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Various

This One’s For Him - A Tribute to Guy Clark

2012 two CD collection, released to coincide with Guy Clark’s 70th birthday.

Artists include Rodney Crowell, Lyle Lovett, Joe Ely, Shawn Colvin, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylous Harris and John Prine, Patty Griffin, Ron Sexsmith, Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Vince Gill, Jerry Jeff Walker and others.

The collection was lovingly produced by Grammy-winning producer Tamara Saviano (Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster) and frequent Clark co-writer Shawn Camp (“Sis Draper,” “Magnolia Wind”). The tribute includes 30 tracks by 33 Americana artists who are friends and colleagues of Clark or who have been influenced by his remarkable compositions.

Leonard Cohen

Old Ideas

2012 album from master singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen.

Here are 10 new songs that mine the heart, shake the body and break the boundaries as everybody knows only Leonard can do.

A signature of our time, Leonard’s baritone holds us like the voices of Hank, Frank and Ray. These are songs that nobody knows and everyone will treasure.

Complementing Cohen’s signature baritone on Old Ideas are the exceptional vocalists Dana Glover, Sharon Robinson, The Webb Sisters (Hattie and Charley Webb) and Jennifer Warnes. The album’s cover design and drawings are Cohen’s own.

VArious artists

Chimes of freedom: songs of bob dylan

A 4-CD collection containing music from Patty Smith, Rise Against, Pete Townshend, Diana Krall, My Morning Jacket, Sting, Lenny Kravitz, Jackson Browne, Sugarland, Joan Baez, Flogging Molly, Joe Perry, Bad Religion and many others. Two iconic forces that have impacted the past 50 years—the life-saving human rights activism of Nobel Peace Prize-winning Amnesty International and the incomparable artistry of Bob Dylan—are being saluted by musicians who contributed new or previously unreleased recordings to Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International.

Kathleen Edwards

Voyageur

Produced by Justin Vernon (AKA Bon Iver) and Edwards, Voyageur is less of a departure than it is a journey, and like any transforming trip, it demands that we let go of any preconceptions about the destination.

Voyageur evokes a spectrum of overwhelming feelings within the atmosphere of a lucid dream. Edwards’ characters speak to the grief, loneliness, shock, and confusion that come with endings as well as the hope and irrepressible joy that accompany new beginnings, but the stories are told with a seductively quiet strength.

Aided by the musical support of fellow travelers Justin Vernon and Norah Jones, Voyageur features standout tracks such as “Change the Sheets,” “Mint,” and “A Soft Place to Land.”

Ani Difranco

Which Side Are You On ??

Which Side Are You On? features 11self-penned songs alongside a radically reworked rendition of the classic title song, famously popularized by Pete Seeger nearly five decades ago, but no less relevant today.

Backing DiFranco on this collection is a remarkably diverse line-up of stellar musicians, including members of her own touring band as well as guest players Ivan and Cyril Neville (of New Orleans’ first family of Funk and R&B, The Neville Brothers), avant-saxophonist Skerik (Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Bonnie Raitt, The Meters), acclaimed singer/songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, guitarist Adam Levy (Norah Jones, Tracy Chapman, Amos Lee), and a host of New Orleans-based horn players known for their work in such outfits as Galactic, Bonerama, and The Rebirth Brass Band.

Mojo / Uncut

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The February 2012 issues are here now !!

Fred Eaglesmith

6 Volts

New Fred album !  This is a brilliant album, reminiscent of ‘Things Is Changin’ with a gritty sound courtesy of Scott Merritt.

Recorded live off the floor around a single microphone, this is Fred at the top of his game !!

Black Friday

Exclusive Record Store Day Releases

Here are a list of the limited releases we still have a few copies of from the Black Friday Record Store Day releases.
Quantities are limited !

Byrds - Eight Mile High 7”
Byrds - The Times They Are a -Changin 7”
Craig Finn - Honolulu Blues 7”
Grateful Dead - Europe ‘72 v. 2   4 LP set
Iron & Wine - Morning Becomes Eclectic LP/CD recorded live for radio
John Lennon - Imagine 40th Anniversary Box Set
Pete Townsend - Quadrophenia Demos 10”
Phish - Party Time LP
Pink Floyd - The Wall LTD 7” Box Set
Ryan Adams - Do I Wait LTD 7”
Soundgarden - Live on I-5—Before the Doors Soundcheck EP 10”
Tom Petty - Kiss My Amps LP - 7 tracks live from the Mojo tour
Warren Haynes - River’s Gonna Rise 12” EP
Wilco - Speak Into the Rose - 10” with 4 unreleased tracks

Joel Plaskett

Joel Plaskett Thrush Hermit

We have just received all the Joel Plaskett releases on vinyl including Emergencys, as well as the multi CD/DVD Thrush Hermit box set !!

Randy Newman

Live In London

Live album from the acclaimed singer, songwriter and film composer.

While touring in support of his 2008 album Harps and Angels, Randy Newman performed a special concert at London’s intimate LSO St. Luke’s, an 18th-century Anglican church that has been restored by the London Symphony Orchestra for use in its community and music education programs.

He was accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Robert Ziegler, and the program was televised by the BBC. The 22-song London set features songs from throughout Newman’s four-decade long career, including some of his best-known songs like “Short People,” “Louisiana 1927,” and “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today,” as well as newer songs such as “A Few Words in Defense of Our Country” and “Laugh and Be Happy.”

An interview from the BBC broadcast also is included on the DVD.