[Postcard2] New releases

[JKellySC1 at aol.com]

One of the best perks of freelance writing is the monthly opportunity to go  
to the Creative Loafing office and raid the CD promo stacks.
 
This week I picked up a few really interesting things.
 
Dirty Laundry & More Dirty Laundry - a pair of compilations from  Trikont, a 
German label, bringing together 48 Country songs performed by Black  artists. 
The usual suspects are on there, OB McClinton, Solomon Burke, &  Stoney 
Edwards, but it also features (sort of) country songs by James Brown,  James & Bobby 
Purify, Joe Tex, Ruth Brown, Bobby Womack, Clyde McPhatter,  among others. 
Curtis Mayfield does the title track. And it does include an Otis  Williams 
tune. A lot of it I've heard before, but it's a good listen  nevertheless.
 
Carrie Rodriquez "She Ain't Me" - leaning a bit more "pop" than her past  
work, it's a nice record if her voice suits you.
 
Amos Lee "Last Days at the Lodge" - his third release is an improvement  over 
the second one, which bored me. Better tunes, nice mellow groove  throughout.
 
John Hiatt "Same Old Man" - I'm not as impressed with this as I thought I  
would be after the recent thread on him, but I need to listen more.
 
Ry Cooder "I, Flathead" - what they said. Very interesting and uniquely Ry  
tunes, a fun record to listen to.
 
The Wrights "In The Summertime" - (this was in my mail) a new 10 song CD  
sold at shows and online, all cover songs ranging from Roger Miller's title cut  
to Morphine's "In Spite Of Me". I love the Wrights, so I love this one as 
well.  It's just Adam and Shannon on vocals and guitars.
 
Loudon Wainwright "Recovery" - rerecorded versions of songs from his back  
catalog. Heh.
 
My favorite new oddity is "This Is Love Psychedelico", a Japanese pop-rock  
duo that is a big hit over there, but just now releasing a compilation CD in 
the  US. I wish I could tell you why I like this so much, but I haven't found a 
way  to describe it yet. I would call it a Japanese hybrid of American Pop, 
not  really karaoke,  not quite authentic, but unique in it's own way. 
 
I have a few more to check out in the pile, will report back if anything  
floats my boat.
 
Slim



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