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This Year's Music

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National Releases for 2010

• VARIOUS - From the 'net 2010   (Jan 4)
• VARIOUS - Turntables on the Hudson - 10 Year Anniversary   (Jan 29)

Blues

• BRIDGES, EUGENE HIDEAWAY - Live in San Antonio   (Dec 7, 2009)
• SHAW TAYLOR, JOANNE - White Sugar   (Dec 7, 2009)
• LEE, BRYAN - My Lady Don't Love My Lady   (Dec 7, 2009)
• FLEMONS, DOM - American Songster   (Dec 7, 2009)
• REDDING, LIPBONE - Science of Bootyism   (Dec 14, 2009)
• VARIOUS - Daptone Gold   (Dec 28, 2009)
• BAILEY, RAY - Resurrection   (Dec 28, 2009)
• DEMING, DOUG - Falling Through the Cracks   (Dec 28, 2009)
• NULISCH, DARRELL - Just For You   (Dec 28, 2009)
• McLERRAN, LITTLE JOE - Believe Ill Make a Change   (Jan 11)
• ANDERSON, PETE - Even Things Up   (Jan 11)
• MISCHO, R.J. - Knowledge You Can't Get in College   (Jan 18)
• AMMONS, ALBERT / PETE JOHNSON / MEADE LUX LEWIS - Boogie Woogie Kings   (Jan 18)
• BRENNER, CRAIG and the CRAWDADS - Live to Love   (Jan 18)
• CABRERA BAND, FELIX - Live at the Turning Point   (Jan 25)
• HEALEY, JEFF - Songs From The Road   (Jan 25)
• MORELAND & ARBUCKLE - Flood   (Feb 1)
• MORVAN, LAURIE - Fire it Up!   (Feb 1)
• BIBB, ERIC - Booker's Guitar   (Feb 1)
• TAILDRAGGER - Live at Rooster's Lounge   (Feb 8)
• PARKER, SISTA MONICA - Soul Blues & Ballads   (Feb 8)
• ROBILLARD, DUKE - Tales from the Tiki Lounge   (Feb 8)
• YOUNG, ZORA - The French Connection   (Feb 15)
• TUCKER, WILL - Stealin' the Soul   (Feb 15)
• LOUISIANA RED - Back to the Black Bayou   (Feb 22)
• SOJOURNERS, THE - The Sojourners   (Feb 22)
• YOUNG, ZORA - Sunnyland   (Feb 22)
• CAMPILONGO, JIM - Orange   (Mar 1)
• ALLISON, LUTHER - Songs From the Road   (Mar 1)
• JAMES JR, ELMORE - Baby Please Set a Date   (Mar 1)
• MOSS, NICK - Privileged   (Mar 1)
• DIAMOND JIM GREENE - Holdin' On   (Mar 8)
• HOLMES BROTHERS - Feed My Soul   (Mar 8)
• BONAMASSA, JOE - Black Rock   (Mar 15)
• CASH BOX KINGS - I-94 Blues   (Mar 15)

Folk

• OTHER LIVES - Other Lives   (Dec 7, 2009)
• LOVE, LAURA - The Sweeter the Juice   (Dec 7, 2009)
• RODRIGUEZ, CARRIE - Live In Louisville   (Dec 7, 2009)
• THE O'S - We are the O's   (Dec 7, 2009)
• ARMERDING, JAKE - Her   (Dec 7, 2009)
• VARIOUS - Got to Get a Message to You...Cause We Care   (Dec 7, 2009)
• VARIOUS - Up in the Air   (Dec 14, 2009)
• MacLEOD, KATE - Blooming   (Dec 14, 2009)
• HAND, JAMES - Shadow on the Ground   (Dec 28, 2009)
• ELECTRIC RAG BAND - If You Got Some   (Dec 28, 2009)
• TROAST, JON - Living Room   (Dec 28, 2009)
• VARIOUS - Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack   (Jan 4)
• YOUNG, NEIL - Dreamin' Man Live '92   (Jan 4)
• KENNEDY, MAURA - Parade of Echoes   (Jan 4)
• DUTCHESS & THE DUKE, THE - Sunset / Sunrise   (Jan 4)
• Floating Men - No Clocks, No Calendars   (Jan 11)
• STEVENS, SUFJAN - The BQE   (Jan 11)
• MIDDLE EAST, THE - The Recordings Of The Middle East   (Jan 11)
• JOHNSTON, FREEDY - Rain On The City   (Jan 11)
• VARIOUS - Celebrating the Music of Lowen & Navarro - Keep the Light Alive   (Jan 11)
• MAKI, KATE - Two Song Wedding   (Jan 18)
• BEAUTIFUL LOSER SOCIETY - The Long Slow Decline   (Jan 18)
• MOSRIE, LOUISE - Home   (Jan 18)
• ADAMS, PETER BRADLEY - Traces   (Jan 18)
• GRIFFIN, PATTY - Downtown Church   (Jan 18)
• EVANS, JOHN - Lolly Gaggin   (Jan 18)
• REED, JERRY - When You're Hot...: The Very Best Of 1967-1983   (Jan 18)
• BARNES, DANNY - Pizza Box   (Jan 25)
• MOORER, ALLISON - Crows   (Jan 25)
• RYAN, MATTHEW - Dear Lover   (Jan 25)
• BLUE RODEO - The Things We Left Behind   (Jan 25)
• PUG, JOE - Messenger   (Jan 25)
• BLACKSHAW, JAMES - The Glass Beard Game   (Feb 1)
• SWITCHBACK - Ghosts of the River Folk   (Feb 1)
• BULAT, BASIA - Heart of My Own   (Feb 1)
• APPLE, NANCY - Shine   (Feb 1)
• HUBBARD, RAY WYLIE - A. Enlightenment, B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is no C)   (Feb 1)
• SOLLEE, BEN and DANIEL MARTIN MOORE - Dear Companion   (Feb 1)
• STRAND OF OAKS - Leave Ruin   (Feb 8)
• HARLEM PARLOUR MUSIC CLUB - Salt of the Earth   (Feb 8)
• PAUL, ELLIS - The Day After Everything Changed   (Feb 8)
• KIMBROUGH, WILL - Wings   (Feb 8)
• HARDING, JOHN WESLEY - Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead   (Feb 8)
• KENNEDY, NUALA - Tune In   (Feb 8)
• TARBOX, MICHAEL - My Primitive Joy   (Feb 15)
• LOEBE, REBECCA - Mystery Prize   (Feb 15)
• RAGSDALE, SUZI - Best Regards & Less of the Same   (Feb 15)
• MOLINA AND JOHNSON - Molina and Johnson   (Feb 15)
• DEADSTRING BROTHERS, THE - Sao Paulo   (Feb 15)
• NELSON, LILA - We Never Came EP   (Feb 19)
• NELSON, LILA - We Never Came ep   (Feb 22)
• JOY KILLS SORROW - Darkness Sure Becomes This City   (Feb 22)
• CASH, JOHNNY - American VI: Ain't No Grave   (Feb 22)
• ARMATRADING, JOAN - This Charming Life   (Feb 26)
• ROSENTHAL, TOKYO - Ghosts   (Mar 1)
• OVERMOUNTAIN MEN - Glorious Day   (Mar 1)
• CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS - Genuine Negro Jig   (Mar 1)
• CHAPMANS, THE - Grown up   (Mar 8)
• PORT O'BRIEN - Threadbare   (Mar 8)
• NEWCOMER, CARRIE - Before & After   (Mar 8)
• SPROULE, DEVON - Don't Hurry for Heaven!   (Mar 8)
• ZANES, DAN & FRIENDS - 76 Trombones   (Mar 8)
• TEXAS TORNADOES - Esta Bueno   (Mar 15)
• STEEL WHEELS, THE - Red Wing   (Mar 15)
• MITCHELL, ANAIS - Hadestown   (Mar 15)

Jazz

• BABIK - American Gypsy   (Dec 14, 2009)
• NELSON, WILLIE - American Classic   (Dec 14, 2009)
• HICKS, JOHN - I Remember You   (Dec 14, 2009)
• COLE, FREDDY - The Dreamer in Me: Live at Dizzy's Club   (Dec 14, 2009)
• JONES, MIMI - A New Day   (Dec 28, 2009)
• WILSON, REUBEN - Azure Te   (Dec 28, 2009)
• TANDY, MADAME PAT - Madame Pat Tandy Remembers Irene Reid   (Jan 4)
• KASPER BAND , JULIEN - Trance Groove   (Jan 4)
• KELLY, PHIL - Ballet of the Bouncing Beagles   (Jan 4)
• THE NEW 5 - Indroducing the New 5   (Jan 4)
• EDMONSON, KAT - Take To The Sky   (Jan 11)
• HARRISON, JOEL - Urban Myths   (Jan 11)
• ZEVIOUS - After The Air Raid   (Jan 11)
• SUNNY and her JOY BOYS - Indroducing...   (Jan 18)
• LINDNER, JASON - Gives You Now Vs Now   (Jan 18)
• POSTMA, TINEKE - The Traveller   (Jan 18)
• LANGLEY, JAKE - Here and Now   (Jan 18)
• DOWN TO THE BONE - Future Boogie   (Jan 21)
• HIROMI - Place to Be   (Jan 25)
• HOBBS QUARTET, STEVE - Vibes, Straight Up   (Jan 25)
• JOSS, CHRIS - MonoManiacs Volume 1   (Jan 29)
• HARMS, NANCY - In the Indigo   (Feb 1)
• SLOCUM, MATT - Portraits   (Feb 1)
• ADASIEWICZ, JASON - Varmint   (Feb 1)
• GALACTIC - Ya-Ka-May   (Feb 8)
• SCHWARZ-BART, JACQUES - Abyss   (Feb 8)
• OUT TO LUNCH - Melvin's Rockpile   (Feb 8)
• CULLUM, JAMIE - The Pursuit   (Feb 15)
• GEBB, TOBIAS - Free at Last   (Feb 15)
• CARAVAN GYPSY SWING ENSEMBLE - An Evening at the Brink Lounge   (Feb 15)
• SMITH, DANIEL - Blue Bassoon   (Feb 22)
• SUTTON, TIERNEY - Desire   (Feb 22)
• METHENY, PAT - Orchestrion   (Feb 22)
• VARIOUS - The Best is Yet to Come   (Mar 1)
• BRADEN-RAPP - The Strayhorn Project   (Mar 1)
• ALSTROM, ED - Gettin- Organized   (Mar 1)
• WEINSTEIN, MARK - Timbasa   (Mar 1)
• PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND - Preservation   (Mar 1)
• HUNTER, CHARLIE - Gentlemen, I Neglected to Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid   (Mar 1)
• RJD2 - The Colossus   (Mar 1)
• BODLEY, IVAN "FUNKBOY" - Pigs Feet & Potted Meat   (Mar 8)
• CLAYTON, GERALD - Two-Shade   (Mar 8)
• PROJECT TRIO - Project Trio   (Mar 8)
• SCOTT-HERON, GIL - I'm New Here   (Mar 8)
• U O PROJECT - It's Time for U   (Mar 15)
• ZOLLAR, JAMES - Zollar Systems   (Mar 15)

Rock

• WILD BEASTS - Two Dancers   (Dec 7, 2009)
• MAYER, JOHN - Battle Studies   (Dec 7, 2009)
• BEAT CIRCUS - Boy From Black Mountain   (Dec 14, 2009)
• METTA - Metta-mor-phi-ohm   (Dec 28, 2009)
• TRAIN, KRISTINA - Spilt Milk   (Dec 28, 2009)
• VEIRS, LAURA - July Flame   (Jan 4)
• DUTCH - A Bright Cold Day (sampler)   (Jan 4)
• TURNER, FRANK - Poetry of the Deed   (Jan 4)
• BROWN, FINDLAY - Love Will Find You   (Jan 4)
• VARIOUS - An-Ten-Nae Presents Acid Crunk Vol. 2   (Jan 11)
• CITIZEN COPE - The Rain Water LP   (Jan 11)
• LANDES, DAWN - SweetHeart Rodeo   (Jan 11)
• ALO - Man of the World   (Jan 11)
• VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Contra   (Jan 18)
• SONOS - SONOSings   (Jan 18)
• WILLIS, DAPHNE - What to Say   (Jan 18)
• SPOON - Transference   (Jan 18)
• SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS - Prince Of Peace EP   (Jan 25)
• EELS - End Times   (Jan 25)
• RUSSELL, ALICE - Pot of Gold Remixes   (Jan 29)
• MATT THE ELECTRICIAN - Animal Boy   (Feb 1)
• WATSON TWINS, THE - Talking To You Talking To Me   (Feb 1)
• BAILEY RAE, CORINNE - The Sea   (Feb 1)
• Beach House - Teen Dream   (Feb 1)
• HA HA TONKA - Novel Sounds and Nouveau South   (Feb 8)
• SADE - Soldier of Love   (Feb 8)
• MIDLAKE - The Courage of Others   (Feb 8)
• MASSIVE ATTACK - Heligoland   (Feb 8)
• GAINSBOURG, CHARLOTTE - IRM   (Feb 8)
• OK GO - Of the Blue Colour of the Sky   (Feb 15)
• MAGNETIC FIELDS, THE - Realism   (Feb 15)
• CLEM SNIDE - The Meat of Life   (Feb 15)
• STARR, RINGO - Y Not   (Feb 22)
• YEASAYER - Odd Blood   (Feb 22)
• WALKER, BUTCH - I Liked it Better When You Had No Heart   (Feb 22)
• VARIOUS - The BYG Deal   (Feb 22)
• SANTANA - Supernatural   (Feb 22)
• BACKYARD TIRE FIRE - Good to Be   (Mar 1)
• GREAT AMERICAN TAXI - The Wheel of Habits   (Mar 1)
• ALBUM LEAF, THE - A Chorus of Storytellers   (Mar 1)
• HIATT, JOHN - The Open Road   (Mar 8)
• HATFIELD, JULIANA - Peace & Love   (Mar 8)
• BODEANS - Mr. Sad Clown   (Mar 8)
• BROKEN BELLS - Broken Bells   (Mar 8)
• BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB - Beat the Devil's Tattoo   (Mar 15)
• BLACK 47 - Bankers and Gangsters   (Mar 15)
• AM - Future Sons & Daughters   (Mar 15)
• PHANTOGRAM - Eyelid Movies   (Mar 15)

World

• MCKENNITT, LOREENA - from Istanbul to Athens   (Dec 7, 2009)
• MCKENNITT, LOREENA - The Olive and the Cedar   (Dec 7, 2009)
• LHASA - Lhasa   (Dec 14, 2009)
• TINARIWEN - Imidiwan: Companions   (Dec 28, 2009)
• SOMI - If the Rains Come First   (Dec 28, 2009)
• IVANOVIC, GORAN and ANDREAS KAPSALIS - Guitar Duo   (Dec 28, 2009)
• LES TRIABOLIQUES - Rivermudtwilight   (Jan 4)
• TIERRA NEGRA & MURIEL ANDERSON - New World Flamenco   (Jan 4)
• MUMIY TROLL - Comrade Ambassador   (Jan 11)
• GRADA - Natural Angle   (Jan 18)
• SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR - Grace   (Jan 18)
• SOLAS - The Turning Tide   (Jan 25)
• TOURE, VIEUX FARKA - Other Roads: Fondo Remixed   (Jan 29)
• NICKODEMUS - Sun People Remixed   (Jan 29)
• STARFIRE, DAVID - Bollywood Bass   (Jan 29)
• SPY FROM CAIRO, THE - Secretly Famous   (Jan 29)
• VARIOUS - Turntables on the Hudson - 10 Year Anniversary   (Jan 29)
• NNEKA - Concrete Jungle   (Feb 1)
• VARIOUS - Joyful Noise   (Feb 1)
• KOUYATE, BASSEKOU & NGONI BA - I Speak Fula   (Feb 1)
• VARIOUS - The Rough Guide to World Music for Children   (Feb 1)
• WARD, HUI - The Way   (Feb 8)
• VARIOUS - Dancehall Originators   (Feb 8)
• CASEY, KARAN and JOHN DOYLE - Exiles Return   (Feb 15)
• KITTEL, JEREMY - Chasing Sparks   (Feb 15)
• ROLLINS, LAWSON - Espirito   (Feb 15)
• BEI BEI & SHAWN LEE - Into the Wind   (Feb 22)
• ALTAN - 25th Anniversary Celebration   (Feb 22)
• VARIOUS - Panama! 3   (Feb 22)
• N'DOUR, YOUSSOU - I Bring What I Love   (Feb 22)
• TOURE, ALI FARKA & TOUMANI DIABATE - Ali and Toumani   (Mar 1)
• CHIEFTAINS featuring RY COODER, THE - San Patricio   (Mar 1)
• COLCANNON - Three Days in May   (Mar 1)
• VARIOUS - Afro-Rock   (Mar 8)
• OJRA and ANDREY KIRITCHENKO - A Tangle of Mokosha   (Mar 8)
• DAS, KRISHNA - Heart as Wide as the World   (Mar 8)
• ASLAN, PABLO - Tango Grill   (Mar 15)
• KIDJO, ANGELIQUE - Oyo   (Mar 15)
• SAID, RAZIA - Zebu Nation   (Mar 15)
• RUBBLEBUCKET ORCHESTRA - Rubblebucket   (Mar 15)

Local/Regional Releases for 2010

Blues

• HILGER, STEVE - Want What You Have   (Mar 8)

Folk

• SPEYER, MIRIAM - Miriam Speyer & New Blend   (Dec 7, 2009)
• JACK, JILL - Heartland Music Hall   (Jan 4)
• REILLY, JOE - Touch the Earth   (Jan 11)
• NERVOUS BUT EXCITED - Anchors   (Jan 11)
• RIBBONS OF SONG - Blisters EP   (Jan 11)
• NATE SCOTT and THOSE EIGHTY ACRES - 1905   (Jan 18)
• O'ROURKE, SUSAN - The Usual Suspects   (Feb 1)
• O'ROURKE, SUSAN and ZIG ZEITLER - Immigrant Heart   (Feb 1)
• BLOOMQUIST, RUTH & MAX - Turn Back a Page   (Feb 15)
• WEATHERHEADS, THE - Live at One Trick Pony   (Mar 8)
• LVNMUZIQ - Live on Sherman Street   (Mar 8)

Jazz

• GRAND RAPIDS JAZZ ORCHESTRA - Jazz On Tap   (Dec 7, 2009)
• END TIMES ORCHESTRA, THE - End Times Orchestra   (Mar 1)
• GRAND RAPIDS ACCORDION ENSEMBLE - The Best of the Grand Rapids Accordion Ensemble   (Mar 1)
• SCHMIDT, CLAUDIA - Claudia Schmidt and her Funtet   (Mar 15)

Rock

• VARIOUS - Unsigned II   (Dec 14, 2009)
• ALFREDSON, JIM - In Memorandom   (Jan 4)
• SWANSON, SARAH - Dark Sunshine   (Jan 11)
• NEW MIDWEST, THE - Common Wealth   (Feb 8)
• GO GO YUGO - Go Go Yugo   (Mar 15)