Lori McKenna - The Luxury of Knowing

This is currently my new favorite song. Also, Keith Urban did a surprisingly good cover of it as well.

Brett Detar - Bird In The Tangle

Lets see. He played guitar in the seminal metal band Zao (when they were actually good). He handled lead vocal duties in The Juliana Theory. What else is there for Brett Detar to do you ask? Well the answer is record an Americana/Country record!!! yeah. I'm sure you thought exactly what i thought when you realized who in fact Brett Detar was and saw this record.  Brett may be having the last laugh after all. He knows Zao was appropriate for the time and The Juliana Theory were bigger than they were ever good so what does he do? He makes his full length foray into roots music free to the general public via his website. So you end up like i did asking yourself the following question. What do i have to lose? Its free so if it doesn't quite hit the mark like Bretts prior endeavors, no harm no foul. So go to the link. download the record, and enjoy what could be one of the strongest releases of 2010 that only 9,598 people (facebook likes as of today) have heard. 

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Sahara Smith - Thousand Secrets

Sahara Smiths 2010 debut "Myth of The Heart" is probably the finest debut to come out last year. Especially in the Folk/Americana scene. This is the first track on the record and quite frankly my favorite.

Rebecca Loebe - Married Man

Rebecca Loebe's new record "Mystery Prize" is one of the finest debuts of 2010. This is my favorite song off the record. Enjoy.