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"Recorded
in two days, mostly using entire takes with few overdubs, the disc feels like
an informal front-porch session between seasoned musicians who have shared endless
miles on the road. How else to explain the confident looseness of stomping barn
burner "Bound to Go Home," the hoedown ebullience of "Threads,"
the intuitive heartstring-tugging musicianship of "Rope Don't Break"
... Add to this the fact that the group has four lead vocalists - and the remaining
members all sing backup - and it isn't much of a leap to imagine Or, the Whale
as a modern-day incarnation of another gang of rural mythmakers, the Band...over
the course of 13 songs, Light Poles and Pines swings effortlessly between knee-clapping
bluegrass, campfire country-gospel sing-alongs, straight-up classic Nashville
tearjerkers, and probably a few other forms I'm forgetting. Yet taken together,
they are a clear and cohesive expression of the back-to-our-roots ethos at work
here -- Todd Lavoie, sfbg.com 
Gram
Parsons, leading the Flying Burrito Brothers, opened for the Grateful Dead April
4, 5 and 6, 1969 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco. The April 4th show has
never been heard in any form. The bonus disc is the April 6th show. For years
these tapes were rumored to exist and were finally unearthed in the Grateful Dead
vault. The shows were recorded by the legendary sound engineer Bear (Owsley Stanley),
and are the highest quality Gram Parsons live material available. Rarities on
'Gram Parsons Archives Vol. 1: The Flying Burrito Brothers "Live" at
the Avalon 1969' include Gram's unique choice of mainly country standards, which
are not on any other official Gram Parsons recording. Track Listing 4/4 Disc 1:
Close Up the Honky Tonks/Dark End of the Street/Undo The Right/Somebody's Back
In Town/She Once Lived Here/We've Got to Get Ourselves Together/Lucille/Hot Burrito
#1/Hot Burrito #2/Long Black Limousine/Mental Revenge/Sin City/Thousand Dollar
Wedding/When Will I Be Loved. Track Listing Bonus Disc 4/6 Disc 2: Undo The Right
- Somebody's Back In Town/She Once Lived Here/Sweet Mental Revenge/We've Got to
Get Ourselves Together/Lucille/Sin City/You Win Again/Hot Burrito #1/Hot Burrito
#2/You're Still On My Mind/Train Song/Long Black Limousine/Sweet Dream Baby/Do
Right Woman. (Amoeba Records)
This
live release includes selections from the then just released "I'm Wide Awake,
It's Morning", as well selections from other albums, plus non-album tracks
and two covers: Feist's "Mushaboom" and Elliott Smith's "The Biggest
Lie". The music is complimented by drummer Jason Boesel's travel diary, detailing
drunken escapades, post-show elation, and the occasional dysphoria that results
from touring. Track Listings: At the Bottom of Everything/We Are Nowhere and It's
Now/Old Soul Song/Make War Short [Short Version]/Make War (Long War)/Scale/Land
Locked Blues/Method Acting/Train Under Water/When the President Talks to God/Road
to Joy/Mushaboom/Southern State/True Blue/Biggest Lie. (Team Love) 
Son
of Skip James is the followup to Dion's landmark 2006 release Bronx In Blue, on
which the artist, accompanied only by his own acoustic guitar, bared his musical
soul on a set of personally charged readings of his favorite blues standards.
Bronx In Blue become one of the year's most acclaimed releases, leading New York
Times critic Jon Pareles to note, "He sings like someone whose demons are
in the past but still not forgotten." The self-produced Son of Skip James
extends its predecessor's organic approach, with eloquently spare arrangements
built around Dion's effortlessly soulful voice and sublime guitar and harmonica
work. (Verve) 
Peter
Mulvey's album, Notes from Elsewhere is a retrospective collection of 17 of the
very best songs Mulvey has written and performed over his 11 year recording career.
Recorded solo in a studio, these are fresh takes on songs that have become fan
and critic favorites over the years. While Mulvey's previous band-backed albums
showcased the songs, these solo versions allow each song to shine on its own demonstrating
Peter's strengths as a songwriter. Track Listing: Shirt/Better Way To Go/The Dreams/Old
Simon Stimson/Rapture/The Trouble With Poets/Grace/Black Rabbit/If Love Is Not
Enough/The Knuckleball Suite/Every Word Except Goodbye/Charlie/Tender Blindspot/On
The Way Up/Wings of the Ragman/Words Too Small To Say/Little Foot.(Signature Sounds)
Favorites
on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion and featured in the recent Robert
Altman film, Robin & Linda Williams have put together a collection of their
best live performances on Radio Songs. 19 standout songs that showcase Robin &
Linda's signature blend of bluegrass, gospel, folk and old-time country. Track
Listing: Blue Ridge Cabin Home/ By The Touch Of Her Hand/The Other Side Of Town/Things
I've Learned/50,000 Names/Feed My Sheep/We'll Meet Again/So It Go/I'll Twine Mid
The Ringlets/If The River Was Whiskey (Hesitation Blues)/So Long, See You Tomorrow/Restless
One/Home, Sweet Home Medley - Intro/Home, Sweet Home/A Mother's Prayer/Daddy And
Home/Mom And Dad's Waltz/Precious Memories/(Marvin And Mavis Smiley)- Down Home
Diva (Red House)
A
Jimmy Buffett concert on a tropical island. Just walk down the beach for a once-in-a-lifetime
intimate performance from Margaritaville's favorite son. That's what a few thousand
fans got to experience at Jimmy's Caribbean shows on March 23 and 24, 2007. Now
everyone else can, too. A double CD and an 82 minute DVD were recorded live at
the Dune Preserve, Rendezvous Bay in Anguilla, in Bankie Banx's backyard and the
site of famous Moonsplash Festivals. The CD's include 30 songs, all of your favorites,
plus some special in-concert rarities like Domino College, Waiting In Vain, When
Salome Plays the Drum, King of Somewhere Hot, Treat Her Like A Lady, and Distantly
In Love. The DVD was recorded in High Definition and is in Dolby 5.1 Surround
Sound. (Mailboat Records)
Raven
presents for the first time on CD two iconic albums from the acoustic guitar master
Chet Atkins - The Night Atlanta Burned (1975) and The First Nashville Guitar Quartet
(1979). Combined on the one CD, these albums display the breadth and range of
his fluid technique. A true Country music legend, Atkins made an indelible impression
as a session guitarist and record producer. He helped create the Nashville sound,
a style of country music that combined pop with honky tonk. Having recorded for
RCA as a solo artist since 1953, by the mid-1970s Atkins was intent on expanding
his range. Inspired by John D. Loudermilk's 'The Night Atlanta Burned', the album
of the same name was a masterful fusion of classical/country/bluegrass tunes and
influences featuring The Atkins String Company, a top-notch chamber country ensemble
led by Atkins. He continued the theme in 1979 with The First Nashville Guitar
Quartet, a classy effort featuring four cowboy boot-wearing, tuxedo-clad acoustic
guitarists playing in the style of a string quartet. Songs range from covers of
the foot-tappin' 'Sonora' and 'San Antonio Stroll' to the hauntingly beautiful
'Women of Ireland', from Shel Silverstein's 'Rings of Grass' to arrangements of
John Philip Sousa's 'Washington Post March' and Bach's 'Brandenburg'. With superb
audio quality and detailed liner notes this enlightening and top-value 2-for-1
CD is a must for guitar lovers and fans of classic country bluegrass. Track Listing
Sonora /Mostly Mozart/Bill Cheatham/San Antonio StrollTo Ann/The Night Atlanta
Burned/Carnavalito/Women Of Ireland/Scotland/The Old Folks Of Okracoke/Londonderry
Air/Love Song Of Pepe Sanchez/Skirts Of Mexico/You Needed Me/Bound For Boston/Washington
Post March/Someday My Prince Will Come/Rings Of Grass/Rodrigo Concerto/Brandenburg.(Raven/Aus)
Track
Listing: Sky Is Crying - A. King, B.B. King/Soulful Dress - Marcia Bell/Don't
Stop by the Creek - Johnny Copeland/Miami Strut - A.C. Reed/Na-Na-Ne-Na-Nay/Goin'
Down - Jeff Beck/Oreo Cookie Blues - Lonnie Mack/On the Run - Katie Webster/Albert's
Shuffle - Albert Collins/Change It - The SNL Horns, Jimmie Vaughan/You Can Have
My Husband - Lou Ann Barton/Texas Flood - Bonnie Raitt/Pipeline/Let's Dance -
David Bowie. (Sony)
One
of the truly great songwriters and troubadours, living legend Bill Staines returns
with his first recording of new songs in over three years. A must-have for any
folk fan, this is a collection of songs inspired by the unique characters that
inhabit the American landscape. Playful and heartfelt, Old Dogs features new originals
along with some covers by such notable songwriters as Guy Clark, Norman Blake,
John Stewart and Elizabeth Cotten. (Red House)
It`s
a regular you-know-who`s-who affair when Neko Case gets together with her friends.
And never a disappointing one at that! How can you go wrong with The Sadies, Calexico,
Howe Gelb, Paul Rigby (Bocephus King), Kelly Hogan, Jon Rauhouse, Tom V. Ray,
Rachel Flotard (Visqueen) and Garth Hudson as friends? Fox Confessor Brings The
Flood finds her singular, beloved voice in crystalline form - always seductive
with a hint of forlorn -- and quite in contrast to the powerhouse pop she brings
to The New Pornographers. Here she keeps an enticingly dark and haunting musical
edge, in line with the gothic country-gospel charm of her past solo work. But
in creeps a fascination with Russian and Ukrainian folk tales to solidify a theme.
As each song unfolds - like the next grim tale in an obscure collection of poetic
lore -- Case brings to life the mystery of a feeling, a foe, a fear, a fable.
-- Robinson, Miles Of Music (Anti-) 
More
subdued than its predecessor (Furnace Room Lullaby), Neko Case's 2002 album, Blacklisted,
is the singer/songwriter's first outing not co-billed to "Her Boyfriends."
Backed by a cadre of intuitive musicians that includes multi-instrumentalist Joey
Burns and drummer John Convertino (both of Calexico) and their Giant Sand peer
Howe Gelb (on various keys), Case offers up a largely down-tempo set that's steeped
in a dreamy, noir-like atmosphere. The haunting "Deep Red Bells" masterfully
showcases the range of Case's resonant voice, while "Look for Me (I'll Be
Around)" evokes the cinematic mood of a vintage black-&-white thriller
as narrated from the perspective of the femme fatale. Even Blacklisted's most
upbeat moments--the soaring "Lady Pilot" and the twangy "Stinging
Velvet"--carry a palpable sense of melancholy, resulting in a record that's
in line with Nick Cave's dark aesthetic. (In fact, Case would go on to open for
Cave on tour, and the two would become label-mates on Anti- with subsequent releases.)
Arguably Case's most focused and consistent album, Blacklisted is the perfect
portal into her gorgeously half-lit world. (Anti)
Neko
Case is a Canada-based country singer who got her start (as a drummer) in music
in the rock band Maow. But she'd always wanted to pursue her love of country music--and
went after it with a vengeance. Case was not weaned on pop/mainstream country:
her voice has the back-country soul of Loretta Lynn (Patty Loveless is a good
comparison, too). Her band is in-line with her voice: tight and crisp but with
no Nashville gloss or pop-polish, featuring a lean, walloping honky-tonk twang
right out of the '60s Buck Owens sound. Though her style is traditional, Case
lyrically takes no prisoners--the assertive "Mood to Burn Bridges" tells
busy-bodies where to get off, and the smoldering "Twist the Knife" vents--with
elegance--her rage at a former lover. "Thrice All American" is a chillingly
catchy anthem to/about Takoma, Washington. Those seeking a modern take on roots-oriented
country sung by a classic voice, seek out Neko Case. (Anti)
Five years since his last release, Tim Carroll is still one of the hottest roots
rock guitar players around. Carroll`s keeps his music unadorned, filling his songs
with a wink and a grin, while delivering sing-along choruses in a joyful nasally
twang. Carroll steeps his songs in country, rock, roadhouse blues, and more rock,
making is all feel effortless, natural and alive. Carroll, as he has done for
over a decade, delivers another solid set. The Devil might be busy but the music
world might be better off if Tim wouldn`t wait five years between releases. --
Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (self-released)
In
the time honored tradition of cosmic American rock n' roll music, The Bridge uphold
the freewheeling, adventurous, ever soulful spirit of legendary bands like Little
Feat, The Grateful Dead, The Black Crowes and Los Lobos. (Hyena)
Word
of these recordings has been circulating among Grayson Capps' fans for years.
Recorded in 2002-three years before his debut album If You Knew My Mind-this magical,
stripped-down session features only Grayson on acoustic guitar and his longtime
friend Tom Marron on fiddle. Recorded at New Orleans' 9th Street Pickin' Parlor,
Grayson let the tape roll, cutting the entire album in less than five hours. Appropriately
titled Songbones, featured here are Grayson's original renditions of songs like
"Washboard Lisa," "I Can't Hear You," "Slidell"
and "Mermaid" that have since become staples in his repertoire. Also
available for the first time are rarities like "Junior & The Old African
Queen," "Guitar" and "Psychic Channel Blues." It's a
pristine recording that captures Grayson's songwriting, voice and guitar-picking
in all of its unadorned glory. Only 5000 copies of the album are being made available
as a collector's piece for Grayson's fans. (Hyena)
This
box set includes four CDs, a DVD, a poster, postcards, and a medallion. The CDs
are from four distinct recording sessions following the release of the group`s
debut studio album, "What Comes After The Blues". "Nashville Moon"
was recorded by Steve Albini, "Sun Session" was recorded at the legendary
Sun Studios in Memphis, the "Black Ram" session was recorded by David
Lowery, and the "Shohola" session was recorded by Jason Molina alone,
with a guitar and microphone. "The Road Becomes What You Leave" is a
documentary film that follows the band as they tour the prairie provinces of Canada,
and it shows the loneliness one can feel even when traveling in a pack. Together,
these make for the most ambitious and robust Magnolia Electric Co. release to
date. Track Listings: Lonesome Valley/Montgomery/Don`t Fade On Me/Hammer Down/No
Moon On The Water/Nashville Moon/What Comes After The Blues/Don`t This Look Like
The Dark/North Star/Bowery/Texas 71/Down The Wrong Road Both Ways/In The Human
World/Black Ram, The/What`s Broken Becomes Better/Will-O-The-Wisp/Kanawha/Little
At A Time/Blackbird/And The Moon Hits The Water/Old Horizon/Talk To Me Devil,
Again/Memphis Moon/Hold On Magnolia/Trouble In Mind/Steady Now/Spanish Moon Fall
And Rise/Night Country/Shiloh Temple Bell/Spell/Take One Thing Along/Lamb`s Song/Roll
The Wheel.(Secretly Canadian)
With
irreverent, harmony driven country, The Mother Truckers deliver non-traditional
lyrics amid blazing guitars. From sin to redemption, heartbreak to salvation,
their sophomore release is a testament to originality and craft in the Americana/Alt.Country
genre. "Lyrically," on Broke, Not Broken, according to Dante Dominick
of the Austin Music Magazine, "the Truckers eschew formulaic writing at every
turn; even when broaching familiar subjects like unfaithful women and heartbreak
their stanza structure throws standards out the window. They also demonstrate
clever sense of humor without falling prey to being silly." (Funzalo) 
Seth
Walker's 11-track collection spills over with down-home grit and feeling. Tunes
like "Change My Way" and "Gone Before I Knew It" are steeped
in Texas-soaked guitar boogie. Simultaneously, he can turn around and deliver
tasty country soul on songs like "Steady," "2 Feet Left From The
Ceiling" and "Sun Down." The North Carolina born-and-raised musician,
who grew up on a hippie commune, also showcases a penchant for interpreting the
work of other great songwriters. His solo piano-vocal rendition of Tom Waits'
"Picture In A Frame" is quite simply gorgeous. On the James Hunter-penned
number "Kick It Around," he turns out the kind of stinging blues licks
and tough vocals that have earned him praise from artists like Delbert McClinton,
Johnny Winter, Dale Watson and Marcia Ball. (Hyena)
This
2 DVD feature-length film includes all-new interviews with Roger Daltrey and Pete
Townshend, U2's The Edge, Sting, and Eddie Vedder, as well as never-before-seen,
rare and unreleased concert footage spanning 4 decades through the present day,
with 5.1 Surround Sound and 2 hours of exclusive bonus features and collector's
companion booklet. (Universal)
Directed
by Richard Lester, Help! made its debut in 1965. The Beatles become passive recipients
of a plot that revolves around Ringo's possession of a sacrificial ring, which
he cannot remove from his finger. The 2 DVD set includes 30 minute making-of documentary.
Includes exclusive behind the scenes footage of Beatles on set, missing scene
featuring Wendy Richard, film restoration, memories, trailers, 1965 US radio spots,
more. This deluxe boxed set also contains a reproduction of Lester's original
annotated script, 8 lobby cards & poster, + 60-page book with photographs
and production notes. Featured is an intro by Lester & appreciation by Martin
Scorsese. (Capital)
Released
just after his untimely passing, this DVD was the original Stevie Ray Vaughan
& Double Trouble video collection, surveying all of the proper music videos
Stevie made from 1983-1989, plus a live track from MTV's Mardi Gras celebration
in 1987. It was precious gold to fans who had just lost their incendiary guitar
hero. This program has been expanded to include an additional track from The Sky
Is Crying, all 3 MTV Unplugged performances, plus the video material for The Vaughan
Brothers' Family Style album and 2 vintage TV spots. (Sony)
Paul
Weller (ex-Jam, Style Council) has attained legendary status among punk rockers
old and new. This live DVD includes a documentary of the making of the "As
Is Now" album, a complete interview with Weller, and a live 10-track set
from the 100 Club. Also contains five studio tracks and other extras. The track
"Wild Blue Yonder" remains exclusive to this DVD, having never been
released on LP. Track Listing/Features:As Is Now (Opening)/Arriving At The Album/Recording/Writing/Growing
the Album/God's Invisible Scooter/Savages/Mixing/Pebble And A Boy/Closing Titles.
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