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From Ozomatli

Marching On

If the city of Los Angeles had a soundtrack, it would be Ozomatli’s music. Since forming in 1995, the lineup’s collaborative, energetic blend of multi-cultural music and activism has earned the band three GRAMMYs®, four Hollywood Bowl shows, a TED Talk and much more. But more importantly, Ozo has inspired and energized listeners worldwide. Even at gigs in locales including Burma and Mongolia, Ozomatli’s messages and music, sung in both Spanish and English, need no translation. Circa 2022, Ozo’s new songs, stronger-than-ever brotherhood and the potent emotional impetus behind Marching On further cements the legacy begun with the band’s 1998 self-titled debut.

With production from David Garza (Fiona Apple, Sparta) in pre-pandemic 2020 at El Paso’s Sonic Ranch, Ozo was honored with esteemed musical guests on the 11-song album including B-Real (Cypress Hill), Guatemalan singer-songwriter Gaby Moreno, J.J. FAD (of "Supersonic" Fame) and Lisa Lisa (Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam.

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From Santiago Jimenez, Jr.

Still Kicking!

After 60 years of writing and recording thousands of songs in San Antonio, a 2015 National Medal of Arts Award presented to him by then-President Barack Obama, and two Grammy nominations, it is hard to fathom which roads, or “calles,” Santiago, Jr. has yet to travel down. For his new album, Still Kicking!, El Chief (as he is also known) selected songs with an authentic San Antonio sound, capturing the hard-driving conjunto music that was at its peak in the early 1960s.

This is the first release off of Jesse Dayton’s Hardcharger Records label, and Santiago Jimenez, Jr.'s first new album in over a decade. Produced by Garrett T. Capps, featuring GRAMMY Award-winning Max Baca on bajo sexto and Noel Hernandez on tololoche (upright bass), both from the band Los Texmaniacs.

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From Gerry Beckley

Aurora

His latest solo effort, Aurora, coming on the heels of last year’s greatest hits album, Keeping the Light On: The Best of Gerry Beckley, is at once a look back on some of his original influences – among them the triple Killer B’s of the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Bee Gees, with Chicago thrown into the mix – as well as a fresh start, a clean slate moving forward.

The Phases of the Moon Pack from the collection includes a one-of-a-kind polaroid shot hand-numbered by Gerry Beckley himself. Limited copies available, get yours now while supplies last!

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From Eric Johnson

The Book of Making / Yesterday Meets Today

During the pandemic, some people baked, others indulged in TV binge-watching. Eric Johnson emerged with two albums–The Book of Making and Yesterday Meets Today—featuring nine songs on each LP. The Grammy-winning, multi-genre guitarist took inventory—both emotionally and musically—delving into the many unfinished tracks, outtakes, demos, and sonic ideas in his archive to compile the 18 songs that ultimately ended up on the albums.

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From Jesse Dayton

Beaumonster

Jesse Dayton’s Beaumonster is now available on vinyl.

The Orange and Blue Splatter pressing is limited to 100 copies and only available via the Blue Elan Store. The record is also available in Opaque Maroon (Pressing Info: 500 copies) or Translucent Yellow (Pressing Info: 500 copies) Get your copy today!

Filled with song interpretations that are part-greaser, a whole lotta twang, and quintessentially outlaw country badass. Beaumonster encapsulates a life filled with adventure and lore featuring some of the greatest musicians this world has ever known.

This companion album finds Dayton performing songs written by the many talented musicians and songwriters featured throughout his memoir. The album zigs and zags from Waylon Jennings to Social Distortion and Doug Sahm to Willie Nelson— all who shared a connection with the storied Beaumont guitar slinger.

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For Rusty Young

My Friend: A Tribute To Rusty Young

My Friend: A Tribute to Rusty Young celebrates and highlights the legacy of Rusty Young, the late co-founder of country-rock band Poco. Plans for a tribute album were already underway before Young suddenly passed away on April 14, 2021. Unfortunately, Young was never able to hear the renditions of his iconic songs that were recorded by this talented group of artists. As Kirk Pasich, Blue Élan founder and the album’s producer comments in the album's liner notes, “Beginning in 2017, Rusty was, in many ways, the heart and soul of our label.”

A Portion of the profits from this project will be donated in Rusty Young’s honor to Rusty’s Rescue Pets ℅ Community Foundation of the Ozarks

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From The Sully Band

Let's Straighten It Out!

A platter of 10 classic soul and R&B rave-ups is served up hot on the debut album from this well-oiled San Diego band fronted by Bob “Sully” Sullivan, a do-it-yourself entrepreneur, national radio and TV host who channels his powers of persuasion into the role of magnetic frontman. Recorded at the legendary Henson Recording Studio (formerly A&M Studios) in Hollywood with multiple Grammy Award-winning producer Chris Goldsmith (Blind Boys of Alabama, Charlie Musselwhite, Ben Harper) and Grammy-winning bassist James East as musical director, “Let’s Straighten It Out” captures the band’s show-stopping magic with versions of songs by Billy Preston, Jackie Wilson, Ray Charles, Shuggie Otis and Latimore.

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From Soul Asylum

Born Free

Recorded in January 2020, Born Free features alternate acoustic studio versions of four songs from Soul Asylum’s critically acclaimed 2020 release Hurry Up and Wait. The acoustic EP gives fans an inside look into how these songs developed. As frontman Dave Pirner says of the project, "After I get the main idea for the song and have roughly figured out how to play it I show it to Ryan Smith and then we play it together. So, in a way, this is kind of showing how the songs were before we added the rhythm section. It's fun to cut live in the studio; there's no going back and you can't fix it. It's unembellished, therefore hopefully interesting."

This rare pressing is limited to 1,000 copies, 300 of which in translucent hazel and 700 in opaque black vinyl, and will only be available while supplies last.

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New Signing Alert

Cory Branan

Over the last two decades Branan has released five albums to much critical acclaim from NPR, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and others, who called him, “A country boy with a punk-rock heart.” He has toured extensively, appearing on stages from Letterman and the Ryman, to your town’s shittiest punk bar.

“It’s rad,” says Branan, “To have a new home with nice folks at Blue Èlan who’ve threatened to turn me loose to make my kind of weird American music, and I’m really looking forward to getting into the studio this fall and giving it hell.”

Branan’s new album is expected to release in early 2022. Click here for tour dates.

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