Singer-songwriter and ace guitarist Seth Yacovone drops his new album on Friday, April 4.
SYBlings VOL 1 is the eighth full-length record from the Morrisville musician and his band — and the first since 2018’s Welcome. While Yacovone spent much of those seven years between albums writing songs with bassist Alex Budney and drummer Steve Hadeka, compiling 160 tunes to choose from, the band spent just a few days cutting tracks at the Box, Rough Francis and Iggy Pop drummer Urian Hackney‘s Burlington studio. Famed local engineer Lane Gibson mastered the album as one of the final projects at his Charlotte studio.
The new songs show Yacovone’s evolution, both as a songwriter and as a guitarist. “I’ve always liked vintage, classic-sounding recordings,” he said. “Warmth, a touch of realism to the proceedings … That hasn’t changed, but I’m more willing to add layers and build the songs up a touch in the studio.”
Fans of the band won’t have to wait another seven years for the next album: SYBlings VOL 2 is scheduled for a late 2025 release.
The band recorded 22 songs during the SYBlings sessions, but rather than release a double album, Yacovone decided to split the album into two installments.
“The songs are a unit, with both albums coming from the same space and time — siblings, if you will,” Yacovone said. “Considering the seeming disintegration of the modern attention span, where swallowing 16 new songs at once can be a lot, we thought it would be better to release the albums separately.”
The first single, “Sorry Son You’re Wrong Again,” dropped in February, a blast of funk-infused Southern rock with a huge chorus. To celebrate SYBlings VOL 1, the Seth Yacovone Band perform on Friday, April 4, at the Double E Lounge in Essex.
Grace Potter has announced the May 30 release of a new album, Medicine, on Hollywood Records. The album’s first single, moody blues rocker “Before the Sky Falls,” dropped with the announcement.
Potter recorded the album way back in 2008 with producer and Bob Dylan guitarist T Bone Burnett, but she didn’t release it at the time.
“This record brought me to a new understanding of the diversity of musicality I have within me,” Potter wrote in a press release for the record. “Maybe it was just so far behind its time or so ahead of its time that I needed to step away from it for a while … I’m so happy to finally give it the platform I know it deserves.”
The album features contributions from top session musicians such as drummer Jim Keltner (Traveling Wilburys) and guitarist Marc Ribot (Tom Waits), which help distinguish it from Potter’s more roots-rock-leaning material of the same era. For more info, visit gracepotter.com.
Two new singles from Vermont artists are out this week. First up is rapper rivan, who dropped the track “I GOT THAT” over the weekend. A frenetic banger blending elements of jungle and breakbeat, it reflects rivan’s eclectic approach to hip-hop. Find it on streaming sites and rivanrules.com.
Green Mountain bluegrass outfit Forest Station are gearing up for the Friday, April 4, release of “Jackson County Line,” which they recorded with producer Jer Coons (Madaila) at his Jer&Co. studio in Jericho. Featuring harmonies from All Night Boogie Band vocalist Jess Leone, the tune is a breezy piece of traditional bluegrass, complete with a keening fiddle and chiming mandolin.
After the song debuts on streaming sites, Forest Station will celebrate with a pair of shows — opening for the Tenderbellies on Saturday, April 19, at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge in South Burlington and headlining their own show on Saturday, May 17, at ArtsRiot in Burlington.
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This article appears in The Money & Retirement Issue 2025.
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