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Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
Comments |
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John Prine |
Sweet Revenge |
Sweet Revenge |
Atlantic |
1973 |
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Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments |
Vindicated By DNA |
No Old Guy Lo-Fi Cry |
Rockathon |
2000 |
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She & Him |
Sing |
Volume Two |
Merge |
2010 |
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Last Year's Men |
Spilled |
Sunny Down Snuff |
Churchkey |
2010 |
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Kurt Vile & The Violators |
Slick Licks |
The Hunchback EP |
Richie |
Playing @ King's Barcade next week |
| * |
Benoit Pioulard |
RTO |
Lasted |
Kranky |
new from Portland |
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Charles Mingus |
Song With Orange |
Dynasty |
Columbia |
1959 |
| * |
Plume Giant |
Honey Pie |
Plume Giant |
self-released |
new from Yale U. |
| * |
The Blackberry Bushes |
Salt Creek |
Little Bit of Grace |
self-released |
old-timey leaning band from Olympia. They play at The Pinhook December 5th |
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The Fresh And Onlys |
Until The End Of Time |
Play It Strange |
In The Red |
new from San Francisco |
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Moongooners |
Moongoon Twist |
(VA) Lost Treasures! Rarities from the Vaults of Del-Fi |
Del-Fi |
comp from 1996 |
| * |
Henri Shrifter |
Another Time |
(VA) Talking About The Good Times, Volume 1 |
Past & Present |
new comp of psych stuff from the late 60s & early 70s, mainly UK and Europe. 1972 on this one. American musician but contracted to a French label... |
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Tirogo |
Tirogo |
Float |
Normal |
1977 Nigeria |
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Shina Williams & His African Percussions |
Agboju Logun |
(VA) Nigeria 70: The Definitive Story of 1970s Funky Lagos |
Strut |
One of my favorite 70s Nigerian jams ever. 11+ minutes. You. Cannot. Resist. Turning. It. Up! and. Shaking. Groove. Thing! |
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Ruth Brown |
Shake A Hand |
(VA) Original Gold Soul |
Mercury |
Terrific 1968 2-LP set that probably should have been titled Original Gold R&B. There's little of the "soul" sound that was sweeping America around then. I suspect the label was trying to drum up sales by simply taking the "soul" label on there. Killer track from 1962 from Ruth Brown here... |
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Dinah Washington |
Salty Papa Blues |
(VA) Original Gold Soul |
Mercury |
1961 for this great Dinah Washington cut... |
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Bo Dollis & The Wild Magnolia Mardi Gras Indians |
Handa Wanda |
(VA) New Orleans Funk -- New Orleans: The Original Sound of Funk |
Soul Jazz |
one of the best comps money can buy |
| * |
Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole |
I'm On The Wonder |
Creole Moon: Live from Blue Moon Saloon |
Valcour |
Fab young band from Louisiana. Great show at Duke this past weekend. Guest kora player on this tune, incorporating directly some of the African roots of this music. |
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Pine Leaf Boys |
Whiskey C'est Mon Ami |
Back Home |
Valcour |
another new Valcour release. This label is bringing all the best of the new generation of Louisiana music to the fore. |
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Joan Soriano |
Maria Elena |
El Dique de la Bachata |
iASO |
Killer uptempo merengue from the Dominican Republic. Cedric Watson discussed these Caribbean rhythms a lot and the influence they've had on Creole music of Louisiana |
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Zein Al-Jundi |
Ya Habibi |
Sharrafouni |
WMD |
Syrian-born singer working in Lebanan, here with electronica and piano composer types |
| * |
The Vegetable Orchestra |
Scoville |
Onionoise |
Rough Trade |
amazing album in which almost every sound heard is from a vegetable instrument!!! |
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No Age |
In Rebound |
Glitter 12" |
Sub Pop |
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Frog Holler |
Glitter |
The High, High's & The Low's EP |
ZoBird |
2004, Pennsylvania. Dunno what's up with their punctuation in the album title... but the song is excellent. |
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Cykle |
If You Can |
(VA) Tobacco A-Go-Go: North Carolina Rock 'n' Roll in the Sixties |
Blue Mold |
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The Corsaysers |
Hominy Grits |
(VA) Tobacco A-Go-Go volume II: '60s Carolina Psychedelia |
Blue Mold |
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Michael Holland & the Occoneechee String Band |
Something In The Morning |
Michael Holland & the Occoneechee String Band |
Euroamerican |
new, local |
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Justin Hinds & The Dominoes |
Here I Stand |
(VA) Deep Ska: 80 Original Ska Classics |
Proper |
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