Since you are interested in Raising Sand, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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Ali Farka Touré
Savane [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 20/Jul/2006 ] Touré's swansong is a remarkable magum opus. In many ways 'Savane' is the most traditional, and most different recording he ever made, with wonderfully contrasting sounds and textures. |
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Dave Rawlings Machine
A Friend of a Friend [ Acony Records / CD - released 30/Nov/2009 ] David Todd Rawlings, professional guitarist and harmony singer, is best known as the longtime musical partner of bluegrass singer / songwriter Gillian Welch. |
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Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes [ Sub Pop Records / CD - released 2/Jun/2008 ] Drawing on everything from folk and west coast pop to choral and traditional Irish music, FF's self-titled full length debut is rich with pastoral harmonies, both familiar and simultaneously original. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Christmas a Cappella II Musica Sacra conducted by Indra Hughes [ Atoll Records New Zealand / CD - released 20/Nov/2007 ] This is the second programme of unaccompanied Christmas choral music performed by one of New Zealand's most successful choirs and includes a wide variety of pieces: the well known and the unfamiliar. |
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Neil Young
Greatest Hits [ Reprise Records / CD - released 15/Nov/2004 ] This first ever CD greatest-hits collection is a long-awaited retrospective from one of rock's most influential and enduring singer-songwriters. 16 classic cuts from "Down By The River" to "Harvest Moon". |
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Bruce Springsteen
Magic [ Columbia Records / CD - released 29/Jan/2008 ] 'Magic' is Springsteen's new studio recording in 2007 and his first with the E Street Band in 5 years. Produced and mixed by Brendan O'Brien, the album features 12 songs, including a bonus track. |
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Buddy Miller & Julie Miller
Written In Chalk [ New West Records / CD - released 27/Feb/2009 ] Written in Chalk' is a true collaboration, with a thoughtful country-soul vibe, emotional lyrics, outstanding musicianship and Buddy's extraordinary guitar playing. Guests include Robert Plant, Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Regina McCrary and Larry... |
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Carla Bruni
Quelqu'un M'a Dit [ Universal / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] This is the debut album from French model/singer, Carla Bruni. Her breathy vocals are reminiscent of the early folkie days of Francoise Hardy - refreshingly different for today. |
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Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
Old Yellow Moon [ Nonesuch / CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] The first official collaboration from the duo since Crowell joined Harris' Hot Band as guitarist and harmony singer in 1975. |
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Lucinda Williams
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road [ Mercury Records / CD - released 14/Jul/1998 ] The classic, beautifully captivating fifth album from the woman who is widely considered to be one of the best singer / songwriters working today. |
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The Phoenix Foundation
Happy Ending [ Flying Nun Records New Zealand / CD - released 8/Oct/2007 ] Following their acclaimed, gold-selling second album 'Pegasus', Wellington 6-piece indie rockers Phoenix Foundation are very pleased to present their third studio album 'Happy Ending'. |
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T Bone Burnett
Tooth of Crime [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 5/May/2008 ] This album is a vibrant outgrowth of a long-running collaboration with playwright Sam Shepard that began with the 1996 musical staging in New York of his noted play of the same name. |
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Over The Rhine
Snow Angels [ Great Speckled Dog Records / CD - released 2/Oct/2007 ] Here are 11 original Christmas-inspired compositions that show Karin and Linford at the height of their powers as songwriters. This soulful recording is sure to become an Over The Rhine classic! |
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Gillian Welch
Time (The Revelator) [ Acony Records / CD - released 4/Sep/2015 ] The critically acclaimed album with partner David Rawlings. Her gorgeously solitary voice transcends an era. |
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Leonard Cohen
Live in London [ Columbia Records / 2 CD - released 26/Mar/2009 ] For over four decades, Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a figure whose body of work achieves greater depths of mystery and meaning as time goes on. His songs have set a virtually unmatched... |
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Over The Rhine
The Trumpet Child [ Great Speckled Dog Records / CD - released 21/Aug/2007 ] Over the Rhine return with their tenth studio album and career-best 'The Trumpet Child'. A collaboration with ultra-talented Nashville producer / arranger Brad Jonesthe recording celebrates American music in the most richly imaginative ways. |
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Deadwood - The Complete Third Season
[ Paramount Home Entertainment / 4 DVD Box Set - released 21/Jun/2007 ] 1877. A new day is dawning in the Black Hills outlaw camp of Deadwood. For better or worse, times are changing, and the transformation from camp to town is imminent... |
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Alison Krauss & Union Station
Lonely Runs Both Ways [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 26/Mar/2009 ] Her voice has never sounded more pristine or commanding; while on fiddle and viola she colours each song. A recording with aching beauty and depth - Recommended! |
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Alison Krauss & Union Station
Paper Airplane [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] A truly breathtaking collection of 11 exquisite songs, 'Paper Airplane' is Krauss' first release since her 2007 multi-Grammy winning, internationally acclaimed collaboration with Robert Plant, 'Raising Sand'. |
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Ann Wilson
Hope & Glory [ Zoe Records / CD - released 11/Sep/2007 ] Featuring guest appearances from Elton John, Gretchen Wilson, Alison Krauss, Rufus Wainwright, Ann's sister Nancy Wilson and others on unique renditions of songs made famous by Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Neil Young and more. |