Tucson’s community radio station, 91.3 FM, will be spinning cuts from the following new albums this month.
The Decemberists
The King Is Dead (Capitol)
Folkier and more stripped down than their previous albums, with a recurrent theme of transition.
Iron & Wine
Kiss Each Other Clean (Warner Bros.)
Water and rivers are major recurring themes in Sam Beam’s first major label release and first studio album since 2007.
Wanda Jackson
The Party Ain’t Over (Nonesuch)
The hope is that producer/collaborator Jack White will do for Wanda what he did for Loretta Lynn: make her hip and cool for a whole new generation.
Amos Lee
Mission Bell (Blue Note)
The singer-songwriter’s fourth album was recorded in Tucson at Wavelab Studios and produced by Joey Burns of Calexico. Guests include Willie Nelson and Lucinda Williams.
North Mississippi Allstars
Keys To The Kingdom (Song of the South Records)
The Dickson brothers promise songs they call “a celebratory declaration of life in the face of death” in tribute to their father, Memphis legend Jim Dickson.
