Roots (Country, Folk, Americana)

Artist S. Carey
Title All We Grow
Label JagJaguwar
Having played with Bon Iver from the very beginning, S. Carey makes his solo debut, taking leads from Mark Hollis, Steve Reich and Bill Evans.

A beautiful, understated gem of an album

Artist The Sadies
Title Favourite Colours
Label Yep Rock
Our favourite Canadian brothers Dallas and Travis Good doing what they do BEST! Spooky country/surf-guitar foot stompers!

Artist Sadies
Title New Seasons
Label Yep Rock
5th studio album form the Sadies. With brotherly harmonies and dazzling guitar interplay from Dallas + Travis Good, New Seasons is the band’s most confident studio album to date. Their blend of psychedelic, country, surf, bluegrass + Ennio Morricone - inspired instrumentals have made them the preeminent torchbearers of cosmic American music. The band, who have previously recorded with Neko Case + Jon Spencer have this time brought Jayhawk Gary Louris in on production.

VINYL is limted RED version with download code.

Artist Sadies
Title Precious moments
Label Bloodshot
Steve Albini produced debut album from Canadian brothers Dallas and Travis Good.  A darker and more twisted Dick Dale murder ballad sound...plus a little turn from Neko Case thrown in for good alt.country measure...     
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Artist Sadies
Title Stories Often Told
Label Yep Rock

Artist Sadies
Title Tremendous Efforts
Label Bloodshot

Artist The Sadies
Title In Concert Vol. 1 2CD
Label Yep Roc
This is country-surf guitar perfection. Live country- surf perfection. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer that item on our site at the moment. Please contact us to enquire about purchasing it offline.

Artist The Sadies
Title Pure and Diamond Gold
Label Bloodshot

Artist Andre Williams & The Sadies
Title Night & Day
Label Yep Roc
Vinyl edition is 180g with MP3

Artist Sarabeth Tucek
Title Get Well Soon
Label [Sonic Cathedral]
Sarabeth Tucek’s stunning second album is inspired by the death of her father; she calls it “an impressionistic rendering of a time ruled by grief”.
Sarabeth has previously performed on records by Smog and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.

Artist Seasick Steve and The Level Devils
Title Cheap
Label Bronzerat

Artist Sol Seppy
Title The Bells of 12
Label Gronland
  1. 1 2
  2. Human 
  3. Come Running
  4. Move
  5. Gold
  6. Injoy
  7. Slo Fuzz
  8. Loves Boy
  9. Farewell Your Heart
10. Answer To The Name Of
11. Wonderland
12. Enter One

Artist Pamela Wyn Shannon
Title Courting Autumn
Label Girl henge
Here’s what F Roots magazine had to say about Pamela.
"Pamela’s performing style is enchanting: she has an attractive singing voice, sensitive and responsive, seductively sweet-toned...Pamela’s voice is brilliantly complemented by her well-developed guitar playing, which is at the same time deftly intricate and hauntingly full-toned."

Pamela will be appearing in store 18th November 2008 before she plays across the road at St David’s Hall later on in the evening.

Artist Shearwater
Title Rook
Label Matador

Artist Michael J Sheehy
Title Ghost On The Motorway
Label Red Eye Music
Solo album from former Dream City Film Club singer / guitarist and released on Cardiff based label ’Red Eye Music’.  Ghost On The Motorway’ is arguably his best work yet, with songs that traverse the dark side of country, folk, blues and rock’n’roll with a tender vocal presence that belies his often startling and debauched lyrical storytelling.  This is a record that takes you on a journey through sin, salvation, heaven, hell and back again. Hallelujah! 

Artist Michael J Sheehy
Title With These Hands
Label Glitterhouse
While keeping one foot rooted in Punk sensibilities, Sheehy’s songs traverse the dark side of country, folk, blues and rock’n’roll with a tender vocal presence that belies his often startling and debauched lyrical storytelling.  You can hear traces of greats like Elvis, Tom Waits, Dr John, Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen pervading throughout a record full of brooding intimacy and intoxicating atmosphere.

Artist Josh Rouse (She's Spanish, I'm American)
Title She's Spanish, I'm American
Label Nettwerk
Josh Rouse - he’s found love with a Spanish woman - and they make nice music together. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer that item on our site at the moment. Please contact us to enquire about purchasing it offline.

Artist Show Of Hands
Title Roots - The Best Of
Label Hands On Music
For CD1, the band have chosen their favourite tracks from each of the studio albums, plus live versions of three songs, ’The Blue Cockade’, ’Cousin Jack’ and ’The Galway Farmer’. Four songs have been re-recorded: ’Crow On The Cradle’, ’Santiago’, ’Are We Alright’ and ’Exile’. Ten years ago a group of SOH fans created an Internet based forum and called themselves ’Longdogs’. They were asked to pick one track from each album which makes up CD2.

Artist Judee Sill
Title Abracadabra: The Asylum Years 2CD
Label Asylum

See reviews for tracklisting.

Artist Judee Sill
Title Dreams Come True 2CD
Label Water
2CD Set featuring her previously unreleased 1974 3rd album, mixed by Jim O’Rourke, plus studio & home demos, and a 12 minute Quicktime movie of a 1973 concert. Contains a deluxe 72 page book with interviews and vintage photos. Very nice.

Disc One - Dreams Come True
1. That’s The Spirit
2. I’m Over
3. Apocalypse Express
4. The Living End
5. Things Are Lookin’ Up
6. The Good Ship Omega
7. Last Resort
8. Till Dreams Come True
9. Living End [Studio Demo]
10. I’m Over [Studio Demo]
11. Till Dreams Come True [Studio Demo]
Disc Two - Lost Songs
1. Dead Time Bummer Blues
2. Sunny Side Up Luck
3. Emmerald River Dance [Home Recording]
4. Waterfall 5. North County
6. Farmer’s Daughter (The Chickens In The Garden)
7. The Wreck Of The FFV (Fast Flying Vestibule)
8. 500 Miles
9. Oh Boy The Magician [Instrumental]

Artist Judee Sill
Title Judee Sill
Label Water
Judee Sill’s debut album (as well as the debut of the Asylum label) heralded a major new talent in the airy, contemporary folk world of the early ’70s.The album employed the production skills of ex-Turtle, ex-Leaves Jim Pons and Graham Nash (on the album’s sole single, "Jesus Was a Crossmaker"). Judee Sill featured all original compositions, many of which relied on Sill’s unique cosmological imagery to make their point. By turns spare and lavishly orchestrated, there is a cohesive feel to the album; her lyrics are exceptionally poetic and her smooth voice gives every song a shimmery feel. The essence of the music is folk, the execution pop: the songs feel like a comfort blanket, a statement of hope from a troubled soul. New detailed liner notes by Michael Crumsho.

1. Crayon Angels
2. Phantom Cowboy
3. Archetypal Man
4. Lamb Ran Way With The Crown
5. Lady-O
6. Jesus Was A Cross Maker
7. Ridge Rider
8. My Man Of Love
9. Lopin’ Along Thru The Cosmos
10. Enchanted Sky Machines
11. Abracadabra

Artist PF Sloan
Title Sailover
Label Hightone

Artist Emily Smith
Title Tavailer's Joy
Label White Falls

Artist Emily Smith & Jamie McClennan
Title Adoon Winding North
Label White Falls
Award winning Scottish folk singer Emily Smith and multi-instrumentalist Jamie McClennan present an enchanting album of songs by Scotland’s National bard Robert Burns.  There is a happy, optimistic feel to this album. No broken hearts, no sad endings, just songs celebrating love, beauty and good times. From the delicate ’Gowden Locks o Anna’ which Burns said was "the best love song I ever composed in my life" to the jolly ’Whistle o’er the Lave o it’, Smith and McClennan display their versatility as a duo occasionally underpinned by the bass skills of Duncan Lyall.

Artist Mindy Smith
Title Long Island Shores
Label Vanguard

Artist The Snakes
Title Sometime Soon
Label Redeye

Emerging through the UK Americana scene alongside bands like The Redlands Palomino Company (who share drummer Dan Tilbury with The Snakes), they blend the instinctive feel and energy of classic 60’s rock`n`roll with the subtleties of sweet country-soul and a more menacing and introspective personality that draws from early blues.

Legendary BBC Radio 2 broadcasters Bob Harris and Mark Lamar have declared themselves fans of the band. Lamar even invited the boys into the studio for a full length live session soon after the release of their début, having been particularly impressed with the dark, twang laden delights of album favourite, ’I’ll Be Around’.

Artist Son Volt
Title The Search
Label Legacy