 | Guero by Beck
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $2.55 5 STARS) Beck reunites with the Dust Brothers for his best since MUTATIONS -- don't listen to the naysayers, this is great stuff!
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 | Local Ground by Altan
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $8.96 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) more great traditional Irish music from Altan
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 | Come on Back by Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $8.87 5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) Jimmie Dale's first since 2000, this is a tribute to his father, who recently died -- a collection of country songs his father loved. Produced by Joe Ely, it's fantastic!
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 | Cold Roses by Ryan Adams & the Cardinals
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $5.00 Ryan Adams #1) Adams and the Cardinals here with a set reminiscent of early '70s country-rock
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 | Z by My Morning Jacket
Buy used from: $2.98 the latest from the psychedelic country rockers
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 | Jacksonville City Nights by Ryan Adams & the Cardinals
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $3.65 Ryan Adams #2) yet another Adams & the Cardinals set, solid country
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 | Fair & Square by John Prine
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $6.25 John Prine's first for many a year, since fighting cancer -- welcome back, John! I heard "Crazy As a Loon" last night (6/8/05) on NPR -- great one!
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 | 29 by Ryan Adams
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.50 Ryans Adams #3) a solo record of introspection
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 | Childish Things by James McMurtry
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $8.91 "We Can't Make It Here" tells some simple truths about capital flight & poor people fighting rich mens' wars but the GOP doesn't like it & it's been banned from some radio stations!
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 | Tell It to the Dust by Anders Parker
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $4.50 alt.country
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 | Blame the Vain by Dwight Yoakam
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $4.47 latest from the reliable Dwight Yoakam, still broadcasting from Bakersfield. I heard the title cut on NPR's World Cafe last night (6/7/05), and it's great as usual!
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 | Cold Hard Truth by Ed Burleson
Buy used from: $4.88 great new Texas country singer-songwriter, old-style country, rowdy honky-tonk
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 | Ragin' Live by Rhonda Vincent
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $3.20 Rhonda's hot, with a hot bluegrass band -- this is flat-out traditional bluegrass.
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 | Okemah and the Melody of Riot by Son Volt
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $3.69 Farrar grew so lethargic after TRACE he was nearly inert. FINALLY, he gets righteously pissed and rocks out a bit! (You have to ignore the dumb title and cover art.)
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 | Freedom and Weep by The Waco Brothers
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $6.00 You can hear two entire songs on the Bloodshot site -- Langford's "How Fast the Time" and Deano's "Nothing At All," and they both sound great!
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 | For a Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records by Various Artists
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $8.88 yet another great Bloodshot anniversary comp -- 2 discs, 42 previously unreleased tracks (see my reviews of the 1-year and 5-year anniversary comps)
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 | Hearts in Mind by Nanci Griffith
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $4.00 I heard a cut on NPR's World Cafe last night (6/7/05), and it sounds excellent -- check it out.
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 | Life in Slow Motion by David Gray
Buy used from: $1.36 the return of David Gray -- the advance single "One I Love" is fantastic, I heard it on the "World Cafe" on NPR.
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 | The Forgotten Arm by Aimee Mann
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $2.12 I heard a cut on NPR's World Cafe last night (6/7/05) and it sounds great -- check it out.
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 | The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw by Pelican
Buy used from: $33.13 Chicago art-metal (usual disclaimer for instrumental rock -- no vocals)
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 | Alive & Wired by Old 97's
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $6.76 LIVE) 2 discs of the Old 97s live in Texas
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 | Live at the Fillmore by Ozomatli
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $2.45 LIVE) Ozomatli fights the power!
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 | Fillmore West 1969 by The Grateful Dead
Buy new: $33.99 / Used from: $16.36 LIVE) from the source concerts of LIVE/DEAD, the legendary recording with "Dark Star" -- a 3-disc highlights set of the 10-disc limited edition Complete set of all 4 nights
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 | Bob Dylan - No Direction Home
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.00 Scorcese's documentary, an official (sanitized) biography with Bob's participation and approval
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 | No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series Vol. 7) by Bob Dylan
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $3.75 The latest "official bootleg" release of old Dylan recordings, this one is the soundtrack to a Dylan documentary by Scorcese -- Disc 2 is mainly alternative versions of the great '65-'66 recordings.
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