SOUTHEASTERN, the new album from Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, is now available for pre-order. The release date is June 11, but you’ll want to order the special CD/LP and t-shirt bundles as soon as possible. The shirts are only available by ordering these packages. Early orders will also receive a bonus download of an exclusive demo, “Traveling Alone”. Once you’re at the online store, also look for info about a special show in New York City!

Tonight, Tomorrow, and Yesterday, the upcoming album from veteran roots-rockers Donna the Buffalo, is set to release on June 18th via Sugar Hill Records. You can pre-order the album now and receive an instant download of a new track, “I See How You Are”. There are also autographed posters available as part of the pre-order package. Don’t be late in getting your copy!

If you’re poking around in the Sugar Hill Records store, you might also see some limited edition autographed posters from Kathy Mattea, Joey and Rory, and others that have recently gone on sale! Lucky you!

We’ve known for a while that Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, and Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue would be playing the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival this June. We didn’t know they would be facing the biggest audiences the festival has to offer, though, until the festival schedule was released yesterday.

Trombone Shorty will be the first act to play the massive main stage (What Stage) this year when they kick off Friday’s festivities, and Jason Isbell’s set is conveniently scheduled to start right after Shorty on the next largest stage (Which Stage). Preservation Hall starts up the What Stage on Saturday and will also join Jim James, Zigaboo Modeliste, Bilal, and others for a “Rock and Soul Dance Party” late-night set at a smaller spot.

We’re overjoyed to have our bands in such prestigious spots at one of the greatest events on earth!

The new online store for minimalist harmonizing duo THE MILK CARTON KIDS is now live! Their new album, The Ash & Clay, just released and is shipping now.

We’re also excited for the new DAVID MAYFIELD PARADE album, Good Man Down, which starts shipping tomorrow for an April 1st release date. Don’t be fooled – you can get it now at his store.

The latest Ol Kentuck Records release is here to greet spring. The Quiltbox Sessions, by Daniel Joseph Dorff & Ronnie Kuller, is available for pre-order now! The release date is April 9, but is available for immediate download NOW!

To celebrate this new album, everything in the store is 20% off – including the new release! Also, every single order gets a downloadable Ol Kentuck Sampler, featuring songs from all Ol Kentuck artists, for free! And what’s more, if you buy 2 items, you get a copy of Daniel Martin Moore’s Stray Age on vinyl for FREE. Amazing! Head over to the store and have fun!

Here’s what’s new at Port:

OVER THE RHINE opened their poster vault and supplied us with a very limited number of posters from the recent and not-recent past. Some of them sold before I could even post this, but there’s still plenty to see at the poster page.

We have the new BEN HARPER AND CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE album, autographed by Charlie! Get your special copy of the Get Up! CD and DVD now!

The wildly popular 9TH WONDER documentary The Wonder Year is now back in stock after a few months’ absence. Get yours before they disappear again….

THE GREENCARDS have slashed prices throughout their online store. Everything is 10 bucks, excluding CDs.

Last, but not even the same sport as least, we are in the process of opening an online store for THE MILK CARTON KIDS. This “harmonizing, minimalist duo” are about to blow up. Look for an announcement when their new store is up, and order their upcoming album The Ash & Clay now!

What a holiday that was! We’re just now getting around to saying Happy New Year, if that’s any indication of how busy you kept us over the last two months. Thanks so much for your support! Make sure you follow us on Twitter and Facebook to keep up with sales, new items, and news about our artists.

Looking forward, we’ve welcomed 2013 with new STYX items, like an updated version of the “Classic Rock My Ass” shirt and colorful women’s shirts for the 2013 tour.

THE DEVIL MAKES THREE have also added new goodies: a vinyl edition of their album LONGJOHNS, BOOTS AND A BELT and an awesome Limited Edition Hand-Numbered Poster.

Our first pre-order of the year comes courtesy of TopSpin and SAMANTHA CRAIN. We’ll be shipping her new release KID FACE in just a few weeks.

Congrats to Bonnie Raitt, Ruthie Foster and Don Williams on their GRAMMY nominations! Raitt’s Slipstream is up for Best Americana Album, Don Williams and Alison Krauss will vie for Best Country Duo/Group Performance, and Ruthie Foster’s Let It Burn is up for Best Blues Album!

A couple of Port Merch artists are also well-repped among the Blues Music Awards nominations. Janiva Magness and Curtis Salgado have been nominated for multiple awards by The Blues Foundation – Magness for Best Album, Entertainer of the Year, Best Contemporary Blues Album, Contemporary Blues Female Artist, and Song of the Year. Salgado is up for Soul Blues Male Artist, Soul Blues Album, Entertainer of the Year, and Song of the Year! Congrats Port Merch artists!

On November 19, 2012, Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit will release Live From Alabama. Live From Alabama was recorded in Isbell’s home state during a couple of sold out shows in August 2012 at the WorkPlay Theater in Birmingham, AL and Crossroads in Huntsville, AL.  The album’s set list showcases the diversity of styles the band can ease into and the versatility and skill of their musicianship.  Add in the passion and sheer intensity of their performances, plus a three-piece horn section, and you have an album that captures a band in their true element at their prime. Pre-order is open now, and you can get special limited edition posters and t-shirts at the site as well. There’s other brand new merch too!

With the holiday season approaching, there’s a lot to see at Port Merch! This week, new albums from rockabilly matriarch Wanda Jackson and onetime Eagle Don Felder were released. There are still special packages available for a limited time, including signed prints, shirts, 7-inch singles and such, so get your hands on these releases now.

We first worked with 9th Wonder back in the Hall of Justus days, and we’re thrilled to join forces with the legendary producer once again. We’ve launched a new store for his new enterprise, Jamla Records. This is going to be an exciting store with unique hip-hop releases, such as Rapsody‘s The Idea of Beautiful, which was just released.

Coming up, we’ve got a new Sugar Hill Records release from Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson. Wreck and Ruin is available for pre-order with a release date of October 23. Special packages are available.