Kasey Chambers:  Not Pretty Enough [ purchase ] I've told this story a hundred times over.  I've told it on my own site more th...

Joan Baez with Dar Williams: You're Aging Well [ purchase ] Dar Williams: You're Aging Well [ purchase ] I am the coordinator/bo...

Timbuk 3: A Sinful Life [ purchase ] I was in middle school, a loser and a loner; my best friend that year was a kid who lived down the str...

Jethro Tull : Cold Wind to Valhalla [ purchase ] If you have read a number of my posts, you know that I grew up listening to FM radio i...

PJ Harvey: Rid Of Me [ Purchase ] I have a confession... I don't have a time line of discovery and growth like many of you. Since I was...

Traffic: Empty Pages Purchase: I hope FiL doesn't mind me copying his flow chart - a good idea is a good idea, so here's mine: Bee ...

Medium Medium : Hungry, So Angry [ purchase ] I haven’t listened to the radio in quite some time. Do they still have those contests whe...

Yes: Starship Trooper [ purchase ] Let me give you an abbreviated history of my teenage musical obsessions: The Beatles -> Heavy Metal -...

Bruce Cockburn : Lovers in a Dangerous Time [ purchase ] I always wanted to be a writer. My mother was a reporter for a local newspaper...

St. Germain: So Flute [ purchase ] For our new theme this week, we'll be sharing discovery stories - those tales of sudden connection, ...

The Chieftains with Roger Daltrey : Behind Blue Eyes [ purchase ] To finish out my posts for this week’s theme, I wanted a song that ha...

Roland Kirk: Mingus-Griff Song Roland Kirk: Mood Indigo [ purchase ] Rahsaan Roland Kirk was a one-man woodwind section. He could play th...

Brave Old World : Brave Old Sirbas [ purchase ] One of the pleasures of this week‘s theme for me is the chance to present some klezmer ...

Gil Scott-Heron : Winter in America [ purchase ] This bleak vision of dystopian America circa 1974 is courtesy of Gil Scott-Heron, a soc...

Sarah Harmer: Around This Corner [ purchase ] Sarah Harmer: Just A Closer Walk With Thee [ purchase ] The classical reeded woodwinds of th...

Sadao Watanabe : Tsumagoi [ purchase ] Before you get all up in my grill, let me just point out that this is not J-Rock. It's pret...

Chris Cornell: Disappearing One [purchase] When grunge/metal heroes Soundgarden parted ways in 1997 (they have since reunited) I coudn'...

Kate Bush : The Dreaming [ purchase ] If you don’t know what to listen for, you might say that there are no pipes or woodwinds in The D...

Silly Wizard: The Blackbird [sadly, out of print] I've always liked the slow, almost stately medieval pace and harmonies of this live t...

Kris Delmhorst: Hummingbird [ purchase ] Bette Midler: Skylark [purchase] Carrie Newcomer: I Heard an Owl [ purchase ] I must say I wa...