Archives

I got to play cuts from the Grammy nominated albums by Levon Helm and Jim Lauderdale on the show this week. When the Grammy Awards were posted I was a little disappointed because much of the music posted in the folk and bluegrass categories hadn't even reached my desk. I usually receive music from all the independent artists, but I never received the latest from Steve Earle, Tom Waits, Jim Lauderdale, Levon Helm, Peter Case, or Charlie Louvin. It happens every year, actually. Somehow we get overlooked.

Artist/Song/Album/Label

Zoe Lewis/Tadpole Puddle/Songs from Sing Out! V. 49 #2/www.singout.org
Jimmy Gaudrea and Moondi Klein/Colleen Malone/2:10 Train/Rebel Records
Levon Helm/Got Me a Woman/Dirt Farmer/Vanguard
Jimmy Gaudreau and Moondie Klein/Sweet Sunny South/2:10 Train/Rebel
Jim Lauderdale/This is the Last Time/Bluegrass Diaries/Yep Roc
Uncle Earl/Sisters of the Road/Waterloo, Tennessee/Rounder
Tracy Grammer/April Comes She Will/Book of Sparrows/Tracy Grammer Music
Cliff Eberhardt/It’s Home Everwhere I Go/The High Above and the Down Below/Red House Records

Artist/Song/Album/Label
Mollie O’Brien/Beware/Always Lift Him Up/Proper American Records
Patrick Sky/Many a Mile/Roots of Folk/Vanguard
Patty Griffin/Top of the World/Impossible Dream/Ato Records
Nickel Creek/When You Come Back Down/Nickel Creek/Sugar Hill
Mark Erelli/Blue Eyed Boston Boy/The Memorial Hall Recordings/Signature
The Mammals/Fall On My Knees/Born Live/Humble Abode
Tim O’Brien/ Get Out There and Dance/Chameleon/Proper American
Chris Smither/Leave the Light On/Leave the Light On/Signature

I stopped in to my favorite coffee shop in Keene last week. Michael, the barista, handed me an envelope. Either I drink a lot of coffee, I thought, or people just know my routine….The envelope contained a cd with a note from Tim, who has something to do with the Common Ground Country Fair in Windsor, Maine held in September. "Uncommon Kinship" by Free Seedlings, turned out to be pretty good.

Artist/Song/Album/Label
The Punch Brothers/Baby’s at the Punch Bowl/Punch/Compass
Ruth and Mike/Long Way Home/The Honeymoon Agenda/
Susie Burke and David Surrette/Blind Mary, Rambling Pitchfork/When the Small Birds Sweetly Sing/Madrina Music
Wagtail/River Go By/One Clear Moment/Wagtail
Tim O’Brien/When in Rome/Chameleon/Howdy Skies Records
We’re About 9/I’m Not Going to Sleep/Paperdust-Stardust/WA9
Pierce Woodward/Leave No Millionaire Behind/The M.O.B Project/Humble Abode
Mozaik/My Heart’s Tonight in Ireland, Robinson County/Live From the Powerhouse/Compass

Garnet Rogers stopped by recently. It was great to see him. He hasn’t really been touring a whole lot since he and his wife Gail were in a pretty bad car accident. Gail is still recovering from her injuries.

Artist/Song/Album/Label
John Prine/Paradise/Old Town School of Folk Music/OTSF
David Mallet/Somewhere in Time/Midnight on the Water/North Road
Rory Block and Stefan Grossman/Monday Morning Blues/Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop
Carrie Newcomer/There is a Tree/The Geography of Light/Philo
Malcolm Dalglish/Sail Away/Pleasure/Oolitic Music
Makem and Spain Brothers/Road to Gunda Gi/Like Others Did Before Us/Redbiddy Records
Greg Brown/I Believe I’ll Go Back Home/Honey in the Lion’s Head/Trailer Records
Makem and Spain Brothers/Calling You Home/Live/Redbiddy Records