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September 15, 2009
New CD Album Releases, 9-15-2009: Ricky Skaggs, Bruce Hornsby, Mark Knopfler God bless and keep Ricky Skaggs. He's out this week with Solo: Songs My Dad Loved. This is a beautiful bluegrass album. For being old songs his daddy loved, I only recognize one of them. So it's pretty much an album of new songs for most people. His mandolin picking is beautiful and his singing is better than I remember. He's distinctly got a bit of a Ralph Stanley thing going on vocally, which is a wonderful thing. You probably ought to hear this.
Also, Mark Knopfler has his sixth solo album, Get Lucky. Just on the basis of a few samples, this sounds pretty good. He's not Mr Charisma - just a talented songwriter and guitar player. He's rootsy with minimal self-consciousness, quiet and contemplative. This album is as high as #5 currently at Amazon.
Here's the complete list of this week's major new album releases:
Big Star Keep an Eye on the Sky Rhino Proto-Punk, Pop/Rock, Power Pop
Drake So Far Gone Cash Money/Universal Motown Pop-Rap, Contemporary R&B, Hardcore Rap, Southern Rap
Nelly Furtado Mi Plan Universal Latino Pop/Rock
Kid Cudi Man on the Moon: The End of Day Universal Motown Left-Field Hip-Hop, Underground Rap, Alternative Rap
Muse The Resistance Warner Bros. Alternative Pop/Rock, Neo-Prog
Q-Tip Kamaal the Abstract Battery Neo-Soul, Contemporary R&B, Alternative Rap
Pete Yorn/Scarlett Johansson Break Up Atco/Rhino Contemporary Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter, Alternative Pop/Rock
Anvil This Is Thirteen VH1 Classics Speed Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash
Armed for Apocalypse Defeat Metal Blade/Ironclad Death Metal/Black Metal
Big Punisher The Legacy: The Best of Big Pun Loud/Legacy Hardcore Rap, East Coast Rap, Gangsta Rap, Hip-Hop, Latin Rap
The Black Dahlia Murder Deflorate Metal Blade Death Metal/Black Metal
Luiza Borac Chopin: Etudes; Six Polish Songs (transcribed Liszt) Avie Romantic Piano Music
Butterfly Boucher Scaryfragile Nettwerk Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Tyondai Braxton Central Market Warp Experimental, Post-Rock/Experimental, Creative Orchestra
Brownout Aguilas and Cobras Six Degrees Deep Funk Revival, Latin Rock, Afro-Beat
Cafe Tacuba Yo Soy Warner Music Latina Foreign Language Rock, Rock en Español
Cougar Patriot Counter Post-Rock/Experimental, Instrumental Rock, Indie Electronic
Cowboy Troy Demolition Mission: Studio Blue Sessions Winding Road Pop-Rap, Contemporary Country
Charlie Daniels Midnight Wind [Midnight Wind...Plus] Raven Urban Cowboy, Country Gospel, Southern Rock, Country-Rock, Traditional Country
