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February 24, 2009
New CD Album Releases, 2-24-2009: Chris Isaak, JJ Cale, Jonas Brothers Chris Isaak is back this week with Mr Lucky. It is his first proper album in seven years, and currently as high as #6 at Amazon. Note that he is also starting The Chris Isaak Hour, a weekly talk-music show on A&Es Biography channel.
JJ Cale has made a bunch of albums over time, but I've never heard of him really being much of a seller. But Roll On is rated as high as #11 at Amazon. The last album he made was a duo album with Eric Clapton, The Road to Escondido.
The Jonas Brothers have a concert film, and thus a concert film album, Music from the 3D Concert Experience. Good for them.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases:
Black Lips 200 Million Thousand Vice Garage Punk, Garage Rock Revival
J.J. Cale Roll On Rounder Boogie Rock, Roots Rock, Blues-Rock
Chris Isaak Mr. Lucky Wicked Game/Reprise Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock
And Then There Were None Who Speaks for Planet Earth? Tooth & Nail New Wave/Post-Punk Revival, Dance-Rock, Indie Electronic
Laura Barrett Victory Garden Paper Bag Indie Pop, Indie Rock
Diego Bernal For Corners Exponential Left-Field Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop
Joe Bonamassa The Ballad of John Henry J & R Adventures Blues-Rock, Modern Electric Blues
Pete Brown & His Battered Ornaments A Meal You Can Shake Hands with in the Dark Repertoire Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Soul
Pete Brown & Piblokto! Things May Come and Things May Go But the Art School Dance Goes on Forever Repertoire Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Rock & Roll, Soul
Pete Brown & Piblokto! Thousands on a Raft Repertoire Jazz-Rock, Prog-Rock/Art Rock Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band Safe as Milk Buddha Proto-Punk, Psychedelic, Prog-Rock/Art Rock, Blues-Rock, Experimental Rock
Johnny Cash Original Sun Singles '55-'58 Sundazed Rock & Roll, Traditional Country, Rockabilly, Country-Pop
Clem Snide Hungry Bird 429 Indie Rock, Alternative Country-Rock
Company of Thieves Ordinary Riches Wind-Up Indie Rock
Norman Connors Star Power Shanachie Smooth Jazz, Quiet Storm, Crossover Jazz, Urban
Shemekia Copeland Never Going Back Telarc Modern Electric Blues, Soul-Blues
Brian Dewan Ringing at the Speed of Prayer: Brian Dewan with the Liverpool Cathedral Bell Ringers Innova Romantic & Contemporary Arrangements for Bells & Tuned Stones
John Fred & His Playboy Band With Glasses: The Very Best of John Fred and His Playboy Band Fuel 2000 Pop/Rock, Frat Rock, AM Pop, Blue-Eyed Soul
Bill Frisell The Best of Bill Frisell, Vol. 1: Folk Songs Nonesuch Folk-Jazz
Green River Ordinance Out of My Hands Virgin Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock
Uri Gurvich The Storyteller Tzadik Avant-Garde Jazz, Progressive Jazz, Folk-Jazz, World Fusion
Lightnin' Hopkins Blues from Dowling Street Fuel 2000 Electric Texas Blues, Electric Blues, Country Blues, Acoustic Texas Blues, Texas Blues
Jonas Brothers Music from the 3D Concert Experience Hollywood Pop/Rock, Teen Pop
K'naan Troubadour A&M/Octone Alternative Rap, Political Rap, Underground Rap
Kinky Barracuda Kin-Kon/Nettwerk Alternative Dance, Rock en Español, Alternative Pop/Rock
L'Arpeggiata Monteverdi: Teatro d'Amore Virgin Classics Baroque Vocal Music
Lamb of God Wrath Epic Death Metal/Black Metal
Jerry Lee Lewis Sun Singles Collection Sundazed Rock & Roll
Kurt Masur Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 8; Liszt: Wanderer-Fantasie Apex Romantic Orchestral Music
Jackie McLean Bluesnik [RVG] Blue Note Hard Bop, Post-Bop
Original Soundtrack Coraline Koch Original Score, Soundtracks
Jake Owen Easy Does It RCA Neo-Traditionalist Country, Contemporary Country
Pan-American White Bird Release Kranky Experimental Ambient, Dark Ambient, Post-Rock/Experimental, Electro-Acoustic
Shawn Phillips At the BBC Hux Jazz-Rock, Folk-Rock, Soft Rock, Singer/Songwriter
Roberto Juan Rodriguez The First Basket Tzadik Jewish Music, Avant-Garde Jazz, Hebrew, Son, Rhumba, Klezmer, Latin Folk, Mambo, New York Salsa, Salsa, World Fusion
Tom Rush What I Know Appleseed Contemporary Folk, Singer/Songwriter, Folk-Blues, Traditional Folk
Daphna Sadeh and the Voyagers Reconciliation Tzadik Continental Jazz, World Fusion
School Boy Humor School Boy Humor Vagrant Emo-Pop
Screaming Blue Messiahs Live at the BBC Hux Alternative Pop/Rock, Hard Rock
Horace Silver The Tokyo Blues Blue Note Hard Bop, Soul-Jazz
Various Artists Adventures in Sound: Schaeffer, Stockhausen, Xenakis, Varèse, Henry El Modern & Contemporary Electronic & Electro-Acoustic Music
Various Artists Elliott Carter: A Nonesuch Retrospective [Box Set] Nonesuch Contemporary Vocal, Chamber & Orchestral Music
Various Artists Singing Through the Hard Times: A Utah Phillips Celebration Righteous Babe Neo-Traditional Folk, Folksongs, Folk Revival
Baby Face Willette Stop and Listen Blue Note Hard Bop, Soul-Jazz
Tony Williams Spring Blue Note Post-Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz
