#NewMusicMonday • September, 2021

This Monday finds me with few words and a 60 song playlist that features several artists new to me. 

When I stumbled onto Dori Freeman's new album Ten Thousand Roses, I started to go through my normal routine of sampling an album. I usually glide across several sections of a song daring the artist that is new to me to stop my incessant 'skip clicking' and slap me to attention. I love it when my search mode mentality stops and my active music listening mode starts. Is there gold here?

Dori certainly got my attention in that she has a wonderful voice to go with her straight forward songwriting. What makes a person gravitate to a singer-songwriter artist over another? Of course you have your personal taste even within a genre like Americana, but there's a magic to finding someone that sings and speaks to you. It's rare when I feature all or almost all the songs from a new album, it just doesn't happen that often. I've included all ten songs from Ten Thousand Roses across the playlist this week. I'll now be going to listen to her other three albums. 

Enjoy the playlist my friends!

Albums Featured This Month (w/at least 3 songs)

1. Dori Freeman • Ten Thousand Roses
2. Billy Strings • Renewal
3. Mac McCaughan • The Sound of Yourself
4. Third Eye Blind • Our Bande Apart
5. Adia Victoria • A Southern Gothic
6. J.P. Saxe • Dangerous Levels of Introspection
7. Lindsey Buckingham • Lindsey Buckingham
8. Heartless Bastards • A Beautiful Life

Featured Artists this Month Include:

• Jason Isbell
• Natalie Hemby
• Sting 
• Darlingside
• Pat Metheny
• Ric Robertson
• Tommy Emmanuel & Richard Smith
• Amanda Ventura
• King Princess
• Ronnie Wood
• Eddie Vedder
• Kacey Musgraves
• Alexis Taylor
• Ringo Starr
• Aoife O'Donovan
• Old Sea Brigade
• Nathaniel Rateliff