Album Releases by Genre
Old Ideas
by Leonard Cohen
January 31, 2012
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The Hangman Tree
by Laura J. Martin
January 31, 2012
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1966
by Karen Dalton
January 24, 2012
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The Second Three Years
by Frank Turner
January 24, 2012
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This Is Christmas
by Emmy the Great
November 21, 2011
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Get Along [Live]
by Tegan and Sara
November 15, 2011
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Tumble Bee: Laura Veirs Sings Folk Songs for Children
by Laura Veirs
November 8, 2011
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Big Bells and Dime Songs
by Luke Roberts
November 8, 2011
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The Singing Mailman Delivers
by John Prine
October 25, 2011
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Purpose & Grace
by Martin Simpson
October 18, 2011
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The Place I Left Behind
by The Deep Dark Woods
October 18, 2011
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Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You: The Fonotone Years, 1958-1965
by John Fahey
October 11, 2011
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Every Kingdom
by Ben Howard
October 11, 2011
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A Turn in the Dream-Songs
by Jeffrey Lewis
October 11, 2011
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Beauty Queen Sister
by Indigo Girls
October 4, 2011
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Seasons on Earth
by Meg Baird
September 20, 2011
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Passenger
by Lisa Hannigan
September 20, 2011
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Minnesota
by Mason Jennings
September 13, 2011
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The Wanting
by Glenn Jones
September 13, 2011
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Mesabi
by Tom Russell
September 6, 2011
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Garden of Arms
by Peter Wolf Crier
September 6, 2011
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Ready for Confetti
by Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
August 29, 2011
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Johnny Boy Would Love This: A Tribute to John Martyn
by Various Artists
August 16, 2011
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Our Blood
by Richard Buckner
August 2, 2011
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Union Town [EP]
by The Nightwatchman
July 19, 2011
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Use Me
by David Bromberg
July 12, 2011
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John Wesley Harding
by Thea Gilmore
June 28, 2011
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Through Low Light and Trees
by Smoke Fairies
June 14, 2011
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The Errant Charm
by Vetiver
June 14, 2011
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England Keep My Bones
by Frank Turner
June 7, 2011
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Don't Blame the Stars
by The Black Swans
May 31, 2011
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I Love You Go Easy
by Devon Sproule
May 27, 2011
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Follow Me Down
by Sarah Jarosz
May 17, 2011
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The Dreaming Fields
by Matraca Berg
May 17, 2011
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Inclusions
by Ben Sollee
May 10, 2011
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Neptune
by Eliza Carthy
May 9, 2011
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Last
by The Unthanks
April 19, 2011
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Songs Lost & Stolen
by Bella Hardy
April 18, 2011
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The Head and the Heart
by The Head and the Heart
April 16, 2011
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Tomboy
by Panda Bear
April 12, 2011
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Bob Dylan in Concert: Brandeis University 1963
by Bob Dylan
April 12, 2011
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Festival Bell
by Fairport Convention
April 11, 2011
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Alela Diane & Wild Divine
by Alela Diane
April 5, 2011
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A Dream a While Back
by Gary Higgins
March 22, 2011
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The Impossible Song & Other Songs
by Roddy Woomble
March 21, 2011
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The Constant Pageant
by Trembling Bells
March 21, 2011
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No Color
by The Dodos
March 15, 2011
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The Excitement of Maybe
by Exene Cervenka
March 8, 2011
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Blessed
by Lucinda Williams
March 1, 2011
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Baseball Project, Vol. 2: High and Inside
by The Baseball Project
March 1, 2011
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The Majestic Silver Strings
by Buddy Miller
March 1, 2011
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No Witch
by The Cave Singers
February 22, 2011
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Smart Flesh
by The Low Anthem
February 22, 2011
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Magic
by Sean Rowe
February 22, 2011
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Ashore
by June Tabor
February 21, 2011
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Shapes & Shadows
by Ben Ottewell
February 15, 2011
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Barton Hollow
by The Civil Wars
February 1, 2011
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A Winter Tale
by Bobby Long
February 1, 2011
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Lorraine
by Lori McKenna
January 25, 2011
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Mission Bell
by Amos Lee
January 25, 2011
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Palermo Snow
by John Renbourn
January 25, 2011
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Behold the Spirit
by William Tyler
January 21, 2011
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In the Cool of the Day
by Daniel Martin Moore
January 18, 2011
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City of Refuge
by Abigail Washburn
January 11, 2011
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Light of a Vaster Dark
by Faun Fables
November 16, 2010
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Woody Nightshade
by Sharron Kraus
November 2, 2010
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The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964
by Bob Dylan
October 19, 2010
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Band of Joy
by Robert Plant
September 14, 2010
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Innundir Skinni
by Ólöf Arnalds
September 14, 2010
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No Ghost
by The Acorn
September 7, 2010
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Junky Star
by Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses
August 31, 2010
Songwriter Ryan Bingham has grown tremendously on this third full-length. Barely 30 years old, his previous work showed promise but carried the excess expected of a novice. Bingham won both a Golden Globe and an Oscar for "The Weary Kind," the theme song from the film Crazy Heart. The song was produced by T-Bone Burnett, creating a partnership extended on Junky Star. Bingham and his Dead Horses--drummer Matthew Smith, bassist Elijah Ford, and guitarist Corby Schaub, prove the song was no fluke. The sound is pure Americana; these 12 lyrically sophisticated yet direct songs, reflect a host of tense, lost, desperate, individuals dreaming the same dark dream, one that suggests that we are all growing tenser with the times. Bingham has trimmed his songwriting to the bone, while learing to use metaphor and metonomy like a veteran. A former rodeo rider, he wears his influences proudly: Guthrie, Dylan, Van Zandt, Ely, Earle, Clark, and Hubbard. He begins with a sandblasted vision of America in "the Poet." Amid acoustic guitars, a lonesome harmonica ,restrained electric and bass drum, Bingham's whiskey-smoked vocal offers a lyric theme the entire album turns on: "As I keep walking, people keep talking/About things they've never seen or done/Homeless sleep in the park, lovers kiss in the dark/Me, I keep moving on through time." Time is suspended as Bingham's protagonists tell stories from the road (some of them bone-chilling), from America's past and present, physically and psychologically. Rootlessness as peace of mind is portrayed via country rock in "The Wandering," but the feeling in "Strange Feeling In The Air," the title track, a deeply moving acoustic murder ballad (they are strewn throughout the album), and the angry uptempo "Depression," reflect a contradiction: constant movement is the key to survival, not necessarily peace. "Hallelujah" is another murder ballad with a disturbing twist. "Lay My Head On The Rail," is pure folk poetry illustrated by a lone acoustic guitar. The blues in "Hard Worn Trail," are rooted in poverty worry, strained, broken relationships resulting in the search for comfort. It doesn't come anywehre on Junky Star. "All Choked Up Again," set to Waylon Jennings' brand of outlaw country closes it out by mining the existential darkness deeper. Bingham is unflinching, but his songs hold out for a glimmer of something else. The only real consolation Junky Star offers is that no one need feel alone in her or his desperation-this is a true accomplishment. Bingham has delivered a set of songs that mirrors our uncertain times in a musical language that doesn't unduly distort or romanticise them. ~ Thom Jurek
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Beautiful Dreamers
by Bill Frisell
August 31, 2010
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God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise
by Ray LaMontagne
August 17, 2010
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Obadiah
by Frazey Ford
July 20, 2010
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The Black Dirt Sessions
by Deer Tick
June 8, 2010
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Fossils And Other Phantoms
by Peggy Sue
June 1, 2010
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The Big Black And The Blue
by First Aid Kit
May 25, 2010
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So Runs The World Away
by Josh Ritter
May 4, 2010
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The Age Of Miracles
by Mary Chapin Carpenter
April 27, 2010
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One Good Thing
by Lou Rhodes
April 20, 2010
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Wild Hunt
by The Tallest Man on Earth
April 13, 2010
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I See The Sign
by Sam Amidon
April 13, 2010
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...And Then We Saw Land
by Tunng
April 6, 2010
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Man From Another Time
by Seasick Steve
March 30, 2010
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Outbursts
by Turin Brakes
March 30, 2010
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Down The Way
by Angus & Julia Stone
March 30, 2010
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Love To Live
by The Living Sisters
March 30, 2010
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Here's The Tender Coming
by The Unthanks
March 23, 2010
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The Wondershow Of The World
by Bonnie "Prince" Billy & The Cairo Gang
March 23, 2010
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San Patricio
by The Chieftains Featuring Ry Cooder
March 9, 2010
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El Turista
by Josh Rouse
March 9, 2010
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Mark The Hard Earth
by Kris Drever
March 8, 2010
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Luck In The Valley
by Jack Rose
February 23, 2010
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Sigh No More
by Mumford & Sons
February 16, 2010
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Minor Love
by Adam Green
February 16, 2010
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Genuine Negro Jig
by Carolina Chocolate Drops
February 16, 2010
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Talking To You, Talking To Me
by The Watson Twins
February 9, 2010
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Crows
by Allison Moorer
February 9, 2010
Since 2009's covers collection "Mockingbird," Allison Moorer felt it was time to do something entirely different for her next record. The country-folk singer-songwriter releases her first collection of original material in four years. It features guitarist Joe McMahan, a former member of Moorer's road band for Miss Fortune; and bassist Brad Jones, who contributed to Getting Somewhere.
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The Shadow Of An Empire
by Fionn Regan
February 8, 2010
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Heart Of My Own
by Basia Bulat
January 26, 2010
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