Release schedules shift about as often as tour dates do. What follows is a selective and somewhat idiosyncratic schedule of record releases. We'll update it as often as is humanly possible to ensure accuracy. But we guarantee some of this will change without notice. (Incidentally, artists have been alphabetized by their first names.)
Per a reader's suggestion, we have archived previous weeks' release schedules (as of late August 2007. Scroll to the bottom of this page, or click on "Archived Release Schedule" in the right hand column, below "Recent Posts" and above "Subscribe to this blog's feed" to reach that listing.
New or altered entries are now in bold face. Each Tuesday morning (if the creek don't rise) we'll take all the previous week's entries out of bold and start fresh.
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
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)
PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, These Are The Good Times People (Fugitive)
SHAWN MULLINS, Honeydew (Vanguard)
TRISTAN PRETTYMAN, Hello (Virgin)
MARCH 18, 2008
ADAM GREEN, Sixes & Sevens (Rough Trade) Co-founder of Moldy Peaches.
DEVOTCHKA, A Mad And Faithful Telling (Anti-)
DANIEL LANOIS, Here Is What Is (Red Floor) digital-download version precedes on December 15
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
GNARLS BARKLEY, The Odd Couple (Atlantic)
HAYES CARLL, Trouble In Mind (Lost Highway)
LONGVIEW, Deep In The Mountains (Rounder)
NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (Anti-)
WAS (NOT WAS), Boo! (Rykodisc)
APRIL 15, 2008
A.A. BONDY, American Hearts (Fat Possum) With the Felice Brothers and their sister, Clare.
DIXIE BEE-LINERS, Ripe (Pinecastle)
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 22, 2008
AMELIA, A Long, Lovely List Of Repairs (Adrenaline)
BILLY BRAGG, Mr. Love & Justice (Anti-)
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, self-titled (Sub Pop)
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.
STEVE RILEY & THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS, Best Of (Rounder)
TAB BENOIT, Night Train To Nashville (TelArc) Live album.
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)
LANGHORNE SLIM, self-titled (Kemado)
ROBERT FORSTER, The Evangelist (Yep Roc)
MAY 6, 2008
ABIGAIL WASHBURN & THE SPARROW QUARTET, The Sparrow Quartet (Nettwerk)
ERSI ARVIZU, Friend For Life (Anti-) Produced by Ry Cooder.
FIREWATER, The Golden Hour (Bloodshot)
JEB LOY NICHOLS, Days Are Mighty (Compass)
NO AGE, Nouns (Sub Pop)
RACHAEL SAGE, Chandelier (MPress)
SIERRA HULL, Secrets (Rounder)
MAY 13, 2008
DENNIS WILSON, Pacific Ocean Blue: Legacy Edition (Caribou/Epic/Legacy)
JAKOB DYLAN, Seeing Things (Columbia/Starbucks)
OLD 97S, Blame It On Gravity (New West)
MAY 20, 2008
DRUNK STUNTMEN, State Fair (self)
JAMES KING, Gardens In The Sky (Rounder)
MUDHONEY, The Lucky Ones (Sub Pop)
MAY 27, 2008
LISA LOEB, Camp Lisa (Furious Rose) Children's music record with special guests including Jill Sobule, Maia Sharp and Steve Martin
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
MAY 2008 (DATES TBA)
JOHN HIATT, title TBA (New West)
PETER COOPER, Mission Door (Red Beet)
JUNE 3, 3008
ED HARCOURT, The Beautiful Lie (Dovecote)
JUNE 10, 2008
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO, Real Animal (Back Porch)
MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too (Zoe/Rounder)
MY MORNING JACKET, Evil Urges (ATO)
PRISCILLA AHN, A Good Day (Blue Note)
SCOTT KEMPNER, Saving Grace (00:2:59) First solo outing in 16 years from ex-Del Lord/Dictator.
JUNE 17, 2008
SILVER JEWS, Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea (Drag City)
JUNE 24, 2008
WATSON TWINS, Fire Songs (Vanguard)
JULY 2008
CARRIE RODRIGUEZ, TBA (Back Porch)
SPRING 2008 (DATE TBA)
DAN TYMINSKI, Wheels (Rounder)
MEG HUTCHINSON, Come Up Full (Red House)
NEIL YOUNG, Archives, Vol. 1 (Warner Bros.)
TERRI CLARK, My Next Life (BNA)
SUMMER 2008 (DATE TBA)
BITTERSWEETS, title TBA (Compass)
Per a reader's suggestion, we will archive release schedules below. It is still a selective and somewhat idiosyncratic amalgamation. We'll add to it once each week, mostly on Tuesday mornings. (Artists have been alphabetized by their first names.)
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)
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 (no date yet announced)
AMANDA SHAW, Pretty Runs Out (Rounder)
CARLENE CARTER, Stronger (Eleven Thirty)
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)
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
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 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 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 2007 (no date yet announced)
KANE, WELCH, KAPLIN, self-titled (Compass/Dead Reckoning)
WES CHARLTON, World On Fire (Wildflower)
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)
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 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 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
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 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)
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)
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 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 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.
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
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 18, 2007
YARROWS, Plum (Empyrean)
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
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 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 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)
DAILY & 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 2008 (DATE TBA)
ERIC TAYLOR, Hollywood Pocketknife (Blue Ruby)
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)
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)
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)
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 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 - Featuring Levon Helm (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, 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 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)
