MATTHEW
SWEET
Sunshine Lies
 Nine
years after his last major solo release and on the heels of side projects with
The Thorns and The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs, comes his long-awaited comeback
album, Sunshine Lies, which hearkens back to the glories of his revered ’90s
albums. (Shout Factory)
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THE WASCO BROTHERS
Jack Knife
 The
Wasco Brothers play Texas country by way of the Great Northwest. Interestingly,
elements of pub rock sneak in to the sound giving it moments of feeling English
circa 1976. Led by soulful vocalist/hotshot guitarist Rick Hulett (Jimmie Dale
Gilmore) and drummer/songwriter Jeff Minnick (Junior Brown), the Wasco Brothers
roll through the 13 terrific songs that breeze by, exploring rural life in the
modern world. Jacknife is a terrific debut from a group a music vets who sound
like they are just making music because they enjoy it. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of
Music (Big Country Records)
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| JASON
BOLAND & STRAGGLERS
Comal County Blue
Whether it's called Texas, Country, Americana, or Red Dirt, everyone can agree
that Jason Boland is rightfully at the top of the movement with his uncompromising
attitude toward the music he and his fans love. Comal County Blues was produced
by Lloyd Maines. (Thirty Tigers)
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| BACKYARD
TIRE FIRE
The Places We Lived
 Distinguished
by a rare combination of workingman authenticity and indie-rock eccentricity,
The Places We Lived is defiantly contemporary in the face of its deep Midwestern
roots. It’s an approach that led...
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CD $14.98 | EMMYLOU
HARRIS
Last Date
 The
incomparable Emmylou Harris originally released this inspired live set, a Top
10 Billboard country album, in 1982. Recorded during a series of west coast gigs
at honky-tonks and clubs, LAST DATE spotlights Harris' peerless voice and her
always stellar backing group, the Hot Band. Rather than running through....
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CD $12.98 | HINDU
LOVE GODS
Hindu Love Gods
 Hindu
Love Gods came together in Athens, Georgia in 1984, a cosmic convergence of singer-songwriter
Warren Zevon and three-quarters of R.E.M., then still underground favorites -
Bill Berry, Peter Buck and Mike Mills. The collective's one single, “Narrator,”
was released to little fanfare in 1985, and the impromptu group next collaborated
when Zevon invited Berry, Buck...
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GREY & MOFRO
Orange Blossoms
 Orange
Blossoms, produced by long-time cohort Dan Prothero and Grey, was recorded in
north Florida and boasts some of Grey's most profound and moving music to date.
The album features 12 songs (including 11 Grey originals) inspired by Grey's life
experiences and visionary observations....
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| CORDERO
De Donde Eres
 While
Ani and husband Chris Verene (formerly of The Rock*A*Teens) are best known for
their critically acclaimed, tension-laden independent rock, with De donde eres,
the band has taken a side-route away from the anxious and angular sounds of En
Este Momento or Lamb...
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| MOTT
THE HOOPLE
Old Records Never Die: Mott The Hoople / Ian Hunter Anthology
 Old
Records Never Die: The Mott The Hoople/Ian Hunter Anthology is the first 2-CD
set to cover the entire career of glam-rock, proto-punk, and hard-rock pioneer
Ian Hunter, from his earliest days with...
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CD $24.98 | EVA
CASSIDY
Somewhere
 Ten
years after the release of SONGBIRD (now Platinum), twelve years after her passing,
a new Eva album of all new songs. From Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors to her
own SomeWhere, Eva covers a wide musical spectrum...
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CD $14.98 | JONATHA
BROOKE
The Works
 The
Works, Jonatha Brooke's seventh solo release, is a full-length album of previously
unheard lyrics by Woody Guthrie, set to original music written and performed by
Brooke. With...
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THE KRIS SPECIAL
The Kris Special
 SoCal's
Kris Special deftly balance an indie rock sound with lysergic mournful country.
Their are elements of Cowboy Junkies' Margo Timmims and Mazzy Star's Hope Sandoval
whispering vocals mixed with Grandaddy's rootsy desert-scapes. Guest Raymond Richards'
pedal steel adds a sinewy moan atop Ann Pointer's breathy vocals and the indie
rock rhythm section of Nick Schutz on drums and Jeremy Bixler playing bass. The
band's got a totally cool and cosmic vibe going. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music
(No Exit)
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AIMLESS BLADES
Rara Avis
 David
Luhrssen wrote in the Shepherd Express, 'There are echoes of swampy Creedence
Clearwater Revival, The Stooges' serrated psychedelia, Bob Dylan's husky twang,
even the stately folk rock of Fairport Convention.' Like their spiritual forefathers,
the Aimless Blades are all about the music that dances and takes from styles,
from charted R&B horns and the caterwaul of a feeding back guitar. The influences
are noted and then massaged into something unique to the band. At times they nod
the most to the late great Dream Syndicate and others they sound more like Green
On Red at its most drug-addled. Who needs John Coltrane on the stereo, baby, when
you could be cranking Rara Avis? -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (Boat Records)
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CD $10.99 | DERAILERS
Guaranteed To Satisfy
 "In
a career that has given rise to more than a decade’s worth of fine-tuned,
highly anticipated and wonderfully received music, The Derailers continue to build
the relationship between song, listener and dance floor. Each album has been a
mix of well-crafted original songs and cover songs so thoughtfully...
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CD $12.98 | DELTA
SPIRIT
Ode To Sunshine
 Classic-era
Rolling Stones. An amplified, rocking version of '60s protest folk. The raw spirit
of indie rock. The soulful passion of the Violent Femmes and the Waterboys. All
of these comparisons have been made in attempts to describe Delta Spirit...
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| | DAVID
OLNEY/SERGIO WEBB/JACK IRWIN
Live At Norm's River Roadhouse 1
(Ltd)
 David
Olney & Sergio Webb along with percussionist Jack Irwin give an electrifying
76 min. performance, beautifully recorded live at one of Nashville's hottest music
venues. Limited Pressing- Packaged by Nashville's historic Hatch Show Print. (Red
Parlor)
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| B.B.
KING
One Kind Favor
 B.B.
King returns to his blues roots with the help of producer T Bone Burnett on One
Kind Favor,. The legendary artist is backed on the effort by pianist Dr. John,
drummer Jim Keltner and bassist Nathan East. The track list includes such blues
chestnuts as Big Bill Broonzy's Backwater Blues, Lonnie Johnson's Tomorrow Night,
Blind Lemon Jefferson's See That My Grave Is Kept Clean and T-Bone Walker's I
Get So Weary." (Geffen)
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| LITTLE
FEAT
Join The Band
 Recorded
at Jimmy Buffett's studio in Key West with creative friends like Dave Matthews,
Brooks & Dunn and Vince Gill, 'Join The Band' features some of Little Feat's
greatest hits. Track Listing:...
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ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS
Full Tilt
 Full
Tilt is simply the rawest, truest, most electrifying blues being made today. Wielding
his slide like a switchblade, Ed stokes the up-tempo tracks to a white-hot intensity
and the tough, slow...
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CD $15.99 | DETROIT
COBRAS
Original Recordings 1995-1997
 One
of the earliest groups to emerge from the Detroit garage rock scene, the Detroit
Cobras developed a reputation as the Midwest's finest, and most distinctive, cover
band. Preferring to record other artists material to their own, the Cobras would
find gems in the vaults of lost R&B and RnR...
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CD $15.99 | STILLS
Oceans Will Rise
 The
Stills formed in Montreal in 2000, and shortly thereafter relocated to New York
as one of the first signings to Vice Recordings. The band rose to prominence in
2004 with the release of their debut album, Logic...
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CD $14.98 | SACRED
SHAKERS
Sacred Shakers
 For
The Sacred Shakers, there's nothing finer than old-time, country and blues-influenced
gospel music. Think Hank Williams, The Carter Family, The Stanley Brothers, Son
House, and Mississippi Fred McDowell. Beginning in 2005, that music drew a small
but ever-widening circle of some of Boston's finest musicians and vocalists together...
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CD $16.99 | CHARLIE
MUSSELWHITE
Sanctuary
 A
powerful, evocative album from this American blues legend, exploring the darker
themes that charge the potency of the blues: loneliness, despair, evil, and dying.
He casts a steady...
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