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Jack White’s new album, Frozen Charlotte
Song of the Day: The White Stripes man returns with a blistering, bluesy rock guitar, Led Zeppelin-ish single, heralding his upcoming seventh solo album, Frozen Charlotte, out on 10 July via Third Man Records
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JJerome87’s upcoming debut solo album, The Canyon
Song of the Day: A bluesy, smooth, luxuriantly produced Americana number about a dubious authority figure by the British songwriter and musician Joe Newman, frontman of the Mercury winning band alt-J, in this latest single from his debut solo album, The Canyon, out on 26 June via Mushroom Music/ Virgin
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Seasick Steve’s upcoming album, The Last Season of America
Song of the Day: A poignant, powerfully gentle folk-blues-Americana protest number by the veteran Calfornian singer-songwriter with an extended metaphor about the state of his country in this title track heralding his upcoming album out on 18 September via Steve’s new label Eastcote Recordings
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Tamikrest
Song of the Day: A stirring, evocative song of defiance and resistance to the repression of northern Mali people by the acclaimed Saharan rock band, from their upcoming sixth album, Assikel, out on 15 May via Glitterbeat Records
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Jack White - G.O.D. AND THE BROKEN RIBS
Song of the Day: The acclaimed rock guitarist-singer-songwriter of White Stripes fame returns with this punchy, scorching catchy organ-backed, biblical-modern-fable-apocalypse-themed number alongside another, the Led Zeppelin-esque Derecho Demonico, out on his label Third Man Records
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James Petralli and White Denim unlock a new single and album …
Song of the Day: The Austin, Texas-formed LA-based rockers return with an infectiously catchy groove fusing rock, funk, dub, soul, and down-dirty blues with some playful self-mythologising and darker themes, heralding 13th album, 13, out on 24 April via Bella Union
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Mavis Staples
Song of the Day: A gorgeous, slow, moving, country-style cover by the legendary American soul and gospel singer and civil rights activist of the 1995 song by Sparklehorse written by Mark Linkous (who passed away in 2010), and the title track heralding Mavis’s upcoming album out on 7 November via ANTI Records
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Robert Plant’s upcoming new album, Saving Grace
Song of the Day: A fabulously alluring cover by the Led Zeppelin frontman of the Low song written by Mimi Parker, Zak Micheletti, Alan Sparhawk, joined here by Plant’s band Sacred Grace, featuring the sound of the cuatro, and heralding the forthcoming album Sacred Grace, out on 26 September via Nonesuch Records
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Whitmer Thomas
Song of the Day: A catchy, shuffle-beat indie-blues-rock number by the American musician and comedian, from his new gambling-themed EP, Tilt, due out September 5 via Saddle Creek’s Document Series
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Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto’s upcoming album, Electric War
Song of the Day: Fizzing, fabulous, inventively rhythmic psych-blues-funk by the British rock combo of guitarist Barrie Cadogan and bassist Lewis Wharton joined by drummer Malcolm Catto, heralding their new album Electric War out on 19 April via Easy Eye Sound
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Muireann Bradley’s debut album, I Kept These Blues
Song of the Day: Not a new song, but a lovely remastered and recently re-released version of the classic Rev. Gary Davis song performed with beautiful finger-picking precision and wonderful vocal charm by the teenage folk, blues and roots Irish singer-songwriter from Ballybofey in County Donegal, from last year’s debut album, I Kept These Old Blues, out on Tompkins Square, and now Decca
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Lady Blackbird
Song of the Day: The opening track of soaring, timeless, passionate gospel-infused soul music and more by the supreme American singer-songwriter, taken from her fabulous new five-track EP, Slang Spirituals, out now
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Yannis & The Yaw: the Foals’ frontman’s upcoming EP project
Song of the Day: Fabulous drumming from a past session by the departed legend Tony Allen, and passionate blues-rock vocals from Foals’ frontman Yannis Philippakis in this opening track from his new project and upcoming EP, Lagos Paris London – out on 30 August via Transgressive Records
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Mdou Moctar
Song of the Day: Building to a powerful guitar crescendo, a stirring new desert blues and rock single about cultural identity by the Nigerian Tuareg musician and band return with a title meaning “brother or comrade”
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Richard Hawley
Song of the Day: The veteran Sheffield singer-songwriter returns with that shimmering guitar Duane Eddy/Link Wray sound, and story ‘about a deal that goes wrong’, heralding his new album, In This City They Call You Love
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Beyoncé returns with a bold new look and claims another genre …
Song of the Day: Woo! While we make a rare move to the mainstream on SOTD, the American megastar also surprises by going catchily country with banjo and pedal steel and all, with a song from the second part of her new project, perhaps reclaiming American roots music
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Durand Jones
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s great Offering from Gabriels, further fabulous retro and southern soul with Delta grit and uplifting spirituals, here by the Louisiana and Indiana singer, known also with band the Indications, and a single taken from the upcoming album, Wait Til I Get Over
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So Much Wine covered by Phoebe Bridgers
Songs of the Day: It’s the season where music market is flooded with Christmas songs seeking to cash in with the cheesy, sentimental and traditional. Here, there’s still no shortage of sleigh bells, but from covers to originals this small selection might be worth a listen at any time …
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Cari Cari: Stephanie Widmer and Alexander Köck
Song of the Day: The latest single and title track of their EP by the stylish rock duo from Vienna, drummer and singer Stephanie Widmer and guitarist/singer Alexander Köck is a rockabilly-psych-krautrock apocalyptic number with shades of Kasabian
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Breanna Barbara’s second album Nothin’ But Time is due out in November
Song of the Day: After yesterday’s 60s-style Greek pop odyssey by Σtella, further stylish retro pop, though with a more psychedelic rock and blues style, this time by the New York-based artist in a song about memory and how it can change through your perception of time
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