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Tracks Trouble Free [Us Import]
- It Ain't Nothin' New - Randy Travis, Rhonda Vincent
- Blues Ain't Workin' on Me - Dolly Parton, Rhonda Vincent
- If I Could Stop Loving You
- What More Do You Want from Me?
- You Beat All I've Ever Seen
- At the Corner of Walk and Don't Walk
- Trouble Free
- Old Memory (Found It's Way Back Home Again)
- Somebody - Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent
- When I'm Through Fallin' Apart
Release date: 1999-12-23
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.64
Review Trouble Free [Us Import] / Rhonda Vincent:
Tracks Sounds of Goodbye
- Bowling Green
- Tell Me
- Let It Be Me
- Hangin' On
- Multiple Heartaches
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
- The Victim
- Love Of The Common People
- She's Gone
- One Hundred Years From Now
- Uncommitted Man
- I'll Live Today
- She Still Wishes I Were You
- There Must Be A Someone (I Can Turn To)
- Had A Lot Of Friends
- Catch The Wind
- Sounds Of Goodbye
- Love At First Sight
- For Us To Find
- Louisiana Man
- I'll Live With God (To Die No More)
- Woman's Disgrace
- No Matter Where You Go (There You Are)
- Wishing
Release date: 2003-11-03
RRP: £14.99
Price: £9.01
Review Sounds of Goodbye / Gosdin Brothers:
Tracks Drive: a Collection of Bluegrass & Related Acoustic Music
- Natchez Trace
- Crucial Country Breakdown
- See Rock City
- Whitewater
- Sanctuary
- Lights Of Home
- Slipstream
- Down In The Swamp
- Up And Around The Bend
- Legend
- Open Road
Release date: 2008-08-18
RRP: £14.99
Price: £8.21
Review Drive: a Collection of Bluegrass & Related Acoustic Music / Bela Fleck:
Tracks Threesome: Mexican Standoff/Don't Ask Don't Tell/Got No Strings
- Baby Mine
- How You Play The Game
- Hi Skool
- Got No Strings
- Don't Ask
- Blackjack Heart
- To Be A Cat
- Weasel Be Poppin'
- Wanted Man
- Goodbye
- La Cantina el Gato Negro
- A Dream Is A Wish
- Match Burns Twice
- Picoesque
- 180 Proof
- Used Car Lot
- Spectrum
- On The Front Porch
- Hardly Gonna Miss Him
- Spoonful Of Sugar
- Elaborate Sabotage
- Early Morning Saturday
- Lonely Planet
- Fools Like Us
- When You Wish Upon A Star
- Mouth Of The Mississippi
- Give A Little Whistle
- Don't Tell
- Evacuation Route
- Bare Necessities
- Bitter Pill
Release date: 2005-06-27
RRP: £34.99
Price: £9.99
Review Threesome: Mexican Standoff/Don't Ask Don't Tell/Got No Strings / Michelle Shocked:Ambition is certainly something that Michelle Shocked is not lacking. Many would also claim that as she is releasing three albums on one day, she is not lacking in foolhardiness either. There have been instances of artists releasing two albums at once (Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Bright Eyes), but three at once is unique, if unsurprising given Shocked's fondness for trilogies. Given the stylistic differences between the three as well, it's small wonder that these are independent releases with no major backing - such a display of generosity would send any company pulling the purse strings tighter than a noose. As a demonstration of Shocked's ability to move masterfully between genres, Mexican Standoff is very successful. From the off, all the elements previously on show in her Latino-tinged work are present, from the mariachi trumpet to the impassioned Mexican backing vocals, replaced in the second half of the album by her more familiar southern Blues style. Don't Ask, Don't Tell is strongest of the triumvirate, and best represents the familiar Shocked style. Dealing primarily with a painful divorce, the songs are intimate and disquieting as all great break-up songs are (think Blood On the Tracks crossed with Maria McKee's Life Is Sweet), but created with far more grace and restraint. Indeed, the opening "Early Morning Saturday" sounds positively upbeat, before the metaphorical walls come tumbling down. The material may be lyrically downbeat, but the sound is tempting and varied. [+]Traces of Dylan's vocal style in "How You Play The Game" rub up against the eerie monologue of "Don't Ask", on an album full of twists and turns. As part of the trilogy, it's the jewel in the crown; as a standalone album it's simply magnificent. Certainly the oddest of the three albums, Got No Strings is a semi-concept album of Disney film tunes retooled with pedal steel, Grapelli-style fiddle and other jazz accoutrements instead of the overblown sound of Disney tradition, is probably the barometer that will either irk or appeal. It's probably the most commercially charming album, and the material is well executed and very familiar, which means that this could find Shocked reaching a wider audience. What her long-term fans will make of it is another matter. However, with the wealth of riches that three simultaneous albums bring, the faithful fans should view this as a quaint bonus. -Thom Allott.
Tracks Old Ties
- Bristol In The Bottle
- Church St. Blues
- Ginseng Sullivan
- Fields Of November
- Old Ties
- Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
- Down Home Summertime Blues
- O'Malley's Tune
- OBC #3
- Uncle
- Fiddler's Dram/Whiskey Before Breakfast
- Spanish Fandango
- Lost Indian
- Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room
- Billy Gray
- Prettiest Little Girl In The Country
- Sleepy Eyed Joe/Indian Creek
- Blind Dog
- Randall Collins/Done Gone
Release date: 2008-08-18
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.16
Review Old Ties / Norman Blake:With a spot on the O Brother soundtrack and Down From the Mountain tour, singer and multi-instrumentalist Norman Blake was introduced to a host of roots-music fans for the first time. Yet, anyone with even a passing interest in old-time and bluegrass music surely knew of Norman Blake 30 years prior to the turn-of-the-century bluegrass boom. In addition to his many fine solo recordings, Blake has played with names like Dylan, Cash, and Kristofferson, not to mention his place on 1972's Will The Circle Be Unbroken, the O Brother of its day. This 19-track compilation cherry-picks from his Rounder and Flying Fish albums dating back to 1972 and offers a mix of traditional songs and originals, instrumentals (both delicate and hot-picked) and vocals, solos, duos, trios, and quartets. As such it showcases the full range of Blake's talents: an uncanny blend of blistering speed, unerring taste and rhythmic precision on guitar, an endearing, understated singing style and a deep appreciation for beautiful melodies. -Marc Greilsamer.
Tracks Harvest Home: Music for All Seasons
- Chanson de Mardi Gras
- Harvest Home Suite: Spring (Prairie Song)
- Harvest Home Suite: Winter (The Solstice, Mardi Gras)
- Solstice Hymn
- Farmer's Set
- Ashokan Farewell
- Bound for Another Harvest Hone
- Haymaker's Hoedown
- Prairie Spring
- Thanksgiving Waltz
- Harvest Home Suite: Autumn (Thanksgiving Hymn)
- Harvest Home Suite: Summer (Wind That Shakes the Barley, the Barn ...)
- Bonaparte's Retreat/Hoedown
- Harvest Home Suite: Overture (Fertility Theme, Harvest Home)
RRP: £17.99
Price: £7.15
Review Harvest Home: Music for All Seasons / Jay Ungar & Molly Mason:
Tracks Have Moicy
- Griselda
- Driving Wheel
- Weep Weep Weep
- Sweet Lucy
- Fooey Fooey
- Robbin' Banks
- Slurf Song
- What Made My Hamburger Disappear
- Jackknife/Red Newt
- Country Bump
- Jealous Daddy's Death Song
- Midnight In Paris
- Hoodoo Bash
Release date: 1995-10-17
RRP: £13.99
Price: £7.37
Review Have Moicy / Michael Hurley:
Tracks Blue Is the Colour of Hope
- Bad News (At The Best Of Times)
- First You Cry
- Sunnyshine Day
- Still Hurts Sometimes
- I Would Be Stronger Than That
- So Soft Your Goodbye
- Love To Learn
- To Be The One
- Blue Train
- It Don't Bring You
Release date: 1993-04-07
RRP: £6.99
Price: £3.10
Review Blue Is the Colour of Hope / Maura O'Connell:
Tracks Ralph Stanley
- Great high mountain
- False hearted lover's blues
- Girl from the Greenbriar shore
- Lift him up, that's all
- Twelve gates to the city
- The death of John Henry
- Calling you
- Look on and cry
- Henry Lee
- Little Mathie Grove
- I'll remember you love in my prayers
Release date: 2002-11-18
RRP: £16.99
Price: £10.55
Review Ralph Stanley / Ralph Stanley:
Tracks Long Road
- Cloud City
- Rivers Risin'
- Gypsy In My Soul
- Long Road
- Into the Distance
- Beat of the World
- I'm Alive
- Get Her Rollin'
- Gold Hill Line
- Long Way Home
- Take the Highway
Release date: 2008-08-04
RRP: £13.99
Price: £7.26
Review Long Road / Drew Emmitt:
Tracks Under the Table and Above the Sun
- Mersey Beat
- Snowfall
- May Peace Find You Tonight
- Desolation Angels
- Nobody's Girl
- Let's Just Fall
- Vancouver
- Set Me Free
- Willamina
- I Saw It Coming
- You Don't Want Me Around
- Everybody
Release date: 2003-05-19
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.62
Review Under the Table and Above the Sun / Reckless Kelly:
Tracks In Search of a Song/the Rhymer and Other Five and Dimers
- Too Many Do Goods
- Tulsa Telephone Book
- Spokane Motel Blues
- Looking Forward To Seeing You Again
- Second Handed Flowers
- Kentucky February 27 1971
- Old Five And Dimers Like Me
- Year That Clayton Delaney Died
- Little Lady Preacher
- Candy In The Window
- Ramona's Revenge
- Hello We're Lonely We're Not Getting Old
- It Sure Can Get Cold In Des Moines
- LA Blues
- Don't Forget The Coffee Billy Joe
- Trip To Hyden
- Song For Uncle Curt
- Million Miles To The City
- I Flew Over Our House Last Night
- Another Town
- Ravishing Ruby
- Man Who Hated Freckles
- Who's Gonna Feed Them Hogs
Release date: 2005-10-17
RRP: £13.99
Price: £8.18
Review In Search of a Song/the Rhymer and Other Five and Dimers / Tom T. Hall:
Tracks Natasha's Waltz
- Pueblo
- Third Street Gypsy Rag
- Davenport March
- Pig On The Engine
- Diamonds In The Rough
- Dusty Rose
- Three Ravens
- Walnut River
- Sleepy Eyed Joe
- Nancy's Hornpipe
- Obc No 3
- Toneality
- Georgia Home
- Jeff Davis
- Texola Waltz
- Blake's March
- Cairo Waltz
- Peezlewhister
- Natasha's Waltz
- New Brick Road
- Old Fiddler's Roll Call
Release date: 1999-10-01
RRP: £13.99
Price: £6.94
Review Natasha's Waltz / Norman Blake:
Tracks Flying High
- She Don't Care About Time
- So You Say You Lost Your Baby
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- Kansas City Southern
- Feel Awhole Lot Better
- You Showed Me
- Full Circle Song
- The French Girl
- The American Dreamer
- Tried So Hard
- Git It On Brother
- She's The Kind Of Girl
- Polly
- Silver Raven
- Something's Wrong
- One In A Hundred
- I Pity The Poor Immigrant
- Dark Hollow
- I Remember The Railroad
- That's Alright By Me
- With Tomorrow
- For A Spanish Guitar
- Wall Around Your Heart
- Train Leaves Here This Morning
- Lady Of The North
- The Virgin
- Fair & Tender Maidens Or Ladies - Carla Olson, Gene Clark
- Through The Morning, Through The Night
- Why Not Your Baby
- In A Misty Morning
- Set You Free This Time
- Hear The Wind
- Winter In
- The Radio Song
- Past Addresses
- No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine
- Changes - Carla Olson, Gene Clark
- Silent Crusade
- The True One
- Los Angeles
- Opening Day
Release date: 1998-09-21
Run time: 144 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £8.42
Review Flying High / Gene Clark:
Tracks Foundation: the Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection 1964-1998
- Texas Gales
- Dill Pickle Rag
- Nashville Pickin'
- Salt River
- June Apple
- Lonesome Banjo
- Stone's Rag
- Cannonball Rag
- Black Mountain Rag
- Windy And Warm
- Rainbow
- Doc's Guitar
- Billy In The Lowground
- Tucker's Barn
- Medley
Release date: 2000-08-07
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.25
Review Foundation: the Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection 1964-1998 / Doc Watson:North Carolina's Doc Watson is considered one of country music's most influential guitar players. His blend of Appalachian folk, blues, country, gospel and bluegrass first gained steam nationally during a 1963 Newport Folk Festival appearance, and this anthology of instrumentals begins with "Black Mountain Rag" from his self-titled debut record from the following year. Foundation borrows 16 tracks from 11 albums-nearly 35 years' worth of material-from his earliest recordings for Vanguard through the 1970s and 1980s duets with his late son Merle (who accompanies on banjo and guitar). Doc's voice serves only as an introduction to several of the collection's live numbers, letting his strings do the talking where it counts: on cap-tipping covers of songs by John D Loudermilk, Maybelle Carter and Molly O'Day, and on the nearly half-dozen rags that best display Doc's trademark flat-picking frenzy. -Scott Holter.
Tracks Remedy
- O Praise Him (All This for a King) [DVD][*]
- Remedy
- Everything Glorious [DVD][*]
- Glory of It All
- O, For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
- Can You Feel It?
- Never Let Go [Radio Remix]
- We Won't Be Quiet
- Rain Down
- Everything Glorious
- Remedy [DVD][*]
- Here Is Our King [DVD][*]
- Surely We Can Change
- ...Neverending...
- Never Let Go
- Foreverandever Etc... [DVD][*]
Release date: 2008-05-12
RRP: £20.99
Price: £9.95
Review Remedy / David Crowder:
Tracks The Great Dobro Sessions
- Abilene Gal - Douglas, Jerry
- Fireball Mail - Various Artists
- End Of The World - Kirby, Oswald
- Suitcase - Burch, Curtis
- Birdland - Douglas, Jerry
- Last Rose Of Autumn - Phillips, Stu
- Ace Of Spades - Stacy Phillips
- Great Season Waltz - Van Meter, Sally
- Cherokee Shuffle - Van Meter, Sally
- Poison Love - Wooten, Gene
- Rainbow Bridge - Burch, Curtis
- Little Green Pill #2 - Taylor, Tut
- Dobro Chimes - Kirby, Oswald
- Flatt Lonesome - Graves, Josh
- Wake Forest - Auldridge, Mike
- McHattie's Waltz - Ickes, Rob
- Just Joshin' - Graves, Josh
- Scrapin' The Barrel - Ickes, Rob
- Wave - Auldridge, Mike
- Day Tripper - Wooten, Gene
- Lonesome Dobro - Taylor, Tut
Release date: 1994-10-01
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.44
Review The Great Dobro Sessions / Various Artists:
Tracks Days Have Gone By, Vol. 6
- Revolt of the Dyke Brigade
- Impressions of Susan
- We Should Be Building
- Raga Called Pat, Pt. 2
- Portland Cement Factory at Monolith, California
- Night Train of Valhalla
- Joe Kirby Blues
- Days Have Gone By
- Raga Called Pat, Pt. 1
- My Shepherd Will Supply My Needs
- My Grandfather's Clock
RRP: £16.99
Price: £6.48
Review Days Have Gone By, Vol. 6 / John Fahey:
Tracks Rock 'n' Roll Doctor: a Tribute to Lowell George
- Rock & Roll Doctor - Buddaheads, Eddie Money
- Trouble - Inara George
- Spanish Moon - Merry Clayton, Ricky Lawson, Phil Perry
- Two Trains - Leo Nocentelli, Allen Toussaint
- Lowell's Voice
- Straight from the Heart - Chris Hillman, Jennifer Warnes
- Long Distance Love - Merry Clayton, Keisuke Kuwata
- I've Been the One - Jackson Browne
- Roll Um Easy - J.D. Souther
- Feets Don't Fail Me Now - Taj Mahal
- Rocket in My Pocket - The Bottle Rockets, David Lindley
- Honest Man - Little Feat
- Sailin' Shoes - Valerie Carter, Randy Newman
- Cold Cold Cold - Little Feat, Bonnie Raitt
Release date: 1999-12-23
RRP: £14.99
Price: £4.90
Review Rock 'n' Roll Doctor: a Tribute to Lowell George / Lowell George:
Tracks Quartet
- Sunny Side Of The Mountain
- Perfection
- Let The Harvest Go To Seed
- Cold Rain And Snow
- Dust Bowl Children
- Guardian Angels
- Trespasses
- To Live Is To Fly
- Walls Of Time
- Moonlight Midnight
- Shady Grove
Release date: 2008-08-18
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.49
Review Quartet / Peter Rowan & Tony Rice:
| Models & Brands:
Trouble Free [Us Import], Sounds of Goodbye, Drive: a Collection of Bluegrass & Related Acoustic Music, Threesome: Mexican Standoff/Don't Ask Don't Tell/Got No Strings, Old Ties, Harvest Home: Music for All Seasons, Have Moicy, Blue Is the Colour of Hope, Ralph Stanley, Long Road, Under the Table and Above the Sun, In Search of a Song/the Rhymer and Other Five and Dimers, Natasha's Waltz, Flying High, Foundation: the Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection 1964-1998, Remedy, The Great Dobro Sessions, Days Have Gone By, Vol. 6, Rock 'n' Roll Doctor: a Tribute to Lowell George, Quartet |
