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Wednesday, May 6, 2009 | 10:00 to 12:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
* Luke Winslow-King As April Is To May Old/New Baby Fox on a Hill Sweet new stuff from a Michigan guy who landed in New Orleans and stayed.
Luke Winslow-King Birthday Stomp Old/New Baby Fox on a Hill
* Allen Toussaint Dear Old Southland The Bright Mississippi Nonesuch This is probably gonna be on my year-end faves list.
Amnesty Trouble Will Remain Free Your Mind Now-Again Superb material from 700 West studios in Indianapolis, Indiana, 1973.
Brass Construction Ha Cha Cha (Funktion) Classic Masters Capitol 1976
Burt Bacharach 24 Hours From Tulsa Burt Bacharach Plays His Hits MCA 1965
Frank Black Dark End Of The Street Honeycomb Back Porch Fine solo album from Pixies' Black. 2005.
* Lee Fields & The Expressions My World Is Empty Without You My World Truth & Soul New release from Lee!
Abafana Baseqhudeni Mubi Umakhelwane (VA) The Kings and Queens of Township Jive: Modern Roots of the Indestructible Beat of Soweto Earthworks/Virgin Title of song translates "bad neighbor." Comp is from 1990.
* Buraka Som Sistema Kurum Black Diamond Fabric from Portugal. Kuduro music, with origins in Angola.
* Tosca My First No Hassle !K7 From Vienna. Their 12th full-length.
* Oreka Tx Saapmi Nömadak Tx World Village Music with the Basque instrument, the txalaparta. It's suspended wooden planks struck by sticks. On this album they mix that with all sorts of other sounds... and in one case make the planks out of ICE!
* Lithops Rosa In A Light Speed Vessel Mound Magnet Pt 2 Killer Pimp
* Los Straitjackets Nocturnal Twist The Further Adventures of Los Straitjackets Yep Roc new one!
Nan Castle Star Light, Star Bright (VA) That'll Flat... Git It! vol. 1 Bear Family Rockabilly comp extraordinaire!
* The Volcanos Polaris (VA) An Outbreak of Twangin': Phantom Guitars Vol 2 Psychic Circle "26 Cool Early 60s Guitar Instrumentals" is the subtitle of this great new comp!
* Sweet Tee I Got Da Feelin' (VA) Fly Girls! B-Boys Beware: Revenge of the Super Female Rappers! Soul Jazz SWEEEEEET 2-cd comp. New!
Warren Lee Funky Belly (VA) New Orleans Funk vol. 2 Soul Jazz Great from Soul Jazz '08.
Cyril Neville Tell Me What's On Your Mind (VA) New Orleans Funk vol. 1 Soul Jazz vol. 1 is even more killer than vol. 2. Which is sayin' sumthin.
Reverend OrganDrum Mardi Gras Mambo Reverend OrganDrum Yep Roc
Reverend OrganDrum Ain't That A Kick In The Head Reverend OrganDrum Yep Roc This is the Rev. Horton Heat and colleagues...
Rachid Taha Ida Diwan Island
The Devil's Anvil Selim Alai Hard Rock from the Middle east Columbia
Los Mocosos Señor Presidente American Us Six Degrees 2004 release. About the guy who was president THEN.
* Dale Watson I Got To Drive The Truckin' Sessions Vol. 2 Hyena !!!!!! yippeeee!!!!!
Truckadelic Possum Holler Big In Mexico! Truckadelic 2000
The Yayhoos Highway Junkie (VA) Rig Rock Deluxe: A Musical Salute to the American Truck Driver Diesel Only 1996 comp.
Slobberbone Placemat Blues Everything You Thought Was Right Was Wrong Today New West 2000 barely-country mostly RAWK from Denton, Texas
* Tim Easton Porcupine Porcupine New West Playing with full band at Berkeley Café, Tues May 12th, Raleigh.