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[b]Crystal Bowersox AMerican Idol 2010 [/b]

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[b]Every song she performed on American Idols 2010 the studio AND the live recordings.
As a bonus I've added some of her own songs.


Traсklist:
Elvis Presley - Saved
Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long as I see the light
The Beatles - Come Together
The Rolling Stones - You can't always get what you want
Gladys Knight - Midnight Train To Georgia
The Impressions - People get Ready
Shania Twain - No one needs to know
Frank Sinatra (actually Wayne Newton) - Summer Wind
Kenny Loggins - I'm Alright
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova (from the movie Once)- Falling Slowly (with co-finalist Lee DeWyze)
Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window
Paul McCartney- Matbe I'm Amazed

Crystal Bowersox - The Live American Idol performances

Traсklist:

00 Crystal Bowersox - Give me one reason
00 Crystal Bowersox - Hand in my Pocket
01 Crystal Bowersox - Saved
02 Crystal Bowersox - Me and Bobby McGee (Live Performance
03 Crystal Bowersox - Long as I see the light
04 Crystal Bowersox - Come together
05 Crystal Bowersox - You can t always get what you want
06 Crystal Bowersox - Midnight Train to Georgia
07 Crystal Bowersox - People Get Ready
08 Crystal Bowersox - No One Needs to Know Right Now
09 Crystal Bowersox - Summer Wind.
10 Crystal Bowersox - I'm Alright
11 Crystal Bowersox and Lee Dewyze – Falling Slowly
12 Crystal Bowersox - Come to My Window
13 Crystal Bowersox - Maybe I_'m Amazed


Homemade Tracks

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Traсklist:
Acoustic Set - Finally Got It Right
Acoustic Set - Saved By Grace
Cry No More
Crystal_Bowersox - Acoustic set
Farmer's Daughter.
Finally Got It Right
Gray Haired Rock Star
Holy Toledo
Mama
Put Your Guitar Down
Sandman
Saved by Grace.

Enjoy!!
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[b]Dylan Sneed - Texodus (2010)[/b]

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[b]Recorded in a rundown, remote cabin in South Carolina with a ragtag collection of capable sidemen, Texodus is Americana the old-fashioned way: It’s folk and country that sacrifices polish for heart and honesty. Over the course of its dozen cuts, Texodus plays out as a narrative about escaping the corporate rat race and discovering America by embracing the folks in the ditches. “City lights in back of me, distant as eternity” sings Sneed on the opening title cut, introducing the listener to the upcoming narrative.
Not really living anywhere since, Sneed has crisscrossed the country playing with just about anyone in just about any venue. During this jaunt, Sneed has written a bevy of songs, some of which have found their way onto Texodus, Sneed’s debut full-length effort.
On his 2007 EP, No Worse For The Wear, Sneed came across as a likeable, sensitive type who may have listened to a few too many Cat Stevens records. On Texodus, Sneed’s scope and vision are much broader. Drawing inspiration as much from the actual terrain of the country as from any musical influence, Sneed has created an autobiographical song cycle that joyfully reeks of miles spent on the road, looking for answers. And he’s even found a few. -- Dallas Observer

The press has described him as an "A-list tunesmith" (Dallas Observer) and "a sober Townes Van Zandt" (SC Free Times). Kevin Oliver of the SC Free Times said "Sneed’s songs give a contemporary spin to the Lone Star country and folk of Guy Clark, Steve Earle and others, coming out more like the acerbically literate North Carolina songwriters Jonathan Byrd or Malcolm Holcombe."

Traсklist:
1. Texodus
2. The Garden
3. Baby
4. Selfish Boy
5. Love You Like I Do
6. Midnight Promenade
7. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
8. Prudence
9. Climb This Wall
10. Keep You Still
11. All Around Me
12. Under The Sheets
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[b]Yarn - Come On In (2010)[/b]

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[b]Come On In is this Brooklyn band's third release but you'd never guess the ensemble was a New York group at all, more a Wichita / Tulsa vibe than anything else, a smooth and hip blend of country rock blent with folk and somewhat in line with Blue Line Highway but more pronouncedly from the sidestreets and back alleys, places the rural postman has to travel a bit to get to. In past efforts, Yarn attracted the likes of Edie Brickell and Tony Trischka, and it's not difficult to see why.
...Yarn is a well polished folk-country unit drenched in rutted byways and hot broadacred suns, and Blake Christiana is a genuine, a gent who came by his laidback erudition the hard way, laying it all down for the audience to do with what they will. The musicianship and earnestness are first-rate, and the critical tie-ins to Gram Parsons quite warranted, though Blake is no imitator, just kindred, from another county, and talented as hell. -- acousticmusic.com

Brooklyn’s own YARN is releasing their third cd, Come On In. This comes following two great releases; their debut cd YARN and their second release, Empty Pockets, a great cd which featured guest appearances by Edie Brickell, banjo guru Tony Tischka, and Caitlyn Cary (Whiskeytown).

Traсklist:
1 Alone On The Weekend
2 New York City Found
3 Schenectady
4 Down On Your Luck
5 These Bars Don't Look Too Friendly
6 Strikes & Gutters
7 Abilene
8 Yodelay
9 Time Burns On
10 Final Bow
11 I Wanted To Get High
12 I Gotta Go
13 This Whole Zoo [/b]

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[b]Jeffrey Foucault & Mark Erelli - Seven Curses (2010)[/b]

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[b]On Seven Curses the American songwriters Mark Erelli and Jeffrey Foucault match an elemental approach with the elemental subjects: love and death. Under the banner of the Murder Ballad, Foucault and Erelli execute uncanny harmony arrangements with a list of songs that decidedly expands the genre: Blackie Farrell’s dusty cowboy ballad ‘Sonora’s Death Row’ brushes shoulders with Neil Young’s mystical narrative ‘Powderfinger’; Porter Wagoner’s darkly comic ‘The First Mrs. Jones’ makes a stark contrast to the bleak beauty of Paul Siebel’s ‘Louise’. Jaunty and doomed, the characters in these songs inhabit a world where everything hinges on a single irretrievable act, and a reckoning looms
Critically acclaimed veterans of the Americana circuit in the United States, each having made a series of well-received solo albums, Erelli and Foucault team up for the first time on Seven Curses and the result is by turns rollicking and chilling, raw and poignant, a timeless interpretation of a classic American genre.

Traсklist:
1 Philadelphia Lawyer (Woody Guthrie)
2 Johnny 99 (Bruce Springsteen)
3 Tom Merritt (Richard Buckner Edgar Lee Masters)
4 Billy Gray (Norman Blake)
5 Louise (Paul Siebel)
6 Pretty Polly (Traditional)
7 Sonora's Death Row (Blackie Farrell)
8 Ellis Unit 1 (Steve Earle)
9 Cole Durhew (Tom House)
10 The First Mrs. Jones (Porter Wagoner)
11 Powderfinger (Neil Young)
12 Wyoming Wind (Mark Erelli)
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[b]The Locust Fork Band - Playin' Possum 1978[/b]

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[b]Traсklist:
01. (I’m Goin’ Back To My) Alabama Home
02. Wings Of Love
03. Calico And Curls
04. Back To My LOve
05. Two Sides To Every Woman
06. City Nights
07. Overnight Success
08. If That’s How You Want It
09. Could It Happen Again
10. Tuscaloosa
11. Love Isn’t Easy
12. Goodbye Train
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[b]David Olney - Dutchman's Curve (2010)[/b]

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[b]Traсklist:
01. Train Wreck
02. Red Tail Hawk
03. If I Were You
04. Little Sparrow
05. I've Got A Lot On My Mind
06. Mister Vermeer
07. Covington Girl
08. Way Down Deep
09. Hey Sha La La La
10. Lucky Star And Mr. Moon
11. You Never Know
12. I Only Have Eyes For You
13. The Moment I Tell You Goodbye[/b]

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[b]Leon Everette - Greatest Hits 1987 [/b]

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[b]Traсklist:
1. Giving Up Easy
2. Don't Feel Like The Lone Ranger
3. I Love That Woman (Like The Devil Loves Sin)
4. I Don't Want To Lose
5. Over
6. If I Keep On Going Crazy
7. Hurricane
8. Misnight Rodeo
9. Don't Be Angry
10. Just Give Me What You Think Is Fair
11. Soul Searchin'
12. Shadows Of My Mind
13. My Lady Loves Me Just As I Am
14. The Lady She's Right
15. I Could'a Had You
16. Shot In The Dark[/b]

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[b]Annie Lennox - A Christmas Cornucopia (2010) [/b]

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[b]Tracklist:

01. Angels From The Realms Of Glory (4:00)
02. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (3:33)
03. See Amid The Winter's Snow (3:31)
04. I'l Est Ne Le Divin Enfant (3:37)
05. The First Noel (4:40)
06. Lullay Lullay (Coventry Carol) (3:13)
07. The Holly And The Ivy (3:37)
08. In The Bleak Midwinter (3:31)
09. As Joseph Was A Walking (3:59)
10. O Little Town Of Bethlehem (3:33)
11. Silent Night (3:49)
12. Universal Child (4:14)
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[b]VA - Now That's What I Call a Country Christmas 2009[/b]

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[b]Now That's What I Call a Country Christmas is a compilation album released on October 6, 2009, as part of the (US) Now That's What I Call Music! series.[2]

The album is the fifth Christmas-themed album in the series, but the first containing versions performed by country music artists, both contemporary and older artists.

Traсklist:
CD 1
1. Darius Rucker — "Winter Wonderland" (2:36)
2. Brad Paisley — "Away in a Manger" (4:44)
3. Julianne Hough — "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (3:49)
4. George Strait — "Joy to the World" (2:28)
5. Lady Antebellum — "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (3:30)
6. Brooks & Dunn — "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (2:37)
7. Luke Bryan — "Run Run Rudolph" (2:52)
8. Josh Turner — "The First Noel" (4:21)
9. Kellie Pickler — "Santa Baby" (3:25)
10. Trace Adkins — "It's Christmas" (3:16)
11. Little Big Town — "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (3:46)
12. Lee Ann Womack — "The Man with the Bag" (2:28)
13. Taylor Swift — "Christmases When You Were Mine" (3:02)
14. Kenny Chesney — "Silver Bells" (4:03)


CD 2
1. Gene Autry — "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (3:06)
2. Elvis Presley and Martina McBride — "Blue Christmas" (2:27)
3. Merle Haggard — "Jingle Bells" (2:19)
4. Vince Gill — "O Little Town of Bethlehem" (4:05)
5. Alison Krauss — "Shimmy Down the Chimney (Fill Up My Stocking)" (4:20)
6. Reba McEntire — "Up on the Housetop" (2:04)
7. Glen Campbell — "O Holy Night" (3:53)
8. Tanya Tucker — "What Child Is This" (4:03)
9. Alabama — "Christmas in Dixie" (3:37)
10. Brenda Lee — "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (2:03)
11. Kenny Rogers — "Kentucky Homemade Christmas" (4:11)
12. Dolly Parton — "Hard Candy Christmas" (3:35)
13. Amy Grant — "A Christmas to Remember" (4:15)
14. Johnny Cash — "Silent Night" (2:01)
15. Burl Ives — "A Holly Jolly Christmas" (2:28)[/b]

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[b]VA - Hit Country 2011 (2010)[/b]

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[b]Tracklist

1. Tim Mcgraw - Southern Voice (4:01)
2. Lee Kernaghan - Australian Boy (3:11)
3. Mcalister Kemp - Hell Yeah (3:44)
4. Kenny Chesney - Ain't Back Yet (3:45)
5. Carrie Underwood - Undo It (2:57)
6. Doc Walker - If I Fall (4:00)
7. Sara Storer - Calling Me Home (3:17)
8. Catherin Britt - Can't Change A Thing (2:57)
9. Adam Harvey - Better Than This (3:20)
10. Peter Mcwhirter - I Will Stand By You (3:10)
11. Steve Forde - Hurricane (3:58)
12. Joe Nichols - Gimme That Girl (3:04)
13. Miranda Lambert - White Liar (3:46)
14. Gary Allan - Today (3:57)
15. The Mcclymonts - Hearts On Fire (3:31)
16. Shea Fisher - Getaway Heart (3:05)
17. Jasmin Rae - Can't A Girl Change Her Mind (3:16)
18. Troy Cassar Daley - Chasin' Rodeo (3:14)
19. Emerson Drive - I Love This Road (3:45)
20. The Band Perry - Hip To My Heard (2:59)
21. Train - Hey Soul Sister (3:33)
22. Dianna Corcoran - Thank You For Cheating On Me (2:28)
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[b]Jerry Lee Lewis - Live At The Star-Club, Hamburg (1964)[/b]

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[b]Traсklist:
01. Mean Woman Blues
02. High School Confidential
03. Money
04. Matchbox
05. What'd I Say, Part 1
06. What'd I Say, Part 2
07. Great Balls of Fire
08. Good Golly Miss Molly
09. Lewis Boog
10. Your Cheatin' Heart
11. Hound Dog
12. Long Tall Sally
13. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On[/b]

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[b]Willie Nelson - Teatro (1998)[/b]

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[b]For whatever reason, Willie Nelson's Teatro -- like Emmylou Harris' Wrecking Ball -- seems to exist in a vacuum, completely set apart from his other recordings. It's untrue in either case, but especially in Nelson's. A scant year or so before Teatro was released -- and its recording sessions filmed in an old movie theater in Mexico -- Nelson issued his most brilliant album of the 1990s, Spirit. Island's publicists had no idea what to do with Spirit's subtle, unsentimental, moody, and sparsely arranged and performed songs, but the roots of Teatro lie firmly planted there on its opening instrumental, "Matador." As for Teatro itself, Harris is present on 11 of the 14 tracks. In addition, Daniel Lanois, the same mercurial talent who spearheaded Wrecking Ball, produced this set. The mood is set in an arid space where a forlorn mariachi band meets the Harmonica Man (courtesy of Mickey Raphael) on Ennio Morricone's score for Once Upon a Time in the West. Lyrically, Nelson is as ambitious as he was on Spirit, and rhythmically he's more so, but that doesn't necessarily serve him as well. Teatro is a fine record with its sadness and bitterness in "I Never Cared for You" and the Spanish two-step of "Darkness on the Face of the Earth." But Lanois is one busy guitar picker here, and it stands at odds with Nelson's more spare yet lyrical style. But it's a good tension. It works better on "My Own Peculiar Way," with the percussion floating and evening out the guitars. The touch of Afro-Cuban rhythm in "These Lonely Nights" is sharp in contrast to Nelson's relatively staid and conventional country melody. Here is where Lanois works his magic; he staggers an organ, an electric piano, an accordion, his own electric guitar, a trap kit, and hand percussion all around the beat without anyone playing dead on it. Nelson's voice is the only constant, and it draws the listener right to it. Nelson's cover of Lanois' "The Maker," with Lanois layering thick slaps of sweet, melodic distorted guitar over its intro, is amazing. Harris and Nelson work so well together -- throughout the album but on this track especially -- it's almost a shock they aren't always together. Lyrically, Nelson strides out ahead of all his late-'80s and early-'90s material, continuing the great strides he made with Spirit. Clearly, the slump is over here, and the poetry he spins is accessible, profound, and moving. Teatro is a special album, but it's part two of a story that began with Spirit, and both recordings should be heard in tandem with one another for the full effect. Striking, beautiful, and affecting, Teatro is a sonic film that displays its moving images in the minds and hearts of its listeners. -- AMG

All songs written by Willie Nelson, except where noted.

Traсklist:

1. "Ou Es-Tu, Mon Amour? (Where Are You, My Love?)" (Emile Stehn/Henri LeMarchand) – 2:43
2. "I Never Cared for You" – 2:18
3. "Everywhere I Go" – 3:50
4. "Darkness on the Face of the Earth" – 2:33
5. "My Own Peculiar Way" – 3:37
6. "These Lonely Nights" (Chester Odom) – 3:29
7. "Home Motel" – 3:15
8. "The Maker" (Daniel Lanois) – 5:08
9. "I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye" – 4:38
10. "I've Just Destroyed the World (I'm Living In)" (Nelson/Ray Price) – 2:52
11. "Somebody Pick Up My Pieces" – 4:39
12. "Three Days" – 3:07
13. "I've Loved You All Over the World" – 4:18
14. "Annie" – 3:51
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[b]Over The Rhine - The Long Surrender (2011)[/b]

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[b]Traсklist:
1. The Laugh Of Recognition (4:34)
2. Sharpest Blade (4:57)
3. Rave On (4:28)
4. Soon (3:06)
5. Undamned (4:33)
6. Infamous Love Song (6:34)
7. Only God Can Save Us Now (3:07)
8. Oh Yeah By The Way (3:19)
9. The King Knows How (4:33)
10. There's A Bluebird In My Heart (3:52)
11. Days Like This (3:59)
12. All My Favorite People (6:42)
13. Unspoken (1:43)[/b]

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[b]Over The Rhine - Best Of 2010[/b]

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[b]Over the Rhine is an American, Ohio-based band, the core of which is the husband-and-wife team of pianist/guitarist/bassist Linford Detweiler and vocalist/guitarist Karin Bergquist. The band originally began as a quartet with guitarist Ric Hordinski and drummer Brian Kelley. Hordinski left the band in December 1996, and Kelley continued to play into 1997 before departing. The original foursome has reunited a couple of times recently; first in December of 2008 at The Taft Theatre (in Cincinnati) to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the formation of the band and more recently, in the summer of 2010 at Ric's studio, "the Monastery," to play the album "Good Dog Bad Dog" live, in its entirety.

Similar artists include Sufjan Stevens, Dawn Xiana Moon, Feist, and Patti Griffin.

The band's namesake and place of origin is the Cincinnati, Ohio neighborhood Over-the-Rhine. Karin attended school in Barnesville, Ohio and graduated from Barnesville High School in 1984. She then went to Malone College, located in Canton, Ohio, where she met Linford. Karin and Linford were married in the fall of 1996 in Cincinnati and several years ago relocated to a pre-Civil War farm outside of town.

Over the Rhine is now primarily Bergquist (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano) and Detweiler (keyboards, electric bass, vocals) accompanied by complementary musicians on albums and tours. Over the years, they have toured and recorded in many variations. They have shared the stage with a number of fine musicians, including Bob Dylan, John Prine, Adrian Belew, Squeeze, Ani DiFranco, My Morning Jacket, Hem, and toured as "adjunct" members of Cowboy Junkies.

Over the Rhine's new album, The Long Surrender will be released nationally on 1/1/11. It recorded on California with Grammy winning producer, Joe Henry and contains a duet with Lucinda Williams on "Undamned" and two songs co-written with Joe Henry.


Traсklist:
01.Latter Days - Live
02.All I Need Is Everything - Live
03.Faithfully Dangerous - Live
04.Etcetera Whatever - Live
05.Jack's Valentine - Live
06.Moth
07.Firefly
08.Professional Daydreamer
09.Nobody Number 1
10.Let's Spend The Day In Bed
11.Born
12.The Body Is A Stairway Of Skin
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[b]Jason Boland And The Stragglers – High In The Rockies A Live Album – 2010[/b]

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[b]Tracklist:
01 – Hank
02 – No Reason Being Late
03 – Alright
04 – Comal County Blue
05 – Bourbon Legend
06 – Tulsa Time
07 – Backslider Blues
08 – Down Here On Earth
09 – No One Left To Blame
10 – Bottle By My Bed
11 – Gallo Del Cielo
12 – Blowing Through The Hills
13 – Time In Hell
14 – Jesus And Ruger
15 – Up And Gone
16 – Rainbow Stew
17 – The Party’s Not Over
18 – If I Ever Get Back (To Oklahoma)
19 – Outlaw Band[/b]

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[b]Sheryl Crow - KSCA Studios Glendale California 1994[/b]

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[b]We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout
Sheryl Crow - KSCA Studios; Glendale, CA [8.3.94]
Radio Broadcast

Traсklist:
01 - Intro
02 - All I Wanna Do
03 - Interview
04 - Strong Enough
05 - Interview
06 - Heart Of Gold
07 - Interview
08 - Can't Cry Anymore
09 - Outro
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[b]Willie Nelson & Sheryl Crow - CMT Crossroads Culver City CA 2002[/b]

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[b]Willie Nelson & Sheryl Crow - CMT Crossroads, Sony Pictures Studios; Culver City, CA [6.x.02]

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Television Broadcast

I don’t know if you got to see this show when it was on television, but you should track it down, if you didn’t. It’s a great concert, and includes a sit-down interview, in the parking lot beside Willie’s bus, with Willie and Sheryl and the CMT guy whose name I can’t remember. Willie and Sheryl talk about their song-writing experience, the sacrifices of life on the road and the fellowship of playing music with friends whom you admire.

Write CMT and see if you can get it, or beg them to air it again. I have a video I made from the show and it’s wearing out.


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Willie Nelson and Sheryl Crow met first in 1999 when they were part of a New York tribute concert honoring Johnny Cash. Nelson and Crow opened their CMT Crossroads taping with “Jackson,” one of the songs they performed at the Cash tribute. As they did in New York, Nelson played Cash to Crow’s June Carter.

Their friendship has grown since their first meeting. Crow, raised in a musical household in Missouri, reveres Nelson as the “king of phrasing” and “the voice that was the soundtrack to my childhood.” Nelson regards Crow as a worthy musical colleague, an inheritor of his musical “outlaw” spirit and a fit audience for his dirty jokes.

Nelson played an electric guitar throughout the night instead of his battered classical acoustic, dubbed “Trigger.” (Crow said her instruments have no names, but she might refer to them as “my little money makers.”) “My guitar,” Nelson explained, “is on the way to Amsterdam [for a European tour]. I am following soon behind.”

The singers each took care to match the other’s vocal phrasing, casting sidelong glances at each other throughout their performance. Of “Let It Be Me,” Nelson proclaimed the duo “happy to be resurrecting a great song.” He toyed with the familiar phrasing and seemed to challenge Crow to do the same. “It wasn’t perfect, but it was tasty,” she said after the first take.


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Traсklist:
01 - Intro
02 - Jackson
03 - Abeline
04 - Interview
05 - City Of New Orleans
06 - Let It Be Me
07 - Interview
08 - Interview
09 - It's So Easy
10 - You Remain
11 - Interview
12 - Interview
13 - Crazy
14 - Interview
15 - Interview
16 - Everyday Is A Winding Road
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[b]Jim White - No Such Place (2001)[/b]

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[b]Jim White's sophomore release on David Byrne's Luaka Bop imprint comes four years after the release of Wrong-Eyed Jesus!, an album that introduced him as a quirky, yet clever master of Southern gothic storytelling and lo-fi folk music. No Such Place is a brilliant follow-up and reveals White at his best. It's a bluesy, atmospheric-laced collection of songs about loners, ghosts, devils, love, and angels. Well skilled at providing listeners with a detailed look into his psyche, White simultaneously, and almost undetectably, provokes introspection throughout the album's 13 tracks. His songwriting is best exhibited when the album flows between gentle, dark, and spacy tunes like "Corvair" and "The Wrong Kind of Love," to all-out stompers like "10 Miles to Go on a 9 Mile Road," "Handcuffed to a Fence in Mississippi," and his unique cover of Roger Miller's "King of the Road." No Such Place is a classic storytelling affair. Continuing to draw from a lifetime's worth of experiences, including stints as a religious fanatic, drug addict, taxi driver, fashion model, and professional surfer, White generously offers up a collage of deeply personal thoughts and feelings. Although comparable to Beck's Mutations and Shawn Mullins' Beneath the Velvet Sun, No Such Place breaks new ground by pairing White's unique lyrical twists and vocal stylings with the slick production of Morcheeba, Sweetback co-founder and Sade musician Andrew Hale, DJ/producer Q-Burns Abstract Message, and Sohichiro Suzuki (formerly of Yellow Magic Orchestra and currently with World Standard). The result is a cohesive effort that's bold, bizarre, and beautiful. His tales, often witty and dipped in irony, stream underneath samples of crickets, howls, sirens, whistles, and an ample filling of ******t clings and clangs. White is a master of exposing his world, while singing the majority of his songs under the guise of a third-person narrator. Combining banjos, harmonicas, and jaw harps with thick lo-fi beats, record scratches, and samples, No Such Place is an exciting and fresh collection of music. Add to the mix White's tongue-in-cheek storyteller talents and the result is a strong album that proves that he's closer to finding peace with his past and optimistic about the journey ahead.


Traсklist:
1. Handcuffed To A Fence In Mississippi
2. The Wound That Never Heals
3. Corvair
4. The Wrong Kind Of Love
5. 10 Miles To Go On A 9 Mile Road
6. Christmas Day
7. Bound To Forget
8. God Was Drunk When He Made Me
9. King Of The Road
10. Ghost-Town Of My Brain
11. Hey! You Going My Way???
12. The Love That Never Fails
13. Corvair Reprise[/b]

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[b]Randy Rogers Band - Burning The Day (2010)[/b]

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[b]Traсklist:
01. Interstate
02. Damn The Rain
03. Too Late For Goodbye
04. Missing You
05. Holding On To Letting Go
06. Just Don't Tell Me The Truth
07. Looking For You So Long
08. Steal You Away
09. Startin' Over For The Last Time
10. I Met Lonely Tonight
11. Last Last Chance

Personnel:
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Randy Rogers (guitar, vocals)
Geoffrey Hill (guitar)
Jon Richardson (bass guitar)
Brady Black (fiddle)
Les Lawless (drums)[/b]


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[b]Ralph Stanley and The Clinch Mountain Boys - 1971-1973 (4 CD Box Set) (1995)[/b]

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[b]This four-CD set is a collection of the entire output of Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys during an astonishing three-year period in the early '70s. The albums collected here include the first appearance of Stanley's signature a cappella bluegrass-gospel, and feature the outstanding lead singing of the late Roy Lee Centers.

The strong incarnation of the Clinch Mountain Boys features Curley Ray Cline on fiddle, Jack Cooke on bass, and Ricky Lee on lead guitar. Teenage Stanley disciples and future country stars Keith Whitley and Ricky Skaggs make their first recorded appearances here also, and Country Gentleman John Duffey stops by to max out the needles on the Stanley Brothers classic The Lonesome River. The band runs through straight bluegrass, gospel, old-time banjo songs, fiddle tunes, and Stanley Brothers classics, all with great confidence and style. Songs are pulled from multiple and diverse sources, including the Carter Family, old country, Bill Monroe, and even a beautiful Jesse Winchester son, "Brand New Tennessee Waltz." This set is for purists more than bluegrass neophytes, but no fan of Ralph Stanley or the Stanley Brothers should be without it. These albums broke new stylistic ground at a time when there was some concern whether Ralph Stanley could continue in the wake of Carter Stanley's death.


Tracklist:
CD 1

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01. I Am The Man, Thomas
02. Take Your Shoes Off, Moses
03. Death Is Only A Dream
04. Brand New Tennessee Waltz
05. Two Coats
06. Bright Morning Star
07. Come On Little Children
08. The Prettiest Flowers Will Be Blooming
09. Cry From The Cross
10. Step Out In The Sunshine
11. You're Drifting On
12. Gloryland
13. Stairway To Heaven
14. Will He Wait A Little Longer
15. Sinner Man
16. Shotgun Slade
17. Old-Time Pickin'
18. I'll Remember You Love In My Prayers


CD 2

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01. Joh Henry
02. Pretty Little Indian
03. Little Birdie
04. Cripple Creek
05. East Virginia Blues
06. Little glass Of Wine
07. Somebody Touched Me
08. Sally Goodin'
09. Working On a Building
10. Rolling in my Sweet Baby's Arms
11. Bound to Ride
12. Mississippi Sawyer
13. Goin' to Georgia
14. All the Love I had Is Gone
15. Will You Miss Me
16. Katy Daly
17. A little Boy Called Joe
18. Six More Miles
19. Cluck Old Hen
20. That Lonesome Old Song


CD 3

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01. Man Of Constant Sorrow
02. Pretty Polly
03. Maple on the hill
04. Clinch Mountain Backstep
05. Lisa's Joy
06. Don't Ask Me Why
07. All I Ever Loved was You
08. God Gave You To Me
09. Little Maggie
10. Flood Of '57
11. Old Country Church
12. When I get Home
13. These Men Of God
14. My Lord's Been Walking
15. Green Pastures In the Sky
16. Give Me the Roses Now
17. Honey In the Rock
18. Hide Me Rock Of Ages
19. 10,000 Angels
20. Standing By the River
21. Village Church Yard
22. I Hold a Clear Title
23. Bill Cheatum
24. On and On
25. What About You
26. Gonna Paint the Town
27. I Wonder How Old The Folks Are At Home
28. Who Will Sing For Me



CD 4

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01. Love Me Darling just Tonight
02. Poison Love
03. Ridin' That Midnight Train
04. Lovin' You Too Well
05. Nobodys Love Is Like Mine
06. Cumberland Gap
07. Shout Little Lulie
08. Rocky Island
09. Old Time Pickin
10. John Henry
11. Little Birdie
12. Bound To Ride
13. The Lonesome River
14. The Fields Have Turned Brown
15. Hard Times
16. Train 45
17. Gold Watch And Chain
18. You Know I Will Be Lonesome
19. The Orphan girl
20. I Am Going That Way
21. Brighter Mansion
22. Who Is That?
23. Going Up Home To Live In Green Pastures
24. I Wanna Make Heaven My Home
25. Rank Strangers
26. Angel Band
27. I Want To Preach The Gospel
28. Dark And Thorny Is The Desert
29. Great High Mountain
30. A Rose Among The Thorns[/b]

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[b]VA - Country Christmas Collection (2009)[/b]

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[b]Traсklist:
01. Brooks & Dunn - I'll Be Home For Christmas
02. Floyd Cramer - Jingle Bell Rock
03. Dolly Parton - Hard Candy Christmas
04. Elvis Presley - Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
05. Jim Reeves - Silent Night
06. John Denver - Jingle Bells
07. Jonny Cash - The Little Drummer Boy
08. Kevin Chesney - Thank God For Kids
09. Joe Diffie - Leroy The Redneck Reindeer
10. Montgomery Gentry - Merry Christmas From The Family
11. Lonestar - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
12. Lyn Anderson - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
13. Patti Loveless - Christmas Time's Are Comin'
14. Roger Whittaker - Country Christmas
15. Tammy Wynette - Joy To The World
16. Willie Nelson - Pretty Paper
17. Blackhawk - We Three Kings
18. Chet Atkins - Away In A Manger
19. Gene Aulty - Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer
20. Ricochet - Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow
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[b]Marshall Chapman - Big Lonesome (2010)[/b]

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[b]Marshall Chapman’s new release, Big Lonesome, was intended to be a duets album. But when her musical soulmate, acclaimed singer-songwriter Tim Krekel, suddenly succumbed to cancer in 2009, her plans were dashed. The period of mourning that followed has produced a remarkable collection of songs, a concept album about grief in the vein of Rosanne Cash’s Black Cadillac.

Like Cash, Chapman wisely keeps her sorrow grounded in specific images instead of broad themes. “What’s that sound/ like something falling through the trees,” she laments in the album’s centerpiece, “Falling Through the Trees,” a song so rich in metaphor that it demands multiple listenings.

It’s a bit of a departure for the raucous Chapman—who was once advised by Jerry Lee Lewis to not burn out—allowing her trademark piss-‘n’-vinegar sound to be tempered by a quiet melancholy. The result is a country album in the classic sense, full of heartache and longing. Big Lonesome might just be Chapman’s masterpiece.


Traсklist:
1. Big Lonesome (02:54)
2. Down to Mexico (05:48)
3. Going Away Party (03:12)
4. Falling Through the Trees (03:40)
5. Sick of Myself (03:24)
6. Tim Revisited (03:56)
7. I Can’t Stop Thinking About You (02:55)
8. Mississippi Man in Mexico (04:03)
9. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry (04:00)
10. Riding with Willie (04:36)
11. I Love Everybody (09:53)[/b]

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[b]Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues (2010)[/b]

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[b]Justin Townes Earle's previous records were promising if uneven recordings that revealed a considerable talent trying to find a unique musical identity as a songwriter apart from his parental heritage. It may have taken him three albums, but Harlem River Blues delivers in spades what his earlier offerings hinted at. With co-production by Earle and Skylar Wilson and the backing of a killer, intuitive band, the songwriter drops 11 weighty originals steeped in American musical tradition yet bearing his own inimitable lyric and stylistic signature. ...Harlem River Blues is utterly balanced, skillfully crafted, and exquisitely written and produced. Earle proves that he is a force to be reckoned with; in these grooves he embodies the history, mystery, and promise of American roots music.

Traсklist:
1. Harlem River Blues
2. One More Night in Brooklyn
3. Move Over Mama
4. Working For The MTA
5. Wanderin'
6. Slippin' and Slidin'
7. Christchurch Woman
8. Learning to Cry
9. Ain't Waitin'
10.Rogers Park
11.Harlem River Blues (Reprise)[/b]

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[b]Garth Brooks - The Hungry Years 1986[/b]

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[b]Garth Brooks
"The Hungry Years"
Live at Willie's Salloon
Stillwater, Oklahoma 1986

The recording is poor quality and is only Garth and a guitar. Still, very cool to hear a young Garth Brooks do an acoustic set of covers and early versions of Much Too Young and Which One of Them.

Traсklist:
01. Tequila Sunrise
02. Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
03. Time Is A Bottle
04. Rocket Man
05. Steam Roller
06. Piano Man
07. Why Do Those Dreams Never Come True
08. Mrs. Robinson
09. Come Monday
10. Night Moves
11. Cats In The Cradle
12. Mr. Bojangles
13. Turn The Page
14. Please Come To Boston
15. The Boxer
16. Redneck Mother
17. Sweet Baby James
18. Taxi
19. House On Poo Corner
20. You Never Even Called Me By My Name
21. Guitar Town
22. Only The Good Die Young
23. Which One Of Them
24. That's The Way Love Goes[/b]

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[b]Kiss & Garth Brooks - Hard Luck Woman (complete) 2009[/b]

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[b]Traсklist:

Kiss & Garth Brooks - Hard Luck Woman -clip
Kiss & Garth Brooks- Hard Luck Woman.mp3
Garth Brooks - When You Come Back To Me Again.mp3(bonus)
Garth Brooks Medley Washington, USA 2009-clip (bonus)
Garth Brooks Medley Washington, USA 2009 mp3(bonus)[/b]

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[b]Ralph Stanley Clinch Mountain Country CD 1997[/b]

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[b]Ralph Stanley and producer Bil VornDick assembled a small galaxy of musical stars to make CLINCH MOUNTAIN COUNTRY one of the biggest all-star bluegrass recording sessions ever. The list of performers reads as a Who's Who that stretches the gamut of American pop music, including George Jones, Bob Dylan, Marty Stuart, Vince Gill, Dwight Yoakam, BR5-49, Gillian Welch and others.

This two-disc collection of bluegrass standards is lovingly performed by artists who have clearly been influenced--even defined--by Ralph Stanley's legacy. (Many consider Stanley to be the heart of soul of bluegrass music.) There are plenty of stellar performances on CLINCH MOUNTAIN COUNTRY. Patty Loveless turns in an excellent version of the chilling, traditional murder ballad, "Pretty Polly," while Porter Wagoner offers a splendid rendition of "The White Dove," a Carter Stanley song that Wagoner first sang as a child. But perhaps the most memorable tracks on this excellent document of a bluegrass legend are "Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine" and "My Deceitful Heart," where Stanley and his son, Ralph Stanley II, share vocals.


Personnel includes: Ralph Stanley; Shelton Feazell, Jack Cooke, John Rigsby (vocals); Bob Dylan, Marty Stuart (guitar); Ricky Skaggs (mandolin); Laurie Lewis (fiddle); Mike Bub (bass); Hal Ketchum, Patty Loveless, George Jones, Dwight Yoakam, Vince Gill, Claire Lynch, Judy Marshall, David Marshall, Joe Diffie, Gillian Welch, Ralph Stanely II, Rhonda Vincent, Diamond Rio, Jeff Raybon, Marty Raybon, Doug Phelps, John Anderson, Alison Krauss, Junior Brown, Connie Smith, Tim O'Brien, Porter Wagoner, Joe Isaacs, Sonya Isaacs, Becky Isaacs, Vern Gosdin, Jim Lauderdale, The Whites, BR5-49, Kathey Mattea.

Traсklist:
CD 1:
1.How Mountain Girls Can Love
2.Shouting on the Hills of Glory
3.Pretty Polly
4.Window up Above, The
5.I Just Got Wise
6.If That's the Way You Feel
7.Nobody's Love Is Like Mine
8.Memories of Mother
9.Lonesome River, The
10.Old Love Letters
11.She's More to Be Pitied
12.When I Wake up to Sleep No More
13.Another Night
14.Gold Watch and Chain
15.Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine
16.I'll Take the Blame
17.How Can We Thank Him for What He Has Done
18.I've Just Seen the Rock of Ages

CD 2:
1.Pig in a Pen
2.I Only Exist
3.Lonesome Night, A
4.Pretty Little Miss in the Garden
5.Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn, The
6.Stone Walls and Steel Bars
7.Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
8.Let Me Love You One More Time
9.White Dove, The
10.Will You Ever Miss Me at All
11.Lonesome Banjo
12.Are You Afraid to Die
13.Way Down Deep
14.If I Lose
15.I'm Going That Way
16.Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet
17.My Deceitful Heart
18.Bright Morning Star[/b]

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[b]Merle Haggard 1980 NYC FM[/b]

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[b]A really rare boot...but not anymore. Merry Christmas.
1980 Merle Haggard Country Sessions broadcast from the Lone Star Cafe, NYC with commercials. From vinyl.

Traсklist:

1. Intro:
2. The Fightin' Side Of Me
3. Medley: Mama Tried/Red Bandana/Swinging Doors
4. Commercial
5. Medley: Workin' Man Blues/Always Late
6. Today I Started Loving You Again
7. Commercial
8. Cindy
9. It's Been A Great Afternoon
10. Wake Up
11. Commercial
12. Ramblin' Fever
13. Trouble In Mind
14. Commercial
15. Medley: Honky Tonk Night Time Man/Old Man From The Mountain
16. Okie From Muskogee

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[b]Merle Haggard 2005 Denver[/b]

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[b]Merle Haggard & The Strangers
March 23, 2005
Fillmore Auditorium
Denver, Colorado
Great sound. Got from resurrecting the otter's cheese.

Traсklist:

01. Runaway Train
02. Big City
03. I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink
04. That's The Way Love Goes
05. Folsom Prison Blues
06. Mama Tried
07. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down
08. Take Me Back To Tulsa
09. Corina, Corina
10. That's The News
11. If I Could Only Fly
12. I'm An Old Man Trying To Live While I Can
13. The Fightin' Side Of Me
14. Silver Wings
15. Ramblin Fever
16. Okie from Muskogee outro[/b]

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[b]Garth Brooks Magic of Christmas: Call Me Claus 2001[/b]

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[b]Traсklist:
01. Call me Claus (2:08) (*)
02. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2:58)
03. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (4:06)
04. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (2:07)
05. Winter Wonderland (3:34)
06. Mary Had a Little Lamb (3:00) (*)
07. The Christmas Song (3:25)
08. Baby Jesus Is Born (4:00)
09. Sleigh Ride (3:28)
10. Silver Bells (3:35)
11. (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays (2:19)
12. Zat You, Santa Claus (2:33) (*)
13. The Wise Men's Journey (instrumental) (1:30)
14. O Little Town of Bethlehem (3:03)[/b]

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[b]The Scott Little Band - Barbed Wire And Engine Blocks 2010[/b]

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[b]Traсklist:
1. Mexico 3:05
2. Cowboy Hat Tattoo 4:22
3. Good Love Dies 5:08
4. Kiss My Cheverolet 4:14
5. Stumpwater 4:15
6. Stepping Stones 4:59
7. Burning Bridges 2:50
8. Down On Me 3:34
9. Tbjb Intro 0:41
10. The Ballad of Jacob Brown 3:53
11. Until You 4:11
12. Driving Away 3:30
13. Love's Not Enough 2:48
14. Ferris Wheel 4:34[/b]

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[b]Adam Klein - Wounded Electric Youth (2010)[/b]

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[b]Wounded Electric Youth is a bold move for Adam Klein. Coming off the back of a more traditional approach to making music, his third album could so easily have alienated his more rootsy following and left him adrift in the choppy waters of the sell out. The fact he went ahead and made it anyway is a credit to him and, thanks in no small part to producer/multi instrumentalist AJ Adams the result is one of the finest albums of the year.

This is a treasure trove of song writing from opening track Drifter where wispy backing vocals really do drift above the intertwining riffs of guitar and organ. Exquisite use of effects never quite cross the line into over indulgence as Klein conjures scenarios of daydreaming and skinny dipping in the sunny south. And almost as an afterthought, the lap steel and ukulele strike you as perfect accompaniments to this new, lusher direction to his sound. Klein displays a sense of subtlety rare in the ego driven world of the modern music scene. This is only partly due to the fact he is master of his own material. He knows exactly what's needed where, when and in what quantity (another nod here to Adams). A good example is Griffin's Song. The effect of simple heartfelt lyrics and tasteful brass is enhanced tenfold when the lead guitar, sax and organ climax before coming slowly in to land right on cue, all masterfully handled. Brass is used to great effect to give just a tiny hint of jazz/blues to proceedings . Any less and it wouldn't provide this effect. Any more and and it would be out of place. And yet there is no sense of it being overly contrived. It's all so natural, as is David Blackman's fiddle on next track Wayward Son which has its roots in country music the way country music was meant to sound. The team of musicians Klein has assembled are all of the very highest calibre. The art of storytelling which was so prominent in Klein's last album “Western Tales and Trails” is again present here and comes to the fore in “Of Pirates and Vagabonds”, while the imagery and colour portrayed throughout the album is a delight. “12th and Porter” brings the album to a close as if at the end of a long, but wholesome journey, and leaves an impression that if musical style and direction is any indication of an artists creative perspective then Adam Klein was in a good place when this record was conceived. Even the melancholy numbers display wry undercurrents of hope and Klein is adept at extracting positive energy from his downbeat side. Classy is the word that springs to mind when listening to Wounded Electric Youth. It is a confident and assured step forward for Klein, not that going sideways would have, in his case, been a bad thing.

Traсklist:
1. Driftin'
2. To Be a Loner
3. Anna (You Were Supposed to Be Mine)
4. Call My Name
5. Of Pirates & Vagabonds
6. Griffin's Song
7. Wayward Son
8. Fairy Tale
9. Tired Afternoon (Out for Love)
10. Once in Paris
11. 12th & Porter
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[b]Shannon McNally - Western Ballad 2011[/b]

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[b]Recently I received the above listed CD towards the release of which I made a small contribution through Kickstarter. So, let’s get to it!

The CD starts off almost as well as I could hope. “Memory of a Ghost” combines a great tune, great singing, and a playful musical mix that suits the lyric well. If there’s a complaint, it’s that her collaborator’s (Mark Bingham) voice, playing the role of the ghost, is a bit muddied in the mix. Next is “High,” a reverb soaked song about, well, feeling good, but more from joy rather than from indulgence.

“When I Am Called” moves towards an Americana/folk style that contrarily holds fast to the guitar reverb. Again, it’s a vocal showcase, though not a one blessed with a particularly deep lyric. “Western Ballad,” the title track, is an Alan Ginsberg poem that invites speculation on the loss of love and the loss of life, punctuated by a military snare. It’s not particularly cheery, and it’s an interesting choice for the album title, though not textually misleading as her style mixes folk, Native American elements, and, to my regret, Country (or as it used to be known, Country & Western).

And that’s the musical style that we find ourselves with “True Possession,” which seems to be about finding strength in oneself. I think, anyway, as lyrics were not included. Nevertheless, it’s a song that I’d be interested in hearing with a more aggressive rock or blues attitude. The over-the-top country guitar licks at the end of the song subtract.

Next up is “Tristesse Oubliee,” which is sung entirely in French. As the CD was recorded in New Orleans, I’m certain it has a personal meeting, possibly a forgotten sadness if Google was any help at all. Despite its merits, I’m just one of those people that runs when I hear pedal steel.

“Thunderhead” would be my favorite song on the CD were it not for an unworthy refrain. It’s a lilting song with a vocal style similar to Richard Ashcroft (of The Verve); it just needs a musical hook. Perhaps she’ll revisit this styling in the future. “Rock and Roll Angels,” despite its promising title, is a rather plodding C&W affair. The timbre and nuance in McNally’s voice is suited to a number of styles – this one just doesn’t appeal to me.

When I see “Toast,” I can’t help but think bread with butter… maybe some grape jelly if there’s time. It might help if this song were titled “A Toast" or “I Toast” just to clear the expectations for people like who get preoccupied when 1 + 1 fall just short of 2. It has fairly straightforward pop appeal and is an enjoyable song.

The militia snares return with collaborator/producer Mark Bingham’s “Little Stream of Whiskey,” … with a sort of C&W “good times” feel to it. The best part of this song is that it stretches McNally’s voice to lovely effect. The nuances when she descends to a speaking voice harken back to “The Hard Way” off her fantastic 2005 release, Geronimo. Though, well, there’s that pedal steel again…

The CD closes with “In My Own Second Line,” a song which her producer says “reflects the affliction of madness to the degree that the singer is truly in their own world and in their own marching parade.” I don’t quite pick that up, but it’s a suitable notion to close an effort that finds McNally delivering a more cohesive, relaxed, and enjoyable performance than when last heard on 2009’s uneven Coldwater.

I don’t know that Western Ballad will win new fans, but it has a number of very good songs to strengthen her repertoire. She certainly plays to her strengths, with a spacious acoustic landscape that lets the inflections in her voice be heard. I remain a fan, but admittedly hope that she finds a producer who will collaborate less and demand a bit more. And, of course, one who doesn’t advocate pedal steel.

Recommended Songs: “Memory of a Ghost,” “HIgh,” “Thunderhead”

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Traсklist:
1. Memory Of A Ghost 3:50
2. High 3:42
3. When I Am Called 4:13
4. Western Ballad 5:46
5. True Possession 3:34
6. Tristesse Oubliee 3:29
7. Thunderhead 5:09
8. Rock and Roll Angels 5:29
9. Toast 5:09
10. Little Stream Of Whiskey 3:43
11. In My Own Second Line 5:21
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