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What follows is a selective and somewhat idiosyncratic schedule of record releases. We'll update it as often as possible to ensure accuracy, but some of this will change without notice. Artists have been alphabetized by their first names.
Previous weeks' release schedules are archived below, back to August 2007.
NEW FEATURE: Many of the listings in the archived release-schedules now link directly to a review of the album on the ND wesbsite; scroll down to the archived entries to take a look.
New entries are in bold. Each Tuesday morning, if the creek don't rise, we'll take all the previous week's entries out of bold and start fresh.
JULY 15, 2008
DREW EMMITT, Long Road (Compass) Third solo disc from Leftover Salmon singer/mandolinist
GRASCALS, Keep On Walkin' (Rounder)
HOLD STEADY, Stay Positive (Vagrant)
HOT CLUB OF DETROIT, Night Town (Mack Avenue)
BILLY JOEL, The Stranger: Legacy Edition (Columbia/Legacy) Offered in two packages, both with a live 1979 concert, one with a DVD
JOHN MELLENCAMP, Life, Death, Love And Freedom (Hear) Produced by T Bone Burnett
NATION BEAT, Legends Of The Preacher (Modiba)
RANDY TRAVIS, Around The Bend (Warner Nashville)
JULY 22, 2008
AMY RAY, Didn't It Feel Kinder (Daemon)
ARCHIE FISHER, Windward Away (Red House)
AVETT BROTHERS, The Second Gleam (Ramseur) Six-song EP, primarily Scott & Seth duo recordings, as with the first Gleam EP
BENJI HUGHES, A Love Extreme (New West)
CSS, Donkey (Sub Pop)
MUGISON, Mugiboogie (Ipecac)
PAUL WELLER, 22 Dreams (Yep Roc)
SAMANTHA CRAIN, The Confiscation (Ramseur)
SAMMY WALKER, Misfit Scarecrow (Ramseur)
SUGARLAND, Love On The Inside (Universal)
JULY 29, 2008
ALYSSA GRAHAM, Echo (Sunnyside)
ANDRE WILLIAMS & THE NEW ORLEANS HELLHOUNDS, Can You Deal With It? (Bloodshot)
CEPHAS & WIGGINS, Richmond Blues (Smithsonian Folkways)
EDDIE FLOYD, Eddie Loves You So (Stax/Concord) His first new album in six years
JAMES JACKSON TOTH, Waiting In Vain (Rykodisc) The fellow behind Wooden Wand, produced by Steve Fisk
LITTLE RICHARD, The Very Best Of (Specialty/Concord) 25-track summation of his Specialty years and hits
MATT PRYOR, Confidence Man (Vagrant) Solo album from lead singer of Get Up Kids and the New Amsterdams
MICHAEL CLEVELAND & FLAMEKEEPER, Leavin' Town (Rounder)
OLD MAN LUEDECKE, Proof Of Love (Black Hen)
RICHIE HAVENS, Nobody Left To Crown (Verve)
STEVE CROPPER & FELIX CAVALIERE, Nudge It Up A Notch (Stax/Concord)
STEVE DAWSON, Waiting For The Lights To Come Up (Black Hen)
TAYLOR HOLLINGSWORTH, Bad Little Kitty (Mass) Sideman with Conor Oberst and Maria Taylor
AUGUST 5, 2008
CARL LEBLANC, 7th Ward Griot (Preservation Hall Presents)
CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, She Ain't Me (Manhattan) Produced by Malcolm Burn; co-writes with Gary Louris, Mary Gauthier, Dan Wilson, Jim Boquist and others
CONOR OBERST, self-titled (Merge) Bright Eyes leader's first solo album in 13 years
DAVID VANDERVELDE, Waiting For The Sunrise (Secretly Canadian)
FACTS ABOUT FUNERALS, Love Songs And Funeral Homes (Evangeline)
GANDALF MURPHY & THE SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS OF DREAMS, The Great Unravel (High Noon)
HEIDI NEWFIELD, What Am I Waiting For (Curb) From the former Trick Pony lead singer, produced by Tony Brown
IDA, My Fair, My Dark (Polyvinyl) Seven-song EP with guests Levon Helm, Michael Hurley and Tara Jane O'Neil
JAKE LA BOTZ, Sing This To Yourself And Other Suggestions For A Personal Apocalypse (Charnel Road)
JAMEY JOHNSON, That Lonesome Song (Mercury)
JIMMY STURR, Let The Whole World Sing (Rounder) Grammy-winning polka bandleader, with guest appearances from Ray Price and Raul Malo
JOE LASTIE JR., self-titled (Preservation Hall Presents)
JOHNNY FLYNN, A Larum (Lost Highway)
MIKE GORDON, The Green Sparrow (Rounder) Latest solo release from former Phish bassist
MIKE MANGIONE, Tenebrae (Oarfin)
ONEIDA, Preteen Weaponry (Jagjaguwar)
OXFORD COLLAPSE, Bits (Sub Pop)
PETER BRADLEY ADAMS, Leavetaking (Sarathan) Formerly of Eastmountainsouth
RANDY NEWMAN, Harps And Angels (Nonesuch)
ROBYN HITCHCOCK, Luminous Groove (Yep Roc) Second in a series of Hitchcock retrospective box sets includes Fegmania, Element Of Light and Gotta Let This Hen Out, plus two bonus discs of unreleased studio and live material
ROSALIE SORRELS, Strangers In Another Country: The Songs Of Bruce "Utah" Phillips (Red House) Lesser-known songs, with Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Peggy Seeger, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason.
SARAH MCLACHLAN, Fumbling Toward Ecstasy: Legacy Edition (Arista/Legacy)
SHANNON MCARDLE, Summer Of The Whole (Bar/None) Solo debut from former Mendoza Line member
TONY RICE, The Likes Of Me: The Singer Songwriter Collection (Rounder) Compilation of previously released tracks plus three new recordings
AUGUST 12, 2008
BEN WEAVER, The Ax In The Oak (Bloodshot)
DUHKS, Fast Paced World (Sugar Hill)
EAST VILLAGE OPERA COMPANY, Old School (Decca) Classical arias reinterpreted as rock operas.....oooooookay...
IRMA THOMAS, Simply Grand (Rounder) With Dr. John, Norah Jones, Randy Newman, etc.
MURRY HAMMOND, I Don't Know Where I'm Going But I'm On My Way (self)
PIERRE DE REEDER, The Way It Was (Little Record Company) Solo debut from Rilo Kiley member
AUGUST 19, 2008
AARON PARKS, Invisible Cinema (Blue Note)
ALEX WOODARD, self-titled (Adrenaline)
AMY MACDONALD, This Is The Life (Decca)
BLUE MOUNTAIN, Midnight In Mississippi (Broadmoor)
BLUE MOUNTAIN, Omnibus (Broadmoor)
CADILLAC SKY, Gravity's Our Enemy (Skaggs Family)
CAESARS, Strawberry Weed (Astralwerks)
CHRIS KNIGHT, Heart Of Stone (Drifter's Church)
DANDY WARHOLS, Earth To The Dandy Warhols (Beat The World)
DARRELL SCOTT, Modern Hymns (Appleseed)
DEATH VESSEL, Nothing Is Precious Enough For Us (Sub Pop)
DONOVAN FRANKENREITER, Pass It Around (Lost Highway)
FIERY FURNACES, Remember (Thrill Jockey)
GEORGE JONES, Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets (Bandit)
GLEN CAMPBELL, Meet Glen Campbell (Capitol) New studio album with covers of songs by the Velvet Underground, U2, Tom Petty, Replacements, John Lennon, Jackson Browne, Foo Fighters, Travis, and Green Day
EMORY JOSEPH, Fennario: Songs By Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter (Iris)
HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN, Best Of (Shout! Factory)
HOTEL LIGHTS, Firecracker People (Bar/None)
HUMAN HIGHWAY, Moody Motorcycle (Suicide Squeeze)
JEFF HANSON, Madam Owl (Kill Rock Stars)
JENNIFER O'CONNOR, Here With Me (Matador)
JERRY DOUGLAS, Glide (Koch)
JOE BONAMASSA, From Nowhere In Particular (J&R) Live album
JULIANA HATFIELD, How To Walk Away (Ye Olde)
KARA GRAINGER, Grand And Green River (Craving)
KATE MCGARRY, If Less Is More...Nothing Is Everything (Palmetto)
LEE "SCRATCH" PERRY, Repentance (Narnack)
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III, Recovery (Yep Roc) Produced by Joe Henry
MANHATTANS, Sweet Talking Soul: The Manhattans, 1965-1990 (Shout Factory)
MUSIC TAPES, For Clouds And Tornadoes (Merge)
RANDALL BRAMBLETT, Now It's Tomorrow (New West)
SHARON ROBINSON, Everybody Knows (self)
STARLING ELECTRIC, Clouded Staircase (Bar/None)
SUARASAMA, Fajar Di Atas Awan (Drag City) Indonesian ethnomusicologists, first U.S. release of 1998 LP
TEN SHEKEL SHIRT, Jubilee (Rounder)
TODD SNIDER, Peace Queer (self?) Eight-song cycle
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Como Now (Daptone) A cappella gospel from Panola County, Mississippi
XAVIER RUDD, Dark Shades Of Blue (Anti-)
AUGUST 26, 2008
BACKYARD TIRE FIRE, The Places We Lived (Hyena)
BLUES TRAVELER, Shootout In North Hollywood (Verve)
CATIE CURTIS, Sweet Life (Compass)
CORDERO, De Donde Eres (Bloodshot) Spanish-language offering
DELTA SPIRIT, Ode To Sunshine (Rounder) Wider issue of previously self-released disc
GABE DIXON BAND, self-titled (Fantasy/Concord)
JAN & DEAN, The Complete Liberty Singles (Collectors Choice)
MATTHEW SWEET, Sunshine Lies (Shout! Factory)
MOTT THE HOOPLE/IAN HUNTER, Old Records Never Die: The Anthology (Shout Factory) 2-disc set
THREE DOG NIGHT, Greatest Hits Live (Shout Factory)
AUGUST 2008 (DATE TBA)
BROOKE WAGGONER, Heal For The Honey (Swoon Moon)
SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
BRUCE ROBISON, The New World (Premium)
GIANT SAND, Provisions (Yep Roc)
JACKSONS, Destiny, Triumph (Epic/Legacy)
JOE LOVANO, Symphonica (Blue Note)
RODNEY CROWELL, Sex & Gasoline (Yep Roc)
SONYA KITCHELL, This Storm (Decca/Velour)
SEPTEMBER 9, 2008
CALEXICO, Carried To Dust (Touch & Go)
CHAD VAN GAALEN, Soft Airplane (Sub Pop)
DAMIEN JURADO, Caught In The Trees (Secretly Canadian)
DAR WILLIAMS, Promised Land (Razor & Tie)
GRAYSON CAPPS & THE STUMPKNOCKERS, Rott 'N' Roll (Hyena)
HAL KETCHUM, Father Time (Curb)
HORSE FEATHERS, House With No Home (Kill Rock Stars)
I'M NOT JIM, You Are All My People (Bloodshot) Walter Salas-Humara and Jonathan Lethem
JACKOPIERCE, Promise Of Summer (self)
JOAN OSBORNE, Little Wild One (Womanly Hips/Plum)
KIMYA DAWSON, Alphabutt (K)
LIZ DURRETT, Outside Our Gates (Warm Electronic) Produced by Eric Bachmann
MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD, All Rebel Rockers (Anti-)
NATALIE COLE, Still Unforgettable (Rhino)
OKKERVIL RIVER, The Stand Ins (Jagjaguwar)
PATTY LOVELESS, Sleepless Nights (Saguaro Road)
PORTASTATIC, Some Small History (Merge) 2-disc gathering of odds & ends
STEVE WYNN, Crossing Dragon Bridge (Rock Ridge) Produced by the Walkabouts' Chris Eckman in Slovenia
SEPTEMBER 16, 2008
BOB CHEEVERS, Fiona's World (label unknown)
CHARLIE LOUVIN, Steps To Heaven (Tompkins Square)
HAUNT, The Deep North (Nine Mile) Latest solo outing from Ware River Club frontman Matt Hebert
JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD, With Blasphemy So Heartfelt (Polymer) Produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys
KASEY CHAMBERS & SHANE NICHOLSON, Rattlin' Bones (Sugar Hill)
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM, Gift Of Screws (Reprise)
MARK ERELLI, Delivered (Signature Sounds)
NINA SIMONE, To Be Free (RCA/Legacy) 3-CD box with DVD
PETE BEST, Haymans Green (label unknown) Autobiographical disc from the original Beatles drummer, poor fellow.
REDD VOLKAERT, Reddhead (Telehog)
TINDERSTICKS, The Hungry Saw (Constellation)
SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
BLITZEN TRAPPER, Furr (Sub Pop)
CHARLIE HADEN FAMILY & FRIENDS, Ocean Of Diamonds (Decca)
ELVIN BISHOP, The Blues Rolls On (Delta Groove/Electo Groove)
HIGH PLACES, self-titled (Thrill Jockey)
KINGS OF LEON, Only By The Night (label TBA)
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW, Tennessee Pusher (Nettwerk) Produced by Don Was
REPLACEMENTS, Tim/Pleased To Meet Me/Don't Tell A Soul/All Shook Down (Rhino) Remastered and expanded with rare and unreleased material
VANCE GILBERT, Up On Rockfield (Dissismye)
SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
JOSEPH ARTHUR & THE ASTRONAUTS, Temporary People (Lonely Astronauts)
MERCURY REV, Snowflake Midnight (Yep Roc)
RAY LAMONTAGNE, Gossip In The Grain (RCA)
TAJ MAHAL, Maestro (Heads Up)
SEPTEMBER 2008 (DATE TBA)
ANGELA DESVEAUX & THE MIGHTY SHIP, self-titled (Thrill Jockey)
JEM, Down To Earth (ATO)
JENNY LEWIS, Acid Tongue (Warner Bros.)
OCTOBER 7, 2008
DEERHOOF, Offend Maggie (Kill Rock Stars) Grant's not crazy about the title (especially since Maggie really likes the deer)
JOLIE HOLLAND, The Living And The Dead (Anti-)
LAMBCHOP, OH (Ohio) (Merge)
OASIS, Dig Out Your Soul (Big Brother)
OCTOBER 14, 2008
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY AND THE BROKEOFFS, self-titled (Transdreamer)
MENAHAN STREET BAND, Make The Road By Walking (Daptone/Dunham)
MOLLY JENSON, Maybe Tomorrow (Bully Pulpit/Nettwerk)
SIXPENCE NONE THE RICHER, The Dawn Of Grace (Nettwerk) Christmas album
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Johnny Cash Remixed (Compadre) Snoop Dogg and others take on the Sun catalogue
OCTOBER 21, 2008
SEA & CAKE, Car Alarm (Thrill Jockey)
SUMMER 2008 (DATE TBA)
BITTERSWEETS, title TBA (Compass)
MIC HARRISON & THE HIGH SCORE, On The Right Side Of The Grass (Real Much) Fourth album from the former V-Roy
PETTY BOOKA, Tokyo Bluegrass Honeys (Benten Tokyo)
FALL 2008
LEE ANN WOMACK, Call Me Crazy (MCA) OK, we will, seeing as how you campaigned for Bush!
DECEMBER 9, 2008
CHARLIE LOUVIN, Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs (Tompkins Square)
An archive of previous releases in 2008, by week, from newest to oldest. (Artists have been alphabetized by their first names.)
JULY 8, 2008
ALABAMA 3, Hits And Exit Wounds (One Little Indian) Greatest-hits collection
ALBERT HAMMOND JR., Como Te Llama (RCA/RED) Second solo album from Strokes dude
BASEBALL PROJECT, Volume 1: Frozen Ropes And Dying Quails (Yep Roc) Baseball-themed album from Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, Peter Buck and Linda Pitmon
BECK, Modern Guilt (DGC) Produced by Danger Mouse
BILL MONROE, Father Of Bluegrass Music (MVD Visual) DVD collection of various live footage
DONNA THE BUFFALO, Silverlined (Sugar Hill)
DONNIE FRITTS, One Foot In The Groove (Leaning Man)
MATT KEATING, Quixotic (Kealon)
NEW GUITAR SUMMIT, Shivers (Stony Plain) Second collaboration between Jay Geils, Duke Robillard and Gerry Beaudoin, with guest Randy Bachman
RON SEXSMITH, Exit Strategy Of The Soul (Yep Roc)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Moneyland (McCoury) Del McCoury Band project of new and old songs about "economic injustice" with guests Rodney Crowell, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Fairfield Four, and Tim O'Brien
WILLIE NELSON & WYNTON MARSALIS, Two Men With The Blues (Blue Note)
WILLIE NILE, Live From The Streets Of New York (00:02:59)
JULY 1, 2008
EARLIMART, Hymn And Her (Majordomo)
JOHN MAYER, Where The Light Is: Live In Los Angeles (Columbia) 2-CD/DVD/Blu-Ray package
LOS LONELY BOYS, Forgiven (Epic)
NELS ANDREWS, Off Track Betting (Reveal)
WILLIE NELSON, Stardust: Legacy Edition (Columbia/Legacy) Second disc collects standards recorded in the many subsequent years
JUNE 24, 2008
AMOS LEE, Last Days At The Lodge (Blue Note)
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN, Popular Songs (Cooking Vinyl) Greatest-hits collection featuring 13 songs from the band's Pitch-A-Tent albums and 5 newly-recorded versions of songs from its two Virgin releases
CROOKED STILL, Still Crooked (Signature Sounds)
DANNY PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS, The Room Over Mine (Rounder)
ERIC DARIUS, Goin' All Out (Blue Note)
FREDDIE HUBBARD, On The Real Side (Times Square)
G. LOVE & SPECIAL SAUCE, Superhero Brother (Brushfire)
HACIENDA BROTHERS, Arizona Motel (Proper)
JUNIOR SISK & RAMBLERS CHOICE, Blue Side Of The Blue Ridge (Rebel)
LIZ PHAIR, Exile In Guyville (ATO) Reissue with four B-sides
LOVE AS LAUGHTER, Holy (Glacial Pace)
LUKE DOUCET, Blood's Too Rich (Six Shooter)
PAT BENATAR, Ultimate Collection (Capitol/EMI) You've been warned.
P.W. LONG, God Bless The Drunkard's Dog (Southern)
RECKLESS KELLY, Bulletproof (Yep Roc)
RUBY DEE & THE SNAKEHANDLERS, Miles From Home (Dionysus)
RY COODER, I, Flathead (Nonesuch/Perro Verde) CD/novella completing Cooder's California trilogy after Chavez Ravine and My Name Is Buddy
SIGUR ROS, With A Buzz In Our Ears We Play Endlessly (XL)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Classic Piano Blues (Smithsonian Folkways)
WATERMELON SLIM & THE WORKERS, No Paid Holidays (NorthernBlues)
WATSON TWINS, Fire Songs (Vanguard)
JUNE 17, 2008
BECKY SCHLEGEL, For All The World To See (Lilly Ray/IGO)
DAN TYMINSKI, Wheels (Rounder)
HEYBALE, The Last Country Album (Shuffle 5)
JAMES BLACKSHAW, Litany Of Echoes (Tompkins Square)
MANNISH BOYS, Lowdown Feelin' (Delta Groove)
MARIA TAYLOR, Savannah Drive (self) digital-only acoustic EP
MARK CHESNUTT, Rollin' With The Flow (Lofton Creek/Big 7)
MICK HUCKNALL, Hucknall Tribute To Bobby (Rhino) Simply Red lead singer salutes Bobby "Blue" Bland. Really.
REBECCA LYNN HOWARD, No Rules (Saguaro Road)
SILVER JEWS, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)
JUNE 10, 2008
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO, Real Animal (Back Porch)
BEN SOLLEE, Learning To Bend (SonaBlast!)
BILLY BOB THORNTON AND THE BOXMASTERS, self-titled (Vanguard)
BLACK DIAMOND HEAVIES, A Touch Of Someone Else's Class (Alive) Produced by Black Key Dan Auerbach
CARLA OLSON & MICK TAYLOR, Too Hot For Snakes (Collectors Choice) 1990 live album with guests
CARLA OLSON & THE TEXTONES, Detroit '85 -- Live & Unreleased (Collectors Choice)
CASSANDRA WILSON, Loverly (Blue Note)
CHIP TAYLOR, New Songs Of Freedom (Train Wreck)
EMMYLOU HARRIS, All I Intended To Be (Nonesuch)
GENE CLARK, Silverado '75 -- Live & Unreleased (Collectors Choice) 1975 concert
HOMEMADE JAMZ BLUES BAND, Pay Me No Mind (NorthernBlues)
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, self-titled (Sugar Hill)
JAKOB DYLAN, Seeing Things (Columbia/Starbucks)
JAMES HUNTER, The Hard Way (Hear Music)
JEFF GAUTHIER GOATETTE, House Of Return (Cryptogramophone)
JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN, To Survive (Cheap Lullaby)
JOSHUA JAMES, The Sun Is Always Brighter (Intelligent Noise)
MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too (Zoe/Rounder)
MONTGOMERY GENTRY, Back When I Knew It All (Columbia Nashville)
MY MORNING JACKET, Evil Urges (ATO)
PATTI LABELLE, Live In Washington, D.C. (Philadelphia International/Legacy) Previously unreleased 1979 concert
PRISCILLA AHN, A Good Day (Blue Note)
RAILROAD EARTH, Amen Corner (Sci-Fidelity)
SAM PHILLIPS, Don't Do Anything (Nonesuch)
SCOTT KEMPNER, Saving Grace (00:02:59) First solo outing in 16 years from ex-Del Lord/Dictator
SISTERS MORALES, Talking To The River (Luna)
SLOAN, Parallel Play (Yep Roc)
SOLOMON BURKE, Like A Fire (Anti-)
THOMAS DOLBY, The Sole Inhabitant (Invisible Hands)
TODD SICKAFOOSE, Tiny Resistors (Cryptogramophone) With contributions from Ani DiFranco and Andrew Bird, among others
TONY JOE WHITE, Deep Cuts (Swamp)
JUNE 3, 3008
CENTRO-MATIC/SOUTH SAN GABRIEL, Dual Hawks (Misra)
COAL PORTERS, Turn The Water On, Boy (Prima)
DR. JOHN, City That Care Forgot (429/Savoy Label Group)
FLEET FOXES, self-titled (Sub Pop)
FUNK BROTHERS, Live In Orlando (Eagle Rock)
GOOSE CREEK SYMPHONY, The Same Thing Again (Bo) Early 1970s sessions unearthed
ED HARCOURT, The Beautiful Lie (Dovecote)
JESSE MALIN, Mercury Retrograde (Adeline) Live album
JEWEL, Perfectly Clear (Valory) Pop singer's first country album
JIM STRINGER AND THE AM BAND, Triskaidekaphilia (Music Room)
JOHN MAYALL, The Masters and Live At The Marquee (Eagle Rock)
LISA LOEB, Camp Lisa (Furious Rose) Children's music record with special guests including Jill Sobule, Maia Sharp and Steve Martin
MOTHER TRUCKERS, Let's All Go To Bed (Funzalo)
PINETOP PERKINS, And Friends (Telarc)
ROBERT POLLARD, Robert Pollard Is Off To Business (Guided By Voices Inc.)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Daptone 7" Singles Collection, Vol. 2 (Daptone)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Gigantic: A Tribute To Kim Deal (American Laundromat)
MAY 27, 2008
AL GREEN, Lay It Down (Blue Note)
ANGEL BAND, With Roots & Wings (Appleseed) Female trio, produced by Lloyd Maines, featuring Nancy Josephson, who is married to David Bromberg
BROWNS, The Complete Hits (Collector's Choice)
BYRDS, Live At Royal Albert Hall 1971 (Sundazed)
ELIZA GILKYSON, Beautiful World (Red House)
FRANK ZAPPA, Wazoo (Vaulternative) Boston Music Hall concert, September 24, 1972
JOHN HIATT, Same Old Man (New West)
JENNY SCHEINMAN, self-titled and Crossing The Field (Koch) Simultaneous release of two separate albums; the former mark's the violinist's vocal debut, the latter features guitarist Bill Frisell
JYPSI, self-titled (Arista-Nashville)
SHARON LITTLE, Perfect Time For A Breakdown (CBS) Opening act on the Robert Plant/Alison Krauss tour
YOUNGBLOODS, Elephant Mountain (Sundazed) With two bonus tracks. One of ND co-editor Grant Alden's top ten albums of all time. Maybe top twenty.
MAY 20, 2008
ABIGAIL WASHBURN & THE SPARROW QUARTET, self-titled (Nettwerk)
BAND OF HEATHENS, self-titled (self)
CORY MORROW, Vagrants & Kings (Sustain)
DANIELIA COTTON, Rare Child (Adrenaline)
DONNA SUMMER, Crayons (Burgundy/Sony BMG)
DRUNK STUNTMEN, State Fair (self)
GRETA GAINES, Whiskey Thoughts (Justice)
GUY FORSYTH, Calico Girl (Small & Nimble)
I SEE HAWKS IN L.A., Hallowed Ground (Big Book)
JAMES KING, Gardens In The Sky (Rounder)
KIRA LYNN CAIN, The Ideal Hunter (Evangeline)
MASON JENNINGS, In The Ever (Brushfire)
MUDHONEY, The Lucky Ones (Sub Pop)
SONNY LANDRETH, From The Reach (Landfall) With guest appearances from Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Dr. John, etc.
TIM LEE 3, Good2B3 (Paisley Pop)
WEDDING PRESENT, El Rey (Manifesto)
MAY 13, 2008
AMOS GARRETT, Get Way Back: A Tribute To Percy Mayfield (Stony Plain)
BLACK ANGELS, Directions To See A Ghost (Light In The Attic)
CHUCK LEAVELL, Live In Germany: The Green Leaves And Blue Notes Tour (Evergreen Arts)
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, Narrow Straits (Atlantic)
DENNIS WILSON, Pacific Ocean Blue: Legacy Edition (Caribou/Epic/Legacy)
DUFFY, Rockferry (Mercury/Rough Trade)
DUKE ROBILLARD, A Swinging Session With Duke Robillard (Stony Plain)
OLD 97'S, Blame It On Gravity (New West)
STAIRWELL SISTERS, Get Off Your Money (Yodel-A-Hey)
MAY 6, 2008
ELVIS COSTELLO, Momofuku (Lost Highway)
ERSI ARVIZU, Friend For Life (Anti-) Produced by Ry Cooder
EVEREST, Ghost Notes (Vapor)
FIREWATER, The Golden Hour (Bloodshot)
FRANK CARILLO & THE BANDOLEROS, Someday (Jezebel)
JEB LOY NICHOLS, Days Are Mighty (Compass)
MIDNIGHT OIL, Diesel & Dust: Legacy Edition (Columbia/Legacy) With bonus documentary DVD
NO AGE, Nouns (Sub Pop)
PETER WALKER, Echo Of My Soul (Tompkins Square)
RACHAEL SAGE, Chandelier (MPress)
SIERRA HULL, Secrets (Rounder)
T BONE BURNETT, Tooth Of Crime (Nonesuch)
APRIL 29, 2008
BOMBADIL, A Buzz, A Buzz (Ramseur)
GRIFFIN HOUSE, Flying Upside Down (Nettwerk)
HAYDEN, In Field & Town (Fat Possum)
HENRY BUTLER, PiaNOLA Live (Basin Street)
JOHNNY MATHIS, A Night To Remember (Columbia)
LANGHORNE SLIM, self-titled (Kemado)
MEL TILLIS, Me And Pepper; Your Body Is An Outlaw; and Southern Rain (Collector's Choice)
NATASHA BORZILOVA, Cheap Escape (Hadley) Former lead singer of Bering Strait goes solo
ROBERT FORSTER, The Evangelist (Yep Roc)
TERRI CLARK, My Next Life (BNA)
APRIL 22, 2008
AMELIA, A Long, Lovely List Of Repairs (Adrenaline)
BILLY BRAGG, Mr. Love & Justice (Anti-)
CAROLE KING, Tapestry: Legacy Edition (Epic/Ode/Legacy) Second disc offers live performances, from 1973-76, of the album's songs
CHRIS MILLS, Living In The Aftermath (Ernest Jenning)
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, self-titled (Sub Pop)
GREG LISHER, Trains Change (Chiseled Out) Second album from Camper Van Beethoven guitarist.
JEFF HEALEY, Mess Of Blues (Ruf)
KRIS DELMHORST, Shotgun Singer (Signature Sounds)
LOVE, Forever Changes (Rhino) Expanded to two discs
MICHAEL DOUCET, From Now On (Smithsonian Folkways)
REPLACEMENTS, Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out The Trash; Stink; Hootenanny; Let It Be (Rhino) Expanded and such
SPECTRUM MEETS CAPTAIN MEMPHIS, Indian Giver (Birdman)
STEVE RILEY & THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS, Best Of (Rounder)'
STRAY CATS, Rock Therapy and Blast Off (Hep Cat/Collector's Choice)
TAB BENOIT, Night Train To Nashville (TelArc) Live album
APRIL 15, 2008
A.A. BONDY, American Hearts (Fat Possum) With the Felice Brothers and their sister, Clare
AARON ROBINSON, We Are Racing Ghosts (Undertow)
AMERICAN PRINCES, Other People (Yep Roc)
DIANNE REEVES, When You Know (Blue Note)
DIXIE BEE-LINERS, Ripe (Pinecastle)
FRED EAGLESMITH, Tinderbox (MPLA)
JAMES MCMURTRY, Just Us Kids (Lightning Rod)
JORDAN ZEVON, Insides Out (New West/Ammal)
JOSEPH ARTHUR, Could We Survive (Lonely Astronaut)
JUSTIN NOZUKA, Holly (Glassnote)
SUPERGRASS, Diamond Hoo Ha (Astralwerks)
WEEPIES, Hideaway (Nettwerk)
WILDERS, Someone's Got To Pay (Trade Root)
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND, Mountain Tracks: Volume 5 (Frog Pond)
APRIL 8, 2008
BO RAMSEY, Fragile (self)
BREEDERS, Mountain Battles (4AD)
COLIN MELOY, Skulls, Ships, Sheep (Kill Rock Stars)
GIBSON BROTHERS, Iron & Diamonds (Sugar Hill)
HAYES CARLL, Trouble In Mind (Lost Highway)
IKE REILLY, Poison The Hit Parade (Rock Ridge)
LONGVIEW, Deep In The Mountains (Rounder)
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (Anti-)
SCOTLAND BARR & THE SLOW DRAGS, All The Great Aviators Agree (Monkey Barr)
WAS (NOT WAS), Boo! (Rykodisc)
APRIL 1, 2008
APPLES IN STEREO, Electronic Projects For Musicians (Yep Roc) B-sides and rarities
BLACK FRANCIS, Svn Fngrs (Cooking Vinyl)
BLACK KEYS, Attack & Release (Nonesuch) Produced by Danger Mouse
BRIAN BLADE & THE FELLOWSHIP BAND, Season Of Changes (Verve)
COLLIN HERRING, Past Life Crashing (self)
GEORGE STRAIT, Troubadour (MCA)
JACKIE GREENE, Giving Up The Ghost (429)
KATHY MATTEA, Coal (Captain Potato) Produced by Marty Stuart
MATTHEW RYAN, Matthew Ryan Vs. The Silver State (00:02:59)
PETER COOPER, Mission Door (Red Beet)
POI DOG PONDERING, Seven (Platetectonic)
R.E.M., Accelerate (Warner Bros.)
VAN MORRISON, Keep It Simple (Lost Highway)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, The Very Best Of Outlaw Country (Legacy)
VICTOR WOOTEN, Palmystery (Heads Up)
WILLIE NELSON, One Hell Of A Ride (Columbia/Legacy) 4-CD career-spanning retrospective with liner notes from Joe Nick Patoski
MARCH 25, 2008
B-52s, Funplex (Astralwerks)
COUNTING CROWS, Saturday Nights And Sunday Mornings (Geffen)
ELF POWER, In A Cave (Ryko)
JIMMY GAUDREAU & MOONDI KLEIN, 2:10 Train (Rebel) Duet album from former members of Chesapeake
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, The Good Life (Bloodshot)
LACH, The Calm Before (Fortified)
LEMONHEADS, It's A Shame About Ray (Rhino) Expanded with home demos and a live DVD
LILI HAYDN, Places Between Places (Nettwerk)
RACONTEURS, Consolers Of The Lonely (Third Man/XL)
RICKY SKAGGS & KENTUCKY THUNDER, Honoring The Fathers Of Bluegrass: Tribute To 1946 & '47 (Skaggs Family)
TIM O'BRIEN, Chameleon (Proper American)
TONY TRISCHKA, Territory (Smithsonian Folkways)
WAYBACKS, Loaded (Compass)
MARCH 18, 2008
ADAM GREEN, Sixes & Sevens (Rough Trade) Co-founder of Moldy Peaches
ALAN SPARHAWK, Retribution Gospel Choir (Caldo Verde) He's the guy from Low
DANIEL LANOIS, Here Is What Is (Red Floor) digital-download version precedes on December 15
DEVOTCHKA, A Mad And Faithful Telling (Anti-)
DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER, Help Is On The Way (Horizon)
GNARLS BARKLEY, The Odd Couple (Atlantic)
SERA CAHOONE, Only As The Day Is Long (Sub Pop)
SHE & HIM, Volume 1 (Merge) She is Zooey Deschanel, Him is M. Ward
WES CHARLTON, World On Fire (Wildflower)
WINK KEZIAH & DELUX MOTEL, Working Songs For The Drinking Class (Great South)
MARCH 11, 2008
DAVE INSLEY, West Texas Wine (DIR)
ERIC BIBB, Get Onboard (TelArc)
GREG LASWELL, How The Day Sounds EP (Vanguard)
IMAAD WASIF & TWO PART BEAST, Strange Hexes (label TBA)
JOE ELY & JOEL GUZMAN, Live Cactus! (Rack 'Em)
MARK BRYAN, End Of The Front (Artist Garage)
PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, These Are The Good Times People (Fugitive)
SHAWN MULLINS, Honeydew (Vanguard)
TRISTAN PRETTYMAN, Hello (Virgin)
MARCH 4, 2008
ALAN JACKSON, Good Times (Arista-Nashville)
ALBERT COLLINS, Live At Montreaux 1992 (Eagle)
BLACK 47, Iraq (United For Opportunity)
BLACK CROWES, Warpaint (Silver Arrow/Megaforce/Sony)
BODEANS, Still (Resolution) Produced by T Bone Burnett
CARLENE CARTER, Stronger (Eleven-Thirty)
CAROLINE HERRING, Lantana (Signature Sounds)
CHATHAM COUNTY LINE, IV (Yep Roc)
DAVID WILCOX, Airstream (What Are Records?)
DAWN LANDES, Fireproof (Cooking Vinyl)
EDDY "THE CHIEF" CLEARWATER, West Side Strut (Alligator)
ELI "PAPERBOY" REED & THE TRUE LOVES, Roll With You (Q Division)
FELICE BROTHERS, self-titled (Team Love)
FLOGGING MOLLY, Float (SideOneDummy)
GUTTER TWINS, Saturnalia (Sub Pop) Screaming Trees' Mark Lanegan and Afghan Whigs' Greg Dulli, together again for the first time
JACKSON BROWNE, Solo Acoustic Vol. 2 (Inside)
JIM BIANCO, Sing (Hotel Cafe)
JIM WHITE, Transnormal Skiperoo (Luaka Bop) With Ollabelle
JO CAROL PIERCE, Dogs Of Love (self)
KATHLEEN EDWARDS, Asking For Flowers (Zoe/Rounder)
LYNYRD SKYNYRD, Street Survivors (Geffen/Universal) The album, plus the Criteria Studios album, plus some live tracks
MARK PICKEREL & HIS PRAYING HANDS, Cody's Dream (Bloodshot)
MEG HUTCHINSON, Come Up Full (Red House)
MURDER BY DEATH, Red Of Tooth And Claw (Vagrant)
RUBY SUNS, Sea Lion (Sub Pop)
SMOKIN' JOE KUBEK & BNOIS KING, Blood Brothers (Alligator)
STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS, Real Emotional Trash (Matador)
WACO BROTHERS, Waco Express: Live And Kicking At Schubas Tavern (Bloodshot)
WAIFS, Sundirtwater (Compass)
WEINLAND, La Lamentor (Badman)
WHISKEYTOWN, Strangers Almanac Deluxe Edition (Universal) With a dozen or so alternate tracks, outtakes and other oddities
FEBRUARY 26, 2008
CHRIS HICKS, Dog Eat Dog World (Ramblin') Solo album from Marshall Tucker lead guitarist
COWBOY JUNKIES, Trinity Revisited (Latent/Zoe) Reinterpretation of The Trinity Session with guests Natalie Merchant, Ryan Adams and Vic Chesnutt, on CD/DVD
DOLLY PARTON, Backwoods Barbie (Dolly)
MISSY HIGGINS, On A Clear Night (Reprise)
PUNCH BROTHERS, Punch (Nonesuch) Chris Thile's new ensemble
RICHARD JULIAN, Sunday Morning In Saturday Shoes (Manhattan)
SARA MELSON, Dirty Mind (Nettwerk)
TIFT MERRITT, Another Country (Fantasy)
TOUMANI DIABATE, The Mande Variations (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
TRENT WILLMON, Broken In (Compadre/Music World Ent.)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Stax Does The Beatles (Stax/Concord)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Stax Sings Songs Of Motown Records (Stax/Concord)
FEBRUARY 19, 2008
ALLISON MOORER, Mockingbirds (New Line) Mostly covers album produced by Buddy Miller
AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB, The Golden Age (Merge)
ARLEN ROTH, Toolin' Around Woodstock (Aquinnah)
BELL X1, Flock (Yep Roc)
BOB FRANK, Red Neck, Blue Collar (Memphis International)
BONNIE BRAMLETT, Beautiful (Rockin' Camel)
GARY LOURIS, Vagabonds (Rykodisc)
GRAND ARCHIVES, self-titled (Sub Pop) Debut from ex-Band of Horses member Mat Brooke
HONEYBOY EDWARDS, Roamin' And Ramblin' (Earwig)
IDA, Lovers Prayers (Polyvinyl)
JIM LAUDERDALE & THE DREAM PLAYERS, Honey Songs (Yep Roc)
KULA SHAKER, Strange Folk (Cooking Vinyl)
LARRY STEPHENSON, Thankful (Pinecastle)
MIKE DOUGHTY, Golden Delicious (ATO)
MOUNTAIN GOATS, Heretic Pride (4AD)
PAUL THORN, A Long Way From Tupelo (Perpetual Obscurity)
NICK LOWE, Jesus Of Cool (Yep Roc)
RAY DAVIES, Working Man's Cafe (Ammal/New West)
SEVEN MARY THREE, Day & Night Driving (Bellum/Icon)
TOM PAXTON, Comedians & Angels (Appleseed)
FEBRUARY 12, 2008
ANTIETAM, Opus Mixtum (Carrot Top)
BLUE HIGHWAY, Through The Window Of A Train (Rounder)
BUZZ CASON, Hats Off To Hank (Palo Duro)
CARRIE NEWCOMER, The Geography Of Light (Rounder)
CATHERINE RUSSELL, Sentimental Streak (World Village)
DOUG HOEKSTRA, Blooming Rosses (WingDing)
FREEDY JOHNSTON, My Favorite Waste Of Time (Singing Magnet)
KATE MAKI, On High (OWOM) Canadian artist produced by Howe Gelb
MACEO PARKER, Roots & Grooves (Heads Up)
MARTIN HAYES & DENNIS CAHILL, Welcome Here Again (Green Linnet)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity (American Laundromat) includes Lori McKenna, Josie Cotton, Tanya Donelly, Jill Sobule with John Doe, the Watson Twins, etc.
FEBRUARY 5, 2008
A.K.A.C.O.D., Happiness (self) new ensemble featuring Dana Colley (sax player from Morphine), Monique Ortiz (Bourbon Princess) and Larry Dersch (Binary System)
BASIA BULAT, Oh, My Darling (Rough Trade)
BETH NIELSEN CHAPMAN, Prism: The Human Family Songbook
BOB MOULD, District Line (Anti-)
CAROLYN WONDERLAND, Miss Understood (Bismeaux)
DEAD MEADOW, Old Growth (Matador)
DEVASTATIONS, Yes U (Beggars Banquet)
JACK JOHNSON, Sleep Through The Static (Brushfire)
KAREN PARKS, Nobody Knows: Songs Of Harry T. Burleigh (Ottimavoce)
K.D. LANG, Watershed (Nonesuch) Her first self-produced album
LENNY KRAVITZ, It Is Time For A Love Revolution (Virgin)
LIZZ WRIGHT, Orchard (Verve Forecast)
MANDO SAENZ, Bucket (Carnival)
NADA SURF, Lucky (Barsuk)
OST, My Blueberry Nights (Blue Note) Soundtrack to Norah Jones' film debut
OTIS TAYLOR, Recapturing The Banjo (TelArc) With Guy Davis, Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Keb Mo, and Don Vappie
PAUL WELLER, Wild Wood (Yep Roc)
JANUARY 29, 2008
BECK, Odelay (Universal) Expanded edition
BEN VAUGHN COMBO, Beautiful Thing (Noble Rot)
BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, Down In New Orleans (Time-Life)
CHRIS STILLS, self-titled (KCJ)
DAILEY & VINCENT, self-titled (Rounder) New duo of Jamie Dailey (most recently lead vocalist with Doyle Lawson) and Darrin Vincent (most recently guitarist and mandolinist with Ricky Skaggs)
ED SANDERS, Sanders' Truckstop and Beer Cans On The Moon (Collector's Choice)
JEWLY HIGHT, Darlin' Understand (self-released)
JOE JACKSON, Rain (Ryko) Recorded with three of the four original Joe Jackson Band members
KATE WALSH, Tim's House (Verve Forecast)
KINGSTON TRIO, Once Upon A Time and Twice Upon A Time (Collector's Choice)
POPA CHUBBY, Deliveries After Dark (Blind Pig)
SHELBY LYNNE, Just A Little Lovin' (Lost Highway)
THAO WITH THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN, We Brave Bee Stings And All (Kill Rock Stars)
TIM HENSLEY, Long Monday (Rural Rhythm/Blue Chair) Bluegrass album co-produced by Kenny Chesney
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Always Lift Him Up: A Tribute To Blind Alfred Reed (Proper American) Includes tracks from Little Jimmy Dickens, Kathy Mattea, Larry Groce, Connie Smith, Tim & Mollie O'Brien, and Ray Benson
WEBB WILDER & THE BEATNECKS, Born To Be Wilder (Blind Pig)
WILLIE NELSON, Moment Of Forever (Lost Highway) Co-produced by Kenny Chesney
WRIGHTS, self-titled EP (Alan's Country Records)
JANUARY 22, 2008
BABY DEE, Safe Inside The Day (Drag City) Co-produced by Will Oldham or whatever his name is this week
BARTON CARROLL, The Lost One (Skybucket) Second solo outing from Crooked Fingers/Azure Ray/Dolorean sideman
BEN ALLISON, Little Things Run The World (Palmetto)
BIIRDIE, Catherine Avenue (Love Minus Zero)
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, Brighter Than Creation's Dark (New West)
CAT POWER, Jukebox (Matador) Her second all-covers record
ERIC MATTHEWS, The Imagination Stage (Empyrean)
FLESHTONES, Take A Good Look (Yep Roc)
JASON RINGENBERG, Best Tracks And Side Tracks 1979-2007 (Yep Roc) Two-disc career summation
KENNEDYS, Better Dreams (Appleseed)
LIAM FINN, I'll Be Lightning (Yep Roc) Debut from son of Neil Finn
LISA LOEB, The Purple Tape (Furious Rose) Reissue of 1992 indie release
MARS ARIZONA, Hello Cruel World (Big Barn)
MICHAEL HOLLAND, Simple Truths And Pleasures (Moll/Forced Exposure) Third solo album from Jennyanykind's co-leader
NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALL-STARS, Hernando (Songs Of The South)
OWEN TEMPLE, Two Thousand Miles (El Paisano)
PACK A.D., Tintype (Mint)
PATTY LARKIN, Watch The Sky (Vanguard)
STEVE POLTZ, Traveling (98 Pounder)
TIMES NEW VIKING, Rip It Off (Matador)
WALTER HYATT, Some Unfinished Business Volume One (King Tears) Archival material from the late singer-songwriter
WHIGS, Mission Control (ATO)
JANUARY 15, 2008
ANNE MURRAY, Duets: Friends & Legends (EMI) Duets with Shania Twain, Martina McBride, Nelly Furtado, kd lang, Carole King, Emmylou Harris, etc.
BLACK MOUNTAIN, In The Future (Jagjaguwar)
ELAINE ELIAS, Something For You: Elaine Elias Sings And Plays Bill Evans (Blue Note)
ERIC LINDELL, Low On Cash, Rich In Love (Alligator)
HAYDEN, In Field & Town (Hardwood) Canada-only release
MAGNETIC FIELDS, Distortion (Nonesuch)
MALCOLM HOLCOMBE, Gamblin' House (Echo Mountain)
MATT COSTA, Unfamiliar Faces (Brushfire)
PETER HOLSAPPLE & CHRIS STAMEY, Mavericks (Collectors' Choice) Reissue of 1991 album
RINGO STARR, Liverpool 8 (Capitol/EMI)
ROOMFUL OF BLUES, Raisin' A Ruckus (Alligator)
STEELDRIVERS, self-titled (Rounder)
TRENT WILLMON, Broken In (Compadre)
TYLER RAMSEY, A Long Dream About Swimming Across The Sea (Echo Mountain) He plays guitar with Band Of Horses
JANUARY 8, 2008
AMANDA SHAW, Pretty Runs Out (Rounder)
JOHN ANDERSON, I Just Came Home To Count The Memories; All The People Are Talkin'; Eye Of A Hurricane; Tokyo, Oklahoma; Countrified (Collector's Choice)
MARAH, Angels Of Destruction! (Yep Roc)
MEDESKI, MARTIN & WOOD, Let's Go Everywhere (Little Monster) kids' record
REVEREND ORGANDRUM, Hi-Fi Stereo (Yep Roc) Side project from Jim "Reverend Horton Heat" Heath and Tim Alexander
RHONDA VINCENT, Good Thing Going (Rounder)
SIA, Some People Have Real Problems (Monkey Puzzle)
IIIRD TYME OUT, Footprints: A IIIrd Tyme Out Collection (Rounder)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Soul Summit (Shanachie) Live recording from 2007 Berks Jazz Festival featuring Susan Tedeschi, Karl Denson, Bob Babbitt and others
An archive of 2007 releases (going back to August 21, when we began archiving our weekly schedules). Listed by week, from newest to oldest. (Artists have been alphabetized by their first names.)
DECEMBER 18, 2007
YARROWS, Plum (Empyrean)
DECEMBER 11, 2007
DIMES, The Silent Generation (Pet Marmoset)
OST, The Great Debaters: Music Recorded For The Motion Picture With Vintage Tracks (Atlantic) New recordings from Sharon Jones, Alvin Youngblood Hart, and the Carolina Chocolate Drops
DECEMBER 4, 2007
BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, American X: Baby 81 Sessions (RCA)
BLACK TIE, Goodbye, Farewell (Socyermom)
LEE HAZLEWOOD, Strung Out On Something New: The Reprise Recordings (Rhino Handmade)
MARSHALL TUCKER BAND, Carolina Dreams Tour '77 (Shout! Factory)
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall (Geffen)
WRECKERS, Way Back Home: Live From New York (Warner Bros.)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Thrill Jockey 15th anniversary celebration (Thrill Jockey) Nine 7-inch singles in a box, all covers by and of label artists
NOVEMBER 27, 2007
JESSE DAYTON & BRENNEN LEIGH, Holdin' Our Own & Other Country Gold Duets (Stag)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Causes I (Waxploitation) Darfur benefit with rare/exclusive tracks from the Black Keys, the Cure, Death Cab For Cutie, the Shins, Spoon, etc.
NOVEMBER 20, 2007
ED HARCOURT, Until Tomorrow Then:The Best Of (Astralwerks)
PHANTOM BLUES BAND, Footprints (Delta Groove)
SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE, Shelter From The Ash (Drag City)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Celtic Dreamland (Putumayo Kids) Celtic children's compilation with Susan McKeown, Dougie MacLean, etc.
NOVEMBER 13, 2007
ANA EGGE, Lazy Days (Grace/Parkinsong)
BETH WHITNEY, Leave Your Shoes (Malamute)
GEORGE STRAIT, 22 More Hits (MCA)
JIMMY REED, At Carnegie Hall (Shout! Factory)
JOHN LEE HOOKER, I'm John Lee Hooker (Shout! Factory)
LURRIE BELL, Let's Talk About Love (Aria B.G.)
PAM TILLIS, Just In Time For Christmas (Stellar Cat)
TRISHA YEARWOOD, Heaven, Heartache & The Power Of Love (Big Machine)
NOVEMBER 6, 2007
BILL STAINES, Old Dogs (Red House)
BOOKER T. JONES WITH JOLIE HOLLAND, "What A Wonderful World" digital single (Anti-)
CONWAY TWITTY, A Twismas Story (conwaytwitty.com)
DION DIMUCCI, Son Of Skip James (Verve Forecast) Yes, that Dion
JOHN SEBASTIAN & DAVID GRISMAN, Satisfied (Acoustic Disc)
LITTLE BIG TOWN, A Place To Land (Equity)
LOU RAWLS, The Essential (Philadelphia International/Legacy)
LUCINDA BLACK BEAR, 'Capo My Heart' And Other Bear Songs (Eastern Spurs) The latest from Christian Gibbs
NICK DRAKE, Fruit Tree (UME/Fontana) Box set including Five Leaves Left, Bryter Layter, Pink Moon, a 108-page book, and a biographical DVD
PINE HILL HAINTS, Ghost Dance (K)
ROBIN & LINDA WILLIAMS, Radio Songs (Red House)
ROMAN CARTER, Never Slow Down (Bong Load)
RONNIE EARL & THE BROADCASTERS, Hope Radio (Stony Plain)
STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, Solos, Sessions & Encores (Epic/Legacy)
TRIPWIRES, Makes You Look Around (Paisley Pop)
TEDDY PENDERGRASS, The Essential (Philadelphia International/Legacy)
VAN MORRISON, Still On Top: The Greatest Hits (Hip-O)
OCTOBER 30, 2007
BLUE RODEO, Small Miracles (TeleSoul)
CARRIE AKRE, Last The Evening (Loveless)
CHAMBERS BROTHERS, Feelin' The Blues, People Get Ready, Shout! and Live (Collector's Choice)
DAVID BOWIE, David Bowie Box (ISO/Columbia) 10-CD box, previously a Japanese import, including Outside, Earthling, Hours, Heathen, and Reality, and a disc of outtakes from each
GENE CLARK WITH CARLA OLSON, In Concert (Collector's Choice)
IAN BALL, Who Goes There (Dispensary) He's in Gomez
JOSH TURNER, Everything Is Fine (MCA)
KAREN DALTON, Cotton Eyed Joe: Live In Boulder 1962 (Delmore)
LEVON HELM, Dirt Farmer (Vanguard)
LOU RAWLS, The Essential (Philadelphia International/Legacy)
NICOLE ATKINS, Neptune City (Columbia)
SUNSHONE STILL, Ten Cent American Novels (Potato Eater)
TEDDY PENDERGRASS, The Essential (Philadelphia International/Legacy)
TIM CARROLL, The Devil Is A Busy Man (self)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, The Harlem Experiment (Ropeadope)
OCTOBER 23, 2007
ALISON KRAUSS & ROBERT PLANT, Raising Sand (Rounder) Produced by T Bone Burnett
BLANCHE, Little Amber Bottles (Original Signal) Digital release was August 21
BRIDGE, self-titled (Hyena)
CARRIE UNDERWOOD, Carnival Ride (Arista-Nashville)
DAMIEN RICE, Live At Fingerprints, Warts And All (Heffa/Vector/Warner Bros.)
DWIGHT YOAKAM, Dwight Sings Buck (New West)
GARY ALLAN, Living Hard (MCA)
GRAYSON CAPPS, Songbones (Hyena) Limited edition live acoustic album, recorded at the 9th Street Picking Parlor in New Orleans in 2002
LISA O'KANE, It Don't Hurt (New Light)
NEIL YOUNG, Chrome Dreams II (Reprise)
MOUNTAIN HEART, Road That Never Ends: The Live Album (Rural Rhythm)
REDWALLS, self-titled (Mad Dragon)
RINGO STARR, Live At Soundstage (Koch)
ROY ORBISON, King Of Hearts (Orbison/Legacy)
ROY ORBISON, Mystery Girl (Orbison/Legacy)
RYAN ADAMS & THE CARDINALS, Follow The Lights EP (Lost Highway)
SCOTLAND YARD GOSPEL CHOIR, self-titled (Bloodshot)
SHOOTER JENNINGS, The Wolf (Universal South)
THRILLS, Teenager (Capitol)
TOM BROSSEAU, Cavalier (FatCat) produced by John Parish
OCTOBER 16, 2007
ANGIE STONE, The Art Of Love And War (Stax)
CAKE SALE, self-titled (Yep Roc) Oxfam benefit album featuring Josh Ritter, Glen Hansard (Frames), Gary Lightbody (Snowpatrol), Nina Persson (Cardigans), Lisa Hannigan, Gemma Hayes, Divine Comedy, Thrills, Bell X1, etc.
DAN WILSON, Free Life (American/Columbia) former member of Trip Shakespeare and Semisonic, with contributions from Sheryl Crow and Sean Watkins
EUROS CHILDS, The Miracle Inn (Wichita) Third solo outing by one of the chaps from Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
GARRISON STARR, The Girl That Killed September (Media Creature)
GOUGERS, A Long Day For The Weathervane (Weathervane) Austin alt-country quartet, formerly the Sidehill Gougers, with guests Brad Rice, Ken Coomer, Taras Prodanuik, Rami Jaffe, Brian Standefer
JUSTIN CURRIE, What Is Love For (Ryko) Solo debut from the lead singer of Del Amitri
PYLON, Gyrate Plus (DFA)
ROBYN HITCHCOCK, I Wanna Go Backwards (Yep Roc) Box set reprising Black Snake Diamond Role, I Often Dream Of Train, and Eye, plus While Thatcher Mauled Britain Parts I And II, two discs of B-sides, demos and such
SOULSAVERS, It's Not How Far You Fall, It's The Way You Land (Columbia) With Mark Lanegan now on vocals
VARIOUS ARTISTS, City Of Dreams: A Collection Of New Orleans Music (Rounder) 4-disc retrospective
VASHTI BUNYAN, Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind: Singles And Demos 1964 To 1967 (DiCristina Stair Builders/Spinney)
OCTOBER 9, 2007
BAND OF HORSES, Cease To Begin (Sub Pop)
CHARLIE DANIELS BAND, Deuces (Blue Hat) Duets album with Brad Paisley, Del McCoury Band, Gretchen Wilson, Marty Stuart, Brooks & Dunn, etc.
CLAIRE LYNCH, Crowd Favorites (Rounder)
CLARENCE "GATEMOUTH" BROWN, Bogaloosa Boogie Man (Sunnyside/Maison de Blues)
DEADSTRING BROTHERS, Silver Mountain (Bloodshot)
DIAMOND RIO, The Star Still Shines (Word/Curb)
EDDY MITCHELL, Jambalaya (Sunnyside/Maison de Blues)
FIERY FURNACES, Widow City (Thrill Jockey)
JAPANCAKES, Giving Machines (Darla)
MEMPHIS SLIM, Boogie Woogie (Sunnyside/Maison de Blues)
MEMPHIS SLIM & ROOSEVELT SYKES, Double-Barreled Boogie (Sunnyside/Maison de Blues)
MINDY SMITH, My Holiday (Vanguard) Six new Christmas songs plus standards, includes Alison Krauss, Chely Wright, and Thad Cockrell harmonies
NICK MOSS & THE FLIP TOPS, Play It 'Til Tomorrow (Blue Bella)
ROBERT HAZARD, Troubadour (Rykodisc) He wrote "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"
SARA EVANS, Greatest Hits (RCA Nashville)
SCOUT NIBLETT, This Fool Can Die Now (Too Pure)
VAN ZANT, My Kind Of Country (Columbia Nashville)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, The Gift: A Tribute To Ian Tyson (Stony Plain) tracks by Gordon Lightfoot, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Blue Rodeo, Chris Hillman, Jennifer Warnes, etc.
WILL HOGE, Draw The Curtains (Ryko)
WILLIE NELSON & DON CHERRY, It's Magic (Diamond Disc)
OCTOBER 2, 2007
ARETHA FRANKLIN, Rare & Unreleased Recordings From The Golden Reign Of The Queen Of Soul (Rhino) Two-disc rarities set
BOB DYLAN, Dylan (Columbia/Legacy) 3-CD retrospective.
BROOKS & DUNN, Cowboy Town (Arista-Nashville)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND, Magic (Columbia)
CHIP TAYL0R & CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, Live From The Ruhr Triennale -- October 2005 (Train Wreck) With Bill Frisell, Greg Liesz, and a Buddy Miller guest appearance.
CHUCK PROPHET, Soap And Water (Yep Roc)
CROSS CANADIAN RAGWEED, Mission California (Universal South)
DARLENE LOVE, It's Christmas, Of Course (Shout! Factory)
JJ CALE, Rewind: Unreleased Recordings (Time-Life)
JOHN FOGERTY, Revival (Fantasy)
LIZ TORMES, Go To The Light That You Want To Be Lime (Velour)
MERLE HAGGARD, The Bluegrass Sessions (McCoury Music)
MICKEY HART & ZAKIR HUSSAIN, Global Drum Project (Shout! Factory)
RICHARD HAWLEY, Lady's Bridge (Mute)
ROBIN TROWER, Bridge Of Sighs (Capitol/EMI) Expanded and remastered.
RYAN BINGHAM, Mescalito (Lost Highway)
SADIES, New Seasons (Yep Roc)
TONI PRICE, Talk Memphis (Antone's)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Hear Something Country Christmas (BNA) Includes Montgomery Gentry's cover of the Robert Earl Keen chestnut "Merry Christmas From The Family."
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Oh Santa! (Yep Roc) Includes new tracks from Jason Ringenbeerg, Apples In Stereo, Marah, Chatham County Line, Minus 5, etc.
WUSSY, Left For Dead (Shake It)
SEPTEMBER 25, 2007
ANDERS OSBORNE, Coming Down (M.C.)
ARTHUR ALEXANDER, Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter (Hacktone) reissued with live tracks and demos
BETTYE LAVETTE, The Scene Of The Crime (Anti-) with the Drive-By Truckers and Spooner Oldham
BILL MEDLEY, Damn Near Righteous (Westlake) Solo debut from the surviving Righteous Brother
BILLIE HOLIDAY, Lady Day: The Master Takes And Singles (Columbia/Legacy) 4-CD box
BILLY JOE SHAVER, Everybody's Brother (Compadre)
BIRDIE BUSCH, Penny Arcade (Bar/None)
BOBBIE NELSON, Audiobiography (Justice) Debut from Willie Nelson's sister.
BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA, Wolfgang's Big Night Out (Surfdog)
CAVE SINGERS, Invitation Songs (Matador)
CHAKA KHAN, Funk This (Burgundy)
DELLS, Best Of The Vee-Jay Years (Shout! Factory)
DEVENDRA BANHART, Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (XL)
ERIN MCKEOWN, Lafayette (Signature Sounds) live album
FRANK SINATRA, A Voice In Time (1939-1952) (Columbia/RCA Victor/Legacy) 4-CD box
GENE WATSON, In A Perfect World (Shanachie) Duets with Vince Gill, Lee Ann Womack, Joe Nichols, Connie Smith & Rhonda Vincent
IRON & WINE, The Shepherd's Dog (Sub Pop)
JERRY BUTLER, Best Of The Vee-Jay Years (Shout! Factory)
JIMMY REED, Best Of The Vee-Jay Years (Shout! Factory)
JONI MITCHELL, Shine (Hear)
KEVIN FOWLER, Bring It On (Equity)
LUCA, Fractions (Funzalo)
MALCOLM HOLCOMBE, Wager EP (self-released)
MATT POND PA, Last Light (Altitude)
MESHELL NDEGEONCELLO, The World Has Made Me The Man Of My Dreams (Emarcy)
MILES DAVIS, The Complete On The Corner Sessions (Legacy) 6-CD box.
NELLIE MCKAY, Obligatory Villagers (Hungry Mouse)
NEW AMSTERDAMS, At The Foot Of My Rival (Curb Appeal)
PIETA BROWN, Remember The Sun (One Little Indian)
PJ HARVEY, White Chalk (Island)
RICKY SKAGGS WITH THE WHITES, Salt Of The Earth (Skaggs Family)
SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS, 100 Days, 100 Nights (Daptone/World's Fair)
STAPLE SINGERS, Best Of The Vee-Jay Years (Shout! Factory)
SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK, Experiences...101 (Appleseed)
TWO GALLANTS, self-titled (Saddle Creek)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Songs Of Disaster 1913-1938 (Tompkins Square) 3-CD box
WEAKERTHANS, Reunion Tour (Anti-)
SEPTEMBER 18, 2007
BADFINGER, self-titled and Wish You Were Here (Collector's Choice)
BEN LEE, Ripe (New West)
CARLA THOMAS, Live At The Bohemian Caverns (Stax) 1967 concert finally released on its 50th anniversary.
CAROLYN MARK, Nothing Is Free (Mint)
CHRIS KENNER, Land Of 1000 Dances (Collector's Choice)
CLYDE MCPHATTER & THE DRIFTERS, Rock & Roll (Collector's Choice)
DOYLE BRAMHALL, Is It News (Yep Roc)
DRIFTERS, I'll Take You Where The Music's Playing (Collector's Choice)
EMMYLOU HARRIS, Songbird: Rare Tracks And Forgotten Gems (Rhino) 5-disc boxed set, including one track from her first album
JAMES BLUNT, All The Lost Souls (Custard/Atlantic)
JAMES LUTHER DICKINSON, Killers From Space (Memphis International)
JIM LAUDERDALE, The Bluegrass Diaries (Yep Roc)
KENNY "BABYFACE" EDMONDS, Playlist (Mercury) Mostly covers, including "Please Come To Boston," "Fire & Rain," "Knockin' On Heaven's Door," etc.
LARRY CORDLE & LONESOME STANDARD TIME, Took Down And Put Up (Lonesome Day)
LEGENDARY SHACKSHAKERS, Swampblood (Yep Roc)
MARK KNOPFLER, Kill To Get Crimson (Warner Bros.)
MARTIN STEPHENSON, Hell's Half Acre: The Soundfield Sessions (Ramseur)
MARY GAUTHIER, Between Daylight And Dark (Lost Highway)
MICHAEL HURLEY, The Ancestral Swamp (Gnomonsong)
MICHELLE SHOCKED, ToHEAVEnuRIDE (Mighty Sound/Megaforce)
OST, Across The Universe (Interscope) Soundtrack to a movie musical written around Beatles songs, performed by actors Jim Sturgess and Evan Rachel Wood, Bon, Joe Cocker, and others. Produced, in part, by T Bone Burnett.
REBA MCENTIRE, Reba Duets (MCA-Nashville)
SIMON & GARFUNKEL, Live 1969 (Sony/Legacy)
STEVE EARLE, Washington Square Serenade (New West/Ammal)
TIM KREKEL, Soul Season (Natchez Trace)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Song Of America (31 Tigers/Split Rock) 3-disc set executive-produced by former U.S. Atty Gen. Janet Reno, featuring Blind Boys Of Alabama, BR549, Del McCoury Band, Old Crow Medicine Show, Danielson, Bettye LaVette, many others
SEPTEMBER 11, 2007
ANI DIFRANCO, Canon (Righteous Babe) double-album studio career retrospective
ANN WILSON, Hope & Glory (Zoe/Rounder) The Heart singer, not the gospel legend
BILLY JOE SHAVER, Storyteller: Live At The Bluebird (Sugar Hill)
BLACK FRANCIS, Bluefinger (Cooking Vinyl) 11 songs in homage to Herman Brood
EMMA POLLOCK, Watch The Fireworks (4AD) From the Delgados
ERIC BIBB, An Evening With Eric Bibb (M.C.)
GOOD LIFE, Help Wanted Nights (Saddle Creek)
HA HA TONKA, Buckle In The Bible Belt (Bloodshot) previously known as Amsterband
HOT HOT HEAT, Happiness LTD (Sire)
JOE HENRY, Civilians (Anti-) with Van Dyke Parks, Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz
KANE/WELCH/KAPLIN, self-titled (Compass/Dead Reckoning)
KASEY ANDERSON, The Reckoning (Terra Soul)
KENNY CHESNEY, Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates (BNA) Ronnie Bowman, Dwight Yoakam, and Jon Randall will, at least, enjoy their cuts.
LUCKY TOMBLIN BAND, Red Hot From Blue Rock (Texas World)
OAKLEY HALL, I'll Follow You (Merge)
RED STICK RAMBLERS, Made In The Shade (Sugar Hill)
TOM GILLAM, Never Look Back (Treehouse)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Four Decades Of Folk Rock (Time-Life)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Sowing Seeds: The 10th Anniversary (Appleseed) Two-disc set includes an exclusive Bruce Springsteen-Pete Seeger duet on "Ghost Of Tom Joad" along with exclusive tracks from Ani DiFranco, Donovan, etc.
VIC CHESNUTT, North Star Deserter (Constellation)
WOODY GUTHRIE, The Live Wire: Woody Guthrie In Performance 1949 (Woody Guthrie Publications Inc.)
SEPTEMBER 4, 2007
HEAVY TRASH, Going Way Out With Heavy Trash (Yep Roc) Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray's second album under this name
KILL HENRY SUGAR, Swing Back And Down (Surprise Truck)
PETER HIMMELMAN, The Pigeons Couldn't Sleep (Himmasongs)
SUZY BOGGUSS, Sweet Danger (self)
AUGUST 28, 2007
BRANDI SHEARER, Close To Dark (Amoeba)
CRYSTAL GAYLE, Greatest Hits (Capitol-Nashville/EMI)
LYLE LOVETT & HIS LARGE BAND, It's Not Big It's Large (Lost Highway)
MICHAEL MCDERMOTT, Noise From Words (One Little Indian)
RASCALS, The Young Rascals; Collections; Groovin'; Once Upon A Dream; Freedom Suite; See; Search And Nearness (Collector's Choice) In both mono and stereo mixes
SUBDUDES, Street Symphony (Back Porch)
TERRI HENDRIX, The Spiritual Kind (Wilory)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Wattstax (Stax/Concord) Expanded three-disc soundtrack
VHS OR BETA, Bring On The Comets (Astralwerks)
AUGUST 21, 2007
DAX RIGGS, We Sing Only Of Blood Or Love (Fat Possum)
EVERYBODYFIELDS, Nothing Is Okay (Ramseur)
GREG BROWN, Yellow Dog (Earthwork Music) Live August 2005 show, proceeds benefit the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve
JOE NICHOLS, Real Things (Universal South)
JOSH RITTER, The Historical Conquests Of Josh Ritter (Sony)
MEKONS, Natural (Quarterstick)
NATHANIAL MAYER, Why Don't You Give It To Me? (Alive)
NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, Challengers (Matador)
OMAR KENT DYKES & JIMMIE VAUGHAN, On The Jimmy Reed Highway (New Ruf) Tribute disc featuring contributions from Delbert McClinton, James Cotton, Kim Wilson and Lou Ann Barton
OVER THE RHINE, The Trumpet Child (Great Speckled Dog)
PATRICK PARK, Everyone's In Everyone (Curb Appeal)
PETER HIMMELMAN, The Pigeons Couldn't Sleep (Himmasongs/Thirty Tigers)
RILO KILEY, Under The Blacklight (Warner Bros.)
RONNIE MCCOURY & THE DEL MCCOURY BAND, Little Mo' McCoury (McCoury Music) a bluegrass children's album!
STERLING HARRISON, South Of The Snooty Fox (Hacktone) L.A. obscure soul legend produced by Steve Berlin
TOM RUSSELL/VARIOUS ARTISTS, Wounded Heart Of America (HighTone) covers of Russell songs by Johnny Cash, Doug Sahm, Dave Alvin, Iris DeMent, etc., plus a few from Russell himself
TRAVIS TRITT, The Storm (Category 5)
VARIOUS ARTISTS, Vee-Jay: The Definitive Collection (Shout! Factory) 4-CD box
WATERBOYS, Book Of Lightning (W14 Music/Decca)
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