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Raising Sand

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from: Rounder

Release Date October 23, 2007
"Raising Sand" is the haunting and brilliant collaboration between Robert Plant and Allison Krauss; it opens with my favorite track - the Sam Phillips song "Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us", which quickly demonstrates that there's a lot more going on here than the "Led Zeppelin goes Country" preconception that the notion of these two artists working together conjures up. The album continues with track after track enjoyment and surprise. This is yet another triumph for producer T Bone Burnett, who has incisively crafted a breath-taking soundscape, supported by some of the finest musicians working today, where the whole is deliriously more than the sum of the parts. It all sounds so effortless that you know it must have been quite the opposite ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 2
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Last Days At the Lodge

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by: Amos Lee

Release Date June 24, 2008
Though the singing is great and the instrumental pleasing throughout, this CD doesn't quite match the lofty standards set by his first two CDs.

But it is still a strong album and, after a few more listens, grew on me so much that it's now on constant rotation at my house. Highlights include "Listen," "Baby I want You," "What's Been Going On," and "Better Days."

Give it a try. It gratifies in a way most music cannot.

CD-Charts Position 3
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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from: Buena Vista Pictures

Release Date December 05, 2000
especially "Lonesome valey" - i like it most - this one is the peace of masterpeace.

CD-Charts Position 4
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Essential Leonard Cohen

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by: Leonard Cohen

Release Date October 22, 2002
I downloaded this album from Amazon after seeing the Leonard Cohen documentary ("I'm Your Man") on the Sundance Channel. You just forget how many great songs Leonard wrote until you hear a compilation like this. I had also recently downloaded the 25th anniversary edition of Jennifer Warne's "Famous Blue Raincoat" album (another collection of Cohen songs) and the two have quickly become members of my top ten albums on my iPod...

CD-Charts Position 5
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Little Voice (2 CD Set)

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by: Sara Bareilles

Release Date March 18, 2008
There's something about Sara Bareilles that works for me. I can't seem to get tired of this CD. It just keeps getting better.

CD-Charts Position 6
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A Good Day

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by: Priscilla Ahn

Release Date June 10, 2008
Imagine a day where you wake up and you have nothing on your mind. Your not thinking about work, kids, daily chores, arguments, etc. A day where you wake up and you are in awe about how beautiful the spring buds are just emerging on the tree that shed it's leaves for the winter. It's unusally quiet and you think oh, that's what quiet sounds like! It kind of surreal and beautiful and you wonder if that is what heaven is like? Now imagine "A Good Day" by Priscilla Ahn.

CD-Charts Position 7
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The Very Best of Peter, Paul & Mary

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by: Peter Paul & Mary

Release Date August 23, 2005
Listening to these powerful and earnest songs some 40 plus years on is to marvel at the times they were created in. Modern Folk music has its roots in socially progressive activism (think Pete Seeger or Woody Guthrie) which then evolved into the more psychedelic aspects of Bob Dylan. The magic of Peter, Paul and Mary was in the presentation. They mixed sweet harmonies into the messages and then took them to the pop charts. As such, their importance to musical history simply can not be understated.

Their discography includes top ten singles from Seeger ("If I Had a Hammer"), Dylan ("Blowing In The Wind") and powerful statements of their own. "The Great Mandela" is the apex of 60's moral questions; Do you fight for your country or do you resist ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 8
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I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too

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by: Martha Wainwright

Release Date June 10, 2008
I was really looking forward to another Martha Wainwright release. This album disappoints on so many levels. It is not even comparable to her self-titled album that came out a few years ago. Her folksy sound is all but drowned out by electronic drum beats, strings and electric guitars. If her previous album hadn't been so good maybe I would have been a little more fair with the review of her latest one. I've listened to the album several times now and there really isn't a high point to remember. Boring.

CD-Charts Position 9
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The High Kings

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by: The High Kings

Release Date February 26, 2008
These Irish men have grown up with outstanding ballads and now under the direction of the multi-talented David Downes have put together a seamless presentation that will make you tap and clap along with their audience.
Do yourself a favor - get the DVD of this show also and watch the pure Irish traditions unfold before your eyes.

CD-Charts Position 10
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Kill to Get Crimson

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by: Mark Knopfler

Release Date September 18, 2007
I love Mark Knopfler music...I thought. What I love is his guitar, which apparently has been relegated to 40 seconds of low key filler at the end of each song.

The songs: pleasant to boring. Mark, for the love of Jesus, please find your guitar mojo and bring it back.