Crystal Shawanda Dawn Of A New Day

Published Aug 23, 2008

Shawanda means "dawn of a new day,” so in a sense, the release from this singer-songwriter is a self-titled one. She might seem familiar fro...

Sam Phillips Don't Do Anything

Published Aug 23, 2008

Sam Phillips lives her musical life in a confessional, displaying a deeply personal and sometimes dark image of her inner life. Don’t Do Any...

Jon and Roy Another Noon

Published Jul 28, 2008

Another Noon is the second disc for guitarist Jon Middleton and percussionist Roy Vizer, capturing a wonderfully unassuming, open-mic, coffe...

Amy Bronson I'm Allergic To This Deoderant

Published Jul 28, 2008

The debut album from folk singer Amy Bronson tells the story of her life… maybe. Bits of first-person narrative throughout the spoken-sung d...

Angel Band With Roots & Wings

Published Jul 28, 2008

Some folks introduce themselves with a handshake. Angel Band create their own musical version — a clean, harmonically tight a cappella call...

Richie Spice Gideon Boot

Published Jul 25, 2008

Just one year after In The Streets to Africa, reggae artist Richie Spice returns with Gideon Boot. Delivering his social commentary with con...

Rupa and the April Fishes eXtraOrdinary rendition

Published Jul 25, 2008

Rupa and the April Fishes start out eXtraOrdinary rendition with a distinct sense of place — San Francisco — combining street sounds with mu...

Natacha Atlas and the Mazeeka Ensemble Ana Hina

Published Jul 25, 2008

Instead of her usual merging of Middle Eastern and North African music with electronic beats, Natacha Atlas creates an electrifying musical...

Pricilla Ahn A Good Day

Published Jun 10, 2008

Forget eyes — the voice is the window into the soul. We know people we’ve never met from the simple act of listening to them sing. From her...

Shawn Phillips Living Contributions: Both Sides

Published Apr 28, 2008

This double-disc set from Shawn Phillips captures two very different live performances. The duality works well for this versatile undergroun...

Carrie Newcomer The Geography of Light

Published Apr 28, 2008

The songs of Carrie Newcomer’s Geography of Light create a cloudy sky, rich with texture and an underlying luminosity, which occasionally de...

Perunika Trio Introducing Perunika Trio

Published Apr 26, 2008

In traditional Bulgarian music, the voices are used as a harmonic instrument, creating resonant and close chords ornamented by twists and wa...

Dispatch Zimbabwe: Live at Madison Square Garden

Published Apr 24, 2008

The roar of the crowd is a constant static on this new collection from Dispatch — not surprising, considering that they are a band that have...

Shantel Aug Der Anderen Seite / O the Edge of Heaven

Published Feb 20, 2008

Musically narrating the journey of six different people, this compiled soundtrack for the film On The Edge of Heaven oscillates between trad...

Niel Golden It's a Journey

Published Feb 20, 2008

Niel Golden confesses in the liner notes of his new album, "A few years ago, I was introduced to a new instrument. Many of the pieces on thi...

Angelo Debarre Et Ludovic Beier Paroles De Swing

Published Feb 20, 2008

If the Parisian aesthetic is about anything, it is about joy, elegantly packaged. This disc of swing tunes embodies that, being unfailingly...

Matty Powell & The Resonance The Ness Creek Sessions

Published Jan 26, 2008

A bunch of musicians wander off into the woods of Saskatoon, SK, stay there for a few days and wander back out with an album, The Ness Creek...

Dave Gunning House For Sale

Published Jan 26, 2008

From the opening twang of this album, it seems easy to describe Dave Gunning; he’s good-time, old-town country. Lost dog country. Truck brok...

Deana Carter The Chain

Published Jan 26, 2008

Deana Carter is the daughter of famed guitarist Fred Carter Jr., who, it seems, had his finger in every great musical pie of the last severa...

Various Gypsy Caravan: Music in and Inspired by the Film

Published Nov 19, 2007

Soundtracks from musical documentaries usually suffer under their own labels — they’re just bits and pieces, excerpts from a lovingly crafte...