Since you are interested in Raising Sand, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
Coldplay
X&Y [ EMI Music / CD - released 6/Jun/2005 ] Coldplay's hugely anticipated new album, 'X&Y', is the follow-up to 2002's 16-million selling 'A Rush of Blood To The Head' and includes the fantastic single "Speed of Sound". |
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. |
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. |
Leonard Cohen
Old Ideas (Gold Series) [ Columbia Records / CD - released 30/Jan/2012 ] Lauded poet Leonard Cohen's first studio album in eight years is the latest in an esteemed career spanning six decades. The ten songs on 'Old Ideas' poetically address some of the most profound quandaries of human existence - the relationship to a... |
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. |
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. |
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'. |
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'. |
Bic Runga
Birds [ Columbia Records / CD - released 29/Nov/2005 ] This is the third album from highly acclaimed NZ singer / songwriter, with guests Neil Finn, Anika Moa, Shayne Carter, Anna Coddington and more. 'Birds' is her finest musical statement yet! |
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... |