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New Additions:
 Carolina Chocolate Drops & Joe Thompson - Live at Merlefest 2008 CD - Joe Thompson is said to be the last traditional old-time fiddler around. The Drops were trained under his guidance. Performances from the 90 year-old are rare and this one was caught live at Merlefest with one of the hottest young old-time bands around! $14.99
 Carolina Chocolate Drops presents Colored Aristocracy: Sankofa Strings CD - "Listening to them is like dropping the needle on a Victrola record." --Mitch Teich, Arizona Public Radio
Sankofa Strings came into being as a result of the first Black Banjo Gathering, held in Boone, NC in April 2005. Sule and Dom flew in from Arizona, and when they hooked up with Rhiannon, they knew great music was to be made! Two months later, in Arizona, they played their first gigs, and as they say, the rest was history. Four months later, after moving from AZ to NC, Dom joined Rhiannon and NC native Justin Robinson to form the Carolina Chocolate Drops, another proud exponent of the Black String Band Revival. $14.99
 BeauSoleil - Live From JazzFest 2008 CD - This recording WON a GRAMMY in the Best Cajun/Zydeco Album category for the 2008 Grammy Awards! Recorded in
New Orleans LA - April 27, 2008 $17
 Del McCoury Band - Live from JazzFest 2008 CD - Recorded live at JazzFest on April 27, 2008. Nominated for a Grammy in the Best Bluegrass Album category! $17
 Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys - Live at JazzFest 2008 CD - Recorded live in New Orleans on May 1, 2008. This CD was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Cajun/Zydeco Album category. $17
 Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks - Tangled Tales CD - "Tangled Tales" mashes the outlaw swing music, insightful charm, and brilliant melodies that have endeared Dan to audiences and fellow artists for four decades with his signature understated melancholy that could only be born from a creative genius. Featuring a world-class collection of musical talent including instrumental virtuosos David Grisman, Charlie Musselwhite, Bruce Forman, and slide-guitarist Roy Rogers, and produced by Grammy-winning roots music producer Chris Goldsmith, "Tangled Tales" delivers 8 great new original tunes that feel like instant Dan Hicks classics (and some choice cover tunes too). This album is calculated to keep your toes tappin' and your synapses zappin'. $13.98
 Eric Lindell - Gulf Coast Highway CD - Recorded at Balance Studio in Mandeville, Louisiana, Gulf Coast Highway, will capture the attention of music lovers all over the globe. Featuring 12 original songs and three inspired covers - Buck Owens ("Crying Time"), Delbert McClinton ("Here Come The Blues Again") and Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson ("I Can Get Off On You") -- Gulf Coast Highway finds Lindell reaching new performing and songwriting heights. His soul-drenched mix of roots-rock, sinewy blues, swampy R&B and a hint of honky-tonk soul permeates each and every song, and have led critics to make comparisons to Van Morrison and Delbert McClinton. With musical help from some of the Crescent City's finest players, including the Galactic rhythm section of ROBERT MERCURIO and STANTON MOORE on eight tracks, Lindell has created his most fully realized lyrical and musical statement yet. $17.98
Coming Soon:
March 31 - John Scofield - Piety Street CD pre-order
Tim Reynolds - Radiance CD
ToasT - The Mad Science CD
April 7 -Grateful Dead - To Terrapin: Hartford '77 (3 CDs) pre-order
Grateful Dead - Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordings (9 CD box) pre-order
April 14 - Medeski Martin & Wood - Radiolarians 2 CD
Jake Shimabukuro - Live CD
Easy Star All Stars - Lonely Hearts Dub Band CD
April 21 - John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension - Live at Belgrade DVD
Sex Mob Meets Medeski - Live in Willisau CD
Jorma Kaukonen & Vital Parts - Rockpalast: West Coast Legends DVD
Last Week's Additions:
Three Legged Fox - Not As Far CD - Three Legged Fox's second album, "Not As Far," was produced by prominent recording engineer/producer Chris DiBeneditto at Philadelphonic Studios, and features guest performances by members of several national acts including G. Love & Special Sauce, Slightly Stoopid (both fellow Philadelphonic recording artists), SOJA, and John Brown's Body. Fans will find plenty of the reggae influences that marked their first album, but the band's continuing evolution as it explores other aspects of the "organic roots rock" genre is evident in the increasing variety of influences to be heard among the album's 13 songs. $12
 Return to Forever - Returns (2 live CDs) - In the summer of 2008, four legendary artists took up their instruments together for the first time in 25 years. Return to Forever's classic lineup - Chick Corea on keyboards, Stanley Clarke on bass, Lenny White on drums and Al Di Meola on guitar - was one of the most influential groups of its time. The second time around, they reminded us why, and then astounded us all over again. $19.98
 Les Claypool - Of Fungi & Foe CD - Les Claypool's album "Of Fungi and Foe" is his latest album of all original music. Since his last album release, 2006's "Of Whales and Woe", Les has been busy with his films, scoring other people's films, scoring video games and just having fun out on tour. This album is a collection of songs inspired by the projects he has been working on over the past few year. Also on this album is a jam session with Eugene Hutz the charismatic front-man of the band Gogol Bordello that turned into the track "Bite Out Of Life". $13.98
 John Brown's Body - Re-Amplify CD - Remixes of songs from AMPLIFY by Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo (Gym Class Heroes), Tommie Sunshine, GoldieLocks, Blue King Brown, Dubmatix and Wrongtom. Plus a live recording of a brand new song from JBB. Available in a limited edition physical version. $7.98
 Old School Freight Train - Six Years CD - Six Years, a new album by Charlottesville, Virginia s Old School Freight Train combines virtuosic instrumentation, imaginative arrangements, thought-provoking lyrics, captivating melodies, and soulful lyrics while blending fundamentals of rock, folk, jazz, soul, pop, and bluegrass.
"Shades of Jack Johnson, Ben Harper... even a kiss of Van Morrison. With Six Years, Old School Freight Train is off on a timeless new track, blending roots and rock to create a sound that's all their own." --Rolling Stone $13.98
 North Mississippi Allstars - Boulderado (Live CD) - Boulderado – Live at The Fox captures North Mississippi Allstars at the pinnacle of the heralded ‘Keep the Devil Down’ tour. The tour supported the first releases on the band’s own label (Songs of the South Records) ‘Hernando.’ ‘Hernando’ was lauded by critics for the return to a rock trio sound for the group. The ‘Keep The Devil Down’ tour was the band’s most successful run of dates in years. The twenty tracks on ‘Boulderado’ make it clear why. $15.99
Upcoming Events:
April 16-19 - Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival - Pittsboro, NC
April 16-19 - Signal Fest - Chapel Hill, NC
Video of the Week:
The Allman Brothers Band 3/19/09 at the Beacon in NYC perform "Little Wing" with special guest Eric Clapton. |
