LATEST RELEASES and DISCOVERIES

THESE ALBUMS ARE ALL AT LEAST 3 STARS (out of 5)! And we are now giving each album a little blurb where possible! And if we give it a
ROR RECOMMENDS! its worthy of a listen, or three!

FOR MORE NEW RELEASES CHECK OUT UNDER MUSIC GENRES! HEY WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THOSE LISTED MAY NOT BE STRICTLY NEW BUT MORE "NEWLY DISCOVERED"! All these Artists can be found profiled under their names or the genre of music (or they soon will be!). Use "Search" Box on HOME PAGE

May 20th 2012

Eugen Hideaway Bridges - "Rock And A Hard Place" - Blues

Carrie Rodriguez and Ben Kyle - "We Still Love Our Country" - Americana
Gourds - "Old Mad Joy" - Americana
Etta James - "The Dreamer" - Blues
Howlin Wolf - "Smokestack Lightning: The Complete Chess Masters 1951 - 1960" - Blues (Fabulous 4 CD set)
The Blues Project - "Projections" - Blues/Jazz/Rock (Reissue)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - "My Baby Left Me" - Blues (Reissue)
2 Girls Will - "The Tease" - Folk
Maria Muldaur - "Steady Love" - Blues
Luke Legs - "Why Oh Why?" - Folk
The Quality Liightweights - "I ThoughtI'd Be Someone By Now" - Folk
Terry Hanck - "Look Out" - Blues/Soul
Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers - "Almighty Dollar" - Blues
Quintus McCormick Blues Band - "Put It On Me" - Blues (Excellent modern Blues artist) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Nat Birchall - "Sacred Dimension" - Jazz
Guided By Voices - "Let's Go Eat The Factory" - Alternative
The Unthanks - "Diversions 1" - Folk
Otis Taylor - "Otis Taylors Contraband" - Blues
Laura Gibson - "La Grande" - Americana ( Surreal, dreamy but oozes quality, worth a listen)ROR RECOMMENDS!

May 12th 2012

Mark Easton - "Grind" - Blues
Cara Robinson - "Wiley Ways" - Blues
Lyle Lovett - "Release Me" - Country (Traditional Country and Bluegrass - superb!) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Various Artists - "This One's For Him: A Tribute To Guy Clark" - Country
Kate Campbell - "Two Nights In Texas" - Country
Mark Cryle - "Sideshow Alley" - Folk
Madison Violet - "The Good In Goodbye" - Country/Folk
Hans Theessink - "Home Cooking" - Blues
Danial Chmpagne - "Pint Of Mystery" - Blues/Jazz/Folk (Young Aussie Singer/Guitarist with impressive album)
Alex Hallahan - "Human Veins" - Americana
Gemma Ray - "Island Fire" - Alternative
Lost In The Trees - "A Church That Fits Our Needs" - Folk/Rock ( An album full of  cinematic sounds and texture)
Troy Casser-Daley - "Home" - Country
Dr Dog - "Be The Void" - Alternative/Alt Country
Black Sorrows - "Crooked Little Thoughts" - Americana (Australian Joe Camilleri always puts out wonderful albums full of vblues, jazz, country, gospel and this is a beauty!) ROR RECOMMENDS!
The Civil Wars - "Barton Hollow" - Folk/Country (Grammy award winning duo's Debut album) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Ralph McTell -Somewhere Down The Road" - Folk
Leslie Avril - "I'm Alright Jack" - Country/Blues (Seasoned Aussie performer with excellent album)
Judy Collins - "Bohemian" - Folk ( Still has that amaing voice with her own songs and interpretations of  Joni Mitchell, Woody Gutherie, Jacques Brell songs)
Eric Bibb - "Deeper In The Well" - Blues/Folk
Roy Harper " - Songs Of Love And Loss" - Folk/Rock (23 tracks from one of UK's best, rerecorded to showcase these great songs. 20 page booklet included) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Simone Felice - "Self Titled" - Folk
Snakefarm - "My Halo At Half-Light" - Folk (Band resurrects traditional American folk songs and reconstructs them into something doffernt and special!)
Nils Lofgren - "Old School" - Rock
The Blues Band - "Few Short Line" - Blues (Veteran UK outfit led by Paul Jones and Tom McGuiness romp through some lively blues)
Jim Malcolm - "Sparkling Flash" - Folk
Joe Louis Walker - "Hellfire" - Blues
Big Pete - "Choice Cuts" - Blues (Dutch vocalist/harmonica player's debut with an all star band, cover blues standards with pleasing result)
Omar & The Howlers - "Essential Collection" - Blues
Big Daddy Wilson - "Thumb A Ride" - Blues
Austin Walkin Cane - "Murder Of A Blues Singer" - Blues
P J O'Brien - "Jefferson Blues" - Blues (Promising Aussie singer/guitarist with soul/blues feel and some pretty good songs)
Blue Shaddy - "Across The Road" - Americana
John Cleary - "Occapella" - Blues
Loudon Wainwright III - "Older Tahn Muy Old Man Now" - Folk
Counting Crows - "Underwater Companion" - Rock
M. Ward - "A Wasteland Companion" - Alternative/Folk (Beautifully crafted songs and playing)  ROR RECOMMENDS!
Norah Jones - "Little Broken Hearts" - Alt Country (Change in direction from the soft jazz, produced by "Danger Mouse" Brian Burton)
Warren Haynes - "Live At The Woody Theatre" - Blues/ Rock
Jack White - "Blunderbuss" - Rock ROR RECOMMENDS!

April 25th 2012

Celilo - "Buoy Bell" - Folk/Rock
Gibson Brothers - "Help My Brother" - Bluegrass
Dana Fuchs - "Love To Beg" - Blues
Laurie Morvan Band "Breathe Deep" - Blues
Lloyd Jones - "Highway Bound" - BluesSimone Felice - "Love From A Lonely Place" - Alt Country
The Waifs - 'Temptation" - Country/Blues
Hank Williams - "Gospel Keepsakes" Country/Gospel
Lil Ronnie & The Grand Dukes - "Do Whatcha' do" - Blues
Katy Lied - "Winter Lightning" - Rock
Stompin Daves Electric Band - "Mystery Train" - Blues
The Wailin Jennys - "Bright Morning Star" - Americana/Folk
Thee Sgt Major III - "The Idea Factory" - Rock
Twilight Hotel - "When The Wolves Goe Blind" - Americana
Small Town Shieks - "Songs For Parker" - Blues
Marti Brom - "Not For Nothin" - Rockabilly
Brian Wright - "House On Fire" - Country/Americana
Grana Louise - "Getting Kind Of Rough" - Blues
Sharson Jones & The Dap Kings - "Soul Time" - Soul
JJ Grey & Mofro - "Live" - Americana (Live CD plus 2 hour DVD)
Curtis Salgado - "Soul Shot" - Soul (Excellent blues soaked soul) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Hank Williams III - "Ghost To A Ghost" - Country
Ramsey Midwood " - Larry Buys A Lighter" - Americana/Folk ROR RECOMMENDS!

April 21st 2012

Duane Eddy -"Road Trip" - Rock (The legendary guitar twanger produced by influenced Richard Hawley)
Deejay Gosper - "The Driver's Seat" - Blues
Chris Murphy - "Hotwired" - Blues
Sharon Lewis & Texas Fire - "The Real Deal" - Blues
Ramon Goose - "Uptown Blues" - Blues (UK blues guitarist with vast experience of different genres and styles makes classy album)
Toronzo Cannon - "Leaving Mood" - Blues
The Green - "Ways & Means" - World
Caitlin Park - "Milk Annual" - World
The Quiet American - "Vol II" - Folk
Peter Knight - "Fish Boast Of Fishing" - Jazz
Laia Genc Liason Tonique - "Australia & Beyond" - Jazz
Christian McBride - " Conversations With Christian" - Jazz
Punch Brothers - "Who's Feeling Young Now?" - Bluegrass/Alternative (Interesting outfit than combine Bluegrass instrumentation with clever pop/rock)
The Decemberists - "We Raise All Our Voices To The Air"- Country/Alternative  ( Live album that demonstrates the pwer in this band)
Darrell Scott - "Long Ride Home" - Country (Talented, respected session player and songwriter with genuine country album) ROR RECOMMENDS!

April 7th 2012

Mick Thomas - "The Last Of The Tourists" - Folk/Rock
Dallas Frasca - "Sound Painter" (Aussie lady with second rootsy album)
Backsliders - "Starvation Box" - Blues (Voodoo blues with a punch from 25 year old Australian outfit)
Various - "The Journey Is Long" - Alt country/Alternative (Gun Club's Jeffery Lee Pierce songs re done by impressive lineup of acts)
8 Ball Aitken - "Alive In Tamworth" - Blues
My Morning Jacket - "Circuital" - Alt Country
Slim Harpo - "Rocks" - Blues/Rock (Reissue) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Chuck Berry - "Rocks" - Rock (Reissue)
Trombone Shorty - "For True" - Rock/Soul (Superb new album from trombone sensation Troy Andrews, New Orleans brass band rock!) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Hungry Town - "Any Forgotton Thing" - Folk
Pollard - "Sidetracks" - Americana
Derrin Nauendorf - "Live" - Folk/Americana
Hazmat Modine - "Cicada" - Americana
Joe Crookston - "Darkling & The Bluebird Jubilee" - Folk
Howlin' Lord - "Gold Fury" - Alt Country/Folk
Davina & the Vagabonds - "Black Cloud" - Blues
Suzy  Connolly - "Night Larks" - Rock (Debut from Australian artist with great voice in pop/rock genre)
Craig Finn - "Clear Heart Full Eyes" - Rock (Singer songwriter from The Hold Steady with solo album)
The Maple Trail - "Cable Mount Warning" - Folk/Rock ROR RECOMMENDS!
Dion - "Tank Full Of Blues" - Blues (Yes it is that Dion and this album is a beauty!) ROR RECOMMENDS!

March 25th 2012

Great Big Sea - "Safe Upon The Shore" - Folk (Canadian Band with big reputation)
Emma Russack - "Sounds Of Our City" - Folk
Andrew Bird - "Break It Yourself" - Folk
Candi Staton - "Who's Hurting Now" - Soul
Pieta Brown - "Mercury" - Folk/Americana ROR RECOMMENDS!
Seth Lakeman - "Tales From The Barrell " - Folk (talented English folkie with latest release)
Ruthie Foster - "Let It Burn" - Blues/Gospel/Soul (The extraordinary Ruthie Foster back with excellent new Album) ROR RECOMMENDS!

March 23rd 2012

Nathan James & The Rhythm Scratchers - "What Do You Make Of It?" - Blues
Mud Morganfield - "Son Of The Seventh Son" - Blues (And he is related to Muddy Waters)
Anders Osborne - "Black Eye Galaxy" - Blues ROR RECOMMENDS!
Bob Margolin with Mike Spanza Band - "Blues Around The World" - Blues
Andra Suchys - "Little Heart" - Americana
Claudia Schmidt - "Bend In The River - Collected Songs" - Folk/Blues/Jazz
Studebaker John - "Old School Rockin" - Blues Rock
Janiva Magness - "Stronger For It" - Blues (Wonderful singer and great band) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Catfish Keith - "Put On A Buzz" - Blues
Joel Da Silva & The Midnight Howl - "The Midnight Howl" - Blues
Son Roberts - 'Tell That Story" - Blues
Mary Bridget Davis - "Wanna Feel Somethin?" - Blues
Treacherous Story - "Origins" - World
Bruce Springsteen - "Wrecking Ball" - Rock (The Boss is back with his 17th studio album and it is a beauty) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Justin Townes Earle - "Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now" - Americana/Folk (More in a Memphis Soul feel this one) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Dirty Three - "Toward The Low Sun" - Alternative (Raw excitement from this Aussie threesome)
Jim White - " Where It Hits You" - Alt country (Always interesting this new album is up there with his best) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Dr. John - "Locked Down" - Blues (Produced by Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys, this is a return to the swamp lands!) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Bonnie Raitt - "Slipstream" - Blues (Produced by Joe Henry, lotsa slide guitar and soulful singing)
Esperanza Spalding - "Radio Music Society" - Jazz/Blues
Contino - "Back Porch Dogma" - Blues/ Americana/Zydeco ( Unique and awesome!) ROR RECOMMENDS!

March 12th 2012

John Doe - "Keeper" - Alt Country/Rock
Bare Bones Boogie Band - "Two" - Blues/Rock
April Mae & The June Bugs - "Self Titled" - Blues/Rockabilly
Baskery - "New Friends" - Blues/Country/ Bluegrass
Liane Carroll - "Up & Down" - Jazz
Viex Farka Toure - "The Secret"  - World
Naomi Bedford - "Tales From The Weeping Willow" - Americana ROR RECOMMENDS!
Devon Spoule - "I Love You, Go Easy" - Alternative
The Rankin Family - "TheseAe The Moments" - Country
Jeffrey Foucault - "Horse Latitudes" - Folk/Country
Eliza Gilkyson - "Roses At The End Of Time" - Country
Jude Davison - "Outskirts Of Eden" - Americana
Jefferson Ross - "Hymns To The Here And Now" - Country (Classic Country Music)
Emmylou Harris - "Hard Bargain - Country
Red June - 'Remember Me Well " - Bluegrass/Country
Todd Sharpville - "Preached" - Blues
Michael On Fire - "Always Yes" - Americana
Eddie Martin - "Folk & Blues" - Folk/Blues (One Man Band, impressive) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Philippa Hanna - "Out Of The Blue" - Folk/Country
Joe Diffle - "Home Coming" - Bluegrass/Country
Neil Getz - 'Factory Second" - Americana/Folk
The Redlands Palomino Company - "Don't Fade" - Alt Country
Tara Nevins - "Wood & Stone" - Country
The O's - "Between The Two" - Americana
Diana Jones - "High Atmosphere - Country ROR RECOMMENDS! 
Mark Lanegan Band - "Blues Funeral" - Alternative ROR RECOMMENDS!

March 1st 2012

The Masked Marvels - "Flight Of The Ancients" - World
Fatoumata Diawara - "Fatou" - World
Tuba Skinny - "Garbage Man" - Jazz/Blues ( 7 piece from N'Awlins playing Dixie Jazz and old time Blues)
Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires - "No Time For Dreaming" - Soul
Joe Robinson - "Let Me Introduce You" - Jazz
Skip McDonald - "If You Want Loyalty, Buy A Dog" - Blues
Melinda Schneider - "Life Begins At  40" - Country
Tyler Ramsey - "The Valley Wind" - Alt country/Folk (Band Of Horses Guitarist's second solo album)
Tinariwen - "Tassili" - World
Perch Creek Family Jugband - " Tall Tales" -Folk (Aussie family playing 20's and 30's jug band style)
Lambchop - "Mr M" - Alt Country (latest from Kurt Wagner and his eclectic style!) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Black Smith Hopkins - "The Vagabond" - Blues/Rock (Just made for drinkin' to)
Cass McCombs - "Humor Risk" - Folk
Ryan Foret And Foret Tradition - "Let The Groove Move Ya" - Soul/Blues (Outstanding from 30 year old who has grasp of Memphis soul) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Fiona Boyes - "Blues For Hard Times" - Blues (Stripped Back Country Blues from internationally acclaimed Aussie Artist....excellent!)
New Riders Of The Purple Sage - " Instant Armadillo Blues Bset Of 1971 - 75" - Country/ Rock (Reissue on two discs)
Bryen Willems - "No Band Here Til Friday" - Country
The Sweet Lowdown - "SelfTitled" - Bluegrass
Rattlehand - "Self Titled" - Country/Rock
Takadimi - "New Common Sense" - World
Mogu - "Inagwe" - World
Larry Maluma - "Bakaindi (Ancestors)" - World/Reggae
Keith Jarrertt - "Rio" - Jazz (Excellent new album from jazz pianist with high pedigree) ROR RECOMMENDS! 
The Necks - "Mindset" - Jazz
Pat Martino - "Undeniable:Live At Blues Alley"

February 19th 2012

Alina Orlova - "Mutabor" - World
Cassie Taylor - "Blue" - Blues
The Blind Boys Of Alabama - "Take The High Road" - Blues/Soul
Tommy Emmanual - "Little By Little" - Country ROR RECOMMENDS!
Thomas Hine - "Into The Bottom Lands" - Country
The Urban Voodod Machine - "In Black n Red" - Blues/Country ( Off the wall outrageous 9 piece!)
Sam Hare - "Down To Sea" - Americana/Blues ROR RECOMMENDS!
The  Foghorn Trio - "Sud De La Louisana" - Country (Very Good oldtime, traditional)
Susan Werner - "Kicking The Beehive" - Blues
Susan Enan - "Plain Song" - Folk
Rainraven - "Live At The Rockplaist Crossroad" - Rock/Blues CD/DVD

February 8th 2012

Kelly Stoltz - "Harvest" - Folk
Phosphorescent - "Heres To Taking It Easy" - Rock
Anna Calvi - "Self Titled" - Rock/Alternative
Pearl Jam - "Live On Ten Legs" - Rock
The Blow Monkeys - "Staring At The Sea" - Rock
Jonny - "Self Titles" - Folk/Rock
The Pines - 'Tremelo" - Americana/Folk
Rachel Harrington - "Celilo Falls" - Americana
Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion - "Bright Examples" - Americana
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band - 'Legacy" - Bluegrass
Mama Rosin - "Black Robert" - Cajun/Rock
The Volebeats - "Self Titled" - Country/Rock
Pama International Meet Mad Professor - "Rewired In Dub" - Reggae
Kilma - "Serenades & Serinettes" - World
Femi Kuti - "Africa For Africa" - World
Social Distortion - "Hard Times And Rhymes" - Blues/Rock
Brad Mehldau - "Live In Marciae" - Jazz
Abigail Washburn - "City Of Refuge" - Country
The Doors - "Live In Vancouver" - Rock (Reissue)
Gill Scott-Heron - "The First Moment Of A New Day" - Jazz
Raphael Saadiq - "Stone Rollin'" - Soul/Blues (Hot, Damn Hot!) ROR RECOMMENDS!
The Sand Pebbles - "Dark Magic" - Alternative/Folk ROR RECOMMENDS!
Jeff Lang - "Carried In Mind" - Blues/Folk
Ladysmith Black Mambazo - "Songs From A Zulu Farm" - World
The Stillsons - "Earnest" - Rock/Folk/Country
Sal Kimber & The Rollin Wheel - "Self Titled" - Alt Country (Excellent Australian act)
2 Girls Will - "The Tease" - Blues (Aussie threesome's debut album)
Fabian Almazan - "Personalities" - Jazz (Cuban already being c/f some of the finest from the past)
Foster & Lloyd - "It's Already Tomorrow" - Country/Rock ROR RECOMMENDS!

January 29th 2012

Matt Schofield - "Anything But Time" - Blues
Fionn Regan - "100 Acres Of Sycamore" - Folk
Sizzla Kalonji - "The Scriptures: Music In My Soul" - World
Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks - "Mirror Traffic" - Alternative
Bombay Bicycle Club - "A Different Kid Of Fix" - Alternative
The Redlands Palomino Company - "Don't Fade" - Americana
Matraca Berg - "The Dreaming Field" - Country
The Neville Brothers - "Authorized Bootleg Warfield Theatre 1989" - Soul
Ahmad Jamal Trio - "The Legendary 1959 Pershing Lounge & Spotlite Club Performances" - Jazz
Hilz - "Bring Back The Love" - Soul
Vieux Farka Toure - "The Secret" - World
Kourosh Yaghmael - "Back From The Brink" - World
Amy Lavere - "Stranger Me" - Alt Country
Dave Alvin - "Eleven Eleven" - Americana (Reissued from 2011 with more tracks and DVD) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Naomi Bedford - "Tales From The Weeping Willow" - Americana
Jim Lauderdale - "Reason And Rhyme: Bluegrass songs"  - Bluegrass ROR RECOMMENDS!
Greg Brown - "Freak Flag" - Americana
Gregory Alan Isakov - "This Empty Northern Hemisphere" - Americana
Feist - "Metals" - Folk/Rock
Tom Waits - "Bad As Me" - Rock ROR RECOMMENDS!
Chris Rea - "Santo Spirito"  - Rock ( 3 CDs, 2 DVDs covering everything from Blues, Rock Jazz thru to impressionistic film soundtracks...all at a cheap price!)
Jackie De Shannon - 'When You Walk In The Room" - Folk/Rock (Yes it is that JDS from 60's with acoustic guitar revisiting all the hits....pretty damned good!)
Merle Haggard - "Working In Tennessee" - Country
Empirical - "Elements Of Truth" - Blues
Nigel Price Organ Trio - "Heads & Tales" - Jazz
Meg Baird - "Seasons On Earth" - Folk
George Thorogood And The Destroyers - "2120 South Michigan Avenue - Blues (GT pays homage to Chess Records with help from Buddy Guy and Charlie Musselwhite)
The Stepkids - "Self Titled" - Soul/Rock
Johnny Otis - "Midnight At The Barrelhouse" - Blues (Reissue from 2011, now more timely since his death January 2012)
Alejandro Escovedo - "Street Songs Of Love" - Alt Country/Americana
Abigail Washburn - "City Of Refuge" - Bluegrass
The Black Swans - "Don't Blame The Stars" - Country/Rock
Other Lives" - Tamer Animals" - Folk/Americana
Pat Metheny - "Whats It All About" - Jazz
Pokey LaFarge &The South City Three - "Middle Of Everywhere" - Country/Blues
Baskery - "New Friends" - Country/Blues/Rock ROR RECOMMENDS!
Liane Carroll - "Up And Down" - Jazz (Excellent set from London Pianist/Singer) ROR RECOMMENDS!

January 22nd 2012

The Little Willies - "For The Good Times" - Americana (Norah Jones and the lads doing a very good album of Americana classics)
Gretchen Peters - "Hello Cruel World" - Country (Superb from a woman who hs written hite for many of her female contempories)ROR RECOMMENDS!
Etta James - "The Reamer" - Blues (Whilst her voice is obviously older, her selection of material and presentation are excellent)
Leonard Cohen - "'Old Ideas" - Rock (The old crooner is back with more wit, wisdom and soul) ROR RECOMMENDS!

January 9th 2012

Chuck Prophet - "Temple Beautiful" - Rock ROR RECOMMENDS!
Roy Trevino - "Self Titled" - Blues (Impressive debut for blues guitarist) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Beverley McClellan - "Fear Nothing" - Blues
Tex Perkins & The Band Of Gold - "Selftitled" - Country ROR RECOMMENDS!
Chucks Wagon - "Lipstick & Sin" - Country/Rock (Aussie band with good sound)
Kristen Leigh - "Making Friends With Ghosts" - Folk
Joslenne Clarke - "One Light Is Gone" - Folk
Michael Fracasso - "Saint Monday" - Folk/Rock
Dave Blair - "Self Titled" - Rock
Robben Ford - "Michael Landau, Robben Ford, Jimmy Haslip, Gary Novak - Renegade Creation" - Blues/Rock
Paul Thorn - "Pimps & Preachers" - Rock
Julie Gribble - "Letting Go" - Country
Bill Callahan - "Apocalypse" - Americana/Alt Country
Emmylou Harris - "Hard Bargain" - Country/Americana
Paul Simon - "So Beautiful Or So What" - Rock
Ambrose Akinmusire - "When The Heart Emerges Glistening" - Jazz
Dengue Fever - "Cannibal Courtship" - World
Mariza - "Fado Tradicional" - World
Low - "C'mon" - Americana/Alt Country
Aaron Wright - "Self Titled" - Folk/Rock
Cass McCombs - "Wit's End" - Americana
k.d. Lang - "k.d.Lang and The Siss Boom Bang - "Sing It Loud" - Americana/Country ROR RECOMMENDS!
Jonathan Jeremiah - "A Solitary Man" - Folk/Rock (Excellent Debut album from London)
Roy Orbison - "The Monument Singles Collection 1959-1966 - Rock
Merry Clayton - "Gimme Shelter" - Soul
Howlin Wolf - "Live And Cookin At Alice's Revisited" - Blues

January 4th 2012

Anoushka Shanker - "Traveller"
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - "Soul Time" - Soul ROR RECOMMENDS!
Bill Frisell - "All We are Saying" - Jazz
Bonnie Prince Billy - " Wolfroy Goes To Town" - Folk/Alternative
Paul Curreri - "The Big Shitty" - Americana
Strange Boys - "Live Music" - Rock
Syleena Johnson - "Chapter Five Underrated" - Soul
Son House - "In Seattle 1968" - Blues
Juniour Wells - "Hoodoo Man Blues" - Blues (Reissue, expanded tracks)
Johnny Winter - "Roots" - Blues (With guests Sonny Landreth, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks)
The Louvin Brothers - " Satan Is Real/Handpicked Songs 1955-1962" - country
Can - "Tago Mago" - Jazz/Alternative
Hank Williams - "The Legend Bgins- Rare & Unreleased Recordings _ Country
Gene Vincent - "Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps/Blue Jean Hop" - Rock (The first two Capital albums together. Superb!)
Jerry Jeff Walker - "Self Titled" - Folk/Country (Reissue with expanded tracks)
Dawes - "Nothing Is Wrong" - Americana
Ramsay Midwood - "Larry Buys A Lighter" - Americana
Celilio - "Buoy Bell" - Americana
Tom Russell - "Mesabi" - Americana
Shelby Lynne - "Revelation Road" - Country
Bill Ryder-Jones - "If......" - Alternative
Jill Scott - "The Original Jill Scott From The Vault, Vol 1" - Soul
Lisa Hannigan - "Passenger" - Folk/Alternative
Cass McCombs - "Humor Risk" - Folk/Alternative
Roger McGuinn - "CCD" - Folk
Edgar Jones Free Peace Sweet Thing - "Stormy Weather" - Blues/Rock
Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo - "Almanac" - Folk ( Pretty impressive from Australian in Pop/Folk mode)
Luke Roberts - "Big Bells & Dime Songs" - Americana/Folk
Wooden Wand & The Briarwood Virgins - "Briarwood" - Folk
Hank 3 - "Ghost To A Ghost/Guttertown" - Americana (Double CD of originals, some straight up, some kind of "different") ROR RECOMMENDS!

JANUARY 1ST 2012

Electric Empire - "Self Titled" - Soul
Tiny Ruins - "Some Were Meant For Sea" - Folk
Prince Fatty Meets The Mutant HiFi - "Return Of Gringo" - Reggae
Vinicio Capossel - "Marinai, Profeti E Balene" - World
The Rolling Stones - "Some Girls" - Rock (Reissue, more tracks, liner notes)
Barbara Lynn - "A Good Woman" - Soul
Darondo - "Listen To My Song:The Music City Sessions" - Soul (Superb find of old tracks from  unknown artist)
Sonny Burns - "A Real Cool Cat-The Starday Recordings" - Jazz
Sun Ra & His Arkestra - "Jazz In Silhoutte" - Jazz
Soft Machine - "Softs" - Jazz/Rock
Charles Mingus - "The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady" - Jazz
McCoy Tyner  - "Inception/Reaching Fourth" - Jazz
King's Daughters & Sons - "If Then Not When" - Alt Country
Mike Doughty - "Yes and Also Yes" - Americana/Alternative/Blues (Rosanne Cash guests on this smooth groovy set)
Savoy Brown - "Voodoo Moon" - Blues/Rock (Guitarist Kim Simmonds says it's his best since early 70's!)
White Denim - "Last Day Of Summer" - Rock (Austin TX band with wide acclaim)
Henry's Funeral Shoe - "Donkey Jacket" - Blues/Rock
Neal Casal - "Sweeten The Distance" - Americana
Meshell Ndegeocello - "Weather" - Soul/Jazz (9th album coolly produced by Joe Henry)
Dan Michaelson - "Sudden Fiction" - Alternative (Stripped back brilliance!) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Paper Dollhouse - "A Box Painted Black" - Alternative
Amy Winehouse - "Lioness: Hidden Treasures" - Soul/Rock (Album shows glimpses of what might have been and past glory)
Diagrams - "Black Light" - Alternative (Very interesting album, modern music) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Groanbox -"Guts, Lungs & Bones" - Folk/Zydeco/Country (Trio with limited instruments do amazing Roots music) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Amy Black - "One Time" - Americana
Ari Hest - "Sunset Over Hope Street" - Rock (Excellent album from sultry Singer Somgwriter) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Sharrie Williams - "Out Of The Dark" - Blues
Sean Costello - "At His Best: Live" - Blues
Chris Thomas King - "Antebellum Postcards" - Blues/Gospel/Folk (Exceptional talent with above average album, but kind of bland 2 gospel tracks) 
Pailey & Francis - "Self Titled" - Rock
Jill Scott - "The Light Of The Sun" - Soul
Buffalo Killers - "3" - Rock (Wonderful power Rock!)
Howling Bells - "Loudest Engine" - Rock (Aussie outfit with Psychedelic rock algum recorded in Las Vegas and it sounds alright!)
The Black Keys - "El Camino" - Rock/Blues (More raw produced by Danger Mouse....5 star album this one) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Eli Cook - "Ace, Jack & King" - Blues (5th album since 2004 from  young Blues singer with great voice and a lot to say!)
A.A. Bondy - "Believers" - Alt Country/Americana ( 3rd album from minimilist....and best so far)
Rose's Pawn Shop - "Dancing On The Gallows" - Bluegrass/Rock/Country  ROR RECOMMENDS!

Added December 27th 2011

The Horrible Crowes -"Elsie" - Rock/Soul
Bobby Charles - "Self Titled" - Americana ( A true original, reissue) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Bobb Trimble - "The Crippled Dog Band" - Alternative
Fred Mc Dowell - "The Alan Lomax Recoedings" - Country Blues (Yes it is that "Mississippi" Fred McDowell before the preface)
Jackie Oates - "Saturnine" - Folk
Errol Linton - "Mama Said" - Blues/Reggae
William Elliot Whitmore - "Field Songs" - Folk/Country
June Tabor & Oysterband - "Ragged Kingdom" - Folk (This is simply a wonderful collaboration, with Tabors singing a joy to behold!) ROR RECOMMENDS!
The Icarus Line - "Wildlife" - Rock (Blues Rock from band that has Rolling Stones sound mixed with Gun Club)
Girls - "Father, Son, Holy Ghost" - Rock (Pretty amazing set of songs here, from pop to blues in excellent production)
Iron & Wine - "Kiss Each Others Check" - Americana
Glenn Jones - "The Wanting" - Folk (Finger Picker of 6 string/12 string guitars and 5 string banjos, a la John Fahey)
Lindi Ortega - "Little Red Boots" - Rockabilly
Tom Russell - "Mesabi" - Americana/Country (Master storyteller with guests Lucinda Williams, Calexico, Van Dyke Parks) ROR RECOMMENDS!
The Waterboys - "An Appointment With Mr Yeats" - Folk (Yeats poetry set to music works pretty well)
Paul Wassif - "Looking Up Feeling Down" - Folk/Blues/Country (Excellent debut album from Scottish artist, has Eric Clapton assisting)
Laura Marling - "A Creature I Don't Know" - Folk (Modern Folk, this her 3rd album is a Tour de Force) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Jonathan Wilson - "Gentle Spirit" - Rock  ( Mellow Rock from the hills of California) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Howling Bells - "The Loudest Engine" - Rock
Richmond Fontaine - "The High Country" - Alt Country
Leslie West - "Unusual Suspects" - Rock (Hot rock blues from the Mountain man) ROR RECOMMENDS!

Added November 21st 2011

Tera Kaft -  "Aratan N Azawad" - World
Doug Paisley - "Constant Companion" - Country
Elbow - "Build A Rocket Boys" - Alternative
Marianne Faithful - "Horses & High Heels" - Rock
Sea Of Bees - "Songs For The Ravens" - Alternative
Kurt Vile - "Smoke Ring For My Halo" - Folk/Rock
Kassidy - "Hope Street" - Rock/Americana
Cowboy Junkies - "Demons" - Americana ( Tribute to Vic Chestnutt)
Noah & The Whale - "Last Night On Earth" - Folk/Alternative
Sean Rowe - "Magic" - Blues
The Unthanks - "Last" - Folk
Arbouretum - "The Gathering" - Folk/Alternative
Jessica Lea Mayfield - "Tell Me" - Folk
Miles Davis - "Bitches Brew Live" - Jazz (Reissue)
Yusef Lateef - "Cry" - Jazz (Reissue)
James Walbourne - "The Hill" - Rock
Ian Siegal & The Youngest Sons - "The Skinny" - Blues ( Recorded with Cody Dickinson et al in Memphis) ROR RECOMMENDS!

Added November 8th 2011

Paul Pigout - "Box Car Camp Fire" - Blues
Stan Erhart - " Missing You " - Blues
Yank Rachell - "Blues Mandolin Man" - Blues
The Vibrolators - "Frangipani " - Blues (Aussie band wih Blues balls)
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - "Smoking In Heaven" - Rockabilly (English band of siblings continue with second album)
Devon Sproule - "Live in London" - Folk/Alternative/Country (CD/DVD from talented artist)
Devon Sproule - "I love You Go Easy" - Country/Jazz
Alistairs Fraser & Natalie Haas - "Highlanders Farewell " - Folk
The Webb Sisters - "Savages" - Folk (Wonderful Harmonies, featured on Leonard Cohen's World Tour as backing singers) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Joe Henry - 'Reverie" - Americana (Once again, a collection of original, intriguing, beguling, songs from a guy who gets better and better...bitterly underrated)ROR RECOMMENDS!
The Cash Box Kings - "Holler and Stomp" - Blues
The Stagger and Sway - "Break Til You Bend" - Americana/Rock
Chris Isaak - "Beyond The Sun" - Rock (Chris's homage to those early Sun recordings from Roy, Elvis, Jerry Lee, Carl etc plus some originals...ppretty damn good!) ROR RECOMMENDS!

Added October 30th 2011

Lanie Lane - "To The Horses" - Blues/Rockabilly
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings - "Kings and Queens" - Country (Canadian band with duets of female artists) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Big Pete - "Choice Cuts" -- Blues
Bonnie Prince Billy - "Wolfroy Goes To Town" - Folk
Delaney Davidson - "Bad Luck Man" - Country/Blues (Impressive album from New Zealand) ROR RECOMMENDS!
The Bats - "Free All The Monsters" - Alternative

Added September 26th 2011

The Bottle Rockets - "Not So Loud" - Folk/Rock (Acoustic laid back set from band that is normally pretty roots rocky)
Dex Romweber Duo - "Is That You In The Blue" - Rock/Blues
Pieta Brown - "Mercury" - Americana ROR RECOMMENDS!
Ramon Goose - "Uptown" - Blues (British Guitarist with sound not to dissimilar to Robben Ford)
Mel Parsons - "Red, Grey, Blue" - Country (New Zealander with impressive second abum)
Ray Bonneville - "Bad Mans Blood" - Americana/Blues ROR RECOMMENDS!
Delta Maid - "Outside Looking In" - Blues/Country
Glen Campbell - "Ghosts On A Canvas" - Country/Rock (Word is that this is the final album from GC, with some great collaborators)
Ambrose Akinmusire -"When The Heart Emerges Glistening" - Jazz (Hot jazz from new trumpeter)
Dead Rock West - "Bright Morning Stars" - Rock/Gospel
Kasey Anderson And The Honkies - "The Dig Years" - Alternative
Patrick Sweany - "That Old Southern Drag" - Blues
Chris Murray - "Chris Murray and Friends" - Reggae/Ska
Urge Overkill - "Rock & Roll Submarine" - Alternative
Great Lakes - "Wasy Of Escape" - Americana
The Webb Sisters - "Savages" - Folk (Amazing harmonies, beguiling dynamic performers who were backing singers for Leonard Cohen recently)
Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 - "From Africa With Fury: Rise" - World (Kuti beat killer!)
Raphael Saadiq - "Stone Rollin" - Soul/Rock ROR RECOMMENDS!
Booker T. Jones - "The Road From Memphis" - Soul (Guest Vocalists give better feel this time around than 2009 album)
David Lowery - "The Palace Guards" - Alt Country/Folk
Eliza Carthy - "Neptune" - Folk
Wolfgang Muthspiel - "Drumfree" - Jazz
The Dods - 'No Color" - Folk
Kairos 4tet - "Statement Of Content" - Jazz (Thoughtful Compositions, superb musicisanship) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Julian Siegel Quartet - 'Urban Theme Park" - Jazz
Wye Oak - "Civilian" - Alt Country
Connan Mockasin - "Foever Dolphin Love" - Alternative

Added September 20th 2011

The Low Anthem - "Smart Flesh" - Alt Country
Jeff Bridges - "Self Titled" - Country (Actually pretty good from actor/Singer)
Susana Baca - "Afrodiaspora" - World
Transglobal Underground - "The Stone Turntable" - World/Folk
The Liberators - "Self Titled" - World
Bruce Mathiskes Rhythm Express - "Guitar-uoso" - Folk
Sarah McKenzie - "Don't Tempt Me" - Jazz
Matt Baker - "Underground" - Jazz
Briana Cowlishaw - "When Fiction Comes To Life" - Jazz
Vijay Iyer with Prsanna & Nitin Mitta - "Tirtha" - Jazz
The Phantom Band - "The Wants" - Rock
The Walkmen - "Lisbon" - Alternative
John Legemd & The Roots - "Wake Up!" - Soul
Kort - "Invariable Heartache" - Country (Lambchop frontman with low key but very good covers album of country duets, with Cortney Tidwell) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Tame Impala - "Innerspeaker" - Alternative ( Very enjoyable stoner rock from Aussie, Perth, band)
Antony & The Johnsons - "Swanlights" - Alternative
Jerry Lee Lewis - 'Mean Old Man" - Rock
Imelda May - "Mayhem" - Blues/Rockabilly/Jazz  (Excellent!) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Mt. Desolation  - "Self Tilted" - Alt Country
Afrocubism - " Self Titled" - Wprld
Pronesis - "Alive" - Jazz
Michael Dease - "Grace" - Jazz
Belle And Sebastian - "Write About Love" - Soul/Rock
Lauren Pritchard - "Wasted In Jackson" - Soul/Country
Soweto Kinch - 'The New Emancipation" - Jazz
Superchunk - "Majesty Shredding" - Alternative
The Mannish Boys - "Shake For Me" - Blues
Kirk Fletcher - 'My Turn" - Blues
Steve Freund - "Lonesome Flight" - Blues
Andre Williams - "That's All I Need" - Blues
Chubby Carrier And The Bayou Swamp Band - "Zydeco Junkie" - Zydeco
The Golden Wings Quartet - "Keep Blessing Me" - Gospel
The Mighty Clouds Of Joy - "At The Revival" - Gospel
Beverly "Guitar" Watkins - "The Spiritual Expressions Of.." - Gospel
The Nighthawks - "Lat Train To Bluesville" - Blues
Old Gray Mule - "40 Nickels For A Bag Of Chips" - Blues
Bon Iver - "Bon Iver, Bon Iver" - Alternative/Folk
Elvin Bishop - "Raisin' Hell Revue" - Blues
Shawn Pittman - "Edge Of The World" - Blues
Lucie Thorne - "Bonfires In Silver City" - Country/Folk
Ash Grunwald - "Hot Mama Vibes" - Alternative/Blues
Abbe May - "Design Desire" - Blues/Rock
Ron S Peno - "Future Universe" - Rock
Zoe K & The Shadow Katz - "Self Titled" - Blues/Jazz (Excellent Aussie Debut) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Busby Marou - "Self Titled" - Country/ rock
North Lawrence Midnight Singers - "Last Great Saturday Night" - Americana/Rock  ROR RECOMMENDS!

Added September 18th 2011

Wilson T King -"Follow Your First Mind" - Blues ( Debut Album)
Chantel McGregor - "Like No Other" - Blues
Stephen Dale Petit - "The Crave"- Blues
Scott McKeon - "Trouble" - Blues/Rock
Little Devils - "This is How It Starts" - Blues
The Mustangs - "Cut Loose" - Blues/Rock ROR RECOMMENDS!
Blues Power Band - "Where The Action Is" - Blues
Pete Pritchard - "Beat The Blues" - Rockabilly/Blues
Jimmy Zee - "Devil Take Me Down" - Blues ROR RECOMMENDS!
Robert Peckman - "Right Where I want To Be" - Blues
Eric McFadden - 'Train To Salvation" - Alternative
Bill Stewart - "On Top Of The World" - Blues
Herve Samb - "Cross Over" - Jazz/Rock ROR RECOMMENDS!
Gordie Tentrees - "Mercy Of Sin" - Blues/Country
Mark Selby - "One Night in Bonn: Live At Rockpalast" - Rock/Blues
Blue Traffic - "More Tales Along The Way" - Rock/Blues
Charles Walker - "I'm Available" - Soul/Blues (Reissue)
Sugar Bayou - "Nowhere But Gone & Dance.." - Americana
The Force - "Musica De Los Muertos" - Rock/Blues
Nick Moss - "Priviledged" - Rock/Blues
Hungry & The Haunted - "Magic Bullets" - Rock
Dirt Music - "BKO" - World
Thorbjorn Risager - "Track Record" - Blues
Sir Oliver Mally - "Ol' Dogs, Nu Yard" - Blues
Stefan Schill - "Don't Say A Word" - Blues
Errol Dixon - "Blues In The Pot/Thats How You Got Killed Before" - Blues
Rice Moorehead - "You Make Me Feel" - Americana ROR RECOMMENDS!
Shawn Pittman - "Movin & Groovin" - Blues

Added September 6th 2011

Wayne Baker Brooks - "Somethings Going Down" - Blues (The son of Legendary Lonnie Brooks)
Peaches Staten - "Live At Legends" - Blues
Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers - "Almighty Dollar" - Blues ( Always a consistent performer, this is an excellent album)
Reckless Kelly - "Good Luck & True Love" - Country/Rock (Texas band one of the best) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Hooray For The Riff Raff - " Self Titled" - Folk/Country
Buffalo Tom - "Skins" - Alternative
Jay Stapley - "Edge Of The World" - Rock/Country ROR RECOMMENDS!
Roscoe James Irwin - 'The Hunting Road" - Folk
John Butler Trio - "Live At Red Rocks" - Rock (CD/DVD excellent live concert from Aussie star) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Johnny Sansone - "The Lord Is Waiting & Devil Is Too" - Blues
The Vincent Hayes Project - "Reclamation" - Blues ROR RECOMMENDS!
Peter Katz - First Of The Last To Know" - Folk
Deep Dark Woods - "The Place I left Behind" - Folk/AltCountry/Americana (Excellent Canadian Band worthy of investigation!)
Barrence Whitfield and The Savages - "Plus Ten More For The Pot" - Rock/Soul ROR RECOMMENDS!

Added 31st August 2011

Robert Earl Keen - "Ready For Confetti" - Alt Country
Richard Buckner - "Our Blood" - Alt Country/Country
Patti Smith - "Outside Society" - Rock ROR RECOMMENDS!
Steve Cropper - "Dedicated:A Salute To The 5 Royales" - Soul ROR RECOMMENDS!
Various - "Original Soundtrack: O Brother Where Art Though?" - Blues/Country (2 CD Remixed, extra tracks) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Tex Perkins & The Band Of Gold - "Self Titled" - Country (Australian legend does own versions of classic country)
Keb Mo - "The Reflection" - Blues
Ry Cooder - "Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down" - Americana
Jolie Holland - "Pint Of Blood" - Americana (Former Be Good Tanyas member with skilful blend of blues, folk, gospel, jazz!
Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton - 'Play The Blues- Live From The Lincoln Center" - Blues ( Live sessions from 3 concerts in April 2011)
The Sand Band - "All Through The Night" - Alternative/Alt Country (Excellent band!)       ROR RECOMMENDS!

Added  21st August 2011

Oneil Peart - "Beyond Stardom" - Reggae
Macy Blackman & The Mighty Fires - "Don't You Just Know It" - Blues
Grana Louise - "Getting Kind Of Rough" - Blues ROR RECOMMENDS!
Sweet Claudette - "Live In The Studio" - Blues
Gina Sicilia - "Can't Control Myself" - Blues
Alan Black - "Happy AsA Monkey" - Blues
John Alex Mason - "Jook Joint Thunderclap"- Blues
Damon Fowler - "Devil Got His Way" - Blues
North Mississippi All Stars - "Keys To The Kingdom" - Blues/Gospel ROR RECOMMENDS!
Son Jack Jr & Michael Wilde - "Walk The Talk" - Blues
The Bone Drivers - "Mobile" - Blues/Rock
Cal Williams Jr - "All That I learned From The Sea" - Folk/Blues
The Robin Thrush Jr Band - "Music City Jam/Live In The Studio" - Blues/Rock
Johnny Max Band - "It's A Long Road" - Blues
Rory Block - 'Shakmon Down" - Blues
Henry Gray - "Lucky Man" - Blues
Ever - G -"Can't Steal My Joy" - Reggae
The Sugar Prophets - "Self Titled" - Blues
The Deacons - "Jump Tonight" - Blues (Swing Blues)
Tweed Funk - "Bring It In" - Soul/Blues
Steve Dawson - "Nightshade" - Blues

Added August 15th 2011

Wilco - "The Whole Love" - Americana/Alternative (Rumours tell us there are some garage sounds on this?) ROR RECOMMENDS!
The Jayhawks - "Mockingbird Time" - Americana (The original lineup with new album, getting excellent reviews) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Blinddog Smokin' - "Up From The Tracks" - Blues
Head Honchos - "Self Titled" - Blues/Rock
The Russ Tippins Electric Band - 'Electrickery" - Rock (English guy doing excellent music in style of Cream,Hendrix, Led Zep) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Cold Chisel - "Swingshift" - Rock (Legendary Australian act with reissued 2CD/DVD collectors. Reformed in 2011 for live gigs)
Sena Ehrhardt - "Leave The Light On" - Blues (Debut for highly touted artist)
Gary Clark Jr - "Bright Lights" - Blues (EP - hetting big raves for this guitarist)
David Gogo - "Soul Bender" - Blues (Canadian singer/guitarist who ROR likes!) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band- "How I Go" - Blues
Michael Power - "Revolutionary Boogie" - Blues/Rock (New York guitarist with classic Blues covers and Rock originals- worth a listen)
Joss Stone - "LP1" - Blues/Rock/Country (Slight change of direction produced by Dave Stewart)
Tim Finn - "The View Is Worth The Climb" - Rock/Alternative ( Kiwi icon returns with great collection)
Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers - "Starlight Hotel" - Country (Excellent country artists with traditional sound) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Bravo Johnson - "Come Taste The Sun" - Rock (Second album released in 2010 from band with classic rock sound with a twist!)
Rumer - "Seasons Of My Soul" - Folk/Rock
Gareth Liddiard - "Strange Tourist" - Folk/ Alt Country (Frontman for excellent Aussie garage/blues outfit The Drones, makes excellent acoustic album!)
Ron Sexsmith - "Long Player Late Bloomer" - Americana
Lia Ices - "Grown Unknown" - Folk
Ben Ottewell - "Shapes And Shades" - Folk (Gomez leader makes classy rustic album)
Drive By Truckers - "Go-Go Boots" - Rock/Americana (The Truckers with tasty rambling country, soul, rock)
Iness Mezel - "Beyond The Trance" - Rock (North African outfit with fine album)
Hayes Carll- "KMAG YOYO" - Americana
Jim Byrnes - "Everywhere West" - Blues
Pete Yorn - "Pete Yorn " - Rock (Roots rock with energy)
Phantom Buffalo - "Cement Postcard With Owl Colours" - Alternative
Tu Fawning - "Hearts On Hold" - Alternative
The Parting Gifts - "Strychnine Dandelion" - Rock
Old 97's - "The Grand Theatre" - Country/Rock
Charles Bradley - "No Time For Dreaming" - Soul (62 year old's debut album on Daptone is impressive)
The Secret Sisters - "The Secret Sisters" - Country ( The Rogers sisters poduced by T Bone Burnett with 1940's harmony sound)
Courtney Pine - "Europa" - Jazz
Treefight For Sunlight - 'Treefight For Sunlight" - Rock
Kate Rusby - "Make The Light" - Folk
Lee Fields - "Problems" - Soul (Reissue funk from singer known as Little JB!)
Doris Troy - 'I'll Do Anything" - Soul (British singer reissues of Mama Soul)

Added August 7th 2011

Nick Drake - "Way to Blue - An Introduction To Nick Drake" - Folk (Remastered)
Suzie Dickinson - "19 Steps" - Country (Australian Artist)
Cow - "The Long Ride" - Country
Little Axe - "Bought For A Dollar, Sold For A Dime" - Blues
Peter Frampton - "Thank You Mr Churchall" - Rock (Yes it is THAT Peter Frampton, with a pretty good album!)
Ron Hacker & The Hacksaws - "Burnin" - Blues
Julius Pittman & The Revival - "Bucket List" - Blues
Becki Sue & Her Big Rockin Daddies - "Big Rockin Boogie" - Blues
Morry Sochat & The Special 20's - "Eatin Dirt" - Blues
Harper - "Stand Together" - Blues
Mark Robinson - "Quit Your Job Play Guitar" - Blues
The Level Spirits - "Double Crosser" - Rockabilly/Blues (Wonderful Aussie band with great energy) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Daniel Martin Moore - "In The Cool Of The Day" - Gospel  (Three members of My Morning Jacket on Moore's Gospel takes - pretty damn good!)
Diesel - "7 Axes" - Rock (Australian guitarist with classic rock covers album)
Lynwood Slim & The Igor Prado Band - " Brazilian Kicks" - Blues
Roomful Of Blues - "Hook, Line & Sinker" - Blues (Always recycling obscure blues gems, ROB make great albums...this is no exception) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Shemekia Copeland - "Deluxe Edition" - Blues (Kind of a best of from Alligator Records....great voice from the daughter of Johnny Copeland)
Commander Cody - "Dopers, Drunks, And Everyday Losers" - Americana
Webb Wilder - "More Like Me" - Blues/Soul/Rock
Lee Ritenour - "Lee Ritenour's 6 String Theory" - Rock/Jazz/Blues
Dhoad Gypsies Of Rajasthan - "Roots Travellers" - World (Explosive playing from Indian folk band)
Charles Lloyd Quintet - "Mirror" - Jazz
Kurt Elling - "The Gate" - Jazz
Mark Isaacs Resurgence Band - "Aurora"  - Jazz

Added 2nd August 2011

Mike Zito - "Greyhound" - Blues ( ROR is a fan of this guy...strong vocals, songs and guitar playing) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Rhonda Vincent - "Taken" - Bluegrass (Rhonda is now country crossover as she seeks a larger audience. 2010 release)
John Hiatt - "Dirty Jeans & Mudslide Hymns" - Rock/Americana (Always worth a listen) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Rain Perry - "Internal Combustion" - Folk/Rock
Graham Brown Band - "Hiwatt" - Rock/Americana (Excellent Canadian Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Erja Lyytinene - "Voracious Love - Blues (From Finland)
Anny Celsi - "Tangle Free World" - Americana
Carrie Elkin - "Call It My Garden" - Folk
Ange Boxall - "Writing Letters" - Country (Aussie Gal)
Allison Scott - "Chinese Whispers" - Rock
Bev Pegg - "All Sorts Of Stuff" - Rock
Blaggards & Cowboys - "Skullduggery" - Rock ROR RECOMMENDS!
Cabeb Klander - "Western Country" - Country
Catford - "Chronicles" - Americana ROR RECOMMENDS!
Leeroy Stagger &The Wild Flowers - "Little Victories" - Americana
Lynne Hanon - 'Once The Sun Goes Down" - Americana
Gurf Morliz - "Blaze Foleys 113th Wet Dream" - Country (Guess its a tribute album!)
Iron & Wire - "Kiss Each Other Clean" - Alt Country
Peter Katz - "First Of The Last To Know" - Americana ROR RECOMMENDS!
Kentucky Thunder - "Bout Damn Time" - Rock ROR RECOMMENDS!
Rosie Doonan - "Pot Of Gold" - Folk
Ted Russell Kemp - "Get Beck To The Land" - Americana ROR RECOMMENDS!
Lori McKenna - "Lorraine" - Country
The Gentle Good - "Tethered For The Storm" - Folk
The Pick Pocket Ensemble - "Memory" - World
Anita Lipnicka - "Hard Land Of Wonder" - Rock
Brian Ray - "This Way Up" - Rock
Drunken Balordi - "Self Titled" - World
Greg Trooper - "Upside - downtown" - Soul/Country
Jeff Talmadge - "Kind Of Everything" - Alt Country
Peter Mayer - "Heaven Below" - Folk/Rock ROR RECOMMENDS!
Rachel Harrington - "Celilo Falls " - Americana
Skittish - "The Perfect Garden Of Green" - Folk/Rock ROR RECOMMENDS!
Robyn Ludwick - "Out Of These Blues" - Americana
Rose Cousins - "The Send Off" - Folk ROR RECOMMENDS!
The Unthanks - "Last" - Folk
Eden Brent - "Ain't Got No Troubles" - Blues
Praying For The Rain - "Civilized World" - World/Folk
The Deadly Gentlemen - "Carry Me To Home" - Bluegrass ( High energy stuff here!)
Stompin' Dave's Electric Band - "Live At The RAA" - Folk/Blues
Badass Cowboys - "Portaloo Sunset" - Country/Rock
Mac Wiseman - "Bluegrass Hits & Heart Songs" - Bluegrass
Ken Whitely - "Another Day's Journey" - Americana
Rick Nelson - "The Last Time Around 1970-1982" - Country/Rock
The Moles - "The Future Sounds Of Ashton" - Alternative
Bill Wilson Jr - "Chasing The Sun" - Rock ROR RECOMMENDS!

Added July 26th 2011

Added June 19th 2011

Lenny Fatigati - "Meet You In Philly" - Blues
Cash Savage & The Last Drinks - "Wolf" - Country/Soul
Tash Parker - "Waking Up" - World/Folk
Shannon Barnett Quartet - "Country" - Jazz (Australian trombonist with strong album)
Jeff Martin 777 - "The Ground Cries Out" - Rock
Grayson Capps - " The Lost Cause Minstrels" - Rock ROR RECOMMENDS!
Justin Adams & Juddeh Camera - "In Trance" - World
Samual Yirga - "Self Titled" - World
Ruff Kutt Blues Band - "Mill Block Blues" - Blues
Hadden Sayers - "Hard Dollar" - Blues
Susan Wylde - "In The Light" - Blues
Trampled Underfoot - "Wrong Side Of The Blues" - Blues
Tommy Lee Cook - "Outside Looking In" - Blues
Ben Harper - "Give Til It's Gone" - Rock
Lloyd Cole - "Broken Record" - Rock ROR RECOMMENDS!
Fleet Foxes - "Helplessness Blues" - Folk/Alternative
The Waifs - "Temptation" - Gospel/Folk
Jarrah Thompson - "Rio Claro" - Blues/Rock ( Fine effort from Aussie duo)
Studbaker Johns Maxwell Street Kings - "That's The Way You Do" - Blues
James Kinds - "Love You From The Top" - Blues
The Hollywood Blue Flames - "Soul Sanctuary" - Blues
Kathryn Jones - "Yesterday's News" - Country (Calypso Cowgirl music from Aussie gal)
Tracey Bunn - "By The Wayside" - Country

Added June 6th 2011

The Crooked Fiddle Band - "Overgrown Tales" - Folk (Australian act getting great reviews for their energetic performances)
Duane Stephenson - "Black Gold' - Reggae
Black Country Communion -"2" - Rock (Second album from supergroup featuring Jason Bonham, Joe Bonamassa and Glen Hughes)
Terry Quiett Band - "Just My Luck" - Blues
Blues Dragon - "Self Titled" - Blues
Nick and Liesl - "Feather" - Folk (Catchy melodies, acoustic, alternative, folk = a really nice album from Aussie pair)
Wagons - "Rumble, Shake and Tumble " - Alt Country
Samantha Fish/Cassie Taylor/Dani Wilde - "Girls With Guitars" - Blues (Girls with attitude!)
Stevie J - "The Diversity Project" - Blues
Tracy McNeil - "Fire From Burning" - Country
Blind Boys Of Alabama - "Take The High Road" - Gospel
The Felice Brothers - "Celebration, florida" - Alt Country/Alternative
Los Paperboys - 'Callithump" - World
Aurelio - "Laru Beya" - World
Al Di Meola - "Pursuit Of Radical Rhapsody" - World
Howe Gelb - "Alegrias" - Alt Country/Americana (The Giant Sand leader makes a stunning solo album of desert country blues with a band of gypsies!)
The Desotos - "Your Highway For Tonight" - Americana (New Zealand outfit with very accomplised second album)
Liam Finn - "Fomo" - Alternative
The Little Stevies - "Attention Shoppers" - Rock

Added 21st May 2011

David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights - "Left By Soft" - Alternative (New Zealand legend wih excellent new album)
Charles Bradley - "No Time For Dreaming" - Soul
Porcelaintoy - "Contrit Elegant Rebel" - Alternative
The Cakekitchen -  "Kangaroos In My Top Paddock" - Alternative
Shane Nicholson - "Bad Machines" -Alt Country ( Excellent new album from Aussie who is getting better and better) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Audrey ASuld - "Come Find Me" - Country
The Yearlings - 'Sweet Runaway" - Country/Folk
8 Ball Aitken - "The Tamworth Tapes" - Blues
Mike Noga - "The Balladeer Hunter" - Folk/Alternative
Mark Lucas - "Putting On The Dog" - Americana
Tedeshi Trucks Band - "Revelator" - Blues/Rock (Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks superb new band album) ROR RECOMMENDS!
Gurrumul - "Rrakala" - World
k.d. lang and the Siss Boom Bang - "Sing It Loud - Alt Country
Steve Earle - 'I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive" - Country ( T Bone Burnett production, all original songs, classy musos = the best type of country music!)  ROR RECOMMENDS!
Emmylou Harris - "Hard Bargain" - Country (A quality album from a superb artist)
The Steve Miller Band - "Let Your Hair Down" - Blues
Belles Will Ring - "Crystal Theatre" - Rock

Added 8th May 2011

The 44's - "Boogie Disease" - Blues/Rock
Tracey Nelson - "Victim Of The Blues" - Blues
Emily Baker - "House Of Cards" - Folk
Jay Walkers - "16 Miles" Folk
Ha Ha Tonka - "Death Of A Decade" - Rock/Americana
Jason Johnson - 'A Tale Of Two Halves"  - Americana
Jesse Brewster - 'Wrecking Ball At The Concert Hall" - Americana
Kat Danser - "Passin. a. Time" - Blues
Kimmie Rhodes - "Dreams Of flying" - Country/Americana
Three Mile Stone - "Self Titled" - Folk
Leon Rosselson &  Robl Johnson - "The Liberty Tree" - Folk
King King featuring Alan Nimmo - "Self Titled" - Blues
Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers - "Pilgrimage" - Country
Last Harbour - "Lights" - Alternative
Jon Langford & Skull Orchard - "Old Devils" - Alternative
Poky Lafarge - "Riverboat Sol" - Americana
Gene Watson - "Memories To Burn" - Country (Classic country from a guy who is held in high regard in Nashville circles)
Little Miss Higgins - "Across The Plains" - Jazz/Blues
Paul Heaton - "Acid Country" - Country/Rock
Jude Johnson - "Quiet Girl" - Country/Blues
Matt Haskell- "10, 2 & 6" - Americana
Megan Slankard - "A Token Of The Wreckage" - Alternative
Susan James - "Highwys, Ghosts, Hearts & Home" - Alt Country
Amber Lee & The Anomalies - "Indelible" - Folk/Alternative
Art & Lisa - "Healin Time" - Country/Folk
Claude Hay - "Deep Fried Satisfied" - Blues
Betty Soo - "Heat, Sin, Water, Skin" - Americana
Bruce Cockburn - "Small Source Of Comfort" - Rock
Martin Sexton - 'Sugarcoating" - Soul/Folk/Blues
Danny Schmidt - "Man Of Many Means"- Folk
Ilse DeLange - "Next To Me" - Country

Added 3rd May 2011

Marshall Chapman - "Big Lonesome" - Country
Tensheds - "Crazy Beautiful" - Alternative
Niamh Boadle - "Wild Rose" - Folk
Rain Perry - "Internal Combustion" - Americana
Roosevelt Dime - "Steamboat Soul" - Jazz/Bluegrass
Codie Prevost - "Get Loud" - Country/Rock
Michael Martin Murphey - "Buckaroo Blue Grass II - Riding Song" - Bluegrass/Country
Larry Miller - "Unfinished Business" - Rock/Blues
2-Bit Palomino - "Self Titled" - Country/Rock
RW Hampton - 'Austin To Boston" - Country (Real Country & Western from a real Texas Cowboy)
Grace Griffith - 'Sailing" - Folk
Devon Allman's Honeytribe - 'Space Age Blues" - Blues/Rock ( Greg Allman's son with excellent album)
Jeff Finlin - "The Tao Of Motor Oil" - Americana
Iain Thomson - "Fields Of Dreams" - Folk
Stompin'Dave & His Band - "Piano Covered" - Blues
Susan Cowsill - 'Lighthouse" - Americana
The Autumn Defence - 'Once Around" - Amaericana/Rock (Wilco members Jon Stirrat & Pat Sansone polish soft rock)
Eric Heatherlly - "2 High 2 Cry" - Country
Timber Timbre - "Self Titled" - Blues
The Steel Drivers - 'Reckless" - Bluegrass/Country/Alt Country
Shawn Mullins - Light You Up" - Country/Rock
The Wrights - 'Red & Yellow, Blue and Green" - Americana
Circe Link - "California Kid" - Americana
The Loz Netto Band - "Bridge Of Dreams" - Blues/Rock
Nathaniel Rateliff - "In Memory Of Loss" - Folk
The Western Swing Authority - "Self Titled" - Country (Western Swing actually!)
Steven L Smith - 'Outside Of Tupelo" - Country
Jones - "Keepers" - Folk
David C. Cox - "Self Titled" - Folk/Blues/Alternative
Kat La Key - "In The City" - Alternative
Neptune's Car - "Strawberry Moon" - Country/Folk
The Bonesmen - "Deuce" - Rock
Angie Mattson - "Skeleton Arm" - Americana
Annie Keating - "Water Tower View" - Folk/Rock
Cara - 'Long Distance Love" - Folk
Country Boy Rolling Stone - "Honky Tonking Too Long" - Country
Various Artists - "How Many Roads- Black America Sings Bob Dylan" - Sul/Folk
Linda Ronstadt - "Self Titled/Heart On A Wheel" - Country/Rock (Reissue of two classic albums)
Janette Gerri - "The Bastard's Daughter" - Americana
The Dinah Band - "I can Walk Through" - Rock

Added 14th April 2011

Robbie Robertson - "How To Become Clairvoyant" - Rock (10 years between albums for RR but this is prteyy good with some superstar guest artists)
Paul Simon - "So Beautiful So What" - Rock
Warren Haynes - "Man In Motion" - Rock/Blues (Excellent album from the Allman Brothers/Government Mule guitarist and vocalist)
John Popper & The Duskray Troubadours - "Self Titled" - Blues/Rock (The Blues Travellers lead singer and harp players new project is great!)
Alison Krauss and Union Station - "Paper Airplane" - Bluegrass (More polished country bluegrass from this grammy award winner)
Eliza Gilkyson - "Roses At The End Of Time" - Country/Folk
Fleet Foxes - "Helplessness Blues" - Rock/Folk
Galactic - "The Other Side Of Midnight: Live in New Orleans" - Soul/Jazz/Rock
John Martyn - "Heaven and Earth" - Folk (The last recordings from legendary artist)
Karrin Allyson - "Round Midnight" - Blues
Steve Earle - 'I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive" - Country/Rock/Americana
Booker T Jones - "The Road From Memphis" - Soul
Chris Thile - "Sleep With One Eye Open" - Folk
Eric Bibb - "Troubadour Live" - Blues
Sam Roberts Band - "Collidor" - Rock
Hugh Laurie - "Let Them Talk" - Blues (Yes it is the House actor, produced by Joe Henry)
Hank Williams III - "Hillbilly Joker" - Country
Levon Helm - "Ramble at The Ryman"
Patti Austin - "Sound Advice" - Jazz
Diana Jones - "High Atmosphere" - Country
Beautiful South - "Live At The BBC" - Folk
Gene Clark & Friends - "20th Anniversary Tribute To The Byrds, 1985) - Rock/Folk
Gary Moore - "Ballads & Blues 2011" - Blues
Jim White - "Sounds Of The Americans" - Alt Country/Country
Steve Hackett - "Live  Rails" - Rock
Rory Gallagher - "Notes From San Francisco" - Blues/Rock
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - "Smoking In Heaven" - Rockabilly
The Zombies - "Breathe Out Breathe In" - Rock (New recording from legendary band featuring Rod Argent & Colin Blunstone)
A Scarcity Of Miracles - A King Crimson Project - "Fripp, Jaksayk, Collins" - Alternative
Eliza Carthy - Neptune" - Folk
Okkervil River - "I am Very Far" - Americana

Added 19th March 2011

Alan Jackson - "34 Number Ones" - Country
Boz Boorer - 'Miss Pearl/My Wild Life" - Rockabilly (Top UK guitarist for this genre)
Erik Hovey - "Blues Farm" - Blues
Steve Howell - "Since I Saw You Last" - Blues/Folk
Kim Beggs - 'Blue Bones" - Americana
Malcolm Holcombe - "To Drink The Rain" - Country/Folk
Ruth Purves Smith & The 581 - "Out In The Storm" - Country (Classic C&W)
Wooldridge Brothers - "Days Went Around" - Alt Country
Pete Anderson - "Even Things Up" - Blues (Top session guitarist who has appeared on too many country albums to count, has a cracker solo album)
Sugarland - "The Incredible Machine" - Country (Popular duo getting better and better)
Marisa Yeaman - "Voices From The Underground" - Folk/Country (Aussie artist with very good album)
Gandalf Murphy & The Slambovlan Circus Of Dreams - "The Grand Slambovians" - Americana (Crazy name but actually an excellent album)

Added 20th February 2011

Beth Hart - "My California" - Rock (Great new album by lady with an awesome live act)
The Black Twig Pickers - "Ironto Special" - Bluegrass/Cajun (Authentic stuff from exciting band---5 stars from influential Maverick Magazine!)
Chris While and Julie Matthews - "Hit The Ground Running" - Folk (7th album together is a masterpiece of songwriting)
John M. Keane - "Everything Changed" - Rock (Full of remarkable playing and memorable tunes)
Donna Ulisse - "Holy Waters" - Bluegrass/Gospel (Keith Sewell oversees a group of superb musicians on a superb album)
Marshall Chapman - "Big Lonesome" - Country/Folk
Buddy Miller - "The Majestic Silver Strings - Americana
Lucinda Williams - "Blessed" - Americana
Marianne Faithfull - "Horses and High Heels" - Alternative
Ron Sexsmith - "Long Player, Late Bloomer" - Alt Country/Folk
Bruce Cockburn - "Small Source Of Comfort" - Rock
Box Of Frogs - "Box Of Frogs and Strangeland" - Rock
Doug McLeod - "Brand New Eyes" - Blues
R.E.M. - "Collapse Into Now" - Rock
Tommy Bolin - "Teaser" - Rock (Re release of great rock album by guy who dies too young)
Solomon Burke and De Dijk - "Hold On Tight" - Soul
Joe Bonamassa - "Dust Bowl" - Rock/Blues
Elbow - "Build A Rocket Boys" - Folk/Alternative
The Unthanks - "Last" -  Folk

Added 23rd January 2011

Teddy Thompson - "Bella" - Alt country
The Decemberists - "The King Is Dead" - Folk/Rock
Greg Allman - "Low Country Blues" - Blues/Rock
Iron & Wire - "Kiss Each Other Clean" - Alt country
Jayhawks - "Hollywood Town" and "Tomorrow The Green Grass" - Americana (Two classic albums reissued with additional tracks etc)
Doug Paisley - "Constant Companion" - Folk/Rock
Kelly Stoltz - "To Dreamers" - Alternative
Jane Weaver - "The Fallen By Watch Bird..." - Folk
Phosphorescent - "Here's To Taking It Easy" - Alt Country/Folk
Villagers - "Becoming A Jackal" - Folk
Huey Lewis and The News - "Soulsville" - Soul (Very good tribute album)
Allan Frank - "The Road So Far" - Country (retro country feel from guy who has taken 10 years to make this abum)
Angel Band - "Bless My Sole" - Americana (female vocal threesome with superb lineup of backing musos)
Ashley Condon - "Come On In From The Cold" - Americana (Wonderful harmonies and playing of folk, acoustic country, blues, southern rock)
Clive Gregson - "Forward Into Reverse" - Rock
Donna Beasley - "Under The Rushes" - Country (Authentic and unique from Appalachian talent)
David Dondero - # Zero With A Bullet" - Alt Country/ Americana (Named one of the best living songwriters by NPR)
Devon Sproule - "Live In London" - Americana (CD/DVD release of artist in top form)
Jez Lowe & The Bad Pennies - "Wotcheor!" - Folk
Green Lines - "Feet Fall Lightly" - Folk/Rock (Sits in CS&N, Fleet Foxes, Crowded House, early REM)

Added 19th January 2011

24 Pesos - "Busted, Broken And Blue" - Rock (Sweaty guitar rock from the Uk and its bloody good!)
Bill Miller - "Chronicles Of Hope" - Folk
The British Blues Quintet - 'Live In Glasgow" - Blues ( Reads like a who's who...Maggie Bell, Zoot Money, Mille Anderson, Colin Hodgkinson, Colin Allen..all veterans of the British blues scene)
Dead Brothers - '5th Sinphonie" - Alternative
Delaney Davidson - "Self Decapitation" - Alternative (Kiwi with wierd alternative sound)
Flynnville Train - "Redemption" - Rock (Southern USA rockin boys with excellent 2nd album)
Gurrumul - "Live In Darwin" - World
Leah Seawright - "Country Girl 101" - Country
Lloyd Cole - "Broken Record"
Nashleigh Hill - "Now Watch Me Disappear" - Americana
Amber Digby & Justin Trevino - "Keeping Up Appearances" - Country
Stonehoney - "The Cedar Creek Sessions" - Americana
Rogue Valley - "Crater Lake" - Folk/Americana
Heidi Talbot - "The Last Star" - Folk
Agnes Obel - "Philharmonics" - Folk
Anne Marie Dolan - "Heart To Heart" - Rock
Count To Fire - "In Another Life" - Alternative
Eleanor Angel - "Face To Face" - Folk
Hipbone Slim & The Kneetremblers - "The Kneeanderthal Sounds Of..." - Rockabilly
John McVey - "Unpredictable" - Country/Soul
Moulettes - "Moulettes" - Folk
Piney Gir - "Jesus Wept" - Country/Rock
Shoot Low Sherriff - "The Mockingbird Sessions" - Country (Western swing played well and original)
Sid Selvidge - "I Should Be Blue" - Jazz/Blues (Outstanding interpretations of covers and originals)
The Henry Brothers - "Death Is Only A Dream" - Americana
Nathan McEuen - "Scrapbook Sessions 2010" - Americana
The Burns Unit - "Side Show" - Alternative
The Toy Hearts - "Femme Fatale" - Bluegrass
Spike Flynn - "Its Alright" - Country/Folk
Walter Trout - "Common Ground" - Blues
Stevie Nimmo - "The Wynds Of Life" - Americana/Blues
Ewan McLennan - "Rags & Robes" - Folk
Rich Hopkins & Luminarios - "El Otro Lado' The Other Side" - Rock (With a classic Tucson side - excellent guitar work from Hopkins)
Dani Wilde - "Shine" - Blues/Shine (Produced by legendary Mike Vernon, early Fleetwood Mac, this young woman has the goods!)
Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson - "Gift" (You don't get better than this from Britain's royal family of folk music!)
Kathy Kallick Band - "Between The Hollow And The High Rise" - Bluegrass
Tara Craig - "As The Leaves Were Changing" - Folk/Country
Mitch Laddie - "This Time Around" - Blues/Rock
Erja Lyytinen - "Voracious Love" - Blues
Ben Bedford - "Land Of The Shadows" - Folk
Lindsey Gail - "Little Loaded Pistol" - Country (Country loaded with rock from East Texas)
Asleep At The Wheel - "Asleep At The Wheel" (Reissue of band's classic second album)
Brian Kennedy - "The Very Best Of Brian Kennedy" - Folk
John Mellencamp - "On The Rural Route 7609" - Rock
Fred Neil - "Do You Ever Think Of Me?" - Folk
The Fabulists - "Dog Violets" - Rock
Jasper Sloan Yip - "Every Day And All At Once"- Rock
Electric Blues Duo - "Live! L'Inoui Luxembourg" - Blues

Added 17th January 2011

Todd Wolfe Band - "Live" - Rock (CD/DVD from Sheryl Crow's former lead guitarist who is pretty good!)
Damon Fowler - "Devil Got His Way" - Blues
1973 - "Bye Bye Cellphone" - Rock (3 French guys playing pop music al a Crowded House etc.Clever and good)
Ben Poole - "Everything I Want" - Rock/Blues (Young UK guitarist showing great promise on this EP of self penned songs)
Elliot Brood - "Mountain Meadows" - Americana/Alt Country
Jill Barber - "Chances" - Alternative (Retro tribute sound styles of Patsy Cline, Edith Piaf, Etta James makes compelling listening)
Zeus - "Say Us" - Rock (3 part harmonies, classic rock influences produce wonderful songs)
Carmen Townsend - "Waitin and Seein' - Rock (Cutting edge sound, unique guitar sound)
Built To Spill - "There Is No Enemy" - Alternative
Genevieve Chadwick - "Riding The Wind, Forgetting Time" - Rock (Aussie rocker's debut is full of styles...Janis Joplin is one!)
Charlie Parr - "When The Devil Goes Blind" - Folk/Blues
Glenn Richards - "Glimjack" - Rock
Grace Woodforde - "Always Want" - Blues/Soul (Australian's debut album produced by Ben Harper who gives generous praise)
Old Man Luedecke - "My Hands Are On Fire And Other Love Songs" - Folk
Martha Tiltson - "Lucy & The Wolves" - Folk
Cash Savage - "Wolf" - Rock/Blues
Kim Cheshire - "Dead Man's Shoes" - Country (After 50 years, his first solo album is classic, momentous country!)
Gun Street Girls - "Adult Loose" - Rock
Collard Greens & Gravy - "Juke Joint Boogie" - Blues
Solomon King - "Under The Sun" - Blues
Philip Martin - "Greetings From Nashlantafayette" - Country/Blues/Cajun
The Duke & The King - "Long Live The Duke &The King" - Alt Country
The Master Musicians Of Jajouka - "The Source" - World
Hassan Erraji - "Awal Mara" - World
Megson - "The Longshot" - Folk
Bill Frisell - "Beautiful Dreamers" - Jazz

Added 12th January 2011

Joey + Rory - "Album Number Two" - Country (Not your syrupy pop country but creative genuine stuff from husband and wife)
Ken Domash - "Countrified" - Country/Rock (Modern Country with a rock feel)
Katzenjammer - "...Le Pop" - Alternative/Rockabilly ( Debut from 4 independent women with a really great/interesting/different sound)
Mark Robinson - "Quit Your Job - Play Guitar" - Blues (Excellent playing of Chicago, Country, Juke Joint blues)
No Justice - "2nd Avenue" - Country/Rock (Cowboy rock from a Texas band that have been around for awhile, making impressive music)
Lynn Miles - "Fall For Beauty" - Folk (Canadian singer songwriter with some truly wonderful words and melodies)
Pure Grain - "Out Of The Storm" - Americana (Some fine songs and lead guitar)
Sammy Kershaw - "Better Than Used To Be" - Country ( Classic honky tonk, twangy vocals, steel guitar and some pretty good songs)
The Texas Sapphires - "As He Wanders..." - Country/Rock (Raw Austin Texas style)
Trevor Finlay - "Bootleg" - Rock (On fire guitar work here)
Claire Lynch - "Watcha Gonna Do" - Bluegrass (4 stars from Maverick Magazine www.maveick-country.com )
Willie and The Bandits - "New Breed" - Americana
Hot Club Of Cowtown - "What Makes Bob Holler" - Country ( Really Western swing music from a band that are superb....highly recommended!)
Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band - "Legacy" - Bluegrass (Veteran peformer returns with excellent musicianship as always)
Randy Rogers Band - "Burning The Day" - Country/Rock/Americana (Previous two albums are excellent and this is no exception)
Sandy Hill - "Tickled Pink" - Rock
Jamey Johnson - "The Guitar Song" - Country (Wow, already given the 2010 Country album of then year by prestigous Maverick magazine www.maverick- country.com )
Solomon Burke - "Nothings impossible" - Soul
Glenna Bell - "Perfectly Legal: Song Of Sex, Love And Murder" - Folk/Country
Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers - "Self Titled"- Country (Yeah real country mid 1950's era)
Darrell Scott - "Crooked Road" - Americana (Extremly talented multi instrumentalist, singer sonwriter, currently in Robert Plant's touring band...this is a wonderful album)
Robb Johnson - "A Man Walks Into A Pub" - Folk
J Shogren - "Bird Bones & Muscle" - Blues/Americana
George Hamilton IV - "Old Fashioned Hymns & Gospel Songs For Those That Miss Them" - Country/Gospel
Lunch At Allen's - "More Lunch At Allens" - Folk/Rock
Mike Farris & The Cumberland Saints - "The Night The Cumberland Came Alive" - Gospel
Sarah Griffin - "Above The Parapet" - Folk
The Bellows - "Big Steam" - Alternative
Karyn Oliver - "Red Dress" - Americana
Si Kahn - "Courage" - Folk
BluesBeaten Redshaw - "Growing With The Blues" - Blues ( Young 17 year old shows awsome talent on home made guitar and all his own songs)
Julie Gribble - "Letting Go" - Americana/Country
Matthew Hoover - "Talking To Ghosts" - Country/Folk/Blues
The Winchester Brothers - "Black Star Day" - Folk
Kenny Chesney - "Hemmingways' Whiskey" - Country
The Toughcats - "Run To The Mill" - Bluegrass/Country (Think Nickel Creek)
Merle Haggard - "Let Me Tell You About A Song" - Country (Reissue of a classic)
Merle Haggard - "Someday We'll Look Back" - Country (Another reissued classic)
Lonnie Donegan - "Puttin' On The Style" - Country/Blues (Skiffle pioneer reissue)
Don Conoscenti - "Extremely Live At Eddie's Attic"- Americana 

Added 5th January 2011

Jimi Hendrix - West Coast Seattle Boy" - Rock (CD/DVD/Blu-Ray of Hendrix's pre Experienc recordings...fascianting stuff well worth having)
Bruce Springsteen - "The Promise" - Rock (21 new tracks from the "Darkness " sessions. 3 CD/3 DVD or 3 Blu-Ray plus 80 page original notes from the sessions)
Colin Gilmore - "Goodnight Lane" - Americana
Jackie Greene - "The Dig Years" - Americana
Larry Miller - "Unfinished Business" - Blues/Rock (Think Gary Moore/Joe Bonamassa)
Rumer - "Seasons Of My Soul" - Rock
Kasey Anderson - "Nowhere Nights" - Country
Jenny And Johnny - "I'm having fun Now" - Alternative
The Bees - "Every Step's A Yes" - Rock
JP, Chrissie & The Fairground Boys - "Fidelity" - Rock (Chrissie Hynde and JP Jones with Big Linda. Pretty amazing debut with Chrissie being very frank about life!)
Ebo Taylor - "Love And Death" - World
Wolf People - "Steeple" - Rock
Aaron Neville - "I Know I've Been Changed" - Gospel/Soul
Charles Douglas - "The Lives Of..." - Rock
Saint Jude - "Diary Of A Soul Fiend" - Rock (Imagine The Faces, a sweeter Janis Joplin, The Stones "Exiled" .....this could be the band!)
Giant Sand - "Blurry Blue Mountain" - Americana
Peter Coe - "Backbone" - Folk
Ralph McTell - "Somewhere Down The Road" - Folk
The Creole Choir Of Cuba - "Tande-La" - World
The Good Ones - "Kigali Y'Izahabu - World
Tav Falco & The Unapproachable Panther Burns - "Conjurations....." - Blues
Lobi Traore - "Rainy Season Blue" - World/Blues
Esperanza Spalding - "Chamber Music Society" - Soul/Jazz (Outrageous talent!)
Morgan O'Kane - "Nine Lives" - Country/Bluegrass/Folk

Added 1st January 2011

Vincent Hayes Project - "Reclamation" - Blues
Sugaray - "Blind Alley" - Blues
Paul Thorn - "Pimps & Preachers" - Rock
Mark Olson - "Many Colored Kite" - Folk/Country
Isbells - "Self Titled" - Folk (Think Bon Iver from this Belgian group)
Gemma Ray - "It's A Shame About Gemma Ray" - Alternative ( Really interesting artist who does songs by Ella Fitzgerald, Gun Club, Sonic Youth, Lee hazelwood amongst others)
Cornerstone Roots - "The Future Is Now" - Reggae
Frank Yamma - "Countryman" - Folk/Country (One of Australia's outstanding Aboriginal singer/songwriters)
Maisey Rika - "Tohu" - World (Maori artist from New Zealand who fuses English and Maori lyrics with deep soulful voice)
Chris Pickering - "Work Of Fiction" - Rock (they say alt country but more the big pop sound of later Jayhawks. Good album)
Gareth Liddiard - "  Strange Tourist"  - Folk (Australia's Drones front man with solo album, not his usual bag)
Various - "How Many Roads - Black America Sings Bob Dylan
You Am I - "Self Titled"- Rock
Dimi Dero Inc - "Cremation Day In The Court Of Miracles" (French band playing rock n roll as it should be!)
Robert Scott - "Ends Run Together" - Alternative (Ex The Clean and The Bats, excellent solo album)
Rory Ellis - "Perfectly Damaged" - Folk/Blues
Kes Trio - "Self Titled" - Alternative
Heather Stewart Trio - "Get Your Fingers Off It" - Blues
Kenny Edwards - "Resurrection Road" - Country/Folk
Caitlin Rose - "Own Side Now" - Rock/Country
Chucho Valdes & TheAfro - Cuban Messengers - "Chucho's Steps" - World
Pablo Menendez & Mezcla - "I'll See You In Cuba" - World
Horace Andy - "Serious Times" - World
Mike Nock Trio - "An Accumulation Of Subtleties" - Jazz
Roger Manins - "Latitude" - Jazz