Elderly.com Latest - Folksingers and Singer-Songwriters

SEEING THINGS - Jakob Dylan (recording)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:00:00 -0400

2008 -- Debut outing from the son of Bob Dylan and longtime front man with the Wallflowers. Includes "Something Good This Way Comes." ($13.95)

ENERGY DANCE - Lyn Sawicki (recording)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:00:00 -0400

2007 -- 15 original songs from singer/guitarist Lyn; with mandolinist Janet Shelby, pianist Sameer Barua, Rod Capps on bass, cellist Rachel Alexander and more. ($14.95)

SILVERLINED - Donna the Buffalo (recording)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:00:00 -0400

2008 - Mountain music favorites celebrate two decades of touring; with Bela Fleck, Claire Lynch, David Hildalgo and Amy Helm. Release date 07/08/2008 ($13.95)

DEAR - Jenny Whiteley (recording)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:00:00 -0400

2006 -- Third solo outing from two-time Juno Award-winning Jenny Whiteley, daughter of blues artist Chris Whiteley and niece of children's artist Ken Whiteley. "Indoor Lightning," "Four Storey Story," "When It Rains I Pour," "Every Minute That You're In It," eight more. ($13.95)

AT HOME - The Wanda Degen Trio (recording)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:00:00 -0400

2008 -- Singin' and tunifyin' with Wanda and her longtime musical sidekicks Dan Giacobassi on flute and sax and Pete Wittig on harmonica and guitar; with guests Doug Berch and former Lady of the Lake bandmates Pooh Stevenson and Karrie Potter. ($14.95)

THE LIGHT FANTASTIC - Cara Luft (recording)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

2008 -- Solo outing from a charter member of the Wailin' Jennies; 11 original songs plus versions of "Lord Roslyn's Daughter" and "Blackwaterside." With multi-instrumentalist Hugh McMillan, Bill Western on pedal steel, fiddler Richard Moody and more. ($13.95)

BOULDER - Ferron (recording)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

2008 -- The veteran Canadian songwriter's first album since 2005's "Turning Into Beautiful." Produced by Bitch and featuring Ani DiFranco, The Indigo Girls, the Be Good Tanyas' Samantha Parton and more. New songs plus regrooves of "Our Purpose Here," "Shadows on a Dime," "It Won't Take Long," "Misty Mountain," "Girl On a Road." ($13.95)

LONG ROAD - Drew Emmitt (recording)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

2008 - His third outing presents special guests Tim O'Brien, Darrell Scott, Alison Brown, Andy Hall from the Infamous Stringdusters, Ronny McCoury, Billy Nershi from the String Cheese Incident, others. 11 tracks including covers of Supertramp's "Long Way Home," Marshall Tucker Band's "Take the Highway," and Van Morrison's "Gypsy In My Soul." Release date 07/15/2008 ($14.95)

THE DEVIL MAKES THREE - The Devil Makes Three (recording)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Acoustic alt-country/roots tracks including b-sides and live recordings. ($12.95)

BIG BLUE BALL - Various artists (recording)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

2008 -- "An album of collaborations, a truly international, multi-artist project that grew from a series of 'recording weeks' at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios in the early 1990s." 11 collaborative tracks featuring Sinead O'Connor, Ronan Browne, Peter Gabriel, Marta Sebestyen, The Holmes Brothers, Andy White, Papa Wemba, Jah Wobble, others. ($14.95)

NORTHERN BORDER - Kitty Donohoe (recording)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

2008 -- Nine original songs plus a cover of "Shady Grove" from this Michigan-based songwriter and singer; with producer and multi-instrumentalist David Mosher, Tyler Duncan from Millish on pipes and whistle, accordionist Jeff Taylor, singers Matt Watroba, Jan Krist, Claudia Schmidt and many others. Includes a re-recorded version the song she wrote on Sept. 11 2001, "There Are No Words." ($14.95)

LIVE AT THE OLD QUARTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS - Townes Van Zandt (recording)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

2 CDs - From a five-night gig at the favorite Houston haunt in 1973. 27 songs including "Pancho and Lefty," ""For the Sake of the Song," "Tecumseh Valley," "Only Him or Me," "She Came Around and She Touched Me" and more. ($16.95)

I, FLATHEAD: THE SONGS OF KASH BUK AND THE KLOWNS - Ry Cooder (recording)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Deluxe limited edition version book/CD set. The third and last album of the "California Trilogy," in which Cooder journeys through the real & imagined music of mid-20th century, multi-ethnic California. The novella he wrote to accompany the music follows the tale of itinerant musician Kash Buk. His crackerjack band has followed to this CD. Loose & funky, incorporating blues, folk, country & primitive rock and roll. ($23.95)

I, FLATHEAD: THE SONGS OF KASH BUK AND THE KLOWNS - Ry Cooder (recording)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

The third and last album of the "California Trilogy," in which Cooder journeys through the real and imagined music of mid-20th century, multi-ethnic California. The novella he wrote to accompany the music follows the tale of itinerant musician Kash Buk. His crackerjack band has followed to this CD. Loose & funky, incorporating blues, folk, country & primitive rock and roll. CD only. ($17.95)

FIRE SONGS - The Watson Twins (recording)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Indie/country/folk-rockers Chandra and Leigh Watson present 11 selections: "Dig A Little Deeper," "Bar Woman Blues," "Just Like Heaven," more. ($14.95)

THE VERDANT MILE - Tracy Grammer (recording)

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

2008 -- A 7-song EP in a cardboard slipcase. The title track is "a poignant, upbeat meditation on loss and survival, written by Grammer to address the 2002 passing of her musical partner, Dave Carter." Plus a fiddle medley and songs from Kieran Kane, Carole King, Neil Diamond and others. ($10.95)

DAYS ARE MIGHTY - Jeb Loy Nichols (recording)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

2008 - 11 songs about American life. With Jennifer Carr on keyboards, Andy Hamill on bass, and Jonathan Lee on drums. Including "My Kind," "25 Years Too Late," "Can't Find The Words," more. ($17.95)

ALL I INTENDED TO BE - Emmylou Harris (recording)

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Many of the participants have a shared history with Harris - from producer Brian Ahern to many of the guests: Dolly Parton, Pam Rose, Maryann Kennedy, Mike Auldridge, Glenn Hardin, Bill Payne, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, more. Emmylou brings new life to forgotten songs; an album of gems. ($17.95)

I KNOW YOU'RE MARRIED BUT I'VE GOT FEELINGS TOO - Martha Wainwright (recording)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:00:00 -0400

2008 - Her second release brings more of her inventive approach to songwriting, with 14 cuts including ballads and rockers. Featuring "Bleeding All Over You," "Hearts Club Band," "Jimi," plus her renditions of Pink Floyd's "See Emily Play" and the Eurythmic's "Love Is A Stranger." ($13.95)

LIVE CACTUS! - Joe Ely & Joel Guzman (recording)

Thu, 29 May 2008 20:00:00 -0400

More of Joe's genre-busting, unique mix of traditional Tex-Mex rhythms, outlaw country, Texas blues and good old fashioned rock and roll. Stripped down, acoustic versions of Ely gems. December 2006, featuring Joel Guzman. ($14.75)

THE BOXMASTERS - The Boxmasters (recording)

Thu, 29 May 2008 20:00:00 -0400

2 CDs, in a cardboard box with removable lid, of "electric hillbilly music." Featuring Billy Bob Thornton on vocals and drums, J.D. Andrew on guitars and bass, and Mike Butler on lap steel and dobro. 12 originals on one CD and 11 covers on the other: "Poor House," "Build Your Own Prison," "No Whiskey In Heaven," more. ($18.95)

AIN'T THAT NEWS! - Tom Paxton (recording)

Fri, 23 May 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Elektra 1965 -- "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation," "Sully's Pail," "Buy a Gun for Your Son," "The Willing Conscript" and more, with Felix Pappalardi and Barry Kornfeld. ($14.95)

OUTWARD BOUND - Tom Paxton (recording)

Fri, 23 May 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Elektra 1966 -- "Leaving London," "Talking Pop Art," "Is This Any Way to Run an Airline?" and more, with Barry Kornfeld and Bill Lee. ($14.95)

MORNING AGAIN - Tom Paxton (recording)

Fri, 23 May 2008 20:00:00 -0400

Elektra 1968 -- "Mr. Blue," "So Much for Winning," "Talking Vietnam Pot Luck Blues," more; with Paul Harris, Herb Brown, David Grisman and others. ($14.95)