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New Additions:
 The New Mastersounds - Ten Years On CD - Ten Years On presents an impressive range of grooves and styles along with the familiar vintage-sounding production, courtesy of guitarist and bandleader Eddie Roberts. The album has guests aplenty, some of them sending in their performances by email from distant shores. Dan “JD73” Goldman plays Rhodes on Dusty Groove, lending it a distinctly Headhuntersish sound. Seattle-based sax experimentalist Skerik adds dark, lush textures to the eight-minute soundtrack opus OOOM. Fellow Leeds luminary Sam Bell brings the percussion to Eddie's Benson-eque disco-jazz on Cielo while Madrid-based Chip Wickham toots a mean flute on Chocolate Chip. The vocal contribution on the record comes from Grace Potter who joins the band on a funked-up cover version of her own tune Nothing But the Water (II). $15
 Corinne West - The Promise CD - The music of Corinne West doesnt really fit in any genre box. Depending on the listener, Corinnes music might get called roots, Americana, or even progressive folk. There are echoes of rural towns, honky-tonks, roads traveled, and roads less traveled. Listen more closely and there are traces of Appalachia and Ireland, the Opry and the Apollo, and somehow the pure elements of a starry night. It is elegant new sexy acoustic jazz-rock-folk. It is west coast acoustic-soul music. By any name, her music is absolutely compelling both in the strength of her writing and the expressive power of her voice. The Promise has provocative lyrics, great accompaniment, and singing that quickens the heart. At the center of it all is Corinnes voice. She sounds like honey, smoke and sunrise. Its a voice you want to hear closely - theres integrity in it and each time you press ''play'' you have placed yourself in the best seat in the house. Corinne West tours North America and the UK continuously performing 200+ dates annually. $13.98
 Peter Rowan - Texican Badman CD- While credited solely to Peter Rowan, Texican Badman could safely be called a Peter Rowan/Jerry Garcia album supported David Grisman, Flaco Jiminez, John Kahn and fellow Grateful Dead member Bill Kreutzman among others. Garcias familiar guitar is all over this release. Grisman and Rowan had been members of Bill Monroes Bluegrass Boys in the mid-sixties before forming rock band Earth Opera. Rowan then moved on to Seatrain before forming Old & In The Way with Garcia, Kahn and Vassar Clements. Writer of Panama Red for the New Riders of the Purple Sage, Rowan continues to tour constantly to this day. $14.98
Coming Soon:
November 24 - Daptone Gold CD/LP
The Black Crowes - Cabin Fever DVD
MMW - Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set (box set)
Gov't Mule - By A Thread LP
Primus - Fizzle Fry LP
Les Claypool - Purple Onion LP, Of Whales & Woe LP
Last Week:
 Jerry Garcia Collection Vol 2 - Let it Rock (2 CDs) - For Jerry Garcia, 1975 was a seminal year that found him splitting time between recording Blues for Allah with the Dead, directing The Grateful Dead Movie, and forming the Jerry Garcia Band, his long-running side project. JGB's early days are the subject of a two-disc live collection of previously unreleased recordings from that momentous year. $19.95
 Marco Benvento & Friends - Live in NYC DVD- Directed by Karina Mackenzie, the 2-plus hour DVD documents Marco's 2008 residency at Sullivan Hall, including performances and interviews with Andrew Barr, Brad Barr, Billy Martin, Bobby Previte, Dave Fiuczynski, DJ Olive, G. Calvin Weston, Joe Russo, John Ellis, Jonas Hellborg, Kaki King, Marc Friedman, Reed Mathis, Skerik, Stanton Moore and Steven Bernstein. More than just a project about Marco, it captures a scene of artists and musicians who are clearly some of our generation's giants. $16.98
 Luther Dickenson - Onward & Upward CD - Just three days after the death of his father, Luther Dickinson opened the doors to the family s Zebra Ranch studio in Mississippi and recorded an album of gospel songs and hymns over the course of a few hours. The Sons of Mudboy include two veterans of the original Mudboy: Sid Selvidge (guitar, vocals) and Jimmy Crosthwait (washboard, vocals). Also on the session were Jimbo Mathus (guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals) formerly of the Squirrel Nut Zippers and of the South Memphis String Band, Steve Selvidge (guitar, dobro, vocals) and Paul Taylor (washtub bass) as well as vocalist Shannon McNally. $14.98
 Kermit Ruffins - Have a Crazy Cool Christmas! CD - Kermit Ruffins makes a bold foray into Christmas music. The album runs the gamut from yuletide classics like "Silent Night" and "Jingle Bells" to Kermit’s own rollicking originals like "A Saints Christmas" and "Crazy Cool Christmas." Kermit is joined once again by former bandmates from the Rebirth Brass Band, as well as fellow Basin Street Records recording artist Irvin Mayfield and New Orleans hotshot trombonist Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews. $16.98
Upcoming Events:
December 4-6 - Rock the Resort - Kerhonkson, NY
Video of the Week:
The New Mastersounds - "Ten Years On" webisode
The New Mastersounds - "San Frantico" studio session
Thanks for reading, and have a great week!
Lee Crumpton |
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