Tylor & The Train Robbers are set for a big year in support of their new album, “Best of the Worst Kind,” due in April.
As lineups for the Northwest’s big summer music festivals are being revealed, a familiar name continues to pop up, included among several impressive billings.Tylor & The Train Robbers, the Idaho-based country rock four-piece fronted by singer Tylor Ketchum, is on the bill at three of the festivals on the That Much Further West Podcast radar: The Jackalope Jamboree in Pendleton, OR in June; the Wild Hare Country Festival in Canby, OR in July; and the Braun Brothers Reunion — the annual three-day event hosted by members of Reckless Kelly and Mickey and the Motorcars — in Challis, ID in August.Here in Portland, OR, USA, we won’t have to wait that long to catch Tylor and the band. They have back-to-back shows scheduled, headlining March 12 at Landmark Saloon and opening for fellow Idahoans Jeff Crosby & The Refugees at Mississippi Studios on March 13.The shows will provide a great preview of the Train Robbers’ new record, Best of the Worst Kind, due for release on April 26. We open this month’s podcast picks with “Hide Your Goat,” one of a dozen fresh cuts that make up the new record. We’re stoked to be able to share the tune and to catch the band as they roll through town.
Clara Baker’s new record, “Things To Burn,” hits the streets March 8.
Speaking of hot releases, we also share a tune from the new record by avant-folk artist Clara Baker, who celebrates the release with a show at The Old Church in Portland this Saturday, March 2. Born of the bleak, frozen woods of the Midwest, “Doubt” illustrates Baker’s ability to mix measured, lyrical expression with lush instrumentation and arrangements reminiscent of Bon Iver.Maybe it’s inspiration from Baker, who knows why? But we get pretty folky with this month’s picks, including great songs by Taylor Kingman, James Low, M. Lockwood Porter and Emma Hill. We also were influenced by some of the great shows we’ve witnessed recently, including recent Portland performances by Blackberry Smoke and Drunken Prayer.We also include great new songs from Robert Ellis, Hayes Carll and Son Volt, and re-stamp our country card on the strength of some fine tunes from Little Sue, Miller & Sasser, Whitney Rose, Dee White, Charles Wesley Godwin and wrap it with a stunning new tune from breakout Country Soul singer Yola.It’s all there just for y’all, so crank it up!Here’s the track list for our March Podcast Picks. Enjoy!Hide Your Goat, Tylor & The Train RobbersMind of Its Own, Miller & SasserI’ll Keep Ramblin’, Blackberry SmokeAin’t No Grave, Drunken PrayerI Called You Up To See If You Were Dead, Taylor KingmanDown To You, Little SueThe Stars Don’t Care, The James Low Western FrontDoubt, Clara BakerNone’ya, Hayes CarllThe 99, Son VoltStumbling Toward The Dawn, M. Lockwood PorterJust Good Night, Michigan RattlersGoing To California, The Lil’ SmokiesDon’t Knock On My Door, Emma HIllNobody Smokes Anymore, Robert EllisYou Don’t Own Me, Whitney RoseCrazy Man, Dee WhiteCoal Country, Charles Wesley GodwinRide Out In The Country, Yola