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Though I'm not really the jazzy type, I love Diana Krall. She's back from maternity leave with a new release.

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Kathleen Edwards
Asking For Flowers

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All I Intended to Be

This rocks

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Radio IQ is doing their fund drive this week, so I've been listening to my other favorite public radio station, WNRN.

Today I discovered Dawn Landes, a Kentucky native who, when she's not singing, is a recording engineer. Out this week is Fireproof. It's quite good.

Backwoods Barbie

Get in touch with your inner country singer with this new release from Dolly Parton. It's worth a listen just for the title.

The CD includes a clever cover of Fine Young Cannibals' Drives Me Crazy.

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I became a Tift Merritt fan after hearing Virginia, from her debut CD, Bramble Rose. Coincidentally, that was right around the time we moved to Virginia, which no doubt had a lot to do with my liking that song.


I was less enamored with her follow-up CD, Tambourine.

Her new release, Another Country, just out this week, is better but lacks the edge of Bramble Rose. I'm not sure if this one is a keeper. I guess I'll just have to see if it grows on me.

Q: What's worse than Celine Dion?

A: Celine Dion and Josh Groban.

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I learned about this new release (due 2/12) on NPR this morning. The snippets I heard were pretty good.

The Heavy Circles features Edie Brickell (remember her?) and Harper Simon (offspring of Paul Simon).

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"She refashions material from other artists and makes it seem like it's been hers all along."

--Rolling Stone

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An album of Dusty Springfield covers.

Excellent.

This should make somebody's list of great album titles

This CD offers plenty of innuendo, a helping of ear candy, and references to guns, pistols and shotguns. Though not my usual fare, I'm giving it a first listen and to my surprise, I'm kinda liking it.

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Amanda turned me on to Sam Beam's singing last year. This is his fourth release, and it's pretty good.

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EDITED TO ADD: If you haven't already, listen to the new Emmylou Harris CD. It offers the best guitar and vocals I've heard in a long time. The reviewer is wrong, the sweet spot comes when Emmylou sings with Gram Parsons (he wrote many of the songs).


This week's release from longtime favorite Emmylou Harris, Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems, features 78 songs spanning the decades. From the review: "the sweet spot comes right in the middle, where Harris performs alongside other leading ladies like Linda Ronstadt and Dolly Parton."