Blue Élan presents

Operation Mend: Hope 3

Inspired by the amazing work done by Operation Mend, Operation Mend: Hope 3 is the 3rd compilation put together by the Blue Élan family as a way to raise awareness for the organization.

Who is Operation Mend?

Operation Mend is the only program in the nation dedicated to healing the visible and invisible wounds of war. Through an innovative, comprehensive, world-class approach, it provides specialized surgical and psychological care to post-9/11 veterans, service members injured in the line of duty, and their caregivers, all at no cost. Learn more or Donate.

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Charlotte Dickson presents

COLLATERAL DAMAGE

Some relationships leave you with more questions than answers. On her debut album, COLLATERAL DAMAGE, Charlotte Dickson sits with the feelings that linger: loving someone you resent, holding on when you know you need to let go, and trying to understand what happened without losing yourself in the process. Her emotionally direct alternative pop gives those uncomfortable, contradictory feelings room to breathe.

“COLLATERAL DAMAGE is a collection of all of the songs I’ve written as proof to me that even unintended destruction leaves a story worth telling,” explains Dickson. “Although the hardest wounds came from battles I never chose to fight, there can be beauty in creating something meaningful out of things that are out of your control.”

Intimate and unfiltered, COLLATERAL DAMAGE finds connection in experiences that can feel deeply isolating, offering the comfort of hearing someone else put words to what you’ve been feeling.

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Celebrate GRAMMY® season with your favorite releases

The Grammy® Awards first ballot is out and well-represented by Blue Élan artists. To celebrate, select vinyl and CD releases are on sale.

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Texas Headhunters presents

Rise and Shine

If Texas guitar playing had a definitive DNA strand, it would look a lot like the collective resume of Ian Moore, Johnny Moeller and Jesse Dayton. For the past three decades, these virtuosic titans have operated on the cutting edge of roots music, each carving out a distinct, fiercely loyal empire. Moore brought soaring, soulful psychedelia back to the blues; Moeller infused the Austin scene with an uncompromising, razor-sharp funk and string-bending ferocity; and Dayton injected punk-rock adrenaline into the heart of classic outlaw country.

Together as Texas Headhunters, they aren't trying to sell you a mythologized, pristine version of the Lone Star State. They're giving you the unfiltered grease, the high volume and the sweat of that legendary Austin nightclub Antone's, where all three made their bones. They play with the kind of dangerous, competitive fire that only old friends who have nothing left to prove can cook up.

Their self-titled debut was already being called a modern classic when the band went back into the studio and knocked out Rise and Shine, a tight, tuneful and tumultuous 10-song set recorded in five days with no smoke and mirrors. The guitar playing is off the chain, but their singing is stronger, and their songwriting has grown remarkably. The material is smart and sophisticated, but there's a tough naturalness to it that cuts right through.

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Cory Branan presents

You'll Live

Cory Branan has never been interested in fitting into a genre. For him, the only constant has been the song itself — where it wants to go, what it needs, and how honestly its story can be told. His latest, You'll Live, leans into that instinct.

"This is an orphanage," says the Memphis native, nodding to a record whose 10 songs were collected over nearly 20 years, each one initially tossed into the archives for not quite fitting whatever album he was making at the time. Taken together, they form a proudly unruly mosaic: fragments of different eras, different impulses, and different versions of the same songwriter. Instead of a singular tale, You'll Live unwinds like ten self-contained stories that sit side-by-side, recorded quickly in Nashville and pulled together by a musical lifer that Rolling Stone calls "a country boy with a punk-rock heart."

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Signal Meridian presents

Signals in Autumn

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Signal Meridian is a passion project for Kirk Pasich, co-founder of acclaimed Los Angeles indie label Blue Élan Records. He has brought together a collective of notable musicians and vocalists to reinterpret the songs of underappreciated bands, starting with Signals in Autumn, the first chapter in a four-part series, this one devoted to U.K. band Strawbs and their 1973-78 core songwriting team of David Cousins, Chas Cronk, and David Lambert.

Said Pasich. “I wanted to reintroduce great songwriters in a contemporary way, with world-class players and singers.” Formed in the ‘60s as a bluegrass duo by co-founder Cousins, the Strawbs went through several phases as a folk-rock outfit (featuring Fairport Convention’s Sandy Denny), a progressive band (featuring future Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman) and, in seven albums from 1972-78, a rock band with orchestral leanings.

Pasich asked Blue Élan artist and keyboardist Sasha Smith to join in producing the project, knowing Sasha’s varied experience as a member of Everclear and from his work with the likes of Cat Power, Ariana Grande, the Wallflowers, and Ann Wilson. They are joined in this collective by guitarists Val McCallum, Jackson Browne’s longtime collaborator, and Nashville-to-LA transplant Adam Gimenez, who has played with Paris Jackson and 3OH!, and Billy Idol keyboardist (and Blue Élan recording artist) Paul Trudeau. Bassist Kurtis Keber and drummer Jordan West, who form Grace Potter’s regular rhythm section, perform similar honors here. Blue Élan recording artist Bernie Barlow (Moody Blues, Sarah McLachlan), Vanessa Bryan (Lady Gaga, Gwen Stefani, The Killers), Holly Palmer (David Bowie, Gnarls Barkley, Allee Willis) and Jordan West (with a solo album upcoming for Blue Élan) round out the four female vocalists.

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Soul Asylum presents

MPLS Unplugged

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MPLS Unplugged celebrates the 30th anniversary of the band’s legendary MTV Unplugged performance in 1993, recorded live nearly 30 years later to the day at the State Theatre in Minneapolis on April 20, 2023. For the first time in decades, the band is captured stripped back and unplugged—echoing the spirit of their original MTV Unplugged session in 1993—while remaining deeply layered, expansive in feel, and emotionally resonant.

Frontman Dave Pirner, widely regarded as one of the great songwriters of his generation, is joined by guitarist Ryan Smith, bassist Jeremy Tapparo and drummer Michael Bland. Also returning is Ivan Neville on keys, alongside STRINGenius string quartet and the Robert Robinson gospel singers, honoring the lineup of the original 1993 session while modernizing the acoustic arrangements. Neville’s connection to the band dates back to that original

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Gerry Beckley presents

Merciful

“Like trains forever leaving stations, merciful are these stories we spin,” sings Gerry Beckley on the title track to his latest solo album, Merciful, a dark-laced song penned by noted Scandinavian jazz trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær. That sentiment captures the elegiac spirit of the 13-song collection, produced by Beckley with frequent collaborator and lyricist Jeff Larson. Beckley is the co-founding member of the multi-platinum band America. Beckley wrote and sang lead on such successful America singles as “Sister Golden Hair,” “I Need You,” “Daisy Jane” and the Russ Ballard-penned “You Can Do Magic.” His latest solo work, Merciful, is a timeless, personal work that realizes our own very limited span on earth at the same time as it seizes the possibilities while we’re still here; a most worthy addition to the classic Gerry Beckley oeuvre, the light and dark perfectly calibrated. Includes a guest appearance from Graham Nash on an emotional cover of “Norwegian Wood,” the Beatles’ wistful saga of an extramarital love affair

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Janiva Magness presents

Truth In The Room - The Clearmountain Sessions

With the release of Truth in the Room, her first comprehensive live album, Janiva Magness has delivered the document her fans have long been waiting for — proof, captured on record, of what she has always done live: make a room stop, listen, and feel. Recorded in front of an intimate gathering of 150 invited friends and music industry guests by the legendary Bob Clearmountain, it is a milestone that crowns more than three decades of one of the most honest and enduring careers in American blues.

Live performance has always been at the heart of who she is, something that earned her the honor of the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year award. Fans have clamored for years for a live album that could capture what they experience in the room with her — that ineffable electricity, the give-and-take between artist and audience, the sense that something unrepeatable is happening in real time. That moment has finally arrived with Truth in the Room, out now.

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Cimarron 615 presents

Same Sky

Cimarron 615 is a hall of fame-caliber assemblage, with credits that look like a who's-who of Americana, country and rock history. "We've all been around a long time and done a lot of work -- and a lot of it together," notes drummer Rick Lonow. "There's history here." Where the four musicians intersect is via the famed country-rock band Poco. Lonow and Jack Sundrud were its longtime rhythm section until the band ceased when co-founder Rusty Young died in 2021. Michael Webb played in the band for eight years, while Ronnie Guilbeau co-wrote Poco's 1989 Top 20 single "Call It Love" with Lonow. Webb and Sundrud co-produced Poco’s All Fired Up album in 2013, and Lonow, Webb and Sundrud played on Young's 2017 solo album, Waitin' For the Sun. Cimarron 615 came to be after Young's death, when Blue Élan Records chief Kirk Pasich organized a tribute concert and album and brought Sundrud, Webb and Lonow together in Los Angeles as part of a house band for several projects - and heard the potential for more. Guilbeau rounded out the line-up in 2023.

"To me, personally, California country-rock is an actual genre. Rusty used to say it was rock musicians playing country instruments," says Lonow. "And the (vocal) harmonies are always a big part of it. That's the common thread with all of us -- it gives you country music, rock music and vocal harmonies all in one package. That's our DNA."

It's certainly an apt description of the 12 original tracks on CIMARRON 615, an album that finds the quartet fully forged as a band. "After doing that (first album) it's a different palette now," Lonow explains. "I think it rocks a little harder. I think the band is streamlined. We have more of an identity now." Sundrud concurs that, "We've been working a lot, and I think it's really solidified as a band with the four of us. It really is a good fit."

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Aaron Lee Tasjan presents

Get Over It, Underdog

Acclaimed Grammy-nominated artist, activist, and songwriter Aaron Lee Tasjan’s new album kills sacred cows and pokes holes in the dam, while leaning hard into the idea of perseverance. Comprised of 11 masterfully crafted songs, Get Over It, Underdog is an ambitious and spirited collection as Tasjan examines the mythology of the American underdog, unraveling its contradictions and complexities with wit, urgency, and a deeply human perspective. The record confronts the idea that the same qualities that elevate an underdog can just as easily lead to their undoing, offering a nuanced portrait of resilience, identity, and self-perception.

Produced by Tasjan alongside longtime collaborator Mark Miller, Get Over It, Underdog is both a personal reckoning and a broader reflection on the stories we tell about ourselves and others. It captures an artist pushing through doubt and rediscovering purpose, delivering a work that is as thought-provoking as it is immediate. Get Over It, Underdog reaffirms Aaron Lee Tasjan as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary Americana—an artist unafraid to challenge, question, and ultimately connect.

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Sam Morrow presents

Southern Boogie

On his newest record, Southern Boogie, Sam Morrow has slammed the door shut on the Americana palate that defined his previous trilogy of releases and kicked open a new one. A cross-country move, change of perspective, and fresh outlook on life were catalysts that also steered Morrow to cross the threshold on a new sound.

Make no mistake, that’s exactly what Southern Boogie represents — raw, Texas-bred southern rock that sounds exactly like what it is: Sam Morrow, confidently evolving.

Southern Boogie is what happens when you shed expectations. Recorded mostly live, in Austin, with producer Jonathan Tyler, the sessions were stripped-down and analog: two guitars, bass, keys, drums. All tube amps. No click track. No safety net. The result is unapologetically guitar driven. Straight-ahead southern rock with a Texas backbone — ZZ Top's grit and groove without trying to sound like anyone but himself.

"I just want people to listen to this and have a good time," Morrow says. "Don't take sh*t too seriously. That's kind of my mantra."

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India Ramey presents

Villain Era

After the success of her fiery 2024 LP, Baptized By The Blaze, Nashville outlaw siren India Ramey is back with Villain Era, set for release on May 8, 2026, via Copaco Records/Blue Élan. Villain Era is firmly rooted in her own reckoning; it doesn’t ask for permission, it kicks the door wide open.

The result is Villain Era: ten spaghetti western–meets–honky tonk vignettes, penned solely by Ramey, laced with grit, gallows humor, and emotional precision. With Villain Era, she stands unapologetically in her power, delivering songs that cut deep and laugh loudly.

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Mamas Gun presents

DIG!

There’s real alchemy at work here on DIG!, the 6th studio album by UK 5-piece band Mamas Gun - a rare creative brotherhood of passionate musicians with a knack for making music that sounds and feels timeless.

Andy Platts - the songwriting frontman with the golden falsetto (and co-founder of fellow Blue Élan band Young Gun Silver Fox); Drummer Chris Boot – the band's backbone, supplying the heaviest grooves with a jazz player's lightness of touch; Bass player Cameron Dawson, flowing and fearless echoing the spirit of James Jamerson but with a melodic sound uniquely his own; Terry Lewis, a guitarist whose taste, feel and vocabulary bring a crucial warm old school authenticity, and last but by no means least; Dave Oliver, a dynamic keys player whose profound command of the piano, wurlitzer and hammond organ joins the dots from jazz to gospel to soul with ease.

And what a sound this is – truly authentic, organic and deeply soulful - all recorded by Neil Innes straight to 16 track analogue tape. The mission statement: To capture the sound of 5 individual musicians at the top of their game, coming together to bring 11 lovingly crafted songs to life in a way that celebrates the best of the past and the present. The result is hugely successful, yielding intimate performances that put you in room with the band whilst the magic unfolds.

The themes covered in the songs on this album are universal. Those of love, family, hope, redemption, and like all great soul music, finding uplift in times of downturn. Indeed, in turbulent times, Mamas Gun’s music certainly connects and is a welcome balm for the soul. Uplifting, questing, nourishing and golden, DIG! is a pure delight to experience and without a doubt their most accomplished album to date.

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Courtney Santana presents

Living Through It All

The lifelong backup singer became a fixture in her current hometown of Austin, Texas performing with Jesse Dayton as well as Kevin Russell’s local supergroup Shinyribs, after contributing her vocal talents to more than 30 albums while sharing the stage with the likes of Hootie and the Blowfish, Robert Randolph, Salt-N-Pepa and Musiq Soulchild.

That eclectic background has allowed her to develop a voice that fits snugly under the Americana umbrella. Encouraged by Dayton, who co-produced and co-wrote most of the songs with her, Courtney’s solo bow comes straight from her incredible tale of surviving domestic abuse and raising her two children, now in their 20s, living in shelters and even her car for a while. While performing as a vocalist, she found the time to write a book, Off Kilter: Getting ‘Right After Abuse, as well as founding The Survive2Thrive Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing support to displaced and unhoused victims of domestic abuse, and an app, Sanctuary PBC, which connects domestic violence survivors with safe housing.

Courtney Santana may have been “30 feet from stardom” for most of her career, but she is more than ready to step into the spotlight on center stage. Produced by Jesse Dayton and Kirk Pasich.

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Man Boy Brown

Limited first-edition pressing

Features the original "Boring Songs" cover art, and is limited to 30 available copies.

Man Boy Brown is the alter ego of Raul Pacheco, vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and co-founding member of three-time Grammy-winning Los Angeles band Ozomatli. His first solo album reflects the eternal adolescence he’s embraced since forming the groundbreaking multicultural group three decades ago, blending romantic Latin ballads, Mexican corridos, and spacious arrangements that allow melody and emotion to breathe. The project captures a seasoned artist looking both backward and forward, grounded in tradition while carving out a distinct creative identity.

Led by the single “Moving On,” Man Boy Brown marks a declaration of independence and renewed purpose, balancing reflection with momentum and themes of connection, growth, and love. Collaborating with an international cast of musicians, Pacheco explores intimacy, nostalgia, and self-discovery through songs that range from old-school bolero and disco-tinged grooves to confessional, singer-songwriter moments. Dividing his time between New Mexico and his hometown of Boyle Heights, Pacheco embraces this next chapter with clarity and confidence—moving on without ever leaving home.

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Rose's Pawn Shop presents

American Seams

For two decades, Rose’s Pawn Shop have evolved their version of modern-day American roots music, an anthemic, bluegrass-inspired sound that encompasses the sweep of rock & roll, the sonics of folk music, and the storytelling of country.

With American Seams, the band’s fifth studio release, Rose’s Pawn Shop celebrate that wide-ranging sound. Recorded during a series of live-in-the-studio performances with producer Eric Corne, it’s a raw, reflective album about stepping into a new stage of life, reflecting upon all the lessons learned and mistakes made along the way. For Givant — a journeyman songwriter who’s weathered the twists and turns of the music industry, unwaveringly dedicating himself to a project that’s earned high marks from Rolling Stone (who called the band’s work “a blast of 21st century pickin’-party music”) and GQ (who praised their “knee-slapping bluegrass-y twang”) — it’s also a chance to look back while still moving forward. “I can see all the water under the bridge now,” he says. “There are some beautiful things and hard things to look back on, but they’ve all brought me to this point.”

“Our music is a patchwork of American styles,” Givant says. “We have country, rock, bluegrass, and folk — all sorts of American musical influences, and they all go into the Rose’s Pawn Shop sound. We liked that visual, which is why we named the record American Seams.”

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Trapper Schoepp presents

OSBORNE

“Hello Kelly, goodbye Jack, hello Betty, I’m ‘Back to Black’/We got Soboxone and security/I was in the Osbornes, it was you and me,” sings Trapper Schoepp on his new album titled Osborne, coming fall 2025. After relying on prescription painkillers and other substances for a decade, Trapper checked into the Hazelden Betty Ford rehab center near his birthplace in Minnesota last year. Fittingly, the rock n roller was placed in the ‘Osborne’ unit - a letter off from Ozzy’s surname but appropriated as such to honor the former Hazelden patient.

Channeling Black Sabbath, Suicide and Springsteen, this 11-track record is wildly different than anything Trapper has done. Produced by pop polymath Mike Viola (Andrew Bird, Dawes) and multi-instrumentalist Tyler Chester (Madison Cunningham, Jackson Browne), Trapper feels like he’s finally finding an honest voice in song and spirit.

“Mike encouraged me to lean into the pain and not run from it,” Trapper says. “It felt like I was back in the art therapy room of Hazelen but with Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) at the wheel.“

As much as the album came from a dark place, Trapper says the creation was a joyful process. He had previously written a country album that he’d intended to record with Viola, but it was scrapped for these more timely songs.

You only get swerve hard for the first time once and Osborne is just that for Trapper. He says, “There’s a shame surrounding addiction and it leads people further into isolation and using. If I can help one person with this album, it feels worth it.”

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Young Gun Silver Fox is

Live From The Troubadour & Paradiso

Recorded across two sold-out shows in Los Angeles and Amsterdam, Young Gun Silver Fox's first live album, Live From The Troubadour & Paradiso, captures the effortless chemistry between Andy Platts and Shawn Lee, bringing their signature blend of West Coast soul and polished musicianship to the stage. Featuring highlights from their acclaimed catalogue, these recordings offer fans an intimate front-row experience of Young Gun Silver Fox at their creative peak.

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Morgan Myles presents

Laced

Myles’ new album Laced was recorded with GRAMMY-winning producer Ross Hogarth (Van Halen, Ziggy Marley). David Grissom (John Mellencamp, the Allman Brothers Band) served as band leader and guitarist, on the project alongside bassist Jorgen Carlsson (Gov’t Mule), drummer Jimmy Paxson (Fleetwood Mac), and guitarist and mandolin player Jedd Hughes (Rodney Crowell). Myles Co-wrote the entire album with an impressive list of songwriters including David Grissom, Gary Nichols (former lead vocalist of The SteelDrivers, following Chris Stapleton), Brian White (Rodney Atkins, Jason Aldean), Ethan Hulse (Zach Williams, Tauren Wells), Jeff Cohen (Josh Groban, The Band Perry), and Jeff Trott (Sheryl Crow).

“There is no Auto-Tune on this record,” Myles emphasizes. “Everything is real. For me, the most important part is that when people hear this record, they come to a show, and it sounds like me. It’s not fabricated.”

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Suzanna Spring & The Black

The Lost Songs of Katy Shayne

What began as a mystery novel has become a fully realized musical world. The Lost Songs of Katy Shayne, a new album produced by Blue Élan Records founder Kirk Pasich and Colin Devlin (The Devlins), transforms the songs from Jim Fusilli’s (author, songwriter and longtime Rock & Pop Critic for The Wall Street Journal) acclaimed novel A Song for Katy Shayne into a living, breathing collection—performed by Suzanna Spring (Mustangs of the West) and the Black Canyon City Band.

Blurring the line between fiction and autobiography, past and present, The Lost Songs of Katy Shayne is a testament to the enduring power of storytelling on the page and in song, and to the magical place where music and literature intertwine.

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Supersuckers presents

Liquor, Women, Drugs & Killing

At this point in their illustrious, nearly 40-year career, Supersuckers have nothing to prove to anyone. Formed in 1988 and led by charismatic singer/bassist Eddie Spaghetti, Supersuckers caught with a crowd that appreciated the group’s license to shred within the confines of killer punk rock songs, along with lyrics that didn’t take things so seriously. On Liquor, Women, Drugs & Killing, the lyrics are sharp, yet dark and biting —the trademark of any Supersuckers album. Sonically, it is more upbeat than its cynical lyrics. Produced by Billy Joe Bowers.

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Krstina Train presents

County Line

Kristina Train’s County Line is a stripped-down return from one of Americana’s most exciting voices.

The elegant Kristina Train has a voice for the ages — and a resume to match. The Savannah-bred, Nashville-based singer started at Blue Note Records as the last artist signed by Arif Mardin, paving her own trail between Americana, country, jazz and pop.

Co-written by Train and writers including Ed Harcourt, Kim Richey, Jimmy Hogarth, Mike Mattison and Paul Olsen, County Line happened almost by chance over the past couple of years. As studio availability, producers and players – including the strings of the Oklahoma Philharmonic in arrangements by Golden Globe nominated composer Brian Byrne – magically lined up, Train recorded live vocals with piano, drums, guitar, bass and pedal steel by sessioners for Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Heart and Tim McGraw.

The result is a collection that includes stunning originals, a flipside remake of Cher’s iconic anthem, “Believe,” and a trio of reinvented country classics by Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson—now sung from a strong-woman perspective in Train’s raw-edge alto, which steeps each nostalgic phrase in the emotional immediacy of 2025. The result is a collection that includes stunning originals, a flipside remake of Cher’s iconic anthem, “Believe,” and a trio of reinvented country classics by Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson—now sung from a strong-woman perspective in Train’s raw-edge alto, which steeps each nostalgic phrase in the emotional immediacy of 2025.

Across 11 tracks, there are lost loves, revenge, daydreaming, psychotherapy and two-stepping — all wrapped around the sweet and sorrowful tones of Train’s voice, which is at once familiar and fresh. With its stalwart major-key piano chords that evoke hymns, winsome yearning, and powerful storytelling, County Line is a parade of evocative slow grooves and honest choruses with hopeful hooks that burrow deep into memory. When Train pulls out her own violin in a reprise of the title track, it’s the perfect end cap to a tour of the modern Americana musical landscape.

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Ian Moore, Johnny Moeller, & Jesse Dayton present the

TEXAS HEADHUNTERS

Metallic Gold is a Hardcharger Records & Blue Élan Records exclusive pressing, limited to only 300 copies.

Ian Moore, Johnny Moeller, and Jesse Dayton—three of Texas’ fiercest fretmen—join forces at last as Texas Headhunters, a band born from deep roots, old friendships, and a shared reverence for the raw, swaggering spirit of Texas blues. Their self-titled debut isn’t a nostalgia trip. It’s a declaration.

Cut over five days at Willie Nelson’s Pedernales Studio, Texas Headhunters deals 12 tracks of grit, groove, and gut-level truth. No smoke, no mirrors—just seasoned musicians in a room, plugged in and turned up. The chemistry is real. The result is mind blowing. Clifford Antone looms large in the story of Texas Headhunters—the spiritual godfather of the project, and the man who first recognized the fire in each of its members. All three—Johnny, Jesse, and Ian—were among the last generation of young guns taken under his wing.

Texas Headhunters isn’t just a summit of three badasses with guitars. It’s a reclamation. A statement. A reminder that Texas blues, in all its grit and glory, still matters. It’s not retro—it’s revival. And it’s not a tribute—it’s a shot across the bow.

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Kinky Friedman presents

Poet of Motel 6

Kinky Friedman's final record, Poet of Motel 6 is a moving collection of ten songs about love and loss. Kinky plumbs the depths of love and mortality on his final album. Joined by Texas royalty like Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Rick Trevino, Amy Nelson, Rodney Crowell, and produced by fellow Rolling Thunder Revue alumni David Mansfield, this record truly lays bare the heart of this Texas bard. Poet of Motel 6 marks the final chapter in Kinky Friedman’s extraordinary musical journey. Fans and newcomers alike will discover an album that is as unforgettable as the man who created it.

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Janiva Magness presents

Back For Me

Janiva Magness’s 17th album Back For Me is a treasure chest of lesser-known gems by well-known artists (Bill Withers, Ray LaMontagne, Allen Toussaint, Doyle Bramhall II, Tracy Nelson) produced by her longtime collaborator Dave Darling. The album features ace guitarists Joe Bonamassa, Sue Foley, and Jesse Dayton as they each put their stamps on their respective special guest appearances. Back For Me is a powerhouse set moving from the Chicago-via-Texas churn of “Masterpiece” to the aching gospel-soul-funk of Bill Withers’ “The Same Love That Made Me Laugh”. There’s heartache and heartbreak, but at the same time self-awareness and accountability and the strength and power that comes from that. In other words, it’s the blues.

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Soul Asylum presents

Slowly But Shirley

Since the ’80s, Soul Asylum have been a group known for their raucous but emphatic combination of punk energy, guitar-fueled firepower, and songs that range from aggressive to heartfelt. All of these things are present in spades on the Minneapolis band’s gloriously, joyously loose 13th studio album, Slowly But Shirley. For Slowly But Shirley, it also helped that Soul Asylum turned to a familiar name for production: Steve Jordan, who had also produced the band’s 1990 effort And the Horse They Rode In On. Back when they first worked together, the members of Soul Asylum were still figuring out how best to capture their sound in the studio—and Jordan’s approach of having the band play live together in one room was ideal. “He taught us a language of players playing music in the studio,” Pirner says. “Which we were not at the time. We still didn't really understand what you were supposed to do in what order.” Decades later, both parties are in different places. Jordan is currently the drummer for the Rolling Stones, and Soul Asylum remains one of the most inspiring and hardworking bands in the rock scene, having broken through commercially with the double-platinum 1992 album Grave Dancers Union.

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From Chris Shiflett

Lost At Sea

Punk veteran. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Americana and rock songwriter. Modern-day guitar hero. For more than 25 years, Chris Shiflett has blurred the lines between genre and generation, balancing his full-band projects with a thriving solo career.

His latest record, Lost at Sea, builds a bridge between the honky-tonk saloon and the punk-rock dive bar. Eclectic and electric, it's a genre-bending country album that reaches far beyond the format's boundaries, making room for roots-rock anthems, guitar-slinging swagger, and the sharpest songwriting of his career. A California native, Shiflett recorded Lost at Sea with producer Jaren Johnston (The Cadillac Three), collaborating with many Music City heavyweights along the way. The result is a record that's every bit as diverse as his own resumé.

Named "Americana's biggest rockstar" by Rolling Stone, Shiflett has played a crucial role in shaping the sound and scope of modern-day rock music as a longtime member of the Foo Fighters. He's also an alum of California-based punk rock bands No Use For a Name and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Lost at Sea refocuses his attention on a mix of country twang and rock & roll bang, showcasing the full range of Shiflett's abilities.

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KT Tunstall presents

NUT

Grammy-nominated Scottish Musician KT Tunstall’s new album, NUT, completes a trilogy of albums that started in 2016, and represents the mind. Produced by Martin Terefe, NUT draws on Tunstall’s love of percussive West African grooves as a metaphor for the learning patterns of the mind. It is an eclectic album that seamlessly weaves together disparate styles while showcasing KT’s singular knack for balancing introspective folk and propulsive rock.

*BER Exclusive pressing of NUT in Cotton Candy

*Autographed Giclee Art Print, limited to 200 signed copies while supplies last!

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From Eric Johnson

The Book of Making / Yesterday Meets Today

During the pandemic, some people baked, others indulged in TV binge-watching. Eric Johnson emerged with two albums–The Book of Making and Yesterday Meets Today—featuring nine songs on each LP. The Grammy-winning, multi-genre guitarist took inventory—both emotionally and musically—delving into the many unfinished tracks, outtakes, demos, and sonic ideas in his archive to compile the 18 songs that ultimately ended up on the albums.

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Kirk Pasich Project presents

Radio: Alone In The Night

Radio: Alone in the Night is the debut album from Blue Élan cofounder Kirk Pasich's latest endeavour- the Kirk Pasich Project. Acting as the visionary & creative director, Kirk enlisted the help of several musical cohorts to bring his vision to life, with a cast that includes Dave Darling, Camilla Darling, Zach Ross, Ginny Luke, Bryan Stephens, Scout Durwood, Bernie Barlow, Scott Terry, and Holly Montgomery. Radio: Alone in the Night is a tale of two modern-day minstrels who have traveled their separate ways over the years, only to end up one night back where it all began and ended, where each chose their own musical journey over their one true love. For one night, they are in that city, with separate gigs in separate places, not knowing the other is there. Perhaps there’s something in the air, or maybe it’s just a feeling that’s hard to explain. But, as the night passes, they each find themselves wondering, wishing, hoping, forgetting , and forgiving. Yes, the story starts right where it began and ended, all those years ago.

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Charlotte Dickson Releases Debut Album 'Collateral Damage', Featuring Focus Track “2attached”

Charlotte Dickson releases her debut album, COLLATERAL DAMAGE today, a collection of emotionally direct alternative pop songs about betrayal, attachment, anxiety and the lasting impact of relationships. The album’s focus track, “2ATTACHED,” leads a project built around the complicated feelings that remain when life takes an unexpected turn.

16 October, 2026

Blue Élan Records Announces New Operation Mend Album And Benefit Concert To Support Wounded Veterans And Their Families

Blue Élan Records is proud to continue its support of UCLA Health Operation Mend with a new album featuring label artists and friends performing a mix of classic songs, reimagined favorites and original material, out today. The project brings together artists from across the Blue Élan family to raise awareness of Operation Mend’s work providing specialized medical and psychological care to post-9/11 veterans, service members injured in the line of duty, and their caregivers, all at no cost.

16 October, 2026

Grammy Nominee Janiva Magness Reimagines Soul Classic "Runnin' Out Of Fools" For New Operation Mend Album

Grammy-nominated blues, soul, and Americana powerhouse Janiva Magness delivers a stirring rendition of Aretha Franklin's classic "Runnin' Out of Fools," released today across all streaming platforms. The single stands as a featured highlight from the upcoming Operation Mend: Hope 3 album, created to raise awareness of Operation Mend’s work providing specialized medical and psychological care to post-9/11 veterans, service members injured in the line of duty, and their caregivers, all at no cost.

14 October, 2026

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Charlotte Dickson Releases Debut Album 'Collateral Damage', Featuring Focus Track “2attached”

Blue Élan Records Announces New Operation Mend Album And Benefit Concert To Support Wounded Veterans And Their Families

Grammy Nominee Janiva Magness Reimagines Soul Classic "Runnin' Out Of Fools" For New Operation Mend Album

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