Songs: Ohia : Captain Badass [ purchase ] An eleventh-hour submission from Star Maker Machine reader Alex, who writes: I probably would nev...

Greg Brown: The Poet Game [ purchase ] Eliza Gilkyson: Hard Times in Babylon [ purchase ] Like so many of our favorites, acoustic roots...

Unrest: Make Out Club [ Purchase ] Tuscadero: The Teenbeat Song [ Purchase at Teenbeat store ] Andrew Beaujon: Dots Per Square Inch [ Pur...

Blue Note Records is one of the preeminent labels in jazz history, known mainly for its hard bop , a style which combines bebop with elemen...

The world is full of great musicians and the amazing music they make. But when was the last time you heard a hit song that wasn’t in English...

"Massive success would have been a dream come true, but a person's dreams are so different at 30 than they are at 20. Maybe my dre...

Peter Mulvey : The Fly [ purchase ] Kris Delmhorst : Galuppi Baldessare [ purchase ] Eilen Jewell : Heartache Boulevard [ purchase ] Signatu...

Tony Rice: Church Street Blues The Lonesome River Band: When You Go Walking [ purchase ] Bluegrass label Sugar Hill Records (not to be co...

Badfinger: Come And Get It [ purchase ] (Apple 20) Mary Hopkin: Those Were The Days [ purchase ] (Apple 2) Most music fans know that App...

David Grisman Quintet : Chili Dawg [ purchase ] Enrique Coria : Milongo del Angel [ purchase ] David Grisman began his musical life playing ...

Charlie Feathers : Bottle To The Baby [sadly out of print, try eBay] Revenant Records was the brainchild of the late great guitar experimen...

Elvis Presley: Blue Moon Of Kentucky (alternate take) [ purchase ] Charlie Rich: Sittin' And Thinkin' [ purchase ] Record compan...

Ani DiFranco: Both Hands [ purchase ] Anais Mitchell: Your Fonder Heart [ purchase ] Folk music is not an acoustic guitar — that's not ...

The Specials : A Message to You, Rudy [ purchase ] The Selecter : On My Radio [ purchase ] The English Beat : Tears of a Clown [ purchase ] ...

Andrew Calhoun: Meditation Song [ purchase ] Sam Pacetti: Augustine [ purchase ] I vividly recall the first time Andrew Calhoun came in...

Violent Femmes: Gone Daddy Gone [ purchase ] X: White Girl [ purchase ] Slash Records was one of the main labels of the Los Angeles pun...

Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Where'd You Go [ purchase ] As a teenager growing up in and around Harvard Square, TAANG! Records was my local ...

The Everly Brothers: Bowling Green [ purchase ] Neko Case: Bowling Green [ purchase ] A quick post here at the buzzer to pay tribute to Orl...

NRBQ: Green Lights [ purchase ] It's a little dated, production-wise, but everything I love about NRBQ is here: the no-frills bluecolla...

Simon and Garfunkle : The Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine [ purchase ] Simon and Garfunkle are known for some wonderful songs, with poetic...