This is going to be an exceptional year in roots music with new releases coming later on from Jason Isbell, Lee Ann Womack, Holly Williams, Chris Stapleton, Chuck Berry, and so many more. Here are some albums we’re excited about dropping in the first half of 2017.
Natalie Hemby: Puxico
Ani DiFranco: Binary
Pieta Brown: Postcards
Rhiannon Giddens: Freedom Highway
Alison Krauss: Windy City
Rodney Crowell: Close Ties
Caroline Spence: Spades & Roses
Valerie June: The Order of Time
Noam Pikelny: Universal Favorite
— Kelly McCartney
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Jaime Wyatt: Felony Blues
Rhiannon Giddens: Freedom Highway
Natalie Hemby: Puxico
Alison Krauss: Windy City
Sunny Sweeney: Trophy
Pieta Brown: Postcards
Nikki Lane: Highway Queen
Caroline Spence: Spades & Roses
Rogue + Jaye: Pent Up
— Brittney McKenna
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Mark Eitzel: Hey Mr. Ferryman
Ryan Adams: Prisoner
Alison Krauss: Windy City
Nikki Lane: Highway Queen
Rhiannon Giddens: Freedom Highway
Old 97’s: Graveyard Whistling
Valerie June: The Order of Time
Hurray for the Riff Raff: The Navigator
Various: From Here: English Folk Field Recordings
Bruce Springsteen: TBA
— Stephen Deusner
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Tift Merritt: Stitch of the World
Leif Vollebekk: Twin Solitude
Ryan Adams: Prisoner
Jesca Hoop: Memories Are Now
Rhiannon Giddens: Freedom Highway
Gold Connections: Gold Connections (EP)
Hurray for the Riff Raff: The Navigator
Laura Marling: Semper Femina
Michael Chapman: 50
— Amanda Wicks
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Ryan Adams: Prisoner
Nikki Lane: Highway Queen
Rhiannon Giddens: Freedom Highway
Hurray for the Riff Raff: The Navigator
Valerie June: The Order of Time
Dead Man Winter: Furnace
Laura Marling: Semper Femina
Son Volt: Notes of Blue
Sera Cahoone: From Where I Started
— Desiré Moses
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John Moreland: TBA
Rogue + Jaye: Pent Up
Rhiannon Giddens: Freedom Highway
Nikki Lane: Highway Queen
Little Bandit: Breakfast Alone
Ryan Adams: Prisoner
— Marissa Moss
