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Thursday, April 21, 2005
Many New Adds
It has been way too long since I've blogged new adds to the Online Folk Festival, so I have quite a backlog, and I doubt I have enough time to give some of them the justice they deserve.
Judy Collins: Portrait of An American Girl
Judy Collins still has it. If you've liked Judy Collins in the past, you will like this CD. If you haven't, then nothing here is likely to change your mind. It's about half originals and half covers.
Bill Mallonee: Friendly Fire
This is probably Bill Mallonee's best solo album to date. Stylistically, the album falls somewhere between Byrds-ish jangle pop and alt-country, with some stylings of each. Bill Mallonee, former lead singer and songwriter for The Vigilantes of Love, gives this one a bit more of a full-band feel than the previous, more sparsely produced.
Joel Rafael Band: Woodyboye
This is the second volume of Woody Guthrie songs produced by the Joel Rafael Band, with one original ("Sierra Blanca Massacre") that stands up well with the rest of the Woody Guthrie tracks. Four of the tracks are from the unreleased archives of Woody Guthrie and are songs of Woody's for which he left no music, which Rafael was permitted to write music by Nora Guthrie. Guest artists stopping by to contribute include Van Dyke Parks, Jackson Browne and Jennifer Warnes. If you dig Woody Guthrie and old-time troubadour folk, you will dig this album.
Other New Adds:
Jennifer Warnes: Famous Blue Raincoat (been digging Leonard Cohen lately - can you believe this CD is out of print in the US?)
David Morreale: From the Dirt
Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams: Flapjacks From the Sky
Cordelia's Dad: How Can I Sleep
Rosheen: Musique Celtique
Various Artists: True Folk
Hugh Morrison: Far From Home
Leigh Cline: Galatia and Pontic Music
A.J. Swearingen: selftitled
Peggy Seeger: Love Call Me Home
The Elders: American Wake
Susan McKeown: Sweet Liberty
Various Artists: Acoustic Rainbow, Volume 21
David Llewellyn: selftitled
Sharon Shannon, Frankie Gavin, Michael McGoldrick, Jim Murray: Tunes
Linda Thompson: Give Me a Sad Song
Neko Case: The Tigers Have Spoken
Judy Collins: Portrait of An American Girl
Judy Collins still has it. If you've liked Judy Collins in the past, you will like this CD. If you haven't, then nothing here is likely to change your mind. It's about half originals and half covers.
Bill Mallonee: Friendly Fire
This is probably Bill Mallonee's best solo album to date. Stylistically, the album falls somewhere between Byrds-ish jangle pop and alt-country, with some stylings of each. Bill Mallonee, former lead singer and songwriter for The Vigilantes of Love, gives this one a bit more of a full-band feel than the previous, more sparsely produced.
Joel Rafael Band: Woodyboye
This is the second volume of Woody Guthrie songs produced by the Joel Rafael Band, with one original ("Sierra Blanca Massacre") that stands up well with the rest of the Woody Guthrie tracks. Four of the tracks are from the unreleased archives of Woody Guthrie and are songs of Woody's for which he left no music, which Rafael was permitted to write music by Nora Guthrie. Guest artists stopping by to contribute include Van Dyke Parks, Jackson Browne and Jennifer Warnes. If you dig Woody Guthrie and old-time troubadour folk, you will dig this album.
Other New Adds:
Jennifer Warnes: Famous Blue Raincoat (been digging Leonard Cohen lately - can you believe this CD is out of print in the US?)
David Morreale: From the Dirt
Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams: Flapjacks From the Sky
Cordelia's Dad: How Can I Sleep
Rosheen: Musique Celtique
Various Artists: True Folk
Hugh Morrison: Far From Home
Leigh Cline: Galatia and Pontic Music
A.J. Swearingen: selftitled
Peggy Seeger: Love Call Me Home
The Elders: American Wake
Susan McKeown: Sweet Liberty
Various Artists: Acoustic Rainbow, Volume 21
David Llewellyn: selftitled
Sharon Shannon, Frankie Gavin, Michael McGoldrick, Jim Murray: Tunes
Linda Thompson: Give Me a Sad Song
Neko Case: The Tigers Have Spoken
Labels: New Adds
