NEWS

Terry Allen Shares Performance Video of “New Delhi Freight Train,” Live in Lubbock.

Watch Allen and The Panhandle Mystery Band (with Delbert McClinton and Robert Earl Keen) tear into “New Delhi Freight Train,” originally released on the classic Lubbock (on everything) (and famously covered by Little Feat), at Texas Tech in Lubbock, TX, the first-ever live performance of the album in its entirety. Hear the remastered album version and check out Terry’s tour dates, including a show today at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival.

Itasca: Open to Chance Release Day.

“No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace/As I have seen in one autumnal face.” – John Donne. A week past the autumn equinox and a few hours till quittin’ time, now is an opportune moment to pause, heed the growing chorus of acclaim for Itasca’s gorgeous record, and spend some time with these absorbing songs, full of grit and grace and perfect for the fold into fall. Catch Itasca on tour this fall and winter in the US, UK, and EU, with Ryley Walker et al.

Stream Itasca’s Album Open to Chance.

Thanks to Folk Radio UK for hosting an advance stream of Itasca’s mesmerizing PoB debut Open to Chance, and to MOJO for their aptly written 4-star review: “simultaneously spare and complex, observational folk ballads turned psychic and strange by metal-stringed dissonance and troubling Symbolist metaphor.” Pitchfork calls the album “a sprawling fascination with the natural world and the nature of people.”

Hear Itasca’s “No Consequence” via Noisey.

Itasca has shared “No Consequence,” a new song from her upcoming album Open To Chance, out Sept. 30th. It premiered via Noisey (and was reviewed by Pitchfork), alongside a wide-ranging interview that covers everything from Laurel Canyon to cream of wheat to David Crosby’s cape. Check out US, UK, and EU tour dates with Promised Land Sound and Ryley Walker.

Watch a Short Film About Terry Allen’s Lubbock (on everything).

We are grateful to share a new documentary, produced by Texas Tech Public Media, on Terry Allen’s seminal 1979 album. Featuring interviews with artist Paul Milosevich; Terry’s wife, actor and writer Jo Harvey Allen; producer Lloyd Maines; and Allen himself, the film discusses the making of the album, Allen’s legacy, and his relationship to his hometown. Also, check out Terry’s Juarez-inspired playlist of “border burn” songs, Cross the Razor.

Hopscotch Weekend with the PoB Crew.

Your guide to Hopscotch and other performances this weekend by PoB artists Lavender Country, Promised Land Sound, Gun Outfit, and Nathan Bowles, including events at the Center for the Study of the American South at UNC, the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke, and Slim’s and Fletcher Theater in Raleigh.

Nathan Bowles: Whole & Cloven Release Day

Today, just in time for the first stirrings of autumn, Nathan Bowles’ radiant new album is finally among us, in stores, on turntables, in the humid air. According to Pitchfork, Bowles is “a crucial force in folk music … with the power to transform the sound of a banjo into something transcendental, often bringing the spirit of Americana to new heights … An album that reshapes folk music into something boundless and new.”

Itasca Shares “Carousel” via Rookie.

Itasca has shared “Carousel,” a subtly stunning new song from her upcoming album Open To Chance. Rookie, who describe the record as “gorgeous; enchanting, mind-expanding,” premiered the track alongside a wide-ranging interview with Cohen that touches on everything from witchcraft in NYC to Black Mountain College in NC.

Nathan Bowles Shares “Moonshine is the Sunshine” via Noisey.

Hear the Jeffrey Cain cover, which features Bowles singing: “The moonshine is the sunshine, shining twenty minutes later/and ‘crocodile,’ that’s just another name for ‘alligator.’” Read the rave review of Whole & Cloven, out Sept. 2, from The Wire, and check out some upcoming tour dates, including tonight in Durham, NC and a record release show on Sept. 8 at UNC.

Pre-Order Terry Allen’s Lubbock (on everything) + Hear “Amarillo Highway.”

We’re proud finally to announce the long-simmering details of our most in-depth and deluxe reissue project to date, Terry Allen’s revered art-country classic 1979 double album. Produced in close collaboration with the artist and remastered from the original analog tapes, this is the definitive edition and the first to correct the tape speed inconsistencies on all prior versions.