Nashville-based singer-songwriter and instrumentalist John Salaway sings about an inspiring relationship on the breezy “Good For Me,” the latest from his forthcoming album Americana Dreams (out Oct. 25). The song, which Salaway wrote with Craig Wilson and Jason Lane, is about finding someone who makes you want to be a better person.
Indie outfit Van Plating looks beyond the idea of soulmates to examine the importance of various types of love and relationships on “Standing Still,” the latest from the new recording project between Florida-based singer-songwriter Rachel Plating and writing partner Bradley Walden.
The breezy, country-tinged indie pop song will appeal to fans of Kacey Musgraves’ Golden Hour and Jenny Lewis’ On the Line.
“Some people you can love up close, some people from afar/ I guess the trick is knowing which kind they are,” Karen and the Sorrows’ Karen Pittelman sings on the heartbreakingly beautiful “Far Away,” the latest release from the band’s forthcoming album Guaranteed Broken Heart (out on October 18).
Anchored by a lonesome fiddle and steel guitar, “Far Away” finds Pittelman reflecting on the complications of attempting to love someone from a distance.
On their recently released debut LP Sterling, New York City-based Americana duo Joanie & Matt (Joanie Leeds and Matthew Check) adapt ancient texts from the Hebrew Bible for a powerful collection of songs.
Matthew Check, an original member of the group Gangstagrass (who performed the theme song for the FX series Justified) says the duo’s song “The One Above” draws upon Nazarite law.
New Jersey-based Americana artist Sammy Kay makes a call for empathy on the sparse, dreamy “Try To Find,” the debut single from his forthcoming album civil/War (out on October 4).
Kay says the song was inspired by his experiences after he temporarily gave up touring and began working with a friend with special needs.
Swedish Americana singer-songwriter Sofia Talvik looks to the heavens on “Blood Moon,” the dreamy, steel-laden new single from her forthcoming 10-track album Paws of a Bear (out on September 27).