solo album, Not Bad for New Jersey, due out September 10 via Lesser Known Records)
Glen Hansard - "Her Mercy" (from his forthcoming album Don’t Settle - Transmissions East & West, Vol. 2, due out June 26)
The Chicks - "Not Ready to Make Nice" (live on Jimmy Kimmel Live)
Bella White - A Sign In The Weather (ND review)
Lowertown - Ugly Duckling Union
Jodie Langford - Softly Spoken
Amanda Shires - Nobody's Girl (ND feature)
NEW RELEASES - 6/12/26
Alex Amen - Sun of Amen
Bandits on the Run - Rough Magic
Duane Betts - Isle of Hope
Breakfield - Breakfield
Mike Campbell/The Dirty Knobs - Mission of Mercy
Courtney Hartman - With You From the Garden Shed
Samantha Fish - Paper Doll (Live at the Bijou)
Fruit Bats - The Landfill
ISMAY - Half Truth
Jess Klein - Dreaming Aloud
Kyle LaLone - Make My Own Way
Ike Reilly Featuring Shane Reilly - Blind and Surrounded
Pharis & Jason Romero - These Are The Days That Turn In To Years
Mike Richmond - Without an Audience
Jon Spencer - Songs of Personal Loss and Protest
Jesse Welles - Masks Off
The Whiskey Treaty Roadshow - Kept Rising
COMING SOON - 6/19/26
Jon Batiste - Black Mozart
Candace Hastings - Soft Place to Land
Orquestra Pacifico Tropical - El Poder
Uncle Kunkel’s One Gram Band - Hear Say
Stu Larsen - Solitude
Styrofoam Winos - Any River
Swamp Dogg - Swamp Dogg Contemplates The Afterlife
Various Artists - Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present...1925 Songs
The War and Treaty - The Story of Michael and Tonya
