Young, Majcen, GIll, Wilson unveil new music

Country/Christian artist Anne Wilson is out with her third studio album, "Stars." The 12-song collection The Kentucky native helped co-write all 12 songs with the likes of Trannie Anderson, Blake Pendergrass, Emily Weisband and Andy Albert. Jeff Pardo, Jonathan Smith and Ross Copperman co-produced the record.

Leon Majcen releases his fourth full-length album in five years, "Making A Livin' (Not a Killin')," via Ean Horner's Cloverdale. A modern-day folk singer in the tradition of Townes Van Zandt and John Prine, Majcen was brought here by Bosnian refugee parents who moved the family to Florida in search of a better life. His father introduced him to outlaw country at an early age, and he soon began developing his own voice while performing locally. Leading to today's release Majcen has released a steady flow of new music. . Working with a small rhythm section, producer Pat Lyons and Majcen recorded "Making A Livin' (Not a Killin)" during a pair of whirlwind days, leaning heavily on live performances.They also teamed up with Riley Downing (of the Deslondes) for "Tallahassee," a duet steeped in the influence of New Orleans.

Vince Gill is honoring his 50-year career milestone with a series of EPs to be released over the course of a year. Titled "50 Years from Home," the first EP of the series is "I Gave You Everything I Had," out today. The release contains seven songs including an extended take of "Go Rest High on the Mountain."

Banjo players Steve Martin and Alison Brown team up for "Safe, Sensible and Sane" on Brown's Compass Records. This is their debut collaborative album. After achieving a number one hit with the first tune they ever wrote together ("Foggy Morning Breaking," from Brown's 2023 LP "On Banjo"), the two started conceiving a batch of banjo-centered songs built on Brown's melodies and Martin's lyrics. They are joined on the project by Jackson Browne, Jason Mraz, Indigo Girls, Aoife O'Donovan, Vince Gill, Tim O'Brien and Della Mae.

Lainey Wilson's gets into the holiday spirit with "Peace, Love, & Cowboys (Holiday Edition)," a three-song EP featuring a new holiday version of Wilson's "Peace, Love, & Cowboys," "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" with Bing Crosby and a rendition of George Strait's "Christmas Cookies." A physical version of the EP (12-inch vinyl, 7-inch vinyl and CD) will be available on Nov. 21, consisting of "Peace, Love, & Cowboys (Holiday Edition)" and "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!," as well as instrumental versions of both tracks.

Wyoming native and cowboy Chancey Williams returns with "Miles On Me." His seventh studio release contains 11 songs four of which Williams had a hand in writing. Brice Long produced the project.

Dallas-based singer/songwriter Joshua Ray Walker released "Stuff, "the second album he's released this year via East Dallas Records/Thirty Tigers. The 10-song finds Walker inhabiting the inner lives of inanimate objects, writing each song from the perspective of an item at an estate sale. Arriving just months after the surprise release of his beach-country album, "Tropicana," "Stuff" s a major stylistic shift for Walker as he explores stripped-down, experimental indie-folk and Americana, drawing inspiration from the indie music he listened to as a teenager like Bon Iver, Beirut, and The Postal Service. The album is the second in a trilogy of albums he vowed to record during his battle with cancer.

Todd Snider put out "High, Lonesome And Then Some" via Aimless Records / Thirty Tigers. Produced by Aaron Lee Tasjan, Robbie Crowell and Joe Bisirri, the new record is a stripped-down, juke-joint album of nine tracks, each of them steeped in the blues. Snider mixed elements of rock, country, Southern soul and dirt-road blues to create his most Southern-sounding record to date.

Keith Urban is out with "HIGH" deluxe edition, which features six live versions of songs originally recorded for "HIGH." The songs include "Straight Line," "Go Home W U," originally recorded with Lainey Wilson, and "HIGH AND ALIVE WORLD TOUR" standouts "Heart Like A Hometown" and "Messed Up As Me." Two additional songs, performed on select nights, "Laughin' All The Way To The Drank" and "Chuck Taylors," also appear on the deluxe set.