Rolling Stone names Terry Allen’s second album, “Lubbock (on everything),” as #58 on their new list of “The 100 Greatest Country Albums of All Time.”
Mike Polizze records his debut Lagniappe Session for Aquarium Drunkard on acoustic guitar, sharing his renditions of two traditional titles: Libba Cotten’s “Freight Train” and The Byrds’ version of “Old Blue.”
Our reissues of songwriter and visual artist Terry Allen’s albums Smokin the Dummy (1980) and Bloodlines (1983), are out—shipping, in shops, and streaming—today, May 6, 2022, the day before Terry’s 79th birthday. (Today is also Bandcamp Friday, when Bandcamp waives their fee and passes on all revenues to artists and labels.) These two records comprise our sixth and seventh releases by Allen and the eagerly anticipated continuation of our acclaimed, GRAMMY-nominated archival series in collaboration with the artist. They have been very close to our hearts for twenty years; Bloodlines was the first Terry record I owned on vinyl, a gift from my friend John Ollman of the Fleisher/Ollman Galleryin Philadelphia, where Allen exhibited his artwork during the Chippy era.
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We are thrilled to announce deluxe reissues of internationally celebrated songwriter and visual artist Terry Allen’s Smokin the Dummy (1980) and Bloodlines (1983), comprising our sixth and seventh releases by Allen and the eagerly anticipated continuation of our acclaimed GRAMMY-nominated archival series in collaboration with the artist.
Today Jake unveils his captivating Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, which only further cements his intimate storytelling capabilities. Filmed at the home of PoB pals Lindsey Alexander and Sal Borriello in Pittsboro, North Carolina by Jesse Paddock, it presents Fussell playing songs from Good and Green Again, 2019’s Out of Sight, and 2017’s What in the Natural World. His sound is fleshed out by Libby Rodenbough (violin, harmonium, backing vocals) and Casey Toll (upright bass). This Tiny Desk (Home) performance gives a look into what to expect during Fussell’s North American tour (tickets are on sale now).
Today our friend Jake Xerxes Fussell, pride of Columbus, Georgia and Durham, North Carolina, has released his exquisite fourth album Good and Green Again, and he’s heading out on tour. This is the tonic we require and deserve this harsh winter. Raise a glass and take a dram, friends. Turn your glasses over.
Today, Jake Xerxes Fussell unveils new track, “Rolling Mills Are Burning Down,” off of his forthcoming album, Good and Green Again, out January 21st. “Rolling Mills Are Burning Down,” with its distant keening strings and capacious sense of space, observes and mourns the loss of work and community in the wake of elemental disaster. A timely song with deep roots in North Carolina textile mill history, it’s simultaneously gorgeous and melancholy, with Fussell singing: “And them rolling mills are burning down // down to the ground // and they’ll never build them back anymore.” The track features piano by James Elkington, who also produced the record.
Today Jake shares two new songs, “Breast of Glass” and “Frolic,” from his forthcoming album, Good and Green Again, out January 21st. Tickets for 2022 US and EU tour dates are now on sale.
Tonight Terry Allen and the Panhandle Mystery Band return to Austin City Limits for a long-delayed celebration of their 2020 masterpiece Just Like Moby Dick. Though he’s often appeared as a guest (most recently last month—see below), this will be Allen’s first dedicated feature appearance on ACL TV since 1998 (!), and you can stream the taping live tonight, December 1, at 9pm ET.
