"DOWN HOME" #221
Thursday, June 27, 2002
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CORDELIA'S DAD - Dark and Rolling Eye CORDELIA'S DAD - Camille's Not Afraid of the Barn [WHAT IT IS/Kimchee] Cordelia's Dad's long-awaited new album, mostly in the can since 1997, and mostly a rock album, recorded by Steve Albini. There are a few acoustic numbers (the first) and unaccompanied songs, "in support of the rock". I've been waiting for this for a long time. http://www.cordeliasdad.com/ LOS LOBOS - Luz de mi Vida [GOOD MORNING AZTL7ÁN/Mammoth] THE IGUANAS - Arrimate [LIVE AT WOLF TRAP/Blowout] BIG SANDY - Hey Señorita [DEDICATED TO YOU/Hightone] RALPH STANLEY - Henry Lee [RALPH STANLEY/DMZ-Columbia] Brand-new, produced by T-Bone Burnett. CHEROKEE WIND - Lonesome River [CHEROKEE WIND/Kore Records] THE FREIGHT HOPPERS - Trouble [WAITING ON THE GRAVY TRAIN/Rounder] PINMONKEY - The Devil's Back Door [SPEAK NO EVIL/Drifter's Church] ALTAN - Johnny's Wedding/Rogue's Reel/Gravel Walk (reels) [WDR VOL. 16: IRELAND/World Network] A live recording of reels from the early 1990s. CÚIG - The American Stranger [PROSPECT/Green Linnet] ANDY M. STEWART - The Errant Apprentice [MAN IN THE MOON/Green Linnet] SEAN SMYTH - Doherty's Fancy/Paddy O'Snap's (jigs) [THE BLUE FIDDLE/ Mulligan] the subdudes - Late at Night [LIVE AT LAST/High Street] The 'dudes' long-awaited live album, released in 1997 not long before their breakup. Three of the original members are now back together as "The Dudes": http://www.thedudesnews.com/ DEACON JOHN & HIS ALL-STAR BLUES REVUE - Happy Home [WWOZ ON CD: THE SOUNDS OF NEW ORLEANS, VOL. 3, SPRING 1995] Recorded at the House of Blues Stage at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, April 24, 1994. ZYDECO JOE MOUTON - La Cour En Arrière de Mamma Fred (Mama Fred's Back Yard) [JACKRABBIT/Maison de Soul] BONNE MUSIQUE ZYDECO - Moi et Mon Beau (Me and My Man) [GUMBO MIX/Big Berv Music] THE MAGNOLIA SISTERS - Le Pays des Etrangers [CHERS AMIS/Rounder] BIXY GUIDRY & PERCY BABINEAUX - Je Vais Jouer Cela Pour Toi (I'll Play This One For You) [LE GRAN MAMOU: A CAJUN MUSIC ANTHOLOGY, 1928-1941/Country Music Foundation] Bixy was a relative of Lisa Trahan Reed from the Magnolia Sisters, who played one of his songs last Sunday. Recorded November 6, 1929. THE MAGNOLIA SISTERS - Dedans la Sud de la Louisiane [CHERS AMIS/ Rounder] DR. MICHAEL WHITE - Hindustan [JAZZ FROM THE SOUL OF NEW ORLEANS/ Basin Street Records] By request, from Pat in Santa Monica. DOLLY PARTON - Sugar Hill [HALOS & HORNS/Sugar Hill] GREY DELISLE - Ferris Wheels and Freakshows [HOME WRECKER/Hummin'bird] ALIAS RON KAVANA - 19th Nervous Breakdown/The Blacksmith's Daughter [GALWAY TO GRACELAND/Alias Recordings] Who woulda thought that that old Irish reel would go so well with that Jagger/Richards song?
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