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PAUL CURRERI: The Spirit of the Staircase
When a year's stereos suddenly blared more Duke than Reverend Gary, along came Curreri and his Virginia guitar's 3rd record, selected players loving and aching and banging beside him.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
ELIZABETH MITCHELL: You Are My Flower
Beautiful old time acoustic folk songs for children, with soft female vocals and light instrumentation. Great for calming and warming the little ones in your family without grating on parents' nerves.
ALEXI MURDOCH: Four Songs
This highly praised beautiful debut collection of dark folk songs from newcomer Alexi Murdoch is CDBaby's all time best selling record. (*THIS OUT OF PRINT LIMTED EDITION IS AVAILABLE ONLY AT CDBABY WHILE STOCK LASTS.*)
THE MAMMALS: Rock That Babe!
The Mammals play a thoroughly engaging blend of old time music, punk, alt-country and folk, as they jump from genre to genre with their infectious mix of old school folk to punk-ishly delivered trad revisionism.
Recommended if you like Wilco, Nickel Creek.CD price: $13.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
MENOMENA: I Am The Fun Blame Monster!
"Oh l'amour... Broke my heart now I'm aching for you."
MP3 price: $12.00
JOLIE HOLLAND: Catalpa
"Walt Whitman's spiritual heir" will sing you a song that will freshen your heart.
ALO - ANIMAL LIBERATION ORCHESTRA -: Fly Between Falls
ALO's collective consciousness weaves quirky California soul with shape-shifting jams, introspective lyrics with sun soaked fun, infused with an uplifting vibe.
NAOMI SOMMERS: Hypnotized
Acoustic folk-bluegrass-pop with moving melody, memorable lyrics and catchy beats.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
FOREST SUN: Walk Through Walls
If Van Morrison, Paul Simon and Jack Johnson wrote songs on the road with Jack Kerouac and Ram Dass in the back seat it would sound like this...
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
RACHEL RIES: For You Only
Prairie Swing & City Folk - a fresh approach to the musical forms of the '20s & '30s sung with a voice reminiscent of early Maria Muldaur and the finger-style picking of Mississippi John Hurt.
CD price: $13.97 / MP3 price: $13.97
DEADMAN: Paramour
The anticipated full-length debut from Texas artist, DEADMAN. Produced by Mark Howard (U2, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Willie Nelson...) & recorded at the famed Paramour estate in L.A., Ca, this record captures its moments with a profound truth and spirit.
MP3 price: $14.00
DAVID JOHNSTON: David Johnston
"incorporates elements of swamp/delta blues, memphis soul, reggae, raga, psychedelic and melodic rock into a strong personal statement on this debut release".
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
DANNY SCHMIDT: Enjoying the Fall
2001. Americana singer/songwriter with a contemporary blending of old country-blues and mountain bar room gospel, with a little dash of 60's protest pathos.
CD price: $14.00 / MP3 price: $14.00
UNCLE EARL: Going to the Western Slope
All-Live Studio Sampler from Uncle Earl, the all g'Earl old time stringband that will rock you AND rock you to sleep. Originals & traditionals. Fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass, feet & great vocals.
MP3 price: $12.00
ROBERT BLAKE: Still Kissing Last Night's Smoke Stained Lips
Singer / Songwriter who creates a vibrant image of love and life. The songs tell captivating stories, with harmonica, dobro, and fiddle eloquently and tastefully taking care of the dynamics. Incredible production.
CD price: $8.98 / MP3 price: $8.98
JESSE DENATALE: Shangri-La West
"Now it seems that all the best ones have been driven underground. If there is a leak in the boiler room, it is the music of Jesse DeNatale, a unique and original American voice." - Tom Waits
Recommended if you like Tom Waits, Van Morrison & Bob Dylan.
NOAH EARLE: Six Ways to Sunday
Acoustic, Midwestern-rooted and blues-influenced contemporary folk
MP3 price: $14.00
THE SHOTS: King Ludd
Progressive Roots with Irish, American, Cajun and Acoustic Blues flavors.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00
RAY BONNEVILLE: Roll It Down
American roots, slippery and bluesy, life-influenced songwriting,
Recommended if you like Eric Clapton, Guy Clark.CD price: $15.00
NOAM WEINSTEIN: Probably Human
Noam's first full-length album, which ranges from solo guitar ballads to full-blown rockers and features horns and dancers.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
ANAIS MITCHELL: Hymns for the Exiled
Spirited, literary, political, quirky and sensual by turns.
CD price: $12.97
LOUIS LEDFORD: Reverie
Dense and Complex Story Songs From The South.
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
DEVON SPROULE: Upstate Songs
Think clean kitchen with a plant in the window, the creak of a chair and tap of a toe: Sproule offers a bit of a turning in, a clever collection of stories and observations, and an earful of the most graceful melodies.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
ANDREW CALHOUN: Shadow of a Wing
"He's blessed with a resonant baritone, crystalline fingerpicking and a writer's ear." - The Oregonian
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.00
