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mash of jangly power pop, twangy rock, and blending vocal harmonies along with
passionate hook-filled songwriting makes Dear Rock West's Honey & Salt a hard-charging
debut. Energetic, like their musical heroes X, the band defies easy categorization
as they pull from country rock as much as punk without bending to either. Southern
California-scene vets Frank Lee Drennen and Cindy Wasserman spark when they harmonize,
the music jumps out making this a fantastic debut. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music
(Populuxe)
St.
Louis scene veterans Half Knots return in 2007 with another collection of grand,
soulful, melancholic twang pop. Acoustically driven, but never without forward
momentum. The Half Knots have weaved together 11 tracks that carry forth the glorious
moments of the Jayhawks, while imbuing the tracks with a bit of St. Louis blues.
The accolades for their 2005 debut were warranted. Color Them Blue delivers as
a beautifully executed follow-up. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (self-released)
Jackson
Griffith, the erstwhile editor of Pulse magazine, wrote "[Richard March]
is at the forefront of Sacramento's recent explosion of first-rate Americana acts.
A homegrown John Hartford, with a firm grasp of American folk, bluegrass, and
the iconography of rolling boxcars, and Dylan-esque political jeremiads, March
at times sounds like a bluegrass Waylon." March's voice is full of soul,
reminiscent of a younger John Prine. as he lyrically searches for answers to life's
questions. His backing band provides muscular support. This is how folky- rock
is supposed to cover both kinds of music. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (self-released)
The
Wyatts deliver a boozy romp through nitro-fueled honky tonk gathering "the
classic sadness of classic country." Stephen Siegel, from the Tucson Weekly,
wrote. "The Wyatts reach way back to when country and rock were virtually
the same thing -- their songs are country in their subject matter and style, but
strip away the slide guitar, twang, cowboy hats and boots, and at the core is
a good old-fashioned rock 'n' roll." -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (self-titled)
"This
debut release will definitely put The Wyatts on the map of roots rock bands. Their
CD is a blend of country rock and pop rock music delivered with a fresh flavor
served up by The Wyatts. The players and the vocal performances are outstanding.
This band will put more heat into the dance halls and clubs of Arizona. An excellent
debut!" -The Roots Music Report, San Marcos, Texas 
In a world where the term is overused, Porter Wagoner is a true legend. He kicked
out hard-hitting honky-tonk anthems in the 50s; pioneered music television with
the amazingly long-running "Porter Wagoner Show" 1960-1980, where he
discovered Dolly Parton; started the Nudie suit craze; influenced everyone from
Johnny Cash and Dwight Yoakam to the Byrds & Gram Parsons; and recorded seminal
concept albums in the early 70s, populated with the lonely, addicted, and mentally
ill, capturing the imagination of nascent punks like Alex Chilton with songs like
"The Rubber Room." Last year, Marty Stuart, longtime Johnny Cash sideman
and torchbearer of traditional country music, approached his longtime hero with
an unrecorded song Johnny Cash had written for Porter, called "Committed
to Parkview." In the tradition of Porter's haunted ballads, "Committed
to Parkview" is the first-person account of a tenant of Nashville's legendary
sanitorium, listening in on the tormented cries of his fellow inmates. Porter
and Marty decided to build an album, Wagonmaster, around the song, revisiting
the classic feel of his chilling concept albums, interwoven with stomping barroom
honkytonk that rides with the best of Hank Williams and Ernest Tubb. The results
are magnificent, a record of raw beauty capturing a proud, ragged man looking
back unflinchingly at his life. At 79, and celebrating his 50th anniversary at
the Grand Ole Opry, Porter has never been more vibrant and relevant. (Anti)
Anchored In Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash was conceived and produced by
John Carter Cash, the only child of Johnny and June, and features songs written
by or associated with the beloved singer, and performed by an eclectic collection
of family and friends that range from Elvis Costello to Billy Bob Thornton, Sheryl
Crow to Willie Nelson. John Carter recorded Anchored In Love:A Tribute to June
Carter Cash throughout 2006, primarily at the fabled Cash Cabin Studio on the
Cash property in Hendersonville, TN. Track Listing: If I Were a Carpenter - Sheryl
Crow and Willie Nelson/Jackson - Carlene Carter and Ronnie Dunn/Wildwood Flower
- Loretta Lynn/Far Side Banks of Jordan - Patty Loveless and Kris Kristofferson/Keep
On the Sunny Side -Brad Paisley/Wings of Angels - Rosanne Cash/Ring of Fire -
Elvis Costello/Road to Kaintuck - Billy Bob Thornton and the Peasall Sisters/Big
Yellow Peaches - Grey De Lisle/Kneeling Drunkard Plea -Billy Joe Shaver/Will the
Circle Be Unbroken -Ralph Stanley/Song to John - Emmylou Harris. (Dualtone)
Bruce Springsteen with the sessions band live in Dublin features 23 songs drawn
from the band's performances in Dublin, Ireland at the point on november 17, 18
& 19, 2006. Songs include fan favorites from `the Seeger sessions,' radical
interpretations from the Springsteen songbook and rare songs appearing for the
first time on any Springsteen release. Track Listings Disc 1: Atlantic City/Old
Dan Tucker/Eyes On The Prize/Jesse James/Further On (Up The Road)/O Mary Don't
You Weep/Erie Canal/If I Should Fall Behind/My Oklahoma Home/Highway Patrolman/Mrs.
McGrath/How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live (Bruce Springsteen Version)/Jacob's
Ladder. Disc 2: Open All Night/Pay Me My Money Down/Growin' Up/When The Saints
Go Marching In/This Little Light Of Mine/American Land/Blinded By The Light (bonus
track)/Love Of The Common People(bonus track)/We Shall Overcome (bonus track).
" ...Over his four-decade career, David Olney has built a reputation not
as a kind-hearted troubadour but rather as a performing songwriter possessed of
a sharp literary mind that cuts to the bone of the human condition. Whether the
subject matter is heartbreak or armed robbery, Olney's cinematic style and fearless
approach to lyric writing have won him renown as kind of a musical outlaw. Listening
to his latest CD, One Tough Town... is like watching a Sergio Leone Western: It's
gritty, smart and dangerous, and you can't take your eyes off the screen."
--cybergrass.com (Red Palor) 
"Don't recognize the name True West? Shame on ya! Straight outta Davis, Calif.,
the combo was one of the key players among the so-called Paisley Underground during
the early/mid '80s-that most Amerindie fraternity of psychedelic-tinged guitar
slingers who drew inspiration equally from the Nuggets '60s and the punk explosion
of the late '70s even as they plundered their record collections for such disparate
stimulation as Syd Barrett, Gram Parsons, the Beatles and the Velvet Underground."
-- Fred Mills, HARP (Atavistic Records)
Track Listings: Farmer's Blues - Merle Haggard, Marty Stuart/Doin' My Time - Johnny
Cash, Marty Stuart/Rawhide - Lester Flatt & Nashville Grass, Marty Stuart/Whiskey
Ain't Workin' - Marty Stuart, Travis Tritt/Will You Visit Me On Sunday - Loretta
Lynn, Marty Stuart/Crying, Waiting, Hoping - Steve Earle, Marty Stuart/Mr. John
Henry, The Steel Driving Man - Earl Scruggs, Marty Stuart/Hearts Like Ours - Connie
Smith, Marty Stuart/Weight - The Staple Singers, Marty Stuart/One Woman Man -
George Jones, Marty Stuart/Confessin' the Blues - B.B. King, Marty Stuart/I Can
See for Miles - Old Crow Medicine Show, Marty Stuart / Let Us Travel, Travel On
- Del McCoury, Marty Stuart/Move Along Train - Mavis Staples, Marty Stuart.(Hip-o-Records)
Track Listings:White Lightnin' Express/Pick Of The Week /(From Now On All My Friends
Are Gonna Be) Strangers/All For The Love Of A Girl/Lonely Thing Called Me/Another
(Just Like Me)/Peel Me A 'Nanner/Yesterday/So Much Got Lost/Anymore/Room Across
The Hall/Three Hearts In A Tangle/Weaknes In A Man/New Lips/If The Whole World
Stopped Lovin'/Unless You Make Him Set You Free/Rainbows And Roses/Women, Women/Too
Much Of You/Now (Is A Lonely Time)/The World Is Round/I've Got A Right To The
Blues/Too Many Footprints.(Collectors Choice) 
Track
Listings: Windy Weather/ Hang On To A Dream/I Don't Believe You/Where Did All
The Love Go?/Mr. Spoons/National Hotel/Sunday/ Pilgrimage To Paradise/Reason To
Believe/Big River/Trilogy/Lovin' Sound/Here's To You/I Learned From/Women's World/Mr.
Spoons/Shinbone Alley/ Please Think/Stories He'd Tell/Jickson Johnson/Tears Of
Rage/The Minstral. (Collectors Choice) 
Three
years after the release of Numero's landmark Capsoul collection, they return to
the scene of the crime, Columbus, Ohio, to unearth their crosstown rival: The
Prix Label. The tiny imprint released less than a dozen singles between 1969-1973,
but one look at the Prix archives told them that the tape never stopped rolling.
In addition to choice cuts from their catalog, we've included four previously
unreleased masters and a slew of demos. The 19 track CD features Marion Black,
Eddie Ray, the Royal Esquires, OFS Unlimited, the Soul Ensemble, Mitch Mitchell,
Chip Willis, Penny & the Quarters, and Joe King.
Released
in 1986, Get Close features the Top 10 hit "Don't Get Me Wrong" and
the standouts "How Much Did You Get For Your Soul," "Hymn To Her,"
"I Remember You" and the hit Hendrix cover, "Room Full Of Mirrors."
Six bonus tracks include the previously unreleased "Dance (Take 1)"
and "Don't Get Me Wrong" (live), as well as an alternate version of
"Hold A Candle To This," a remix of "Tradition Of Love," and
"Thumbelina" (live). (Rhino) 
Produced
by Chris Thomas, the Pretenders' hit 1984 album includes the all-time classics
"Middle Of The Road," "My City Was Gone," "Show Me,"
and "Back On The Chain Gang." Also features their memorable cover of
the Persuaders' 1971 hit "Thin Line Between Love And Hate" and Hynde's
gorgeous contemporary Christmas classic "2000 Miles." Seven bonus tracks-two
previously unissued-include live versions of "My City Was Gone" and
"Money," as well as three Denmark Street demos, including "I Hurt
You" and "When I Change My Life."(Rhino) 
The
Rubinoos are heralded as one of the most significant power pop bands to grow out
of the late '70s new wave music scene. This comprehensive 62 track 3 disc set
details The Rubinoo's entire 30 year plus recording career. Includes a complete
previously unreleased concert with rare demos and studio outtakes all packaged
in a collector's style mini box.(Castle)
Track
Listings: Should I Stay Or Should I Go/Rock The Casbah/London Calling/I Fought
The Law/White Man In Hammersmith Palais/The Magnificent Seven/This Is Radio Clash/Bankrobber/The
Call Up/ Complete Control/Remote Control/Tommy Gun/Clash City Rockers/English
Civil War/Hitsville UK/ Know Your Rights/This Is England/White Riot/Train In Vain
(bonus track). (Epic) 
"The
songs are tightened compared to the Mercury-nominated last album 'Free The Bees',
meaning that, while they're no longer as strange as they once were, they're far
more beautiful...Bands like this can stumble from trying to do many things simultaneously.
On 'Octopus' The Bees find their groove and sound blissfully unaware whether anyone
else is listening. You should, they've made their best album yet. -- Dan Martin,
nme.com (Astreal Weeks) 
Tiger
Army's music channels the frustration, loneliness, despair, and triumph of a lost
generation, buzzing with power and dark romance. The band may have roots in Southern
California's fervent psychobilly scene, but they're no longer psychobilly, just
as The Clash can't be contained by the label "punk". With a newfound
sense of pop melody, Tiger Army have realized a set of anthems for the dispossessed,
songs destined to be sung along to in stadiums across the world. Produced by Jerry
Finn (AFI, Morrissey, Rancid).(Hellcat) 
This
is a collection of songs recorded by Chris and chosen specifically for their importance
in shaping her musical career to date. This is not a `Best Of` or `Greatest Hits`
but a personal look back at the musical sign posts that have led the way to her
2007 new release `Something In The Water` (Dig Music) 
Track
Listings: Searchin'/I Don't Wanna Know/I'll Remember Tonight/Here It Is Another
Day/Do You Know What I Mean/You Can't Judge a Book By the Cover/Everybody's Been
Talkin'/Do What They Don't Say/So Fine. (Collectors Choice)
Performing
and recording since 2003, his name is frequently mentioned as one of the foremost
modern solo acoustic guitarists. Now at the age of 25, Blackshaw, an untrained
musician born and still residing in the suburban environs of Greater London, draws
as much inspiration from early religious music, South-Asian folk music and composers
such as Arvo Part, Simeon Ten Holt, Steve Reich and Charlemagne Palestine as he
does from John Fahey, Robbie Basho and the early Takoma Records roster, constantly
breaking boundaries in what could be conceived as a somewhat limited medium. In
his part improvised and part written songs, Blackshaw makes expert use of Eastern
and Western scales, chord changes reminiscent of European classical music and
incredibly intricate fingerpicking patterns to make a sound that is both challengingly
minimalistic, yet warm and approachable to anybody who might hear it, with a rare
sensitivity that conveys both immense beauty, hope and sadness. (Tompkins Square)
On
his Valley Entertainment debut, Miss Blues Child, Cook pays homage to traditional
blues with little more than an acoustic guitar. And with an age beyond his years,
celebrates the traditional without being predictable. "By no means is it
all twelve-bar," he says. "I avoided a lot of twelve-bar blues and went
straight for the old-school, one-chord stuff. That's actually some of my favorite
stuff, the eerie dark tunes by R. L. Burnside and Fred McDowell - not so much
the white blues." (Valley) 
"If
the Replacements played Southern rock, they might have sounded something like
Cape Girardeau`s Dirty 30`s. Teaming with legendary roots producer Eric Ambel,
the band struts and grinds through heavy, twangy rock that`s too loud for Americana
and too spontaneous for the typical indie template on its self-titled debut. To
call them a bar band is no slur: They play fast and loose with free-wheeling blues-based
guitar riffs, always a dependable soundtrack for drinking till last call and smoking
up on the way home." - Roy Kasten, River Front Times
The
Mercy Filter is the third solo outing from the one-time Six String Drag singer/songwriter
Kenny Roby and is certainly not shy on the vocal presence that has marked all
of his recorded work. But in relation to his previous release, Rather Not Know,
this one breaks through his alt. country veneer to sport a collection of decidedly
edgier rock-oriented tunes. Crafty Costello-esque pop songs and straight-ahead
John Hiatt-style rockers dominate this crackin` good record, which is offset with
some mellower, yet darkly compelling, material too. Tracks such as lazy acoustic
tunes "Foot Soldier" and "Everything Goes Black", as well
as the waltz-y "Lead Dancer`s Dance", are haunting and somber slices
of Americana with the expected clever twists. But the bulk of the goods here muscle
through with admirable strength and zeal touting Roby as potent a performer as
he is a songwriter. That`s no revelation, but this record is. -- Robinson, Miles
Of Music (Pulp Recordings) 
The
magic of this duo, that performs a twangy, countrified brand of folk, is that
their vocal harmonies are so well matched. Quite stunning, actually, as they launch
into the opening track, "Georgia Pine", of this powerful performance
recorded live at Paige Auditorium in Durham, NC on March 24, 2003. Their chilling
dynamic maintains a sad beauty all the way to the end of this 7-track EP, which
features two tracks from Irion`s debut Unity Lodge ("DC Niner", "Thirty
Inch Coal") and one from Guthrie`s self-titled debut ("River").
There is also a waltzing cover of Hoyt Axton`s "In A Young Girl`s Mind".
The final three tracks find the two assisted by Sarah`s dad Arlo on guitar, harmonica
and vocals, and brother Abe on keys and vocal. It`s a family affair when husband
and wife (Johnny and Sarah) join father and brother to end with an adaptation
of Grandfather Woody`s risqu lyric "There`ll Be No Church Tonight".
(Rte. 8 Records) 
"...
an excellent third album from the Kings. Because of the Times, named after a Southern
preachers` conference that the boys used to attend with their Pentecostal minister
father, is a whole album full of songs inspired by the only topic the Kings seem
to care about: no-good women, the kind who turn nice country boys into thieves,
fugitives or corpses, and make them love every sordid second of it. These are
sons of the preacher man: singer-guitarist Caleb, bassist Jared and drummer Nathan
are brothers, while cousin Matthew plays lead guitar. The Followills grew up living
in a car with their defrocked itinerant minister daddy, Leon, and they basically
went into the same business, except they`ve got sticky fingers for sin. On anthemic
[poop]kickers like "Black Thumbnail," "My Party" and "On
Call," they flare up like Black Oak Arkansas on a jag with the Ozark Mountain
Daredevils and the Amazing Rhythm Aces." 4 STARS -- Rob Sheffield, rollingstone.com
(Control Group) 
On stage at World Cafe Live is a thirteen part concert series. Each of the thirteen
one-hour programs features artists singing their classic songs and new recordings,
as well as in-depth interviews give with WXPN's Michaela Majoun. The performances
were captured in 1080i high definition and presented in a 16.9 widescreen format.
Audio options include Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound or PCM Stereo. Track Listings:Hallelujah/
Love Him So/Superstar/Come Rain or Come Shine/Cry Me a River/I Through About You/Late
Again/The Masquerade is Over/Sentimental Journey/Born Under a Bad SIgn/Fever/The
Way You Do the Things You Do/We're all Alone/Higher and Highe/Don't Go to Strangers/Amazing
Grace (Cherokee). (Decca) 
On stage at World Cafe Live is a thirteen part concert series. Each of the thirteen
one-hour programs features artists singing their classic songs and new recordings,
as well as in-depth interviews give with WXPN's Michaela Majoun. The performances
were captured in 1080i high definition and presented in a 16.9 widescreen format.
Audio options include Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound or PCM Stereo. Track Listings:
There She Goes Again/Fantastic Planet of Love/Long and Complicated/Whenever You're
on My Mind/Alone in a Room/Someday/Someday/Twenty-Five/Forty-One/From Now Until
Then/Vague Memory/Reminiscing, Television Light/Cynical Girl/Tell Me All About
It/ Favorite Waste of Time. (Decca)
Country music evolved from Southern folk music and blues. Its simple three-chord
form lends itself to endless variations, but its themes are universal - tales
of hard times and heartbreak told through music. The 1950s, '60s and '70s were
prime decades for popular country music; many songs found popularity far beyond
the bounds of the genre. My Music's Legends Of Country brings back country's greatest
hits from its greatest stars. From Patti Page's "Tennessee Waltz" to
The Bellamy Brothers' "Let Your Love Flow," these performances by the
original artists prove that when it comes to these classics, we're all a little
bit country. Track Listing:Tennessee Waltz -Patti Page/Southern Nights - Glen
Campbell/Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell/Send Me The Pillow You Dream On - Hank
Locklin/Please Help Me, I'm Falling - Hank Locklin/The Old Lamplighter - The Browns/The
Three Bells -The Browns/Still - Bill Anderson/Gone - Ferlin Husky/Don't It Make
My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle/Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell/Galveston -
Glen Campbell/I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - B.J. Thomas/Hooked On A Feeling -
B.J. Thomas/Can Help - Billy Swan/Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers.(Shout
Factory!)
From the vaults of the award-winning PBS "Austin City Limits" TV Show,
this show, filmed live on December 15, 199 in 5.1 surround sound captures all
of Lynyrd Skynyrd's hits and much more. The DVD also includes songs that were
never aired on the original TV boradcast. Track Listings: Edge of Forever/What's
Your Name/That Smell/Down South Jukin'/Needle and the Spoon/Whiskey Rock a Roller/Swamp
Music;Ballad of Curtis Loew, Workin'/Gimme Three Steps/T for Texas/Sweet Home
Alabama/Free Bird. (New West) 
This DVD is an intimate visual record of the former Velvet Underground frontman's
legendary, sold-out engagement at the now closed Bottom Line in New York City.
This concert may well be the closest many will ever get to this elusive rock artist,
since his personal appearances are so rare. Reed performs a treasure trove of
his best pre- and post-solo career. Included are Reed's post show comments.
This performance from 2001 at the New Morning in Paris showcases one of the greatest
singers in the soul tradition, Gil Scott-Heron. Inspired by writer Langston Hughes,
one of the driving forces behind the Afro-centrism of the sixties, Scott-Heron
put his first texts to music. He tried his hand at the keyboard in rock groups
and published "The N****r Factory". His music and lyrics, part poetic,
part political, which denounce the repressive violence exerted on African-Americans
by society in the US, soon made him the cult hero of the radical rap and hip-hop
musicians throughout the world. This DVD is a fine example of the rebellious storyteller's
ability. (MVD)
Bruce Springsteen with the sessions band live in Dublin features 23 songs drawn
from the band's performances in Dublin, Ireland at the point on november 17, 18
& 19, 2006. Songs include fan favorites from `the Seeger sessions,' radical
interpretations from the Springsteen songbook and rare songs appearing for the
first time on any Springsteen release. Track Listings Atlantic City/Old Dan Tucker/Eyes
On The Prize/Jesse James/Further On (Up The Road)/O Mary Don't You Weep/Erie Canal/If
I Should Fall Behind/My Oklahoma Home/Highway Patrolman/Mrs. McGrath/How Can A
Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live (Bruce Springsteen Version)/Jacob's Ladder/Long
Time Comin'/Open All Night/Pay Me My Money Down/Growin' Up/When The Saints Go
Marching In/This Little Light Of Mine/American Land/Blinded By The Light/Love
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