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  • Axton Kincaid
  • Scott Benson
  • Beolach
  • Noam Chomsky (New Release!)
  • Chumbawamba
  • Betse Ellis (New Release!)
  • Joe Heaney
  • Derrick Jensen
  • Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three (New Release!)
  • Mary Jane Lamond
  • John Lilly
  • Wendy MacIsaac
  • Mostar Sevdah Reunion
  • Casey Neill
  • Nethers
  • Raj Patel
  • Utah Phillips
  • Leon Rosselson & Robb Johnson (New Release!)
  • David Rovics
  • Shortstack (New Release!)
  • Michael White
  • The Wilders (New Release!)
  • Doug & Telisha Williams
  • Terence Winch
  • Howard Zinn (New Release!)
  • Various Artists (New Releases!)
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    Axton Kincaid
    Silver Dollars
    (DIRT-CD-0057)

    Silver Dollars, the band's second Free Dirt Records release, updates the traditional bent of their debut, Songs from the Pine Room, with songs inspired by early '70s country-rock ("The Saddest Story"), Dolly-and-Porter style duets ("Spend Some Time with Me"), and the classic Nashville Sound--albeit with an underlying layer of noisy, distorted guitar ("Walking Papers"). With guest musicians on fiddle, pedal steel, and piano, the record features some of the brightest stars in the Portland and San Francisco country and indie rock scenes, including Camilla Lincoln (the Whoreshoes), Katy Rexford (Burning Embers, Boz Scaggs), and Mac Martine (John Murry and Bob Frank).

    Sound samples:
    Track 1- Saddest Story mp3
    Track 2- Walking Papers mp3
    Track 3- Spend Some Time With Me mp3






    Axton Kincaid
    Songs from the Pine Room
    (ROOT-CD-0054)

    The tight three-part harmonies, down-home songwriting, and undeniable pedal steel from the newly-formed Americana group Axton Kincaid are quickly getting the attention of music critics and American roots-music fans, not just in the San Francisco bay area, but all over the world. The result of five friends choosing to get back to their roots after a decade of playing indie rock, their debut full-length recording features compelling sounds and stories of everyday people. From the tune about the loss of a good bartender ("Who's Gonna Pour My Whiskey When You're Gone?") to a favorite relative ("Irene, Goodnight") --or not so favorite ("Rearview"), these songs undoubtedly come from a group of people who spent their childhoods crawling on barroom floors and running through wide open spaces, who learned to ride before they could walk, and learned to drink before they could talk.

    Sound samples:
    Track 1- Red Lights mp3
    Track 4- Who's Gonna Pour My Whiskey When You're Gone mp3
    Track 7- Pine Room mp3






    Scott Benson
    Point Aconi
    (SBCD09)

    Most people would never expect the Canadian prairies to produce a Cape Breton fiddler. Meet Scott Benson. The native of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan has hit stages from coast to coast alongside many of Cape Breton's finest traditional players. A descendant of Cape Breton's musically rich Stubbert family, Scott picked up the fiddle at the age of five. From an early age, he immersed himself in recordings of Cape Breton fiddlers, learning hundreds of tunes, and developing a style all his own. Now 26, Scott has transplanted the Cape Breton tradition in the prairies of Saskatchewan and beyond. Scott's debut album, Point Aconi, was recorded with award-winning producer Michael Shepherd at Cape Breton's Lakewind Sound. The album features internationally acclaimed supporting artists Troy MacGillivray on piano and fiddle, and Patrick Gillis on guitar. Brenda Stubbert and Andrea Beaton also make guest appearances.

    Sound samples:
    Track 2- Scotty's Favourite mp3
    Track 6- King's mp3
    Track 7- Layburn's mp3






    Beolach
    Beolach
    (BM-CD-001)

    Beolach (a Galeic word meaning "lively youth") is one of Cape Breton's most exciting young bands. Featuring master musicians Wendy MacIsaac (fiddle, banjo, piano), Mairi Rankin (fiddle), Patrick Gillis (guitar), Ryan MacNeil (pipes,whistles), and Mac Morin (piano, accordion), the group performs an energetic mix of Cape Breton, Scottish, and Irish tunes and thrills audiences with energetic performances, witty presentation, and versatile stepdancing. This two-time East Coast Music Awards (ECMA) nominated group recorded their self titled debut album in the summer of 2001 at Lakewind Sound in Point Aconi Cape Breton. The recording features original compositions as well as the group's uniquely dynamic arrangements of their favorite traditional tunes. Although Be˜lach musicians present these tunes in a contemporary style, they maintain a respect and understanding of the Cape Breton style that is sure to please fans of Celtic and world music.

    Sound samples:
    Track 1- Slip Set mp3
    Track 4- The Hen Party mp3
    Track 10- Scott Skinner's mp3






    Beolach
    Variations
    (WS-CD-052204)

    On Variations, Cape Breton supergroup Beolach follows up their debut recording with another helping of magnificent toe-tapping performances. Featuring original compositions as well as dynamic arrangements of their favorite traditional tunes, these carefully picked compositions are sure to delight current enthusiasts of Beolach and the Cape Breton/Scottish/Irish tradition, and will most definitely generate a new group of fans. It's no wonder, as this two-time East Coast Music Awards (ECMA) nominated group has thrilled audiences worldwide with lively musical presentations, versatile stepdancing, and incredible virtuosity.

    Sound samples:
    Track 2- Norman's Reel mp3
    Track 4- Sweet Steevo Drover on the Golden Keyboard mp3
    Track 10- David Rankin's mp3






    Noam Chomsky
    Iraq: The Forever War
    (ROOT-CD-0010)

    Presenting an arresting analysis of U.S. foreign policy and the war on terror, this original recording of reknowned disident Noam Chomsky delivers a provocative lecture on the nation's past and present use of force. Demonstrating how imperial powers have historically invented fantastic reasons to sell their wars to their people, this powerful examination illustrates the attack on Iraq as not just a mistake but also a crime, proposing that the criminals behind it should be brought to justice. The discourse focuses on the present U.S. disregard for the Geneva Conventions and the dangerous and immoral use of "anticipatory self-defense" to undermine the United Nations Charter and international law.

    "In brief, the United States is now insisting that Iraq must agree to allow permanent U.S. military installations, grant the United States the right to conduct combat operations freely, and to guarantee U.S. control over the oil resources of Iraq. It's all very explicit, on the table. It's kind of interesting that these reports do not elicit any reflection on the reasons why the United States invaded Iraq. You've heard those reasons offered, but they were dismissed with ridicule. Now they're openly conceded to be accurate, but not eliciting any retraction or even any reflection."
    --Noam Chomsky, Excerpt from the CD

    Sound samples: Coming Soon!






    Noam Chomsky
    Crisis and Hope:Theirs and Ours
    (ROOT-CD-0012)

    On June 12, 2009, Noam Chomsky gave a historic address at the Riverside Church in New York City. More than 2,000 people attended this historic lecture, captured here, in which Chomsky offers a powerful analysis of the current economic crisis and its structural roots; the continuity in U.S. foreign policy under the Barack Obama administration; and the class interests driving U.S. domestic and foreign policy. He discusses at length the traditions of worker self-management as a concrete alternative to the business as usual approach of corporations and the government during the current crisis. Includes an introduction by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! Released in partnership with PM Press.

    "The notion of workers' control is as American as apple pie. It's kind of been suppressed, but it's there. In the early days of the Industrial Revolution in New England, working people just took it for granted that those who work in the mills should own them. And they also regarded wage labor as different from slavery, only in that it was temporary... There have been immense efforts to drive these thoughts out of peoples heads, to win what the business world calls 'the everlasting battle for the minds of men.' On the surface, they may appear to have succeeded, but I don't think you have to dig too deeply to find out that they're latent and they can be revived."
    --Noam Chomsky, excerpt from the recording

    Sound samples: Coming Soon!





    Chumbawamba
    The Boy Bands Have Won
    (ROOT-CD-0006)

    Chumbawamba is back, armed with acoustic guitars, accordion and trumpet, five-part harmonies, a bucketful of attitude and a new 25-track album called The Boy Bands Have Won. It actually has a much longer title than that (See cover for full title), but let's call it by its pseudonym. The new album is a collection of such ideas; some are just passing thoughts, others are fully-formed songs. It's gentle and warm in tone, but caustic in intent. It plays with culture, with the idea of recycling our own culture. We all have this vast history of "stuff", musical and historical and in art and sport and politics and a million other things. And it's all there for the taking. Featuring guests the OysterBand, Roy Bailey, Robb Johnson, Barry Coope and Jim Boyes... and a hundred others, give or take a few.

    "We should be grateful for the Chumbas. Moving on from that anarchic post-punk phase and the bestselling single "Tubthumping", they have eased across to the folk scene and reinvented themselves yet again - this time as a classy, low-key harmony band writing inventive, intelligent songs." -- Robin Denselow, The Guardian (UK)

    Sound samples:
    Track 2- Add Me mp3
    Track 5- El Fusilado mp3
    Track 9- All Fur Coat and No Knickers mp3





    Chumbawamba
    Get On With It: Live
    (ROOT-CD-0005)

    Anyone who's been to a Chumbawamba show recently will testify to the importance and relevance of releasing this live album. The band engages and plays off the audience by approaching radical music from a warm and communal standpoint. Aware that so many bands just get on stage and play, refusing to interact with the audience, Chumbawamba are determined to make gigs inclusive, not alienating. People at gigs asked if they could buy the album that sounded most like tonight, and the band felt that none of their albums caught the show as it stands today. Get On With It: Live is pop, folk, a capella, politics, humor, four-part harmony and five-part anger. It's sing-alongs and hymns, throwaways and big choruses, old favorites, covers and unreleased songs, including two tracks only available on this North American release!

    ...wit, compassion and great harmonies - staying avowedly political. The iron (left) fist in a sweet velvet glove.
    - Chris Nickson, Globalvilliageidiot.com

    Sound samples:
    Track 1- Buy Nothing Day mp3
    Track 4- Hard Times of Old England mp3
    Track 12- On eBay mp3





    Chumbawamba
    English Rebel Songs 1381-1984
    (ROOT-CD-0004)

    English Rebel Songs 1381-1984 is Chumbawamba's homage to the men and women who never had obituaries in the broadsheets; those who never received titles or appeared in as an entry in "Who's Who." This is an album that conjures up the tragedies and triumphs of the people who shaped England: its citizens. This album was originally recorded in 1988 when Chumbawamba was determined to stir up a rout in the tiny anarcho-punk community by swapping guitars and drums for a capella singing. The songs were discovered in songbooks, in folk clubs and on cassette tapes, chopped and changed and bludgeoned into shape with utmost respect for the original tunes. Fierce, sweet and powerful, English Rebel Songs 1381-1984 contains ballads not included on the original album. It's guaranteed to sway the listener, break hearts and encourage hope...just as those who inspired the songs by changing history.

    Chumbawamba sing English Rebel Songs sensitively and with harmonious beauty. - Mike Harding, BBC

    Sound samples:
    Track 2- The Diggers Song mp3
    Track 4- The Triumph of General Ludd mp3
    Track 8- Smashing of the Van mp3





    Chumbawamba
    A Singsong & a Scrap
    (ROOT-CD-0003)

    This new, mainly acoustic Chumbawamba album is, for the first time, a collection of songs, pure and simple. Songs with a radical voice, songs with those same old same old Chumbawamba fourpart harmonies and catchy choruses, but songs nevertheless songs without drumloops or samples, without backwards cymbals or synth sequencers. It won't fit neatly into any categories, since it stands with its eight legs in different camps. Traditional English music, 'unplugged' pop, choral secular music, jangly acoustic singalongs... oh! Just sling a few barely related words together to create categories that sound vaguely familiar.

    Sound samples:
    Track 2- William Francis mp3
    Track 7- Fade Away mp3
    Track 10- The Land of Do What You're Told mp3






    Betse Ellis
    Don't You Want to Go
    (ROOT-CD-0058)

    Renowned fiddler Betse Ellis, a founding member of "hillbilly riot" band The Wilders, is sure to impress you with her musical versatility on her debut solo album, Don't You Want to Go. Her unique approach to American traditional music is presented in a host of different musical styles, ranging from stunning tributes to Ozark elders in fiddle tunes and song ("Bear Creek Sally Goodin'"), electrifying vocals on blues standards ("Looking the World Over"), original high energy old-time fiddle tunes ("Run!"), and epic, lushly orchestrated original songs with string sections arranged and performed by Ellis herself ("Another Night Gone," "Don't You Want to Go"). In the move from band member to band leader, Ellis confirms that she is indeed one of the most multitalented musicians on the old-time & alt.country music scenes.

    Sound samples:
    Track 3- Run! mp3
    Track 4- Looking the World Over mp3
    Track 11- Don't You Want to Go mp3





    Joe Heaney
    Say a Song
    (NWAR-CD-001)

    Heir to the majestic sean-nos ("old-style") singing tradition of West Galway, Ireland through his father and other noteable local singers, Joe Heaney is considered by many Irish music lovers to be the finest champion of sean-nos singing and as one of the greatest masters of traditional song. No one surpasses his genius for giving a song just the right mixture of dignified elegance and emotional expression to create an artistic communication of extraordinary depth. These recordings offer a rare opportunity to hear Joe's music in its proper context, as a gift given to an audience.

    Sound samples:
    Track 1- A Stor Mo Chroi mp3
    Track 3- The Galway Shawl mp3
    Track 7- Red Is the Rose mp3






    Derrick Jensen
    Now This War Has Two Sides
    (ROOT-CD-0007)

    Author, teacher, activist, and leading voice of uncompromising dissent, Derrick Jensen regularly stirs auditoriums across the country with revolutionary spirit. Examining the premises of his latest controversial work Endgame as well as core elements of his ground breaking book Culture of Make Believe, this two hour lecture and discussion offers both a perfect introduction for newcomers and additional insight for those already familiar with Derrick Jensen's work. Whether exposing the ravages of industrial civilization, relaying humorous anecdotes from his life, or bravely presenting a few of the endless forms that resistance can (and must) take, Jensen leaves his audience both engaged and enraged. Released in partnership with PM Press.

    "Derrick Jensen is a rare and original voice of sanity in a chaotic world. He has wisdom and wit, grace and style, and is a wonderful guide to a good life beautifully lived."

    -Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States

    Sound samples:
    Disc 1 Track 5- Voluntary Transformation mp3
    Disc 1 Track 8- Get Back in the Real World mp3
    Disc 2 Track 7- Hope mp3






    Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three
    Riverboat Soul
    (DIRT-CD-0060)

    From St. Louis, Missouri comes a wonderfully fresh and quirky kind of pop music that combines a riverboat ragtime sound with Delta-meets-Appalachia songwriting, all laid down in front of a big, big swingin' beat. LaFarge is a neo-hobo, constantly traveling and continually inspired by early American roots music from throughout the land. But while Pokey LaFarge and his crew may summon the likes of Blind Blake, Dan Hicks, or Leon Redbone, and their music may be a fitting soundtrack to R. Crumb's comics, don't call it old-timey. Pokey and the South City Three are here to grace this electric world with their unique sound, throwback and rough around the edges featuring parlor guitar, guitjo (a guitar-tuned six-string banjo) kazoo and harmonica, but all with a modern twist. "Riverboat Soul" is what they call it, which just so happens to be the name of their latest recording, brought to you with great pride by Free Dirt Records. Produced with the help of Phil Harris in Nashville, Tennessee, the recording features old pals Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show), Tommy Oliviero (Bawn in the Mash) and more.

    Sound samples:
    Track 1- La La Blues mp3
    Track 7- Sweet Potato Blues mp3
    Track 8- Bag of Bones mp3






    Mary Jane Lamond
    Storas
    (02-06363)

    Mary Jane's latest recording Storas (Gaelic meaning "a treasure"), is a beautiful interpretation of some of the Scottish Gaelic songs that have become part of Nova Scotia's Gaelic tradition. Her use of modern instrumentation and arrangements provides a respectful and beautful framework for these Gaelic treasures, but it is Mary Jane's spellbinding vocal performance and heartfelt delivery that makes these selections truly come alive for the listener.

    "...immaculate vocals that just send the listener into bliss... her caressing voice take command. She illustrates why the human voice is considered a noteworthy instrument."

    -- San Jose Mercury News

    Sound samples:
    Track 2- Oran Luaidh mp3
    Track 4- Mo Nighean Donn As Boidhehe mp3
    Track 6- Gur E Mo Run An Domhallach mp3






    John Lilly
    Haunted Honky Tonk
    (JL-2007)

    The latest recording from award-winning artist John Lilly continues to show off his wide repertoire of original, traditional, and classic country music hits. Haunted Honky Tonk is powerfully performed with remarkable depth and features ten original songs plus a number of classic traditional country tunes. It includes guest appearances by Bill Kirchen, Chuck Campbell, Ginny Hawker, Buddy Griffin, Chris Stuart, Janet Beazely and others. The enhanced CD highlights a music video and other exciting bonus content.

    "Lilly delivers in every possible way, keeping alive the dream that country music still lives."
    -- Americanaroots.com

    Sound samples:
    Track 1- Haunted Honky Tonk mp3
    Track 3- I'm Paying Now mp3
    Track 8- Wrong Wrong Wrong mp3






    John Lilly
    Last Chance to Dance
    (JL-2003)

    As a past winner of the national Ghost Writers In the Sky songwriting contest (sponsored by Chicago-based HankFest) and as the current editor of Goldenseal (A magazine about cultural and historical traditions in West Virginia) John Lilly is steeped in country and Appalachian music tradition. It most certainly carries through to Lilly's musicianship. His creative, original songs recall the sounds of earlier generations, while his innovative treatment of early country and traditional music is timeless. Last Chance to Dance is exactly this; a heart stopping collection of original songs, old-time ballads and early country tunes that is sure to conjure up visions of barn dances, old-time jukeboxes, and Jimmie Rodgers.

    "If Hank Williams had a sunny disposition, he'd be John Lilly" -- Independent Weekly (Durham, NC)

    "Lilly's the real thing -- he's got the 'feel,' the intensity, the soul, and the sweetness in his music." -- Bluegrass Unlimited

    Sound samples:
    Track 1- Whodunit mp3
    Track 4- Coal Miner's Grave mp3
    Track 8- Log Train mp3






    Wendy MacIsaac
    That's What You Get
    (WM-CD-T002)

    Considered by many to be one of Cape Breton's finest fiddlers, Wendy MacIsaac continues to shine on her second release, That's What You Get, which is full of energy and lift. Wendy joins family members Ashley MacIsaac, Dave MacIsaac, and a host of other outstanding Cape Breton musicians and dancers in warm and engaging selection of traditional Scottish and Celtic tunes guaranteed to get your feet tapping.

    Sound samples:
    Track 1- Lady Madelina mp3
    Track 5- Short Grass mp3
    Track 12- Two Polkas and a Reel mp3






    Wendy MacIsaac
    Timeline
    (WS-CD-031703)

    On Timeline, Wendy MacIsaac brings her artistic gifts to new levels and shows her maturity as an astounding multi-instrumentalist performer of the Cape Breton tradition. You'll hear both traditional tunes and newly composed jigs and reels by MacIsaac, as well as guest appearances by Mary Jane Lamond and a multitude of other talented Cape Breton locals. Timeline is sure to put MacIsaac in the spotlight as one of the finest traditional musicians of her generation.

    Sound samples:
    Track 3- Donald's Retirement mp3
    Track 5- Just Crusin' mp3
    Track 6- Memories of John MacDonald mp3






    Mostar Sevdah Reunion
    Saban
    (SR-66008, 2 disc set)

    The critically acclaimed Bosnian band Mostar Sevdah Reunion pay tribute to legendary Gypsy musician and songwriter Saban Bajramovic on this 2-disc set simply called Saban. Released in conjunction with the documentary detailing the life of Bajramovic, this recording serves as the soundtrack to the film, and features the sincerity and grit of Bajramovic's songwriting, combined with the subtle accompaniment by Mostar Sevdah Reunion. Recorded at the Pavarotti Center in Mostar, it includes special guest appearances by celebrated Balkan musicians Naat Veliov (trumpet), Slobodan Stancic (violin), and Ljiljana Buttler (vocals).

    Sound samples:
    Track 1- Shtar Luludja mp3
    Track 10- Rupuni mp3
    Track 11- O Dads Bakhtalo mp3






    Mostar Sevdah Reunion
    A Secret Gate
    (ROOT-CD-0001)

    Out of the Balkan's tumultuous years of war and political turmoil comes a band of authentic energy and tradition. Sometimes called the "blues of the Balkans," Sevdalinka (Sevdah) is an urban musicial genre first introduced to Bosnia during Ottoman times and has now been reinvented by these formative ambassadors. On this recording released for the first time in North America, one can hear aspects of dervish chant and local kolos (circle dance) within the funky driving rhythms, gentle solos, and longing lyrics that evoke comparisons with Cesaria Evor's Cape Verdean mourna. Virtuosic and startling, these performances call upon their celebration of life, as if to rejoice in their individual and collective victory over a deeply mournful past.

    Sound samples:
    Track 2- Anterija mp3
    Track 4- Oj Djevojko Pod Brdom mp3
    Track 10- Nema Ljepse Cure Od Malene mp3






    Mostar Sevdah Reunion & Ljiljana Buttler
    The Legends of Life
    (ROOT-CD-0002)

    From the smoke filled kafanas (cafes) of the former Yugoslavia, longtime Gypsy music diva Ljiljana Buttler and legendary singer Saban Bajramovic join the preeminent band to emerge from the Balkans since the war, Mostar Sevdah Reunion. The soul stirring improvisatory virtuosity of these singers and the combination of Sevdah and Gypsy songs will move and comfort you. Accordion, clarinet, violin, trumpet and percussion envelop popular songs from the 1960s to warm lamenting Sevdalinkas first introduced to the region some 400 years ago under Ottoman rule. These are mature musicians with the astounding skill to maintain equilibrium between tradition and innovative interpretation.

    Sound samples:
    Track 1- Kazi Zasto Me Ostavi mp3
    Track 3- Verka Kaludjerka mp3
    Track 11- Karanfile Cvijece Moje mp3






    Casey Neill
    Memory Against Forgetting
    (AKA 042 CD)

    "This is a collection of songs steeped in memories I've lived, lived by others, never lived at all. They span 10 years of my recording career and fluctuate in style, form, and instrumentation. I was different people, and I am all too much the fucking same. The songs are culled from live shows, lost tracks, compilations, and an out of print CD called Riffraff. It's only the ones I can still live with. "People call songs like this topical (is it anesthesia? Am I at the dentist? Don't all songs have a topic?). The many country songs I write about losing the girl aren't here, anyway. Since this is mostly archival material, these aren't timely responses to current events. They are simply stories that hopefully speak to something bigger. And some piss and vinegar too."--Casey Neill, from the liner notes. Contemporary, political folk (not to mention Celtic) at its finest.

    Sound samples:
    Track 1- Memory Against Forgetting mp3
    Track 5- Riffraff mp3
    Track 12- Radio Montana mp3






    Nethers
    What the Wind Will Never Tell
    (IZN-CD-003)

    This sophomore full-length effort from Nethers is the impeccable result of what happens when a band travels over 3,000 miles to record in the garage of an esteemed producer who they've never met before. Together with Thom Monahan (Pernice Brothers, Gary Louris, Lilys, Lavender Diamond), the band created What the Wind Would Never Tell, a seamless collection of incandescent pop and late-night mood pieces, Sunday morning hangover music and dark, brooding funeral hymns, galloping psych-summer sing-a-longs, and heart-aching waltzes... All sung with stunning warmth, depth, and haunting beauty by vocalist Nikki West. It comes on the heels of their critically claimed debut, In Field We Will Lie, a 3-week stint with Dungen, and shows with the Decemberists, the Walkmen, the National, and Josh Ritter.

    "Startlingly beautiful." -- Washington Post

    "Pure Genius." -- The Village Voice

    Sound samples
    Track 2- Three Hearts mp3
    Track 5- Great Big Grave mp3
    Track 6- Tied to the End of a String mp3






    Nethers
    Green Jean Jamboree (Single)
    (IZN-LP-002)

    Nethers may have packed up and left their roots in Washington D.C., going in four different directions throughout the USA, but they're still together and tighter than ever musically on their new single "Green Jean Jamboree". Carried by Nikki West's rich and powerful voice and shaped by folky undercurrents of dread and joy a la Blonde Redhead, Velvet Underground, and The Kinks, this 7-inch vinyl-only release and preview to their full-length 2008 release gives a glimpse of what great things can happen when a critically-acclaimed band decides to break up... Geographically, that is.

    Sound samples:
    Side A- Green Jean Jamboree mp3
    Side B- What the Wind Would Never Tell mp3






    Raj Patel
    Stuffed and Starved
    (ROOT-CD-0011)

    On this audio CD lecture, Patel talks about his comprehensive investigation into the global food network while writing his best-selling book of the same name. It took him from the colossal supermarkets of California to India's wrecked paddy fields and Africa's bankrupt coffee farms, while along the way he ate genetically engineered soy beans and dodged flying objects in the protestor-packed streets of South Korea. What he found was shocking, from the false choices given us by supermarkets to a global epidemic of farmer suicides, and real reasons for famine in Asia and Africa.

    "I think that actually having a democratic conversation about food is the one thing that most of us, and particularly people in developing countries, have never had. In this country weÕve had the poor cousin to democracy. What we experience as democracy is in fact consumer choice."
    --Raj Patel, Excerpt from the CD

    Sound samples: Coming Soon!






    Utah Phillips
    I've Got to Know
    (AKA 037 CD)

    "During the Gulf War, I got plenty good and mad...with the help of Dakota Sid Clifford, I went in a small but very fine studio...For the next 70 minutes I spouted, fulminated, and sang about war, peace, pacifism and anarchy--and believe me, I know what I'm talking about. I used songs, poems, and rants to make the point." Utah Phillips on perhaps his most important record to date. A pure slice of genius from the IWW bard.

    Sound samples:
    Track 5- Yellow Ribbon mp3
    Track 12- Trooper's Lament mp3
    Track 20- I Will Not Obey mp3






    Utah Phillips
    Starlight on the Rails: A Songbook
    (AKA 041 CD)

    Starlight on the Rails is the most complete collection of Utah Phillip's songs ever released. Spanning 30 years of studio, live, and unreleased recordings from "The Golden Voice of the Great Southwest," this definitive set includes Utah's personal reflections about each song. It also includes renditions of Utah's songs by Kate Wolf, Rosalie Sorrels, and many others. Almost five hours on four CDs with a full-color, 12-page booklet included. A must have for any music collection.

    Sound samples:
    Utah On "The Telling Takes Me Home" mp3
    The Telling Takes Me Home mp3
    Utah On "Talking N.P.R. Blues" mp3
    Talking N.P.R. Blues mp3
    Utah On "The Miner's Lullaby" mp3
    The Miner's Lullaby mp3






    Leon Rosselson & Robb Johnson
    The Liberty Tree: A Celebration of the Life and Writings of Thomas Paine
    (ROOT-CD-0016)

    The Liberty Tree tells the story of United States Founding Father Thomas Paine's extraordinary life, interweaving Paine's own words from his letters and the pamphlets that made him one of the most influential and dangerous writers of his age. While the recording includes readings of extracts from newspaper reports, diaries, letters, and other documents of the times, also featured are Paine-inspired tracks written and sung by prolific and influential singer/songwriters Robb Johnson and Leon Rosselson. It adds a compelling dimension to the story by reflecting Paine's radical ideas and evaluating them in the context of the 21st century. This unique blend of words and music challenges received opinion in the same way Paine's writings did.

    "A highly subversive pairing of two of the left's most eloquent songwriters." -The Daily Telegraph

    "...some of the most literate and well-made topical songs now being written" -The New York Times [on Leon Rosselson]

    Sound samples: Coming Soon!






    David Rovics
    Behind the Barricades- The Best of David Rovics
    (AKA 038 CD)

    David Rovics is no stranger to the picket line and North American protest scene, bringing his guitar and songs to support those who struggle for change. A prolific songwriter, this greatest hits package takes the best from his first six self-released CDs, together with three previously unreleased tracks specially recorded for this collection, totaling over 70 minutes. With his accomplished flat picking style and incisive lyrics, Rovics has been dubbed "the musical version of Democracy Now!" by radio host Amy Goodman. Shaping the issues of today into a witty and often biting commentary, Rovics carries on a folk tradition of rabble-rousing and agitating that would make Joe Hill and Woody Guthrie proud. "Listen to David Rovics!" --Pete Seeger

    Sound samples:
    Track 2- Drink of the Death Squads mp3
    Track 19- Who Would Jesus Bomb? mp3
    Track 20- Operation Iraqi Liberation mp3






    Shortstack
    Please Leave My Mind
    (DIRT-CD-0061, DIRT-LP-0061)

    Shortstack, Washington D.C.'s favorite veteran post-Americana rock band, celebrates their 10-year anniversary with their most realized artistic expression yet, Please Leave My Mind. While their 3rd full-length offering is their most accessible to date, the band has clearly matured as songwriters and studio artists. Subtly checking a bit of their signature creepy twang at the studio door, Shortstack's focus this time around is on crafting more a more sophisticated, yet precise collection of rockin' tracks, while bringing lead singer Adrian Carroll's vocals to the forefront, and tackling a more personal domain of lyrical topics. It's as if the band has traded in their Model-T for a Lamborghini in their journey through the dusty roots & blues/early rock n roll landscape that makes up old weird America. Gritty yet polished, uneasy yet relaxed, complex yet simply catchy as your favorite Beatles tune, Please Leave My Mind satisfies the soul, no matter what shape it's in.

    "This is American music that grabs from a number of different traditions and cultures to create something unique and stunningly powerful."
    - Ari Joffe, Transform Online

    LIMITED EDITION 180 GRAM VINYL PRESSING AVAILABLE, COMES WITH FREE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD COUPON!

    Sound samples: Coming soon!






    Michael White
    Voices
    (IZN-CD-001)

    Michael White is a truly original and groundbreaking violinist in the realm of jazz. In the 1960s, he introduced the violin into the free jazz scenes of the Bay Area and New York, playing with luminaries such as Sun Ra, John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders. In the early 1970s, he was a founding member of the first fusion group, the "Fourth Way". Here he reunites with bassist Cecil McBee and percussionist Kenneth Nash, and includes vocalist Leisei Chen and guitarist Timothy Young to celebrate the 30th anniversary of White's legendary Impulse Jazz release The Land of Spirit and Light. With music ranging from original compositions, classic jazz, bossa nova, latin, and improvisational sounds inspired by the diversity of world culture, this recording will move and delight you!

    Sound samples:
    Track 3- Jeff's Place mp3
    Track 5- Mechanical Man mp3
    Track 8- Fiesta Dominical mp3





    The Wilders
    Bull Shoals/God Made Me (a Little Crazy)
    7" Random Mixed Color Vinyl Single

    (DIRT-EP-0059)

    It's a good old-fashioned 45 rpm single from your favorite band from Kansas City, Missouri! Just like their live shows, they start things off with a blazing fiddle tune, "Bull Shoals." The B-side "God Made Me (a Little Crazy)" brings things home with a soon-to-be-classic honky-tonk shuffle penned by lead-singer and guitarist Ike Sheldon. Pure magic! This limited edition run was pressed with randomly mixed color vinyl. Only 300 copies were produced; don't miss out on this special collector's item! Each record comes wih a special code to download the MP3 version of the songs... free!

    Sound samples: Coming soon!





    The Wilders
    Someone's Got to Pay
    (DIRT-CD-0056)

    The Wilders break new ground with their most ambitious studio recording to date, Someone's Got to Pay. The album takes the story of a real-life murder trial and interweaves it with original country, old-time, and Americana songs about small town crazies and wrecked lives. Many of the tracks are reminiscent of the band's powerful live performances. But there is also remarkably introspective material. Clearly, The Wilders have matured as a band, and on "Someone's Got to Pay", they has passed a new creative milestone. The subject matter may be dark, but don't let that fool you. The Wilders just got wilder, and the music is more engaging than ever. Co-produced by Dirk Powell (Balfa Toujours) and Brendan Moreland (Rex Hobart & The Misery Boys).

    Sound samples:
    Track 2- Broken Down Gambler mp3
    Track 6- Hey Little Darlin mp3
    Track 15- Sorry I Let You Down mp3






    The Wilders
    Sittin' on a Jury
    (DIRT-EP-0055)

    Sittin' on a Jury marks an extraordinary transition for The Wilders from the country and old-time music you've grown to love, to a new set of original tunes that have been brewing in their subconscious for quite some time. This limited-edition 10-inch red vinyl release begins with the familiar Wilders sound in three classic songs never before recorded by the band: "Bringing in the Georgia Mail", "I'm a Long Gone Daddy," and fiddle tune "Brown's Dream" (featuring Dirk Powell on banjo). With the title track, "Sittin' on a Jury", things head in an unexpected direction. This epic track is a musical journey that takes you through a collage of American musical styles, from dark, reflective, bluesy tunes to energetic driving rhythms. One listen and you'll be pleasantly surprised by the new path The Wilders are forging. 2,000 copies of this release were pressed with great care. Once they're gone, they're gone!

    Sound samples:
    Track 1- Bringing in the Georgia Mail mp3
    Track 4- Sittin' on a Jury mp3






    The Wilders
    On the Wings of a Dove
    (DIRT-CD-0051)

    Let the gospel according to The Wilders move your soul! The Wilders' repertoire is peppered with classic country, bluegrass, hillbilly songs, and fiddle tunes, performed with unmatched determination. On Wings of a Dove brings all of this together in perfect formation and infuses it with a spiritual twist. Originally released in 2002, this newly re-mastered recording features timeless songs such as "Are You Washed in the Blood," "That Old-Time Religion," and two rare bonus tracks!

    Sound samples:
    Track 3- Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of the Lord mp3
    Track 5- Make Room in the Lifeboat mp3
    Track 16- There's a Higher Power mp3






    The Wilders
    Spring a Leak
    (DIRT-CD-0052)

    With Spring a Leak, The Wilders have yet again laid down the perfect sound and feel of the old honky tonks of the 1940s and 50s. Simply put, they've "done got it." From country classics like Roger Miller's "Kansas City Star" to obscure fiddle tunes like "Old Leather Bonnet with a Hole in the Crown", Ike Sheldon (lead vocals, guitar), Betse Ellis (fiddle, vocals), Phil Wade (dobro, mandolin, banjo, vocals), and Nate Gawron (string bass, vocals) breathe life into forgotten gems with unbridled energy and skill, matching the emotion and vigor that they bring to their must-see live shows. Originally released in 2003, this newly re-mastered recording also features three rare bonus tracks!

    Sound samples:
    Track 3- Kansas City Star mp3
    Track 4- Oklahoma Run mp3
    Track 13- Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy mp3






    The Wilders
    Throw Down
    (DIRT-CD-0053)

    The Wilders continue their breakneck speed, hillbilly string band ways on their latest release, Throw Down. Joined by producer extraordinaire Dirk Powell, Ike Sheldon (lead vocals, guitar), Betse Ellis (fiddle, vocals), Phil Wade (dobro, mandolin, banjo, vocals), and Nate Gawron (upright bass, vocals) perform their very own original "hillbilly riot" songs and fiddle tunes, as well as vintage country, old time, and honky-tonk music, with unsurpassed energy and character. Just as their celebrated "must-see" live shows and incessant touring have established a rabid fan base and loads of critical acclaim, their virtuosic performances on Throw Down solidify The Wilders as a premier Americana band.

    Sound samples:
    Track 3- It'll Never be Thru with Us (Until It's Thru with You) mp3
    Track 5- Squirrel Hunters mp3
    Track 17- Honky Tonk Habit (Live at KEXP Seattle) mp3






    The Wilders
    Live DVD
    (BP-DVD-001)

    Recorded at The Quail Valley Fun Barn, Winfield, KS, February 21st, 2004





    Doug & Telisha Williams
    Rope Around My Heart
    (NER-CD-001)

    On Rope Around My Heart, Americana husband & wife duo Doug and Telisha Williams are joined by a host of stellar musicians including Darrell Scott, Dennis Crouch, Kenny Malone and Eamon McLoughlin (The Greencards) to craft a raw and sincere collection of songs. Whether Doug's guitar is laying the perfect foundation for Telisha's crystal-clear voice floating like a butterfly on a mountain breeze, or thundering like a freight train, this pair approaches their music with contagious energy and honest grit. Their music embodies the true Southern songwriting tradition that so many others try to imitate

    Sound samples:
    Track 1- Bar Room Story mp3
    Track 5- Rope Around My Heart mp3
    Track 10- Misery mp3





    Terence Winch
    When New York Was Irish
    (CTM-CD-001)

    When New York Was Irish is a captivating anthology of work from the last twenty-plus years of popular Irish-American songwriter and button accordionist Terence Winch. It features his best-known compositions with the influential Irish group he co-founded Celtic Thunder (called "one of the best Irish folk acts in America" by The Washington Post) and his current band Narrowbacks, such as "In Praise of the City of Baltimore," and "Hooley with the Herd." It also includes Winch's best-known tune, "When New York Was Irish," a song that has been admired and covered by a host of Irish artists. Named one of "The Top 100 Irish Americans" by Irish America magazine, Winch is also a prolific writer, and the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in poetry. His work has been featured on Garrison Keillor's "The Writer's Almanac" and NPR's "All Things Considered" radio programs.

    Sound samples:
    Track 1- When New York was Irish mp3
    Track 8- In Praise of the City of Baltimore mp3
    Track 12- Hooley with the Herd mp3





    Howard Zinn
    War and Civil Disobedience
    (ROOT-CD-0009)

    What are citizens to do when confronted by unjust laws and when their government embroils them in unjust wars? Delivered in the context of the current U.S. war in Iraq, this recording is a scintillating lecture and discussion by the legendary teacher, historian, playwright and activist. Howard Zinn offers from the lens of history, models, ideas and inspiration for how and why we might go about challenging and changing the structures of power, the necessity of civil disobedience for a functioning democracy, and its centrality to social movements.

    "Whenever important things had to be done and injustices had to be rectified, that initiative did not come from Washington; it came from social movements. It was the anti-slavery movement more than Abraham Lincoln that was responsible for the end of slavery. It was the labor movement more than FDR that was responsible for the minimum wage and all that. So we need a new social movement. We need more protests, we need more acts, we need more citizen involvement, yes, and we need civil disobedience."
    --Howard Zinn, Excerpt from the CD

    Sound samples: Coming Soon!






    Various Artists
    Bullfrog Jumped: Children's Folksongs from the Byron Arnold Collection
    (ALAT-CD-110)

    Bullfrog Jumped features folksongs sung by mothers, grandmothers, school teachers, babysitters, and children across Alabama. During the summer of 1947 they sat at their kitchen tables and on their front porches next to a portable disc recorder and enthusiastically shared their favorite folksongs with Professor Byron Arnold, a "songcatcher." On this CD you will hear 42 songs and games and the sounds of life in the singers' neighborhoods. It consists of rare old gems that will be new to modern listeners, yet also contains a number of well-known classics that the whole family will enjoy. Winner of the Dorothy Howard Award for Leadership & Excellence in Folklore & Education from the American Folklore Society!

    Sound samples:
    Track 10- Rebel Dog mp3
    Track 25- Miss Jenny O. Jones mp3
    Track 35- Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow mp3





    Various Artists
    Han Madang: Musical Traditions of Korea
    (NW-CD-2001)

    This compelling collection of recordings includes several genres of traditional Korean music, including court and folk music as performed in secular and ritual settings. You will find rare selections from recordings made in Korea in the 1960s by distinguished ethnomusicologist Robert Garfias, and more recent performances of sanjo (on kayagum - 12-string zither; and changgu - drum), the Korean percussion group Samul Nori, Sodo Sori (songs from northwest provinces of Korea), shamanic ritual music, and pÕungmul (from farmerÕs harvest festival tradition). This album is presented by Northwest Folklife and the University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives, and features liner notes in both English and Korean.

    Sound samples:
    Track 2- Urak mp3
    Track 10- Kwansan Yungma mp3
    Track 13- Kayagum Sanjo mp3





    Various Artists
    Live from the 2007 Northwest Folklife Festival
    (NW-CD-2007)

    The Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle, Washington is the largest community arts festival in the nation, welcoming 275,000 people to the Seattle Center each Memorial Day weekend and presenting more than 900 performers from across the Pacific Northwest. Live from the 2007 Northwest Folklife Festival features recordings from some of the stellar performances you can experience each year at Folklife. In these tracks you can feel the excitement of the crowds, the buzz on the Festival grounds, and the heat of a summer day under the Space Needle as the music of the Northwest Folklife Festival explodes around you.

    Sound samples:
    Track 7- Hanz Araki: The Month of January mp3
    Track 11- Antonio Centurion: Isla Saca mp3
    Track 16: The Tallboys w/Tony Mates: Rabbit in the Briar Patch mp3





    Various Artists
    Live from the 2008 Northwest Folklife Festival
    (NW-CD-2008)

    Live From the 2008 Northwest Folklife Festival features recordings from some of the stellar performances you can experience each year at the festival. Artists featured here range from the old-time bluegrass sounds of Noparta' Nothin' and Jangle Bones to Eygptian oud master Maurice Rouman, from the a capella singing of A Moment In Time and Olympia's Polka Dot Dot Dot to the vitriolic punk sounds of jug band Blackbird Raum. Local area legends abound, with a moving song from Seattle singer songwriter Jim Hinde, a traditional Latin American song from Correo Aereo, and Olympia's K Records founder Calvin Johnson. Fiddle and accordion duo Jeremiah McLane and Ruthie Dornfeld play a traditional song from Central France while Mako & Munjuru represent the sounds of Okinawa and Peter Ali plays his hypnotic Native American flute. You can listen as the next generation of traditional musicians takes up the mantle, with stellar artists like Water Tower String Band, button accordionist Johnny B. Connolly and local singer songwriter Jerin Falkner.

    Sound samples: Coming Soon






    Naila Ceribasic & Erica Haskell, eds.
    Shared Musics and Minority Identities: Papers from the Third Meeting of the "Music and Minorities"
    (ISBN 9536020327)

    In the last decade the 'Music and Minorities" Study Group of the International Council for Traditional Music has been a driving force in the ethnomusicological study of minorities and their music. This volume, titled Shared Musics and Minority Identities, contains papers from the Study Group's third meeting, which was held in 2004 in Roc, Croatia. The three mutually interlocking themes of the meeting were: 1. Multiple identities and identity management in the music of minorities, 2. Emics and etics in relation to the music of minorities, 3. Marginality, empowerment and applied ethnomusicology. But, the sharing of identities inside or beyond a supposedly firm ethnic group, the sharing of musics between different ethnic groups, and the issue of sharing between researchers (and other experts) and their subjects have appeared as the three conjunctive aspects of the papers in this volume, and the basis for their sequence. This volume directly follows the collections of papers from two previous meetings of the Study Group "Music and Minorities".



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