Reviews in Dirty Linen #139 (Dec '08/Jan/Feb '09)

This is list of reviews from the print edition of Dirty Linen #139 (December 2008/January/Februaryl 2009).
The reviews are in the magazine, available on newsstands, by subscription, and at the Dirty Linen webstore.

Recordings

• Pirates for the Preservation of New Orleans Music Laffite's Return [self-released (2008)]
• Seamus Kennedy Sailing Ships and Sailing Men [Gransha SK0015 (2008)]
• Calico Jack The Oyster Wife [self-released (2007)]
• Alison Lee Freeman Chantey Singer V2 [Back River Music Works (2006)]
• Ougenweide Fryheit/Ousflug [Bear Family BCD 15962 (2007), reissue]
• Ougenweide Ja-Markt/Noch aber ist [Bear Family BCD 15974 (2007), reissue]
• Ougenweide Ungezwungen [Bear Family BCD 16141 (2007), reissue]
• Giles Farnaby's Dream Band [Walhalla WH90324 (2004)]
• Corvus Corax Seikilos [Noir DFD 20517]
• Subway to Sally Nackt [Noir DFD 20137 (2007)]
• Bill Harley Yes to Running! Live [Round River 122 (2008)]
• Hart-Rouge A Treasure in My Garden [Folle Avoine Productions 2-923163-45-1 (2008)]
• Hot Peas 'N Butter Volume 4:The Pod Squad [self-released (2008)]
• Various artists Let the Good Times Rouler! [Folle Avoine Productions 2-923163-48-6 (2008)]
• Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson Rattlin' Bones [Sugar Hill SUG-CD-4048 (2008)]
• Donnie Munro An Turas [Greentrax CDTRAX323 (2008)]
• Emory Joseph Fennario [Iris/Capsaicin Music (2008)]
• Darrell Scott Modern Hymns [Appleseed APR CD 1111 (2008)]
• Sloan Wainwright Rediscovery [Derby Disc Music (2008)]
• Cephas & Wiggins Richmond Blues [Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40179 (2008)]
• Orchestra Baobab's Made in Dakar [World Circut/Nonesuch 433788-2 (2008)]
• Various artists Ribbon of Highway Endless Skyway - The Woody Guthrie Tribute Tour [Music Road (2007), 2-CD]
• David Bromberg Quartet Live: New York City 1982 [Appleseed APR CD 1110 (2008)]
• Solas For Love and Laughter [Compass 7 4490 2 (2008)]
• The Wiyos [PIE 014 (2007)]
• Taj Mahal Maestro [Heads Up International HUCD3164 (2008)]
• Duncan Chisholm Farrar [Copperfish Records CPFCD003 (2008)]
• Goose Creek Symphony The Same Thing Again [self-released BOR7322 (2008), w/DVD]
• Julie Fowlis Cuilidh [Shoeshine SPIT032 (2007)]
• Kitty Donohoe Northern Border [Roheen RR007 (2008)]
• Red Molly Love and Other Tragedies [Self-Released (2008)]
• Dave Pegg & PJ Wright Galileo's Apology [Matty Grooves MGCD045 (2008)]
• Tim Grimm Holding Up the World [Vault 008]
• The Savoy Family Band Turn Loose but Don't Let Go [Arhoolie CD 525 (2007)]
• Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis Two Men with the Blues [Blue Note 50999 5 04454 2 4 (2008)]
• Kevin Naquin & the Ossun Playboys Call It What You Want (Appelle-le ça tu veux) [Swallow SW-6208 (2008)]
• Pete Seeger At 89 [Appleseed APR CD 1113 (2008)]
• The Homemade Jamz Blues Band Pay Me No Mind [NorthernBlues NBM0048 (2008)]
• Boom Pam Puerto Rican Nights [Essay (2008)]
• Northern Lights One Day [Fifty Fifty FFM106 (2008)]
• The Long Notes [self-released JS002 (2008)]
• Brian Kelly The Plain of Jars [BK BKRECORDSCD002 (2006)]
• Various artists Classic Piano Blues [Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40196 (2008)]
• Sonny Landreth From the Reach [Landfall LF-0001 (2008)]
• Kitka The Rusalka Cycle: Songs Between Worlds [Diaphonica/Kitka CD 20071 (2007)]
• Janet Russell Love Songs and Fighting Talk [Harbourtown HARCD 052 (2008)]
• Ross Kennedy Scottish Voice and Acoustic Guitar [Greentrax CDTRAX317 (2007)]
• Duck Baker There's Something for Everyone in America [Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop SGGW106 (2008), reissue]
• Various artists Blues Guitar Workshop [Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop SGGW109 (2008)]
• Ani DiFranco Red Letter Year [Righteous Babe Music RBR063-D (2008)]
• The Grascals Keep on Walkin' [Rounder 11661-0608-2A (2008)]
• Alim and Fargana Qasimov Spiritual Music of Azerbaijan [Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40525 (2007)]
• Bardic Divas Women's Voices in Central America [Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40523 (2007)]
• Badakhshan Ensemble Song and Dance from the Pamir Mountains [Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40524 (2007)]
• Irma Thomas Simply Grand [Rounder 11661-2202-2 (2008)]
• Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective Wátina [Cumbancha CMB-CD-3 (2007)]
• Various artists Umalali: The Garifuna Women's Project [Cumbancha CMB-CD-6 (2008)]
• Gaye Adegbalola Gaye Without Shame [Hot Toddy Music/Vizz Tone HTMCD #2120 (2008)]
• Tony DeMarco The Sligo Indians [Smithsonian Folkways SFWCD40545 (2008)]
• Claudius Linton Roots Master: The Vintage Roots Reggae Singles, Volume 1 [Sun King SUNK224 (2007)]
• Kingman & Jonah, Feat. Claudius Linton Sign Time [Sun King SUNK222 (2008)]
• Various artists Shelter Me: The Documentary (13 Original Songs By Local Artists: to Help End Homelessness in Orange County, CA [WeedPatch Productions (2008)]
• Martha Velez Fiends and Angels [Wounded Bird WOU8395 (2008), reissue]
• Lalgudi G Jayaraman Violin Waves (South Indian Classical Music) [Felmay fy8130 (2007)]
• Lalgudi G Jayaraman Violin Soul [Felmay/Dunya fy 8121 (2006)]
• Emmylou Harris All I Intended to Be [Nonesuch 480444-2 (2008)]
• Tom Paxton Comedians & Angels [Appleseed APR CD 1105 (2008)]
• John Mellencamp Life, Death, Love and Freedom [Hear Music HRM-30822 (2008)]
• Dan "Daddy Squeeze" Newton Hi-Top Sneakers [self-released DN0048 (2008)]
• Benny Martin The Fiddle Collection [CMH Classic Bluegrass CD 9452 (2007)]
• The Jim & Jesse Story [CMH Classic Bluegrass CD 9454 (2007)]
• Larry Sparks The Last Suit You Wear [McCoury Music MCM0004 (2007)]
• Bound to Ride: The Best of Larry Sparks [Rebel REB-CD-7522 (2008)]
• Dave Evans and River Bend The Best of the Vetco Years [Rebel REB-CD-7519 (2008)]
• Mavis Staples Live: Hope at the Hideout [Anti- 86993-2 (2008)]
• Steve Tilston Ziggurat [Hubris HUB004 (2008)]
• Nina Simone To Be Free: The Nina Simone Story [Legacy 88697 11009 (2008), 3-CD+DVD]
• Grateful Dead Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978 [Rhino R2 512959 (2008), 2-CD + DVD]
• Teddy & Eddy Rarennenhá:wi [Atíron SPS1006 (2006)]
• Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovian Circus of Dreams The Great Unravel [Slambovian Music/High Noon SR0008 (2008)]
• Sisters Morales Talking to the River [Luna DIG131 (2008)]
• Moving Hearts Live in Dublin [Compass/Rubyworks 7 4484 2 (2008)]
• Yonder Mountain String Band Mountain Tracks: Volume 5 [Frog Pad FP0408 (2008), 2-CD]
• Emily Smith Too Long Away [WhiteFall/Spit & Polish/Cadiz SPIT035 (2008)]
• Tony Rice Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection [Rounder 11661-11619-2 (2008)]
• Tammerlin No Small Thing [BirdsTale BT1002 (2008)]
• Marcus Martin When I Get My New House Done [Southern Folklife Collection SFC CD-100 (2007)]
• Great Big Sea Fortune's Favor [self-released GBS-0009 (2008)]
• Camper Van Beethoven Popular Songs [Cooking Vinyl USA CKV-CD-4865 (2008)]
• Sierra Hull Secrets [Rounder 11661-0601-2 (2008)]
• Maria Muldaur Yes We Can [Telarc CD-83672 (2008)]
• The Gypsy Nomads Thread & Stone [E.A. Records SH017 (2007)]
• The Gypsy Nomads Eternal Summer [E.A. Records SH018 (2007)]
• John Lilly Haunted Honky Tonk [self-released JL-2007 (2007)]
• Aonghas Grant The Hill of Glengarry [Shoogle SHOOGLE07006 (2007)]
• Abafama Baseqhudeni [10 recordings on Gallo; Gallo CDGB 1-10]
• Roy Orbison The Soul of Rock and Roll [Monument/Orbison/Legacy (2008), 4-CD]
• Various artists Far, Far From Ypres: Songs, Poems and Music of World War 1 [Greentrax CDTRAX1418 (2008), 2-CD]
• Dem Trio The Fountain [Felmay fy 8133 (2007)]
• The Holy Modal Rounders Live in 65 [ESP-Disk ESP 4045 (2008)]
• The Holy Modal Rounders Indian War Whoop [ESP-Disk ESP 1068 (2008)]
• Mary McLaughlin A Gaelic Christmas [Rowan RR CD 404 (2007)]
• Gretchen Peters Northern Lights [Scarlet Letter 208143-2 (2008)]
• Alison Brown Quartet with Joe Craven Evergreen [Compass 7 4470 2 (2008)]
• Fiona MacKenzie Duan Nollaig: A Gaelic Christmas [Greentrax CDTRAX320D (2007), 2-CD]
• Mary Chapin Carpenter Come Darkness, Come Light: Twelve Songs of Christmas [Zoë (2008)]
• Various artists Putumayo Presents: A Jazz & Blues Christmas [Putumayo World Music P285-SL (2008)]
• Peter Janson Winter Gifts [EWM Records]
• Ben Keith & Friends Christmas at the Ranch [Vapor 20072-2 (2007)]
• Cootie Stark Christmas with Cootie [Music Maker MMCD90 (2007)]
• Doc Heide and Eric Lewis Christmas in Door County [Betsy (2008)]
• Sister Hazel Santa's Playlist [Rock Ridge Music RKM2-61124 (2007)]
• Cliogaree Twoaie Drogh Vraane...and a Few Men [self-released (2005)]
• Cliogaree Twoaie Nollick Ghennal [self-released (2007)]
• Caarjyn Cooidhagh Carval Chreneash: Christmas Songs from the Isle of Man [Manx Heritage Foundation (2005)]
• Little Miss Higgins Junction City [Little Miss Higgins Music LMHCD002 (2007)]
• Various artists A Celebration of the Music of Gordon Duncan: Live Concert 2007 [Greentrax CDTRAX327 (2008)]
• Cindy Kallet, Ellen Epstein, Michael Cicone Heart Walk [self-released (2007)]
• Christopher Hedge, Featuring David Grisman, R. Carlos Nakai, with Titos Sompa, Joe Weed, David Brewer and more The Atrocious Saint [That's That Productions TTCD 12272 (2008)]
• Rodney Crowell Sex and Gasoline [Yep Roc CD-YEP-2187 (2008)]
• Ammasu Akapoma Group The Music of Ammasu Brong-Ahafu, Ghana 1976 [Country & Eastern CE07 (2007)]
• Randy Newman Harps and Angels [Nonesuch PRO 400057 (2008)]
• Bio Ritmo Biónico [Locutor lr 003 (2008)]
• Various artists Canada Folksongs 1951-1957 [Frémeaux & Associés FA 5191 (2008), 2-CD]
• Burning Spear Jah is Real [Burning Music BM334 (2008)]
• Catherine McEvoy The Home Ruler [Cló lar-Chonnachta/MÓC Music CICD 172 (2008)]
• Rupa & the April Fishes eXtraOrdinary rendition [Cumbancha CMB-CD-7 (2008)]
• Steve and Ruth Smith Dancin' Cross the Strings [Cabin Cove CC102 (2007)]
• Rob Roy Parnell Let's Start Something [Blue Rocket BRR09526-02 (2008)]
• Tam Nà Vulinn Vestibule [homerecords.be (2007)]
• Ry Cooder I, Flathead [Nonesuch 465916-2/ISBN: 978-0-9817661-02 (2008), w/book]
• Asha Bhosle A Musical Journey [Time Square TSQ-CD-9075 (2008)]
• Christine Albert Paris, Texafrance [MoonHouse MH 2906 (2008)]
• Todd Snider Peace Queer [Aimless (2008)]
• Loudon Wainwright III REcovery [Yep Roc CD-YEP-2181 (2008)]
• Wooed and Married and AA [Greentrax CDTRAX9023 (2008)]
• Larry Stephenson Thankful [Pinecastle PRC 1161 (2007)]
• Sofia Karlsson Visor Från Vinden [Amigo Musik AMCD 759D (2007)]
• Various artists Accordeon: Musette Virtuoses 1944-1954 [Frémeaux & Associés FA 5212 (2008)]
• JP Cormier The Messenger [North Fontana FP012 (2008)]
• Colombiafrica - The Mystic Orchestra Voodoo Love Inna Champeta-Land [Riverboat TUGCD1035 (2007)]
• Justin Townes Earle The Good Life [Bloodshot BS 151 (2008)]
• Roy Buchanan That's What I Am Here For/Rescue Me [BGO BGOCD806 (2008), reissue]
• Selsølåter Låter fra Selsø [GO' Danish Folk Music GO0408 (2008)]
• The Amity Front Border Towns [self-released (2008)]
• Olla Vogala Marcel [homerecords.be 4446043 (2008)]
• Patsy Cline Showcase/Sentimentally Yours [BGO BGOCD798 (2008), reissue]
• Introducing Perunika Trio (Bulgarian Living Traditions: Haunting Acoustic Harmonies) [Introducing/World Music Network INTRO109CD (2008)]
• Various artists Ireland in Quebec [Talencourt Musique TM2008 (2008), w/book]
• Lehto & Wright Between the Jigs and the Reels [New Folk NFR0342 (2008)]
• Grupo Fantasma Sonidos Gold [self-released (2008)]
• Chris Stout Quintet Devil's Advocate [Greentrax CDTRAX305 (2007)]
• Matthews Southern Comfort Later That Same Year [BGO BGOCD807 (2008), reissue]
• Ricky Skaggs The High Notes [CB Music (2008)]
• Fleetwood Mac English Rose [BGO BGOCD750 (2007), reissue]
• Eddie Floyd Eddie Loves You So [Stax STXCD-30795 (2008)]
• Louie Gonnie Songs of the Sacred Circle [Canyon CR-6446 (2008)]
• Walter "Wolfman" Washington Doin' the Funky Thing [Zoho ZM200805 (2008)]
• Svanevit Rikedom Och Gåvor [Nordic Traditions/Westpark Music NTCD11 - WP87156 (2008)]
• Batdorf & Rodney Still Burnin' [self-released (2007)]
• Spencer Moore [Tompkins Square TSQ1950 (2007)]
• Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere Nudge It Up a Notch [Stax STXCD-30789 (2008)]
• Moving Cloud Welcome: Who Are You? [GO' Danish Folk GO0608 (2008)]
• Hossam Ramzy Sabla Tolo III [ARC Music EUCD 2158 (2008)]
• Jan & Dean The Complete Liberty Singles [Collectors' Choice Music CCM-949 (2008), 2-CD]
• Tim Hardin Painted Head [BGO BGOCD778 (2007), reissue]
• Denice Franke Gulf Coast Blue [Certain DF0004 (2008)]
• Baltic Crossing [GO' Danish Folk GO0508 (2008)]
• Terry Kitchen Heaven Here on Earth [Urban Campfire Productions uc 1010 (2007)]
• Jimmy Sturr Let the Whole World Sing [Rounder 11661-6120-2 (2008)]
• Various artists Always Lift Him Up: A Tribute to Blind Alfred Reed [Proper PRPACD006 (2007)]
• Champagne Charlie Waitin' on Roosevelt [Mr. Charlie's Blues Records]
• Matapat Que de peine et d'amour! [Intermède Tiger Music INT-CD-123 (2005)]
• Rosalie Sorrels Strangers in Another Country [Red House RHRCD 214 (2008)]
• Scrapomatic Sidewalk Ceasars [Scrapomatic/Landslide LDCD-1037 (2008)]
• Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs Dirt Don't Hurt [Transdreamer TR 1259-CD (2008)]
• Jonathan Edwards Rollin' Along: Live in Holland [Strictly Country SCR-68 (2008)]
• Various artists Cool Mandolin Company Presents an American Tradition [Cool Mandolin Company (2007)]
• The Avett Brothers The Second Gleam [Ramseur RR2724 (2008)]
• Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials Full Tilt [Alligator ALCD 4926 (2008)]
• The Very Best of... "Little Richard" [Speciality/Concord Music SPCD-30748 (2008)]
• Mustard's Retreat With Relish [Yellow Room YRR008 (2008)]
• Tumult Aldrig Får Jeg Fred [GO' Danish Folk Music GO0108 (2008)]
• The Skivvies [Magra Multi Media SK001 (2008)]
• Chip Taylor New Songs of Freedom [Train Wreck TW0029 (2008)]
• Various artists Red House 25: A Silver Anniversary Retrospective [Red House RHR CD 215 (2008), 3-CD]

Books

• Pat Green's Dance Halls & Dreamers Stories by Luke Gilliam, Photos by Guy Rogers III [University of Texas Press (2008); ISBN 978-0-292-71876-0; 184 pp; 208 color & 28 b&w photos; $39.99]
• Million Dollar Les Paul: In Search of the Most Valuable Guitar in the World by Tony Bacon [Jawbone Books]
• So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star: The Byrds Day-By-Day, 1965-1973 by Christopher Hjort [Jawbone Press]
• Christmas Favorites for Mandolin arranged by Jim Schustedt [Hal Leonard HL00699799 (2007)]
• Christmas Songs for Banjo arranged by Jim Schustedt [Hal Leonard HL0699799 (2007)]
• Christmas Carols for Accordion arranged by Gary Meisner [Hal Leonard HL00311441 (2007)]

DVDs

• Various artists Shelter Me (13 Original Songs By Local Artists: to Help End Homelessness in Orange County, CA [WeedPatch Productions (2008)]
• Bill Monroe Father of Bluegrass Music [MVD Visual MVDV4577 (2008)]
• Honeydripper [Screen Media (2008)]

This is list of reviews from the print edition of Dirty Linen #139 (December 2008/January/February 2009).
The reviews are in the magazine, available on newsstands, by subscription, and at the Dirty Linen webstore.

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