Johnny Cash: American XIV

In this exciting new release, just in time for Christmas, producer Rick Rubin goes to the well one more time, uncovering yet more vocal gems not previously purchased by only the most dedicated fans of the Man in Black.

Track List:

1. "Fire and Rain" (James Taylor)
2. "In Your Eyes" (Peter Gabriel)
3. "And I Would Have Made It (Had it Not Been for You Meddling Kids)" (JC cracks wise in studio with Scooby Doo line to his friend, Chester, 6/14/99)
4. "Margaritaville" (Jimmy Buffett)
5. "Oh, yes . . . a little more to the left . . . yes . . . THERE, THERE!" (audio from tour bus videotape, date unknown)
6. "Mac Doovis" (previously unreleased outtake, blooper introduction of Mac Davis, Johnny Cash Variety Hour, 9/12/1971)
7. "I Write the Songs" (Barry Manilow)
8. "Outgoing Answering Machine Message" (Cash family home, 2001 - Dange Mouse remix, feat. T.I., 2008)
9. "Unforgettable" (posthumous duet with Natalie Cole)
10. "Him and Them Damn Shoes" (previously unreleased)

Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 12/10/08

South San Gabriel, "Charred Resentment Just the Same," The Carlton Chronicles *
American Music Club, "All the Lost Souls Welcome You to San Francisco," The Golden Age *
Adrian Belew, "Phone Call from the Moon," Young Lions *
Lou Reed, "Lady Day," Berlin *
Ben Weaver, "Red Red Fox," The Ax in the Oak *
Big Star, "Thirteen," #1 Record *
Bonnie Prince Billy, "Cursed Sleep," The Letting Go *
Isobell Campbell & Mark Lanegan, "Who Built the Road," Sunday at Devil Dirt *
Tim Easton, "Oh People," Ammunition *
Michael Hedges, "Gimme Shelter," Strings of Steel *
New Pornographers, "Myriad Harbour," Challengers *
Her Space Holiday, "The New Kid Revival," XOXO, Panda, and the New Kid Revival *
Kevn Kinney, "Kerouac," The Flower and the Knife *
The Deep Vibration, "Thanks to You," Veracruz *
Doves, "Snowden," Some Cities *
Paul Simon v. Django, "Brazilian Diamonds," (unreleased) *
Cafe Tecuba, "El Ciclon," Re *
Elbow, "The Bones of You," The Seldom Seen Kid *
Nikka Costa, "Pebble to a Pearl," Pebble to a Pearl *
Stevie Wonder, "Boogie on Reggae Woman," Original Musiquarium *
Medeski, Martin, & Wood, "Free Go Lilly," Radiolarians I *
The Sea and Cake, "Weekend," Car Alarm *
Broken Social Scene, "7/4 (Shoreline)," Broken Social Scene *
The Chemical Brothers, "Under the Influence," Electronic Battle Weapons *
My Morning Jacket, "Highly Suspicious," Evil Urges *
Sigur Ros, "Inni Mer . . .," Med Sud . . .

From Friday's NYT

Each of the four contributes to this story, but time and again, it is Joe Strummer’s voice, his dramatic sense of language, that leaps off the page. He says of one song inspired by a line of movie dialogue that “it was like holding one end of a piece of string which had a song attached to it.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/books/review/Light-t.html?ref=music

Odetta

RIP

WFHB Add Pool Quick Pick: Sigur Ros, "Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust"

Date:	11/30/08	Label: XL Recordings
artist:	Sigur Ros
title:	Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
file under:	Rock
grade:	A
Review: With Med Sud . . ., Sigur Ros has managed to make its most accessible record (a relative statement!) to date, without compromising the beauty and subtleties that make them one-of-a-kind.  Produced by Flood (U2, Depeche Mode, etc.), this music is indescribable but beautiful and, in places, actually FUN!  Once again filled with Icelandic gibberish and quasi-fake invented language, this album soars with strings, strange acoustic guitar play, and Thom York-ish vocals.  Any track will do, but try the syncopated organic stomp of “Gobbledigook,” (track 1), the horned-up harmonizing Flaming Lips-ish “Inni Mer . . .” (track 2), the dreamscape of “Med Sud . . .” (track 6), or the sleepy-sleepy first English language track for the band, “All Alright,” (track 11).  Put a little Radiohead against it!
comments / tracks  of interest: 1, 2, 6, 11 FCC: Are you kidding me?  THIS AIN’T EVEN ENGLISH!
reviewer:  Hopedaddy

WFHB Americana Genre Director Quick Pick: Bruce Robison, "The New World"

Date:	11/30/08	Label: Premium
artist:	Bruce Robison
title:	The New World
file under:	Americana
grade:	B
Review: How do you stand out as a songwriter when you are married to Kelley Willis, brother to Charlie Robison, and brother-in-law to Dixie Chick Emily Robison?  Well, you write DAMN GOOD SONGS and probably have a hell of a hootenanny around the Thanksgiving table.  Robison’s written hits for Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, George Strait, and the Dixie Chicks, but his own project is no slacker.  A slice of folk / Americana (think Lyle Lovett or a countrier John Hiatt), The New World has a lot to recommend it.  Check out the twang plodder “The Hammer” (track 1), the weepy “Bad Girl Blues” (track 3), the poppier “California 85” (track 4), or the banjo folk of “She Don’t Care” (track 9).
comments / tracks  of interest: 1, 3, 4, 9 FCC: None
reviewer:  Hopedaddy

WFHB Americana Genre Director Quick Pick: Waylon Jennings, "Forever"

Date:	11/30/08	Label: Vagrant
artist:	Waylon Jennings
title:	Forever
file under:	Americana
grade:	A-
Review: Waylon left us in 2002, but not before (even years prior) he recorded a few tracks with his son, Shooter.  His place in rock history well-fixed, this Grammy award winner and Hall of Fame member’s posthumous release was put together by Shooter, who resurrected the tracks from the 95-96 sessions and finished recording them with his own band, the .357’s.  Standouts include covers of Rodney Crowell’s “Ain’t Livin Long Like This” (track 3) and Neil Young’s “Are You Ready for the Country?” (track 4).  Also spin the golden blues creeper, “Waymore’s Blues” (track 6)—it’s GOLD!.  A fitting last project for Waylon, and a bridge to Shooter and the .357’s.  Oh, and pop the cover open and check out the photobooth pic with Buddy Holly!
comments / tracks  of interest: 1, 3, 4, 6 FCC: TRACK 2 “SHIT”
reviewer:  Hopedaddy