Country & Folk
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Picking up where Under the Table & Above the Sun left off, Reckless Kelly is back with another strong effort-once-again produced by Ray Kennedy!
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36 All-Time Country classics on 2 CDS. Taken direc tly from the original source tapes. Features colla borations with Willie Nelson,. Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, June Carter Cash, and U2. Many rare and previously unpublished photos.
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Woody recorded for a variety of labels, but the real meat of his repertoire rests in the 300 or so songs he recorded for Mo Asch's Folkways label. And now that classic material is finally coming out on CD in four volumes, of which this is the first and probably the best witness this list of songs: This Land Is Your Land (unreleased and "hit" versions); Grand Coulee Dam; Philadelphia Lawyer; Hobo's Lullaby; Pastures of Plenty; Do-Re-Mi; Hard, Ain't It Hard; Going Down the Road Feeling Bad; Jesse James; I Ain't Got Nobody, and 15 more. 72 annotated minutes.
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Travis Tritt is back with a brand new album titled Strong Enough. Travid has over 19 million albums's old to date, 30 career singles, 12 #1 records. First single "Strong Enough to Be Your Man."
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The Lucky Tomblin Band features an all-star cast of Texas musicians, led by singer/songwriter Lucky Tomblin. This self-titled album takes the listener on a musical tour of the Lone Star State, where honky-tonk, blues, rock 'n' roll, Tex-Mex, blue-eyed sou. Texas World.2004.
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This first ever collection of George's 50 #1 career singles is a 2-CD set including "I Hate Everything", the new single showing signs that George isn't satisfied with just 50 #1's.
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Once again The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band members coll aborate with an all-star group of guest including Earl Scruggs, Sam Bush, Alison Krauss, Johnny and June Carter Cash, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, and many others. This album mixes bluegrass both old and new with spectrum of country, rock & roll.
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Twisted Angel now takes LeAnn into new "Pop" dimension with songs produced by such luminaries as Desmon Child (Life Goes On), Peter Amato (of Baha Men Fame), and Gregg Pagani.
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Stories Under Nails, is Ben Weaver's 4th release and the follow up to his critically acclaimed 2002 release, Hollerin' at a Woodpecker, which was named #3 MOJO Americana album of 2003. Part folk, part alt country, part primal scream, Weaver fouly how. Fugawee Bird. 2004.
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Live is the first collection of live recordings never released from Alison Krauss + Union Station. The 2 disc set, recorded on their spring 2002 tour features versions of classic Alison Krauss + Union Station songs such as "When You Say Nothing at All " and "Baby, Now That I've Found You."
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This is the difinitive single disc compilation from a group that sold over 65 million albums worldwide. Includes 20 #1 hits that have been all digitally re-mastered.
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Special performance by three American legends. PBS Great Performances National broadcast begins July 28th with special guest Alison Krauss. Includ es three bonus tracks.
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This low-priced 50-track set takes you on a chronological "grand tour" of 50 hit-filled years from one of country's greatest voices, Mr. George Jones.
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PARADES AND PANORAMAS is a celebration of American poet Carl Sandburg's the American Songbag (1927), a meticulously indexed and illstrated book described in the introduction as "280 ballads, hobo songs, spirituals, steamboat, railroad and lumberjack songs, close harmony ditties, colonial songs, love songs." in his varied and rough-hew 21st century folk style, Zanes revives 25 of these selections with his various collaborators to bring these songs forward in time with a graceful handmade modern folk style. PARADES AND PANORAMAS is luxuriously packaged with a 60-page booklet offering lyrics, chords, blurbs about the songs and historical photos of musicians to help make the point that playing music was once much more integrated into American society than it is today.
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Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (1896-1987) wrote her well-known song "Freight Train" at the age of 11 and sang it for nearly 80 years. Through her songwriting, her quietly commanding personality, and her unique left-handed guitar and banjo styles, she has inspired and influenced generations of younger artists. Cotten was declared a National Heritage Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts in 1984, and was recognized by the Smithsonian Institution as a "living treasure." She received a Grammy Award in 1985 when she was 90. These essential 1965-66 recordings include ten previously unreleased tracks. 26 tracks.
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Robinella and the CCstringband specialize in a patent amalgam of jazz and country, two seemingly disparate but remarkably similar homegrown American styles. The group's distinctive music is both urban and rural, sophisticated and spirited, steeped in country swing and bluegrass, infused with jazz.
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The musical alliance that began with an unknown newcomer named Willie Nelson joining Ray Price & the Cherokee Cowboys as a bass player in the 1950s and continued with Willie lending his writing and playing skills to such Ray Price classic as "Night Life and San Antonio continues today with Run That By Me One More Time.
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On her debut, Roses, Kathy Mattea marks a new chap ter in her successful music career. She sings from the heart, drawing her audience in with contempora ry stories of love and faith, peppered with a celt ic mix of fiddles, guitar, and whistle.
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Greatest hits features 13 of their biggest songs plus several new tracks including the new hit "My Front Porch Looking In." Track listing include : "Tequila Talkin," "You Walked In," "Amazed," "Smile," "With Me," "Tell Her."
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Whereas Nickel Creek's debut album established the young California trio at the progressive vanguard of traditional bluegrass, this ambitious, risky follow-up finds their acoustic artistry straying far afield. Mandolin player Chris Thile and the Watkins siblings--guitarist Sean and fiddler Sara--continue to impress with their intuitive instrumental interplay and lush vocal harmonies. Sean Watkins's title cut achieves the sprightliest blend of traditional bluegrass instrumentation and contemporary pop craft, while the ruminative melancholy of "Hanging by a Thread" and "Green and Gray" sound as though Thile has been listening to a lot of Elliott Smith (and reading the published poetry of Jewel). The album also features Pavement's "Spit on a Stranger," Carrie Newcomer's "Should've Known Better," and a traditional British ballad, "House Carpenter." However, much of the collection's original material lacks the maturity to match the trio's musical gifts, as songs incorporating influences ranging from neo-psychedelia to alt pop often suffer from self-consciousness. Kindred-spirit producer Alison Krauss plainly gave the project a long leash, and the results can be viewed as either sophomore slump or creative growth spurt--or perhaps both.
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Live from the Charleston Music Hall showcases Rick y Scaggs and Kentucky Thunder's impossible to-matc h aggressive, Razor-Sharp pickin and astonishing, clear and crisp vocal harmonies.
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Somewhere out yonder at the end of a hot, sweaty summer, The Gourds plunged their hands into the warm, wet earth and pulled their sound out of the soil - roots and all. And a bountiful harvest it was that season because every couple years, The Gourds cut off another slice of homegrown music, toss it into a frying pan full of fresh, diced fatback and call US all in for dinner to enjoy the fruits of their labor. BLOOD OF THE RAM is the Austin band's seventh album and once again their plate is loaded full of the uniquely organic, Cajun spiced gonzo music that have made instant fans of every lucky soul who chanced to see The Gourds live.
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For the Last Time - Live from the Astrodome include's 16 tracks recorded that night; nine #1 singles, two never released songs and his current single "She'll Leave You with a Smile."
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PASSING THROUGH is a superbly produced collection of country songs that reflect Travis' faith... not to mention his unmistakable voice! The first's single is "Four Walls."
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This is their new album that features the smash title track single "Feels Like Today."
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The 2003 16 song second Greatest Hits collection released by the country superstar. It included two then previously unreleased new tracks "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" with Jimmy Buffett & "Remember When". at the time Jackson had already sold over 38 million albums & had 29 #1 singles.
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Quintessential American singer/songwriter John Prine returns with FAIR & SQUARE. With the occasional wheezing accordion, curlicue electric guitar parts, quick-wristed mandolins, billowing B-3 pads and puddles of pedal steel guitar, the rough-voiced singer/songwriter's first self-produced record is a homey affair that draws generously from the palette of traditional American music, be it folk, bluegrass, shuffles, vintage rock & roll, torch, country for an amalgamation that would be at home on any Wurlitzer in a whiskey-soaked tavern with beer signs flicker from age and the walls stained deeper than sepia from the years of constant smoke.
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Delicious Surpriseis Jo Dee's 4th studio album. It is that rare recording that captures the true essence of an artist's soul. She's put together a group of songs that come from her heart, a group of songs that are meant to convey a musical message of optimism, strength and hope.
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STOLEN MOMENTS showcases the Grammy winning banjoist, Alison Brown at the peak of her powers, bending musical genres to create a unique sound that blends the rugged drive of bluegrass, with the harmonic sophistication of acoustic jazz. With guest appearances from the INdogo Girls, Beth Nielsen Champman, Sam Bush, Mary Chapin Carpenter and more!
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Reintroduce yourself to the Smithsonian Folkways essentials. More than 15 years ago, FOLKWAYS: THE ORIGINAL VISION was one of the first album released by a then fledgling Smithsonian Folkways label. It was conceived and sequenced to complement FOLKWAYS: A VISION SHARED, a benefit/tribute album consisting of 14 reinterpretations of Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly songs by a cross-section of some of popular music's top stars at the time. Now, with the re-release of this historic album on it's 15th anniversary, Smithsonian Folkways expands upon the original concept with the addition of 6 bonus tracks, and enhances it with stunning new packaging and newly extended notes.