Maria Muldaur

I said I'd put some Maria Muldaur on here and I don't lie. Here's some later Maria. This ain't the polished swank sounding Maria of the 70's. She much more soulful than that.

I'm also designating Thursday for the Ladies. No guys allowed. 'Sides, they just stink up the joint.

Second Line 4:18
Best Of Me 4:33
Louisiana Love Call 5:11
Cajun Moon 4:55
Creole Eyes 4:15
Blues Wave 3:25
Dem Dat Know 5:18
So Many Rivers To Cross 3:58
Don't You Feel My Leg 4:05
Layin Right Here In Heaven 4:40
Without A Friend Like You 3:41
Southern Music 4:52

1992, 27.62MB

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Ani DiFranco

More recent Ani. I'm still kinda on the fence about this one.

1. "Red Letter Year"
   
2. "Alla This"
   
3. "Present/Infant"
   
4. "Smiling Underneath"
   
5. "Way Tight"
   
6. "Emancipated Minor"
   
7. "Good Luck"
   
8. "The Atom"
   
9. "Round a Pole"
   
10. "Landing Gear"
    
11. "Star Matter"
    
12. "Red Letter Year Reprise"
    

2008, 28.27MB

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Ann Reed

A local folk artist that I have followed to some extant. Again, more folk. She's heard frequently on our local nationally syndicated public radio show, the inequitable Prairie Home Companion.

This is a 2 disc album.

1. forgot my shoes
2. walk with you
3. my grateful heart
4. holiday lake
5. cassiopeia
6. like you
7. dropped down in the water
8. the racing tortoise
9. if there's a room
10. stay that way
11. one more minute
12. life gets real
13. every long journey / road of the heart
14. you've got to hide your love away
15. loch lomond
16. holiday lake
17. stay that way
18. willow weep for me
19. clementine
20. i'll keep my hat
21. leap of faith
22. god is sleeping/carefully taught/heroes
23. goodnight, Irene
24. crazy
25. the fair

2006, 62.56MB

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Joan Baez

Joan was a part of the music my mother molded me with. My mother was a good Catholic girl from Nebraska who graduated from High School right at the beginning of the Summer of Love and went to Hootenannies. I, being one of her kids, grew up hearing, among others, the Limeliters, The Kingston Trio, Peter Paul and Mary, Janis Ian and of course, Joan Baez.

I particularly remember her clear voice and the fact that I could match it. That made her albums so precious to me, especially her Christmas album. But this is her most recent release. I got around to getting it!

I really like "Scarlet Tide". It is actually from the Civil War film Cold Mountain.

1. "God Is God"
   
2. "Rose of Sharon"
3. "Scarlet Tide"
   
4. "Day After Tomorrow"
   
5. "Henry Russell's Last Words"
   
6. "I Am A Wanderer"
   
7. "Mary"
   
8. "Requiem"
   
9. "The Lower Road"
   
10. "Jericho Road"
    

2008, 22.17MB

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Dark the Suns

01. Unbroken Silence
02. Everlasting
03. The Dead End
04. All Ends In Silence
05. Sleepless Angels
06. Cold Dawn
07. Rimed With Frost
08. The Rain
09. Guardians
10. Gone

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2009, 36.44MB

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NIИ Jane's Addiction...

Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction and Street Sweeper put out a new EP. Six songs for free. Yeah, you can go and get these at anything from flac to wavs but not oggs. So here goes.

1. Chip Away
2. Not So Pretty Now
3. Clap for the Killers
4. Whores
5. Non-Entity
6. The Oath

2009, 18.77MB

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(I did not enclose the back of the CD in the archive so save it from this page)

Tom Waits

Tom Waits is an artist that cannot be labeled though I'll try for the conventions of this blog. He is one of the best baby boomer ever born. According to a music critic, his voice sounds "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car." It's got character.

This album is my favorite by him. I love it just for the song "The Piano has been Drinking". It should put a smile on you face somehow. If it doesn't, then you're a perfect Tom Waits fan.

1. Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets to the Wind)
2. Step Right Up
3. Jitterbug Boy
4. I Wish I Was in New Orleans
5. The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)
6. Invitation to the Blues
7. Pasties and a G-string
8. Bad Liver and a Broken Heart
9. The One That Got Away
10. Small Change (Got Rained on with His Own .38)
11. I Can't Wait to Get Off Work (And See My Baby on Montgomery Avenue)

1976, 36.28

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Within Temptation

Dutch Symphonic Metal Band Within Temptation finally went truly symphonic. Backed by the Metropole Orchestra, they recorded this in three days time in September, 2008. Since its live, I will say that Sharon's vocals are good but sometimes a little rough.

This is not the American release.

Ouverture
Jillian (I'd Give My Heart)
The Howling
Stand My Ground
The Cross
What Have You Done (Featuring Keith Caputo)
Hand Of Sorrow
The Heart Of Everything
Forgiven
Somewhere (Featuring Anneke Van Giersbergen)
The Swan Song
Memories
Our Solemn Hour
The Other Half (Of Me) (Featuring George Oosthoek)
Frozen
The Promise
Angels
Mother Earth
The Thruth Beneath The Rose
Deceiver Of Fools
All I Need
Ice Queen

2008, 53.07MB

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Candlemass

Well, no one accuse me of not putting up fresh new releases. This one has yet to come out. It hits on April 3rd. Swedish Epic Metal band Candlemass have been around since the 80's but are always awesome. They posted their album for streaming on MySpace after its release was delayed. So, considering the source, I'm surprised at the quality of the files. Anyways, enjoy!

1. If I Ever Die
2. Hammer Of Doom
3. The Bleeding Baroness
4. Demon Of The Deep
5. House Of 1,000 Voices
6. Dead Angel
7. Clouds Of Dementia
8. My Funeral Dreams

2009, 24.61MB

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Ani DiFranco

Another album from 2006!?!? You'd think I have some sort of hard on for the year or something. I don't. It's just what I'm digging right now.

I can't really say anything that hasn't been said about Ani. She's stellar. Get her. 'Nuff Said.

P.S. I like long-haired Ani.

1. "Hypnotized" – 4:11
2. "Subconscious" – 3:32
3. "In the Margins" – 3:13
4. "Nicotine" – 4:06
5. "Decree" – 3:43
6. "78% H₂O" – 3:30
7. "Millennium Theater" – 3:14
8. "Half-Assed" – 3:30
9. "Reprieve" – 2:45
10. "A Spade" – 4:24
11. "Unrequited" – 4:06
12. "Shroud" – 4:48
13. "Reprise" – 1:34

2006, 9.97MB

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