Reviews in Dirty Linen #144 (November/December '09)
This is a list of reviews from the print edition of Dirty Linen #144 (November/December 2009).
The reviews are in the magazine, available on newsstands, by subscription, and at the Dirty Linen webstore.
- Gathering of the Vibes - Bridgeport, CT
- L.A. Acoustic Music Festival - Santa Monica, CA
- Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women - Santa Cruz, CA
- Festival International de Louisiane - Lafayette, LA
- The 30th Annual Sea Music Festival at Mystic Seaport - New London, CT
- Saffire - the Uppity Blues Women Havin' The Last Word [Alligator ALCD 4927 (2009)]
- Loudon Wainwright III High Wide and Handsome: Selections from the Charlie Poole Project [2nd Story Sound (2009), 2-CD]
- Oumou Sangare Seya [World Circuit/Nonesuch 519650-2 (2009)]
- Johnsmith Gravity of Grace [Blue Pine Music (2009)]
- Rosanne Cash The List [Manhattan (2009)]
- Hoots and Hellmouth The Holy Open Secret [MAD Dragon Records (2009)]
- The Ukrainians Diaspora [Omnium/Zirka OMM2046 (2009)]
- Addie Graham Been a Long Time Traveling [June Appal 0020D (2008)]
- Uncle Charlie Osborne The June Appal Recordings [June Appal JA0085 (2009)]
- Benton Flippen & the Smokey Valley Boys An Evening at WPAQ, 1984 [5-String Productions 5SP08004 (2008)]
- Matt Brown Falls of Richmond [5-String Productions 5SP08002 (2008)]
- Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks Tangled Tales [Surfdog (2008)]
- Buffy Sainte-Marie Running for the Drum [Gypsy Boy Music/Appleseed 09492-21475-8-5 (2008)]
- Maura O'Connell Naked with friends [Sugar Hill SUG-CD-4018 (2009)]
- GiveWay Lost in This Song [Greentrax CDTRAX332 (2009)]
- The Occasionals The Full Set [Greentrax DVTRAX2021 (2008)]
- Andy May Happy Hours [Fellside FECD224 (2009)]
- Bruce Cockburn Slice O Life [Rounder 11661-3259 (2009), 2-CD]
- Childsplay Waiting for the Dawn [self-released (2009)]
- Sound of New Orleans 1992-2005 [Frémeaux & Associés FA 5223 (2009), 2-CD]
- Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More [Rhino/Cotillion R2 51880] (2009), 2-CD]
- Woodstock Two [Rhino/Cotillion R2 518805 (2009), 2-CD]
- Sly & The Family Stone The Woodstock Experience [Epic/Legacy 88697 48241 (2009), 2-CD]
- Johnny Winter The Woodstock Experience [Columbia/Legacy 88697 48244 (2009), 2-CD]
- Santana The Woodstock Experience [Columbia/Legacy 88697 48242 (2009), 2-CD]
- Janis Joplin The Woodstock Experience [Columbia/Legacy 88697 48243 (2009), 2-CD]
- Jefferson Airplane Woodstock 40th Experience [RCA/Legacy 88697 48240 (2009), 2-CD]
- James Keelaghan House of Cards [Borealis BCD 198 (2009)]
- Pete Seeger American Favorite Ballads [Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40155 (2009), 5-CD]
- Eric Lindell Gulf Coast Highway [Alligator ALCD 4928 (2009)]
- Ken Maynard Sings the Lone Star Trail [Bear Family BCD 16861 AH (2009)]
- Guy Davis Sweetheart Like You [Red House RHR CD 211 (2009)]
- Rhythm Angels Girls Like Us [High Horse HHR5875 (2009)]
- Danny Kalb I'm Gonna Live the Life I Sing About [Sojourn SR-002 (2008)]
- Antje Duvekot The Near Demise of the Highwire Dancer [Black Wolf BW008 (2009)]
- Levon Helm Electric Dirt [Vanguard 79861-2 (2009)]
- Olatunji! Drums of Passion [Columbia/Legacy 88697 43952 2 (2009)]
- Mission Street Project: Songs From The American Kitchen Table Volume 2 [Hudson Harding Music (2008)]
- Sarah Jarosz Song Up in Her Head [Sugar Hill SUG-CD-4049 (2009)]
- Neil Young. Archives Volume 1 [Warner Reprise (2009), 10 Blu-ray discs]
- Brass Monkey Head of Steam [Topic TSCD575 (2009)]
- Chango Spasiuk Pynandí - Los Descalzos [World Village 468083 (2008)]
- Eric Bogle The Dreamer [Greentrax CDTRAX337 (2009)]
- Woody Guthrie My Dusty Road [Rounder 11661-1162-2 (2009), 4-CD]
- The American Beauty Project at Amherst, MA 11/16/07 [Festivalink.net FEST0398 (2009), 2-CD]
- Jenni Muldaur Dearest Darlin' [Dandelion (2009)]
- Väsen Väsen Street [NorthSide NSD6096 (2009)]
- Lhasa [Nettwerk Music Group 0 6700 30844 2 0 (2009)]
- Wilco Wilco (The Album) [Nonesuch 516608 (2009)]
- Denis Carey Moving On [Denis Carey Music/Five Line FL08-013 (2008)]
- Chris Smither Time Stands Still [Signature Sounds/Mighty Albert (2009)]
- Brian Vander Ark Resurrection [Second Motion PROMO SMR002 (2003)]
- Brian Vander Ark [Second Motion PROMO SMR004 (2008)]
- Brian Vander Ark Angel, Put Your Face On [Second Motion PROMO SMR003 (2006)]
- Scott Miller For Crying Out Loud [F.AY. FAY0002 (2009)]
- Gurf Morlix Last Exit to Happyland [self-released (2009)]
- Ruthie Foster The Truth According to Ruthie Foster [Blue Corn Music (2008)]
- Spring Creek Way Up on a Mountain [Rebel REB-CD-1832 (2009)]
- Nathan Rogers The Gauntlet [Borealis BCD196 (2009)]
- Harald Haugaard Burning Fields [Pile House PHR0309 (2009)]
- Wayne Hancock Viper of Melody [Bloodshot BS 163 (2009)]
- Eilen Jewell Sea of Tears [Signature Sounds (2009)]
- Steve James Short Blue Stories [Hobemian HB013 (2008)]
- The Deadly Gentlemen The Bastard Masterpiece [Deadly Gentle Records (2008)]
- Vance Gilbert Up on Rockfield [Disismye Music 006 (2008)]
- Gretchen Peters with Tom Russell One to the Heart, One to the Head [Scarlet Letter CD3-1208 (2008)]
- Líadan Casadh Na Taoide [self-released LN0002 (2009)]
- Colin Linden From the Water [True North TND 526 (2009)]
- Buskin & Batteau Red Shoes and Golden Hearts [Nouveau Retro Media (2009)]
- Krauka Óinn [self-released KRCD04 (2009)]
- BettySoo Heat Sin Water Skin [self-released/Sweet Papaya Music (2009)]
- Diana Jones Better Times Will Come [Proper American (2009)]
- The New Scorpion Band Master Marenghi's Music Machine [self-released NSB05 (2009)]
- Raul Malo Lucky One [Concord Music Group/Fantasy FAN-30896-02 (2008)]
- Acoustic: The Best of Souad Massi [Wrasse WRASS 209 (2007)]
- Baaba Maal Television [Palm Pictures Ltd. PALMCD2140 (2009)]
- Xavier Rudd Dark Shades of Blue [Anti- (2008)]
- Snaarmarrwaar [Appel APR 1314 (2009)]
- Ablaye Cissoko + Volker Goetze Sira [ObliqSound OS106 (2008)]
- Alasdair Roberts Spoils [Drag City DC392CD (2009)]
- Ruthie and the Wranglers Americana Express [Azalea City ACCD 0902 (2009)]
- Putnam Smith Goldrush [Itchy Sabot ISR 004 (2009)]
- George Jones Walk Through This World With Me: The Complete Musicor Recordingss 1965-1971 (Part 1) [Bear Family BCD 16928 El (2009), 5-CD]
- The Man of Somebody's Dreams: A Tribute to the Songs of Chris Gaffney [Yep Roc YEP 2198 (2009)]
- Dietrich Evok [homerecords.be 4446052 (2009)]
- Elbow Jane 3 Side Island [Fellside FECD224 (2009)]
- Amos Milburn Rocks [Bear Family BCD 16926 AR (2009)]
- Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise Out of the Wilderness [Quarter 2 Three (2008)]
- Dale Watson The Truckin' Sessions Vol. 2 [Hyena HYN9376 (2009)]
- Marc Benno I Got It Bad! [Blue Skunk Music (2009)]
- Banjo - An American Five-Star History [Frémeaux & Associés FA 5179 (2009), 2-CD]
- The Hammers From Distant Shores: Irish Music from Canada [New Folk NFR 1502 (2009)]
- Fotefar & Håvard Lund Fest [Kirkelig Kulturverksted FXCD 346 (2009)]
- Hope Machine Big Green [Dys (2009)]
- Hope Machine March [self-released DYSCD0010 (2006)]
- Dancing Alone: Songs of William Hawkins [Paper Bag Holdings/High Romance Music/True North TND 519 (2008), 2-CD]
- The Homemade Jamz Blues Band [Northernblues Music NBM0055 (2009)]
- Steve Wariner My Tribute to Chet Atkins [SelecTone/Steve Wariner Music (2009)]
- Greg Brown Dream City, Essential Recordings, 1997-2006 [Red House RHR CD 218 (2009), 2-CD]
- Jake Armerding Her [self-released (2009)]
- Phil Hulse Unpredicted Storm [Fellside FECD217 (2008)]
- Leon McAuliffe Tulsa Straight Ahead [Bear Family BCD 16987 AH (2009)]
- The Old 78's Old Time Fiddle Rags, Classic & Minstrel Banjo [self-released (2008)]
- David Brewer Turning Pages [self-released/Molri Music MR-104 (2008)]
- Euphonia The Old Jawbone [self-released TUXCD928 (2009)]
- Amy Speace The Killer In Me [Wildflower WFL-1325 (2008)]
- Hank Williams Rockin' Chair Money [Bear Family BCD 16636 AH (2009)]
- Holly Tannen Crazy Laughter [self-released GLR 103 (2008)]
- Jerry Lee Lewis The Road Begins: The Early Recordings in Sun Records [El Toro ETCD1022 (2009)]
- Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue Featuring The McCrary Sisters Shout Live! [INO/Columbia (2009)]
- Bodega Under the Counter [Mad River/Greentrax MRCD 1010 (2008)]
- The Blue Canyon Boys House Full of Sorrow [self-released BCBCD-003 (2009)]
- Goran Bregovi Alkohol: Šljivovica & Champagne [Wrasse WRASS 238 (2009)]
- The Man Who Married Music: The Best of Stephen Fearing [True North/High Romance Music TND 527 (2009)]
- Axton Kincaid Silver Dollars [Free Dirt DIRT-CD-0057 (2008)]
- Moya Brennan Heart Strings [BEO FIERCD43 (2008)]
- Craicmore From Hill & Hoolie [Kilts on Productions KOPCD003 (2009)]
- Kari Tauring Völva Songs [Omnium OMM 2105 (2008)]
- Dry Branch Fire Squad Echoes of the Mountains [Rounder 11661-0574-2 (2009)]
- Hot Club of Cowtown Wishful Thinking [Thirty Tigers 60109/Proper PRPCD047 (2009)]
- Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey Here and Now [Bar None BRN-CD-190 (2009)]
- Frank Wakefield Ownself Blues [Patuxent Music CD-182 (2009)]
- Son Volt American Central Dust [Rounder 11661-3274-2 (2009)]
- The HiBs 40 Acre Notch [New Folk NFR1627 (2008)]
- Tom Rigney Back Porch Blues [Parhelion CD50020 (2009)]
- Craig & Willoughby Calling All Angels [Cabritunes CAB 002 (2009)]
- 2duos Until the Cows Come Home [Artes (2009)]
- Frog Holler Believe It Or Not [Zo Bird 087 (2009)]
- La Musgaña 20 [Mad River/Lubicán MRCD 1011 (2008)]
- Martin Sexton Solo [Kitchen Table/Red Eye KTR006 (2008)]
- Jimmy Thackery and The Drivers Inside Tracks [Telarc Blues CD-83683 (2008)]
- J.E. Mainer The Early Years: 1935-1939 [JSP JSP77118A,B,C,D (2009), 4-CD]
- Robin Bullock Christmas Eve Is Here [Dancing Wolf DWCD-104 (2008)]
- Michael Morpurgo On Angel Wings [No Masters Co-operative Ltd NMCD30 (2008)]
- Steve and Ruth Smith An Appalachian Winter [Cabin Cove CC103 (2008)]
- Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer American Noel [Signature Sounds SIG2011 (2008)]
- Anúna Christmas Memories [Elevation 899885001035/ELE-002 (2008)]
- Tom Ball 'Tis the Season [Dog Boy 08 (2009)]
- Odetta Beautiful Star [Silverwolf 1103 (2009), reissue]
- Barry Phillips Colonial Christmas [Gourd Music GM139 (2008)]
- Cathy & Marcy with Christylez Bacon Banjo to Beatbox [Cathy & Marcy's Song Shop CMCD204 (2009)]
- Putumayo Kids Presents European Playground [Putumayo World Music PUT 291-2 (2009)]
- My Name is Chicken Joe songs by Trout Fishing in America, illustrated by Stephanie Jorisch [The Secret Mountain (2009); ISBN 2-923163-49-4; Storybook-CD combo]
- Jonathan Sprout American Heroes #3 [Sprout JS09-2 (2009)]
- Peter Weiss Do As You Otter [The Singing Scientist SS001 (2008)]
- Billy Jonas Happy Accidents [Bang a Bucket Music BAB 1007-2 (2009)]
- The Sea Inside by Randall Williams [Musafir (2008); ISBN 978-0-615-25989-5; 231 pp; $15.00] story of singer-songwriter solo sailboat trip from Sweden to Morocco 7/13/09
- Meeting Jimmie Rodgers: How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century by Barry Mazor [Oxford University Press (2009); ISBN 13: 978-0-19-532762-5; 376 pp; $27.95]
- Great Spirits: Portraits of Life-Changing World Music Artists by Randall Grass [University Press of Mississippi (2009); ISBN 978-1-60473-240-5 (paperback); 244 pp;
$25.00]
- Play Banjo Today! A Complete Guide to the Basics: The Ultimate Self-Teaching Method! Level 1 by Colin O'Brien [Hal Leonard (2008); ISBN 978-1-4234-1993-8; 48 pp;
$9.95; w/CD]
- Saffire Hot Flash: The Documentary [Choices CH7056DVD (2009)]
- Eric Bogle Live at Stonyfell Winery [Greentrax DVTRAX2022 (2009)]
- Jeff Buckley Grace Around the World [Columbia/Legacy 88697 51707 2 (2009), 2-DVD + CD]
- B.B. King Live at Montreux 1993 [Eagle Eye Media EE 39181-9 (2009)]
- Yousif Sheronick Advance Frame Drum Techniques [Bribie BRDVD 1425 (2009)]
- Rocking the Boat: A Musical Conversation and Journey [JC Communications (2008)]
- The Chieftains Live at Montreux 1997 [Montreux Sounds/Eagle Rock Entertainment EE 39186-9 (2009)]
- Preachin', Prayin' Wingin' with Charlie Daniels and Friends: Live from Nashville [Blue Hat/Koch KOC-DV-4241 (2008)]
- A Guitar Lesson with David Bromberg [Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop GW992 (2009)]
- Learn to Play Cajun Accordion Taught by Big Nick: Volume 1 [self-released (2008)]
- Ladysmith Black Mambazo Live! [Heads Up International HUDV 7149 (2009)]
- The Story of the Yardbirds: The Documentary featuring Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck [ABC Entertainment ABCVP115DVD (2008)]
This is a list of reviews from the print edition of Dirty Linen #144 (November/December 2009).
The reviews are in the magazine, available on newsstands, by subscription, and at the Dirty Linen webstore.
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