Amy Allison SHEFFIELD STREETS

LOS LOBOS - THE RIDE

LOS STRAIGHTJACKETS -
SING ALONG WITH LOS STRAIGHTJACKETS

Following three albums of instrumental guitar insanity, along with one earth-shaking libe album, Los Straitjackets opted to invite friends and fans to join in and sing along. Based in Nashville, guests include Raul Malo (Mavericks), Big Sandy, Mark Lindsay (Paul Revere & The Raiders), Allison Moorer & Lonesome Bob, Reverend Horton Heat, El Vez, Dave Alvin, Exene Cervenka, Mike Campbell (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), Nick Lowe, ...

THE PLEASURE BARONS - LIVE IN LAS VEGAS

RAMBLIN' JACK ELLIOT - THE LONG RIDE

On 1999's The Long Ride, Ramblin' Jack Elliott carried on the age-old tradition of storytelling. Serving as the bridge between Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, Elliott has managed to garner quite a following of famous friends and fans. Although not as celeb-heavy as 1998's Friends Of Mine, The Long Ride finds quiet a few notable guest appearances. Produced by bluesman Roy Rogers, (who also plays guitar on a number of songs), this collection finds Elliott covering artists including the Rolling Stones ...

CHRISTY McWILSON - BED OF ROSES

KATY MOFFAT - LOOSE DIAMOND

On past albums, Texas native Katy Moffatt has tended to camouflage her flair for hard-country hurtin' songs beneath a familiar acoustic-folk veneer. Loose Diamond brings Moffatt's country leanings front and center without ignoring her broader folk, rock, and blues influences. Producer Dave Alvin has assembled a first-rate West Coast roots-country studio crew, including members of his own Guilty Men and Dwight Yoakam's band. Moffatt's voice sounds equally at home on Hank Williams Jr.'s honky-tonk howler ...

KATY MOFFAT - CHILD BRIDE

"On the follow-up to 1989's Walkin' on the Moon, Katy Moffatt decided to crank up the volume a bit and let her hair down. Child Bride is anything but a delicate recording. It's closer to rockabilly and the woolly side of country than any singer/songwriter outing. Easily the hardest-rocking record Katy Moffatt ever issued; it's also the closest to country music's heart." —Thom Jurek, allmusic.com

TOM RUSSELL - THE LONG WAY AROUND

Tom Russell is widely hailed as one of the best American songwriters working in the country-folk tradition. His songs have been recorded by artists as diverse as Johnny Cash, Suzy Bogguss, Joe Ely, Peter Case, the Texas Tornadoes, Chris Gaffney, Jerry Jeff Walker, and Dave Alvin. The Long Way Around is a summation of Russell's career up to this point. It features 14 of the most requested songs of the Russell canon, plus three songs appearing here for the first time. The recordings are all ...

TOM RUSSELL - ROSE OF THE SAN JOAQUIN

Produced by Dave Alvin and Greg Leisz, this is Tom Russell's first HighTone album. (Russell and Alvin had worked together before as co-producers and performers on the critically acclaimed Tulare Dust: A Songwriters' Tribute to Merle Haggard.) Russell has written songs for such well-known country artists as Suzy Bogguss ("Outbound Plane"), Jerry Jeff Walker ("Navajo Rug"), Nanci Griffith, Johnny Cash, and Joe Ely ("Gallo del Cielo"). The songs on this record center around a California theme, ...

JON LANGFORD - THE EXECUTIONER'S LAST SONG VOLUME 2+3

LITTLE MILTON - WELCOME TO LITTLE MILTON

Little Milton's voice is strong and the guitar playing on this album is right on target. ...

JAMES COTTON - BABY, DON'T YOU TEAR MY CLOTHES

SKIP HELLER - HOMEGOING

Composer/guitarist Skip Heller is regularly compared favorably with Sun Ra, Frank Zappa, and John Zorn. His new release, "Homegoing" sends him back to his soul-jazz roots

CARLOS GUITARLOS - STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART

THE BEAT FARMERS - GLAD AND GREASY