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Music for Ranch & Town"is the first in a series of CDs produced by the
Hacienda Brothers that will feature rare live recordings and studio outtakes.
This initial release showcases the band live on one of their early tours of Europe
and captures the intense energy of a Hacienda Brothers show. The Bros kick things
into gear with an extended version of their instrumental "Railed" and
end the CD 14 songs and 70 minutes later with the unreleased Gonzalez show-stopper
"Gone". In between there are classic versions of "Mental Revenge",
"Cowboys to Girls", "Walkin' On My Dreams" and "Cry Like
A Baby". Previously unreleased tracks include Johnny Cash's "Home of
the Blues", Johnny Paycheck's "If I'm Gonna Sink" and a new instrumental
"Brotherized". What perhaps might be the highlight on the CD is a 12
minute version of the accordion-blues ridden "Since I Met You Baby".
If you've ever been to a Hacienda Brothers show, this is a must have for all (Self
Release) 
Like
its spiritual (and actual) predecessor, Grainbelt infuses their country with the
ragged glory of cowpunk. The album is loose, giving the feeling that it poured
from the band, like a satisfying draft beer. What they lack in studio polish is
more than accounted for by swagger. This is music to drink fight and have fun
with. Howe Glassman's impassioned vocals sound like a man who is telling you the
best story you ever. You can hear the grin in his delivery. This is glorious roots-rock
from the punk side of the Americana family tree. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music
(Kranepool)
North
New Jersey's The Hammers smolder and smoke. Their brand of R&B influenced
rock draws from the origins. Nods to Big Joe Turner, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Sun
R&B provide the backbone. The band's seasoned vets make their originals sound
like they were birthed 50 years ago. The music has style, but doesn't sound stylized.
This is a confident band of exceptional musicians that show their love of the
roots of rock and roll, adding to the canon, not just aping it. -- Jeff Weiss,
Miles of Music (self-released)
From
pain and loss comes motivation and inspiration. The passing of a long-time friend
of Dave Harding, Richmond Fontaine's bass player, provided the impetus for this
record. Several of the songs were written for his late friend Todd Scherer, while
several on this album are tracks Harding composed with his friend.The rough-hewn
sound of Harding's vocals brings forth the feeling of what it must have sounded
like back in the garage when the two old friends were first working out the idea
of being in a band. Knowing its origin, it serves as a fine tribute to a friend
who helped propel Harding to success as a member of Richmond Fontaine. -- Jeff
Weiss, Miles of Music (El Cortez) 
His
roots are the 70s California country rock of New Riders, Commander Cody mixed
with a fair amount of Western Swing. He's not influenced by those bands. He was
one of those bands. Larry Hosford has more than a few miles on his music career
odometer, having served in a semi-legendary psych band in San Francisco before
relocating to Salinas, California, finding his voice and slightly askew viewpoint
of the world. After scoring a deal with Shelter Records, he plied his trade as
a contract songwriter before again settling back in California. Through all his
journey, Hosford has maintained a particularly warped and entertaining worldview.
High On Livin, originally started in 1987, came out of retirement 20 years later
with a little touching up, but still sounding like it was recorded in the early
70s. Fans of the Northern California country-rock sound will find High On Livin
an oasis in a desert of uninteresting music. -- Jeff Weiss, Miles of Music (Hoe
Maid Records)
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... 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. Gravity Producer Adam Landry adds a fair share guitar and
backing vocals on this powerful, well-crafted mix that finds Allison Moorer chiming
in on the roots rocker "In The Dark". (Exodus Records) 
3CD
Set. The box set consists of the three albums; Five Leaves Left, Bryter Later
and Pink Moon, a DVD of 'A Skin Too Few' a BBC documentary, and a premium booklet.
Track Listing: Pink Moon/Place To Be/Road/Which Will/Horn/Things Behind The Sun/Know/Parasite/Free
Ride/Harvest Breed/From The Morning/Time Has Told Me/River Man/Three Hours/Way
To Blue/Day Is Done/Cello Song/Thoughts Of Mary Jane/Man In A Shed/Fruit Tree/Saturday
Sun/Introduction/Hazey Jane Ii/At The Chime Of A City Clock/One Of These Things
First/Hazey Jane I/Bryter Layter/Fly/Poor Boy/Northern Sky/Sunday.(Fontana)
Digitally
remastered and expanded three CD set featuring an extended version of this legendary
1972 concert experience that helped to catapult the careers of Man and Hawkwind.
The Greasy Truckers Party took place at The Roundhouse, London on February 13th,
1972 in front of an audience of more than 2000. The party was seen as the final
gathering of freaks, hippies and anarchists. The concert bill also featured the
under-rated band Brinsley Schwarz (featuring Nick Lowe and future Rumour members
Bob Andrews and Brinsley Schwarz), pioneers of the Pub Rock genre and freak extraordinaire
Magic Michael. The concert was staged to raise funds for the Greasy Truckers organization,
who raised funds for various local causes such as homelessness, advice on dealing
with being busted for possession of cannabis and other mind altering substances
and other social issues. Disc One features five tracks from Man. Disc Two features
16 from Brinsley Schwarz and one from Magic Michael. Disc Three contains 12 songs
from Hawkwind. 
On
June 14, 2006, Rufus Wainwright took to the stage to recreate "the Greatest
Show of All Time ever staged in honor of the Greatest Show of All Time"--Judy
Garland's legendary 1961 concert at Carnegie Hall; song-for-song, in its original
venue. Garland fanatics feared a fiasco, but the show was a triumph. His sophisticated
act of homage to his hero was both a loving tribute and an arch commentary on
the original, featuring classics like "Over The Rainbow," "Come
Rain Or Come Shine" and "Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart." Backed
by a 36-piece orchestra and arranged by the Broadway famed Stephen Oremus (Wicked,
Avenue Q), Rufus's vocal talent soars over those classic melodies on this 2-disc
set. (Geffen Records)
Track
Listing CD: The Good Kind/Love Me Like That/Way Back Home/Damn That Radio/Crazy
People/Cigarettes/My, Oh My/Different Truck, Same Loser/Tennessee/Lay Me Down/Leave
The Pieces/Stand Still, Look Pretty/Rain. DVD: The Good Kind/Love Me Like That/Way
Back Home/Damn That Radio/Crazy People/Cigarettes/My, Oh My/Different Truck, Same
Loser/Tennessee/Lay Me Down/Leave The Pieces/Stand Still, Look Pretty/Rain.
Track
Listing: Up the Bracket/Time For Heroes/Mayday/Don't Look Back Into the Sun/Tell
the King/What Katie Did/Can't Stand Me Down/What a Waster/The Delaney/Boys In
the Sand/Death On the Stiars/I Get Along/What Became Of the Likely Lads.(Rough
Trade USA).
Nearly twenty years after the creation of the band, and over a decade since the
music was last available to fans, the music of The Traveling Wilburys will be
reissued on June 12, 2007. The previously released albums Traveling Wilburys Volume
1 and Traveling Wilburys Volume 3 feature inarguably some of music`s greatest
singer-songwriters-George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob
Dylan-as the iconic band The Traveling Wilburys. Both CDs are combined on this
2-CD/1-DVD release and will feature bonus tracks of rare and newly mixed unreleased
music. The all-region DVD contains historic footage documenting the first chord
to the final mix, and their five video clips. The linen-bound deluxe edition includes
a 40-page collectible book with photos, original liner notes, new liner notes
and a uniquely numbered certificate of authenticity. (Rhino) 
Many an artist was inspired by the launch of the modern alt.country movement.
A decade and a half after Uncle Tupelo forever changed the face of music. Alguire`s
second solo album "As of Yesterday" possesses the same essence of muscularity
countered with sensitivity that Tupelo was so adept at providing. Andrew Carver
of The Ottawa Sun called "As of Yesterday," "A sure-handed country
rock album in the vein of Steve Earle and Tom Petty... Alguire has found just
the right voice for his tales of weary travelers and lonely wanderers." By
any measure, the lineage from the roots of Bristol, Tennessee that ran through
Illinois has turned north while it takes a run through Canada. -- Jeff Weiss,
Miles of Music (self-released) 
Peter Case is one of America`s most gifted singer-songwriters. For over 30 years
- from street singer to soul-punk bandleader to solo acoustic performer - Case
has used his songs to crash through the barriers of popular music. This 3-disc,
47-song tribute is a "case for Case," an argument in support of the
talent of one of America`s most prolific, under-rated, original, and best songwriters.
The all-star Americana and pop roster that comprises this impressive set is capped
off with a bonus live performance from Case himself. All proceeds from the sale
of this CD will benefit Hungry For Music`s musical instrument donation program
for underprivileged children. Track Listing Hayes Carll - Beyond the Blues/Maura
O`Connell - Blue Distance/Lester Chambers - Walking Home Late/Tom Russell - A
Little Wind (Could Blow Me Away)/Sam Baker - Still Playin`/Chuck Prophet - Three
Days Straight/Jackie Greene - Ice Water/Susan Cowsill - Honeychild/Mark Winsick
Band - Rise And Shine/Chris Smither - Cold Trail Blues/Jode Manross & Laith
Keilany - Green Blanket/Bob Neuwirth - Power, Lust & Money/Richard Buckner
- Poor Old Tom/Kim Richey - First Light/Timothy Bracken - Turnin` Blue/Victoria
Williams - Drunkard`s Harmony/Dave Alvin - On My Way Downtown/Joe Ely - Put Down
The Gun/Todd Snider - Travelin` Light/James McMurtry - Old Part of Town/Ronny
Elliott - Horse & Crow/Mary Battiata - Paradise, Etc./Last Train Home - Baltimore/Amy
Rigby - Beautiful Grind/Will Kimbrough - Moves Me Deeply/Pieta Brown - Spell Of
Wheels/Gurf Morlix - Evening Raga/Amilia K Spicer - Never Coming Home/Jesse DeNatale
- I Hear Your Voice/Claire Holley - Two Angels/Peter Mulvey - Hidden Love/Gary
Heffern - I Shook His Hand/Timothy Bracken/The Kennedy`s - Great Big World/Chris
Gaffney - Zero Hour/Western Electric - When You Find Out/Brindley Brothers - Oldest
Story In The World/Steve Wynn - Million Miles Away/Brad Rice - Something`s Coming/Mark
Mulcahy - Small Town Spree/John Prine - Space Monkey/Steven Jackson - Crooked
Mile/Bill Kirchen - This Town`s A Riot/Mike Martt - Wake-up Call/Kevn Kinney -
Walk In The Woods/Marvin Etzioni - Old Blue Car/Jeffrey Foucault - Entella Hotel/Peter
Case - Beyond the Blues (live) (Hungry For Music) 
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)
A move to Nashville and a line-up shift have not slowed Last Train Home. Frontman
Eric Brace`s increasingly soulful singing give his poignant songs about family
loss, being heartsick and the power of love an emotional depth that comes only
from real life experiences. Newly added piano player Jen Gunderman adds a richness
to Brace`s singing. 10 years into what started out a part-time adventure, Brace
and LTH are impossible to place in a specific musical genre as they seamlessly
incorporate touches of many musical style. While many musicians have a creative
peak of about three records, LTH continue to grow and impress . -- Jeff Weiss,
Miles of Music (Red Beet) 
"It's the achy twang in Jaimi Shuey's inviting voice that immediately captures
your attention. You feel her yearning for love in "How Long", sympathize
with her hurt in "The Wrong Girl", and share her sense of adventure
in "Wild Things". That strong opening trio invites comparisons to a
young Lucinda Williams. But just when you think Shuey is headed off down gravel
roads, she shifts gears with the stylish, jazz flavored "Ouija", a tune
reminiscent of another southern California chanteuse, Eleni Mandell. The latter
half of her ten track debut swings confidently between dusty honky-tonk and more
sophisticated lounge. On "Country Girl" and "Jerkwatertown",
she offers evocative portraits of small town girls, while "A Bite" is
a fun, food-equals-sex ditty about "a hungry girl." A memorable debut,
Wrong Girl proves Shuey has the right stuff." - Michael Berick, No Depression.
(Boronda Records)
This stellar band is made of up members of the acclaimed Last Train Home (Eric
Brace, Jim Gray, Martin Lynds), plus bluegrass legends Mike Auldridge and Jimmy
Gaudreau. The Skylighters` special kind of magic includes bluegrass, country,
honky-tonk, western swing, Tin Pan Alley, country-rock and more. Don`t try to
pigeonhole these fellows. They crash through the roadblocks of musical genres
with the accelerator floored. (Red Beet Records) 
The nucleus of this folksy, bluegrass infused Americana combo is the duo of Joy
Mills (guitar, mandolin) and Tom Parker (guitar, harmonica). The engaging Mills
sounds a bit like Kelly Willis on a folk binge, while Parker`s plaintive, mellow
voice warms the many harmonies with a most pleasing effect. The supporting players
tastefully add Dobro, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, etc., keeping a lively feel throughout.
Songbook offers 12 earnest and organic original tunes - most of which penned by
Mills - and a straight version of the classic "Long Black Veil", on
which the two duet. Capturing the ageless quality of The Carter Family, as in
the two Parker penned duets, "Working Man Blues" and "Acorn",
The Starlings clearly have a deep appreciation for the classics but are by no
means a retro act. Simply a terrific one. -- Robinson, Miles Of Music (self-released)
Following
the amazing success story of Vashti Bunyan`s recent reemergence as an artist after
an exile of over 30 years comes the release of Some Things Just Stick In Your
Mind, a comprehensive collection of early recordings from the period prior to
her classic 1970 Just Another Diamond Day album. Titled after the (Jagger/Richards-penned)
debut single which opens the double-album, Some Things attempts to both draw a
line under the past and also to set the record straight regarding the disparity
between how Bunyan viewed (and still views) herself and the way the public views
her as an artist. While she is widely regarded as folk singer these recordings
instead reveal Bunyan as a pop singer. This complete collection of Bunyan`s 25
existing early recordings is a young London girl`s series of beautiful love songs
that resonate profoundly via an almost brutal efficiency and honesty. The melodies
seem timelessly sweet and addictive, the vision at once delicate but somehow tough
as granite. Track Listing: Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind - Decca single,
1965/I Want To Be Alone - Decca single, 1965/Train Song - Columbia single, 1966/Love
Song - Columbia single, 1966/Winter is Blue - unreleased single, 1966/Coldest
Night Of The Year - unreleased single as "Twice As Much and Vashti",
1966/I`d Like To Walk Around In Your Mind - unreleased single, 1967/Winter Is
Blue - Acetate demo, 1966/Girl`s Song in Winter - John Bunyan`s tape, 1966/If
In Winter (100 Lovers) - John Bunyan`s tape with Mike Crowther, 1966/Wishwanderer
- Restored acetate demo 1967/Don`t Believe - John Bunyan`s tape 1966/17 Pink Sugar
Elephants - John Bunyan`s tape 1966/Autumn Leaves/Leave Me/If In Winter (100 Lovers)/How
Do I Know/Find My Heart Again/Go Before The Dawn/Girl`s Song In Winter/I Don`t
Know What Love Is/Don`t Believe What They Say/Love You Now/I Know/Someday. (Dicristina
Star) 
Finally,
a document that captures all the energy and passion of the Last Train Home live
shows. This is 100 minutes of live concert performance, filmed in April 2007 at
the band's favorite watering hole, IOTA Club & Cafe, in Arlington, VA. Tracks
Listing:Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You/My Sally/Tonight/Flood/Quarter to
Three - Come Back, Baby/You/It Doesn't Matter/Last Good Kiss/Band Introduction/Can't
Come Undone/Hendersonville/Dogs on the East Side/I Flew Over Our House Last Night/Louisiana
- Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down/Gravedigger's Blues/Lover's Farewell 17: Walls
of Time/Say Won't You Be Mine/Bonus: Unctious. (Red Beet) 
Although
The Marshall Tucker Band is famous for its live prowess, there has never been
a DVD featuring the original lineup of the band-until now. Carolina Dreams Tour
'77 captures MTB onstage performing their biggest hits: "Heard It In A Love
Song," "Fire On The Mountain," "Can't You See" and many
more. In addition to the DVD, this 3-disc set also contains the same concert spread
across two CDs. Either way, it's a wonderful slice of MTB in its early prime.
(Shout Factory)
Sensational
reviews of Rufus' Carnegie Hall show , coupled with the lure of the London Palladium
stage, were enough to inspire the singer to repeat his tribute across the pond
at London's Palladium. Track Listing: Overture/When You're Smiling/Almost Like
Being In Love/Do It Again/You Go To My Head/Alone Together/Who Cares/Puttin' On
The Ritz/ow Long Has This Been Going On? /Just You, Just Me/The Man That Got Away/San
Francisco/That's Entertainment/I Can't Give You Anything But Love/Come Rain Or
Shine/You're Nearer/ A Foggy Day/If Love Were Alls/Zing! Went the Strings of My
Heart/Stormy Weather/MEDLEY - You Made Me Love You/For Me and My Gal/The Trolley/Rock-A-Bye
My Baby With A Dixie Melody/Over the Rainbow/Swanee/After You're Gone/Chicago/Get
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