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Artist – Song – Album – Label (album release date if later than 10/16/26)
Béla Fleck – “Dark as the Night, Blue as the Day (Live feat. Sierra Hull & Molly Tuttle)” – ‘Live Heart: My Bluegrass Heart at the Ryman’ – Béla Fleck Productions
Rosine – “Overkill (feat. Colin Hay)” – ‘Rosine’ – Compass Records (March 2027)
NOTIFY – “Weather the Storm” – ‘For Now’ – NOTIFY
Maisy Owen – “Stranger” – [single] – Tompkins Square (10/23/2026)
Justin Hiltner & Jon Weisberger – “Nothing Between Us (feat. Sarah Siskind)” – ‘Wind in the Sycamore’ – Mountain Home (early 2027)
ICEBERG – “I Used To” – [single] – ICEBERG
Jake Bugg – “Day by Day” – ‘Alamo’ – Lovebugg Recording (11/13/2026)
Liv Greene – “I Can’t Know Now (Demo)” – ‘The Long Memory: 20 Years of Free Dirt Records’ – Freedirt Records (11/6/2026)
The Decemberists – “The Better Part Of Bravery” – ‘Wildwood: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack’ – Decca (10/23/2026)
Caroline Keane – “Will You Come Down to Limerick / Dever the Dancer / Here’s Good Health to the Piper” – ‘Rise’ – Caroline Keane
Silvana Estrada – “Todo Baila (feat. M. Ward)” – ‘Vendrán Suaves Lluvias (Expanded Edition)’ – Glassnote (early 2027)
Trampled By Turtles – “Wild Winds” – [single] – [Not listed] (10/23/2026)
Jay Farrar & Kelly Willis – “Beyond the Blues” – ‘The Other Bob: A Tribute to Bob Neuwirth’ – Transmit Sound
