americana round-up

Three years after her legs were broken in a car accident in Austin, Texas, Amy Boone has recovered enough to rejoin

The delines. The band’s second album, The Imperial, due in January on Decor, finds lead singer Boone and guitarist/ songwriter Willy Vlautin picking up where they left off on 2014’s much-admired

Colfax. Fans of Richmond Fontaine or Vlautin’s various novels will be familiar with his finely wrought character studies, exemplified on songs like “Where Are You Sonny?” and “Holly The Hustle”. January also sees the return of two of America’s modern guitar masters. Nashville’s william

Tyler issues the all-acoustic Goes West (Merge), engineered and co-produced by Tucker Martine. Tyler’s band includes Dawes drummer Griffin Goldsmith and guitarist Meg Duffy of Hand Habits, with Bill Frisell guesting on “Our Lady Of The Desert”. And steve Gunn offers up a successor to 2016’s Eyes On The Lines with The

Unseen In Between (Matador), produced by longtime collaborator James Elkington. Its rich and varied palette draws from ‘60s folk, rural Americana and experimental textures, the showpiece being the acoustic “Stonehurst Cowboy”, dedicated to the memory of his late father. Look out, too, for

Coyote & Sirens (Mother Tarantula) from talented Swedish sisters Baskery, inspired by their time spent living in Nashville and LA prior to returning to Europe.