Reviews in Dirty Linen #142 (July/August '09)
This is a list of reviews from the print edition of Dirty Linen #142 (July/August 2009).
The reviews are in the magazine, available on newsstands, by subscription, and at the Dirty Linen webstore.
Recordings
- Rose Polenzani with Session Americana When the River Meets the Sea [self-released (2008)]
- Lost Bayou Ramblers Vermillionaire [Bayou Pedu (2008)]
- The Green Fields of America [Compass 7 4495 2 (2009)]
- Mary Flower Bridges [Yellow Dog YDR 1642 (2009)]
- Bua Au Spealadóir [Mad River MRCD 1016 (2008)]
- Ivo Papasov Dance of the Falcon [World Village 450004 (2008)]
- Tom Rush What I Know [Appleseed APR CD 1115 (2009)]
- Jo Freya Female Smuggler [No Masters NMCD29 (2008)]
- Maria Dunn The Peddler [Distant Whisper Music MARCD04 (2008)]
- Steve Martin The Crow [Rounder 0647 (2009)]
- Jorma Kaukonen River of Time [Red House RHD CD 217 (2009)]
- Abiyou Solomon In Search of My Roots: Volume 1 [AIT AIT036 (2008)]
- Kristin Scott Benson Second Season [Pinecastle PRC 6514 (2008)]
- Los Fabulocos [Delta Groove Music DGPCD125 (2008)]
- Bill Evans & Megan Lynch Let's Do Something... [Native and Fine (2009)]
- Garry Dial and Terre Roche US AN'THEM: A Collection of National Anthems [Just Dial Roche (2008)]
- Jonatha Brooke The Works [Bad Dog (2008)]
- Traveler's Dream Here Comes the Rover [self-released TD003 (2008)]
- Various artists Swamp Pop Sweethearts [Jin JIN-9088 (2008)]
- John Flynn America's Waiting [self-released/Flying Stone Music Group JF007 (2009)]
- Chance McCoy and the Appalachian String Band [Appalachian Music Group (2008)]
- Trent Wagler & Jay Lapp Adrienna Valentine [self-released DR CD 005 (2008)]
- Split Lip Rayfield I'll Be Around [self-released (2008)]
- Ashley Hutchings & Ernesto de Pascale My Land Is Your Land [Esoteric ECLEC 2078 (2008)]
- Indigo Girls Poseidon and The Bitter Bug [Vanguard 79934-2 (2009), 2-CD]
- April Verch Steal the Blue [Slab Town STR08-01 (2008)]
- Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel Willie and the Wheel [Bismeaux BR1287 (2009)]
- Willie Nelson Naked Willie [RCA Nashville/Legacy 88697 20111 2 (2009)]
- Danny Schmidt Instead the Forest Rose to Sing [Red House RHR CD 216 (2009)]
- Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards Thirty-two Cents/Postage Due [Rising Son RSR 1127 (2008)]
- Judy Roderick & The Forebears with Special Guest Mac Rebennack When I'm Gone [Dexofon DCD-0813 (2008)]
- Terence Martin Even Trade [Even Dog GD006 (2008)]
- Nothin' Fancy Lord Bless This House [Pinecastle PRC 1162 (2008)]
- Various artists The International Cimbalom Festival [Fréa/Music & Words MWCD 4031 (2001), reissue]
- Hans Theessink & Terry Evans Visions [Blue Groove 1720 (2008)]
- David Egan You Don't Know Your Mind [Out of the Past/Rhonda Sue TP0004 (2008)]
- Brigitte DeMeyer Red River Flower [self-released (2007)]
- JJ Cale Roll On [Rounder 11661-3258 (2009)]
- Carlos Del Junco Steady Movin' [NorthernBlues Music NBM0051 (2008)]
- Laura Freeman Luna Tart Died [self-released (2008)]
- Drakkar Sauna Wars and Tornadoes [Marriage Records MAR049 (2008)]
- Randy Kaplan Ancient Ruins [Yellow Thing YT70020 (2008)]
- Randy Kaplan with Brian Schey Durango [Yellow Dog YT70022 (2008)]
- Kirsty McGee The Kansas Sessions [Hobopop HPCD004 (2008)]
- Balsam Range Last Train to Kitty Hawk [Mountain House Music Company
- MH12062 (2008)]
- Caroline Doctorow Another Country [Narrow Lane (2008)]
- Various artists Heartstrings [Sain SCD2586 (2008)]
- Welsh Male Choirs Folk Songs of Wales [ARC Music (2008)]
- Dan Milner Irish Pirate Ballads and Other Songs of the Sea [Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40553 (2009)]
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott A Stranger Here [Anti- 87005 (2009)]
- Michael Martin Murphey Buckaroo Blue Grass [Rural Rhythm RHY-1044 (2009)]
- Julian Dawson Deep Rain [Blue Rose BLU CD0460 (2008)]
- Bobby McMillon Lords and Merry Maids All: Mountain Songs and Child Ballads [Ivy Creek ICR4782 (2008)]
- Anja Præst Mikkelsen Hemmeligheden / The Secret [GO' Danish Folk Music GO1408 (2008)]
- Joanne Shenandoah & Michael Bucher Bitter Tears Sacred Ground [Hondo Mesa HMR-007 (2008)]
- Eleven Hundred Springs Country Jam [Palo Duro PDR-1103 (2008)]
- Various artists Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels [Numero Group Nb020 (2008)]
- Various artists Eccentric Soul: The Young Disciples [Numero Group Nb023 (2008)]
- Matthew Stubbs Soul Bender [Vizztone/Matthew Stubbs Music MS1001 (2008)]
- The Bruce Katz Band Live! At the Firefly [Vizztone/Brown Dog Music BDMCD1001 (2008)]
- Tony McManus The Maker's Mark [the Dream Guitar Sessions] [Compass 7 4500 2 (2009)]
- Cillian Vallely & Kevin Crawford On Common Ground [BallyO BOR 001 (2009)]
- The Belleville Outfit Time to Stand Out [self-released (2009)]
- Various artists St. Jeffrey's Day... the Songs of Jeffrey Frederick Volume 1 [Frederick Productions 2009FPCD11 (2009)]
- Jeffrey Frederick Clamtones B.C. [Frederick Productions FPCD04 (2005)]
- Various artists Harp Guitar Dreams [Harp Guitar Music HGM-CD-005 (2008)]
- Matthew Montfort Seven Serenades [Ancient-Future.com AF 2008 (2008)]
- Mariah Parker Sangria [Ancient-Future.com AF 2017 (2008)]
- Matt & Shannon Heaton Lovers' Well [EatsRecords CD008 (2009)]
- Adam Miller Bare Fingers: The Solo Autoharp Artistry of Adam Miller [Folk Singing FS 1004 (2008)]
- Bill Collins & Nina Zanetti The Sum of the Parts [self-released (2008)]
- Polk Miller This Old South Quartette [Tompkins Square TSQ 2028 (2008)]
- Rob Reich The Balancing Act [self-released (2008)]
- Eddi Reader Love Is the Way [Rough Trade RTRADCD 454 (2009)]
- Various artists Jugs Across American: A Modern Jug Band Compilation [Whiskey for Breakfast (2008)]
- Eric Brace & Peter Cooper You Don't Have to Like Them Both [Red Beet RBR CD009 (2008)]
- Jim Malcolm The First Cold Day [Beltane Belcd106 (2009)]
- Dan Newton's Café Accordion Orchestra Germaine [Daddy Squeeze Music DN0049 (2008)]
- Kris Delmhorst Shotgun Singer [Signature Sounds SIG-2012 (2008)]
- Seckou Keita The Slimbo Passage [skQ (2008)]
- Los Straitjackets The Further Adventures of Los Straitjackets [Yep Roc YEP 2165 (2009)]
- Trio THG Tungen Ud Ad Vinduet [GO' Danish Folk Music (2008)]
- David Surette The Green Mandolin [Madrina MM205 (2008)]
- The Paul McKenna Band Between Two Worlds [Greentrax CDTRAX333 (2009)]
- François Jouffa Viêt-Nam Hanoi-Huê [Frémeaux & Associés FA 5228 (2008)]
- The Stephane Wrembel Trio with Special Guest David Grisman Gypsy Rumble [Amoeba (2005)]
- Beoga The Incident [Compass 7 4499 2 (2009)]
- Old Ghost Hearts and Coffins EP [self-released (2008)]
- The Arrogant Worms Torpid [self-released AW-5005 (2008)]
- Joe Crookston Able Baker Charlie & Dog [Milagrito jbjo78 (2008)]
- Yarn Empty Pockets [Ardsley Music YARN02 (2008)]
- Dub Colossus A Town Called Addis [Real World/Ryko USCDR WP155 (2008)]
- Lowry Olafson Borderland [River 7 7700 D0706 2 2 (2008)]
- Mark Olson & Gary Louris Ready for the Flood [Hack Tone (2008)]
- Abi Tapia Beauty in the Ruin [MoonHouse MH2907 (2008)]
- Kasbah Rockers with Bill Laswell Kasbah Rockers [Baraka el Farnatshi Barbarity 028]
- Swinging on the Chains of Love - The Best of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings [High Romance Music/True North TND 515 (2009)]
- Madeleine Peyroux Bare Bones [Rounder 11661-3272-2 (2009)]
- Seamus Creagh Tunes for Practice [self-released (2009), 2-CD]
- Lous Gouyats de L'adou Folk Music From South West France [ARC Music EUCD 2135 (2008)]
- Pat Wictor Sunset Waltz [RiskyDisc RDR006 (2008)]
- Adolfo Lazo On Tape [self-released (2008)]
- Old Crow Medicine Show Tennessee Pusher [Nettwerk Productions 0 6700 30812 2 1 (2008)]
- Svein Westad, Durga Khatiwada, Jiwan Rai, Shyam Nepoli Meeting in the Mountain: A Meeting Between Nepali and Norwegian Traditional Music [Etnisk Musikklubb
EM53 (2008)]
- Jay & Tiinesha Begaye Night of the Northern Lights [Canyon CR-6440 (2008)]
- Various artists The Rough Guide to Latin Street Party [World Music Network RGNET1212PR (2008)]
- Nordic Metropol [Academus AB/KMH Forlaget KMHCD19 (2008)]
- Brian Conway Consider the Source [Cló lar-Chonnachta/MÓC Music CICD 173 (2008)]
- Tri a Tolia Zumurrude [homerecords.be 4446045 (2008)]
- Ray Charles Genius: The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection [Concord CRE-31293 (2009)]
- Debra Cowan Fond Desire Farewell [Falling Mountain Music FM 1054 (2008)]
- Fraser Fifield Band Traces of Thrace [Tanar TANCD003 (2008)]
- Jen Chapin & Rosetta Trio Light of Mine [Purple Chair Music PCM1129 (2008)]
- Blessings Nqo Mbube and Gospel from Southern Africa [ARC Music EUCD 2199 (2009)]
- Kings of Polka Every Man's Polka [GO' Danish Folk Music GO0908 (2009)]
- Malcolm Holcombe Gamblin' House [Echo Mountain ARGA006 (2008)]
- Ellen Gozion Across the Blue Mountains [self-released (2008)]
- The Born Again Floozies Street Music (13 Rebellions and a Song of Consolation) [Triple R TR3023 (2008)]
- Jeni & Billy Jewell Ridge Coal [Jewell Ridge 003 (2008)]
- Berit Opheim Versto Slåttar På Tunga [2L 2L465ACD (2008)]
- Luminescent Orchestrii Neptune's Daughter [Nine Mile NMR 0190 (2009)]
- Donnie Fritts One Foot in the Groove [Leaning Man LMR-01 (2008)]
- My Sweet Patootie Nowheresville [Easy Bake EBR101 (2008)]
- Rachel Bay Jones Showfolk [Plum Song (2009)]
- Joey + Rory The Life of a Song [Sugar Hill SUG-CD-4050 (2008)]
- Rahim Alhaj, Amjad Ali Kahn Ancient Sounds [UR Music UR 001 (2008)]
- Dave Crossland The Set That Wasn't [Cheap Red Music CRCD6 (2008)]
- Bill Harley First Bird Call [Round River RRR 204 (2008)]
- Crowfoot Footpath [Lunar Canoe productions LC-0801 (2008)]
- Samantha Crain & The Midnight Shivers Songs in the Night [Ramseur RR2727 (2008)]
- Victor Krummenacher Patriarch's Blues [Magnetic Mag 0029 (2008)]
- Gilberto Gil Banda Larga Cordel [Warner Music Latina 512131 (2008)]
- Zenobia Midnat [GO' Danish Folk Music GO1208 (2008)]
- Serras Ø [GO' Danish Folk Music GO 11308 (2008)]
- Chris Darrow Under My Own Disguise [Ever Loving EVE025 (2009), reissue]
- Shout Lulu String Band Ridin' a Buggy [self-released (2008)]
- Michael Jerome Browne This Beautiful Mess [Borealis BCD192 (2008)]
- Molly's Revenge The Western Shore [Molri Music MR-007 (2008)]
- Crucible Love & Money [Fellside FECD212 (2008)]
- David Munnelly Swing... [Fréa/Music & Words MWCD 4051 (2005), reissue]
- Morild Der Stode Tre Skalke [GO' Danish Folk Music GO1708 (2008)]
- Jonathan Byrd The Law & The Lonesome [Waterbug WBG0085 (2008)]
- Todd Menton The Dolman Field [New Folk NFR0492 (2008)]
- Steve Dawson Waiting for the Lights to Come Up [Black Hen Music BHM-CD-9983 (2008)]
- Papa Grows Funk Mr. Patterson's Hat [Funky Krewe FYK34 (2007)]
- Various artists The Music & Song of Edinburgh: Celtic Collection Series - Volume 13 [Greentrax CDGMP8013 (2008)]
- Brave Combo The Exotic Rocking Life [denTone DT1005 (2008)]
- Various artists The New Electric Muse: The Story of Folk Into Rock [Universal 531 276-9 (2008)]
Wee Folk
- The Conductors Navigating the Spectrum [Bright Orange BCD-1073 (2008)]
- Various artists Kid Pan Alley (Charlottesville/Albemarle County): I Used to Know the Names of All the Stars [Kid Pan Alley Music (2008)]
Books
- 1000 Songwriting Ideas by Lisa Aschmann [Hal Leonard (2008)]
- Aiming for the Heart: Irish Song Affairs by Andy Irvine [Heupferd Musik Verlag GmbH (2008); ISBN 978-3-923445-05-9; 105 pp]
- A Pure Drop: The Life of Jeff Buckley by Jeff Apter [Backbeat Books (2009); ISBN 978-0-87930-954-1; HL 00332810; 256 pp; $24.95]
- Mel Bay Presents Irish Music for Flatpicking Guitar Made Easy by Philip John Berthoud [Mel Bay (2008); MB21398BCD; ISBN 978-078667692-7; 39 pp; CD Included;
$14.95]
- Bluegrass Time: A Musician's Photographs of the Early Days of Bluegrass Festivals by Phil Zimmerman [self-released (2008); ISBN 978-0-9816878-0-3]
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing the Fiddle: Techniques and tunes for becoming a first-string fiddler by Ellery Klein [Alpha (2008); ISBN 978-1-59257-768-2; 267 pp;
$21.95]
- Accordion Dreams: A Journey into Cajun and Creole Music by Blair Kilpatrick [University Press of Mississippi (2009); ISBN 978-1-60473-101-9; 250 pp; $28.00]
DVDs
- John Sebastian with David Bromberg Welcome Back: Live at Iowa State University [Quantum Leap/MVD Visual QLDVD6124]
- Rhythm Devils Concert Experience [StarCity SCR5801 (2008)]
- Ron Block A Fresh Look at Bluegrass Banjo [AcuTab Video (2008)]
- Little Richard Live at Toronto Peace Festival 1969 [Shout Factory 826663-11049 (2009)]
This is a list of reviews from the print edition of Dirty Linen #142 (July/August 2009).
The reviews are in the magazine, available on newsstands, by subscription, and at the Dirty Linen webstore.
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