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The belief is good art comes from hard times. It appears Hopkins has had some
stumbles over the last couple of years in the relationship area. The Horse I Rode
In On is filled heartbreak: expressions of love that end in heartbreak, apologies
that end in heartbreak, anger that dissolves into heartbreak. The album -- Hopkins'
first since 2003 -- features his stock-in- trade roots-rock sound, and hearty
and sometimes off-key warbling, and guitar mastery. Some artists try to hide the
pain behind metaphor. Hopkins has chosen to rip his chest open and show you his
broken heart. Too bad something bad happened to Rich, but the results are the
gloriously painful The Horse I Rode In On. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (San
Jacinto) 
Bow
Thayer's low-key, literate country-rock works against him if all the listener
wants is atmosphere. The attentive listener will be rewarded with a very promising
songwriter and musician. On Spend It All, Thayer uses wit and candor to tell tales
of his life in Vermont. Musically, he draws on the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia's
bluegrass leanings. This is a gentle elegance to his music. Levon Helm gets "with"
billing on this release. While Helm expertly handles the heart of the songs, his
getting mention on the cover might overshadow Thayer who is worthy of solo billing
on this excellent release. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (Crooked Root) 
For
their third album, self-titled The Autumn Defense, Pat Sansone and John Stirratt
took some time away from their duties as members of Wilco to write and record
new material in Chicago. They recovened with their rhythm section of the last
six years: drummer Greg Wieczorek, and producer/ session man Brad Jones, as well
as other Autumn Defense regulars pedal steel player John Pirruccello and horn
player Steve Tyska. With string and flute performances that brought Sansone’s
light orchestral arrangements to life helped provide a truly organic feel to the
recordings,The Autumn Defense is the culmination and continuation of what the
band has reached for in the last two records, from Philly-soul to baroque to bossa-nova
to the classic Southern-California sound of. A world of voices are explored, styles
are touched on, and made their own. (Broadmoor Records)
All
14 songs were recorded in a marathon 5 day session overseen by producer John Fields.
This collection is thought provoking and hummable, filled with twist and turns
musically. (CC ENT./Copycats)
McKeown’s
fourth studio album is a zinger. She highlights breezy vocal jazz and American
contemporary pop classics. A covers album featuring hit tunes spanning from the
heartland of American big band music to Broadway musical fare, “Sing You
Sinners” is an adult contemporary essential. McKeown tackles with efficiency
and energetic flair the likes of Cole Porter, Anita O’Day, Nat King Cole,
Gene Krupa, and Fred Astaire." -- J-Sin,smother.net (Nettwerk Records)
The
Scru's got their start in the same fertile Memphis soil as Big Star back in '77,
earning accolades for their pristine power-pop upon the release of Wanna Meet
The Scruff's?. They relocated to New York City for three years in hopes of catching
their big break, but eventually returned to Memphis - where the band essentially
became a sole proprietorship for leader Stephen Burns. Burns continued to write
and record over the next few years, ultimately releasing those songs as the well-received
Midtown album before relocating to Glasgow in '98. There he recorded two albums
with members of Teenage Fanclub and Belle and Sebastian, Love, The Scruffs, and
Swingin' Singles. Burns is back in the States these days, with a stellar new album
recorded with his now-permanent band in Glasgow's CaVa Studios and mixed at legendary
Ardent Studios in Memphis. The record is a must for any pop music fan who wants
jangling guitars, driving bass, stunning melodies and soaring vocals and orchestration.
(Scruffville)
Produced
by Simple Truths helmsman Craig Street, State of Grace is the best record yet
of The Holmes Brothers' astonishingly fresh blend of American roots sounds. Fans
of their revelatory interpretations of classic songs will thrill to not only "(What's
So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?," but also a hushed and heavenly
"I Want You To Want Me" and their heated Cajun workout on "Bad
Moon Rising." The record also features songs by Lyle Lovett, Hank Williams
and George Jones, along with several soulful Holmes Brothers originals. Accompanying
the band are an all-star cast of singers and instrumentalists, including Rosanne
Cash, Joan Osborne, Levon Helm, Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan), John Leventhal and
Catherine Russell. (Alligator)
On
Nov 24, 1996, over 120,000 Crowded House fans from all over the world gathered
outside Sydney Opera House for the band's farewell concert, a benefit for Sydney
Children's Hospital. This legendary final show is now available for the first
time on double CD. Track Lisitng Disc 1:Mean to Me/World Where You Live/When You
Come/Private Universe/Four Season in One Day/Fall at Your Feet/Whispers &
Moans/Hole in the River/Better Be Home Soon/Pineapple Head/Distant Sun/Into Temptation/Everthing
Is Good for You. Track Lising Disc 2: Locked Out/Something So Strong/Sister Madly/Italian
Plastic/Weather with You/It's Only Natural/There Goes God/Fingers of Love/In My
Command/Throw Your Arms Around Me/Don't Dream It's Over. (Capitol) 
Locksley
combine 60s melody, harmony and songwriting ethos with the sensibilities of early
US Punk and the work ethic of modern emo bands. Wisconsin-raised, Brooklyn-based
Locksley have achieved more as an unsigned band in the last year than most major
label acts will in a career; being named one of the best unsigned bands in the
country by Alternative Press, Dec. 2006; (Feature Records) 
Locksley
combine 60s melody, harmony and songwriting ethos with the sensibilities of early
US Punk and the work ethic of modern emo bands. Wisconsin-raised, Brooklyn-based
Locksley have achieved more as an unsigned band in the last year than most major
label acts will in a career; being named one of the best unsigned bands in the
country by Alternative Press, Dec. 2006; (Feature Records) 
Locksley
combine 60s melody, harmony and songwriting ethos with the sensibilities of early
US Punk and the work ethic of modern emo bands. Wisconsin-raised, Brooklyn-based
Locksley have achieved more as an unsigned band in the last year than most major
label acts will in a career; being named one of the best unsigned bands in the
country by Alternative Press, Dec. 2006; (Feature Records) 
Three
Ring Records is proud to present its first compilation CD which will directly
benefit a San Francisco based non-profit organization called At The Crossroads,
which reaches out to homeless youth and young adults at their point of need, and
helps them build healthy and fulfilling lives. They accomplish their mission through
a combination of nighttime street outreach, one-on-one counseling, and collaboration
with other service providers.Featuring exclusive and rare tracks from Rogue Wave,
The Pink, Calexico, Bettie Serveert, Scissors For Lefty, and more!(Mooreland Street)
"The Old Ceremony is a rootsy, American slow rock, the kind of rock that
you get when you mix a little bit of Tom Waits' grumbing croons and a whole lot
of Paul McCartnian songwriting elan. TOC welcomes all the hokey riffs we're used
to hearing in good pop, but it's nevertheless powerfully earnest music. "no
we won't be fooled for long," songwriter/raconteur Django Haskins sings,
adding with a high-pitched moan, "by [sic] love!" The band calls it
pop-noir. But in truth, this is folk; this is rock; this is precisely what it's
supposed to be."- K.C., Knoxville Metro Pulse (sonablast)
Wallace
Cochran and Jeffrey Stolz playing an array of interesting instruments such as
harmophone, glockenspiel, and tamboush have created another folk masterpiece.
Features musicians Jason Groth (Magnolia Electric Company, Coke Dares) and Eric
Mardis (Split-Lip Rayfield) as well as a collection of fine producers: Chris Crisci
(Appleseed Cast), Jordan Geiger (Minus Story), Mike West (Truckstop Honeymoon),
and David Moore (The Hearers). The Portalns Mercury exclaims " Drakkar Sauna
infuse their front-porch folk music with an absurd Captain Beefheart spin ...
it's an extremely smart, hilarious, musical, and oblique combination for all you
fans of The Fall that keep a couple of Elliot Smith singles under the mattress."
"After
drilling deep within their home studios over the almost five years since their
last studio release, the band finally entered the illustrious Q-Division Studios
in Boston to create a stunning new album that brings adventure, daring, and honest
songwriting back to the annals of rock. The band's first release for Bar/None
Records, this is music that points to the future, synthesizing older influences
like The Beatles, Bach, and Led Zeppelin while also engaging in a current dialogue
with the likes of Built to Spill, Iron & Wine and Wilco." -- jivemagazine.com
(Bar/None)
Crowded Houses final concert
in Sydney filmed in November 1996. Track Listing Disc 1: Mean To Me/World Where
You Live/When You Come/Private Universe/Four Seasons In One Day/Fall At Your Feet/Whispers
and Moans/Hole In The River/Better Be Home Soon/Pineapple Head/Distant Sun/Into
Temptation/Everything Is Good For You/Locked Out/Something So Strong/Sister Madly/Italian
Plastic/Weather With You/Its Only Natural/There Goes God/Fingers Of Love/In My
Command/Throw Your Arms Around Me and Dont Dream Its Over. Disc 2: Planning The
Event - Documentary/The Day They Brought The House Down Documentary/Channel 7
Witness/Italian Plastic (Photo Gallery Plus Audio)/Instinct (Photo Gallery Plus
Audio)/End Credits. (EMI International) 
Before
carving out a niche as one of nineties' American cinema's most distinct voices,
Allison Anders made her debut, alongside co-directors and fellow UCLA film-school
students, Kurt Voss and Dean Lent, with 1987's Border Radio. A low-key, semi-improvised
post-punk diary that took four years to complete, Border Radio features legendary
rocker Chris D., of the Flesh Eaters, as a singer/songwriter who has stolen loot
from a club and gone missing, leaving his wife (Luanna Anders), a no-nonsense
rock journalist, to track him down with the help of his friends (John Doe of the
band X; Chris Shearer).Special featured include: New, restored high-definition
digital transfer, supervised and approved by director of photography Dean Lent
and codirector Kurt Voss/ Two audio commentaries: one with codirectors Allison
Anders and Voss, and one with actors Luanna Anders, Dave Alvin, Chris D., John
Doe, and Chris Shearer/ The Making of "Border Radio," a 2002 documentary
featuring interviews with Anders, Lent, Voss, Doe, and Chris D./Nine deleted scenes/Music
video of the Flesh Eaters The Wedding Dice/Stills gallery featuring rare behind-the-scenes
photos/Theatrical trailer and radio spot. (Criterion) 
Featuring
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Tommy Duncan, Marjie Beeler, Spade Cooley and
His Orchestra, Smokey Rogers, Tex Williams and His Orchestra, Hank Thompson. More
than any other popular American music, western swing represents a blend, a combination,
a brew of various musical styles and genres. The result is unyieldingly listenable,
danceable, and unique. Western music, West Texas fiddle tunes, Dixieland and New
Orleans jazz, Big Band swing, urban and rural blues, Tin Pan Alley pop, Spanish
music, Jimmie Rodgers songs, polkas, and more - these together formed Western
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