Mavis Staples has a new gospel album out on Alligator this week, Have a Little Faith. This is my most promising new pick of the week.
Also, you might count this first CD release of the first live Talking Heads album, the 1982 release The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads. Besides being the first time on CD, it has over half an hour of previously unreleased contemporary material, which is pretty much a whole new album.
Oh, and Travis Tritt has a new album out, if you care about modern commercial country. It features a duet with John Mellencamp. Whoopie.
This week's major releases, from All Music Guide:
Mavis Staples Have a Little Faith Alligator
Soul, Southern Gospel, Black Gospel, R&B
Talking Heads The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads Rhino
New Wave, American Punk, New York Punk, Pop/Rock, Post-Punk, Album Rock
Travis Tritt My Honky Tonk History Sony
Contemporary Country, Outlaw Country, Country-Rock
Dave Bartholomew The King SidesCollectables
New Orleans R&B, R&B, New Orleans Blues, Boogie-Woogie
Karl Bohm Alban Berg: Lulu Andante
Modern Opera
Karl Bohm Alban Berg: Wozzeck Andante
Modern Opera
Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws Hot Western Swing 1937-48 Krazy Kat
String Bands, Western Swing, Cowboy
John Fahey Live in Tasmania Sonet
Neo-Traditional Folk
Ryan Cabrera Take It All Away Atlantic
Pop/Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Head Automatica Decadence Warner Brothers
Indie Rock
Bruce Hornsby Halcyon Days Sony
Pop/Rock, Adult Contemporary
Ivory Joe Hunter The King Sides, Vol. 1 Collectables
Jump Blues, West Coast Blues
Little Wings Magic Wand K
Indie Pop, Lo-Fi
Steven Mayer Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 ("Concord"); The Celestial Railroad Naxos
Modern Piano Music
Neotropic White Rabbits Mush
Downbeat, Ambient Breakbeat, Illbient
Northern State All City Sony
Alternative Rap, East Coast Rap
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