September 25th, 2026 is a Super Busy Release Day. Here’s Your Guide

Well here we go again. After two action packed release weeks in August, there no rest for the weary when it comes to country and roots fans who like to stay on top of the best albums coming out each week. September 25th also has a lot of great albums coming out that you should be aware of. As always, you can also follow the current Release Radar updated in real time to stay informed about the releases each week.

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Ian Noe – Canyon Falls Trailer Band

After re-emerging to play some shows recently, and releasing a tribute to Blaze Foley called “Jukebox Blues” in March, Ian Noe has announced the release of a new 16-song concept album called Canyon Falls Trailer Band. It was produced by Andrija Tokic at The Bomb Shelter in Nashville, with contributions from Russ Pahl on guitar, Charlie McCoy on harmonica, and Billy Contreras on fiddle.

The concept behind the album is said to be a fictional band called the “Canyon Falls Trailer Band” who play a one-off showcase trying to earn industry approval. The band showcases a mix of country and folk rock, and their performance becomes the stuff of legend, even if the ultimate fate of the band goes unknown in the fictional realm. (read more)

Dallas Burrow – Modern Day Vagabond

Singer, songwriter, and underdog Dallas Burrow has always been one on the outside of the popular cliques in music, and has always had to prove himself and earn every bit of attention and credibility he’s received. Over time though, he’s accrued these very things from fans and fellow musicians alike in large sums to the point where he’s now one of the more respected performers in Central Texas.

Modern Day Vagabond, the album will be released on September 25th via Forty Below Records. It was produced by Red Dirt legend Mike McClure, and multi Grammy-winning producer/engineer Adam Odor at Yellow Dog Studios in Texas. It includes musical contributions from McClure and Odor, Kullen Fox from Charley Crockett’s Blue Drifters on organ, along with Mark Tokach and Larry Chaney on guitar, and Cameron Martin on drums. (read more)

Wade Bowen – The Version of Me You Get

The Texas music mainstay is ready to write a new chapter in his career with his latest album out via Thirty Tigers. Co-produced by Bowen himself alongside longtime friend Sean McConnell, he’s impressed with the album’s early singles like “Turpentine” that made it on the SCM Top 25 Playlist. But the album almost didn’t get released at all.

“I didn’t really know what I was looking for when I first made this record. When it was finished, life picked up, and other plans came together. The timing never quite lined up, and it just sat there,” says Wade Bowen. “It wasn’t until recently that I pulled it back out. Honestly, it felt more relevant than it did back then. The last few years – personally and career-wise – made the songs land in a different way. Like I was hearing them for the first time. There’s a lot on this record – love, struggle, redemption, vulnerability. I’m glad it finally found its time.”

Mac Cornish – Wayfaring Woman

For years Mac Cornish was one of the most cherished voices and performers in the California and West Coast country and folk scenes, making friends and opening shows for the folks touring through the region and leaving them impressed. She now splits time between Nashville, but her unique perspective on country music with those Laurel Cove influences remain, and makes it onto her new album, Wayfaring Woman.

The album was recorded at The Bomb Shelter in Nashville with the great producer Andrija Tokic, utilizing much of the talent in Music City like steel guitar players Dennis Crouch and Russ Pahl. She’s shared the stage with the likes of Emily Nenni, Kelsey Waldon, and Silverada. Ahead of the album, she released numerous singles, including “Lover of Mine” and “Wayfaring Woman.”

Aaron Watson – The S.O.Bees Volume 1

You might’ve heard Aaron Watson before. But you’ve never heard him like this. Sure, he can come with a more traditional-leaning sound. But here he leans way back to 50 or 60 years in the past. Sure, he’s had a couple of more humerous songs in his career to go along with the more touching ones. But these are the ones that go straight for your funny bone. It’s called The S.O.Bees, and it’s a compilations of sorts of some of the most offbeat songs Watson has ever written, but never released on an album until now.

“The S.O.Bees sounds very different from anything I’ve ever done before. It’s very vintage and inspired by the mid-’60s to mid-’70s era of country music,” says Watson. “These are songs I’ve written over the last 25 years that just never made it onto any of my other records, but they’re songs I’ve always loved and believed in and I’m thrilled they finally have a home!”

Dylan Gossett – Ramblin’

Dylan Gossett is the Austin, TX version of the earnest singer/songwriter who has seen an explosion in popularity from his heartfelt songs that make meaningful connections with listeners thirsty for something more. Gosset has put a lot of miles on the road opening for the likes of George Strait and Zach Top, to The Lumineers and Noah Kahan, speaking to the wide range of appeal of his music across country and contemporary folk.

Gossett now delivers his sophomore album Ramblin’ via Big Loud Texas. “Where ‘Westward’ is all about this change of life I went through and the craziness of traveling out West and life flipping upside down, ‘Ramblin’’ is about coming back home and having real relationships when I was off the road,” says Gossett. “Relationships with friends, with significant others, with family, with faith. I’m grounding myself in this music.”

Mike Thomas – Echoes

In 2024 when Mike Thomas released his song “Hell or High Water” in the aftermath of the destruction left behind by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina, it was just one songwriter’s hope of having some sort of effect or relief. These kinds of songs often proceed calamities and current events, and unfortunately, often pass with little fanfare. But “Hell or High Water” touched a nerve, making it onto the Saving Country Music Top 25 playlist, and finding a place deep in many people’s hearts. It’s since racked up 1.5 million streams on Spotify alone.

Inspired once again by the resilience in the aftermath of catastrophe, Mike Thomas has assembled the album Echoes—a concept album that attempts to finish telling the story that “Hell or High Water” starts. Dealing with grief, addiction, faith, and redemption, it comes on the heels of the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene.

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More Releases:

Kenny Chesney – Silver Sands Marina – The King of Beach Country is back. You can expect this to be a Kenny Chesney album, meaning a lot of mild radio country songs. But Chesney is always good for a quality song or two as well.

Lauren Watkins – If I’m Being Honest – Her proclamation that Bro-Country should return notwithstanding, Watkins is a mainstream artists that also tends to keep it more country.

Wheeler Walker Jr. – Pullin’ Out – The foul-mouthed comedic country artist’s supposed “final” record, though he pulled this retirement trick before.

Uncle Lucius – Open Eyes, Broken Heart (Americana) – A true concept record, this is the band’s most purposeful effort since their official reunification after the pandemic.

Mary Gauthier – Reckoning (Americana) – A Mary Gauthier album is always something worth exploring.

Pony Bradshaw – Through A Glass Darkly (Americana)

Jack Biilmann – Move The Mountains (Americana)

RJ Chesney – A Southern Man (Americana)

Joy Oladokun – Hope Is a Heavy Thing (Americana)

Michael Rudd – Midnight at Dawn (Americana)

Bill Scorzari – Sidereal Days (Day 2) (Americana)

Landon Smith – Don’t Mind Me (Contemporary folk)

Jude Brothers – Dogwood Maiden Voyage (folk)

Logan Mac – Live at the Print Shop

The Bluegrass Album Band – The Bluegrass Album (bluegrass, reissue)

The Star Room Boys – Why Do Lonely Men and Women Want to Break Each Other’s Hearts (reissue)

(9-24) The Heists – Break & Mend (folk, bluegrass)

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