CD of the Week

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		Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes’ label refers to the band’s style as “baroque harmonic pop.” The first sound heard on their debut release are voices rising up to sing about a red squirrel. Acoustic guitar, organ and... Find out more about Fleet Foxes »
		All I Intended To Be At this stage in her illustrious 4 decade long career Emmylou Harris’ choice of title for her new album is a telling one. All That I Intended To Be could be a summation of her success but when you... Find out more about All I Intended To Be »
		Modern Guilt Efficiency seems to be central to the new album from Beck Hansen and co-producer Brian Burton, aka, Danger Mouse. Rushing by at just under 34 minutes, these 10 songs sum up a good deal of Beck’s... Find out more about Modern Guilt »
		The Hard Way James Hunter is the British retro-R... Find out more about The Hard Way »
		Stay Positive The thing about The Hold Steady is that it’s all about the characters. It’s about the people who populate these songs and the facts of their behavior, never mind the motivation. It’s about the sound... Find out more about Stay Positive »
		I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings too If Martha Wainwright felt any trepidation about following up her critically acclaimed debut she certainly doesn’t display it on her sophomore release. The provocatively titled I Know You’re Married... Find out more about I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings too »
		Smilers Here she comes, the eternally smiling glad-hander, you know the one who always says something positive but leaves you wondering what she really wants. Not far behind you’ll find the yes man who never... Find out more about Smilers »
		Viva La Vida It’s a conundrum. Coldplay has become one of the world’s most successful rock acts of the past decade amassing album sales of more than 32.5 million thanks to a tried and true formula that melds... Find out more about Viva La Vida »
		Blame It On Gravity I have a theory. Somewhere in a nameless Dallas honky-tonk hangs a portrait of Rhett Miller. The image is clearly that of The Old 97’s lead singer but the hair is graying, the face has wrinkled, a... Find out more about Blame It On Gravity »
		Verve//Remixed 4 Perhaps the greatest gift one generation can offer another is a record of what it has learned, what it has accomplished and what really mattered at the end of the day. Over the years humanity has... Find out more about Verve//Remixed 4 »
		Same Old Man The album opens with a growling bass guitar knocking around the echoing studio like an old man dragging around in his morning kitchen in search of coffee filters. A drum rattles and bangs like a... Find out more about Same Old Man »
		Shotgun Singer Shotgun Singer began as an act of solitary creation. Holed up in a rural cabin with minimal recording gear and a houseful of instruments, Delmhorst recorded her new songs alone, in layers of intimate... Find out more about Shotgun Singer »
		Volume One She... Find out more about Volume One »
		Keep It Simple What was Van Morrison referring to when he chose the title for his new release Keep It Simple? It certainly wasn’t stripped down arrangements; mind you Keep It Simple is filled with beautifully... Find out more about Keep It Simple »
		Detours The opening track is recorded in low-fi, an acoustic guitar and a single plaintive female voice sincerely expressing hope for a messed up world. Is this Dar Williams singing about our post 9/11... Find out more about Detours »
		WYEP Live & Direct Volume 9 When musicians stop by the WYEP Community Broadcast Center to perform live on the air, something special happens. Occasionally, the results are magical. In rare instances, it's a disaster. Always,... Find out more about WYEP Live & Direct Volume 9 »
		Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings Adam Duritz has traversed the convoluted expanse between ying and yang many times since the release of Counting Crows’ 1994 debut August and Everything After. To be specific, Adam Duritz has explored... Find out more about Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings »
		Accelerate Ask a hard core R.E.M. fan about the band’s last decade of recordings and you hear mixed reviews and a sense of disappointment. When the band’s drummer Bill Berry left the band in 1997 you would... Find out more about Accelerate »
		Vagabonds Gary Louris has paved a career path that finds him moving from the fast lane of rock to the slower lanes of folk. The dividing line is the ever present sense of country blues that permeates his... Find out more about Vagabonds »
		A Mad & Faithful Telling Devotchka is nothing if not contradictory – and they are much more than that. The Denver-based quartet is complex, quirky, and immensely entertaining. Their music is a unique amalgamation of old and... Find out more about A Mad & Faithful Telling »
		Giving Up the Ghost Giving Up the Ghost is Jackie Greene's 4th album, and the California singer/songwriter continues to expand his musical horizons while still delivering his keen penchant for catchy melodies and smart... Find out more about Giving Up the Ghost »
		Working Man's Cafe Ray Davies has mixed emotions about the U.S. and globalization. Well, maybe his feelings aren’t so mixed; he makes it pretty clear that he’s unhappy about the tentacles of cultural imperialism... Find out more about Working Man's Cafe »
		Golden Delicious During his days with Soul Coughing it was easy to overlook Mike Doughty’s talent as a songwriter. The band’s idiosyncratic sound overpowered his clever turns of phrase and skewed world perspectives;... Find out more about Golden Delicious »
		Watershed It’s the voice. There is no other like it in recent history although there have been comparisons to Roy Orbison and Patsy Cline. Still this voice is singular, agile, magnificent and when given the... Find out more about Watershed »
		Jukebox The audacity of interpretation! Taking songs that are identified with legendary singers and turning them on their heads takes a lot of guts. It also helps to have the talent - and respect for the... Find out more about Jukebox »