Roots (Country, Folk, Americana)

Artist Karen Dalton
Title 1966
Label Delmore Recordnings
Newly unearthed rehearsal tape from 1966
Features Karen solo on banjo and guitar, plus 4 duets with Richard Tucker. Many never heard before covers including ‘Reason To Believe’ & ‘Don’t Make Promises’ by Tim Hardin, and ‘Other Side To This Life’ by Fred Neil. KD at her most intimate and unfiltered.

CD Booklet containing beautiful, unseen photos (including Karen with Fred Neil and Tim Hardin), and a 3500 word essay by Ben Edmonds (MOJO, & currently working on a biography of Tim Hardin)
LP housed in tip-on jacket, with 4 page heavy insert, exclusive color portrait, and download card

Artist Karine Polwart
Title Scribbled in Chalk
Label shoeshine
  1. Hole In The Heart
  2. I’m Gonna Do It All
  3. Daisy
  4. Maybe There’s A Road
  5. Where The Smoke Blows
  6. Holy Moses
  7. Don’t Know Why
  8. Take Its Own Time
  9. I’ve Seen It All
10. Baleerie Baloo
11. Terminal Star
12. Follow The Heron

Artist KATE RUSBY
Title While Mortals Sleep
Label Pure Records

The darling of the English folk scene follows up her 2010 effort Make the Light with this, her second album of Christmas-inspired songs. Universally-known hymns sit alongside other carols and songs peculiar to her native Yorkshire, all of them presented in Rusby’s acclaimed lush acoustic style and graceful, gorgeous voice.

Artist Kath Bloom
Title Loving Takes This Course - A Tribute To The Songs Of Kath Bloom
Label Chapter
Not only does this CD make a brilliant introduction to the Connecticut folk singer, but the other disc on this set is a tribute from those influenced by her and takes in Bill Callahan, Devendra Banhart, Mark Kozelek, Scout Niblet and Mia Doi Todd. A highly recommended release.

Artist Alison Krauss
Title A Hundred Miles Or More - A Collection
Label Rounder

Artist Kris Kristofferson
Title Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends
Label Light In The Attic
The singer-songwriter who, according to Willie Nelson, hauled country music "out of the Dark Ages" – a process depicted in downbeat but gripping manner on these hitherto unreleased demos.

Artist Kris Kristofferson
Title Closer To The Bone
Label New West