Carlos Steele Music

Release date: May 21, 2026

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Stream the full album here. (Available on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, YouTube Music, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pandora, and iHeart Radio.)

All music & lyrics by Carlos Steele.

All sound recording and mixing engineering by Dylan Anderson, Sandia Studios LLC.

All mastering by Andrew Godfrey.

All of the album’s drum performances were completed by Greg Silva; all of the album's bass performances were completed by Dylan Anderson. (No drums on songs 5, 7, and 8; no bass on the same previously noted songs.)

Featured performances/contributions include spoken word features from Greg Silva on Track 2 (‘Gotta Getta Loan’) and Dylan Anderson on Track 4 ('My Sweet Imagination’); disembodied voices on Track 8 ('Ballad') performed & directed by Carlos Steele. (Cover art by Carlos Steele.)

Release date: May 17, 2026

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Music & lyrics by Carlos Steele.

Sound recording and mixing engineering by Dylan Anderson, Sandia Studios LLC.

Mastering by Andrew Godfrey.

Drums by Greg Silva; bass by Dylan Anderson. (Cover art by Carlos Steele.)

Release date: April 26, 2026

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Stream the song here. (Available on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, YouTube Music, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pandora, and iHeart Radio.)

Music & lyrics by Carlos Steele.

Sound recording and mixing engineering by Dylan Anderson, Sandia Studios LLC.

Mastering by Andrew Godfrey.

Drums by Greg Silva; bass by Dylan Anderson. (Cover art by Carlos Steele.)

Release date: March 17, 2026

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Music & lyrics by Carlos Steele.

Sound recording, mixing engineering, and mastering by Ken Riley (at Rio Grande Studios).

Drums by Greg Silva; bass by Dylan Anderson and Carlos Steele. (Cover art by Carlos Steele; photographed is Loretta Steele holding Carlos Steele, circa late-2000.)

Release date: February 19, 2026

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Stream the song here. (Available on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, YouTube Music, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pandora, and iHeart Radio.)

Music & lyrics by Carlos Steele.

Sound recording, mixing engineering, and mastering by Ken Riley (at Rio Grande Studios).

Drums by Greg Silva; bass by Dylan Anderson. (Cover art by Carlos Steele; cover photograph by Doug Todd Cole; photographed is Charlie Steele, circa early-mid 2000s.)

Release date: February 7, 2026

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Stream the song here. (Available on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, YouTube Music, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pandora, and iHeart Radio.)

Music & lyrics by Carlos Steele.

Sound recording, mixing engineering, and mastering by Ken Riley (at Rio Grande Studios).

Drums by Greg Silva; bass by Dylan Anderson. (Cover art by Carlos Steele; cover photograph by Michael and Shelle Neese, Studio Seven Productions (ABQ, NM); photographed is Pauline Rubio-Ryan, circa early 1990s.)

Release date: December 3, 2025

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Stream all four songs here. (Available on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, YouTube Music, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pandora, and iHeart Radio.)

Music & lyrics by Carlos Steele on Tracks 2-4 ('Unrequited Motor-Mama', 'Turquoise Girl', and 'Kill Me (Or, Let Me Be)').

Track 1 ('Ohio') is an arranged rock cover of Neil Young's 1977 song-of-the-same-name.

Sound recording, mixing engineering, and mastering by Ken Riley (at Rio Grande Studios) on all four songs.

All of the album's guitar and vocal performances were completed by Carlos Steele; all of the album's drum performances were completed by Greg Silva; and all of the album's bass performances were completed by Dylan Anderson (except on Track 2 ('Unrequited Motor-Mama').

*Special vocal intro by Charles Steele on Track 2. (Cover art by Carlos Steele; photographed is Loretta Steele, circa 1980s.)

Release date: September 3, 2025

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Stream the full album here. (Available on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, YouTube Music, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pandora, and iHeart Radio.)

Music & lyrics by Carlos Steele on Tracks 2 ('Ballad of Jealous Joe'), 5 ('Filling Space'), 7 ('Close Call'), 9 ('Don't Go'), 11-13 ('Summertime, A Man Walking His Baby,' and 'Loose Change'), 15-18 ('Heavy Living, Ballad of the Young Feral Soldiers, Angels,' and 'Can't Get Right'), and 22-24 ('Ballad of a Young Man in Pain & Other Stories, Pike Place Market,' and 'Blue Moon Arcadia').

Track 1 ('Trouble Weighs a Ton') is an arranged acoustic cover of Dan Auerbach's 2009 version of the previously noted song; Track 3 ('We Can Work It Out (excerpt)') is an arranged acoustic cover of an excerpt of The Beatles' 1965 version of the previously noted song; Track 4 ('Here's To The State Of Mississippi') is an arranged folk-blues cover of Phil Ochs' 1965 version of the previously noted song; Track 6 is an arranged acoustic cover of The Beatles' 1964 version of the previously noted song; Track 8 is an arranged acoustic cover of Pearl Jam's 1993 version of the previously noted song; Track 10 is an arranged folk-blues cover of Oscar Isaac's 2013 version of the previously noted song, written specifically for, and in collaboration with Joel & Ethan Coen, for their film, Inside Llewyn Davis (released in the same year); Track 14 is an arranged folk-blues cover of Dave Van Ronk's 1953 version of the previously noted song; Track 19 is an arranged folk-blues cover of Dave Van Ronk's 1964 version of the previously noted song; Track 20 is an arranged acoustic cover of Foo Fighters' 2002 version of the previously noted song; Track 21 is an arranged acoustic cover of The Black Keys' 2010 version of the previously noted song; and Track 25 is an originally arranged acoustic cover of Traffic's 1970 version of the previously noted song (originally titled, "John Barleycorn Must Die"). 

All sound recording/home sound capture and mixing by Carlos Steele (except on Track 23 ('Pike Place Market'), originally recorded & mixed by Dylan Anderson (circa 2017)).

All mastering by Andrew Godfrey.

All of the album’s guitar and vocal performances were completed by Carlos Steele. (Cover art by Carlos Steele.)