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desperate sadness pours forth from the first notes of Tonight and Every Night.
Self-doubt, unfulfilled yearning, the heartache of just continuing are exposed
like the most intimate details of a diary. Joe Pena's charismatic, grumpy whiskey-soaked
vocals slide over the band's oily-surfaced minor key song arrangements. Listing
to Tonight and Every Night as the title recommends might not be good for your
personal happiness, but once in a while when you really need to wallow this fabulously
painful album is the place to turn. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (Reslience Records)
Serena
Markstrom distilled Jon Itkin's charm as a musician when she wrote, "Itkin's
agility with language shines in his short character sketches. Like James McMurtry,
he isn't from a working class background, but he channels the worries and stories
of people who live in a beaten-down world." Itkin joins a long list of songwriters,
like Guthrie, Springsteen and Van Zandt, who speak of and for the everyman. His
world-weary voice belies his youth while serving as a reminder of the plight of
the characters he inhabits. Itkin's strength is his ability to get to the emotional
heart of the song's subject. The simple acoustic backing, the character sketches
and the voice make Big Gold Guitar In the Sky captivating listening. This sophomore
effort reveals a talented young writer. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (self-released)
Like a methodical prosecutor laying his case before a jury, Mesopotamia Blues
has a quiet, sure handed elegance. John Train and primary songwriter Jon Houlan
uses the British rule of Mesopotamia as a parable for modern Imperialism and the
sadness and destruction that accompany ambition. Along with originals the band
mixes in selected songs and poems from such outside sources as John Stewart, Tom
T Hall, Butch Hancock and Rudyard Kipling. The band uses a professorial tone,
avoiding histrionics, to elegantly lay out how the follies of the past are repeated
when lessons are not learned. The weaved narrative of Mesopotamia Blues is compelling,
sad, and, also hopeful. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (Chapter 7)
Marah's sixth album, Angels of Destruction!, finds the kids from Philly in a brave
new world: new sobriety, new members and of course, new songs. Culled from a Niagara-like
output of songs over the past year, Angels of Destruction! is, as David Bielanko
puts it, "...the tip of the iceberg and the bottom of the well." Musically,
Angels Of Destruction! is Marah doing what Marah does. The album swings with abandon
and rocks with greasy soul, all the while paying its respects to the guy-and-a-guitar
simplicity that lives at the heart of every rock n' roll song. The title track
is a propulsive chilled-out rocker that hints at the larger themes of the album:
religion, redemption, destruction and joy. Much like this song and Marah as a
whole, Angels Of Destruction! is a phoenix rising from the ashes. (Yep Roc) 
Blending soul, intensity, and tenderness, Rhonda Vincent's unique brand of bluegrass
is rich in tradition while remaining unmistakeably modern. Among the most beloved
figures in today's bluegrass scene, Vincent has earned an unprecedented seven
consecutive Female Vocalist of the Year awards from the International Bluegrass
Music Association, is a top concert and festival draw, and, with her road band
The Rage supporting her, is one of the most dynamic and high-energy performers
in any genre of music. Encompassing heartfelt ballads and hard-driving bluegrass,
along with dashes of swing and country, Good Thing Going is her most varied, personal,
and accomplished album to date. It is also her most joyously uplifting, from the
celebratory, autobiographical title track to the touchingly heartfelt "I
Give All My Love To You." Special guests include Keith Urban, Jesse McReynolds,
Russell Moore, Bryan Sutton, Becky Isaacs-Bowman, Stuart Duncan, Kathy Chiavola,
Andy Hall, and more! (Rounder)
"Their second album is less superb than 2005's Funeral Dress. But it's still
fairly superb. Then, former Ass Pony Chuck Cleaver had a hand in seven of eleven
songs; now, his partner in art and life, Lisa Walker, takes eight of twelve. More
soulful, sinewy and sexy than first appears, Walker's solicitous voice suits lyrics
that mix goodly dollops of Midwestern Christianity- angels, Communion, a Christmas
play, "Killer Trees" that probably include the one where a man named
Jesus was left for dead - with the occasional "love is running down my chin."
But she's more seductive balanced up against Cleaver's pissed-off tenor and anxious
falsetto, as in the irresistible infidelity duet "What's-His-Name."
Instrumentally, imagine a Yo La Tengo too tight to get cute or far out dispensing
a Velvet Underground derivative fluent enough to warm the erectile tissue of anyone
with a thing for guitar drones...." Robert Christgau, rollingstone.com (Shake
It)
"In Rainbows has uptempo guitar songs and moody acoustic ballads, full of
headphone-tweaking sound effects. All of it rocks; none of it sounds like any
other band on earth; it delivers an emotional punch that proves all other rock
stars owe us an apology." -- Rob Sheffield, rollingstone.com (ATO Records)
One of the founding members of Fairport Convention, Ian Matthews left that group
in 1969 (during the recording of Unhalfbricking) to pursue a solo career. Originally
released on Vertigo, 1971`s If You Saw Thro` My Eyes was Matthews` fourth post-Fairport
release and his most accomplished to date. Finding him reunited with former bandmates
Sandy Denny and Richard Thompson this album features many fantastic originals
and three well chosen covers, including Richard Farina`s Reno Nevada and exemplifies
Matthews` unique ability to mix folk, country, blues and pop. A British folk-rock
classic back in print. (Water) 
1971 found former Fairport Convention lead singer Ian Matthews not only extremely
prolific but surprisingly consistent. Tigers Will Survive, originally released
on Vertigo in November of that year, is no exception. Featuring backing from British
band Quiver (which included Bruce Thomas, later of the Attractions, and Tim Renwick,
who played with David Bowie among others). Tigers Will Survive, as was Matthews`
style, is a brilliant collection of originals and choice covers (including Eric
Andersen`s classic Close The Door Lightly When You Go and an acapella version
of The Crystals` Da Doo Ron Ron. Mellow folk-rock jams of the highest order. (Water)
Track Listing Disc 1: Blue Suede Shoes/Down And Out/Ain't Nothing Shaking But
the Leaves On the Trees/Milk Cow Blues/What Made Milwaukee Famous/Hard Headed
Woman/Beat Me Daddy Eight To the Bar/Wine Wine Wine/Truck Driving Man/Hot Rod
Lincoln/Lawdy Miss Clawdy/Hey Hey Hey/Riot In Cell Block No. 9/Rock That Boogie/Sea
Cruise/Oh Mama Mama/Rip It Up. Track Listing Disc 2: Cajun Rag/Truck Driving Man/Everybody's
Doing It/What's the Matter Now?/It Should've Been Me/My Window Faces the South/Down
To Seeds And Stems Again/Mama Tried/I Ain't Never/I Flew Over Our House Last Night/Oh
Mama, Mama/Hot Rod Lincoln/Keep On Lovin' Her/Hard Headed Woman/Steel Guitar Slide/Good
Rockin' Tonight/Wine Do Your Stuff/I'm Comin' Home/Lookin' At the World Through
a Windshield/Diggy Liggy Lo/Cryin' Time/Gypsy Fiddle/Beat Me Daddy Eight To the
Bar/Riot In Cell Block #9/Don't Let Go.
2 original LP's on one CD. Track Listing One More Song: Hearts On Fire/Gotta Get
Away/Come On Back To Me/Deep Inside My Heart/I Need You Bad/One More Song/Trouble
Ahead/White Shoes/Anyway Bye Bye. Track Listing Randy Meisner: Never Been In Love/Darkness
Of The Heart/Jealousy/Tonight/Playin' In The Deep End/Strangers/Still Runnin'/Nothing
Is Said ('Til The Artist Is Dead)/Doin' It For Delilah.(Acadia)
2 original LP's available on one CD. Track Listing Some Things Coming: Over And
Over/Thank God/Please Accept My Love/Keep It Going/Some Things Coming (Heartbeat)/Down
By The Riverside/Sit Right Down/I'm Not Your Lover, I'm Your Lover/Try A Little
Harder. Track Listing Mobius Strip: Are You A Beetle Or A Rolling Stone/What Am
I Doin' (In A Place Like This)/A Young Girl (In Her Garden)/Big Ol' Piece Of Blues/Circles/When
A Man Is In Need Of A Woman/I'm A M-A-N/B.B's Blues/A Little Bit Of You In Me/California
Rain. (Acadia)
2 original LP's available on one CD. Track Listing Great Big Boy: Running Up The
Stairs/The Other Day (Near Santa Cruz)/Great Big Boy/Driver/Pepe Hush/Big Mob
On The Hill/Ice Cream/Nothin' Works/Summer's Growing Old/I Still Miss Someone.
Track Listing Peculiaroso:Peg Leg/Poor Boy/Parade/Wonderland By Night/World Made
To Order/Room Service (At The Tahiti Motel)/Turning Into Randolph Scott (Humid
Child)/Porky And Pale/Arms Of Mary/The Room At The Top Of The Stairs/Big Situation/Twilight
Time. (Acadia)
The First 100 Commercial [Original Recording Remastered] 100 tracks on 4 Compact
Disc. Included are tracks never previously reissued. (JSP)
Recorded
during Fred's last tour of Holland in November and December 2006, 13 tracks live
in Haarlem and another 4 live in Spijkerboor. Track Listing: 18 Wheels/Wilder
Than Her/105/Spookin' The Horses/Me And Esther/ White Trash/Good Enough/Alcohol
And Pills/Tired/Georgia Overdrive/ Little Buffalo/49 Tons/The Dad Song/Thinkin'
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