June 5th, 2026 is a MASSIVE Released Day. Here’s Your Guide

June 5th, 2026 is one of those super massive album release days where both the volume, and the gravity of the releases is so significant, it deserves its own guide. There’s a bunch of great albums from great artists spanning the wide panorama of country and roots music.

Colby Acuff – Handmade Horsepower – (June 2nd)

Released on the unlikely date of Tuesday, June 2nd,Handmade Horsepower is a strong work of Outlaw country from the increasingly iconoclastic Colby Acuff. Having moved on from his major label era, the album will be released completely independently. The 11-track album was produced once again by Eddie Spear, who Acuff has worked with numerous times in the past.

A native of Idaho, Acuff took off via the viral nature of his song “If I Were The Devil.” Ever since then, he’s worked hard to stick to his own center of gravity and sense of artistry as opposed to chasing the next viral moment. It’s paid off for him with sustained success and a strong grassroots fan base.

The Red Clay Strays – Grateful 

Produced once again by Dave Cobb, it won’t be a Gospel album in its entirety as some had rumored. But as the debut song “Demons In Your Choir” backed by a Gospel choir illustrates, it will have a strong spiritual component.

“’Moment of Truth’ was a big album about having faith in dark times, looking to a higher power,” says frontman Brandon Coleman. “And ‘Made By These Moments’ focused on realizing those dark times that you were having to have faith through, which made you who you are. You made it through when you didn’t think you would. And now we’re at a point where we’re grateful. Looking to God in whatever situation you’re in is a denominator in all of the albums.” (read more)

Charlie Marie – Signs 

Charlie Marie wowed country fans with her early EPs and her debut album Ramble On (2021), but left us crestfallen when she announced she was stepping away from music for an extended period at the end of 2021.

Charlie steps back into music in a big way with her new song called “Heart” ahead of what will be her second full-length album Signs. The album comes inspired by an extended journey Charlie Marie took after the death of her father and other trauma where she detached herself from all other priorities, packed up her car with no intention or itinerary, and embarked on what the old cowboys would call a “high lonesome” out West, venturing through Montana and even up to Alaska. (read more)

Jason Eady – Tulsa Turnaround 

When you’re talking about preeminent songwriters, the talk often turns to Jason Eady, especially in Texas, and Mississippi, and now, Tulsa—the inspiration for his latest album, Tulsa Turnaround. The title track is out now.

“My writing process has changed a lot as I get further into my career so the songs don’t come as frequently as they used to, but they come with a lot more intent. And this record was intentional,” Jason Eady explains. “I’ve always been a fan of the Tulsa Sound. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always felt something different when I heard songs with a certain sparseness and laid back groove. The kind of groove that wasn’t in your face but sucked you in. The kind that pulled you in deep and wouldn’t let go.”

Bella White – A Sign In The Weather 

Bella White has been captivating audiences with her elevated songwriting and unique phrasing that makes songs into experiences that stick to the inside of your soul. Her third studio album A Sing In The Weather is solely written by Bella, and was co-produced by White with Ross Farbe. Drummer Sam Gelband, bassist Gina Leslie, guitarist Nick Corson, and pedal steel player Nikolai Shveitser, pianist Duncan Troast, vocalist Maddy Kirgo, and long time bandmate Patrick M’Gonigle on fiddle also appear on the album.

“To me this album was a real labor of love and so empowering to make—it validated that I trust myself and trust my vision, and now I just want to keep doing it my way and keep working with people I believe in,” Bella says.

John R. Miller – The Great Unknowing – June 5th Physical / July 17th (digital)

If you know, you know. And what you know is that John R. Miller is one of the greatest songsmiths of this generation, tearing down highways to play for appreciative audiences, and making albums the right way for the right reasons. He might not be selling out arenas, but he’s a direct inspiration of guys like Tyler Childers who are, and brings that authentic West Virginia perspective to everything he does.

What he’s been doing lately is putting the finishing touches on his latest album called The Great Unknowing, set to be released June 5th on physical formats, and distributed digitally on July 17th by Rounder Records. But this one wasn’t cut in Appalachia or even Nashville. To try and find a renewed vigor behind his music, John R. Miller ventured to Tulsa, Oklahoma to record. (read more)

Old Crow Medicine Show – Union Made

Celebrating nearly 30 years of making music, Old Crow Medicine Show’s latest album is said to be a “love letter to America, or the America that could be.” It’s also their most collaborative album to date, with appearances by Evan Felker of the Turnpike Troubadours, Jesse Welles, John Carter Cash and Ana Cristina Cash, as well as Maggie Rose.

“This is a fascinating time in our short history as a nation,” frontman Ketch Secor says. “We wanted to meet that moment by collecting a bunch of songs that speak to the joys and potentials, the rights and the wrongs of where we are today, where we’re going, and what can embolden us to have a more perfect union in the future. There are wonderful, ghostly American sounds that only bands steeped in folk music traditions know how to conjure.”

Brent Cobb – Live a Song, Write a Memory. Vol 1 (acoustic)

Only announced a week ago, songwriter extraordinaire Brent Cobb is releasing the first of what promises to be a series of acoustic albums that might include some previously-released songs done acoustically, along with perhaps some new material as well.

“As y’all know, I consider myself a songwriter-singer, not a singer-songwriter,” Cobb says, saying the album is a “Pulling back the curtain on songwritin’ and takin’ y’all to my songs’ truest form. It’s just me, a guitar, and some stories. If you’ve been here since the beginning, you’re gonna recognize some of these and discover some new songs. And if you’re new here, they’re all going to be new. Regardless, I hope you enjoy it all the same.”

Caleb Caudle – Heavy Thrill (Americana)

Americana songwriter Caleb Caudle’s latest record comes at a time of transition for him. As he and his wife are expecting their first child, and he self-produced Heavy Thrill—the first time he’s ensconced himself in the producer’s chair. It was once again recorded at the Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville like recent projects.

“For this record, I wanted to focus on embracing the patina of life,” says Caudle. “Our plans rarely shake out the way we want them to. This record is about doing the most with what you’regiven and weathering the storms. Much like farming, my career has been about putting in the work,” Caudle says. “You can’t always control the weather, but you can show up every day and give it your best.”

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Grey DeLisle and Les Greene – Grey & Greene – Classic American genre-spanning project matching musician and voice actor Grey DeLisle with quintessential soul showman Les Greene. This one will be fun.

The Carter Sisters – Voices from the Ridge: The Final Sessions – “Recorded during a series of sessions that reunited Helen, Anita and June Carter Cash, along with John Carter Cash and Lori Davis Bennett in 1993, the project serves as both a celebration of the Carter Sisters’ enduring artistry and a poignant closing chapter in one of country music’s most storied family dynasties.”

Sierra Ferrell – Live At Third Man Records (Vinyl Only) – Previously-released songs recorded live direct to acetate, and only available on vinyl.

Jo Dee Messina – Bridges – Though you might be nostalgic for some classic Messina, the early singles from this album have come with very, very contemporary production.

Mountain Grass Unit – Self-Titled EP (June 3rd) – Mountain Grass Unit has been setting stages on fire across the United States, but was in arrears for offering any new studio music. Now they unleash a 3-song EP ahead of their debut album Appalachian Smoke to be released on August 28th.

Tony Kamel – Live from the Bunker (live album) – The former member of the Grammy-nominated Wood & Wire offers stripped-down performances recorded at an analog studio in Texas in front of a 30-person audience.

Tony Rice – Self-Titled (reissue, bluegrass) – The long-time out-of-print self-titled album from this bluegrass legend returns both in digital form and on vinyl to celebrate what would have been his 75th birthday.

Sam Morrow – Southern Boogie – “Jonathan Tyler and I set out to make a greasy Texas Rock N Roll record that sounds like a sweaty band making noise in a room. I think we did that.”

Avry Truex – The Restless Wandering Avry Truex

Alexandra King – Across The Pond (Irish Americana)

The Rounder Circle –California Bound (bluegrass, Americana)

Haylie Davis – Wandering Star (Americana)

Light Bird – See Her (folk)

Grace Gunn – Across The Pond (Irish Americana)

Nest of Singing Birds – The Marshall Sessions (folk)

The Huntress and Holder of Hands – Babylon (Gothic roots)

Rita Bliss – Live From London EP (folk)

(6-6) Josh Mitcham – Gonna Be Alright

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