Tightly recorded by Steve Earle production cohort, Ray Kennedy, UNDER THE TABLE AND ABOVE THE SUN combines stinging guitars, irresistible melodies, ringing vocal harmonies, intoxicating instrumental interplay, stomping rock drums, magnetic lyrics and sing-a-along choruses.
(2-CD set) Bob Wills was one of the creators of Western Swing, somewhere between Country Music, jazz and blues. His work is impressive, versatile, danceable and full of swing. This boxed set retraces the best years of his long career (1932-47). Includes a 24 page booklet with both French and English notes.
This recording features highlights from the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra's tour of China, which included a performance at Beijing's Forbidden City concert hall. The recording was produced at the Central China Radio Studio and features collaborations with some of New Brunswick's top classical musicians including international concert pianist, Roger Lord, the Saint John String Quartet and the traditional fiddler Samantha Robichaud. Founded in 1965, the orchestra has approximately 80 members between ages 10 and 24 from across the province. The NBYO tours New Brunswick each year, and occasionally performs in other countries. The ensemble is funded by a Board of Directors as well as private, municipal, and provincial grants. The group is led here by conductor James Mark.
Deluxe 3CD + DVD edition. The Highwaymen Live - American Outlaws is a box set of concert performances from country music's legendary first "supergroup," featuring Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. The Highwaymen Live - American Outlaws includes two audio discs recorded live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 14, 1990 and an audio disc with tracks recorded live at various Farm Aid Festivals. The DVD contains a previously unreleased full-length concert film recorded live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, March 14, 1990 and transferred from the original film reels especially for this collection. As an added bonus, The Highwaymen Live - American Outlaws debuts a previously unreleased recording of "One Too Many Mornings," an alternate take of a Bob Dylan song which appeared on Heroes, a 1986 collaboration album by Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. The track's new incarnation on The Highwaymen Live - American Outlaws includes vocals recorded by Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson in 2014.
Volume One. EU-only two CD set that chronicles the birth of Country Rock. In 1966, rock groups began turning away from the self-indulgence of early psychedelia to the timeless values embodied in country music, but they brought a counter-culture sensibility to it. It was a trend that began slowly in 1966, picked up steam in '67 when Bob Dylan released his groundbreaking John Wesley Harding album and the Band's first LP appeared, and became a phenomenon in 1968 when the Byrds released Sweetheart of the Rodeo, and Dillard & Clark's first album appeared. Heritage acts like the Everly Brothers and Rick Nelson came early to the party. And then, in 1969, the Flying Burrito Brothers' first LP appeared, Dylan released 'Nashville Skyline,' and the Band's epochal second LP appeared. Suddenly, Country Rock was a phrase on everyone's lips.
“The manner of Bill Evans is no volatile substance: it is ventilated, ethereal. It is not vapid, but exquisite. Not precious, but refined. Cerebral? No! Meditative. Evanescent? On the con trary: what is insinuated by it leaves a lasting imprint on our awareness.” Alain GERBER
(2-CD set) The history of World Music has enable Fremeaux to discover a most unlikely genre - "Country Quebec"! This 50 track set portrays all the typical aspects of country music, but the titles are sung in French. This fusion of the mythical herds led by cowboys and the patrimony of French-speaking lands adds to Quebec's strong identity. Features Willie Lamothe, Marcel Mantel, Paul Brunelle, Suzanne Gadbois, Jean Lalonde, Lionel Parent, Rene Brisson, Roger Turgeon, Hector Pellerin and others.
COME ON BACK is a collection of songs introduced to Jimmie by his father as he was growing up in Lubbock, Texas. Most of the songs were written and/or made popular by classic country artists such as Johnny Cash, Earnest Tubb, Hank Snow, and Ray Price. But Jimmie makes each song his own with the same soulful, timeless delivery which has made him an American treasure since his early days with the Flatlanders.
LEAVIN TOWN is the debut album from Flamekeeper the new band founded by five-time IBMA Fiddle Player of the Year Michael Cleveland and featuring John Mark Batchelor on banjo, mandolin player Jesse Brock (Lynn Morris Band), guitarist and vocalist Todd Rake straw (Union Station, Timberline Drive), and bassist and vocalist Marshall Wilborn (Lynn Morris Band, Johnson Mountain Boys, Longview). The jaw-dropping intensity of Flamekeepers live performances have already made them a favorite on the bluegrass circuit, and Leaving Town is filled with hard driving instrumental and vocal music that fans the sparks struck by bluegrass's first generation into a bold new flame.
CROWD FAVORITES is a collection of the most- requested songs from Claire Lynch's impressively rich repertoire. Features 4 new recordings, plus 10 classics from her Rounder Catalog form an ideal introduction to one of acoustic's most innovative artists.
