Favorite CD's: January-June 2003

Subject: Favorite CD's: January-June 2003
From: GUEST,New York City
Date: 20 Jul 03 - 09:35 AM

I usually buy or trade for 2 or 3 new CD's every week. Here's my list of 10 favorite new CD's from the first half of this year. They are in alphabetical order by band name or artist's last name.

Rev. Gary Davis- If I Had My Way: Early Home Recordings
Greenbriar Boys- Big Apple Bluegrass
Jack Hardy- Bandolier
Priscilla Herdman- The Road Home
Klezmatics- Rise Up! Sheyt Oyf!
Rod MacDonald- Recognition
Tom Russell- Modern Art
Deborah Strauss & Jeff Warschauer- Rejoicing
Jay Ungar & Molly Mason- Relax Your Mind
Wenzel- Ticky Tock

The Rev. Gary Davis and Greenbriar Boys CD's are archival recordings. The rest are brand new.

Subject: RE: Favorite CD's: January-June 2003
From: Candyman(inactive)
Date: 20 Jul 03 - 11:48 AM

I agree that the Tom Russell and Reverend Gary Davis CDs are excellent. I haven't heard most of the others.

Who are Deborah Strauss & Jeff Warschauer and Wenzel?

Subject: RE: Favorite CD's: January-June 2003
From: Mudlark
Date: 20 Jul 03 - 12:08 PM

Being on a restricted financial diet I don't buy many CD's but have been very happy with my Mudcat compilations and JustaPicker's CD, plus Bob and Janita Baker's Xmas album.

Subject: RE: Favorite CD's: January-June 2003
From: GUEST,New York City
Date: 20 Jul 03 - 01:48 PM

Deaborah Strauss & Jeff Warschauer are a husband and wife duo from Brooklyn. He plays guitar and mandolin and she plays violin. They specialize in traditional Yiddish songs. Both are also members of the Klezmer Conservatory Band.

Wenzel is a cabaret singer from Germany who was given access to unpublished lyrics in the Woody Guthrie Archives. His CD is quite wonderful. I like it much better than the Billy Bragg & Wilco settings of Woody Guthrie's unpublished lyrics.

Subject: RE: Favorite CD's: January-June 2003
From: Midchuck
Date: 20 Jul 03 - 09:04 PM

"Bandolier" is a classic IMO. I've learned the title song and sung it until all those near and dear to me are throughly sick of it, but I'm not.

I still haven't got the new Tom Russell, and usually I grab everything new he puts out, immediately. But his CDs don't get into the local stores, and I keep forgetting to order it. If only he'd play in the northeast more than once or twice a year, I'd get to buy it at a gig. Last I saw him live was in Castleford, Yorkshire, UK, where I almost couldn't find him 'cause no one spoke English.

What's on the Greebriar Boys' CD? I probably have a lot of it on old vinyl.

Peter.

Subject: RE: Favorite CD's: January-June 2003
From: GUEST,New York City
Date: 20 Jul 03 - 10:49 PM

The Greenbriar Boys -- Big Apple Bluegrass

Love Bug
Darby Ram
Methodist Pie
Mississippi Sawyer
Danville Girl
Coot From Tennessee
The Great Assembly
Take A Whiff On Me
Cabin In Gloryland
Honky Tonk Girl
Gotta Travel On
Way Down In The Country
Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down
Rambling Round
Stay All Night
Shine On Me
Roll On John

Subject: RE: Favorite CD's: January-June 2003
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 21 Jul 03 - 09:34 AM

Well, I've been very good lately, not buying my usual quota of CDs so I've got enough money for petrol to go see my old dad more often but these, mostly bought the first few months of 2003 have had most plays:

Ben Andrews: Gallows Pole
Whitely Brothers: Bluesology
Guy Wolff: Back Porch Blues
Michael Kaye: Justapicker & Friends
Sonny Black: Blues of a kind
Skip James: Blues from the Delta

RtS