The Avett Brothers (Sony, 2009) The Avett Brothers are a sibling pair from North Carolina that for several years has been building a reputation as bluegrass...
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Yo La Tengo (Matador Records, 2009) First off, Yo La Tengo is not a salsa band. They're not even Hispanic. They are white, artsy-bohemian types in their...
Levon Helm (Vanguard Records, 2009) Beginning in 1969, Levon Helm, with his mates in The Band, helped save rock and roll from psychedelia and all its pomps. In...
Elvis Costello (Hear Music, 2009) Elvis Costello goes bluegrass-that's the short take on Secret, Profane & Sugarcane. But this is not a novelty record...
Various Artists (Hear Music, 2009) And they do mean various! This CD/DVD release includes artists from India to Ireland, South Africa to Russia, Israel to...
Honey Moon The Handsome Family (Carrot Top Records, 2009) The Handsome Family is a perfectly postmodern family band. Unlike the ones that litter the bluegrass...
No Line on the Horizon U2 (Universal-Island Records, 2009) The work on this album started when U2 was in Fez, Morocco during an International Festival of...
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (Columbia, 2009) For 36 years now, Bruce Springsteen has been redefining the “rock star” job description...
Jay Bennett (rockproper.com, 2008) Back in the late 1990s, Wilco was the great American rock band, and Jay Bennett was one of its key members. Today Wilco is...
Michael Franti and Spearhead (ANTI, 2008) Michael Franti has been knocking around the fringes of the rock and rap scene for almost 20 years. Franti first...
