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COMING SOON:
The Homemade Jamz Blues Band (America's youngest blues band with Kyle, aged 13 on bass, Taya, aged 9 on drums, and Ryan, aged 15 on guitar/vocals) - Pay Me No Mind (Jun)
MerleFest 2008 - April 24-27, 2008 Live Recordings incl. Doc Watson, Jim Lauderdale, The Waybacks, The Wilders, The Waifs, Bearfoot, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Jorma Kaukonen, and more
The Duhks - 4/29/08 Earth Day Benefit Concert, Nederland, CO
The Band of Heathens -
The Band of Heathens
[May 20]
Solomon Burke -
Like a Fire
T Bone Burnett -
Tooth of Crime
Glen Campbell - Meet Glen Campbell [covers of Replacements, Velvet Underground, etc.] [Aug 10]
Adam Carroll - Old Town Rock N Roll [May 27]
Crooked Still -
Still Crooked
Donna The Buffalo - Silverlined [Jul 8]
Jerry Douglas - Glide [Jun/Jul]
Fred Eaglesmith -
Tinderbox
Alejandro Escovedo -
Real Animal
Eliza Gilkyson -
Beautiful World
[May 27]
Emmylou Harris -
All I Intended to Be
The Horse Flies - Until the Ocean [May]
Infamous Stringdusters -
The Infamous Stringdusters
I See Hawks In L.A. -
Hallowed Ground
Jesse Malin - Mercury Retrograde (live) [Jun 3]
Big John Mills - That [Sep 18, 2007]
Mother Truckers -
Let's All Go to Bed
Jeb Loy Nichols -
Days Are Mighty
Or, The Whale - Light Poles and Pines [Mar 21, 2007]
Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward -
The Lonesome Dirge
[Mar 28]
Pinetop Perkins and Friends -
Pinetop Perkins
Railroad Earth -
Amen Corner
Carrie Rodriguez - TBA [Jul 2008]
Various Artists -
People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938
Virginia Coalition -
Home This Year
RECENTLY ADDED LIVE SHOWS:
Jeb Puryear - 12/28/07 Owego NY
Alejandro Escovedo - 12/02/07 Charlottesville VA; 11/06/07 Austin TX; 8/18/07 Santa Barbara CA
The Gourds - 11/10/07 Riverhawk Music Festival
Drive-By Truckers - 10/28/07 Baltimore MD
Donna The Buffalo - 10/27/07 & 10/28/07 MagFest; 10/11/07 Shakori GrassRoots
Wilco - 10/20/07 Charlottesville VA
Scott Miller & The Commonwealth - 10/06/2007 Raleigh NC
Los Lobos - 10/06/07 San Francisco CA (w/ Dave Alvin, John Doe, Joe Ely)
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - 9/13 & 9/14 2007 Charlottesville VA
Leftover Salmon - 9/2/07 Aspen CO
Jason Isbell - 8/24/07 Nashville TN
Dark Star Orchestra - 7/12/07 All Good Festival WV
Thrift Store Cowboys - Taos Solar Music Festival 2007
Peter Rowan - 7/01/2007 American Roots Festival (Quartet w/ Tony Rice); 2/10/2007 San Francisco CA
The Infamous Stringdusters - 6/29/07 Hillsboro OR
Gillian Welch - 6/15/07 Bonnaroo
John Cowan, Darrell Scott & Pat Flynn - Wintergrass 2007
PHILADELPHIA FOLK FESTIVAL 8/16 - 8/18, 2007:
Doc Watson, David Holt, Richard Watson
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Red Stick Ramblers
The Waybacks
North Mississippi Allstars
Hackensaw Boys
Feufollet
MERLEFEST 2007:
GRAVITY LOUNGE, Charlottesville VA:
Uncle Earl 3/19/07
Malcolm Holcombe 3/07/07
Martha Scanlan 3/04/07
Dry Branch Fire Squad 3/02/07
Erin McKeown 1/29/07
Red Stick Ramblers 1/16/07
The Wilders 1/16/07
CD Releases Added to Rotation (by Release Date)
;
Elvis Costello and The Imposters -
Momofuku;
Eleven Hundred Springs -
Country Jam
;
Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet -
Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet
;
The Dixie Bee-Liners -
Ripe;
James McMurtry -
Just Us Kids;
Wilders -
Someone's Got to Pay
;
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds -
Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!
;
Jesse Malin -
On Your Sleeve
; Slim Cessna's Auto Club -
Cipher
;
Justin Townes Earle -
The Good Life; Tim O'Brien -
Chameleon;
Plants and Animals -
Parc Avenue; The Waybacks -
Loaded
;
The Earl Brothers -
Moonshine;
Daniel Lanois -
Here Is What Is
;
Shawn Mullins -
Honeydew;
Waco Brothers -
Waco Express: Live & Kickin' at Schuba's Tavern
;
BoDeans -
Still;
Carlene Carter -
Stronger
;
Chatham County Line -
IV;
Kathleen Edwards -
Asking for Flowers;
The Felice Brothers -
The Felice Brothers;
Flogging Molly -
Float;
Caroline Herring -
Lantana; Hysterics -
Hysterics;
The Waifs -
Sundirtwater;
Jim White -
Transnormal Skiperoo
;
Kevin Danzig -
Box Cars;
Tift Merritt -
Another Country;
Dolly Parton -
Backwoods Barbie;
Punch Brothers (feat. Chris Thile) -
Punch;
Raya Yarbrough -
Raya Yarbrough
;
Jim Lauderdale -
Honey Songs;
Gary Louris (Jayhawks) - Vagabonds
;
Nick Lowe -
Jesus of Cool
[reissue];
Allison Moorer -
Mockingbird;
The Mountain Goats -
Heretic Pride;
The Raveonettes -
Lust Lust Lust;
Arlen Roth (w/ Levon Helm, Sonny
Landreth, Bill Kirchen & Amy Helm) -
Toolin' Around Woodstock;
Ben Sollee -
Learning to Bend;
Paul Thorn - A Long Way from Tupelo;
Smithsonian Folkways Sampler:
A Sound Legacy -
60 Years of Folkways Records and 20 Years of Smithsonian Folkways
Recordings
; Carolyn Wonderland -
Miss Understood
; Shelby Lynne -
Just A Little Lovin'
;
Willie Nelson -
Moment Of Forever
; Randy Thompson -
Further On
;
Webb Wilder & The Beatniks -
Born to Be Wilder
;
Cat Power -
Jukebox - Deluxe Edition;
The Coal Porters -
Turn The Water On Boy!
;
Drive-By Truckers - Brighter
Than Creation's Dark;
The Fleshtones -
Take a Good Look;
North Mississippi Allstars -
Hernando;
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band -
The Gospel Album
;
Malcolm Holcombe -
Gamblin' House
;
Eric Lindell -
Low on Cash, Rich in Love;
Mars Arizona -
Hello Cruel World
;
Graham Parker &
The Figgs -
103 Degrees in June: Live in Chicago;
Roomful of Blues -
Raisin' A Ruckus;
Steeldrivers -
The Steeldrivers
; Eilen Jewell -
Heartache Boulevard EP;
Bernie King -
KING;
Marah -
Angels of Destruction;
Radiohead -
In Rainbows;
Reverend Organdrum -
Hi-Fi Stereo; Amanda Shaw -
Pretty Runs Out
;
Radio-Free Carmela & the Transmitters -
Americana Tourister;
The Worthless Son-in-Lawss -
Sort of Back to Having a Life
;
Various -
Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook, Vol. 4
;
John Sebastian &
David Grisman -
Satisfied
;
Blue Rodeo -
Small Miracles;
Levon Helm -
Dirt Farmer;
The Texas Sapphires -
Roadhouse Gems
;
Grayson
Capps -
Songbones
;
Shooter Jennings -
The Wolf
;
Alison Krauss & Robert Plant -
Raising Sand;
Possum Jenkins -
On Time;
Seth Walker -
Seth Walker
;
Corinne West -
Second Sight
;
Dwight Yoakam -
Dwight Sings Buck
; Turtle Duhks -
True Lover
;
Rick Hart and the Blue Horse Band -
7 Roads to 7 Songs - an EP;
High Cotton -
Pictures;
Dan Israel -
Turning;
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings -
100 Days, 100 Nights;
Chuck Prophet -
Soap and Water;
Bruce
Springsteen -
Magic;
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez -
Live from the Ruhr Triennale
;
Iron & Wine -
The Shepherd's Dog;
Chaka Khan -
Funk This;
The Krayolas with
Augie Meyers -
Little Fox;
Bettye LaVette &
Drive-By Truckers -
Scene of the Crime;
Erin McKeown -
Lafayette;
Anders Osborne -
Coming Down;
Various Artists -
Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino
; James Luther Dickinson -
Killers From Space;
Doop & The Inside Outlaws -
Blood River;
Steve Earle -
Washington Square Serenade;
Bleu Edmondson -
Lost Boy
; Mary Gauthier -
Between Daylight and Dark
;
Merle Haggard -
The Bluegrass Sessions;
Emmylou Harris -
Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems;
Jim Lauderdale -
Bluegrass Diaries
;
Carolyn
Mark -
Nothing Is Free;
Willie Nelson -
So Much to Do; Son Volt -
Live at Lollapalooza 2007;
The Lucky Tomblin Band -
Red Hot From Blue Rock;
Various Artists -
Song of America
; Cary Fridley -
Goin' Down South;
Tom Gillam -
Never Look Back;
Ha Ha Tonka -
Buckle in the Bible Belt
;
Joe Henry -
Civilians;
Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch & Fats Kaplan
-
Kane Welch Kaplin;
Red Stick Ramblers -
Made in the Shade
;
Dissident Nature -
Dissident Nature;
Will Kimbrough -
EP
;