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Willard Grant Conspiracy :: Let It Roll (US Release)

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As Songs: Illinois mentioned the other day, the Robert Fischer helmed collective known as the Willard Grant Conspiracy are finally seeing a stateside release of their sixth album, Let It Roll, on February 27th. Long time coming, but well worth the wait.

It's artists like Willard Grant Conspiracy that inspire me to seek out and write about new music; the highly talented and vastly under reported. This is americana-garage . . .

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Great Lake Swimmers :: Ongiara

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You know, it seems like I was just writing about Great Lake Swimmers....oh right, I was. As reported last week, GLS have an album in the can entitled Ongiara, which will be released March 27th via the Weewerk label on 12’€³ vinyl, with Nettwerk releasing the CD version shortly therafter.

Below are two tracks off Ongiara . . .

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David Bowie :: Conversation Piece

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For the most part I haven't really kept up with the last ten years of David Bowie's recording career (the last 'new' album I picked up was 1995's Outside a decade ago), so last month when Blake Hazard, from The Submarines, guest DJ'd a set on the Aquarium . . .

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New Orleans Yellow Moon :: With Daniel Lanois

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Fat Tuesday is approaching. As I have discussed before on the these pages, Daniel Lanois' unique production style leaves it's unique fingerprints on any project he touches, no matter the genre, no matter the artist. In the case of Yellow Moon that meant fonky R&B courtesy of the Crescent . . .

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Fela Kuti And The Africa ’70 w/ Ginger Baker

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Yeah! Dig that album cover! Among other things, 2006 found me delving heavily into '70s afro-beat, and one cannot begin to mention the genre without Fela Kuti. Kuti was so hot The JBs  allegedly readily admitted to copping his band's grooves. Yes, those JBs. One listen to the this become a member or log in.

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Lucinda Williams :: West

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I consider Lucinda Williams Car Wheels On A Gravel Road to be a true genre classic in every sense of the word. Its marriage of southern gothic lyrical imagery and atmosphere, paired with a good set of headphones, has the rare power to transport the listener to the deep rural south without stepping foot on a plane. This latest project, however, not so much.

Nearly a decade after Car Wheels release we find Lucinda on her eighth album, West, mourning both the loss of love and the death of her mother. "The songs . . .

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Jeff Mangum :: XFM Radio Session – May 1998

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Jeff Mangum :: XFM Radio Session - May 1998

Download:
MP3: Interview
MP3: Gardenhead / Leave Me Alone
MP3: Engine
MP3: King of Carrot Flowers pt. 3
MP3: Oh Comely

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Dr. John :: Gris Gris (1968)

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The sporadic New Orleans related posts continue today through Fat Tuesday. See archives for past NOLA features.

Gris Gris is wholly steeped in New Orleans voodoo. It's all candles, black magic and psychedelic swamp blues led by Dr. John under his late sixties/early seventies guise known as "The Nighttripper . . .

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P.G. Six :: Slightly Sorry

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Are you a fan of John Fahey and/or Bert Jansch? If so Pat Gublar, aka P.G. Six, should be high on your radar in 2007. Gublar’s new album, Slightly Sorry, comes out this month on Drag City and is a folk laden affair sure to appeal to followers of the aforementioned legends. Below is the track “Strange . . .

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Yer Bird Records :: To Release New J. Tillman

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Our dear friends at Yer Bird will be releasing the next J. Tillman full length, Cancer And Delirium, in April. Details are scarce at the moment, but this release will follow hot on the tails on the much anticipated Yer Bird folk compilation due out in March. Below is an unmastered version of "When I Light Your Darkened Door"

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Yellow Fever :: EP / Cat Power’s Bathysphere

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I love The Breeders. After the Pixies disbanded it was not Frank Black's career I followed with great interest, but Kim Deals. Austin's Yellow Fever sound a bit like Pod era Breeders, and "Katcatcher," the first song off their self released EP, had it's hooks in . . .

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Silver Jews :: Documentary Announced

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Much of my time spent with the silver screen this past year has been with documentary films. This is both due to the fact my wife has been working closely with documentary filmmakers here in Los Angeles, and more importantly, there have been some outstanding/groundbreaking works in the documentary film world of late.

This being so, news of director Michael Tully's new ducumentary chronicling Dave Berman's Silver Jews is the best joos news since catching them . . .

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Sons of Kentucky :: Dwight Yoakam & Will Oldham

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Last year Filter magazine had a light bulb of an idea getting native Kentucky songwriters/actors Dwight Yoakam and Will Oldham to interview one another. Upon seeing the artwork for the feature I knew I had to scan it for you good folks to see with your own eyes. Awesome, no? Being a huge fan of both, this joint interview, entitled 'Kings At Night" was a real treat. Unfortunately I do not see . . .

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