This Year's Music
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National Releases for 2009
Blues
- BECK, JEFF - Performing This Week... Live At Ronnie Scott's (Dec 8, 2008)
- LADY DOTTIE AND THE DIAMONDS - Lady Dottie and the Diamonds (Dec 8, 2008)
- VARIOUS - Delmark 55 Years of Blues (Dec 8, 2008)
- REV. JIMMIE BRATCHER, THE - The Electric Rev. (Dec 15, 2008)
- LANG, PETER - Testament (Jan 5)
- SCHERMER, MIGHTY MIKE - Right Hand Man (Jan 5)
- GARRETT, AMOS - Get Way Back (Jan 5)
- SOUL OF JOHN BLACK, THE - Black John (Jan 5)
- GALES, ERIC - The Story Of My Life (Jan 12)
- MOORE, GARY - Bad For You Baby (Jan 12)
- KAUKONEN, JORMA - River Of Time (Jan 19)
- WALKER, TOBY - Hand Picked (Jan 19)
- ELLISON, SCOTT - Ice Storm (Jan 19)
- FLATTOP TOM - Don't Cheat The Feet (Jan 19)
- RAWLS, JOHNNY - Red Cadillac (Jan 19)
- DEREK TRUCKS BAND, THE - Already Free (Jan 26)
- JONES, BOBBY - Comin' Back Hard (Feb 2)
- SAFFIRE The Uppity Blues Women - Havin' the Last Word (Feb 2)
- FOSTER, RUTHIE - The Truth According to Ruthie Foster (Feb 9)
- DAVIS, GUY - Sweetheart Like You (Feb 9)
- NEMETH, JOHN - Love Me Tonight (Feb 9)
- NIGHTHAWKS, THE - American Landscape (Feb 9)
- FOWLER, DAMON - Sugar Shack (Feb 16)
- COPELAND, SHEMEKIA - Never Going Back (Feb 16)
- LIL' ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS - Full Tilt (Mar 2)
- MOORE, DANIEL - The Wolf and the Chicken (Mar 2)
- WHITMORE, WILLIAM ELLIOTT - Animals in the Dark (Mar 2)
- EGAN, DAVID - You Don't Know Your Mind (Mar 9)
- WSNB - Oktibbeha County (Mar 18)
- VINING BAND, PATRICK - Atlanta Boogie (Mar 18)
- VARIOUS - The Music of the Civil Rights Movement (Mar 18)
- ELLIOTT, RAMBLIN' JACK - A Stranger Here (Mar 23)
- GROSS, DAVE - Crawling the Walls (Mar 23)
- BOOKER T - Potato Hole (Mar 30)
- WHYTE, ELLEN - Four Way Stop (Mar 30)
- BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA, THE - Live in New Orleans (Mar 30)
- BONAMASSA, JOE - The Ballad of John Henry (Mar 30)
- LINDELL, ERIC - Gulf Coast Highway (Apr 6)
- LINDEN, COLIN - From the Water (Apr 13)
- JOHNSON, SHIRLEY - Blues Attack (Apr 13)
- VARIOUS - Keep Your Soul (Apr 13)
- SCOFIELD, JOHN - Piety Street (Apr 13)
- BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS - Tell 'em What Your Name Is! (Apr 20)
- HILL COUNTRY REVUE - Make a Move (Apr 20)
- WALKER, SETH - Leap of Faith (Apr 20)
- MYSTIX, THE - Down to the Shore (Apr 27)
- TROUT, WALTER - The Outsider (Apr 27)
- NEVILLE, CYRIL - Brand New Blues (Apr 27)
- COX, DOUG & SALIL BHATT - Slide to Freedom 2 (May 4)
- LIVING HISTORY BAND, THE - Chicago Blues: A Living History (May 4)
- LUBRIPHONIC - Soul Solution (May 4)
- BOGART, DEANNA - 11th Hour (May 11)
- RICCI, JASON - Done with the Devil (May 11)
- KELLERMAN, SHAWN - Blues Without a Home (May 11)
- FLOWER, MARY - Bridges (May 18)
- MOSS, NICK & THE FLIPTOPS - Live at Chan's, Volume 2 (May 18)
- J.C. SMITH BAND - Defining Cool (May 25)
- GALES, ERIC - Layin' Down the Blues (May 25)
- PADGETT, BETTY - Luv N' Haight (Jun 1)
- INSOMNIACS, THE - At Least I'm Not With You (Jun 1)
- HARMON, ZAC - From the Root (Jun 8)
- ROGERS, ROY - Split Decision (Jun 8)
- KANE, CANDYE - Superhero (Jun 8)
- VARIOUS - 3rd Annual Delta Groove All-Star Blues Revue Vol.1 (Jun 15)
- VARIOUS - 3rd Annual Delta Groove All-Star Blues Revue Vol.2 (Jun 15)
- PIAZZA, ROD & MIGHTY FLYERS - Soul Monster (Jun 22)
- SWAMP CABBAGE - Squeal (Jun 22)
- FARRIS, MIKE - Shout Live! (Jun 22)
- PITTMAN, SHAWN - Meridian (Jun 22)
- ROBILLARD, DUKE - Stomp The Blues Tonight (Jun 29)
- REVELATIONS, THE - Deep Soul EP (Jun 29)
- KNOWLES & BACK DOOR SLAM, DAVY - Coming Up for Air (Jun 29)
Folk
- POLENZANI, ROSE - When the River Hits the Sea (Dec 15, 2008)
- BISCUIT BURNERS, THE - Fiery Mountain Music (Dec 15, 2008)
- TRUCKSTOP HONEYMOON - Great Big Family (Dec 15, 2008)
- MACLELLAN, CATHERINE - Church Bell Blues (Jan 5)
- PETTIS, PIERCE - That Kind of Love (Jan 5)
- JENI & BILLY - Jewell Ridge Coal (Jan 12)
- KWELLER, BEN - Changing Horses (Jan 12)
- HEATON, ANNE - Blazing Red (Jan 12)
- GOLDEN SMOG - Stay Golden, Smog : The Best Of Golden Smog (Jan 12)
- MOORE, DANIEL MARTIN - Stray Age (Jan 12)
- ACCIDENT THAT LED ME TO THE WORLD, THE - The Island Gospel (Jan 19)
- VARIOUS - Born To The Breed: A Tribute To Judy Collins (Jan 19)
- JACOBS, NEIL - 12-String Guitar (Jan 19)
- OLSON & GARY LOURIS, MARK - Ready for the Flood (Jan 26)
- BEAUSOLEIL - Alligator Purse (Jan 26)
- BLACKIE AND THE RODEO KINGS - Swinging from the Chains of Love (Jan 26)
- GIBBS, OTIS - Grandpa Walked a Picketline (Jan 26)
- MALO, RAUL - Lucky One (Feb 2)
- TEJAS BROTHERS - Tejas Brothers (Feb 2)
- NELSON AND ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL, WILLIE - Willie and the Wheel (Feb 2)
- SPLIT LIP RAYFIELD - I'll Be Around (Feb 9)
- FURTADO, TONY - Deep Water (Feb 9)
- JERKS OF GRASS - Come on Home (Feb 9)
- MORLIX, GURF - Last Exit to Happyland (Feb 9)
- BUDDY & JULIE MILLER - Written in Chalk (Feb 16)
- RUSH, TOM - What I Know (Feb 16)
- EGGE, ANA - Road to My Love (Feb 16)
- BOWERBIRDS - Hymns for a Dark Horse (Feb 23)
- VETIVER - Tight Knit (Feb 23)
- REFUGEES, THE - Unbound (Feb 23)
- EARLE, JUSTIN TOWNES - Midnight at the Movies (Mar 2)
- SCHMIDT, DANNY - Instead the Forest Rose to Sing (Mar 2)
- CASE, NEKO - Middle Cyclone (Mar 2)
- RAINES & the NEW HIP, MISSY - Inside Out (Mar 9)
- FORBERT, STEVE - The Place and the Time (Mar 9)
- ULISSE, DONNA - Walk This Mountain Down (Mar 9)
- WHITE, JIM - A Funny Little Cross to Bear (Mar 9)
- DUVEKOT, ANTJE - The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer (Mar 18)
- VARIOUS - Singing Through the Hard Times: A Tribute to Utah Phillips (Mar 18)
- FOUCAULT, JEFFREY - Shoot the Moon Right Between the Eyes (Mar 18)
- BLOOM, LUKA - Eleven Songs (Mar 18)
- ISAAK, CHRIS - Mr. Lucky (Mar 23)
- HANNIGAN, LISA - Sea Sew (Mar 23)
- AVETT AND FAMILY, JIM - Jim Avett and Family (Mar 23)
- MAYFIELD, JESSICA LEA - With Blasphemy So Heartfelt (Mar 30)
- RICHARDS, MIRANDA LEE - Light Of X (Mar 30)
- BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY - Beware (Mar 30)
- BRACE, ERIC & COOPER, PETER - You Don't Have to Like Them Both (Mar 30)
- MURPHY, GANDALF AND THE SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS OF DREAMS - The Great Unravel (Apr 6)
- PALEFACE - The Show is on the Road (Apr 6)
- ELVIS PERKINS IN DEARLAND - Elvis Perkins in Dearland (Apr 13)
- DOE and THE SADIES, JOHN - Country Club (Apr 13)
- COHEN, LEONARD - Selections from Live in London (Apr 13)
- FITZSIMMONS, WILLIAM - The Sparrow and the Crow (Apr 13)
- Justin Nozuka - Holly (Apr 14)
- Newton Faulkner - Hand Built By Robots (Apr 14)
- HANCOCK, WAYNE - Viper of Melody (Apr 20)
- JEWELL, EILEN - Sea of Tears (Apr 20)
- PEACOCK, ALICE - Love Remains (Apr 20)
- WATKINS, SARA - Sara Watkins (Apr 20)
- LVNMUZIQ - 4 Song EP (Apr 24)
- RUTHIE AND THE WRANGLERS - Americana Express (Apr 27)
- SHINDELL, RICHARD - Not Far Now (Apr 27)
- INDIGO GIRLS - Poseidon and the Bitter Bug (Apr 27)
- YOUNG, NEIL - Fork In The Road (Apr 27)
- MACLELLAN, CATHERINE - Water in the Ground / Dark Dream Midnight (May 4)
- YUSUF - Roadsinger (May 4)
- GREENCARDS, THE - Fascination (May 4)
- DYLAN, BOB - Together Through Life (May 4)
- DURRETT, LIZ - Outside Our Gates (May 4)
- NELSON, WILLIE - Naked Willie (May 4)
- WILCOX, DAVID - Open Hand (May 11)
- DRIESSEN, CASEY - Oog (May 11)
- IRON AND WINE - Around the Well (May 11)
- SHIMABUKURO, JAKE - Live (May 11)
- BLAME SALLY - Night of 1000 Stars (May 18)
- VARIOUS - Man of Somebodys Dreams (May 18)
- CLEAVES, SLAID - Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away... (May 18)
- FLATLANDERS, THE - Hills and Valleys (May 18)
- HEADLESS HEROES - The Silence of Love (May 25)
- EARLE, STEVE - Townes (May 25)
- COSTELLO, ELVIS - Secret, Profane & Sugarcane (May 25)
- BLADE, BRIAN - Mama Rosa (May 25)
- BELLEVILLE OUTFIT, THE - Time to Stand (May 25)
- COCKBURN, BRUCE - Slice O Life: Live Solo (May 25)
- BEARFOOT - Doors and Windows (Jun 1)
- WILLIAMS III, HANK - Damn Right Rebel Proud (Jun 1)
- BINGHAM & THE DEAD HORSES, RYAN - Roadhouse Sun (Jun 1)
- SPEACE, AMY - The Killer in Me (Jun 1)
- ALVIN, DAVE AND THE GUILTY WOMEN - Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women (Jun 1)
- FICTION FAMILY - Fiction Family (Jun 1)
- STONE, ANGUS AND JULIA - A Book Like This (Jun 1)
- WHITE, ANDY - Garageband (Jun 1)
- KAISER CARTEL - Okay...and Other Things We Feel (Jun 1)
- CARSON, KENDEL - Alright Dynamite (Jun 8)
- MATT FLINNER TRIO - Music Du Jour (Jun 8)
- SNIDER, TODD - The Excitement Plan (Jun 8)
- WOODEN BIRDS - Magnolia (Jun 8)
- ZANES, DAN & FRIENDS - The Welcome Table (Jun 15)
- SON VOLT - American Central Dust (Jun 15)
- RED STICK RAMBLERS, THE - My Suitcase is Always Packed (Jun 15)
- HOOTS & HELLMOUTH - The Holy Open Secret (Jun 15)
- DENISON, KURT - Sun (Jun 22)
- AMONG THE OAK & ASH - Among the Oak & Ash (Jun 22)
- BLUE RODEO - Blue Road (Jun 22)
- SPEKTOR, REGINA - Far (Jun 29)
- JONES, DIANA - Better Times Will Come (Jun 29)
- BERKELEY, DAVID - Strange Light (Jun 29)
- FELICE BROTHERS, THE - Yonder is the Clock (Jun 29)
Jazz
- LAKE STREET DIVE - Promises, Promises (Dec 8, 2008)
- DARK CHOCOLATE - Island Gypsy (Dec 8, 2008)
- BODE, ERIN - The Little Garden (Dec 8, 2008)
- VARIOUS - 55 Years of Jazz: Delmark (Dec 8, 2008)
- DELOATCH, LOIS - Hymn to Freedom (Dec 15, 2008)
- MICROSCOPIC SEPTET, THE - Lobster Leaps In (Dec 15, 2008)
- Q-TIP - The Renaissance (Jan 5)
- JAMES MOODY AND HANK JONES QUARTET, THE - Our Delight (Jan 5)
- GREYBOY - 15 Years of West Coast Cool (Jan 5)
- BILLET-DEUX - Deux (Jan 12)
- PERSON, HOUSTON - The Art & Soul of Houston Person (Jan 12)
- VARIOUS - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Jan 12)
- POWELL, BENNY - Nextep (Jan 19)
- SCOTT, ANDY - Don't Tempt Fate (Jan 19)
- O'CONNOR HOT SWING TRIO, MARK - Live in New York (Jan 19)
- REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE - Forked Tongue (Jan 19)
- BAD PLUS, THE - For All I Care (Jan 26)
- CHICAGO JAZZ PHILHARMONIC - Collective Creativity by Orbert Davis (Feb 2)
- FIUCZYNSKI, DAVID - Kif Express (Feb 2)
- PEYROUX, MADELEINE - Bare Bones (Feb 9)
- SMITH, DR. LONNIE - Rise Up! (Feb 16)
- RAPP, MARK - Token Tales (Feb 23)
- The Devin Kelly Organ Trio - First Things First (Feb 23)
- HARRELL, TOM - Prana Dance (Feb 23)
- COHEN, AVISHAI - Flood (Mar 1)
- REDMAN, JOSHUA - Compass (Mar 2)
- JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET - New World (Mar 2)
- COLE, NAT KING - Re: Generations (Mar 2)
- COLTRANE, RAVI - Blending Times (Mar 2)
- THE BLUE NOTE 7 - Mosaic (Mar 9)
- SNEIDER & JOE LOCKE, BOB - Nocturne for Ava (Mar 9)
- MONACO, TONY - Live at the Orbit Room (Mar 9)
- WATTS, JEFF "TAIN" - Watts (Mar 18)
- JOSS, CHRIS - Sticks (Mar 18)
- HICKS, DAN & HIS HOT LICKS - Tangled Tales (Mar 23)
- CUTRO, VINNIE - Sakura (Mar 23)
- JOHNSON, MARC COURTNEY - Dream of Sunny Days (Mar 23)
- DEFRANCESCO, "PAPA" JOHN - Big Shot (Mar 23)
- SHOUT SISTER SHOUT - Hit That Jive (Mar 23)
- KEITH JARRETT TRIO - Yesterdays (Mar 30)
- ANDERSON, ERNESTINE - A Song For You (Mar 30)
- CHICK & HIROMI - Duet (Mar 30)
- WEINSTEIN, MARK - Lua e Sol (Apr 6)
- TOLLIVER, CHARLES - Emperor March (Apr 6)
- WERNER, SUSAN - Classics (Apr 6)
- LEE, SHAWN - Clutch of the Tiger (Apr 6)
- DEFRANCESCO, JOEY - Finger Poppin’ with Joey DeFrancesco (Apr 13)
- HOLLOWAY, RED - Go Red Go! (Apr 20)
- GARDOT, MELODY - My One and Only Thrill (Apr 20)
- KRALL, DIANA - Quiet Nights (Apr 20)
- MARTIN, Medeski, & Wood - Radiolarians II (Apr 27)
- TOSCA - No Hassle (May 4)
- MARSALIS, BRANFORD - Metamorphosen (May 4)
- TOUSSAINT, ALLEN - The Bright Mississippi (May 4)
- HOPKINS, CLUTCHY - Music is my Medicine (May 4)
- FAT CAT BIG BAND - Angels Praying (May 11)
- WOLFF, MICHAEL - Joe's Strut (May 11)
- HENDERSON, BILL - Beautiful Memory: Live at the Vic (May 18)
- SEX MOB - Sexmob Meets Medeski: Live In Willisay 2006 (May 18)
- ZAWINUL SYNDICATE, THE - 75 (May 18)
- AVI, ZEE - Zee Avi (May 25)
- ORNIG, IRIS - New Ground (May 25)
- MARRIOTT, THOMAS - Flexicon (May 25)
- DAVIS, MILES - Sketches of Spain (May 25)
- BRUBECK, DAVE - Time Out (May 25)
- BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY - The Music of Cab Calloway (Jun 1)
- BROWN, ALISON - The Company You Keep (Jun 1)
- NOVELLO - B3 Soul (Jun 1)
- BISHOP, TODD - 69 Annee Erotique: Music Of Serge Gainsbourg (Jun 8)
- DIRTY DRUMMER - Dirty's Mobile Beat Shack - Remastered (Jun 8)
- WRIGHT, NANCY - Moanin' (Jun 8)
- VARIOUS - The Very Best of Prestige Records (Jun 8)
- CLARK, MIKE - Blueprints of Jazz Vol. 1 (Jun 8)
- HARPER, BILLY - Blueprints of Jazz Vol. 2 (Jun 8)
- BAILEY, DONALD - Blueprints of Jazz Vol. 3 (Jun 8)
- CITY CHAMPS, THE - The Safecracker (Jun 15)
- SOUZA, LUCIANA - Tide (Jun 15)
- VIGNOLA COLLECTIVE, THE - Gypsy Grass (Jun 15)
- RENTED MULE - X (Jun 22)
- MOCKY - Saskamodie (Jun 22)
- KELLY, GRACE - Mood Changes (Jun 22)
- BURTON, GARY - Quartet Live (Jun 22)
- RESONANCE BIG BAND - Plays Tribute to Oscar Peterson (Jun 29)
- ETKIN, ORAN - Kelenia (Jun 29)
- TSURUGA, AKIKO - Oriental Express (Jun 29)
Rock
- TRAVIS - Ode to J. Smith (Dec 8, 2008)
- BLITZEN TRAPPER - Furr (Dec 8, 2008)
- MICHAELSON, INGRID - Be OK (Dec 8, 2008)
- YAMAGATA, RACHAEL - Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart (Dec 8, 2008)
- ALLEN, ASHTON - Wellspring (Dec 15, 2008)
- HAYDEN - In Field & Town (Dec 15, 2008)
- Average White Band - Soul of the City (late 2005)
- Chaka Khan - Funk This (late 2005)
- MARGOT & THE NUCLEAR SO AND SO'S - Not Animal (Jan 5)
- BELLE & SEBASTIAN - The BBC Sessions (Jan 5)
- OF MONTREAL - Skeletal Lamping (Jan 5)
- RUSSELL, ALICE - Pot Of Gold (Jan 12)
- NICHOLS, JEB LOY - Parish Bar (Jan 12)
- ANDERSSON, THERESA - Hummingbird, Go! (Jan 12)
- ORBISON, ROY - The Best of: The Soul of Rock and Roll (Jan 12)
- COLDPLAY - Viva La Vida/Prospekt's March (Jan 12)
- GOURDS, THE - Haymaker! (Jan 19)
- GOOD OLD WAR - Only Way to be Alone (Jan 19)
- GUGGENHEIM GROTTO, THE - Happy The Man (Jan 19)
- BIRD, ANDREW - Noble Beast (Jan 26)
- DIDO - Safe Trip Home (Jan 26)
- McCARTNEY, PAUL - Amoeba's Secret (Jan 26)
- HEARTLESS BASTARDS - The Mountain (Jan 26)
- BPA, THE - I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat (Feb 2)
- PAVEMENT - Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creeders Edition (Feb 2)
- HONEYHONEY - First Rodeo (Feb 2)
- ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT, JASON - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (Feb 2)
- RYDER, SERENA - Is It O.K (Feb 9)
- HITCHCOCK, ROBYN & THE VENUS 3 - Goodnight Oslo (Feb 9)
- FIREMAN, THE - Electric Arguments (Feb 9)
- YOUNG DUBLINERS - Saints and Sinners (Feb 9)
- MORRISON, VAN - Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl (Feb 16)
- BIRD AND THE BEE, THE - Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future (Feb 16)
- FRIGHTENED RABBIT - The Midnight Organ Fight (Feb 16)
- ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS - The Crying Light (Feb 23)
- BORGES, SARAH AND THE BROKEN SINGLES - The Stars Are Out (Feb 23)
- PSAPP - The Camel's Back (Feb 23)
- AUERBACH, DAN - Keep it Hid (Feb 23)
- U2 - No Line On The Horizon (Mar 2)
- MORRISSEY - Years of Refusal (Mar 2)
- NEWMAN, A.C. - Get Guilty (Mar 2)
- LAVIE, OREN - The Opposite Side of the Sea (Mar 2)
- SHEIK, DUNCAN - Whisper House (Mar 9)
- M. WARD - Hold Time (Mar 9)
- FRANZ FERDINAND - Tonight (Mar 9)
- ALLEN, LILY - It's Not Me, It's You (Mar 9)
- BUMP - Forward (Mar 9)
- FAITHFULL, MARIANNE - Easy Come Easy Go (Mar 18)
- ERNIE AND THE AUTOMATICS - Low Expectations (Mar 18)
- RACONTEURS, THE - Top Yourself EP (Mar 18)
- CALE, J.J. - Roll On (Mar 18)
- GREAT LAKES SWIMMERS - Lost Channels (Mar 18)
- CLEM SNIDE - Hungry Bird (Mar 23)
- WIGMORE, GIN - Extended Play (Mar 23)
- ROBERTS, SAM - Love at the End of the World (Mar 23)
- DECEMBERISTS, THE - The Hazards Of Love (Mar 23)
- Jon Cleary - Mo Hippa (Mar 26)
- ISSA - Dragon Dreams (Mar 30)
- VARIOUS - War Child Presents: Heroes (Mar 30)
- BLACK LIPS - 200Million Thousand (Mar 30)
- UMPHREY'S McGEE - Mantis (Apr 6)
- DOVES - Kingdom of Rust (Apr 6)
- HARRIS, JESSE - Watching the Sky (Apr 6)
- WILLIAMSON, ASTRID - Here Come the Vikings (Apr 13)
- MANDELL, ELENI - Artificial Fire (Apr 13)
- TENG, VIENNA - Inland Territory (Apr 13)
- GOMEZ - A New Tide (Apr 20)
- MALONE, MICHELLE - Debris (Apr 20)
- BELL X1 - Blue Lights on the Runway (Apr 20)
- N.A.S.A. - The Sprit of Apollo (Apr 27)
- HARPER, BEN - White Lies for Dark Times (Apr 27)
- PETER BJORN AND JOHN - Living Thing (Apr 27)
- SOBULE, JILL - California Years (Apr 27)
- Adams, Terry - Holy Tweet (May 2)
- CAMERA OBSCURA - My Maudlin Career (May 4)
- LYTLE, JASON - Yours Truly, The Commuter (May 4)
- LOS STRAITJACKETS - The Further Adventures of Los Straitjackets (May 4)
- HARVEY & JOHN PARISH, PJ - A Woman A Man Walked By (May 11)
- RUSTED ROOT - Stereo Rodeo (May 11)
- METRIC - Fantasies (May 11)
- MILLER, RHETT - Rhett Miller (May 11)
- CRACKER - Sunrise In The Land of Milk And Honey (May 18)
- JACKSON, WANDA - Heart Trouble (May 18)
- NEW YORK DOLLS - 'Cause I Sez So (May 18)
- YOUNGS, JENNY OWEN - Transmitter Failure (May 25)
- MEAT PUPPETS - Sewn Together (May 25)
- COMMANDER CODY - Dopers, Drunks and Everyday Losers (May 25)
- CLOUD CULT - Feel Good Ghosts (May 25)
- COCKER, JARVIS - Further Complications (Jun 1)
- TRAGICALLY HIP, THE - We Are the Same (Jun 1)
- BAT FOR LASHES - Two Suns (Jun 1)
- CRENSHAW, MARSHALL - Jaggedland (Jun 8)
- OBERST, CONOR - Outer South (Jun 8)
- GRIZZLY BEAR - Veckatimest (Jun 8)
- AMOS, TORI - Abnormally Attracted to Sin (Jun 8)
- EELS - Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs Of Desire (Jun 9)
- VIVA VOCE - Rose City (Jun 15)
- BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO - Lay Your Burden Down (Jun 22)
- MIIKE SNOW - Miike Snow (Jun 22)
- SWIFT, RICHARD - The Atlantic Ocean (Jun 22)
- HELM, LEVON - Electric Dirt (Jun 22)
- NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE - Where I Come From (Jun 22)
- DEER TICK - Born on Flag Day (Jun 22)
- FREDDY JONES BAND - Time Well Wasted (Jun 22)
- NUTINI, PAOLO - Sunny Side Up (Jun 29)
- BIRCH, DIANE - Bible Belt (Jun 29)
- WILCO - Wilco (The Album) (Jun 29)
- LANDy - Eros And Omissions (Jun 30)
World
- DUBE, LUCKY - Retrospective (Dec 8, 2008)
- MO' HORIZONS - Come Touch The Sun (late 2005)
- MANRIQUEZ, RAFAEL - Songs of Chile (Jan 5)
- DEAD CAN DANCE - 2008 Sampler (Jan 5)
- GIZZAE - Roots Like a Lion (Jan 5)
- KUTI, FEMI - Day By Day (Jan 5)
- ASA - Asa (Jan 12)
- TRISCHKA, TONY - Territory (Jan 12)
- CLAVIER, NATALIA - Nectar (Jan 19)
- ZYDEPUNKS, THE - Finisterre (Jan 19)
- SENOR COCONUT - Around the World (Feb 2)
- MO' HORIZONS - Ten Years of Mo' Horizons (Feb 2)
- UNA MAS TRIO - Ritmo Del Futura (Feb 2)
- BEOGA - The Incident (Feb 9)
- TOSH, PETER - The Ultimate Peter Tosh Experience (Feb 9)
- TRAORE, ROKIA - Tchamantche (Feb 16)
- VARIOUS - Slumdog Millionaire (Feb 16)
- GREEN FIELDS OF AMERICA, THE - The Green Fields of America (Feb 23)
- VARIOUS - African Reggae (Feb 23)
- FRANCO - Francophonic (Feb 23)
- ANCIENT FUTURE - Planet Passion (Feb 23)
- PARKER, MARIAH - Sangria (Feb 23)
- MONTFORT, MATTHEW - Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar (Feb 23)
- KINKY - Those Girls (Mar 2)
- The CLANCY BROTHERS And tommy Makem - In Person At Carnegie Hall (Mar 9)
- CARROLL, LIZ & JOHN DOYLE - Double Play (Mar 9)
- MISHKA - Above the Bones (Mar 9)
- LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII - Neptune's Daughter (Mar 9)
- FULA FLUTE - Mansa America (Mar 9)
- EXTRA GOLDEN - Thank You Very Quickly (Mar 18)
- FLECK, BELA - Throw Down Your Heart (Mar 18)
- LOS FABULOSOS CADILLACS - La Luz del Ritmo (Mar 18)
- HEATON, MATT AND SHANNON - Lovers' Well (Mar 18)
- DIABATE, ABDOULAYE "DJOSS" - Sara (Mar 23)
- VARIOUS - Putumayo Presents India (Mar 23)
- ELDERS, THE - Gael Day (Mar 30)
- VARIOUS - Nigeria 70 (Mar 30)
- SOSA, OMAR - Across the Divide (Apr 6)
- UTTAL, JAI - Thunder Love (Apr 6)
- ROTH, GABRIELLE & THE MIRRORS - Jhoom (Apr 6)
- BURKS, JESSICA - Hollywood Sign EP (Apr 13)
- ENTER THE HAGGIS - Gutter Anthems (Apr 13)
- AMADOU & MARIAM - Welcome To Mali (Apr 13)
- BALKAN BEAT BOX - Nu Made (Remixes) (Apr 20)
- BANTON, BUJU - Rasta Got Soul (Apr 20)
- SWAY MACHINERY, THE - Hidden Melodies Revealed (Apr 27)
- WINDPONY, ROBERT - Native American Flute Solos (Apr 27)
- PLAYING FOR CHANGE - Songs Around The World (May 4)
- BAKAL, INBAR - Inbar Bakal (May 11)
- ZAP MAMA - ReCreation (May 11)
- DISSARD, MARIANNE - L'Entredeux (May 18)
- STAFF BENDA BILILI - Tres Tres Fort (May 18)
- MARLEY, ZIGGY - Family Time (May 25)
- AUBELE, FEDERICO - Amatoria (May 25)
- CHIWONISO - rebel woman (Jun 8)
- NOUS NON PLUS - Menagerie (Jun 8)
- REVOLUTION - Revolution (Jun 8)
- WINDPONY, ROBERT - Warriors Night Call (Jun 15)
- LAST VS. ZULU, DAVID - Musically Massive (Jun 22)
- SANGARE, OUMOU - Seya (Jun 22)
- NICKODEMUS - Sun People (Jun 22)
- MARLEY, BOB - B is for Bob (Jun 22)
- NADAL, FIDEL - Crucial Gifts (Jun 22)
- DAVIDSON & RAUL JAURENA, ROGER - Pasion Por La Vida (Jun 22)
- OCOTE SOUL SOUNDS and ADRIAN QUESADA - Coconut Rock (Jun 29)
- VARIOUS - Black Rio 2: Original Samba Soul 1971-1980 (Jun 29)
Local/Regional Releases for 2009
- VARIOUS - Unreleased (Feb 11)
Blues
- THIRSTY PERCH BLUES BAND - DEMO CD 2008 (Jan 5)
- MOTOR CITY JOSH - Forty Four (Jan 19)
- BLUE MOON BLUES BAND - Live at Billy's (Jan 19)
- QSD PROJECT, THE - The Q.S.D. Project (Apr 6)
- WRIGHT BAND, RUSTY - Playin' With Fire (Apr 13)
- NAGY, GREG - Walk that Fine Thin Line (May 18)
- THIRSTY PERCH BLUES BAND - Meet the Thirsty Perch Blues Band (Jun 15)
- MOTOR CITY WOMEN & DETROIT EXPRESS - Ready (Jun 15)
Folk
- HAZLETT, DAN - Just a Guitar (Dec 3, 2008)
- GREENSKY BLUEGRASS - Five Interstates (Dec 3, 2008)
- JELLEMA, BERNIE - Lions & Clowns (Dec 15, 2008)
- MUSTARD'S RETREAT - With Relish (Dec 15, 2008)
- VARIOUS - A Winter's Tune 2008 (Dec 17, 2008)
- RILEY, MICHAEL - Michael Riley (Jan 5)
- ZYLSTRA, RACHEL - Before You Could Decide (Jan 5)
- WILLIAMS, LARE - Directionally Challenged (Jan 5)
- MABUS, JOEL - Omnibus (Jan 5)
- FRONTIER RUCKUS - The Orion Songbook (Jan 26)
- WEST MICHIGAN FOLK LUTHIERS (Various) - West Michigan Folk Luthiers (Feb 2)
- SNELL, MICHAEL - Journeys (Feb 2)
- CRAIN & THE MIDNIGHT SHIVERS, SAMANTHA - Songs in the Night (Feb 16)
- BLUE FEATHER - Blue Feather (Feb 16)
- NELSON, DREW - Dusty Road to Beulah Land (Feb 23)
- VAILLANCOURT, DAN - Lovely Distractions (Mar 2)
- NERVOUS BUT EXCITED - Home Spun (Mar 2)
- DRAKE - Northern Skies (Mar 30)
- BERNARD, SAMUEL SETH & MAY ERLEWINE - Welcome Back (Apr 6)
- JOHN, DAVID - Looking for Opal (Apr 20)
- HERNANDEZ, JR., ERNESTO - West Off Bridge (Apr 27)
- SYGIT, JEN - So Long Pollyanna (Apr 27)
- DUVAL, MARK - All Night Station (Apr 27)
- VARIOUS - Standing Together (Apr 27)
- DEPREE, MICHIGAN MARK - Live at the Pony (May 4)
- ERLEWINE, MAY - Love Labor (May 11)
- LONESOME JANE - Once I Had (May 25)
- HART, BILL - Tunes for Boomers (May 25)
- THATS HIM THATS THE GUY - An Army Life (Jun 8)
- YOUNG, NEIL - Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968 (Jun 22)
Jazz
- RADEMACHER, MARY & RICK REUTHER - Two Of A Kind (Dec 8, 2008)
- GROOVE MERCHANT - Groove Merchant (Jan 5)
- NOYES, ANDY - Decoding the Hands: Joining the Heart (Feb 2)
- COOPER, HAY, VAN LENTE GROUP - Trio Musik (Feb 16)
- HOLMES, MICHAEL - Let Yourself Go (Apr 6)
- KNAPP TRIO, FRED - The Music of Cole Porter (May 4)
- NOMO - Invisible Cities (May 18)
- WINSLOW-KING, LUKE - Old/New Baby (May 25)
Rock
- NEON GRAFFITI - From the Street to the Road (Dec 3, 2008)
- MONTANA BOYS, THE - Travoltas EP (Dec 3, 2008)
- MIGHTY NARWHALE, THE - A Ship Without a Country A Mast Without a Sail (Dec 3, 2008)
- VARIOUS - Unsigned (Dec 3, 2008)
- TORONTOSAURUS REX - Torontosaurus Rex (Jan 19)
- LIGHTS AT SEA - LIghts At Sea (Feb 2)
- COTTON JONES - Paranoid Cocoon (Feb 16)
- VALENTIGER - Power Lines To Electric Times (Feb 16)
- MY DEAR DISCO - Dancethink LP (Feb 23)
- KALISH, NATHAN AND THE WILDFIRE - Waterbirds (Mar 18)
- GLEAN INFUSION - From the Dust (Mar 23)
- VINSON, ZACH - Cracked Open (Apr 13)
- COOKIE BUMSTEAD - Party Record! (Apr 13)
- SOUTHPAW PLAYERS - Avant EP (Apr 20)
- STOVER, JUSTIN - Shining From Shook Foil (May 25)
- GRIFF & JOHN'S AFTERHOURS EXPERIENCE - Felix the Dog (May 25)
- EASTERN GATE, THE - Seraphim (Jun 1)
World
- PRESTON, DENNIS - Iceberg (Feb 23)
- AN DRO - The Turn (Jun 15)