Another Wednesday night, | another great Sing Out, looking at "Dark Was the Night," Cinco de Mayo, Ramadan, | and more~! | |
Little Village | Thing Called Love | live at Crown Theater, Chicago, 4-14-92` | n.a. |
Taj Mahal | Chainey Do | Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal | Columbia Legacy |
Puss n Boots (Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson, Catherine Popper) | Leaving London (Tom Paxton) | No Fools, No Fun | Blue Note |
Leo Kottke | Jack Gets Up | Live (Fox, Boulder Colo. 4-95) | On the Spot / Private |
Graham Central Station | Hair | Graham Central Station | Warner Bros |
Rhiannon Giddens, Amythyst Kiah, Leyla McCalla, Allison Russell | Moon Meets the Sun | Songs of Our Native Daughters | Smithsonian/Folkways |
Youssou N'Dour | Allah | Egypt | Nonesuch |
Toots Thielemans | Naima | East Coast West Coast | Private |
Ola Belle Reed | I've Endured | Rising Sun Melodies | Smithsonian Folkways |
Deidre McCalla | If God Only Knew | Playing for Keeps | MaidenRock Records |
Emma's Revolution | Sing, People, Sing | Revolution Now | Moving Forward Music |
The Amazing Delores | Rats in My Trailer | Stop Messin' with My Mind | Upstart Records |
Fred Eaglesmith & the Flying Squirrels | White Trash | Ralph's Last Show | Signature Sounds |
(and as if the last couple of | songs were about as low and sad | as you thought music could get | here's Katie Lee: |
Katie Lee | The Will to Fail | Songs of Couch and Consultation | Omni Recording Corporation |
Blind Willie Johnson | Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground | Dark Was the Night | Columbia Legacy |
Kronos Quartet | Dark Was the NIght, Cold Was the Ground | A Thousand Thoughts | Nonesuch |
Ry Cooder | Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground | Paris Texas (soundtrack) | Warner Bros |
Oscar Peterson | My Blue Heaven (1945) | Oscar's Boogie | Jazz Hour |
Fats Waller | The Joint Is Jumpin' (1937) | The Centennial Edition | Bluebird / RCA |
SUnday is Cinco de Mayo | (as well as the beginning of Ramadan) | and here are a selection of Mexican | and Mexican/american things |
El Vez | Immigration Time | A Lad from Spain? No from Mexico | Sympathy for the Record Industry |
Ry Cooder with Freddy Fender | "Across the Borderline:" | The Border (soundtrack) | Raven |
Los Texmaniacs with Lyle Lovett | `Deportee | Cruzando Borders | Smithsonian Folkways |
Los Cenzontles with David Hidalgo | El Siquisiri | Raza de Oro | Los Cenzontles |
Cafe Tacuba | Perfidia | Avalancha de Exitos | Warner Music Mexico |
Alondra de la Parra conducts Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas | Huapango (composer: Jose Pablo Moncayo) | Mi Alma Mexicana | Sony Classical |
Mahsa Vahdat with Kronos Quartet | The Color of Moonlight | Placeless | Valley Entertainment |