Out of the Box CD of the Week with Paul Shugrue
By 89.5 WHRV-FM, Norfolk, VA
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All this week listen for songs.... Hear it on Out of the Box, read Paul's review and hear a sampler of the cd by clicking the cd cover.
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CleanJohn Mayer | With alot to apologize for, Mayer has chosen the sensitive singer songwriter approach on his new album Born and Raised, and he wears it well. | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBeach House | The fourth album for this Baltimore based dream pop duo is a totally modern take on summertime reverie. | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNorah Jones | Her fifth album fuses the tempo of her blockbuster debut album ten years ago with the modern approach of her producer, Dangermouse. | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJack White | He forges a new link on his rock and roll family tree with his first solo album and one of his best. | 4/30/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBonnie Raitt | Her first album in seven years has some of her most fiery guitar playing ever and her voice hasn't aged one bit after all these years. | 4/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGreat Lake Swimmers | The fifth album by this Canadian band is their first in a proper studio, but their music still inspires a gentle bucolic feeling. | 4/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSons of Bill | The trio of brothers from Charlottesville, Va take a huge step forward with this David Lowery produced third album, and they were pretty good to begin with. | 3/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Shins | This is the first album in five years from one of Americas best loved bands who have lost their wild eyed innocence but not the earnestness they've been known for. | 3/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Decemberists | this live album perfectly captures their quirky nature and playful geekiness. | 3/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBruce Springsteen | Wrecking Ball is his most powerful album yet and that's saying alot after seventeen studio albums and countless blue collar anthems. | 3/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLyle Lovett | Release Me is his final album for his long time record label but even when he's only coasting, it's a heck of a fun ride. | 2/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGalactic | Carivale Electricos boldy captures the unbridled celebration of the party that has become synonymous with the bands hometown of New Orleans. | 2/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHeartless Bastards | The fourth album by this band from Ohio, Arrow, is a showcase for the vocals and guitarwork of their leader Erika Wennerstom. | 2/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDr. Dog | The seventh album from this indie band from Philly, called Be the Void is a set of weirdly addicting lo fi songs. | 2/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJoe Louis Walker | Hellfire is this blues vets 21st album but his first for Alligator records and heralds his position as one of the great bluesrock artists of his generation. | 1/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanChimes of Freedom | This four cd, 76 track Bob Dylan tribute album is a testament to the respect his songs command from so many different musical camps. | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKathleen Edwards | Voyageur is this Canadian singer-songwriters fourth album and its a breakup record with a former musical collaborator, so its quite a change of direction. | 1/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLaura Veirs | With an earnest approach much like other great folk artists, Veirs has put together a collection of some of the best lullabyes, ballads and campfire songs ever written on Laura Veirs Sings Folk Songs for Children. | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFlorence and the Machine | Ceremonials is one of the most confident sounding sophmore albums ever. It's lush and romantic with a bombastic aesthetic that goes beyond other ethereal artists. | 11/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTom Waits | Bad As Me is the first new album in seven years from Waits and is as brash, baudy and over the top as ever. | 10/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRyan Adams | Ashes and Fire is the first album of new songs since he got married and sober. Judging from this, domesticity agrees with him. | 10/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJohnny Winter | Roots is a tribute album to the most influential Blues songs on Johnny Winter's career but also a chance for a host of collaborators to play with one of the original blues/rock guitarists. | 10/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilco | The Whole Love is the eighth album by one of the best bands in America and shows off their new found freedom and a lineup that has gelled over three albums. | 9/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLaura Marling | A Creature I Don't Know is the third album by this twenty one year old British songwriter. It's her best album and one of the best of the year. | 9/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBlitzen Trapper | the sixth album for this indie band from Portland, Oregon, it's a mostly acoustic oriented Americana travelogue. | 9/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRobert Earl Keen | Ready for Confetti is one of the best of his sixteen albums further cementing his reputation as a great Americana storyteller. | 9/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRed Hot Chili Peppers | This is the tenth studio album by the notorious funk rockers and finds them making a smooth transition from their long time guitarist John Fruciante to newcomer Josh Klinghoffer. | 8/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMoreland and Arbuckle | This is the fifth album by the Witchita, Kansas blues duo and takes them from being a great bar band to one of the best Blues bands in the world. | 8/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMaria Taylor | This is the fourth solo album by the artist also known for Azure Ray and Now Its Overhead and with inspiration from her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama she has created her most satifying album to date. | 8/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFountains of Wayne | This is the fifth studio album by the band that mixes irony and wit with plenty of pop culture references. | 8/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJohn Hiatt | This is the twentieth studio album by the veteran folk rocker, another rootsy affair of backwoods stories and beautiful love songs. | 8/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanImelda May | This former Irish burlesque singer has perfected a unique hybrid of rock a billy, jazz and blues. | 7/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEleanor Friedberger | This is the solo debut album by the artist who is one half of the Fiery Furnaces, an avante garde indie band. But on Last Summer the music is more concise, friendly and streamlined. | 7/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGeorge Thorogood | This is George Thorogood's tribute to Chess Records, a label whose blues and early rock and roll recordings have been very good to him. | 7/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGillian Welch | This is the first album from the folk traditionalist and her husband and producer Dave Rawlings in eight years. The stark instrumentation and brilliant songwriting make it worth the wait. | 7/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBon Iver | This self titled second album expands the level of musicianship without compromising what appealed in the first place. | 6/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNeil Young | "A Treasure" is a live archival release that shows off just how good "country Neil" was back in the eighties. | 6/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMadeleine Peyroux | "Standing on the Rofftop" is the fifth album by this singer who is usually compared with Billie Holliday. On her new album she lessens the jazz influence and adds gospel, folk and blues. | 6/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDeath Cab For Cutie | "Codes and Keys" is the seventh album by this usually melancholy band from Washington, but Ben Gibbard's suddenly happy love life is reflected in the new album. | 6/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMy Morning Jacket | "Circuital" is the sixth studio album by this jam band that uses the studio as an experimental lab for the songs they play on stage. | 5/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThurston Moore | "Demolished Thoughts" is the third solo album by the leader of Sonic Youth and is produced by Beck. | 5/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSarah Jarosz | "Follow Me Down" is the sophmore album by this young americana multi intsrumentalist and on it, she shows how she is also a songwriter of uncommon wisdom. | 5/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFleet Foxes | "Helplessness Blues" is the sophmore album by a band with a compelling fusion of folk and progressive rock. | 5/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEmmylou Harris | "Hard Bargain" is a showcase for the accomplished singer's song writing abilities as it is a straight forward and up front collection of mostly original songs. | 5/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTab Benoit | "Medicine" is the first album of new material in over four years for this cajun blues guitarist and is a collaboration with fellow New Orleanian Anders Osborne. | 4/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Strokes | "Angles" is their first album in five years and comes just about ten years after their debut so it's not surprising that time is the main theme on this great new comeback album. | 3/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBlack Joe Lewis and The Honeybears | "Scandalous" is the second album from this Texas based party that is equal parts soul and garage rock. | 3/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanR.E.M | "Collapse into Now" is REM's 15th studio album and despite recent criticism, proves they are not ready to be put out to pasture yet. | 3/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLucinda Williams | "Blessed" is the tenth studio album for this renowned singer songwriter who focuses more on observational songs instead of her usual confessionals. | 3/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDevotchka | "100 Lovers" is the fifth album from this gypsy rock band. Drawing on many different musical genres, they create mystery, romanticism and melodrama. | 2/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRadiohead | "The King of Limbs" is the surprise new release from the band that continues to innovate on their eighth album. | 2/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDrive By Truckers | "Go Go Boots" is another collection of songs capturing the southern gothic character of life in the South. | 2/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Civil Wars | "Barton Hollow" is the debut album by this indie folk duo whose haunting and delicate songs make them stand out among many similar bands. | 2/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAmos Lee | "Mission Bell" is the fourth album from this Philadelphia singer songwriter and finds him adding a touch of Americana to his soulful crooning. | 1/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIron and Wine | "Kiss Each Other Clean" is the fourth album from Sam Beam and with each new release he adds more players and instruments to the mix. He's got it just right on this one. | 1/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Decemberists | "The King is Dead" is a musical immigration to a more Americana style for the band previously known for their English folk prog rock. | 1/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOver The Rhine | "The Long Surrender" marks the 20th anniversary that this married duo from Ohio has been recording. It's produced by Joe Henry and continues the ongoing chronicle of their partnership. | 1/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBruce Springsteen | "The Promise" is a two cd set of songs recorded for his "Darkness on the Edge of Town" album which didn't make the cut. It is his great lost album. | 11/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCeelo Green | Gnarls Barkley's lead singer Ceelo Green's third solo album defines his own sort of cool that's impossible not to smile at. | 11/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanA Bad Think | This Hampton Roads act is actually studio wizard Michael Marquart and his latest recording is a concept album about a waitress and her customer. | 11/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBryan Ferry | The first album of new material in eight years from this former Roxy Music leader has him reclaiming his title: Godfather of Cool. | 11/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGuster | The first album in four years from this critic's darling is an album with some of the catchiest songs of the year. | 10/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPete Yorn | Yorn's self-titled sixth studio album is his hardest edged recording yet due in no small part to producer Black Francis of the Pixies. | 10/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNeil Young | "Le Noise" is Neil Young's unique new way of communicating his music, just him, his electric guitar and whatever studio trickery veteran producer Daniel Lanois can come up with. | 9/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRobert Plant | "Band of Joy" the golden god ages gracefully with this stunning followup to his grammy award winning last album. | 9/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJunip | "Fields" is the long awaited debut by this Swedish band fronted by Jose Gonzales, already a well established solo artist. | 9/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Weepies | "Be My Thrill" is this married duo's third album and their first since their now two year old son was born and their joy as new parents is named evident throughout. | 9/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJJ Grey and Mofro | "Georgia Warhorse" is named after a tenacious kind of grasshopper in Grey's native nNoprthern Florida that, like this neo southern rock band, has a resiliancy that makes it keep coming back. | 8/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRay Lamontagne and the Pariah Dogs | "God Willin and the Creek Don't Rise" is the fourth cd by Lamontagne and has the lived in feel of a man in the comfort of his home. | 8/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAlbert Castiglia | "Keepin On" is by the former Junior Wells guitarist who balances traditional standards with his own contemporary songwriting to keep The Blues rocketing into the future. | 8/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLos Lobos | "Tin Can Trust" is the thirteenth studio album for this highly original Chicano based roots rock band. They've put out some great albums and this is one of their best. | 8/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanArcade Fire | "The Suburbs" is the third, highly anticipated new album the the canadian art-rock collective with themes of home, childhood memories and middle-class suburbia as its themes. | 8/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMike and Ruthy | "Million to One" is the third cd as a duo by the former nucleus of the folk rock boundary busters, The Mammals. | 7/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTim Obrien | "Chicken and Egg" features a lot of music parables from the veteran folk and bluegrass player. | 7/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAnn Savoy and Her Sleepless Knights | "Black Coffee" is a tribute to the music pioneered in the 30s and 40s by The Hot Club of France, with spot on instrumental chops and even a sultry babe singing in French. | 7/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAlejandro Escovedo | His tenth album, "Street Songs of Love" continues Escovedo's razor sharp focus on poetic Rock and Roll that can change the world, or at least help us survive in it. | 7/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers first album of new material in eight years is more rugged and bluesy and we've ever heard them sound before. | 6/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Twilight Saga:Eclipse | The soundtrack to the third installment in the vampire movie series is made up of some of the best indie rockers today doing songs specifically written for the film. | 6/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJack Johnson | "To the Sea" is the fifth studio album for one of the most successful songwriters of the last ten years, adding a little more guitar to the mix. | 6/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWidespread Panic | "Dirty Side Down" the eleventh studio album from this veteran touring band succeeds in bringing their on stage excitement to the studio. | 5/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Black Keys | "Brothers" is a back to the basics garage rock milestone for the guitar and drums duo who make much more music than two musicians should be able to. | 5/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe National | "High Violet" is the followup to their higly acclaimed last cd and has the makings of a true break through for this band of post punk survivors. | 5/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJosh Ritter | "So Runs the World Away" secure's Josh Ritter's place as one of America's most expressive singer-songwriters. | 5/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAnders Osborne | "American Patchwork" is the most profound statement yet from one of New Orleans' edgiest guitarists. | 5/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGogol Bordello | "Transcontinental Hustle" is the self described gypsy punk band's major label debut. It's an explosion of rhythms from three continents and their best album yet. | 4/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNatalie Merchant | "Leave Your Sleep" is the first album in seven years from the former leader of 10,000 Maniacs. It is a collection of childhood poems set to music. | 4/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDavid Byrne and Fat Boy Slim | "Here Lies Love" is a collaboration between the former head Talking Head, Fatboy Slim and some of the hippest young mostly female singers in a song cycle about Imelda Marcos. | 4/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Living Sisters | "Love to Live" is the debut album from a trio of indie rock pals; Eleni Mandell, Inara George and Becky Stark whose harmonizing on this debut album is hard to resist. | 4/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Whigs | "In The Dark" is the third album from this Georgia rock trio and gives us hope for straight ahead rock and roll bands. | 3/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDrive By Truckers | "The Big To Do" is the eighth studio album from this neo-southern rock band and offers another glimpse at southern culture in the 21st century. | 3/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBroken Bells | "Broken Bells" is the self titled debut album by Dangermouse of Gnarls Barkley and James Mercer of the Shins. | 3/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJohn Hiatt | "The Open Road" is Hiatt's 19th studio album and his homage to life on the road. | 3/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCarolina Chocolate Drops | "Genuine Negro Jig" is an album by a trio of young, African-Americans playing old time string band music. | 2/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBen Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore | "Dear Companion" is a loving tribute to the artists' home State of Kentucky and a concept album deriding the mountaintop removal coal mining there. | 2/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMassive Attack | "Heligoland" is the trip hop pioneers' first album in seven years and they stay true to the original concept of the band while making a stylistically different album. | 2/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDuke Robillard and Sunny Crownover | "Tales from the Tiki Lounge" is the first of what will probably be many tribute albums to the late Les Paul who passed away last summer and set a standard that artists like Robillard are living up to. | 2/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPatty Griffin | "Downtown Church" is Patty Griffin's tribute to gospel music, giving over her voice to mostly traditional devotional songs. | 1/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSpoon | "Transference" is a seemingly flawed self produced album that uses those imperfections to make a bigger point. | 1/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRay Wylie Hubbard | "A. Enlightenment B. Endarkment (Hint There is no C)" continues the veteran Gonzo musician's string of gritty, yet meticulously produced Americana albums | 1/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanVampire Weekend | "Contra" lives up to the hype of being one of the most anticipated new releases of 2010 | 1/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNorah Jones | "The Fall" Norah's "rock experiment" turns out to sound more like a natural evolutionary step for her music. | 11/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWeezer | "Raditude" is Weezer's attempt to come to terms with their own aging while remaining true to their slacker lifestyle. It works | 11/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard | "One Fast Move or I'm Gone" is a musical transcription of the Jack Kerouac novel "Big Sur" by the frontmen of Death Cab For Cutie and Son Volt. | 11/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Swell Season | "Strict Joy" is the first album under that group name for the duo who won the Oscar for Best Song in the Movie "Once." | 10/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanErin McKeown | "Hundreds of Lions" is Erin McKeown's first album of original material in nearly five years and is as quirky, challenging and inventive as ever. | 10/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRosanne Cash | "The List" is taken from a list of songs Rosanne's father, Johnny Cash made up for her when she was 18, it was called "100 Essential Country Songs." | 10/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAvett Brothers | This trio from North Carolina prove they are ready for the big time with their major label debut album. | 10/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMonsters of Folk | If supergroup is the name given to a band that is greater than the sum of it's parts, then this collaboration between Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward and Mike Mogis fits the bill. | 9/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBruce Hornsby | "Levitate" is the first rock album in five years from the Williamsburg native and displays the same fierce independance he has shown on other recent releases. | 9/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTom Russell | "Blood and Candle Smoke" finds the iconic folk singer following a new direction on this collaboration with the Southwestern band Calexico. | 9/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPhish | The first album in five years by Phish was recorded live in the studio to bring phish-heads the closest thing to a live performance and it's their best studio album ever. | 9/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDolores O'Rioradan | The second solo album by the Cranberries lead singer finds her hitting a real comfort zone as a solo artist. | 8/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDelbert McClinton | This Texas roadhouse singer touches on many different styles on his 19th studio album and proves he's still got it. | 8/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBottle Rockets | This dixie fried rock band from Missouri channels their frustrations into songs about surviving and moving forward. | 8/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanImelda May | Imelda May's debut album is a collection of retro blues, rockabilly, and vocal jazz and is quite simply the best debut so far of 2009. | 8/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Gurleys | The Gurleys are Hampton Roads folk music veterans and with the addition of their daughter Macon, their new cd is a true family affair. | 8/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSons of Bill | Charlottesville, Virginia's Sons of Bill are a neo-southern rock band of brothers who sing "the lovesick, hungover, hillbilly blues." | 7/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSon Volt | Jay Farrar ressurected the Son Volt Brand in 2005 and the music he's made since has been the most compelling of his career including the latest, "American Central Dust." | 7/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLevon Helm | The singer and drummer for The Band has released the follow up to his grammy winning last cd and it is a rollicking, barrel house blues and folk workout | 7/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWilco | Wilco (the album) is the first cd in the band's history to be recorded by the same personnel lineup as their previous album and the consistency pays off. | 6/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAMong the Oak and Ash | The self-titled debut by AMong the Oak and Ash is a partnership between solo artists Garrison Starr and Josh Joplin covering mostly tradional folk songs in a sometimes untraditional way. | 6/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNanci Griffith | "The Loving Kind" finds Nanci Griffith in a mood for social commentary on this first set of new songs in five years. | 6/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanElvis Costello | "Secret Profane and Sugarcane" is Elvis Costello's rootiest album yet in a long line of chameleon-like recordings. | 6/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDave Matthews Band | "Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King" is The Dave Matthews Band's upbeat, charging tribute to one of their founding members, sax player Leroi Moore who died while the album was being recorded. | 6/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIron and Wine | "Around the Well" is a musical history of Iron and Wine through a sterling compilation of rareties and unreleased songs by neo-folkie Sam Beam. | 5/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSteve Earle | "Townes" is Steve Earle's tribute to his friend and mentor Townes Van Zandt, the legendary Texas folk troubador. | 5/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanConor Oberst and the Mystic VAlley Band | "Outer South" is the second solo album in a row for the leader of Bright Eyes and he's making such great music with his new band he may never go back. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMark Knopfler Kill To Get Crimson | Mark Knopfler has embraced the simplicity found in ballads and waltzes and continues to mine that fertile ground on his new cd Kill to Get Crimson. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKane Welch Kaplin - Kane Welch Kaplin | Godfathers of Americana. Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch and Fats Kaplin have collaborated on two highly satisfying albums as a trio but now that they are joined by Kane's son Lucas on drums, they're ready to get serious about being a band. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBen Harper and the Innocent Criminals - Lifeline | The Gospel According to Ben. With his recent prolific song production Ben Harper has been in danger of wearing out his welcome. Lifeline however, defies the odds, and like the five other albums he's released this decade, it is close to flawless. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLyle Lovett and His Large Band - It's Not Big It's Large | Dont pigeonhole me. Lyle Lovetts eleventh album "It's Not Big, It's Large" makes a vital point with it's title. This is not Big Band music - although the album does start with a Count Basie instrumental. This is a highly versatile band framing the music of one of Americas most original songwriters. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBob Dylan | "Together Through Life" shows that 68 year old Bob Dylan still has that late career hot hand going. | 5/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEilen Jewell | "Sea of Tears" is the thrid solo album by the Eilen Jewell, known as an earnest folkie, a honky tonk chanteuse and now a roots rocker. | 4/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCyril Neville | "Brand New Blues" is by the youngest of the Neville Brothers and represents his interpretation of the blues in the 21st Century. | 4/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGomez | The cd "A New Tide" is the sixth album for Gomez who continue to experiment with their complex textures and folkie rhythms. | 4/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIndigo Girls | The new Indigo Girls' cd "Poseidon and the Bitter Bug" is a full circle return to indie status, with their first independent release since their debut album | 3/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Decists | "On The Decist's fifth album "The Hazards of Love", they have put together powerful concept album that follows the travails of a woman named Margaret and her experiences with, aMong other things, a shapeshifter, a forest queen and a lecherous, cold hearted rake. | 3/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMadeleine Peyroux | "Bare Bones" is Madeleine Peyroux's fourth cd but her first with all original songs. It's sultry, seductive and she is definitely in her comfort zone. | 3/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanU2 | "No Line on the Horizon" is U2's 11th studio album and cements their image as the biggest band in the world. | 3/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSaffire The Uppity Blues Women | "Havin the Last Word" is the farewell album by this trio of Blues women from Fredricksburg, VA after ten albums and twenty years together. | 3/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Pawn Shop Lifters | "Rifle and Flask" is the debut album by this Hampton Roads band. They have found the sweet spot between 10 and 11 on the Spinal Tap amplifier. | 2/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLily Allen | "It's Not Me It's You" is Lily Allen's second cd as she continues her spunky social commentary as tries to graduate from pop star to artist. | 2/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWillie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel | "Willie and the Wheel" is a collaboration between the two Texas institutions on an album of Western Swing standards | 2/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBruce Springsteen | "Working on a Dream" is the 16th studio album for Bruce Springsteen and on it he revisits a time when music was positive, symphonic and utterly romantic. | 2/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMark Olson and Gary Louris | The Former nucleus of the Jayhawks get together as an acoustic duo for an album called "Ready for the Flood" | 1/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Derek Trucks Band | The seventh solo album from Derek Trucks finds him laying claim to being one of the best contemporary blues players in the world. | 1/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCadillac Records Soundtrack | The film Cadillac Records chronicles the rise of Chess Records and the actors who portray the blues legends who recorded for that label sing their songs on the soundtrack | 1/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNeil Young | "Sugar Mountain Live at Cantebury House 1968" is an archival release recorded at one of Young's first solo acoustic shows | 1/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJulie Clark | "Change Your Mind" is the second album for Hampton Roads singer-songwriter Julie Clark. It sets a new high water mark for the local recordings | 11/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSnow Patrol | "A Hundred Million Suns" is Snow Patrol's third major label album and will go a long way toward making this band more of a household name than they already are | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRyan Adams and the Cardinals | "Cardinology" is Ryan Adams' first recording since his well publicized re-hab and sobriety sounds good on him. | 11/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLucinda Williams | "Little Honey" is a lusty celebration of Lucinda's new love. | 10/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJolie Holland | ""The Living and the Dead" finds Holland's songwriting catching up with the unique quality of her voice for her best album yet. | 10/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBob Dylan | "The eighth in a series of double cds of rare and unreleased material, "Tell Tale Signs" focuses on Bob Dylan's most recent recordings, from 1989 to 2006 | 10/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBen Folds | "Way To Normal is Ben Folds third solo album and chronicles the break up of his marriage...in a lighthearted way | 10/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOld Crow Medicine Show | Old Crow Medicine Show's third album, "Tennessee Pusher" continues to drag string band music kicking and screaming into 21st century. | 9/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanM.S.G. The Acoustic Blues Trio | "The Hampton Roads band has just released their second album of traditional and original blues called "Done Spke My Mind" | 9/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson | "Rattlin' Bones" is the first collaboration between these Australian singer songwriters who have been married since 2005. | 9/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMichael Franti and Spearhead | "All Rebel Rockers" brings together Michael Franti's gift for rock, reggae and soul for his best album yet | 9/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Duhks | "Fast Paced World" is The Duhks's fourth album but they have a new singer and principal songwriter since being awarded and Juno trophy and a Grammy Nomination. | 8/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRandy Newman | "Harps and Angels" is Randy Newman's first album of new material in nine years | 8/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanConor Oberst | Conor Oberst is the leader of Bright Eyes and this is his first solo album since the begining of that band. | 8/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMike Aiken | Mike Aiken is Hampton Roads' own sea-faring musical troubadour and "Hula Girl Highway" is his fourth album. Listen at the end of the podcast for exclusive acoustic versions of three songs from the album recorded live on Out of the Box. | 7/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Hold Steady | The Hold Steady's fourth album, "Stay Positive" is so full of nods to other rock and roll bands that it's like a ride at that new Hard Rock Amusement park. | 7/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBeck | Beck's tenth album, "Modern Guilt" is a collaboration with producer Danger Mouse of Gnarls Barkley and presents apocalyptic lyrics with beat heavy instrumentation. | 7/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSigur Ros | "Sigur Ros is an Icelandic band and their fourth album "Meo Suo Ee Eyrum Vio Spilum Endalaust" continues their unique approach to music. | 7/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanColdplay | "Viva La Vida or Death and All Hisd Friends" is the fourth album by this rapidly maturing british band. | 7/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJakob Dylan | "Seeing Things" is the solo debut album by the leader of The Wallflowers and son of Bob. | 6/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMy Morning Jacket | The fifth studio album by the Louisville, Kentucky band is their most experimental to date, mixing funk, soul, rock, americana and more. | 6/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEliza Gilkyson | Veteran folkie Eliza Gilkyson has released perhaps her best album ever with "Beautiful World", listen for a full length, acoustic version, recorded live on Out of the Box of "Emerald Street" at the end of the podcast | 6/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSonny Landreth | "From The Reach" is a collaboration by this Louisiana slide guitar great with other guitar legends like Mark Knopfler and Eric Clapton | 5/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDeath Cab For Cutie | "Narrow Stairs" is this Washington State area band's second major label release | 5/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFirewater | Firewater's Todd A. recorded "The Golden Hour" on location in the Middle East using only backup musicians from those countries. | 5/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMudcrutch | Tom Petty's first band from the seventies, reunited for their debut album. | 5/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFlight of the Conchords | The self proclaimed 4th most popular musical comedy duo in New Zealand. | 4/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMarcia Ball Peace Love and BBQ | One of the great blues and boogie woogie piano players and the title of the album says it all Peace, Love and BBQ | 4/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanR.E.M. Accellerate | Their fourteenth studio album has them rocking out like never before. | 4/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJackie Greene Giving Up the Ghost | The New York Times calls him the Prince of Americana. | 4/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe B-52's Funplex | Their first album in sixteen years! | 4/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCounting Crows Saturday Nights and Sunday Mornings | Their first album in six years is a real return to form. | 3/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDevotchka A Mad and Faithful Telling | The fourth album by this Denver based band is the followup to their successful soundtrack album to the film Little Miss Sunshine | 3/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBodeans Still | The Bodeans eighth album pairs them again with producer T-Bone Burnette for their best album since the last time they worked together | 3/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKathleen Edwards Asking Flowers | Kathleen Edwards is a Canadian singer songwriter and Asking for Flowers is her third cd | 3/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRichard Julian Sunday Morning In Saturday's Shoes | Richard Julian has collaborated with Norah Jones and this is his fifth solo album. | 2/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGary Louris Vagabonds | He is one of the founding members of The Jayhawks and Golden Smog and this is his first solo album. | 2/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJack Johnson Sleep Through The Static | This is the fifth album from this one time professional surfer. | 2/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNorth Mississippi Allstars Hernando | This is the fifth studio album from this neo-southern rock band. | 2/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDrive By Truckers Brighter Than Creation's Dark | This is the eighth album from this neo-southern rock band. | 1/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEric Lindell Low On Cash, Rich in Love | This is the second major label release from this New Orleans based roots rocker. | 1/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoomful of Blues Raisin a Ruckus | The Band has been around since 1967 with numerous personnel changes and this is their first album with a new singer and rhythm section. | 1/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRadiohead - In Rainbows | It was released two Months ago for internet downloading only but is now avaiable on cd. | 1/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCarbon Silicon "The Last Post" | Mick JOnes of the Clash and Big Audio Dynamite joins Tony James of Generation X to form a new band. | 11/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSoundtrack to "I'm Not There" | The soundtrack to a Bob Dylan film biography which features over thirty new versions of Dylan songs by some of the biggest names in indie rock. | 11/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Eagles "Long Road Out of Eden" | Long Road out of Eden is their first studio album in twenty eight years but picks up where it's predecessor, the similarly titled The Long Run left off. | 11/6/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRobert Plant and Alison Krauss "Raising Sand" | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer, Robert Plant joins the most decorated female Grammy winner of all time, Alison Krauss for an album of duets titled Raising Sand. | 10/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBand Of Horses Cease To Begin | Band of Horses' second album Cease to Begin never misses a step progressing their sound further along from their debut last year | 10/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRyan Bingham - Mescalito | From the weary sandpaper vocals on his major label debut, "Mescalito" you can tell Ryan Bingham has led a hard lifethe thing is, he's only 25 years old. | 10/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBruce Springsteen - Magic | Set the wayback machine for 1987. Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band are riding high from the success of the "Born in the USA" album and tour. In this alternate universe however, rather than going off on a fifteen year solo jag, Springsteen and band record the follow-up to their blockbuster. "Magic" is the album they would have made. | 10/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSteve Earle "Washington Square Serenade" | When Steve Earle married singer-songwriter Allison Moorer in 2005 they moved to New York and took up residence in Greenwich Village. Washington Square Serenade is his love letter to his new hometown | 10/2/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight | Even More Adventurous. Rilo Kiley's major label debut album "Under the Blacklight" is also a major tour de force for their lead singer Jenny Lewis | 8/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanOver the Rhine - The Trumpet Child> | For a band thats been around for more that fifteen years putting out high quality, cosmopolitan Americana, youd think Over the Rhine would be more of a household name. "The Trumpet Child", Over the Rhine's tenth album of new material is daring in it's departure from the soft, gentle crooning of earlier efforts and because of that, it's their best album yet | 8/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLinda Thompson - Versatile Heart> | Sure beats the Partridge Family. Its been a busy year for the Thomson family. Linda Thompsons new cd "Versatile Heart" follows the release by her ex-husband and ex-musical partner Richard Thompson's "Sweet Warrior" and their son, Teddy Thompson's album "Upfront and Down Low." | 8/14/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCorey Harris - Zion Crossroads | Jah Love. Anybody who has driven out past Charlottesville on 64 West will get the joke. The new Corey Harris album is called "Zion Crossroads", the name of a small town outside of Charlottesville where he lives and a perfect name for his first all reggae cd. | 8/7/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTeddy Thompson - Upfront and Down Low | Country Comfort. With a pedigree like Teddy Thompson's, an album like "Upfront & Down Low" is quite a surprise. The son of folk-rock pioneers Richard and Linda Thompson has had a mildly successful career but not one that would indicate a reverence or insight into the country music genre he pays tribute to on this album. | 7/31/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSuzanne Vega - Beauty and Crime | New York is a woman named Suzanne Vega. "Beauty and Crime" is Suzanne Vega's first album in six years. Six years that must seem like a lifetime. | 7/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRockin the Blues | Rylo is a blues band that doesn't really have the blues. You won't find any "woe is me, I've got bad luck and trouble" slow blues songs on their second album "Automatic Oil." Instead, this Hampton Roads quartet uses blues forms to shape ten original songs that rock, boogie and party like they're sitting on top of the world. | 7/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRyan Adams - Less is More | For an artist who's been accused of being wildly inconsistent, Ryan Adams' last five albums have been unfailingly uniform. From "Love is Hell" through 2005's trilogy of country rock gems and now "Easy Tiger", Adams has adhered to acoustic arrangements, sad songs and some of the best songwriting of this century. His last project, producing Willie Nelson's album "Songbird" probably gave him insight into how to tame his prolific nature and, as the title suggests, chill. | 7/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLennon reimagined | 2007 has seen an unusual amount of covers albums, tribute projects and cover songs on individual releases. "Instant Karma: The Campaign to save Darfur" with it's compelling beneficiary - Amnesty International, it's sole focus of John Lennon's solo recordings and it's wide range of contributing artists is the highest profile tribute of the year. | 7/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanErin go Bruce | There was a time when a live album from Bruce Springsteen was a rarity. His first live recording Live 1975-85 was so anticipated it became the first three disc set to be the number one selling album in the country. Since then he's put out five live albums. What is there about "Live in Dublin", a two cd live album from his Seeger Sessions tour that avoids suffering from overkill? A lot, actually. | 6/10/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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