It's probably natural to have some falloff this week after the excitement of so many awesome releases last week. I'm still jamming to the four CDs from Blue Bella as well as that Peter Karp & Sue Foley CD. I still haven't had time to delve into the White Stripes live CD and that is going to have to be rectified. The beat goes on, though, and we have albums what need discussing for March 23, so best we get on with it.
Joe Bonamassa
Black Rock
Joe 's previous record The Ballad of John Henry was once again the #1 album on the blues chart last week and now he's ready with a brand new record. Black Rock mixes covers and originals. Joe is covering Leonard Cohen's "Bird On A Wire." He's also covering a favorite from my hero Otis Rush, "Three Times A Fool." Joe is one of the biggest names and biggest draws on the blues circuit and this is a noteworthy release. For a limited time, you can download "Blue and Evil" from Black Rock free from Amazon. I must do two things: 1) acknowledge good friend Joan Hunt for introducing me to Joe and 2) pick a copy of this one ASAP.
Chuck Berry
Have Mercy: His Complete Chess Recordings 1969-1974
God bless you, Hip-O Select. This is the third and final 4-CD re-issue of Chuck Berry's vital, legendary output for the historic Chess label. I have volumes one and two and you can bet I'm going to have this third installment. Berry left the Chess label for three years only to return in 1969, which is where Have Mercy picks up. Most rock historians will tell you Chuck's best days were behind him by '69 and they may have a point but there were still some great songs that came from the mind and guitar of Chuck Berry during this period.
She & Him
Volume 2
Zoey Deschanel and M.Ward's collaboration has spawned a sequel. Indie people were largely in love with the first collection. Early reviews on Vol. 2 have been mostly positive although I did finally find one that was less enamored of it. For whatever reason, I've not been inclined to dial either of these up but this release is getting some buzz so I offer it up to you.
Justin Bieber
My World 2.0
Soul death, my friends. Soul death. My 9-year old niece has learned nothing from me. Apparently she not only thinks this kid is cute — against my will, I might add — she likes his music. She really wants this CD and I love her enough to entertain buying it for her. I'm not sure how I'll live with myself. One day she will wake up and realize how awful this is and she might be very angry at me for capitulating. Soul death.
Here are the rest of your new releases, boys and girls. Devour and enjoy.
Abscess
Dawn Of Inhumanity
Absolute Ensemble
Absolute Zawinul
Adolescent's
Sellos De Mi A D N
Aiden
From Hell…With Love
Airscape
Now & Then
Allison, Mose
The Way Of The World
Ara
Ara
Archie Bronson Outfit
Coconut
Armored Saint
La Raza
Autechre
Oversteps
Barren Earth
The Curse Of The Red River
Bess, Big Jeff
Tennessee Home Brew
Bettie Serveert
Pharmacy Of Love
Bird And The Bee, The
Interpreting The Masters Vol.1
Bluesmasters Featuring Mickey Thomas
Bluesmasters Featuring Mickeythomas
Bonnet, Graham
The Day I Went Mad
Bonobo
Black Sands
Boys Of The Isle, The
The Absolutely Essential Irish
Breathing Process, The
Odyssey: (Un)Dead
Bright Eyes & Neva Dinova
One Jug Of Wine, Two Vessels
Brotha Lynch Hung
Dinner And A Movie
Bunk Johnson's Original Superior Band
New Orleans 1942
Caveman Culture Sound
Volume 1
Chanela
Flamenco Latino
Chuck Berry
Have Mercy – His Complete Chess Recordings 1969-1974 / [4 CD]
Claude Luter With Humphrey Lyttelton
In England
Cole, Nat King & His Trio
Rare Radio Transcriptions
Contour, Ron & Factor
Saffron
Davidson, David
Beautiful Strings
Dbridge & Instra:Mental
Fabriclive50
Dead Meadow
Three Kings (Cd + Dvd)
Dianno, Paul
The Living Dead
Dillinger Escape Plan, The
Option Paralysis
Dillinger Escape Plan, The
Option Paralysis (Limited Ed)
Disco Biscuits, The
Planet Anthem
Disney
Bayou Boogie
Disturbed
The Sickness 10Th Anniversary Edition (Limited Edition)
Disturbed
The Sickness 10Th Anniversary Edition (Limited Edition)(Amended)
DJ Clay
Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtapes Boxset / [4 CD Box Set]
Dj Virtual Vault
In Trance We Trust 15
Dmx
Mixtape
Donley, Jimmy
The Shape You Left Me In
Donwill
Don Cusack In High Fidelity
Double Dagger
Masks Ep
Drink Up Buttercup
Born And Thrown On A Hook
Dropkick Murphys
Live On Lansdowne, Boston Ma
Dunkelbunt
Morgenlandfahrt
Edwards, Jimmy
Love Bug Crawl
Ella Fitzgerald
The Best Of Twelve Nights In Hollywood
Elliott, Jack
At Lansdowne Studios, London
Etran Finatawa
Tarkat Tajje/Let S Go!
Fates Warning
Parallels
Fireball Ministry
Fireball Ministry
Flobots
Survival Story
Ford, Lita
In Concert
From First To Last
Throne To The Wolves
Gallhammer
Gloomy Lights
Galvao, Lula
Bossa Of My Land
Gamma Ray
To The Metal!
Gaudi
No Prisoners
George Lewis & Alton Parnell
George Lewis And Alton Parnell
Gilberto Gil
Bandadois
Gin Wigmore
Holy Smoke
Goldfrapp
Head First
Gorgoroth
Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam
Hank Williams Jr.
Family Tradition (Digitally Re-Mastered)
Hank Williams Jr.
The Pressure Is On (Digitally Re-Mastered)
Hank Williams Jr.
Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound (Digitally Re-Mastered)
Hank Williams Jr.
Habits Old And New (Digitally Re-Mastered)
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday
Harrell, Tom
Roman Nights
Harvey, Alex
Presents…The Loch Ness Monster
Helene Plouffe (Viola D'amore)
Plouffe, Helene: Around Viola D'amore
Hi Power Presents
Neighborhood Music 3-Cd Box-Set
High Places
High Places Vs. Mankind
Holland, Dave Octet
Pathways
Hooker, Jr., John Lee
Live In Istanbul
Iyasa
African Homeland – Voices & Rhythms From Zimbabwe & Southern Africa
J21
Yellow Mind – Blue Mind
Jarreau, Al
Live In London/ The Deluxe Edi
Jeff Sparks
Love.Life.Soul.
Jenifer Stinton, Flute, Scott Mitchell, Piano
Stinton, Jennifer: Sonatas For Flute
Jes
High Glow
Joe Bonamassa
Black Rock
Jones, Hank / Flanagan, Tommy
Live In Marciac 1993
Jorge Drexler
Amar La Trama
Justin Bieber
My World 2.0
Kanda, Hiromi
Hiromi In Love
Kate Miller/Heidk/Curiouser
Curiouser
Ken Colyer's Jazzmen
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
Kirk Whalum
The Gospel According To Jazz Chapter III
Kittrell, Christine
Call Her Name (The Complete Recordings)
Kleenex/Liliput
Live Recordings, Tv-Clips & Roadmovie (Cd+Dvd)
Let S Wrestle
In The Court Of The Wrestling
Lewis, Smiley
Rocks
Lil C
Throweder Than Throwed 2K10
Lil Tweety
What Chicano Rap Made Me
Love Is All
Two Thousand And Ten Injuries
Mainer, J.E.
Classic Sides 1937-41
Marcians, The
Traditional Greek Music – Monahi Zoume
Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx
The Exxecution
Mccready, Mindy
I’m Still Here
Mckee, Andy
Joyland
Meredith Andrews
As Long As It Takes
Midnight Well
Midnight Well
Monica
Still Standing
Neck
Come Out Fighting
Necrophobic
Death To All
Neon Trees
Habits
Now 33
Now 33
Now Faith
Now That's What I Call Faith
One For The Team
Ghosts
Original Broadway Cast Recording
13 (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording
Coraline
Owl City Tribute
Instrumental Tribute To Owl City
Parker, Graham
Imaginary Television
Pilc, Jean Michel
True Story
Poema
Sing It Now
Praise And Worship Top 40
Top 40 Praise & Worship Vol. 3 (3Cd)
Presley, Elvis
On Stage (Legacy Edition)
Queens Club
Young Giant
Radar Brothers
The Illustrated Garden
Raintime
Psychromatic
Rat Attack
Round & Round – Greatest Hits
Reed, Eric & Cyrus Chestnut
Plenty Swing, Plenty Soul
Reni Lane
Ready
Reno & Smiley (With Carter & R
Bluegrass 1963
Right Ons, The
Look Inside, Now!
Roadside Graves
You Won't Be Happy With Me Ep
Runaways
The Mercury Albums Anthology / [2 CD]
S.A. Andree
There's A Fault
Saft, Jamie
Soundtracks
Saliva
Moving Forward In Reverse: Greatest Hits
Saor Patrol
The Stomp
Sapp, Marvin
Here I Am
Sass Jordan
From Dusk 'Til Dawn
School Gyrls
School Gyrls
Scorpions
Sting In The Tail
Seasons After
Through Tomorrow
Serena-Maneesh
No 2: Abyss In B Minor
Sesame Street
Old School Volume 1
Shannon Mercer (Soprano); Luc Beausejour (Harpsichord)
Mercer, Shannon: Francesca Caccini
She And Him
Volume Two
Shemy
Look At What I Came From
Shrivastav, Baluji, Reorient
Indian World Music Fusion – Featuring Hossam Ramzy
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars
Rise & Shine
Six Gallery
Breakthroughs In Modern Art
Skeletons
Smile
Sleeping With Sirens
With Ears To See And Eyes To H
Sly & The Family Stone
Ain T But The One Way (Origina
Snoop Dogg
More Malice (Edited)
Social Code
Rock 'N' Roll
Sonya Kitchell
Convict Of Conviction / [EP]
Soundtrack
Brooklyn's Finest (Marcelo Zarvos)
Soundtrack
Fringe (Michael Giacchino)
Soundtrack
How To Train Your Dragon (John Powell)
Soundtrack/Movie
Greenberg Original Motion P
Spirits Burning And Thom The World Poet
Golden Age Orchestra
Stacey Q
Greatest Hits
Standard Fare
The Noyelle Beat
Stockwell, Tony
Healing The Wounded Soul
Stockwell, Tony
Heighten Your Spiritual Awaren
Streetlight Manifesto
99 Songs Of Revolution
Summertown Road
Summertown Road
Tahiti Boy & The Palmtree Family
Good Children Go To Heaven
Talvin Singh
OK / [2 CD Expanded Edition]
Tetanus
Such A Loser
The Audition
Greatdanger
The Courteeners
Falcon
The Dreamers – Zorn, John
Ipos: The Book Of Angels Vol. 14
The Impressions
The Complete A & B Sides 1961 – 1968 / [2 CD]
The Runaways Soundtrack
The Runaways Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
The Whigs
In The Dark
The Who
Live Greatest Hits / [2 CD]
Towner/Fresu
Chiaroscuro
Tq
Kind Of Blue
Triptykon
Eparistera Daimones
Twinkranes
Spektrumtheatresnakes
Unthanks, The
Here?S The Tender Coming
Uriah Heep
Celebration (Reg Ed)
Various Artists
A Girl Named Johnny Cash And Other Tribute Songs
Various Artists
The Very Things You Treasure: 24 Bluegrass Songs Of Faith & Family
Various Artists
Platinum Hair Metal Hits
Various Artists
Samba! Samba!
Various Artists
Azuli Miami 2010 Mixed
Various Artists
Azuli Miami 2010 Unmixed
Various Artists
Super Vallenatos 2010
Various Artists
Sunday In The Country
Various Artists
The Edge
Various Artists
Hot Tub Time Machine (Music From The Motion Picture)
Various Artists
Blues Bureau S Rowdy Roadhouse
Various Artists
Italy & Songs: Jealous Attitud
Various Artists
Italy & Style: Stylish Attitud
Various Artists
Repo Men (Original Motion Pict
Various Artists
Adagio: A Windham Hill Collect
Various Artists
Rough Guide To Arabic Lounge (
Various Artists
Rough Guide To World Music For
Various Artists
Ragga Ragga Ragga 2010
Various Artists
Ska Madness!
Various Artists
Live At Knebworth 1990 / [2 CD]
Various Artists
Rock Biographies: Led Zeppelin
Various Artists
Rock Biographies: Lynyrd Skynyrd
Various Artists
Rock Biographies: ZZ Top
Various Artists
Super Jerkin' Vol. 1
Various Artists
Total Music: Dance Classics Vol. 1
Various Artists
Electro Fusion Bellydance
Various: Mixed By Agoria
Balance 016
Venegas, Julieta
Otra Cosa
Violent Soho
Violent Soho / [edited]
Warrant
Born Again
Weakerthans, The
Live At The Burton Cummings Th
Weiss, Dan Trio
Timshel
Wilson, Jim
Leader Of The Band
Wiseman, Mac (With Special Gue
Bluegrass 1971
Woodhands
Remorsecapade
Young & Divine
Young & Divine
Yukon Blonde
Yukon Blonde
Zum
Tango Argentino – Zum Play Astor Piazzolla