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Americana Collection

The Time Of The Foxgloves by Michael Hurley on No Quarter Records (the album artwork is a naive painting of two female-presenting figures sat on the running-board of a green car, drinking wine under a starry sky, in front of a wooden house; one of the figures rest their bare feet on the back of a light-brown dog, and foxgloves grow in the foreground around the bare feet of the other figure; the artist name and album title are written in hand-painted yellow serif font across the top of the sleeve)

Michael Hurley - The Time of the Foxgloves
Sidetrack My Engine by Nora Brown on Jalopy Records

Nora Brown - Sidetrack My Engine
Leftovers by Le Ren on Secretly Canadian (the album artwork features a black and white photograph of Lauren Spear lying in the sun, eyes closed in a white shirt)

Le Ren - Leftovers
A Rainha da Viola Caipira by Helena Meirelles on Vampisoul Records (the album artwork is a black and white portrait of Meirelles sat holding a guitar and looking directly, and sternly, at the camera, wearing a 'cowboy' hat; there is no text or other information on the front of the sleeve)

Helena Meirelles - A Rainha Da Viola Caipira
The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes of Alan Oakes on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (the album artwork features a black and white photograph of a singing banjo player stoof infront of a crowd sat on the ground outdoors; the album title is printed in serif font on an orange background at the top of the sleeve; text reading ' Field Recordings of the 1960s California Folk Music Scene' is printed over the top of the photograph)

Various - The Village Out West: The Lost Tapes Of Alan Oakes
Year of Meteors by Laura Veirs on Raven Marching Band Records (the album artwork is a colour headshot of Veirs on a car-lined street with a gentle breeze in her hair and the sun on her face; the artist name and album title are hand written in white across her throat, from shoulder to shoulder)

Laura Veirs - Year Of Meteors
Carbon Glacier by Laura Veirs on Raven Marching Band Records (the album artwork is a black and white illustration by Jason Lutes of a rowboat in choppy water with towering icebergs in the distance beneath a night sky with three stars; in the boat, a figure holds a tall pole with a lantern attached to the top; the album title and artist name are hand written against the black of the sky)

Laura Veirs - Carbon Glacier
Love Wash by Mike Etten on Dull Tools (the album artwork is a black and white photograph of Mike Etten, his back to the camera and out of focus, walking through a wooded area, a fallen tree in the centre-ground is in focus with sun dappling on the leaf carpeted ground, from which saplings grow)

Mike Etten - Love Wash
Carnegie Hall 1970 by Neil Young on Reprise Records (the album artwork features a red tinted black and white photograph of Neil Young sat playing guitar on stage, printed on an orange background)

Neil Young - Carnegie Hall 1970
Leaving Nothing But The Small Birds by The Body & BIG|BRAVE on Thrill Jockey Records (the album artwork by Bo Orr is an illustration of a building made up of patterns, sat on green grass against a blue sky)

The Body & BIG|BRAVE - Leave None But Small Birds
The Unlikely Optimist And His Domestic Adventures by Jerry David DeCicca on Worried Songs (the album artwork features illustrations by Jeb Loy Nichols of nine domestic items in a square grid; included in the illustrations are a jar of grape jelly, a red wheelbarrow, a guitar, a toad and a cup of coffee)

Jerry David DeCicca - The Unlikely Optimist And His Domestic Adventures
Memphis '69 DVD on Fat Possum Records (the cover artwork is made up of several colour stills from the film featuring performers and audience members; the film title is printed in bold red text diagonally across the images)

Memphis '69: The 1969 Memphis Country Blues Festival
Little Oblivions by Julien Baker on Matador Records (the album artwork ifeatures a painting of Baker sat in a chair stalked by a wolf; over the artist name and album title are scrawled the words 'There's no glory in love only the Gore of Our Hearts)

Julien Baker - Little Oblivions
Lost Futures by Marisa Anderson & William Tyler on Thrill Jockey Records (the album sleeve features artwork by Sam Smith of an abstract landscape made up of geometric shapes)

Marisa Anderson & William Tyler - Lost Futures
Blood Rushing by Josephine Foster on Fire Records (the album artwork is a naive illustration of a waterfall of blood pouring out of clouds beneath a starry sky; there is no text or other information on front cover).

Josephine Foster - Blood Rushing
The Alan Lomax Recordings by Fred McDowell on Mississippi Records (the album artwork features a black and white photograph of Fred McDowell playing guitar superimposed on a black and white photograph of a rural landscape scene with a small farmhouse in the background).

Fred McDowell - The Alan Lomax Recordings
The Complete Library of Congress Sessions 1941-1942 by Son House on Jasmine Records

Son House - The Complete Library of Congress Sessions 1941-1942
Last Of The Better Days Ahead by Charlie Parr on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (the album artwork is an illustration by Abe Partridge depicting Charlie Parr with a melting candle on their head, flowers growing from their tongue, and a devil wearing pyjamas on their shoulder, in front of a landscape with a burning tree, snakes on the ground and a large moon circling his head; it's not as religious-looking as it sounds though).

Charlie Parr - Last Of The Better Days Ahead
Ginko by Joan Shelley on No Quarter Records (the sleeve artwork is a colour photograph of Joan Shelley, over-exposed and awash with sunlight through a window. In the photograph Shelley is seen in profile, looking down next to some recording equipment with a small vase a flowers atop them; Shelley's long blond hair is tucked behind her ear; there is no text on the front of the sleeve).

Joan Shelley - Ginko
Ramble In Music City: The Lost Concert by Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers on Nonesuch Records (the album sleeve features a metal plate with the artist name and album title painted on it in black against a scarlet-red background).

Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers - Ramble In Music City: The Lost Concert
Places Of Cosequence by Cameron Knowler on American Dreams Records (the album cover features a colour illustration of Knowler sat in grass holding an acoustic guitar with an arm raised to shield their eyes; the artist name is printed in light serif uppercase text at the top of the sleeve, against the blue sky; the album title does not appear on the front cover)

Cameron Knowler - Places Of Consequence
Ocean Songs by Dirty Three on Touch & Go Records (the album artwork features a painting in blue and white by Mick Turner depicting a white in a crescent shape with their eyes closed; the band name is painting in white at the top-left, and the album title in white at the bottom edge).

Dirty Three - Ocean Songs
Seems Like A Dream by Wilburt Lee Reliford on Big Legal Mess Records (the album cover features a black and white photograph of Reliford playing a harmonica against a powder blue background).

Wilburt Lee Reliford - Seems Like A Dream
Cinder by Dirty Three on Touch and Go Records (the album artwork is an abstract painting by Mick Turner in blues, reds and whites, that appears to depict birds in flight; the band name is written in white at the top-left, while the album title is written below it at the bottom-left).

Dirty Three - Cinder