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\u201cIt\u2019s the season of rebellion,\u201d Lizzie No sings towards the end of Outlaws\u2019 Almanac<\/em>, this new, tour-de-force collaborative roots-music concept album. No is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter who\u2019s released a series of acclaimed records that span folk, pop and Americana (Rolling Stone<\/em> named her to its \u201cFuture 25\u201d <\/a>list in 2024). She\u2019s part of a group of young, like-minded country, folk and blues songwriters whose music you won\u2019t easily find on streaming algorithms or corporate festival lineups: Kaia Kater, Nathan Evans Fox, Kimaya Diggs, Nick Shoulders, Olivia Ellen Lloyd, A.J. Haynes, and Tray Wellington, among them.<\/p>\n Pegged to the country\u2019s upcoming 250th anniversary (and released on Juneteenth), Outlaws\u2019 Almanac<\/em>, helmed and executive produced by No, is a righteous and declarative gathering of contemporary and repurposed folk-roots freedom songs. Call it a People\u2019s Songbook of the United States<\/em>: These songs portray a modern America ripped apart by lack of access to healthcare and ruled by \u201cwhite boys with money,\u201d as roots veterans Kasey Anderson and Eric Ambel put it in their searing take on Anderson\u2019s \u201cThe Dangerous Ones.\u201d Mostly, it\u2019s a record that gives voice to the stories of working Americans who are struggling and searching for something to pin their hopes on, whether that\u2019s freedom from oppression or just one more paycheck.<\/p>\n More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n