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If it is possible to be overly effusive and still fall short of exclaiming the
virtues of an album, let this be that moment. No River City combine a Gram Parsons
& Flying Burrito Brothers honky tonk sound, simple and interesting story telling
and excellent musicianship. This album has the feel of southern California country
rock from the early '70s without smelling musty. Drew de Man might be the best
musician that no one has yet heard of, every bit the equal to Ryan Adams. Is that
effusive enough? This album is great. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (self-released)
"While prolific to the point of compulsion nothing he's done has rivaled
his classic solo debut, 2000's uniformly gorgeous Heartbreaker…until now.
...great tracks include the churning, almost violent ode to self-destruction,
"Halloween Head," the traditional folk ballad "Pearls On a String,"
and "These Girls," a spare confessional that would fit perfectly next
to "Sylvia Plath" on Gold or "Call Me On Your Way Back Home"
on Heartbreaker. Easy Tiger seems to prove that Adams - having for years indulged
his jones for Grateful Dead-inspired jam band impersonation (and other dubious
cravings) - is once again as in touch with the delicate tragedies of life and
love as he's ever been. -- Elizabeth Goodman, rollingstone.com (Lost Highways)
Kelly Willis returns after five years with the much-anticipated Translated From
Love. Produced by long-time collaborator Chuck Prophet, Translated From Love is
Willis' most sonically adventurous album to date. Prophet says of Willis, "She's
one of those singers who can make a track come alive. She's got that kind of charisma."
Translated From Love gives nods to five decades of rock, pop and country with
'60s girl group drum sounds one minute and strings-drenched C&W angst the
next. Its 12 tracks are comprised of originals, intriguing and unexpected covers
(including a vintage Vox organ-fueled take on Iggy Pop's "Success" and
Adam Green's retro-cool "Teddy Boys") plus collaborations with Prophet,
acclaimed singer songwriter Jules Shear and Kelly's husband, ace country songwriter
Bruce Robison. (Ryko) 
Nearly 28 years since breaking into pop consciousness with his second album Jackrabbit
Slim and its infectious Top Ten single "Romeo's Tune," Steve Forbert
remains a master of songs offering clear-eyed insight and plain-spoken, heartfelt
eloquence. On his 429 Records/SLG debut, the well-traveled Nashville-based troubadour
explores his ongoing fascination for Strange Names & New Sensations with characteristic
wit, a sense of social consciousness and the ever-present romantic optimism that
has endeared him to two generations of folk/rock fans. The vibrant collection
finds Forbert in the midst of a true career renaissance at the wonderful age of
52-a time in his life he reflects upon wistfully on the sly narrative of the uptempo,
horn driven tune "Middle Age." In addition to ten original vocal tracks
and the easy rolling, country flavored instrumental "Around The Bend",
Strange Names & New Sensations includes a new rendition of "Romeo's Tune"
that captures the folk-pop side of the singer's artistry, complete with organ
and harmonica. Recorded primarily at Moondog Music, the Nashville-based studio
owned by legendary E-Street Band member Garry Tallent-who plays bass and co-produced
the title song--Strange Names & New Sensations finds Forbert working with
numerous longtime friends and collaborators, including primary album co-producer
Tim Coats (who first worked with Forbert as engineer on Mission of the Crossroad
Palms; producer Anthony Crawford (whose relationship with Forbert extends back
to his vocal contributions on The American In Me); and keyboardist Paul Errico
and drummer Roger Clark, both of whom played on Jackrabbit Slim. (429 Records)
"Recorded between 1989-1992, it's less a comprehensive document and more
a lucky-dip of covers, alternate versions and band classics, delivered with some
surprisingly sympathetic production from the BBC's finest knob-twiddlers...Opener
Busted is which is one of the best things here, a cover of the Howard Harlan tune
made famous by Johnny Cash , and Dan and the boys supply a version that's bejwelled
with fabulousness. In fact it's the first four songs here that really make the
album worthwhile, including a great, definitive version of Fading Away which is
infinitely superior to the version on the band's second album Gas Food Lodging.
And while Stuart's singing voice had the tendancy to slip into hystrionics live,
here he's happy to slip between Neil Young, Lou Reed, and even a little bit of
Dylan." -- David McGonigle,musicomh.com. Track Listing:Busted/Are You Sure
Hank Done It This Way/DT Blues/Fading Away/Reverend Luther/Good Patient Woman/Itch
And Shout/Pills And Booze/Little Things In Life/Hair Of The Dog/Lovers Waiting
To Die/Zombie For Love/Billy/Baby Loves Her Gun/Little Things In Life/Sun Goes
Down/Frozen In The Headlights/Too Much Fun/Man Needs Woman. (Cooking Vinyl)
Sublimely aged in a solid oak barrel, At My Age showcases Lowe's perfection of
his own unique brand of soul-soaked country pop, resulting in an album as refined
and perfectly distilled as he is. Lowe's convention-breaking phrasing shines backed
by gorgeous sixties Memphis-style horns and tastefully subdued guitar hooks. At
My Age displays, with Nick's signature polish, the sublime, linear connection
between country, rhythm and blues and rock (Yep Roc)
Tracks Listings: No Kinda Dancer/ Willie/Armadillo Jackal/Paint The Town Beige/Whenever
Kindness Fails/Corpus Christi Bay/Merry Christmas from the Family/The Road Intro/The
Road Goes On Forever/Furnace Fan/All I Have Is Today/Let The Music Play/For Love/Mr.
Wolf and Mama Bear/Ride/Feeling Good Again/Gringo Honeymoon/I'm Comin' Home.(Koch)
The CD recorded live on August 13, 2001, captures all the hits and more, and includes
songs that were never aired on the original TV broadcast. Track Listing: Welcome
Back/Hard Times In Babylon/Beauty Way/Coast/Baby's Waking/Easy Rider/Mama's Got
a Boyfriend/Fall Into the Night/Engineer Bill/Sanctuary/Love Minus Zero/No Limit.
(New West)
Chris Kasper's unique approach to songwriting blends acoustic folk with electric
funk, jazz, blues, and bluegrass influences. As a singer, his voice is a window
of emotion and honesty, sometimes compared to Paul Simon or Ben Harper. As a player,
Chris has an infectious rhythmic style that moves with grace and stands out among
most troubadours. (Bos Music) 
Even
as they were named 2004's Emerging Artist of the Year by the International Bluegrass
Music Association, the sound of King Wilkie was extending outward in directions
that could no longer be comfortably contained under the bluegrass banner. The
band spent the next two years touring non-stop, building a die-hard following
and honing an idiosyncratic new sound. The result is the evocative, harrowing
Low Country Suite - a dramatic push into uncharted sonic terrain. Produced by
Jim Scott (Tom Petty, Dixie Chicks, Wilco), Low Country Suite draws on the pioneering
spirit of Sweetheart of the Rodeo-era Byrds, Gram Parsons' solo LPs, and "Country
Honk" Stones, while the album's gentler songs are equally informed by the
stark, confessional folk of Nico, Nick Drake, and Leonard Cohen. Haunting yet
strangely uplifting, Low Country Suite is the captivating sound of a band willing
to leave precedent behind to create intoxicating new music from the jagged remains
of yesterday.(Zoe Records)
Born
by the pale blue glow of "Hullabaloo," lullabied by the River Rouge
Stamping Plant and honed to a shiv point by midnight B-movies, Detroit's Gore
Gore Girls' come hither sneer draws a sonic line (in thick, black eyeliner, babies)
from the Girl Group ground zero of the Brill Building to the legendary punk Mecca
of the Grande Ballroom. Get the Gore's innocent and insolent sound finds both
the gum-snapping punk in the Ronettes and the sweet and dirty romance in the Stooges.
It is brash, cute and killer. (Blooshot Records)
The
New Orleans Mardi Gras "Indian Tribe" the Wild Magnolias issued a critically
acclaimed LP for Polydor in 1974. Bo Dollis, Monk Boudreaux, June Johnson, Jr.,
Crip Adams, Tobias Johnson, Bubba Scott, and James Smothers brought the rich,
fervent flavor of New Orleans to vinyl, backed by Willie Tee's band. A second
LP "They Call Us Wild" was released in Europe a year later but not in
the US. The present 2CD set includes the music of the 2 LPs plus tracks never
released before. Also embedded in CD #2 is a high resolution Acrobat PDF file
that contains a sixty-eight pages booklet describing the historical context in
which the New Orleans "Indian" tribes developed, detailed annotations
regarding the recordings, and dozens of photographs. (Sunnyside) 
"East
Side Story is definitely packed with the band's trademark bouncy Britpop numbers
like "In Quintessence," "Piccadilly," "Is That Love,"
and "Mumbo Jumbo," but the standouts come from the unexpected turns
-- the country lament of "Labeled With Love," the trippy near-psychedelia
of "There's No Tomorrow," the lush and delicate "Woman Work"
and "Vanity Fair," and the soulful groove of "Tempted" (the
song the band is probably best known for, sung by newly added member Paul Carrack)."
-- allmusic.com. Track Listings: In Quintessence/Someone Else's Heart/Tempted/Piccadilly/There's
No Tomorrow/Heaven/Woman's World/Is That Love/F-Hole/Labelled With Love/Someone
Else's Bell/Mumbo Jumbo/Vanity Fair/Messed Around.(American Beat)
Track
Listings: Another State of Mind/Mommy's Little Monster/Prison Bound/Story of My
Life/Ball and Chain/Ring of Fire/Bad Luck/When the Angels Sing/I Was Wrong/Reach
for the Sky/Far Behind.(Time Bomb) 
"This
119 track 4CD set authoritatively covers the rapid development of the blues scene
and the R&B explosion in New Orleans during the 1950s with a broad range of
recordings from key artists to others less widely represented on disc but nonetheless
important to the evolution of this music unique to the bustling melting pot of
New Orleans. Featured artists include Tommy Ridgley, Roosevelt Sykes, Earl King,
Smilin' Joe, Big Boy Myles, Bobby Marchan, Ernest Kador (Ernie K-Doe), James "Little"
Booker, Roy Montrell and many more" (JSP Records) 
Tall
by Josh Small was recorded by Lance Koehler at Minimum Wage Studio in the Oregon
Hill neighborhood of Richmond. The result is an album filled with a melody-driven
blend of folk music and 70's style rock. But don't be misled: this isn't a lame
hipster attempt to revitalize a bygone genre. There is a rare authenticity to
Small's sound that is impossible to ignore. Lyrically, the album can be read as
a sort of therapy session for Small. It's this brutally honest, almost stream-of-consciousness
approach to songwriting that gives the album its greatest strength. (Suburban
Home Records)
Track
Listing Disc 1: Doxy - (live, with Graham Bond)/Spectrum - (with Tony Williams
Lifetime)/Marbles/Right Off - (with Miles Davis)/Follow Your Heart - (with Joe
Farrell Quartet)/Rawalpindi Blues - (with Carla Bley)/Goodbye Porkpie Hat/Peace
One/Dance Of The Maya - (with Mahavishnu Orchestra)/Birds Of Fire - (with Mahavishnu
Orchestra)/Love Supreme, A (Part 1: Acknowledgement) - (with Carlos Santana).
Disc 2: Wings Of Karma - (with Mahavishnu Orchestra)/India - (with Shakti)/Do
You Hear The Voices You Left Behind?/My Foolish Heart/Electric Dreams, Electric
Sighs/Dark Prince - (with Jaco Pastorius/Tony Williams)/David - (with Al DiMeola/Paco
DeLucia)/Aura (Intro) - (with Miles Davis)/Animato (Third Movement)/Two Sisters/Belo
Horizonte/Wayne's Way.(Sony)
This
follow-up to Marc's acclaimed debut Carencro features Broussard's staggeringly
soulful voice on classic songs by: Allen Toussaint, Bobby Womack, Marvin Gaye,
Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding and more...Plus 1 new tune penned by Broussard
that closes the set with a soul intensity on par with the company of its keeping.
(Vanguard)
In
celebration of Paul Simon's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song from the Library of
Congress, The Essential Paul Simon brings together all of his hits and favorite
tracks in the most expansive, solo career-spanning compilation issued for the
two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer. Track Listing Disc 1:Mother & Child
Reunion/Loves Me Like a Rock/Me and Julio Down by the School Yard/Duncan/Kodachrome/50
Ways to Leave Your Lover/Slip Slidin' Away/Gone at Last/Something So Right/Late
in the Evening/Hearts and Bones/Take Me to the Mardi Gras/That Was Your Mother/American
Tune/Peace Like a River/Stranded in a Limousine/Train in a Distance/Late Great
Johnny Ace/Still Crazy After All These Years. Disc 2:Graceland/Diamonds on the
Soles of Her Shoes/Boy in the Bubble/You Can Call Me Al/Under the African Skies/Obvious
Child/Born at the Right Time/Cool, Cool River/Spirit Voices/Adios Hermanos/Born
in Puerto Rico/Quality/Darlin' Lorraine/Hurricane Eye/Father and Daughter/Outrageous/Wartime
Prayers. Disc 3: DVD Multimedia Track.(Wea)
Three
From The Vault features more than 2 hours of previously unreleased Grateful Dead
music from a fondly remembered 1971 Port Chester show.Three From The Vault contains
2 CDs of pristine HDCD sound mastered from the original multi-track tapes. The
deluxe packaging includes vintage photos and insightful liner notes by Glenn Lambert.
Recorded February 19, 1971 at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY, the 20-song
performance has traveled a long road to release. Fortunately for Dead fans, Three
From The Vault is worth the wait. Featuring Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil
Lesh, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan and Bob Weir, the concert sustains the creative
momentum the band created recording their breakthrough albums Workingman's Dead
and American Beauty the previous year. (Rhino/Wea) 
First
time on CD for this 1975 release from New Riders Of The Purple Sage, the sixth
album from this Grateful Dead offshoot band. Features guest appearances from Jerry
Garcia, Sly Stone, Marilyn Scott and others. Track Listings: Mighty Time/I Heard
You've Been Layin' My Old Lady/Strangers on a Train/Up Against the Wall, Redneck
Mother/Take a Letter, Maria/Little Old Lady/On Top of Old Smoky/Over and Over/Bamba/Going
Round the Horn/Farewell, Angelina. (Wounded Bird Records)
Recorded
Live A raucous, good-time live set from blues icon Elvin Bishop. Ever since coming
of age as a bluesman on Chicago's South Side and joining up as an original member
of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in 1965, Elvin has always infused his music
with a distinctive freshness and vitality. Booty Bumpin' & Belly Rubbin' finds
him at the top of his game, delighting the audience with new tunes and old favorites.
(Blind Pig)
Track
Listings: Rumble/Fat Back/Mustang/Black Widow/Run Chicken Run (LP Version)/Deuces
Wild/Jack The Ripper/The Sweeper/Hang On/Walking With Link/I'm Branded/Ace Of
Spades (Alternate version)/The Wild One/The Flying Wedge (Drag Race)/Green Hornet/Apache/Viva
Zapata/Wild Side Of The City Lights/The Joker/Spider Man/Barbed Wire/Timewarp
- Strider/Moped Baby/Geronimo/Rumble On The Docks (New Edit).(Ace Records UK)
Track
Listings: Burning Of the Midnight Lamp/Manic Depression/Spanish Castle Magic/The
Wind Cries Mary/Remember/Foxy Lady/Catfish Blues/Highway Child/Red House/Can You
See Me/Purple Haze/Third Stone Fron the Sun.(Blind Pig) 
Track
Listings: Who Knows/Come On/Izabella/I Don't Live Today/Little Wing/Voodoo Chile/Up
From the Skies/Bold As Love/San Catri/Fire.(Blind Pig) 
The challenge is finding only one outstanding area to highlight. Rachel Harrington`s
bittersweet and mournful voice, her melancholy story telling, the exemplary musicianship
courtesy of some of the finest players, and terrific song production are all competing
for top billing in the "oh, I like that part the best!" contest. This
full-length debut is a terrific, intimate folk/bluegrass record. --- Jeff Weiss,
Miles of Music (Skinny Dennis) 
Matthew Hebert`s (ex-Ware River Club) new project continues the splendor of his
previous efforts. Hebert`s ragged voice and this Northampton, MA band, featuring
members of the Scud Mountain Boys, combine to play an elegant country-rock. The
result is Hebert`s biting, confessional lyrics are pushed out front. Melodic and
immediate, it is obvious from first listen that the band has created a terrific
record for those that are fans of the melancholy Replacements sound. -- Jeff Weiss,
Miles of Music (Faux Paus) 
This trio delivers 11 straight-forward, high-spirited songs that are firmly rooted
in the country traditions of Hank Williams and George Jones, yet find equal footing
in the earth quakin` rattle of Sun-era rockabilly. Led by the big acoustic rhythm
guitar and vocals of Arty Hill, the Long Gone Daddies consist of merely two other
players. But it`s a big ol` sound with Dave Chappell on the smokin` Telecaster
and the country shuffle of drummer Craig Stevens. Although from the Washington/Maryland
area, these guys make classic Texas singer/songwriter country and honky-tonk much
like Austin`s super-group Heybale! It`s good fun if youre looking to move your
feet, and good for listening too as Hill`s story tunes are as catchy as the ones
that jump. -- Robinson, Miles Of Music (self-released)
Ramsay Midwood`s music is lo-fi, bluesy, and pure. Midwood`s haunting presence
summons an in-tune Tom Waits without the clang, or a more energetic Leon Redbone.
The all-star band, including Randy Weeks, drummer Don Heffington (who also serves
as producer), Kip Boardman, Phil Parlapiano, and Greg Liesz provide an earthy
and honest foundation for Midwood`s stream-of-consciousness tales. Honest, weird
and true, Midwood view of Americana sounds like no one else, but is also firmly
rooted in the history of American folk music. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (Farmwire
Music) 
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) 
Beyond is a monster of form. From the staggeringly paced guitar spew that opens
`Almost Ready` to classic soft/throb dynamism of `What If I Knew,` Beyond is an
exquisite slab of pure Dinosaur Jr. Its hard to understand the alchemical relationships
that exist within certain bands. Some groups can change line-ups without anyone
noticing. But that was never really the case with Dinosaur Jr. The pieces that
fell away over the years were missed. But now they have all been collected together
in one place. (Fat Possum) 
Available on LP. 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. (Numero) 
From
the vaults of Austin City Limits, this is the latest release in the acclaimed
series. Only weeks before this recording on October 17, 1983, his wife died in
a freak swimming pool accident at their home. But he did make it, and what's here
is one of the most amazing performances ever to go down on the ACL stage. This
DVD was recorded in 5.1 surround sound, captures all the hits and more, and includes
songs that were never aired on the original TV broadcast. Track Listing: Keep
My Motor Runnin'/You Win Again/Sweet Little 16/39 And Holding/Think About It Darling/Rock
& Roll Over/Boggie Woogie Country Man/C C Rider/Chantilly Lace/I'll Find It
Where I Can/In the garden/No Headstone On My Grave/What Did I Say/Great Balls
Of Fire/Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On. (New West Records)
real
magic comes out during his shows. Besides being a great songwriter and musician
Doug is also a very gifted storyteller. He's one of the few who had the opportunity
to hang out with and learn from a lot of the great bluesmen during his musical
life. Besides more then 95 minutes of live concert video you will also find an
interview that will give great insight into Doug's life. You'll discover what
the Blues means to Doug and what the music did for him. Also included is lots
of other interesting bits and pieces including old pictures, stories, and more.
Total playing time almost 3 hours. (Black & Tan)
This
DVD was recorded November 11, 2005 at the Higher Ground in Burlington, VT. It
is a glimpse into what makes this hard-touring trio so special. Celebrating their
10th anniversary together, the telepathic interplay between guitarist and singer
Luther Dickison, drummer and brother Cody Dickinson, and bassist Chris Chew is
something to behold. Six hi-definition cameras beautiful capture this performance.
The show was one of many the band did in support record, Electric Blue Watermelon.
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