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Alaska's
undisputed bar-band champions follow up the fine country-drenched Ten Day Bender
with and ode to rock n roll. Emphasize the rock. Sounding like later-day Uncle
Tupelo, 60 Watt Ave's title track stomps out of the gate like a mustang. Evan
Phillips vocals range from sensitive to swagger; the music moans and rocks. The
band calls their brand of music Alaskan Rock n' Roll even if the rest of the world
might say this crunchy, twangy guitars-fueled album sounds like it came right
out of America's heartland. Those looking to fill that rock jones that frequently
gets overlooked in Americana can stop right here. This albums sweats rock n roll.
-- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (self-released)
After a four year break, Detroit's American Mars return with a 11 songs shimmering,
ethereal indie-Americana. Jangly, chiming guitars provide a counter voice to Thomas
Trimble's revealing lyrics. While firmly rooted in heartland rock, American Mars
add a layer of mood to the roots sound. Pedal steel player David Feeny again sits
in the producer's chair, teasing a rich texture around Trimble's Tom Petty-like
nasal whine. With their third album American Mars has matured into a confident,
skilled band with a sound that, while familiar, is uniquely theirs. -- Jeff Weiss,
Miles of Music (Gangplank) 
Vocalist
and primary songwriter Adrienne Cole is front and center, shining with her confident
vocals. Had this been released in 1985, Dear August would have justifiably been
lumped in with the Athens sound. Combing REM jangle with 10,000 Maniacs vocals,
this Madison, Wisconsin band -- formerly known as Box Elder -- is equally comfortable
playing slow country and raucous roots. It is debatable if this qualifies as a
"debut album" since the band released a CD under the previous name.
However the name change and a change in philosophy has benefited the group as
Come In Keep Dry has one charming song after another. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of
Music (self-released)
Legendary songwriter Billy Don Burns described Scott Froseth's music as, "...Real
as the silver in a U.S. dollar that was minted in Denver in the nineteen hundreds!"
Froseth's songs are country simplicity. This is honest country written from a
perspective of common sense values. Froseth, born in North Dakota, chooses the
less is more strategy with If You Knew Me. Country traditionalists will love his
sweet vocals riding atop a gentle acoustic sound. The seven songs on the release
are small polished gems. Each one has been buffed to perfection. -- Jeff Weiss,
Miles of Music (self-released) 
Ramsey is best known for his guitar work. Crafting delicate, finger-style guitar
picking reminiscent of John Fahey and Leo Kottke, but with a sum effect that is
all his own. Indie folk, Country Blues, Finger style guitar - Ramsey is a composer
of intricate, ethereal songs of melancholy and rumination. "Tyler Ramsey
may have the first great release of 2008"- songs:Illinois (Artist Garage)
With one foot in the field and the other in the factory, The SteelDrivers are
a beacon beaming their own version of rhythm'n'bluegrass far across the musical
landscape. Highly regarded behind the scenes as songsmiths and session men - with
innumerable hits, cuts, and licks to their credit - The SteelDrivers are stepping
out at long last. In their ten capable hands, back-country high-lonesome collides
with Delta soul, resulting in the freshest sound to emerge from Music City in
recent memory. Via eleven original songs, their debut album offers revealing new
takes on classic themes of redemption and loss, hope and home delivered with urgency
and heart. The SteelDrivers are Richard Bailey, Mike Fleming, Mike Henderson,
Tammy Rogers, and Chris Stapleton. "Really soulful bluegrass, with great
songs. An incredible combination." - Vince Gill (Rounder)
This is the third Big Barn Records release from Mars Arizona; a matchless and
transcendent record. The majority of the album was recorded at Moondog Studio,
Nashville (big thanks to Billy Block) by Tim Coats. David 'Dawg' Grisman makes
sparks fly from his mandolin on the opening track "Dirty Town", resplendent
in its identification of the wayward coping mechanisms of small town barfly alcoholics.
His son Sam Grisman pushes the tune into the red line with his thundering upright
bass. The genius of Al Perkins on pedal steel haunts "Circus", a tune
that shakes its head in disbelief at the freak show fairground bazaar that America's
politicians have constantly toured the highways of humanity with. Or so it seems.
(Big Barn Records)
The 1991 collaboration between Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey, 'Mavericks'
is a record many of their fans consider to be their best. And not just their fans;
as Holsapple writes in the liner notes, "'Mavericks' may be our most enduring
record together." The pair have contributed six unreleased bonus tracks,
too, making it even more indispensable for lovers of alternative guitar pop! Includes
'Angels; I Know You Will; Here Without You; Close Your Eyes; Anymore; I Want to
Break Your Heart; She Was the One; Geometry; The Child in You; Lover's Rock; Taken',
and 'Haven't Got the Right (to Treat Me Wrong)'; the bonus tracks include the
original demo of 'Angels'; the unreleased song 'Hollywood Waltz' and the unreleased
instrumental 'I Knew You Would'; the fuller, "band" version of 'Close
Your Eyes'; the acoustic mix of 'Here Without You', and the electric remix of
'Anymore'. (Collectors Choice)
Blue songs about the darker, more private sides of the human condition ~ sadness,
loss, regret, but ultimately, hope in the face of heartbreak. Tracy plays acoustic
guitars, mandola, banjo, and violin; Jim Henry adds Dobro, acoustic & electric
guitars.
Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen were one of the great Roots music groups
of the late 1960's and 1970's. They laid the groundwork for what would come to
be known as the Americana genre. The Airmen did it all, boogie woogie, country
and western, blues, swing and classic Rock n Roll. The group moved to San Francisco
in the summer of 1969 and was almost immediately established as a force to be
reckoned with. They regularly played the Fillmore West and Family Dog as well
as many other venues and outdoor shows. By late 1970 they attracted the attention
of several record companies and signed with ABC subsidiary Paramount Records in
1971. Their debut album called "Lost In The Ozone" (featuring cover
art by Frayne), was brimming over with great songs and one "Hot Rod Lincoln"
hit number 9 in the pop charts the following year. This 2CD set goes right back
to the beginning and shows us how the Airmen came together and includes rare early
jam sessions and classic live performances. Track Listing Disc 1:What's The Matter
Now?/Midnight Shift/When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again/My Bucket's Got A Hole
In It/Honky Tonkin'/Mountain Dew/Midnight Shift/I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time/Cravin'
Your Love/ Daddy's Gonna Treat You Right/I'm Satisfied With You/Honky Tonk Song/Cravin'
Your Love/Back To Tennessee/Semi-Truck/What's The Matter Now?/Stranded In The
Jungle. Track Listing Disc 2: I Ain't Never/First I Look At The Purse/The Shadow
Knows/Get It/Boppin' The Blues/Rip It Up/Jambalaya/Shout Bamalama/Hot Rod Lincoln/It
Should've Been Me/Back To Tennessee/Lawdy Miss Clawdy/Lookin' At The World Through
A Windshield/(I'm Gonna) Burn That Woman/Big River/What's The Matter Now?/Semi-Truck/Lost
In The Ozone.(Blue Label) 
Texas music legend, Augie Meyers, returns with Through The Years, a collection
of songs that he always gets requests for from radio and in person. This founding
member of the Sir Douglas Quartet and the Texas Tornadoes has been making records
for 45+ years; his organ playing is uniquely Augie; his vocals are uniquely Texas.
Track Listing:Don't Let Me/Cryin' Out Loud/It's Alright/My Friend/Sky High/Deed
To Texas/Miller's Cave/Release Me/Baby Baby/Blame It On Love/I Cried A Tear/I
wonder Why/High Texas Rider/You Win Again/Memories
"IIIrd Tyme Out has their own brand of bluegrass: unmatched quartets and
trios, masterful lead singing, dead-on rhythm, tasteful fills, lyrical solos,
and great songs. From stage left to right they are a complete band - perhaps the
most complete band of the past two decades."-from the liner notes by Chris
Stuart. Track Listing: Footprints in the Snow/One Kiss Away From Loneliness/Lovin'
You, Goin' Blind/John and Mary/Across the Miles/Raining in L.A./I Pray My Way
Out of Trouble/Milk Cow Blues/Letter To Home/Swing Low, Sweet Chariot/Erase the
Miles/Just Call On Him/New Faces In The Field/Only You (and You Alone)/ Giving
My Soul Back to Him. (Rounder)
Stephin Merritt has said that his aim in making the new record was "to sound
more like Jesus and Mary Chain than Jesus and Mary Chain." Beneath the racket,
though, not that much has changed in The Magnetic Fields modus operandi ... Again,
Merritt's meticulous orchestration of his sonics is what really impresses. A sense
of how random sound can be organized into something so attractive that you barely
notice the cacophony from which it is constructed. It's a pretty record ... funny,
too. - Uncut (Nonesuch)
Raisin A Ruckus re-affirms Roomful of Blues' place in the pantheon of all-time
great blues bands, with a wealth of dance-happy grooves, hot-to-trot horn arrangements
and stinging guitar work fueling the band's swaggering blues ("Every Dog
Has Its Day"), brisk swing workouts ("Tellin' It To You Eye To Eye")
and primal rock and roll ("Boogie Woogie Country Girl"). The record
also boasts some Louisiana flavor, with the Gary "U.S." Bonds R&B
fave "New Orleans" and the Cajun classic "Big Mamou" getting
the royal Roomful treatment. (Alligator)
Track Listing: Here's the Plan/The Last Hurrah/Saturday's Child/My Heart Stopped
Today - feat. Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen/This Man Can Break So Easily/Lost/Only
Seven Days/Rosenkrantz and Kristiansgate (I'm Dead)/Let the Waves Break On Your
Face/From Out of the Blue - feat. Ron Sexsmith & Don Kerr/Alone Again (Naturally)/It
Will End in Tears/She's Still My Weakness (Bonus Demo Version)/The Brightest Spark
(Bonus Demo Version).(Poptown Records)
Following
a series of "projeKcts" in which various members of the six-piece line
up King Crimson's album 'Thrak' got together in different incarnations for what
Robert Fripp deemed "research and development", a new four-piece Crimson
emerged with a studio album in 2000. 'The ConstruKction of Light', with Adrian
Belew, Robert Fripp, Trey Gunn and Pat Mastelotto, has been unavailable since
2003, and, as is common with Crimson releases, sounds more contemporary now than
when originally released. A must-have for King Crimson fans wanting to complete
their studio album collection which beginw with the iconic 'In The Court of the
Crimson King', to 2000's 'The ConstruKction of Light'. (DMG)
After a box of thought-to-be-lost Deep City master tapes turned up in Miami in
January of 2007, an idea both fascinating and ugly reared its head: Sequel. Disgusted
by the thought of merely making one record to capitalize on the success of the
first, we sought to turn the idea on its head. Instead of rehashing and expanding
upon an already established story, The Outskirts Of Deep City serves to color
in the spaces left open by its predecessor. In addition to seven previously unissued
tracks, weve added thirteen other related gems from the Solid Soul, Sun Cut, Reedsville,
Lloyd, and Concho labels. Artists include Betty Wright, Helene Smith, Clarence
Reid, James Knight & the Butlers, Snoopy Dean, the Rollers, Frank Williams
& the Rocketeers, Lynn Williams, Perk Badger, and the Rising Suns. 32 page
booklet features a wealth of unpublished photographs, appendix, bibliography,
and discography. (Numero) 
"Chrome
Dreams II is a stunning collection of eight new and two classic Young songs. Recorded
last summer in Northern California, musicians include Ben Keith (pedal steel guitar,
dobro and other instruments), Ralph Molina (drums) and Rick Rosas (bass)"
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