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Mountain Preacher's Child
Bluegrass - Premium level: $40
For this superb disc, Rebel has pulled some of the gems that have never before made it to compact disc, and this is indeed a powerful album from start to finish.
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Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular
Bluegrass - Premium level: $40
Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular marks acclaimed banjo innovator Tony Trischka's return to acoustic bluegrass terrain - with a unique twist. Joined by a luminous roster of fellow five-stringers, Trischka travels down the rarely-explored avenue of full-band two-banjo bluegrass.
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Waterloo, Tennessee
Bluegrass - Premium level: $40
On their sophomore album Waterloo, Tennessee, the four women of Uncle Earl awaken the sleeping giant of old-time stringband music and hold it as a mirror to our present era.
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True Bluegrass Instrumentals
Bluegrass - Premium level: $40
20 instrumental Bluegrass cuts from Rebel Masters, including Tony Rice, Ricky Skaggs, Bill Emerson, The Stanley Brothers, Seldom Scene, Norman Blake, J.D. Crowe, and more.
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Push Comes To Shove
Blues & Gospel - Premium level: $40
Produced by G. Love, John Hammond delivers another stunning collection of songs including "Come On In This House" and a brilliant interpretation of the Tom Waits anthem "Cold Water" - an exceptional release from Mr. Hammond.
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House Party New Orleans Style
Blues & Gospel - Premium level: $40
The name really says it all. Classic house shakers like "Big Chief", "Tipitina's", as well as more obscure gems from Professor Longhair. You simply can't miss with this.
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Blessed
Blues & Gospel - Premium level: $40
Whether delivering an irresistibly joyous version of a pop-folk standard such as "I Bid You Goodnight" or a moving rendition of a traditional South African hymn, Soweto Gospel Choir demonstrates on this recording why they're the most exciting vocal group to emerge from South Africa since Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
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A Hundred Miles Or More
Country & Folk - Premium level: $40
A Hundred Miles or More is comprised of 16 tracks, highlighting Alison Krauss' career outside of her traditional releases with long time band Union Station. The album features Krauss' collaboration with John Waite on the single "Missing You," as well as Krauss' contributions to film soundtracks, including "The Scarlet Tide" and "Down to the River to Pray" from the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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Canon
Country & Folk - Premium level: $60
Throughout her career, Ani DiFranco has given her own take on tired rock star cliches. When other artists answered to major labels, she opted to start her own. Ani made this record to her precise specifications, carefully selecting 36 songs from her voluminous back catalog, including tunes from her first album and her 19th. [2 CDs]
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The Sun Years
Country & Folk - Premium level: $60
A collection of the most popular tracks gathered from this country music legend's early material, featuring over a dozen Top 10 country hits.
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Raising Sand
Country & Folk - Premium level: $40
The musical collaboration of the decade, Raising Sand is the sound of two iconic figures stepping out of their respective comfort zones and letting their instincts lead them across a brave new sonic landscape. The duo tackle songs from such tunesmiths as Tom Waits, Gene Clark, Sam Phillips, Townes Van Zandt, The Everly Brothers, and Mel Tillis.
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Making Singles, Drinking Doubles
Country & Folk - Premium level: $40
Bloodshot Records celebrates their 100th release with 18 rare and unreleased tracks from Ryan Adams, Kelly Hogan, Neko Case, The Waco Brothers, and more.
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Putumayo presents Americana
Country & Folk - Premium level: $40
Twelve track sampler containing some of the great voices of americana music today. Listen to tracks from Tim O'Brien, Robert Earl Keen, The Little Willies, Ruthie Foster, Old Crow Medicine Show, and more.
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The Ike & Tina Turner Story
Funk & Soul - Premium level: $40
Most fans of Ike & Tina Turner know there are many Ike & Tina Turner compilations out there. Most of them interesting, but none that are complete. The Ike & Tina Turner Story is the most complete collection of the R&B duo's tumultuous career. [3 CD Box Set & Book]
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What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves (1967-1977)
Funk & Soul - Premium level: $200
A 4-CD, 91-track compendium that would take incalculable hours to assemble from dusty bins at disappearing record shops, What It Is! is culled mainly from the treasure-filled vaults of Atlantic, Atco, and Warner Bros.
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History, Mystery
Jazz & Spoken Word - Premium level: $60
The master of unlocking the boundaries of Jazz as they apply to the guitar, and for that matter, as they apply to Jazz... Bill shines on this recording of 30 tracks sewn together from multiple sources. Absolutely gorgeous. [2 CDs]
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Remixed & Reimagined
Jazz & Spoken Word - Premium level: $40
This 14-track disk takes Billie Holiday's masterful and mourning vocals of 1935 to 1958 to the 21st-century digital dance floor, courtesy of some resourceful remixers and DJs.
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Free Jazz
Jazz & Spoken Word - Premium level: $40
The historic collective improvisation by the Ornette Coleman Double Quartet. Contains the bonus rare recording "First Take."
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Verve Remixed 4
Jazz & Spoken Word - Premium level: $40
The Verve//Remixed series began in the spring of 2002 with the release of the unprecedented album featuring the world's most talented and sought after DJ's remixing the great vocalists of jazz. The series has been highly regarded by tastemakers and critics alike. A groove rooted in soul winds its way through remixes of tracks by the likes of Roy Ayers, James Brown, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, and more.
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Two Men With The Blues
Jazz & Spoken Word - Premium level: $40
The event was simply billed as "Willie Nelson Sings the Blues," but the historic two-night stand on January 12 and 13, 2007 at Jazz at Lincoln Center was far more than that. Call it a summit meeting between two American icons, Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis, two of the most significant figures in modern-day country and jazz, who discovered common ground in their love for jazz standards and the blues.
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Live in Amsterdam
Latin & World - Premium level: $40
Brooklyn's kings of Afrobeat donated a rare concert recording to KGNU to thank you for helping keep community radio strong! This incredibly rare 2 CD set captures the band in a high energy performance, playing their amazing originals... there are a few surprises too, like a version of Bob Marley's "Rat Race"!
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The Definitive Collection
Latin & World - Premium level: $60
An amazing collection of the music of Femi Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti. Over this set of tracks you can hear how Femi is channeling the headwaters of the music of his father into new and unique territory. [2 CD]
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La Cantina
Latin & World - Premium level: $40
The award winning release from the enchanting Lila Downs. Includes "La Cumbia del Mole", "Aqua de Rosas", "La Noche de mi Mal" and more.
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Gypsy Groove
Latin & World - Premium level: $40
Balkan beats and gypsy jams from the dancefloors of Eastern Europe. Includes tracks from Shantel, Balkan Beat Box, !DelaDap, and more.
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Putumayo presents Women of the World Acoustic
Latin & World - Premium level: $40
Released partly to celebrate International Women's Day, a holiday recognized by the United Nations, these eleven unplugged tunes from as many female singers make wonderfully varied and pleasurable listening.
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What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective
Misc - Premium level: $60
Steinski has produced a variety of tracks, and this Illegal Art retrospective collects everything from his hip-hop narrative about the Kennedy assassination (originally a white-label promo, also issued as a Flexi-disk for UK music magazine NME) to the 1998 remix of Afrika Bambaataa's "Jazz" with Double Dee. Besides the completist archive, the release will also includes the critically acclaimed "Nothing To Fear: A Rough Mix," an hour-long mashup that was produced for Solid Steel/BBC London, described by Salon as, "the closest thing to a masterpiece the genre has yet produced" and perhaps the most obvious precursor (along with The Lessons) to Girl Talk's Night Ripper.
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KGNU Live CD *Pre-order*
Misc - Premium level: $60
In Fall of '08 KGNU will be releasing a collection of live performances heard on KGNU's airwaves. The release is currently in development, but you can order yours today with a your membership and we'll get it into your hands as soon as its out.
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Another Dance - Rarities from Studio One
Reggae - Premium level: $40
This album consists of rare Wailers titles, alternate takes, and original single mixes, all recorded between 1964 and 1966. These are indeed rare; not one has been previously used in Heartbeat's extensive series of albums documenting the Wailers' formative years at Studio One.
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Climb the Ladder
Reggae - Premium level: $40
Climb the Ladder is filled with hit Ska classics like "(I'm Gonna) Put It On" and "Dancing Shoes," and showcases rare tracks like "Lemon Tree" and "The Jerk," long out-of-print.
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One Love at Studio One
Reggae - Premium level: $120
This album contains the first chronological survey of Bob Marley and the Wailers recordings made at Studio One, Jamaica's premier record label. The forty songs on this collection contain the cream of their Studio One output as well as previously unreleased alternate takes and rare Jamaican singles sides. An astounding 2 CD set.
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Greatest Hits at Studio One
Reggae - Premium level: $40
We're talking about Kingston, Jamaica in 1963 with Bob Marley, Junior Braithwaite, Beverley Kelso, Bunny Livingston, Peter McIntosh and Cherry Smith who made up The Teenagers (another name), The Wailing Rudeboys (yet another name), The Wailing Wailers (yet another & another) and then they settled on The Wailers. 18 crucial tracks.
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Sweet Talking
Reggae - Premium level: $40
Sweet Talking contains eighteen of the Heptones' most legendary songs and many are presented on CD for the first time. Included are rare stereo mixes as well as hard to find extended versions that make this release a virtual treasure trove of top Studio One hits.
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Light Your Light
Reggae - Premium level: $40
If you are a fan of roots reggae, you already know Toots and the Maytals. This release is another classic from one of Jamaica's best performers. This album could have been released in the 1970's and yet contains an extremely fresh sounds.
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Sensuous
Rock - Premium level: $40
2007 release from the Japanese Electronic artist and producer, often compared to Beck. This long-awaited album, which has been five years in the making, features 12 tracks.
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A Mad and Faithful Telling
Rock - Premium level: $40
Our heroes! The greatest band in the hood. This is their first release for ANTI records and it find them in fine form. Everything you'd expect from a Devotchka record, and as always, just a little bit more. There are only a few of these available, so if you want this as your thank you gift, we advise you to act fast!
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Jim
Rock - Premium level: $40
The record sounds simply wonderful: alternately nubby and spangled, it s like a cashmere throw that turns intermittently into a showman s cape. Lidell's voice has never sounded better than it does here. --Pitchfork
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Rabbit Habbits
Rock - Premium level: $40
Philadelphia's Man Man have found the perfect berth for their gypsy-swamp-rock-carny-soul-Viking-vaudeville-punk collective. This record matches the fierce energy of their non-stop live shows, which utilize a variety of more traditional instruments (accordion, Moog, xylophone) along with such noisemakers as soup pots, shoes, squeaky toys, and a fire extinguisher.
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Attack & Release
Rock - Premium level: $40
Danger Mouse teamed up with The Black Keys to produce their most astounding recording to date. The blues-steeped rock of the band remains as the base paste, but new layers of unusual instrumentation and production take the release to new heights. In a word, awesome.
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La Cucaracha
Rock - Premium level: $40
La Cucaracha, Ween's new studio record, is an eclectic, dark, humorous, and bizarre assortment of songs. In other words, it's a typical Ween record.
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National Geographic Spotlight
DVD - Premium level: $60
This National Geographic Box Set contains a CD, DVD, 48-page book and detailed map of Senegal. An outstanding production from National Geographic which showcases the music of Baaba Maal and Senegal with a comprehensive overview and initimate detail.
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Royal Albert Hall
DVD - Premium level: $60
The landmark reunion show from London on May 2,3,5, and 6 2005 featuring Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce, and Eric Clapton performing classic Cream material including "Spoonful", "White Room", "Sunshine of Your Love", and more.
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The Closing of Winterland
DVD - Premium level: $60
An intensely detailed archive of the historic 12/31/78 concert includes the entire three set performance and encores along with massive hidden features and bonus materials in DTS 5.1 Surround Sound mixed from the original 24 track master tapes.
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I Know I'm Not Alone
DVD - Premium level: $40
Armed with an acoustic guitar and a video camera, musician Michael Franti takes us on a musical journey through war and occupation in Iraq, Israel and Palestine. Along the way he shares his music with families, doctors, musicians, soldiers and everyday people who in turn reveal to him the often overlooked human cost of war.
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Okonokos
DVD - Premium level: $40
My Morning Jacket's live concert film including performances of "The Party", "Gideon", "Off The Record", and more. The elaborate stage props and astounding performances and, of course, bear attack make this a must see DVD.
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The Best of Hootenanny
DVD - Premium level: $60
This 3 DVD set chronicles the acclaimed show of the 1960's. The DVDs feature 91 classic performances from the original ABC series including Folk, Country, Blues, Jazz, Comedy and more from artists such as Johnny Cash, The Carter Family, Jimmie Rogers, Herbie Mann, Doc Watson, Lester Flatt & Ear Scruggs, and many more.
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Chicago Blues Reunion: Buried Alive in the Blues
DVD - Premium level: $60
A landmark documentary film of the Chicago Blues scene featuring interviews and music of the musicians who created it. Artists include B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Harvey Mandel, Tracy Nelson and more.