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Michael
McCall wrote in The Nashville Scene, "Byrne takes an expansive view on the
possibilities of roots music." That is, Byrne has made a terrific Christian
country record. He seamlessly incorporates a broad range of musical flavors into
this very satisfying (and spiritually
The
sophomore release from Memphis, TN-based duo showcases their emerging talent for
beautiful harmony vocals and engaging and gentle country/folk. Jed & Kelley
aspire to the mantle of great duos like George and Tammy or June and Johnny. Keith
Sykes' clean production pushes the vocals to the front, giving prominence to Jed's
simple songs about home, family and life. - Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (self-released)
The
Melcliff shimmers, vibrates and swirls as if it was recorded in the halcyon folk-rock
days of Los Angeles in the 1960s, not Portland in 2006. Sasser combines a soft
croon with minor chords, chiming acoustic guitars and a warm reverb. Think an
Everly Brothers record without the harmonies or a Mamas and Papas record, with
just one Papa. Sasser's engaging songwriting makes The Melcliff one of the terrific
surprises of the year. -- Jeff Weiss. Miles of Music (self-released)
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2007 (While Supplies Last) Tracks from Fionn Regan, Hayes Carll, Golden Smog,
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Dale
Watson is a Texas music hero. Over his long and prolific career, he's proven himself
to be one of the last authentic voices in pure country music. In fact, in the
spirit of the music's outlaw lineage, Dale has disavowed himself of the country
label and begun calling his music Ameripolitan.However it might be described,
on his album, From The Cradle To The Grave, it's the music that speaks the loudest.
Dale offers ten new songs that range from the epic "Justice For All"
to the achingly beautiful ballad, "It's Not Over Now." And if it sounds
like Johnny Cash's presence is looming over the recordings, that's because it
was. The album was recorded in Cash's old Tennessee Mountain cabin. Dale embraced
the Cash aura and in the process turned out one of his best albums to date in
an already impressive discography. (Hyena)
Breathtaking
and heartwarming, Prine and Wiseman joine forces to release Standard Songs for
Average People, a duets album of classic American songs. Each track on the record
shares an innate humanity and emotional directness that binds them together into
a poignant thematic collection. Prine and Wiseman put their own stamp on Lefty
Frizzell's hit "Saginaw Michigan," and Tom T. Hall's beloved "Old
Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine." Other standouts include Kris Kristofferson's
"Just the Other Side of Nowhere" and the old standard "Where the
Blue of the Night," made famous by Bing Crosby. Track Listing: Blue Eyed
Elaine/Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age/I Forgot to Remember to Forget/I Love You
Because/Pistol Packin' Mama/Saginaw Michigan/Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon
Wine/Old Cape Cod/Death of Floyd Collins/Blue Side of Lonesome/In the Garden/Just
the Other Side of Nowhere/Old Rugged Cross/Where the Blue of the Night. (Oh Boy)
Stretching
out in the studio like never before, and including contributions from top line
players like Greg Cartwright (Reigning Sound) the Cobras have created a versatile
and formidable wall of Spector sound. Be it eerie or orchestral, or pure rock
and roll rough up, Tied and True puts the Cobras on a whole new level-of many
sources but a genus all its own. Soul lives below the belt, and whether you're
looking to be grinding it slow or shaking it up good, the Cobras bring it tough
and tender, savage and sweet. (Bloodshot) 
"Two
Cow Garage's new full length recording, III, presents the band's continued progression.
While retaining the high octane rock of their previous releases, it's not difficult
to appreciate the band's maturation both lyrically and musically. While a departure
to some degree, expect existing fans to love it, and new fans to be drawn in.
For fans of Lucero, Drive By Truckers and Drag The River! Guest appearance and
co-produced by Brent Best (Slobberbone, The Drams)" -- sonic.nl (Suburban
Home) 
We'll
Never Turn Back produced by Ry Cooder combines raw, emotional, contemporized versions
of some of the freedom songs that provided the soundtrack to the civil rights
movement of the 1950s and 1960s, along with other traditional songs, and new originals
written by Mavis and Ry. Recorded with a steller band including, Ry Cooder, Mike
Elizondo, Jim Keltner, Joachim Cooder and special guest Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
(Anti) 
Track
Listing Disc 1: Who Do You Love? Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks/He Don't Love
You (And He'll Break Your Heart) Levon & The Hawks/Can You Please Crawl Out
Your Window? [single version] Bob Dylan (with The Hawks)/Ain't No More Cane On
The Brazos/The Weight/Orange Juice Blues (Blues For Breakfast)/King Harvest (Has
Surely Come)/All La Glory [early version]/Stage Fright/I Shall Be Released/4%
Pantomime/Don't Do It/Life Is A Carnival/Slippin' & Slidin' [live]/Endless
Highway/Share Your Love With Me/Forever Young Bob Dylan (with The Band)/Twilight
[song sketch]/Home Cookin'/Disc 2 DVD: Jam/King Harvest (Has Surely Come) [rec.
1970, Robbie's Studio, Woodstock, NY]/Long Black Veil [live 7/5/70, the Festival
Express Train Tour, Calgary, Canada]/Rockin' Chair [live 7/5/70, the Festival
Express Train Tour, Calgary, Canada]/Don't Do It [live 12/28-12/31/71, the Academy
of Music NYC]/Hard Times (The Slop)/Just Another Whistle Stop (live 9/14/74, Wembley
Stadium, London).(Capital)
Track
Listings: Sufjan Stevens - Free Man In Paris/Bjork - The Boho Dance/Caetano Veloso
- Dreamland/Brad Mehldau - Don't Interrupt the Sorrow/Cassandra Wilson - For the
Roses/Prince - A Case of You/Sarah McLachlan - Blue/Annie Lennox - Ladies of the
Canyon/Emmylou Harris - Magdalene Laundries/Elvis Costello - Edith and the Kingpin/K.D.
lang - Help Me/James Taylor - River. (Nonesuch) 
A
Brief History gives an interesting perspective on where Rocky Votolato's early
writing style began as well as the path his career has taken. With the majority
of these songs being written when he was between 16 and 18 years old, these songs
show a songwriter in his formative years. With only 1000 copies ever pressed by
the now defunct label Your Best Guess, Second Nature re-releases this long out-of-print
EP so fans will no longer have to resort to overpriced copies on e-bay. (Second
Nature) 
Hop
High is Crooked Still's critically acclaimed debut album released in 2004.Track
Listings: Darling Corey/Angeline the Baker/Last Fair Deal Gone Down/Orphan Girl/Lonesome
road/Old Virginia/Flora/Look On And Cry/Lulu Gal/Rank Stranger/Shady Grove. (Signature
Sounds) 
The
premise of this record was "What if Calvin Johnson played all his best songs
from over the years, with a band of real music-making people?" From there
K recording artists Khaela Maricich and Jason Anderson formed a band of other
K music stalwarts, dubbed them The Sons Of The Soil, and a tour commenced, covering
songs originally recorded by Halo Benders, Dub Narcotic Sound System, and the
Go Team. This album was recorded shortly after the tour and it features a good
cross section of tour material as well as some live snippets from the Sons Of
The Soil performance in Spokane, WA. (K. Records)
Dan
McCarthy has spent the past five years playing/touring with Mayday, Neva Dinova,
The Good Life, Orenda Fink, Maria Taylor, Bright Eyes, and others. He's also contributed
to other bands' recordings such as Cursive's "Happy Hollow" and Tilly
And The Wall's "Bottoms Of Barrels". His self-titled album is a distillation
of two collections of songs from "Old Habits" (2003's self-released
nine song collection of drinking songs and waltzes) and 2005-2006's "It's
Got Nothing To Do With The Drinking", given to only a handful of friends
and family before Team Love expressed interest in releasing a "best of what
you've put on tape so far". McCarthy Trenching compiles beautifully understated
tracks that sound like a sunnier Townes Van Zandt.(Team Love)
Track
Listing: Colleen/Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie (new version)/Cosmia (new version).
Along
with long time band members Stephen Hodges and Jeff Turmes (Tom Waits, Richard
Thompson, R.L. Burnside, Mike Watt, John Hammond), Holmstrom delivers a recording
that's fresh, innovative yet completely steeped in the blues. Late In The Night
features twelve new Holmstrom songs as well as a unique cover of Bob Dylan's "Rainy
Day Women #12 & 35." Doug Boehm (the Vines, Moby, Elliott Smith) mixed
the CD with a punchy, gritty, stripped down sonic. Late In The Night is Rick Holmstrom
first studio recording in nearly five years.(MC Records)
"The
cyclical nature of life absorbs Bill Callahan on this debut solo album - though
not primarily in the paired tracks "Day" and "Night", more
concerned with surmounting venality and temptation in order to improve society,
bit by bit: "A small potato in the blight/ Still strives towards the light,"
he notes. It may be an illusion, but he seems more anchored and content among
the metaphors of birth and decay, evaporation and precipitation, and the revolutions
of the Great Wheel Of Life "driving bad deeds six feet deep"... Musically,
Callahan has ceded ultimate control here to Neil Michael Hagerty, who locates
pretty much the appropriate style - from Johnny Cash-style trotting strum, to
tack-piano stomp, brittle new-wave brio to sinister Twin Peaks twang, pizzicato
strings to poppy organ - for each song." 4 STARS -- Andy Gill, independent.co.uk
(Drag City)
A
dozen covers, Track Listing: Are You Experienced?/Everybody Wants To Rule The
World/Helpless/Gimme Shelter/Within You Without You/White Rabbit/Changing Of The
Guards/The Boy In The Bubble/Soul Kitchen/Smells Like Teen Spirit/Midnight Rider/Pastime
Paradise.(Sony)
"..This
'mini-LP' is all over the place, coming closest to Motel of Fools in the Pollard
canon both in its brevity and its inconsistency. In seven songs, there's two very
plain string arrangements that bookend the record. Then there's short acoustic
tunes "Wickerman Smile" and "Waves, Etc", both decent but
unable to catch the ear. The bulk of the album's time is spent on "Cats Love
a Parade", an eight-minute tune that isn't so much a song cycle as a handful
of snippet songs awkwardly strung together. The results are sometimes interesting,
but overall taxing. The most successful songs here, "Circle Saw Boys Club"
and "Touched to Be Sure", are classic pop-tune Pollard fare. They'd
be comfortable on either of his Merge releases and contain his irreverent lyricism
in spades..." -- Matthew Fiander, popmatters.com (Prom Is Coming)
The
Ten Years CD has two new songs including "I Don't Want To Get Up" and
eight classic Cory songs that have been reworked and rerecorded, including the
first ever studio version of "Always And Forever". Track Listing: Spinning
Around The Moon/Nothing Better/I Don't Want To Get Up/Preacher/Always And Forever/Beat
Of Your Heart/Drinkin' Alone/More Than Perfect/21 Days/Big City Stripper. (Sustain
Records)
"Diggin'
Gold", as compiler Alec Palao states in the opening paragraph of his extensive
liner notes, focuses on the many rare blues and R&B entries in the Galaxy
discography 1963-65 that came from one particular Los Angeles production house,
that of producer Cliff Goldsmith and arranger Ray Shanklin, that have escaped
reissue. With the help of Fantasy vault-keeper Stuart Kremsky, Alec Palao has
mine-swept its deep recesses. Track Listing: On My Way Back Home - Taylor, Little
Johnny/Compact Baby - Robinson, Rob/Just Wondering - Cunningham, Del/My Baby Left
Me Crying - Hammond, Clay/Too Far Beyond Repair - Keene, Billy/Looking At The
Future - Taylor, Little Johnny/Rattlesnake Baby Rattlesnake - Johnson, Joe/I Don't
Know Why - McAfee, Bill/It's All Over Now (No Use Crying) - Hammond, Clay/Darling
I Wonder - Taylor, Little Johnny/Watch That Stuff - Good Time Charlie/Talk To
You Baby - Robinson, Rob/SK Blues - King, Saunders/You Gotta Go On - Taylor, Little
Johnny/My Love - McAfee, Bill/Baby It's Alright - Hammond, Clay/My Love Is Real
- Taylor, Little Johnny/You're A Deserter - Keene, Billy/Gold Diggin' Man - Johnson,
Joe/As Quick As I Can - Taylor, Little Johnny/Lay Up In Bed And Read - Cunningham,
Del/Nobody But You - Robinson, Rob/She's Yours She's Mine - Taylor, Little Johnny/There's
Gonna Be Some Changes - Hammond, Clay/Kiss Me Baby - Taylor, Little Johnny.(Ace
Records UK)
For
over 50 years Ray Campi has persisted in performing and recording Texas roots
music and is respected world-wide. Many know of him as the King of Rockabilly
although his repertoire includes swing, hillbilly and rock 'n' roll. Campi was
one of the pioneering Rockabilly artists of the 1950s, and enjoyed a revival in
the 1970s & '80s via the legendary Rollin' Rock label. He has since regularly
released albums and toured world-wide. 'One More Hop' features fantastic new recordings
from the legendary performer, with top-notch Rockabilly backing from The Bellhops.
(Raucous)
International
movie star, fashion icon, and music royalty (daughter of French pop icon Serge
Gainsbourg) makes her US debut. Already platinum in France with worldwide sales
of over 500,000. The US CD release includes two previously unavailable bonus tracks,
two music videos, and a video interview with Charlotte. Music by Air, lyrics by
Jarvis Cocker and The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon, and produced by Nigel Godrich
(Radiohead, Beck). "The album's central appeal lies in Gainsbourg's whispery,
London-accented vocals. Like her mother, English actress and singer Jane Birkin,
Gainsbourg has a limited tonal range that belies her beguiling interpretive powers--
and statuesque je ne sais quois." -- Marc Hogan, pitchforkmedia.com 
The
album, Never Say Never Again includes Bluegrass veteran guests, Alan Bibey, Steve
Gulley, Lou Reid, Rickey Wasson, Ron Stewart, Harold Nixon, Randy Kohrs, Brian
Stephens and Missy Werner. Dwight's powerful tenor vocals have placed him in an
elite group of today's top bluegrass singers and landed him in one of today's
top bluegrass groups, J. D. Crowe and The New South! (Rural Rhythm)
Track
Listings: Introduction/In the Open/Tall Cool One/Goin' Back to Granny's/Busy Body/Night
Train/Number X/Introduction/Tough Walk/Have Love, Will Travel/Oo Poo Pah Doo/Hitch
Hike/Busy Body/Witch/KTNT Radio Spot.(Norton)
While
this sophomore release is unmistakably Arctic Monkeys, everything's a little more
muscular and aggressive. Each song is embedded with revelatory moments, as if
some sort of critical mass is achieved through skillful song craft and sharp arrangements
until an explosive release of energy or emotion is inevitable. (Domino)
A
practitioner of Yoga and Tai Chi for many years, Lou Reed brings his unique sensitivity
and knowledge of a broad spectrum of music genres to provide a tranquil bed of
soothing harmonics that open the heart and settle the mind. The pieces on this
hypnotic album will wash away tension and negative energy with sparse instrumentation
and subtle waves of electronic sound. (Gemini Sun Records)
Throughout
her lengthy career McKee has showcased both her incredible voice and solid songwriting
chops. In the latter stages of her career she has focused on grander production
with strong, emotive vocals. On Late December, she further pursues the path of
over-the-top vocals. It is a shame, really, because her voice is so beautiful.
Musically, she has chosen to move towards overly-dramatic arrangement to compliment
her voice. While it isn't fair to expect an artist to remain the enchanting presence
in a cowgirl dress as she was 20 years ago, her move towards a more theatrical
presentation is disappointing. (Cooking Vinyl)
2007
two CD set that combines two albums from the Allman Brothers guitar legend together
in one double set. Track Listing: Beyond The Pale/Georgia On A Fast Train/One
Stop Bebop #2/Tangled Up In Blue/Steady Rollin' Man/Change My Way Of Livin' #2/Preacher/Seven
Turns #3/Willy & Po' Bob/Rave On/Let's Get Together/Immortal/Tombstone Eyes/Here
Come The Blues Again/One Stop Bebop/
Track
Listings: Singing A New Song - Freddie Waters/Tell Me Baby ( Who Would I Be) -
The Avons/It's Almost Sundown - Freddie Waters/Is It Love Or An Imitation - Thomas
Henry/I Love You I Love You - Freddie Waters -You Got To Have A Thing - Thomas
Henry/You Never Had It So Good - Eddie Frierson/Hold On - Rufus Hunter/When The
Boy That You Love (Is Loving You) - Peggy Gaines /Clean With Your Own Dirty Work
- Rufus Hunter/Digging Your Potatoes - Larry Birdsong/Things Are Never As Bad
As They Seem - Rufus Hunter/Fairly Well - Larry Birdsong/Oriental Soul - The Tempo
Rhythms/Sea Sand, The - Larry Birdsong/Candy - The Tempo Rhythms/I'll Pick My
Own Chicken - Larry Birdsong/Funky Preacher, The - Don Whitehead/What Is It Baby
- Roscoe Shelton/I Need A Man - The Precious Three/Worry - Roscoe Shelton /Check
Yourself Baby - Spice Of Life/It's Almost Sundown - Gene Allison/People's Choice,
The - Little Rock Brotherhood/I Understand - Gene Allison. (Blue Label)
Their
highly-anticipated full-length is epic and adventurous while retaining its pop
shimmer. It follows their 2002 debut "Holes In The Wall", the 2003 release
of "The American Adventure", and "The Human Body" EP, the
latter of which was a perfect mid-point between their previous efforts and a teaser
of greater things to come. With this record they're at it again, this time as
space-age power-balladeers and digital terrorist rockers.(Better Looking) 
Two
years ago, Canadian blues artist Sue Foley put together a two-CD compilation for
Ruf Records called Blues Guitar Women. The album featured over two dozen female
artists playing both traditional and contemporary blues. The third edition of
the popular BluesCaravan tour represents a logical next step: This carefully chosen
trio of performers reflects the diversity and dedication of a growing generation
of female blues players. Fresh from the studio, where they collaborated on a brand
new CD with producer Kevin Bowe (Tommy Castro, Paul Westerberg), they now bring
you the blues - live - in all its shades and colors. Track Listing: Time Bomb/Hitting
On Nothing/So Far/Talking Loud/Strong Enough To Hold You/Show Me/Motor City/Get
Up/Two Moons Gone/Don't Start The Car/In The Basement. (IDN)
Track Listing: Bird on the Wire/Story Of Issac/A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes/The
Partisan/Seems So Long Ago, Nancy/The Old Revolution/The Butcher/You Know Who
I Am/Lady Midnight/Tonight Will Be Fine. (Sony)
Track Listing: Suzanne/Master Song/Winter Lady/The Stranger Song/Sisters of Mercy/So
Long, Marianne/Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye/Stories of the Street/Teachers/One
of Us Cannot Be Wrong/Store Room/Blessed Is the Memory. (Sony)
Track Listing: Avalanche/Last Year's Man/Dress Rehearsal Rag/Diamonds in the Mine/Love
Calls You by Your Name/Famous Blue Raincoat/Sing Another Song, Boys/Joan of Arc/Dress
Rehearsal Rag (early version) (Sony)
Roscoe`s "gang", on his first post-Del Lord solo-outing, included bandmates
Lou "Alou" Whitney, Ron "Rongo" Gremp, Joe "Planet"
Terry and Donnie "D.C." Thompson. Special guests included Syd Straw,
Peter Holsapple, Mr. Thing, Jackboy Smead, Jim Wunderle and Skip Roper on this
high spirited, rockin` affair that was, as noted in the liner notes, "recorded
absolutely live in the studio. No overdubs, second takes or rehearsal." Originally
released in 1988, this reissue is among the first batch of releases - along with
his 2nd solo disc, Loud & Lonesome, and Knucklehead, a collection of odds
and ends - from Eric`s new label, Lakeside Lounge. Along with deluxe packaging
and liner notes from "Roscoe", there is one bonus cut from the session,
the blues-rock instrumental "Power Lounger Theme Part 2". (Lakeside
Lounge) 
"Frontwoman Brandi Harts songwriting is something beyond urban country...
it`s Bible Belt noir, bleak and gorgeous" - Trifectagram, May 2005 "New
York`s Dixie Bee-Liners demonstrate some classy picking, which you`d figure with
the practiced bluegrass and country rock vets in the band, but it`s their voices
that really stick with you ...steeped in tradition, but with tones and rhythms
that are very 21st century." - Barry Mazor, Senior Editor, No Depression
"...fresh... all the guts and emotion that makes Bluegrass music so special
and that makes the NYBGOT scene the place to be." - Lou Giampitruzzi, New
York Blue Grass & Old Time Forum. "Sly, gorgeous vocals... sizzling chops...
by all rights, the next Kasey Chambers or Laura Cantrell." - Trifectagram,
November 2004 (self-released)
Davis writes simple tales of broken-hearts and big dreams. While he sound is closer
to Ryan Adams or Clem Snide`s Eef Barzelay, Davis cites The Rolling Stones, Adams,
The Drive-By Truckers and Nirvana as major influences. You can hear that in his
emotional honesty of his songs. The album stays on a low musical country/folk
simmer, forcing you to feel the words and his emotional turmoil. Just 21, Davis
showcases a songwriting talent and a weariness beyond his years. -- Jeff Weiss,
Miles of Music (self-released) 
It was his interest in his older bothers record collection that brought him to
The Rolling Stones, Muddy Waters and T.Rex. Several decades - and several releases
- later one can still see how these early influences continue to inform his music;
as well as his "road-ready" roots music background. Recent exposure
as an opening act for Allison Moorer piqued the interest of Moorer`s guitar player,
Adam Landry, who offered to produce the 5 songs on Gravity, and the rest for his
future full-length release. These tracks feature name worthy folks such as Bucky
Baxter (Bob Dylan, Ryan Adams, Steve Earle) on guitar, Dan Baird (Georgia Satellites)
on bass and guitar, and Brad Pemberton (Ryan Adams) drums. Landry adds a fair
share guitar and backing vocals on this powerful, well-crafted mix that finds
Morrer chiming in on the roots rocker "In The Dark". Somebody give this
guy a record deal! Track Listing: Digging A Hole/Gravity/Talkin` Insomnia Blues/In
The Dark/Wrong Or Right. (Exodus Records) - Robinson, Miles Of Music 
The Idaho Falls present the appropriately title EP/LP. While not actually from
Idaho - songwriter/guitarist Raymond Richards hails from the Gem State - this
L.A.-based cosmic country sextet do manage to evoke a bit of the ol` "home-on-the-range"
and "under-a-big-sky" spirit of their namesake`s region. And while it
might be easy to interject Burrito/Gram/Byrd references here, it would only be
fair, and more fitting, to cite the great "vibe" in the sky that actually
inspires California country of this nature. The Idaho Falls are tuned into it,
that`s for sure. This 18 song collection is not only delightful but lovingly authentic,
with its organic late `60s/early `70s sound. The alternating vocals and harmonies
of guitarist Heather Goldberg and Richards are easy and honest, as is the sweeping,
traditionally-informed country rock that supports them. Their music is upbeat
and well crafted, with plenty of slide and pedal steel guitar action, by way of
songwriting contributor Greg Vincent. -- Robinson, Miles Of Music (self-released)
Seattle`s North Twin is a boot-kicking combo of Tony Fulgham`s honey-rock vocals
(think Kenny Roby from Six String Drag) and the dual combo of X and it`s country
offshoot The Knitters with the guitar attack of the Bottle Rockets. This album
is hook-filled, slows down in the right places, and kicks your ass the rest of
the way. Truly, a thrilling debut! -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (self-released)
Could `Hate It When You Are Right` by The Offramps be the best Replacements album
in 20 years? Detroit`s The Offramps have made the the successor to the `Mats "Please
To Meet Me" that "All Shook Down" wasn`t. No band can live up to
the lofty expectation of being the next Replacements, but The Offramps do an exceptionally
good job of capturing the loose, loud roots-pop of Minnesota`s favorite band that
no one has ever heard of. The Offramps have taken the ground work laid by luminaries
The Replacements , Cheap Trick, and Joan Jett and done it right. New ground is
not being broken here, but the fertile sound from an era has been recaptured without
sounding retro. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (Deluxe) 
The two main components of Travel By Sea are guitarist/vocalist Kyle Kersten and
multi-instrumentalist/producer Brain Kraft; the former of Tustin, California and
the latter residing in Denver, Colorado. It is from those two locations that Shadows
Rise was conceived and constructed, with neither individual having met! Such is
the modern age. Yet this cyber-meeting of minds, for all of it`s web traveling,
has brought about an atmospheric and organic gallery of moody and rootsy vignettes.
With Kersten`s acoustic and vocal performance at the center - a spacious offering
of tender and somber alt. country and folk - Kraft, for the most part, offers
conservative, well considered shadings of electric guitar, keys, bass, drums,
mandolin, banjo, harmonica and even some vocals. The album swells and subsides
much like dappled sunlight on a calm cloudy day, with only one track achieving
a full band arrangement - "Can`t Be Wrong", a mid-tempo slice of Americana,
rich with swirling Hammond tones, recalling Hollywood Town Hall-era Jayhawks.
The tracks surrounding this mid-set peak can be likened to the broody yet dulcet
musings of similar artists like Jason Molina, Will Johnson and Sam Beam. -- Robinson,
Miles Of Music (self-produced) 
Retrospectives
weighs in on the musical legacy of prog-rock pioneers Pink Floyd, critically assessing
the band's entire musical output through rare archival footage, live-performance
clips, and interviews with rock critics and band members themselves. (Classic
Rock Legends)
Country-folk
singer Todd Snider appears in live performances, rehearsal footage, and a short
film for this collection. Track Listing: If Tomorrow Never Comes (live at Grimey's)/Looking
For A Job (music video)/Just Like Old Times (live rehearsal)/Carla (live rehearsal)/You
Got Away With It (A Tale Of Two Fraternity Brothers) (music video)The Highland
Street Incident (unreleased video)/Thin Wild Mercury (live at Grimey's)/he Devil
You Know (live rehearsal)/Unbreakable (unreleased video)/All That Matters (live
at Grimey's)/Happy New Year / All That Matters (Reprise) (live at Grimey's)/Play
A Train Song (bonus live rehearsal)/Anywhere (bonus live rehearsal)/Looking For
A Job (bonus live rehearsal)/You Got Away With It (A Tale Of Two Fraternity Brothers)
(bonus live rehearsal)/Come To East Nashville (Short Film)(New Door Records) 
Arthur
"Big Guy" Carlson tries to run a failing Cincinnati radio station owned
by his "tough as nails" mother. His own incompetence is overshadowed
by the strange employees that work at the station. From wild Disc Jockeys: Dr.
Johnny Fever and Venus Flytrap to the geeky news director, Les Nessman and obnoxious
advertising sales manager, Herb Tarlek. With the help of saner employees such
as Bailey Quarters; the rather shy journalism major; Jennifer Marlowe, the beautiful
receptionist who is the very opposite of a stereotypical "Dumb Blonde"
and Andy Travis; the studly program director, Carlson tries gimmick after crazy
gimmick to bring money into the station and make it a success. The Cast Includes:
Cast: Loni Anderson, Frank Bonner, Howard Hesseman, Gordon Jump, Tim Reid, Richard
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