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Buy Now	Through Children's Eyes: Little Folk Songs for Adults (more) »rank: 33948 by: The Limeliters	Buy Now	Inside Dave Van Ronk (more) »rank: 37781 by: Dave Van Ronk
Buy Now	The Geography of Light (more) »rank: 15619 by: Carrie Newcomer :Album Description:The Geography of Light, the latest Philo recording from folk-roots artist Carrie Newcomer, is a resonant soundtrack for a world that is both sacred and ordinary. Newcomer sings about serious subjects with clarity and elegance, and a healthy measure of good humor and self-awareness, with a voice the Austin Statesman has called 'as rich as Godiva chocolate.' Her music resonates with Appalachian and classical influences, and The Geography of Light combines piano, violin, mandolin, cello, bass, percussion, and harmony vocal textures with Newcomer's adept guitar work and powerful but intimate vocals. The result is an exceptional album that captures the ...	Buy Now	Lifeline (more) »rank: 8339 by: Iris DeMent : :Although there's only one new original on Iris DeMent's first release in eight years, the music throughout ranks with the most personal she has made. DeMent's quavering vocals invest this collection of traditional spirituals with an unwavering conviction. 'This is my story,' she sings on 'Blessed Assurance,' written more than 130 years ago. 'This is my song.' In her liner notes, the Arkansas-raised artist explains how these were the first songs she remembers hearing, and that this music has always provided comfort during hard times, a comfort that isn't necessarily (or at least not narrowly) religious. On 'Sweet Hour of Prayer' ...
Buy Now	Patty Griffin: Live From the Artists Den (more) »rank: 16834 starring: Patty Griffin : :Although there's only one new original on Iris DeMent's first release in eight years, the music throughout ranks with the most personal she has made. DeMent's quavering vocals invest this collection of traditional spirituals with an unwavering conviction. 'This is my story,' she sings on 'Blessed Assurance,' written more than 130 years ago. 'This is my song.' In her liner notes, the Arkansas-raised artist explains how these were the first songs she remembers hearing, and that this music has always provided comfort during hard times, a comfort that isn't necessarily (or at least not narrowly) religious. On 'Sweet Hour of Prayer' ...	Buy Now	Best of Leo Kottke (more) »rank: 16605 by: Leo Kottke :Album Description:Reissue of long-deleted 1976 set compiling the best of the guitarist's Capitol label recordings from the 1970s. BGO Records. 2002.
Buy Now	Farewell, Angelina (more) »rank: 15625 by: Joan Baez :Album Description:Reissue of long-deleted 1976 set compiling the best of the guitarist's Capitol label recordings from the 1970s. BGO Records. 2002.	Buy Now	Sweet Revenge (more) »rank: 12887 by: John Prine : :For his third album, John Prine returned to the fuller sound of his landmark debut while venturing into increasingly cryptic lyrical terrain. Songs such as 'Mexican Home,' 'Accident (Things Could Be Worse),' and 'Blue Umbrella' are open-to-interpretation explorations that reveal the songsmith's intrepid reflections; they're also among the 12-song set's best numbers. 'Dear Abby' is a comical novelty number while 'Christmas in Prison' is a doleful in-the-clink carol. The openhearted 'A Good Time' slipped into the shadows after Sweet Revenge (like Prine's other Atlantic albums) failed to hit commercial paydirt, but it's as touching as anything Prine has penned. This outing ...
Buy Now	Bluegrass Rules! (more) »rank: 39376 by: Ricky Skaggs : essential recording:'Country rocks ... but bluegrass rules.' If Ricky Skaggs was looking for a manifesto for his long-awaited bluegrass comeback, he couldn't have done much better than this disc's five-second preamble. Contractually barred from recording bluegrass for more than 12 years, Skaggs has obviously been champing at the bit. After the aforementioned introduction, he promptly unleashes an instrumental 'Get Up John' that still has smoke wafting from my CD player. Dandy versions of 'Little Maggie,' 'If I Lose,' and 'Rank Stranger' follow, to single out just a few. The musicianship here is uniformly superb, especially Skaggs's own mandolin playing, the ...	Buy Now	Letters from Sinners & Strangers (more) »rank: 9727 by: Eilen Jewell : :It's hard to tell where the traditional ends and the original begins in the music of Eilen Jewell, a sweet-voiced young singer who steeps her material in the hard times of old, reviving the stories and musical styles of the Depression. On her own 'Rich Man's World,' she casts herself as a 'lonely rambler girl' while conjuring comparisons with Gillian Welch. Another original, 'In the End,' sounds uncannily like Lucinda Williams, while a revival of Eric Andersen's train-hopping 'Dusty Boxcar Wall' and the double-entendre blues of the traditional 'If You Catch Me Stealing' reinforce the sense of Jewell as a musical ...