Juluka : December African Rain [ purchase ] The well-known meteorologist Bob Geldof once noted, with uncanny prescience and unflinching co...

Counting Crows : A Long December [ purchase ] The calendar turns to December, and you suddenly realize that the year is almost over. Ne...

Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians: Air of December [ purchase ] A fluid, dreamy also-ran from Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, Air of D...

Ten Wheel Drive : Eye of the Needle [ purchase ] I was busy discovering Germany during Discoveries Week and could have posted every day...

The Stone Poneys:  Different Drum [ purchase ] The Version of "Different Drum" that most of us know is the one released by Linda R...

Lou and Peter Berryman : Your State‘s Name Here [ purchase ] It’s really not hard at this point to come up with songs that fit more tha...

Primitive Radio Gods: Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand [ purchase ] Do kids today even know what a phonebooth is...

Les McCann Trio : With These Hands [ purchase ] I was invited to SMM the week following Trios week. I bet I'd've posted this s...

The Story: The Angel In The House [ purchase ] Long before Jonatha Brooke was a folkpop star, and Jennifer Kimball a lesser-known but no le...

Unto Ashes : Don‘t Fear the Reaper [ purchase ] It may be hard to believe, but there was a time when I was not a part of Star Maker Mac...

Bay City Rollers : You Made Me Believe In Magic [ purchase ] The Bay City Rollers have undergone a partial rehabilitation over the past...

Gerard McMann : Cry Little Sister [ purchase ] It's Black Friday here in the U.S., and what better music to celebrate it than a nice...

Dick Gaughan: Your Daughters and Your Sons [ purchase ] The Duhks: Your Daughters and Your Sons [ purchase ] Two favorite versions of a we...

Kate Rusby : The Cobbler‘s Daughter [ purchase, priced in British pounds ] Kate Rusby is surely one of the leading voices of English fo...

Squirrel Nut Zippers: Little Mother-in-Law [ purchase used ] An odd little Hawaiian-esque acoustic number complete with slack key, uke, bru...

Lonzo and Oscar : I'm My Own Grandpa [ purchase ] It may sound like material for a Jerry Springer episode, but the roots of I’m My ...

Crowded House : Sister Madly [ purchase ] One of the most popular bands of the 1980s was The Stray Cats, with their slightly punked-up ...

Billy Bragg & Wilco: Walt Whitman's Niece [ purchase ] As a listener and blogger, I tend to favor a focus on history, production an...

Ass Ponys: Earth to Grandma [ Purchase ] In the grand scheme of the music world, there sure aren't a lot of homages to dear ol' Gra...

Vic Chesnutt: Aunt Avis [ purchase ] Widespread panic w/ Vic Chesnutt: Aunt Avis [ purchase ] Left a paraplegic after a car accident in hi...