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The Black Keys
El Camino [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 5/Dec/2011 ] Produced by Danger Mouse and The Black Keys, the 11-track album 'El Camino' is more straight ahead rock and roll from Black Keys - raw, driving, and back to basics. |
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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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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
The Essential (2CD) [ Sony Music CD / 2 CD - released 3/Jun/2003 ] This digitally re-mastered compilation features 31 tracks - over two hours of music spanning Leonard Cohen's remarkable career over two CDs. An outstanding document of a true legend and perfect primer for new fans. |
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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'. |