On August 10, the Mississippi-bred singer & guitarist Jason Eady returns with a new album I Travel On. The album is his first to be recorded with his ace touring band who have been relentlessly touring behind Eady's critically acclaimed self-titled album that was released in 2017. GRAMMY-nominated musicians Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley accompanied Eady, his bandmates and wife Courtney Patton to round out the lineup that would execute the live, single-take sessions.
 
Today, Eady released "Calaveras County," the first single to be released from the forthcoming album. Today, Noisey premiered the song and described the album as having "...a cohesive sound that feels weighted with meaning."
 
Stream "Calaveras County" via YouTube:
https://youtu.be/CI7Nk2i_lSs

The new single from Rebekah Rolland, “Standing Still”, from her upcoming album, Seed & Silo, is a vivid sunset gently swaying against the background of an evening prairie. With a delicate and graceful melody, it dances around abandoned plows in fields filled with quiet storied homes as Rolland’s voice paints a picturesque story and an acoustic guitar brings the setting to life. 

“Standing Still” was inspired by the character Ántonia from feminist literary figure Willa Cather’s novel, My Ántonia. With an honest, homespun warmth, the song talks about the way in which certain people, places and experiences are pressed deep into memory - which can shape the entire course of a life. Rolland explains, “I wanted to convey the vivid and intimate situations that we all experience. They’re the memories of people, places, and events that - for whatever reason - carry us through the years. It struck me that most of these things seem insignificant, and yet, they’ve affected us in really powerful ways.” With lucid imagery, Rolland’s own experience has become pieces of the whole. From attending music festivals with her sister, or the way her father’s honeysuckle would bloom every spring while the hummingbirds came in droves, the essence of “Standing Still” is that we cling to these moments for the rest of our lives.

​Enjoy the track below then read on as Rolland answers her Essential 8 and talks songwriting, I'm With Her, Patti Griffin, and more!

Mary-Elaine Jenkins is excited to share her first two singles as a solo artist. "Fools Don't Stay" b/w "The Rooster" debuted via The Deli, who said "Jenkins' voice is a mix of cloves, sage, ash, thorns, and honey... her lyrics and vocal style seem timeless and raw." The tracks are now available to stream HERE. Mary-Elaine performed at Rockwood Music Hall in New York City last night, and she'll play NYC again at The Bitter End on June 22. More information on her debut album (due later this year via Good Child Music) and performances will be revealed in the coming weeks.

Mary-Elaine Jenkins is a 13th-generation South Carolinian; a member of a large, old, Southern family that could probably be considered a matriarchy. A product of her upbringing by a strong single mother amidst the canopy of her Lowcountry family tree, Mary-Elaine carries herself as if she had never left the humidity of the coast. But she did. First Washington DC, then Spain, and now Brooklyn. Venturing far from home, time and space removed from her roots have further distilled Mary-Elaine Jenkins' distinctly Southern charm.

New York indoe pop group The Davenports have released the single “Where Shall We Hang Elena?” from the forthcoming album Don’t Be Mad at Me due out July 13th.
 
The Davenports is the long time project of songwriter and musician Scott Klass, who according to the Deli Magazine are “steeped in pop/rock--Ben Folds meets Weezer …leading you to sing along to songs you’re hearing for the first time while stories unfold of relationships gone awry….” 
 
“Where Shall We Hang Elena? ” was inspired by an incredible 60’s/70’s era photo Klass had of his mother, who died when he was only twelve. He wanted to hang the image, but wasn’t sure he wanted the constant reminder of the painful memory. Klass found this dilemma of wanting to honor the life of a loved one, but also being fearful of the pain the constant reminder of their absence would bring to be a relatively universal feeling. Everyone has experienced this mixture of loss, fear and love and it was this idea that sparked  the writing of “ Where Shall We Hang Elena?”  The song is not about his mother, but a fictional girl, who both mesmerized the family and caused them heartache.

(Press Release) On August 10, the Mississippi-bred singer & guitarist Jason Eady returns with a new album I Travel On. The album is his first to be recorded with his ace touring band who have been relentlessly touring behind Eady's critically acclaimed self-titled album that was released in 2017. GRAMMY-nominated musicians Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley accompanied Eady, his bandmates and wife Courtney Patton to round out the lineup that would execute the live, single-take sessions.
 
Watch a teaser video feautring a clip of the album's first single "Calaveras County" via YouTube: https://youtu.be/hspzhWRO1uE
 
With his catalog spanning from blues-infused Americana to bare-bones reimagining of classic country, Eady’s seventh full-length takes on a looser, livelier, more groove-driven sound than ever before. But while I Travel On brims with a feel-good spontaneity, the Fort Worth-based artist continues to instill each song with the subtle insight and emotional depth that makes his music so powerful.