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July 08, 2008
New CD Album Releases, 7-8-2008: Del McCoury in Moneyland, Beck, and Willie Nelson teams with Wynton Marsalis Country music revisits the Dust Bowl this week with the multiple artist concept album Moneyland, re-connecting country music with new and old recordings of songs with themes of economic populism. The album is framed with vintage FDR fireside chats. There are a couple of cuts with Merle Haggard, and also Emmylou Harris singing his "Mama's Hungry Eyes."
Best of all, we get four cuts with Del McCoury. Somehow, McCoury has managed to shoehorn in a country version of "When I'm 64." This seems like pretty much of a stretch conceptually to the idea of the album, but I'm sure glad of it. Turns out that Paul McCartney wrote a classic bluegrass song. Who knew?
Probably the biggest commercial deal this week is Modern Guilt by Beck. It is currently #2 at Amazon. The biggest point of interest to me is that it was produced by Brian Burton aka DJ Dangermouse, half of Gnarls Barkley. Burton's sound palette is not particularly a stretch for Beck, but he's about the best in the business with it. The samples at Amazon sounded pretty good, but probably more for the general production sound rather than anything in the compositions. But that might be subject to further consideration on hearing the full songs.
Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis recorded Two Men with the Blues live at the Lincoln Center on January 12 & 13, 2007. They mostly did old jazz and blues standards, including "Caldonia," an old Louis Jordan favorite of mine. It's not really that much of a stretch for Willie Nelson to play jazz. Even doing country music, his vocal inflections in particular often sound pretty jazzy. What I'm hearing sounds pretty hot. This would definitely be worth a couple of good listens.
Here's the listing of this week's new album releases, courtesy AMG:
Beck Modern Guilt DGC Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Neo-Psychedelia
Albert Hammond, Jr. ¿Como Te Llama? Red Ink Indie Rock
Billy Joel The Stranger [2CD Deluxe Edition] Sony Legacy Album Rock, Pop/Rock, Soft Rock
Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis Two Men with the Blues Blue Note Standards
Abe Vigoda Skeleton PPM Indie Rock
Albatros Ensemble Nino Rota: Improvviso Stradivarius Modern Chamber Music
Bad Religion New Maps of Hell [Deluxe Version] Epitaph American Underground, Hardcore Punk, Punk, Alternative Pop/Rock, L.A. Punk
Chiara Banchini Giuseppe Tartini: Sonate a violino solo; Aria del Tasso Zig Zag Territoires Classical Vocal and Chamber Music
The Baseball Project The Baseball Project, Vol. 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails Yep Roc Jangle Pop, Alternative Pop/Rock, Folk-Pop
Black Ghosts The Black Ghosts Southern Fried Indie Electronic, Electronica
The Capstan Shafts Fixation Protocols Rainbow Quartz Indie Pop, Lo-Fi
Diplomats of Solid Sound Diplomats of Solid Sound Featuring the Diplomettes Pravda Deep Funk Revival
Donna the Buffalo Silverlined Sugar Hill Jam Bands, Alternative Folk, Americana, Contemporary Folk, Zydeco
Isabelle Faust Faure: Sonates pour violon & piano Harmonia Mundi Post-Romantic Chamber Music
Jean Grae Jeanius Blacksmith Underground Rap, Hardcore Rap, Hip-Hop
Eddy Grant The Very Best of Eddy Grant: The Road to Reparation Island/Mercury Contemporary Reggae, Reggae-Pop, Urban, Club/Dance, Pop/Rock
Vladimir Horowitz Horowitz In Hamburg: The Last Concert Deutsche Grammophon Classical and Romantic Piano Music
Kerli Love Is Dead Island Alternative Pop/Rock
Leila Blood, Looms and Blooms Warp IDM, Electronica
Little Jackie The Stoop S-Curve Neo-Soul, Urban, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Hip-Hop
Maroon 5 It Won't Be Soon Before Long [US Deluxe Edition] A&M/Octone Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Del McCoury Moneyland McCoury Music Contemporary Bluegrass, Bluegrass, Traditional Bluegrass
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Have Another Ball! Fat Wreck Chord Punk-Pop, Punk Revival, Comedy Rock
Melvins Nude with Boots Ipecac Alternative Metal, Heavy Metal
Mighty Mighty Bosstones Medium Rare Junket Boy Alternative Pop/Rock, Ska-Punk, Third Wave Ska Revival
Mika Miko 666 PPM Punk-Pop, Indie Rock
Opiate for the Masses Manifesto Cma Goth Metal, Alternative Metal
Dennis Russell Davies Philip Glass: Waiting for the Barbarians Orange Mountain Contemporary Opera
Original Soundtrack Weeds: Music from the Series, Vol. 3 Lions Gate TV Soundtracks, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Comedy Rock
Johnny Osbourne Truths and Rights [Deluxe Edition] Heartbeat Roots Reggae, Dancehall, Lovers Rock
Ratatat LP3 XL Indie Electronic, Indie Rock, Indie Pop
Ron Sexsmith Exit Strategy of the Soul Yep Roc Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
Patti Smith/Kevin Shields The Coral Sea TBC Experimental Rock, Poetry
Son, Ambulance Someone Else's Deja Vu Saddle Creek Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Street Dogs State of Grace Hellcat Punk Revival
Sunny Day Sets Fire Summer Palace IAMSOUND Indie Pop, Twee Pop
Telepathic Butterflies Breakfast in Suburbia Rainbow Quartz Indie Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Pop Underground
Vancougar Canadian Tuxedo Mint Punk-Pop, Indie Rock
Various Artists Life Beyond Mars: Bowie Covered Rapster New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Indie Electronic, Tribute Albums, Club/Dance
Doc Watson Americana Master Series: Best of Doc Watson Sugar Hill Traditional Folk, Traditional Country, Old-Timey
Whitechapel This Is Exile Metal Blade Death Metal/Black Metal, Grindcore
Saul Williams The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust Fader Label Hip-Hop, Underground Rap, Poetry, Political Rap
Edgar Winter Rebel Road Airline Boogie Rock, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock
