New
& Upcoming CD Releases
Here's
what has been released recently and what's coming 'round the bend... |
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May Releases
April
Releases
Also, There is now a Freight Train Boogie New Releases Blog with more detailed release comments.
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| Aug 12th |
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| THE DUHKS |
Fast Paced World (Sugar Hill) |
| IRMA THOMAS |
Simply Grand (Rounder) With Dr. John, Norah Jones, Randy Newman, etc. |
| BEN WEAVER |
The Ax In The Oak (Bloodshot) |
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| aug. 5th |
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| MIKE GORDON |
The Green Sparrow (Rounder) (solo release from former Phish bassist) |
| ROBYN HITCHCOCK |
Luminous Groove (Yep Roc) (Second in a series of Hitchcock retrospective box sets includes Fegmania, Element Of Light and Gotta Let This Hen Out, plus two bonus discs of unreleased studio and live material) |
| GANDALF MURPHY & THE SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS OF DREAMS |
The Great Unravel (High Noon) |
| RANDY NEWMAN |
Harps And Angels (Nonesuch) |
| TONY RICE |
The Likes Of Me: The Singer Songwriter Collection (Rounder) (Compilation of previously released tracks plus three new recordings) |
| CARRIE RODRIGUEZ |
She Ain't Me (Back Porch) (Produced by Malcolm Burn with co-writes with Gary Louris, Mary Gauthier and others) |
| JIMMY STURR |
Let The Whole World Sing (Rounder) (Grammy-winning polka bandleader, with guest appearances from Ray Price and Raul Malo) |
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| July 29th |
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| CEPHAS & WIGGINS |
Richmond Blues (Smithsonian Folkways) |
| MICHAEL CLEVELAND & FLAMEKEEPER |
Leavin' Town (Rounder) |
| STEVE CROPPER & FELIX CAVALIERE |
Nudge It Up A Notch (Stax/Concord) |
| STEVE DAWSON |
Waiting For The Lights To Come Up (Black Hen) |
| JOHNNY FLYNN |
A Larum (Lost Highway) |
| GRETA GAINES |
Whiskey Thoughts (Justice) (with Willie Nelson and Raul Malo) |
| RICHIE HAVENS |
Nobody Left To Crown (Verve) |
| ANDY FAIRWEATHER LOW |
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| ANDRE WILLIAMS & THE NEW ORLEANS HELLHOUNDS |
Can You Deal With It? (Bloodshot) |
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| July 22nd |
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TERRY ADAMS
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Love Letter To Andromeda (Clang!) (Founder and keyboard player with NRBQ) |
| THE AVETT BROTHERS |
The Second Gleam (Ramseur) (Six-song EP, primarily Scott & Seth duo recordings, as with the first Gleam EP) |
CHUCK BRODSKY
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Two Sets (Waterbug) |
DAVID BROMBERG
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Live New York City 1982 (Red House) |
| THE CROOKED JADES |
Shining Darkness (Jade Note) |
| ARCHIE FISHER |
Windward Away (Red House) |
| BENJI HUGHES |
A Love Extreme (New West) |
MARIA MULDAUR
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Yes We Can (Telarc) |
| WILLIE NILE |
Live From The Streets Of New York (00:02:59) |
| AMY RAY |
Didn't It Feel Kinder (Daemon) |
| MATTHEW SWEET |
Sunshine Lies (Shout! Factory) |
| PAUL WELLER |
22 Dreams (Yep Roc) |
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| July 15th |
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| DREW EMMITT |
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| GRASCALS |
Keep On Walkin' (Rounder) |
| ERIC HISAW |
Nature Of The Blues (Saustex) |
| HOT CLUB OF DETROIT |
Night Town (Mack Avenue) |
| MATT KEATING |
Quixotic (Megaforce) (With Duane Jarvis on guitar) |
| MAD TEA PARTY |
Found A Reason (Nine Mile Records) |
| JOHN MELLENCAMP |
Life, Death, Love And Freedom (Hear) (Produced by T Bone Burnett) |
| JENNY REYNOLDS |
Next To You (pretty okay) (with Ruthie Foster, Ian McLagan, Warren Hood and Scrappy Jud Newcomb) |
| RANDY TRAVIS |
Around The Bend (Warner Nashville) |
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| July 8th |
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| BASEBALL PROJECT |
Volume 1: Frozen Ropes And Dying Quails (Yep Roc) (Baseball-themed album from Scott McCaughey, Steve Wynn, Peter Buck and Linda Pitmon) |
| BECK |
Modern Guilt (DGC) |
DONNA THE BUFFALO
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Silverlined (Sugar Hill) |
| DONNIE FRITTS |
One Foot In The Groove (Leaning Man) |
| MATT KEATING |
Quixotic (Kealon) |
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| BILL MONROE |
Father Of Bluegrass Music (MVD Visual) (DVD collection of various live footage) |
| WILLIE NELSON & WYNTON MARSALIS |
Two Men With The Blues (Blue Note) |
| NEW GUITAR SUMMIT |
Shivers (Stony Plain) (2nd collaboration between Jay Geils, Duke Robillard and Gerry Beaudoin, with guest Randy Bachman) |
| RON SEXSMITH |
Exit Strategy Of The Soul (Yep Roc) |
| Various Artists |
Moneyland (McCoury Music) (Del McCoury and friends like Merle Haggard, Chris Knight and other contribute songs about corporate greed and it's effect on rural America) |
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| July 1st |
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| NELS ANDREWS |
Off Track Betting (Ignatius) |
| LOS LONELY BOYS |
Forgiven (Epic) |
| WILLIE NELSON |
Stardust: 30th Anniversary Legacy Edition (Sony) (Two CD set includes the original classic album plus a 16 track bonus disc) |
| ROB ROY PARNELL |
Let's Start Something (Blue Rocket Records)
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| June 24th |
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| CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN |
Popular Songs (Cooking Vinyl) (Greatest-hits collection featuring 13 songs from the band's Pitch-A-Tent albums and 5 newly-recorded versions of songs from its two Virgin releases) |
| RY COODER |
I, Flathead (Nonesuch/Perro Verde) (CD/novella completing Cooder's California trilogy after Chavez Ravine and My Name Is Buddy) |
| CROOKED STILL |
Still Crooked (Signature Sounds) |
LUKE DOUCET
Blood's Too Rich |
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| ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO |
Real Animal (Back Porch) |
| HACIENDA BROTHERS |
Arizona Motel (Proper) |
| JD & THE STRAIGHT SHOT |
Right On Time (Artist Garage) |
| AMOS LEE |
Last Days At The Lodge (Blue Note) |
| DANNY PAISLEY & THE SOUTHERN GRASS |
The Room Over Mine (Rounder) |
| RECKLESS KELLY |
Bulletproof (Yep Roc) |
| RUBY DEE & THE SNAKEHANDLERS |
Miles From Home (Dionysus) |
| Various Artists |
Ribbon of Highway Endless Skyway - The Woody Guthrie Tribute Tour (Music Road) (with Slaid Cleaves, Eliza Gilkyson, Jimmy LaFave and others) |
| THE WATSON TWINS |
Fire Songs (Vanguard) |
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| June 17th |
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| MARK CHESNUTT |
Rollin' With The Flow (Lofton Creek/Big 7) |
| HEYBALE |
The Last Country Album (Shuffle 5) |
DONAL HINELY
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Blue State Boy (Atom Records) |
HONEYBROWNE
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Mile By Mile (Smith Music) |
| RED MOLLY |
Love and Other Tragedies (self released) |
TEDDY THOMPSON
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A Piece Of What You Need (Verve Forecast) |
| DAN TYMINSKI |
Wheels (Rounder) |
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| June 10th |
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| SOLOMON BURKE |
Like A Fire (Anti-) |
| GENE CLARK |
Silverado '75 -- Live & Unreleased (Collectors Choice) (1975 concert) |
| JAKOB DYLAN |
Seeing Things (Columbia/Starbucks) |
| EMMYLOU HARRIS |
All I Intended To Be (Nonesuch) |
| JAMES HUNTER |
The Hard Way (Hear Music) |
| INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS |
Infamous Stringbusters (Sugar Hill) |
| SCOTT KEMPNER |
Saving Grace (00:2:59) |
| MY MORNING JACKET |
Evil Urges (ATO) |
| CARLA OLSON & THE TEXTONES |
Detroit '85 -- Live & Unreleased (Collectors Choice) |
| CARLA OLSON & MICK TAYLOR |
Too Hot For Snakes (Collectors Choice) (1990 live album with guests) |
| SAM PHILLIPS |
Don't Do Anything (Nonesuch) |
| RAILROAD EARTH |
Amen Corner (Sci-Fidelity) |
| SISTERS MORALES |
Talking To The River (Luna) |
| BEN SOLLEE |
Learning to Bend (Sonablast/Thirty Tigers) |
| CHIP TAYLOR |
New Songs Of Freedom (Train Wreck) |
| BILLY BOB THORNTON AND THE BOXMASTERS |
The Boxmasters (Vanguard) |
| MARTHA WAINWRIGHT |
I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too (Zoe/Rounder) |
| TONY JOE WHITE |
Deep Cuts (Swamp) |
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| June 3rd |
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| DR. JOHN |
City That Care Forgot (429/Savoy Label Group) |
| GOOSE CREEK SYMPHONY |
The Same Thing Again (Bo) (Early 1970s sessions unearthed) |
| JESSE MALIN |
Mercury Retrograde (Adeline) Live album |
| JOHN MAYALL |
The Masters and Live At The Marquee (Eagle Rock) |
| MOTHER TRUCKERS |
Let's All Go To Bed (Funzalo) |
| PINETOP PERKINS |
And Friends (Telarc) |
| RAIN PERRY |
Cinderblock Bookshelves (Presiptious) (produced by Mark Hallman) |
| JIM STRINGER AND THE AM BAND |
Triskaidekaphilia (Music Room) |
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| May 27th |
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| ANGEL BAND |
With Roots & Wings (Appleseed) (produced by Lloyd Maines) |
| SCOTLAND BARR & THE SLOW DRAGS |
All The Great Aviators Agree (Monkey Barr Music) |
| THE BYRDS |
Live At Royal Albert Hall 1971 (Sundazed) |
| ADAM CARROLL |
Old Town Rock and Roll (self released) |
| ELIZA GILKYSON |
Beautiful World (Red House) |
TRACY GRAMMER
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Verdant Mile (Tracy Grammer Music)
(7-song all-acoustic EP with two originals and five covers) |
| JOHN HIATT |
Same Old Man (New West) |
JENNY SCHEINMAN
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Jenny Sheinman (Koch) |
| YOUNGBLOODS |
Elephant Mountain (Sundazed) (Jesse Colin Young's band released this influencial masterpiece in 1969. The album includes "Darkness, Darkness", "On Sir Francis Drake", "Sunlight, and "Ride the Wind", plus two bonus tracks) |
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| may 20th |
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| BAND OF HEATHENS |
The Band Of Heathens (self released) |
| T BONE BURNETT |
Tooth Of Crime (Nonesuch) |
| GUY FORSYTH |
Calico Girl (Small and Nimble) |
| HIGH WINDY |
A Greater Storm (Mountain Home) |
| I SEE HAWKS IN L.A. |
Hallowed Ground (Big Book) |
| MASON JENNINGS |
In The Ever (Brushfire) |
SCARLETT JOHANSSON
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Anywhere I Lay My Head (Atco) |
| JAMES KING |
Gardens In The Sky (Rounder) |
| SONNY LANDRETH |
From The Reach (Landfill) (w Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Robben Ford, Eric Johnson and Vince Gill) |
| LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS |
Live (Spruce and Maple Music) |
| CORY MORROW |
Vagrants & Kings (Sustain) |
| DAN ZANES |
Nueva York! (Festival Five) |
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| May 13th |
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PETER BRUNTNELL
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Ghost In A Spitfire (Loose) (US Release) |
| STEPHEN CLAIR |
What Luck (self released) |
| JOE COCKER |
Hymn For My Soul (Fantasy) |
ROBERT CRAY
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Live At The BBC (US Release) (Universal) |
AMOS GARRETT
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Get Way Back: A Tribute To Percy Mayfield (Stony Plain) |
JOOLS HOLLAND
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Best Of Friends (Rhino) |
LOS STRAITJACKETS
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Straitjackets In Concert (Yep Roc) (LP & DVD) |
| MAMA SAID |
Take Root (Americana) |
| OLD 97'S |
Blame It On Gravity (New West) |
DUKE ROBILLARD
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A Swinging Session With Duke Robillard (Stony Plain) |
| STAIRWELL SISTERS |
Get Off Your Money (Yodel-A-Hey) (produced by Lloyd Maines) |
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| May 6th |
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| CHRISTINE ALBERT |
Paris, Texafrance (MoonHouse) |
ELVIS COSTELLO
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Momofuku (Lost Highway) (Vinyl-only, with digital-download code included in the packaging) |
| eLEVEN HUNDRED SPRINGS |
Country Jam (Palo Duro) |
| KENNY NEAL |
Let Life Flow
(Blind Pig) |
JEB LOY NICHOLS
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Days Are Mighty (Compass) |
| 16 HORSEPOWER |
Live March 2001 (Alternative Tentacles) |
ABIGAIL WASHBURN & THE SPARROW QUARTET
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The Sparrow Quartet (Nettwerk) (with Bela Fleck) |
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| April 29th |
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| KASEY CHAMBERS & SHANE NICHOLSON |
Rattlin' Bones (Australia Import) |
| ROGER CLYNE & THE PEACEMAKERS |
Turbo Ocho (self released) (CD/DVD) |
| PETER COOPER |
Mission Door (Red Beet) |
| COW BOP |
Route 66 (Blujazz) |
| STEVE EARLE |
Copperhead Road (Universal) (two disc set goes beyond the original 1998 album, the second disc features and eleven song live show a year before the album) |
| STEVE EARLE |
Live At Austin Texas November 12, 2000 (New West) (live from Austin City Limits, released at the time of Steve's Transcendental Blues CD) |
FAYSSOUX
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Early (Red Beet) (sang harmonies on the first four Emmylou Harris albums) |
| GRIFFIN HOUSE |
Flying Upside Down (Nettwerk) |
| MUDCRUTCH |
Highway Companion Club (Reprise) |
NO JUSTICE
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Live At Billy Bob's Texas (Smith Music) |
| LEON REDBONE |
Live And Kickin' (Lemon) (reissue of 1981 show from the Lone Star Café in New York) |
| JEFF SCOTT ROBERTSON |
Summer's Here (Murder Creek) |
| JUSTIN RUTLEDGE |
Man Descending (Six Shooter) |
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| April 22nd |
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COMMANDER CODY & HIS LOST PLANET AIRMEN
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Live In the Ozone: 1973 US Tour (Cleopatra) |
MICHAEL DOUCET
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From Now On (Rounder) (the much admired leader of the Grammy-winning group BeauSoleil |
JEFF HEALEY
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Mess Of Blues (Ruf) |
| ROBYN LUDWICK |
Too Much Desire (Freedom) |
CHRIS MILLS
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Living in The Aftermath (Ernest Jenning) |
| RANCHO DELUXE |
True Freedom (self released) |
STEVE RILEY & THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS
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Best Of (Rounder) |
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| April 15th |
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| AMERICAN PRINCES |
Other People (Yep Roc) |
| KRIS DELMHORST |
Shotgun Singer (Signature Sounds) |
DIXIE BEE-LINERS
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Ripe (Pinecastle) |
| JAMES McMURTRY |
Just Us Kids (Lightning Rod) |
| THE WILDERS |
Someone's Got to Pay (Free Dirt) |
JORDAN ZEVON
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Insides Out (New West/Ammal) |
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| April 8th |
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| AMERICAN BABIES |
American Babies (Sci-Fidelity) |
| MARCIA BALL |
Peace Love & BBQ (Alligator) |
| HAYES CARLL |
Trouble In Mind (Lost Highway) |
| ROY DAVIS & THE DREGS |
Deadweight (self released) |
| THE GIBSON BROTHERS |
Iron & Diamonds (Sugar Hill) |
| JAMES INTVELD |
Have Faith (Molenaart) |
COLIN MELOY
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Skulls, Ships, Sheep (Kill Rock Stars)
(The Decemberists' lead singer/songwriter) |
GWIL OWEN
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Gravy (Rambler) |
JOEL RAFAEL
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Thirteen Stories High (Inside Recordings) |
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| April 1st |
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BRIAN BLADE & THE FELLOWSHIP BAND
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Season Of Changes (Verve) (drummer with Emmylou Harris) |
| JACKIE GREENE |
Giving Up The Ghost (429) |
| KATHY MATTEA |
Coal (Captain Potato) (produced by Marty Stuart) |
| WILLIE NELSON |
One Hell Of A Ride (Columbia/Legacy) (4-CD career-spanning retrospective) |
| R.E.M. |
Accelerate (Warner Bros.) |
| MATTHEW RYAN |
Matthew Ryan Vs. The Silver State (00:02:59) |
SOUTH AUSTIN JUG BAND |
Strange Invitations (self released) |
| THE WOOD BROTHERS |
Loaded (Blue Note) |
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