The Sadies : The Horseshoe [ purchase ] In 2006 Canadian filmmaker Ron Mann asked The Sadies to score his latest documentary about Ed ...

Martin Sexton : Diner [ purchase ] I have to believe that most of us who write or read music blogs like this have a list of favorites wh...

Suzanne Vega : Tom’s Diner [ purchase ] Sitting at the counter unnoticed even by the man who pours her coffee, she watches the people wi...

Ella Mae Morse with Freddie Slack and his Orchestra : House of Blue Lights [ purchase ] "The House of Blue Lights" is a kno...

Godley And Creme : Art School Canteen [Purchase] Kevin Godley and Lol Creme were the satirical music geniuses behind 10cc. After 10cc...

Electric Six : Gay Bar [ purchase ] Electric Six are a Detroit garage-rock-punk-disco band, even though they sound deliberately RP ...

Jeff Fiorentino: Alice's Restaurant [ download other Fiorentino tracks ] More or less immediately, Arlo Guthrie's (1967) Alic...

White House : Rock Bottom [ purchase ] Wouldn’t “Rock Bottom” be a great name for your local watering hole where you can disappear for...

Aberfeldy: Vegetarian Restaurant [ purchase ] I fell head over heels in love with the brightly melodic Scottish popfolkers Aberfeldy ...

Descendents : Anchor Grill [ purchase ] Punk rock is not supposed to be about subtlety or maturity. It is not supposed to be about grow...

Little Feat : Spanish Moon [ purchase ] This week on Star Maker Machine, we will be eating out, and following that up with a nightcap....

Herbie Hancock : Watermelon Man [ purchase ] Billy Jonas : Old St Helen [ purchase ] As we have seen all week, human beings have b...

Mungo Jerry: Mighty Man [ purchase ] For a short but important time in the 1950s, skiffle was Britain’s most influential genre of mu...

Mercury Rev : Endlessly [ purchase ]  In the age of the sampler, few spend much time thinking about Mellotrons.  Essentially tape replay...

Mitsuki Dazai, Radim Zenkl and Joe Ross : Koto Nuts [Unreleased] Geoviki’s post about the Japanese koto brought back a wonderful memory o...

Jimmy Page and Robert Plant with Hossam Ramzy‘s Egyptian Ensemble : Nobody’s Fault But Mine [ purchase ] Abigail Washburn : Nobody’s F...

Ray Skjelbred: Washington Phillips Medley [ purchase ] Not only is the dolceola a little known instrument, it is hard to find r...

The Stooges : Penetration [Purchase]      Invented in 1896, the celeste --best known for providing the soft "celestial" me...

Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris: After the Gold Rush [ purchase ] ...In which Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt and Do...

Kagrra, : Meguru [ purchase ] The koto is a plucked, 13-stringed wooden instrument with moveable bridges allowing for variable tuni...