New releases for Oct. 4, 2011: Jason Boland & the Stragglers, “Buck,” Rick Riordan and more
Jason Boland & the Stragglers
Red dirt band Jason Boland & the Stragglers are releasing today their sixth studio album, “Rancho Alto,” the follow-up to their excellent 2008 effort “Comal County Blue,” which made my top 10 list for that year. (In between, the Stragglers released the 2010 live album “High in the Rockies.”)
Frontman and primary songwriter Boland was born and raised in Harrah; the Stragglers started in 1998 in the red dirt hotbed of Stillwater. They recorded “Rancho Alto” at Yellow Dog Studios in Austin, Texas, where Boland now makes his home.
The band again joined forces with producer Lloyd Maines (Dixie Chicks, Flatlanders, Robert Earl Keen), who has been helming the Straggler’s albums since their 1999 debut “Pearl Snaps.”
Look for my interview with Jason Boland Wednesday here on BAM’s Blog, on NewsOK and in The Oklahoman. The Stragglers will be playing their traditional Thanksgiving weekend shows Nov. 25 at Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa and Nov. 26 at the Wormy Dog Saloon in Oklahoma City.
The Stragglers’ latest effort is hardly the only option out this week for country fans, who can also choose from the latest from Merle Haggard, the long-awaited new record from Rodney Atkins, “The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams” and the debut from “American Idol” Season 10 winner Scotty McCreery. In other genres, new albums from Feist, Indigo Girls and Paul McCartney with the London Classical Orchestra are now available.
In the DVD section, action fans can pick up “Fast Five,” horror devotees can scare up “Scream 4,” but my recommendation for discerning film fans is the moving documentary “Buck,” about real-life horse whisperer Buck Brannaman. I had the chance to speak today with “Buck” director Cindy Meehl, and it was a great interview that I’ll bring to you in the coming days.
On the bookshelf, best-selling authors Rick Riordan, Michael Lewis and Ellen DeGeneres have new works in stores.
Here is a list of new CDs, DVDs and books, from Amazon.com and VideoETA.com:
CDs
Jason Boland & the Stragglers, “Rancho Alto.”
Scotty McCreery, “Clear as Day.”
Feist, “Metals.”
Hank Williams Sr., “The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams.”
Indigo Girls, “Beauty Queen Sister.”
Paul McCartney, John Wilson and the London Classical Orchestra, “Ocean’s Kingdom.”
Rodney Atkins, “Take a Back Road.”
Merle Haggard, “Working in Tennessee.”
Hayley Westenra and Ennio Morricone, “Paradiso.”
DVDs
The Bionic Woman: Season 3
Bored to Death: The Complete Second Season
Boy Meets World: The Complete Seventh Season
Buck
The Caller
Fast Five
The Heart Specialist
In Treatment: Season Three
Lie to Me: The Complete Final Season
Lion King Diamond Edition
The Presence
Scream 4
Submarine
The Undefeated
Books
Heroes of Olympus, The, Book Two: The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
Seriously…I’m Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres
Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World by Michael Lewis
Survivors: A Novel of the Coming Collapse by James Wesley Rawles
The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity by Jeffrey D. Sachs
-BAM
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