(2-CD set) 1949 - In the United States the decade closed with the sound of music which was often joyful and frantic. But despite the Blacks' Rhythm & Blues Top 40 as well as the Country and Western Top 40, the music which echoed out of the jukeboxes was often tinted with Rock'n'Roll. OMIT-3/4/08-Capitol

(2-CD set) In the 'Roots of Rock'n'Roll' series, this volume focuses on 1950 - a year of verve, invention, rhythm and humour - the ingredients for pure Rock'n'Roll. Competition is strong between the newcomers from Rhythm & Blues - Fats Domino, La Vern Baker, Ruth Brown - and those from a Country Music background - Tennessee Ernie Ford, Charline Arthur and Lefty Frizzel. OMIT-3/4/08-Capitol

“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) Innovative and inspired country music guitarists participated in the glorification of this instrument, along with their blues and jazz contemporaries. This boxed-set presents a selection of guitar country masterpieces, covering debuting country music right up to the dawning of Rock’n’Roll. Includes a 40 page booklet with both French and English notes.

The changes in American society were reflected in the transformation of Country Music in the 1940's. The advent of bluegrass and Honky-Tonk, the development of Western Swing in California, the rise of Hank Williams to superstar status... The revolution in Country Music in ten short years is amply covered in this 2-CD set. Includes a 32 page booklet with both French and English notes.

The Honky Tonk genre is the heart, soul and spine of Country Music. Born in Texas and Oklahoma during wartime, Honky Tonk rapidly spread and transformed Country Music. This album covers the teething years of Honky Tonk and offers some of its finest masterpieces.

(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.

Blue Ridge Express

New Beginnings

After It'S Gone

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.

GOOD'LE DAYS: THE ESSENTIAL RECORDINGS

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.

FOOTPRINTS: A IIIRD

ECHOES OF THE MOUNTAINS

THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL

Old Time Banjo Festival

Rounder Records is proud to present seventeen firey new tracks from three-time IBMA fiddle player of the year, Michael Cleveland. LET 'ER GO BOYS features a plethora of guests, including Vince Gill, Del McCoury, Larry Sparks, Tim O'Brien and many more. A must for any fan of bluegrass or just plain good old fiddle music.

LIVE AT NEWBURYPORT FIREHOUSE

JEANNIE KENDALL

Lizard Vision

Paint Me On Velvet

ESSENTIAL PATRIOTIC COLLECTION / VARIOUS

This release continues the series of 4-CD sets which comprises selected annual collections of the biggest US country hits of each year. This great-value 110-track collection covers the year of 1962, during which time Billboard published a Top 30 which changed it's name during the year from Hot C&W Sides to Hot Country Singles, and it comprises every record which appeared in the Top 15 of that chart during the year. Despite the fact that the pop landscape had been transformed over preceding years by rock 'n' roll and it's aftermath, and was about to undergo another upheaval with the British Invasion, the charts still had a familiar look about them for country fans, with many traditional established country stars well-represented, like Webb Pierce, Porter Wagoner, Kitty Wells and Hank Snow, although the smoother Nashville sound certainly characterised many of the hits and there was more than a smattering of crossover artists who enjoyed big crossover hits, not least Leroy Van Dyke's long-running No. 1 "Walk On By". Other big winners during the year with multiple hits were George Jones, Patsy Cline, Marty Robbins, Jimmy Dean, Jim Reeves, and there were some hot new kids on the block like Buck Owens, Willie Nelson and Johnny Tillotson, along with some collectable obscurities among the one-hit wonders. It's a fascinating and entertaining musical snapshot of the country scene during a dynamic era, and with an in-depth 12,000+ word booklet with background notes on every record, it gives a solid overview of the most popular country music of the yea

This release continues the series which we re-established last year with a 4-CD set of "The Greatest Country Hits of 1958" and which comprises selected annual collections of the biggest US country hits of each year. This great-value 116-track collection follows on from that 1958 anthology, and includes every record that appeared in the Top 20 of the Billboard country charts during 1959, excluding those records which had already made the Top 20 and which therefore appeared in the 1958 set (there was insufficient space to include them again in this collection). The country chart had been rationalised in October 1958 into a single "Hot C&W Sides" Top 30 listing. With the new format and research basis, there are fewer pop and rock 'n' roll records featured in the country charts this year, and it provides a platform for the top country artists of the day, as well as a number of more obscure tracks which have not been widely available on CD. With an in-depth 10-000+ word booklet with background notes on every record, it gives a solid overview of the most popular country music of the year.