I’ll have my eyes and ears focused on at least two new releases this week. The first is Tom Petty’s Highway Companion his third solo album in a long career. Not much can be said about Petty that you probably don’t already know, though I was unaware that this is only his third solo effort. He’s been playing with the Heartbreakers for thirty years. Wow!
The second is Will Kimbrough’s latest Americanitis. If you’ve never heard of Kimbrough, you need to check him out. He’s been linked to Twangville favs Jimmy Buffett, Rodney Crowell, Todd Snider, Adrienne Young, Josh Rouse and several others. Mayer gave me a his album, This, several years ago and I’ve been a big fan ever since. I haven’t been able to find an album stream but he’s got several new songs posted on his MySpace profile. Also, you can listen to “Everyone’s in Love” on our MySpace profile this week.
Here are some other notables this week:
Full album streams:
Tom Petty Highway Companion
Landon Pigg LP
The Sleepy Jackson Personality
Midlake The Trials of Van Occupanther
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians Stranger Things
The Long Winters Putting The Days To Bed
Live performance:
Drive-by Truckers at the 9:30 Club in Washington D.C. (7/15/06)
(Thanks to Sean at HickoryWind.org for pointing this one out)
Sources: AOL Music, NPR, HickoryWind.org, MySpace
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About the author: Tom is a Design Director for Viget Labs currently living in Northern Virginia with his wife and two kids. 
