Numero Group collects the sounds of Cuca Records on new compilation

Inspired by “Bakersfield outlaws, countrypolitan rainbows, and the lonesome twang of every rural route roadhouse.”

Numero Group is releasing a new compilation shining a light on American label Cuca Records, called Driftless Dreamers: In Cuca Country, this November.

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The 32-track compilation features music from 17 artists, including Nancy Lee Jordan, The Lavenders, Patti Whipp With The Infinite Blue, Gary Chamberlain & The Country Cats, and Janet Kaye.

With shared inspiration coming from “Bakersfield outlaws, countrypolitan rainbows, and the lonesome twang of every rural route roadhouse”, Driftless Dreamers captures “the voices and stories of a culture and glacier in abatement.”

It follows the label’s reissue of Pastor T.L. Barrett & The Youth For Christ Choir’s I Shall Wear A Crown — one of our favourite records from September.

Pre-order Driftless Dreamers: In Cuca Country here in advance of its 12th November release, check out the artwork and tracklist below.

Tracklist:

2. The Lavenders – Wanderer

3. Nancy Lee Jordan – Happy Don’t Last Forever

4. Artie Minz, Ellie Shepherd & The Countrymen – Just Another Name

5. Curley Fields & The Kentuckians – Frisco Flower Tale

6. Dave Davis – Kentucky Sunshine

7. Patti Whipp With The Infinite Blue – It’s Gone

8. John D. Curnow – Cardinal

9. Gene Ski & The Troubadours – Six Foot Down

10. Dixie Drifter – Little Hero

11. Larry Phillipson & The Larry Lee Trio – Challenge

12. Harrison Two – Run Little Girl

13. Johnny Madrid – Hello Houston (Goodbye Ol’ L.A.)

14. Duane And The Drifters – Tell Me

15. Sam Podany – There’s A River

16. Yellow-Throated Vireo

17. Shunka Wa Kaon – Legend Of The White Buffalo

18. Frank Gay & The Gayblades – Down Bound Train

19. Unknown Artist – Now They’re Gone

20. Rog Winters & The Plainsmen – When I See You

21. Harrison Two – La Fraja

22. The Chieftones – The Sun Is Shining

23. Patti Whipp With The Infinite Blue – Walkin’

24. John D. Curnow – Hermit Thrush

25. Gary Chamberlain & The Country Cats – Muleskinner Blues

26. Rod And Terry – I Still Love You

27. Janet Kaye – Heaven Help The Working Girl

28. Curley Fields & The Kentuckians – Trouble Sweet Trouble (Just A Barstool Away)

29. Georgette Beltran – This Lovely Day Is Mine

30. Tom Sheehan – God Help The World

31. Sam Podany – Highway

32. John D. Curnow – Brown Thrasher