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Tin Hat Trio - Helium (2000)
mp3 320kpbs | 100MB | 50:07 min. | Modern Creative, Chamber Jazz
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Transplanted from New York to the Bay Area, the chamber jazz group Tin Hat Trio consists of accordionist Rob Burger, guitarist Mark Orton, and violinist Carla Kihlstedt. The group's unique blend of structure, improvisation, and contemporary classical, folk, world, and jazz elements reflects each member's other performing experiences.
As the Tin Hat Trio, they released their debut album, Memory Is an Elephant, on Angel Records in early 1999; Helium followed in spring 2000, boasting appearances from Tom Waits and an uncredited Mike Patton...
You know you've got a strange sort of magic going on when a scratchy vocal by Tom Waits (on the reprise of the hypnotic, chamber music meets French cafe and spaghetti western title track) is the least bizarre element. The trio of Rob Burger (accordion, piano, pump organ, marxophone, harmonica), Carla Kihlstedt (violin, viola), and Mark Orton (guitar, Dobro, banjo) offer a vision of what a chamber music group might sound like if they mixed a studio session for a Western film with a rhythmically diverse, often atonal classical excursion. The opening track "A Life in East Poultney" finds a banjo plucking over a droning violin as bells ring in the background. That same violin does a seductive dance over a plucky organ base and accordion harmonies on the title track, which evolves into the image of a train blowing harmonica steam across the land. "Scrap" rolls like a schizophrenic fiddle tune, and then the fiddling slows down into a mosey on the wacky and atonal "Sand Dog Blues." And by that point, when the craziness is just beginning, you're either tripping and enjoying or wondering who these three are and just why they think this is commercial music. The New Yorker put it best when it said their music is "a soundtrack for the kind of puzzling dream which leaves you sitting awake in the middle of the night." You will love it or loathe it, but you can't just shrug and ignore it.
1 A LIfe In East Poultney 1:17
2 Helium 4:55
3 Beverly's March 4:53
4 Scrap 0:44
5 Sand Dog Blues 4:24
6 Fountain Of Youth 3:58
7 Slip 1:07
8 Width Of The World 6:46
9 Seamstress Extraordinaire 4:00
10 Esperanto 5:05
11 Big Blue House 1:23
12 Old Grey Mare 2:31
13 Brennero 1:49
14 Anna Kournikaova 2:27
15 Helium Reprise (Featuring Tom Waits)
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The Handsome Family - Twilight (2001)
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In the world of the Handsome Family, it would appear that the glass is half full. The only problem is that the glass is either upside down or shattered on the floor. Riddled with dark and morbid tales of suburbia, murder, and the demise of carrying pigeons, the baker's dozen offerings seem animal-oriented, but still teem with an eerie old-time country & western sense of foreboding. Although the first track, "The Snow White Diner," seems uplifting with its "Layla"-like intro, the album waltzes along with keyboards and basic bare-bones accompaniment. Particularly pretty is "All the TVs in Town" and the spacy background of "Gravity." There is also a sense of this being a dysfunctional Christmas album, exemplified by "Birds You Cannot See." The husband and wife team of Rennie Sparks on keyboards and singer Brett Sparks lead the listener down a lovely yet dark trail few would dare tread twice.
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Q (10/01, p.120) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Timeless country folk songs that set the sparse but striking detail of a good short stroy to sneakily tenacious melodies..."
Uncut (11/01, p.100) - 4 1/2 stars out of 5 - "...Dark, dense, terrifying, invigorating....TWILIGHT reaffirms The Handsome Family's position atop the poisonous spire of alt.country's twisted high tower....Right now, there's no one better equipped to carry that weight..."
Magnet (12-1/02, p.91) - "...Brett is able to wrench consistently poigant and quaint music from his instruments, and Rennie consistently interesting and eerie imagery from her words..."
CMJ (10/8/01, p.17) - "...A welcome addition to the Family..."
No Depression (11-12/01, p.124) - "...Gentler and less urgent than the previous THROUGH THE TREES, but still making a strong case for the Sparks' musical worth..."
NME (Magazine) (9/29/01, p.64) - 8 out of 10 - "...Their dark palette is so much more compelling than anything else out there today..."
1. Snow White Diner, The
2. Passenger Pigeons
3. Dark Eye, A
4. There Is a Sound
5. All the TVs in Town
6. Gravity
7. Cold, Cold, Cold
8. No One Fell Asleep Alone
9. I Know You Are There
10. Birds You Cannot See
11. White Dog, The
12. So Long
13. Peace in the Valley Once Again
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The Latin American supergroup Los Super Seven assembled Los Lobos' David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas, Freddy Fender, Flaco Jiminez, Joe Ely, Rick Trevino, Ruben Ramos, and Joel Jose Guzman. Banding together to reinterpret traditional Mexican folk songs, the group debuted in 1998 with their self-titled, Grammy-award winning LP on RCA. In 2001 the group released Canto, a twelve-track collection of Latin American pop and folk that included the talented Caetano Veloso, Susana Baca and Raul Malo. 2005 saw the release of Heard It on the X, a celebration of border radio that added Delbert McClinton, Rodney Crowell, John Hiatt, Lyle Lovett, Charlie Sexton, Joe Ely, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, and Freddy Fender to the mix.
Los Super Seven (1998)
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Combining elements from Los Lobos, the Texas Tornados, and Texas country, Los Super Seven finds common ground in the music of the Lone Star State. Full of Mexican-American traditional tunes, it includes a cover of Woody Guthrie's "Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee)" sung by Joe Ely. along with Doug Sahm, Freddy Fender, David Hidalgo, Cesar Rosas, Rick Trevino and Flaco Jimenez have formed a sort of Tex-Mex supergroup brought together by their love for this romantic, yet spicy music. But the music is seriously presented here and produced with love by Steve Berlin with the hopes that it gets beyond the Hispanic community and snares some newer audiences, Los Super Seven is worthy of a listen. Who would have thought world music could be so close to your own back door?
1 El Canoero 3:22
2 Piensa en Mí 3:53
3 Mi Ranchito 3:56
4 Un Beso al Viento 2:33
5 La Sirena 2:55
6 Un Lunes por la Mañana 3:20
7 Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee) 3:40
8 La Morena 2:58
9 Margarita 3:28
10 La Madrugada 2:42
11 El Ausente 3:41
12 Río de Tenampa 4:24
13 Las Norteñitas 1:00
Canto, the second album from the all-star Los Super Seven, begins with a mellow, Habanera-influenced groove and the suave vocal incantations of Raul Malo. It's a luring introduction to a CD that offers up one superb song after another. The follow-up to their Grammy award-winning 1998 self-titled debut, Los Super Seven's Canto projects the sophisticated, enduring, and variegated sounds of Latin American music itself. From "Qualquem Coisa," a Brazilian ballad sung by Caetano Veloso, to "Teresa," a Los Angeles-infused songo, Canto's 12 tracks touch upon a number of traditional Latin American styles while retaining a sound all their own. On Canto, the stalwart Los Super Seven crew of Cesar Rosas and David Hidalgo from Los Lobos, country singer Rick Trevino, and Tejano star Ruben Ramos welcome Brazilian sensation Caetano Veloso, Raul Malo from the Mavericks, and Peru's primary diva, Susana Baca. All the performers on the album, instrumentalists and vocalists alike, project a confident, smooth, and cosmopolitan sound. Even if you don't consider yourself to be much a Latin music fan, do yourself a favor and check out Canto. Los Super Seven have managed, once again, to defy simple market categories with a release that is Grammy material and, more importantly, great music through and through.
1. Siboney
2. Calle Dieciseis
3. El Que Siembra Su Maiz
4. El Pescador
5. Me Voy Pa'l Pueblo
6. Compay Gato
7. Qualquer Coisa
8. Teresa
9. Drumi Mobila
10. Campesino
11. Paloma Guarumera
12. Baby
Los Super Seven isn't a band, per se — it's a collective, organized by manager Dan Goodman, who comes up with a concept for each of the group's albums and assembles a band to fit. For their third album, Goodman turned to music journalist/record producer Rick Clark, whose giveaway CDs for the Oxford American journal are highly regarded in certain quarters. Inspired by ZZ Top's classic boogie rock tribute to border radio, "Heard It on the X," Clark came up with a sharp idea: a salute to the heyday of AM radio on the Texas/Mexico border, when rock & roll, blues, country, jazz, Western swing, and mariachi mixed freely. Clark and Goodman drew up a list of songs and musicians to play them, recruited two different core bands — indie rockers Calexico and a group featuring Charlie Sexton, who also served as the third producer on this album (along with Clark and Goodman), with drummer Hunt Sales — and then brought in a bunch of Texas-identified singers. Some — like Raul Malo, Joe Ely, Rick Trevino, Ruben Ramos, and Freddy Fender — were Los Super Seven veterans, while others — John Hiatt, Lyle Lovett, Rodney Crowell, and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown — are new to the game. That list of musicians signals that Heard It on the X is not nearly as Latin-centric as its predecessor, Canto, which theoretically means it may play to a wider audience, but in 2005, with all this roots music and versions of songs that are 30-40 years old, it's unlikely that this will get much play outside of roots fanatics and those who long for the heyday of Musician magazine. That said, Heard It on the X is executed about as well as it could be. The song selection is expert, touching on lesser-known tunes by such Texas giants as Doug Sahm and Buddy Holly and standards by Blind Lemon Jefferson, ZZ Top, and Bob Wills, adding a few cult favorites and a new tune or two along the way. While this certainly reads like an eclectic listen on paper, in practice it flows easily, thanks to both the house bands, the professional (albeit a bit too clean) production, and the fact that the borders separating these genres are virtually nonexistent these days. There's no real cross-pollination within the grooves themselves (having Ramos sing the title track doesn't quite qualify, since it still comes across as bloozy boogie rock), the styles merely rub shoulders with each other, and since all the musicians already travel in these circles, there are no real SPAMises (well, apart from Hiatt's mannered vocal on "I'm Not That Kat (Anymore)," but on second thought, that's not much of a SPAMise, either). But SPAMises are overrated, particularly with so many similar albums shooting too high and missing the mark. Here, the songs are excellent, performed by the right musicians, and the result is a highly enjoyable record for anybody into any of the featured artists or songwriters. If this doesn't pack the thrill or sense of discovery that the original recordings have, mark that down to the ultimate triumph of border radio — its influence has been so strong and so far-reaching that listeners take its innovations for granted, so an album as nonchalantly diverse as this seems like a welcome everyday occurrence.
01. Burro Song Featuring Raul Malo
02. Cupido Featuring Freddy Fender & Rick Trevino
03. Talk To Me Featuring Delbert McClinton
04. I'm Not That Kat Anymore Featuring John Hiatt
05. My Window Faces The South Featuring Lyle Lovett
06. Let Her Dance Featuring Joe Ely
07. Learning The Game Featuring Rodney Crowell
08. Song Of Everything Featuring Raul Malo
09. Ojitos Traidores Featuring Rick Trevino
10. I Live The Life I Love Featuring Delbert McClinton
11. Heard It On The X Featuring Ruben Ramos
12. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Featuring Clarence Gatemouth Brown
Original Members
* Joe Ely - guitar, vocals
* Flaco Jimenez - accordion, vocals
* Freddy Fender - vocals
* David Hidalgo - guitar, vocals
* Ruben Ramos - vocals
* Cesar Rosas - guitar, vocals
* Rick Treviño - guitar, vocals
On Los Super Seven
* Doug Sahm - vocals
* Steve Berlin - Producer
* Dave McNair - Engineer/Mixer
* Max Baca - Bajo Sexto, vocals
* Joel Guzman - Accordion, vocals
On Canto
* Wil-Dog Abers of Ozomatli - bass
* Ruben Ramos - vocals
* Susana Baca - vocals
* David Hidalgo of Los Lobos - bass, guitar, percussion, arranger, drums, vocals, requinto
* Raul Malo of the Mavericks
* Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos - bass, guitar, vocals, guitarron, jarana
* Alberto Salas - piano, arranger
* Caetano Veloso - guitar, vocals
* Steve Berlin - Producer
On Heard It on the X
* Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - guitar, vocals
* Rodney Crowell - vocals
* Joe Ely - vocals
* Freddy Fender - vocals
* John Hiatt - vocals
* Lyle Lovett - vocals
* Raul Malo - vocals
* Rick Clark - Producer
* Dan Goodman - Producer
* Charlie Sexton - Producer, guitar, piano, percussion
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The Iguanas - If You Should Ever Fall on Hard Times (2008)
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If You Should Ever Fall on Hard Times is a title that clearly holds some real significance for the Iguanas; like many residents of New Orleans, the members of the eclectic Crescent City four-piece found themselves run out of town by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and it was close to a year before the band was able to return home after an extended exile in Austin, TX, and on the road. If You Should Ever Fall doesn't dwell much on the details of a three-year stretch that must have been difficult (to say the least) for the Iguanas, though the corrupt politician who narrates "Back in the Limelight" and the guy waiting out a storm with his faithful dog in "El Huracan y Pin Pon" are characters they've probably gotten to know quite well. Instead of dwelling on a tragedy, the Iguanas have opted to do what they do best -- play music that celebrates the funky gumbo of Latin music, Caribbean rhythms, and R&B swagger that is so much a part of New Orleans music, but with a special balance of ingredients that sets them apart from the average roots music outfit. The sardonic wit of songs like "Dancing for Dollars Again" and "Sour Grapes" and the hard-luck true-life tales of "Morgan City" and "Okemah" confirm that the Iguanas haven't lost their way with words while dealing with tough times, and the instrumentals "The Beep" and "The Fall" demonstrate they can communicate eloquently without saying a single word. For the Iguanas, playing well is the best revenge against the twin specters of Katrina and FEMA, and If You Should Ever Fall on Hard Times proves their troubles haven't broken their stride one bit.
01. If You Should Ever Fall On Hard Times 3:00
02. Malas Vibras 4:09
03. Her Red Fishnets 3:39
04. El Huracan y Pin Pon 3:37
05. Okemah 4:33
06. The Beep 2:21
07. Back In The Limelight 3:13
08. Dancing For Dollars Again 3:11
09. Celos Con Mezcal 3:05
10. Sour Grapes 4:18
11. Pelican Bay 4:29
12. The Fall 1:41
13. Morgan City 4:46
14. Warm Sun 2:40
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Philippe Cohen Solal - Moonshine Sessions (2007)
mp3 320kpbs | 126MB | 59:58 min.
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Philippe Cohen Solal many will remember from his work in the café-Latin stylings of the Gotan Project. On this release Solal has taken a radical change of direction based largely of his experiences in the Country Music capital of the world Nashville Tennessee. Solal with mixed results has turned his hand to alternative and straight up country music. Like with the Gotan Project the album boasts a number of talented country musicians including the two time Grammy award winning Nashville Bluegrass Band.
Musically the song arrangements are technically superb to say the least, Solal’s time working with a large ensemble in the Gotan Project would have stood him in good stead for working with future projects such as his current release The Moonshine Sessions. Not everything on the Moonshine Sessions’ album works and for all it quaint country charm and innocence it doesn’t all hold up. It is hard to work out whether Solal is taking the mickey at times because tracks like the stereotypical country sounding The Road To Nowhere suggests everything that is wrong with commercial country music but perhaps Solal realises this and tongue-in-cheek has taken that direction. If this isn’t the case then the track can only be described as being cringe-worthy at best.
Tracks like The Private Song and the Johnny Cash sounding Seven Guns and Seven Holes shows that some of Solal’s electronic and nu-jazz past still strongly influence his work behind the production desk and add just that little more spark to make the album stand up just that little be stronger. The quaint country charm and naivety of Abba’s Dancing Queen and the cover of The Sex Pistols’ Pretty Vacant are certainly a plus as well as Solal’s delving in Negro-Spiritual and Gospel music at the end of Fade Away and on the traditional I’m Rolling.
At the end of it all though The Moonshine Sessions are a bit hit and miss and some songs are quickly forgotten and for some of this record it seemed as though the fun was more in making the album as some of the in-studio banter halfway through the album seems to suggest. Still though it does have some stunning production and arrangements and Solal seems to have a good knack for choosing right personnel to make his conceptions come to a healthy fruition. If Solal continues in this direction in the future then a lot more will be expected of him but this is a worthy début.
1. The Academy Of Trust
2. Luna's Song
3. The Roads To Nowhere
4. Psycho Girls & Psycow Boys
5. I Lost In Him
6. Fade Away
7. Always Alone
8. Dancing Queen
9. The Private Song
10. Pretty Vacant
11. I'm Rollin'
12. Seven Guns & Seven Holes
13. Bonus Track
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The Boxmasters - Modbilly (2009)
mp3 VBR~208kpbs | 112MB | 72:59 min.
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Fronted by the mercurial actor and musician and drummer Billy Bob Thornton, the Boxmasters (the membership, at least in the recording capacity, rounded out by J.D. Andrew on bass, guitars, and vocals and Michael Wayne Butler on guitars and lap steel) are a California-based electric rockabilly/country rock band that is influenced by the sounds of Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, and Buck Owens but puts a unique spin on the genre by adding a dash of British Invasion-era rock (Beatles, Stones, Kinks) to the mix. The band honed its skills in its early days by playing a handful of live shows in the California area, as well as a few gigs in Tecate, Mexico. The three-piece soon entered the studio -- after securing a deal with Vanguard -- and recorded its 2008 debut, simply titled The Boxmasters. To augment their sound -- and allow W.R. Thornton to step out from behind the drums to take the vocals to the people -- the Boxmasters recruited some sidemen to take on their road trips. These musicians included Brad Davis on mandolin, guitar, and vocals; Teddy Andreadis on harmonica and organ/keys; and Mike Bruce on drums. Later in 2008 the band released the holiday album Christmas Cheer, also on Vanguard. Released in 2009, Modbilly featured two discs, one stocked with originals and the other with covers.
cd1
01 - Heartbreakin' Wreck 02:57
02 - Reasons For Livin' 03:13
03 - Hollow Walls 02:52
04 - Turn It Over 03:12
05 - I Don't Wanna Know 03:09
06 - That's Why Tammy Has My Car 02:49
07 - Goin' Home 03:11
08 - New Mexico 02:56
09 - Two Weeks Notice 03:21
10 - Every King Wears A Crown 02:58
11 - You Crossed The Line 02:43
12 - I Never Let You Cry 02:09
cd2
01 - A Dime At A Time 02:47
02 - Merrimack County 03:56
03 - As Tears Go By 03:06
04 - Joanne 02:40
05 - Half A Mind 02:56
06 - Elenore 03:17
07 - The Lord Knows I'm Drinkin' 03:56
08 - Big Ole Brew 02:31
09 - Gentle On My Mind 04:17
10 - Errol Flynn 03:47
11 - Santa Rosa 02:34
12 - The Boxmasters Theme 01:42
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Lucero - 1372 Overton Park (2009)
mp3 VBR~207kpbs | 71MB | 46:36 min.
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1372 Overton Park might be Lucero's major-label debut, but the Memphis-based band retains all of their rough-and-tumble indie charms. Gruff-voiced frontman Ben Nichols still sings about people with dead-end lives: the type of characters whose "heroes are the losing kind." But Nichols definitely finds ways to make these troubled souls compelling. The disc starts off with a powerful quartet of hard-rockin' tunes about hard-livin' folks. The album opener "Smoke" plays like a darker version of "Born to Run." Instead of kids holding onto some hope that they can escape to something better, the couple in "Smoke" are two pretty hopeless people "running out of time" and looking to "just get out alive." The Replacements-ish "What Are You Willing to Lose?" talks about trying to persevere when you're "going down in flames." It also introduces Nichols' backhanded sense of romance when the protagonist tries to win over a girl with an "I'd try to make you hate me just to try and make you mine" approach. "Sounds of the City" offers a slightly more upbeat attitude to romance. The album's most rousing track finds Nichols sweet-talking a girl ("all these streets lead me always back to you.") although he really just needs "something to believe (to) take away the pain." He slides back toward a more nihilistic point of view in "Can't Feel a Thing," which contains the great anti-romantic line: "She asked me if I loved her and I showed her my tattoo."
As if it hasn't been evident on earlier efforts, this disc demonstrates how Lucero, along with bands like the Hold Steady and Marah, blend together Replacements raucousness and Springsteen streetwise storytelling, and create something both familiar yet also unique. Throughout the album, Nichols spins colorful tales of lost youths ("The Devil and Maggie Chascarillo") and downtown desperadoes ("Johnny Davis") that are vividly detailed. He is also very capable at dialing down the mischievous misadventures and expressing some truly honest emotions. The album's second half is highlighted by these quieter numbers. The bittersweet love song "Goodbye Again" ranks up there with the work of Warren Zevon, as Nichols essays a tumultuous relationship where the man isn't strong enough to cut ties with a girl whom he knows isn't good for him. "Darken My Door" and "Hey Darlin' Do You Gamble" are two twangy tunes that again pick up Nichols' less-than-sunny view of love and relationships. In both "love" songs, the protagonist pleads for a girl to "take a chance on" him, and that love is more of a gamble than a sure thing. While the disc begins with a blast of "Smoke," it concludes more contemplatively with "Mom," a moving ode to a mom that's both an apologia and a thank you. Nichols' ability to bring a realness to the characters in his wild, rocking story-songs, as well as his lower-key, more intimate tunes, goes a long way in making these songs connect with the listener.
Although Nichols' lyrics and vocals draw obvious attention, the rest of band contributes mightily to creating this marvelous album. Brian Venable serves up powerful riffs and his Southern rock stylings propel the funky "Sixes and Sevens." Rick Steff fills out the band's sound wonderfully whether he's playing organ or piano, and the rhythm section (drummer Roy Berry and bassist John C. Stubblefield) particularly helps to pull the unruly rockers together. Producer Ted Hutt keeps the band's sound loose but focused, and the use of horns (arranged by Memphis' own Jim Spake) also serves to enhance the songs' energy, while also more deeply rooting the music in the band's hometown sound. Lucero's scruffily sublime major-league debut won't disappoint their faithful fans and should help spread the word about this underrated band. With its captivating set of beer-stained rockers and heartfelt ballads, 1372 Overton Park offers a triumphant example of gritty, sweaty, all-American music.
01 - Smoke
02 - What Are You Willing To Lose
03 - Sound Of The City
04 - Can't Feel A Thing
05 - The Devil And Maggie Chascarillo
06 - Sixes And Sevens
07 - Goodbye Again
08 - Johnny Davis
09 - Darken My Door
10 - Halfway Wrong
11 - Hey Darlin' Do You Gamble
12 - Mom
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The Blues Preachers - Dry Long So (2008)
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The Blues Preachers will take you to another place & time, somewhere between 1920 & 1940. Their music paints a landscape of pre war struggle & determination with sounds reminiscent of The Deep South.
The Blues Preachers perform Blues, Rags, Gospel & Hillbilly Folk Music. The powerful simplicity of driving finger style guitar, slide guitar & harmonica combined with old school vocal harmonies create a traditional un-tarnished sound that will have you on the edge of your seats.
The Blues Preachers will make you dance with their joyful Country and Ragtime Blues and send a shiver up your spine with their atmospheric feels which echo & pay homage to the sacred sounds of early artists such as Blind Willie Johnson.
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Rhythms Magazine review by Sam Fell:
"I love this record. It’s a slice of 1929 for 2009. It’s also a record I’ve been awaiting with baited breath since chatting with the Sydney based Blues Preachers last year. Harmonica player, Captain Bluetongue sent me the rough mixes not long afterwards, and even in their rough state, these songs stood proud and defiant, much like the men in the soup lines you see on the cover of Dry Long So – broken men, but ramrod straight til the end, doing what they have to do to feed their families. That’s what this record is like. Keep an eye out for these cats, you won’t be disappointed.
Members: Captain Bluetongue - Vocals, Harmonicas and Mountain Dulcimer
Brother John - Vocals, Guitars and Banjo.
1. Pay Day
2. Big Road Blues
3. Beulah Land
4. Creole Belle
5. Oh Death
6. I Am A Pilgrim
7. My Babe
8. On Your Bond/ Happy Meeting In Glory
9. Bourgeois Blues
10. Red Hot
11. The Angel Of Death
12. John The Revelator
13. The Coo Coo
14. Hard Time Killing Floor
15. Trimmed And Burning
16. You've Got To Move
17. Goodnight Irene
18. Be Kind
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Los Lobos - El Cancionero: Mas y Mas [Box Set] (2000)
mp 320kpbs | 4CD | 681MB | 301:48 min.
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A multi-disc, authoritative box set usually arrives toward the end of an artist's career, which is what made the appearance of Los Lobos' four-disc retrospective El Cancionero: Mas y Mas in 2000 a little SPAMising. They weren't selling as many records, nor were they quite as hip as they were ten years earlier, yet they retained a devoted cult and critical following -- they were still in the prime of their career, not ready to be enshrined. Fortunately, the band and Rhino went ahead and assembled a box, which winds up capturing a band at the height of its powers. The set smartly spends a lot of time on side projects, including the Latin Playboys, Los Super Seven, Houndog, and selections from Cesar Rosas' solo album, plus a healthy number of live songs, B-sides, tribute album tracks, and 11 previously unreleased tracks. These tracks deepen the already rich musical tapestry Los Lobos weaves, and the end result is pretty impressive. As the set winds from the authentic Mexican folk music of 1977 through the gutsy roots rock of 1987 and the dreamy soundscapes of 1992 to the daring music of the mid-'90s and then the consolidation of their strengths on 1999's This Time, it's hard not to be astonished not just by the band's range, but the fact that they do it all really well. This is the definitive portrait of Los Lobos, highlighting everything that they can do and containing almost all of their greatest songs; this is one of the rare times that a four-disc box set summarizes all of an artist's strengths, while telling a great musical story, as well.
Disc 1: 1977 - 1987
1. "Guantanamera" (José Diaz/José Marti/Julián Orbón/Pete Seeger) - 4:52
2. "Sabor A Mí" (Avalo Carillo) - 3:50
3. "We're Gonna Rock" - 2:13
4. "Let's Say Goodnight"
5. "Anselma" (César Suedan/Guadalupe Trigo) - 3:11
6. "Why Do You Do" - 2:40
7. "How Much Can I Do?" - 2:21
8. "I'm Sorry" (Live) (Alan Freed/Harvey Fuqua/Ellas McDaniel) - 2:30
9. "Los Ojos De Pancha" (Live) (Juan Romero) - 2:25
10. "Don't Worry Baby" - 2:47
11. "I Got Loaded" (Camille Bob) - 3:18
12. "A Matter Of Time" - 3:49
13. "Corrido #1" - 2:41
14. "Evangeline" - 2:42
15. "Lil' King Of Everything" - 1:19
16. "Will The Wolf Survive?" - 3:42
17. "Quatro Vicios" (Traditional) (Performed by Ry Cooder with David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas) - 3:38
18. "I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday" (Dave Bartholomew/Fats Domino/Bill Hayes) - 2:09
19. "One Time One Night" - 4:49
20. "Shakin' Shakin' Shakes" - 4:12
21. "Is This All There Is?" - 3:58
22. "My Baby's Gone" - 3:41
23. "River Of Fools" - 2:55
24. "Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)" - 3:39
25. "Tears Of God" - 3:43
Disc 2: 1987 - 1992
1. "La Bamba" (Traditional) - 2:55
2. "Come On, Let's Go" (Ritchie Valens) - 2:12
3. "Goodnight My Love" (John Marascalco/George Matola) - 3:16
4. "Rip It Up" (Robert "Bumps" Blackwell/John Marascalco) - 1:40
5. "Volver, Volver" (Live) - 3:47
6. "I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song)" (Richard M. Sherman) - 3:37
7. "Estoy Sentado Aqui" - 2:28
8. "La Pistola Y El Corazón" - 3:30
9. "I Can't Understand" (Willie Dixon/Cesar Rosas)- 4:00
10. "Someday" - 3:43
11. "I Walk Alone" - 3:00
12. "Angel Dance" - 3:13
13. "Little John Of God" - 2:20
14. "Down On The Riverbed" - 4:06
15. "Till The Hands Fall Off The Clock" - 3:55
16. "Be Still" - 3:34
17. "The Neighborhood" - 4:10
18. "Bertha" (Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter) - 5:48
19. "Beautiful Maria Of My Soul" (Arne Glimcher/Robert Kraft) - 4:29
20. "The Christmas Song" (Mel Tormé/Robert Wells) (Performed by Cesar Rosas & Steve Berlin) - 2:39
Disc 3: 1992 - 1996
1. "Dream In Blue" - 3:34
2. "Wicked Rain" - 3:04
3. "Angels With Dirty Faces" - 4:03
4. "That Train Don't Stop Here" - 3:52
5. "Kiko And The Lavender Moon" - 3:37
6. "Saint Behind The Glass" - 3:19
7. "When The Circus Comes" - 3:16
8. "Peace" (Demo) - 4:19
9. "Rio De Tenampa" (Demo) - 5:05
10. "Try Me" (James Brown) - 2:33
11. "Alone In A Crowd" (John Genzale) - 3:00
12. "Tomorrow Never Knows" (Lennon/McCartney (Live) - 5:14
13. "Forever Night Shade Mary" (Performed by Latin Playboys) - 3:05
14. "Same Brown Earth" (Performed by Latin Playboys) - 3:45
15. "Down Where The Drunkards Roll" (Richard Thompson) - 3:40
16. "Route 90" (Clarence Garlow/Leon René) - 3:22
17. "Lonely Avenue" (Doc Pomus) - 3:38
18. "Midnight Shift" (Jimmy Ainsworth/Earl Bud Lee/Buddy Holly) - 2:56
19. "Mariachi Suite" - 4:22
20. "She's About A Mover" (Doug Sahm) (Live) - 4:25
Disc 4: 1998 - 2000
1. "Revolution" - 3:07
2. "Mas Y Mas" - 4:42
3. "Maricela" - 3:50
4. "Can't Stop The Rain" - 3:35
5. "This Bird's Gonna Fly" - 4:16
6. "Pepe & Irene" (Performed with Money Mark) - 3:33
7. "Lonesome Tears In My Eyes" [Paul Burlison/John Burnette/Dorsey Burnette/Al Mortimer] (Performed with Paul Burlison) - 3:51
8. "Me Estas Matando" - 3:48
9. "El Canoero" (Traditional) (Performed by Los Super Seven) - 3:19
10. "La Sirena" (Traditional) (Performed by Los Super Seven) - 2:53
11. "El Pescador" (Lorenzo Barcelata) (Performed by Los Super Seven) - 4:29
12. "Little Heaven" (Performed by Cesar Rosas) - 3:39
13. "Soul Disguise" (Performed by Cesar Rosas) - 3:19
14. "Angelito" (Performed by Cesar Rosas) - 4:25
15. "Lemon'N Ice" (Performed by Latin Playboys) - 3:51
16. "I'll Change My Style" (David Parker/Manuel Parker)(Performed by Houndog) - 3:49
17. "Cumbia Raza" (English version) - 2:52
18. "Oh Yeah" - 3:48
19. "Viking" - 3:32
20. "This Time" - 5:18
21. "What's Going On" (Renaldo Benson/Al Cleveland/Marvin Gaye)(Live) (With Sheryl Crow) - 3:33
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Dave Alvin - Ashgrove (2004)
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Dave Alvin began examining the quieter side of his musical personality in earnest on his 1994 disc, King of California, and subsequent albums Blackjack David and Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land followed in a similar path, leaving some fans to wonder when or if Alvin was ever going to crank up the amps in the recording studio again. Well, the news on Ashgrove, Alvin's first album for the Yep Roc label, is that Dave is rockin' again...though just a little bit. Ashgrove (named after the famed L.A. nightspot where Alvin saw legendary bluesmen play when the was a teenager) finds Alvin digging into the blues, and while Dave's blues don't kick like, say, Jon Spencer these days, this is still several steps closer to the sound and feel of his early solo work such as Romeo's Escape and Blue Blvd. The lean but potent blues undertow of "Ashgrove" and the smoky slow burn of "Black Sky" offer subtle but genuine muscle and punch, and the sinuous "Out of Control" and "Black Haired Girl" prove that Alvin's tougher side has not abandoned him. At the same time, Alvin hasn't abandoned the more contemplative side of his nature, either, and as a songwriter he's continued to mature. "Everett Ruess" and "The Man in the Bed" are two deeply moving but very different portraits of men pondering their lives near the end of their journeys through this world, and "Nine Volt Heart" is a witty but powerful testament to what music can mean in someone's life. Overall, the quieter material makes up the bulk of Ashgrove's playing time, but the handful of blues-based tunes on board give the set a texture that's cool and sharp, and the result resides in a satisfying middle ground that ought to please fans on both side of the electric guitar issue.
# Ashgrove
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# Black Sky
# Nine Volt Heart
# Out of Control
# Everett Ruess
# Sinful Daughter
# The Man in the Bed
# Black Haired Girl
# Somewhere in Time
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John Paul Keith & the One Four Fives – Spills and Thrills (2009)
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Telecaster-wielding John Paul Keith has been rattling around the fringes of the roots rock arena since around 1994. He has racked up hundreds of smoking shows with a variety of outfits including the V-Roys, one of his earliest, with little to show for it. The Knoxville, TN based guitarist/vocalist moved operations to Memphis in 2005, took a few years to put together a solid band of like-minded musicians who understood his gutsy take on rock, soul, and country, and finally released this debut disc in 2009. It's a rollicking set of garagy rock & roll, rockabilly, country, swamp, and surf with just enough of that indescribably Memphis mojo to bring soul into the equation too. Retro enthusiasts will recognize strains of Creedence, the early Beatles, and any number of rockers with dashes of Farfisa and a loose-limbed twang to their sound. Just when it seems everything that can be accomplished with three chords has already been done, Keith comes along and tears into a dozen originals that, while not exactly reinventing the wheel, will fill the '50s linoleum dancefloor for a half-hour. He sports an unassuming voice, somewhat like Jerry Lee Lewis, and his band, especially keyboardist Al Gamble, finds that elusive Sun records energy so difficult to capture in other cities. There can't help but be a retro quality to this music, but Keith and band never simply mimic their musical influences. The songs rumble and rock led by Keith's choppy Telecaster, and even when he obviously rips off a few licks on the peppy "She'll Dance to Anything" (from the Champs' "Tequila"), his contagious vibe is so swinging that you won't care. The album's one instrumental, "Cookie Bones," sounds like a mash-up of every cool Booker T. & the MG's tune, and the rollicking "Pure Cane Sugar" does a terrific job echoing the Beatles trying to be Larry Williams. When the closing rocker "Doin' the Devils Work" rolls around only 36 minutes after the disc began, you'll wish there was more. That's the sign of a keeper, and even though it took too long to get here, hopefully there is more where this came from.
01.Lookin For A Thrill [02:29]
02.Pure Cane Sugar [02:31]
03.Secondhand Heart [03:14]
04.She'll Dance To Anything [03:17]
05.Cookie Bones [03:33]
06.Let's Get Gone [03:26]
07.Smoke In A Bottle [03:18]
08.Otherwise [02:14]
09.Rock N Roll Will Break Your Heart [03:03]
10.If I Were You [02:41]
11.Too Hip [04:26]
12.Doin' The Devil's Workindie [02:31]
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Since the ten songs and 39 minutes of music on Trade Union, the Tractors' fourth non-holiday album, sound like they could have been recorded by a competent Southern bar band in a weekend, it may seem SPAMising that this is the group's follow-up to Fast Girl, which appeared in 2001 (there was also a Christmas set, The Big Night, a mere six and a half years ago), and, from bandleader Steve Ripley's extensive liner notes, it sounds like he and his fellow musicians have been working away at it at the Church Studio in Tulsa, OK, all these years. (Although 22 musicians and singers appear on the disc, it's not clear who besides Ripley is a permanent member of the Tractors at this point, but then it's hard to keep a working band together when it's not actually working.) The history of popular music is full of eccentric auteurs laboring away year after year in search of musical perfection, from Brian Wilson and John Fogerty to Tom Scholz and Lucinda Williams, and Ripley seems to be bidding to join their ranks. In his case, however, perfection seems to consist in coming up with the ideal off-the-cuff-sounding first-take-like "feel" performance, so rough it has count-ins and breakdowns left on the track. Ripley wants to re-create the swampy history of Tulsa country/blues/rock, à la Leon Russell and J.J. Cale, both of whom, not coincidentally, turn up on the record sounding very much like themselves. And, it must be said, he very largely succeeds. His idols, dating back to the days of the Sun Studio, may have turned out this sort of thing a lot quicker, but Ripley has come up with tracks that sound like they might have been made in the mid-'50s or the late '60s. Except for one thing, Delaney Bramlett would be proud. Most of Ripley's antecedents put together their kinetic, claustrophobic instrumental tracks to support a standout vocalist, say, Elvis Presley or Jerry Lee Lewis. For all his perfectionism, Ripley completely overlooks his own inadequacies as a singer. Gruff-voiced and undistinguished, his vocals alternate between disappearing in the instrumentation and being overwhelmed by his own background singers. It's amazing that he should put so much effort into something (in the service of making it sound effortless, of course) and yet fail to recognize this flaw right in the middle of the picture. Yes, a competent Southern bar band could have made Trade Union. --
The Tractors:
Steve Ripley (vocals, guitar, drums)
Ron Getman (acoustic & electric, slide guitars, dobro, mandolin, background vocals)
Walt Richmond (vocals, horns, piano, Hammond B-3 organ, accordion, Wurlitzer, Clavinet, drums)
Casey Vanbeek (bass, background vocals)
Jamie Oldaker (drums, percussion)
Additional personnel includes: Jim Pulte (vocals); James Burton, Elvis Ripley, Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, J.J. Cale, Jim Edwards, Richard Feldman, Huey Flannery, Don White, Eldon Shamblin (guitar); Steve Collier, Gene Crownaver, Steve Bagsby, Waddy Pass (steel guitar); Curly Lewis, Ed Richmond, Rick Morton (fiddle); Jimmy Junior Markham (harmonica); Joe Davis (saxophone); Larry Bell, Carl Pickhardt, Ed Robinson, Angelene Ripley (Hammond B-3 organ); Leon Russell (keyboards); Chuck Blackwell, David Teegarden, Jim Keltner (drums).
1. (00:03:32) The Tractors - Up Jumped the Boogie
2. (00:04:04) The Tractors - Pick Me Up on Your Way Down
3. (00:05:18) The Tractors - Rhythm Bone
4. (00:03:04) The Tractors - Good Old Days
5. (00:03:30) The Tractors - There's Gonna Be Some Changes Made
6. (00:03:30) The Tractors - My Blue Heart
7. (00:03:27) The Tractors - What Makes Love Go Bad
8. (00:03:22) The Tractors - That's Where It Hurts
9. (00:05:57) The Tractors - Midnight Train
10. (00:03:02) The Tractors - It's Only Love
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B.B.King - 80 (2005)
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Released the week of B.B. King's 80th birthday, 80 is a star-studded duets album, the first B.B. released since 1997's Deuces Wild. It was recorded in a variety of locations in the spring of 2005 and features a variety of guest artists, ranging from the familiar (Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Bobby Bland) to the unSPAMising (Billy Gibbons, Mark Knopfler, Elton John, Sheryl Crow) to the frankly bewildering (John Mayer, Daryl Hall, Gloria Estefan). Unfortunately, the material isn't quite as wide-ranging -- in fact, it leans toward the overly familiar, with a pleasant, thoroughly bland version of "The Thrill Is Gone" with Eric Clapton sadly living up to its title. There are a couple other bum tracks -- most notably the turgid slow blues "There Must Be a Better World Somewhere," which drags on for an interminable seven minutes, or a full six minutes longer than needed to prove that sultry blues is not Gloria Estefan's forte -- but for the most part, 80 plays better than it reads on paper. Most of it is solid, straight-ahead big band blues, firmly within B.B.'s comfort zone and sounding appropriately comfortable -- not as in boring, but warm, relaxed, and friendly, whether he's playing with old friends like Bobby Bland or with John Mayer, who acquits himself well as a guitarist, even if his voice is overwhelmed by B.B.'s towering presence. There are couple of nice little SPAMises along the way, such as how "Ain't Nobody Home" with Daryl Hall works up a nice soulful groove or how Sheryl Crow reveals that she's a convincing blues singer (there are also some unpleasant SPAMises, as on "Tired of Your Jive," an otherwise fine track that's derailed by the realization that Billy Gibbons' voice has been torn to shreds, leaving a phlegmy mess behind), but the best moments come from the old guard of the British Invasion. Roger Daltrey proves that he's singing better than ever with "Never Make Your Move Too Soon," Elton John and his house band really cook on a terrific "Rock This House," but it's Van Morrison who steals the show with "Early in the Morning," a clean but down-and-dirty version of the standard. It's the best thing here, but it's unfortunate that it kicks off the album, since it suggests that this might be a harder-hitting blues album than normal from B.B. It's not -- it's a slick, stylish, professional record, one that's actually a little more straightforward than he's been at any time since, well, Deuces Wild. Coming after some truly interesting records over the last few years, the predictability of 80 is a bit of a disappointment, but there's still a bunch of good stuff to hear, and, no matter how you look at it, for B.B. to be recording and still sounding vital at 80 is a remarkable thing even if the album that commemorates his birthday falls short of the remarkable itself.
1. Early In The Morning - with Van Morrison (4:50)
2. Tired Of Your Jive - with Billy F. Gibbons (3:53)
3. The Thrill Is Gone - with Eric Clapton (5:03)
4. Need Your Love So Bad - with Sheryl Crow (3:58)
5. Ain't Nobody Home - with Daryl Hall (3:52)
6. Hummingbird - with John Mayer (4:42)
7. All Over Again - with Mark Knopfler (4:54)
8. Drivin' Wheel - with Glenn Frey (4:20)
9. There Must Be A Better World Somewhere - with Gloria Estefan (6:50)
10. Never Make Your Move Too Soon - with Roger Daltrey (4:59)
11. Funny How Time Slips Away -with Bobby Bland (4:09)
12. Rock This House - with Elton John (3:07)
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Lhasa de Sela - Lhasa (2009)
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Lhasa takes her time in crafting her music and this, her third album and first all-English-language effort, comes six years after her second opus, The Living Road. Since her debut album, La Llorona, included arrangements that drew on ranchera and Gypsy music, the singer was classified as a world music artist. The influences from other cultures are surely there, but Lhasa isn't that easy to pigeonhole. Alongside the world music you could hear the influences of American, Canadian, and Mexican folk; French chanson; and pop that was more worldly than world music. The Living Road followed the same template with the "world" influences less obvious, despite lyrics in French, Spanish, and English. The international flavor is even more subtle on Lhasa, without vanishing entirely. As should be obvious by now, Lhasa is a subtle artist; her impact slowly creeps up on you. The songs on the album all deal with love, usually of the obsessive, hopeless, and doomed variety, and even at her most seductive, as on the subtle rock/tango "The Lonely Spider," her vocals hint at grief and despair. The song's Latin standup bassline and a subtle chiming rock guitar that's even quieter than the singer's voice combine with a muted tango beat to give the song a deeply melancholy air. "Is Anything Wrong" is a bluesy pop song with a haunting melody carried by Lhasa's melisma-drenched vocals. Pedal steel supplies a mournful accent and flamenco handclaps mixed down to the edge of audibility give the song a subtle drive as the singer contemplates the unknowable mysteries of love. "What Kind of Heart" has a vague Eastern European feel; "A Fish on Land" is a folk fable that sounds like ambient flamenco; and "1001 Nights" features Pop Staples-style twang-drenched electric gospel guitar and another languid, slightly anguished vocal.
There are two songs that are marginally louder. "Rising" is built on the familiar I-IV-V turnaround that was the basis of thousands of hits in the '50s. There's no chorus -- just a relentless repetition of the lead line played on classical harp and Lhasa's mournful vocal. Ghostly backing vocals and what sounds like toy piano play in the background to give the piece an eerie vibe. "Fool's Gold," a country song with what sounds like a banjo that was recorded underwater, has a hint of pedal steel and some stirring country harmonies. The images of betrayal and infidelity make it a perfect country tune, and could strike gold with a slicker, more commercial arrangement. The albums closes with "Anyone and Everyone" a folk-like ballad with Dobro, bass, and occasional hits on a snare accompanying a meditation on fearlessness that nonetheless sounds desolate and hopeless. As on her previous albums, the subtle beauty of Lhasa's art unfolds slowly, taking you deeper into her vision with each listen. The tempos on Lhasa are measured and Lhasa herself never sings much above a whisper, but the power of her singing and the beauty of the songs are undeniable.
1. Is Anything Wrong
2. Rising
3. Love Came Here
4. What Kind of Heart
5. Bells Are Ringing
6. Fool's Gold
7. A Fish on Land
8. Where Do You Go
9. The Lonely Spider
10. 1001 Nights
11. I'm Going In
12. Anyone and Everyone
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Rodney DeCroo – Mockingbird Bible [2009]
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“Vancouver-based troubadour DeCroo made converts with his last album, the live disc War Torn Man. His following deserves to increase radically with this new tour-de-force, one already notching rave reviews. DeCroo is an original and Mockingbird Bible represents uneasy listening at it’s best.”
Exclaim Magazine
“Mockingbird Bible is a soulful, quiet and absolutely brilliant collection of songs from one of Canada’s premier musical talents. Decroo has yet again proven himself to be one of the country’s best songwriters.”
24 Hours
“Across 13 tracks, DeCroo weaves his thematically impressive tales of loneliness and despair sounding as if he’s been doing this sort of thing since birth.”
Americana UK
“These are serious songs sung by a serious songwriter and played by a band completely in sync. Put DeCroo and his band in front of a UK audience and there’s a career to be made. Mockingbird Bible is a perfect blend of dark folk, country yearning and indie cool. Uncut should be lapping it up.”
Rob Forbes, Leicester Bangs, UK
01- Sacred ground
02- Mockingbird
03- Gasoline
04- Memories of snow dust
05- Long white road
06- Spinning wheel
07- Black Earth, Green fields
08- Shooting stars
09- Loneliness has the soul of a spider
10- Lies are just lies
11- As surely as you breath
12- St. Augustine
13- The captain´s tower song
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