New CDs in 2012:

• Miles Davis: "Enigma: A Proper Introduction to Miles Davis," "E.S.P.," "Kind of Blue"
• Dr. Dog, "Be the Void"
• Doobie Brothers, "Very Best of..."
• First Aid Kit, "The Lion's Roar"
  
• Flatlanders, "Now Again"
• Emmylou Harris, "Stumble into Grace"
• Heartless Bastards, "Arrow"
  
• Moody Blues: "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour," "On the Threshold of a Dream," "A Question of Balance," "Seventh Sojourn"
• Mumford and Sons, "Babel"
• Willie Nelson, "Willie and Family Live"
• Beth Orton, "Sugaring Season"
  
• Pure Prairie League, "Bustin' Out"
• Tallest Man on Earth, "There's No Leaving Now"

My CD acquisitions in 2011:

• Alexander, "Alexander"
• Big Country, "Through a Big Country: Greatest Hits"
• Hayes Carll, "KMAG YOYO"
• Lisa Hannigan, "Passenger"
• Kate Jacobs, "Home Game"
• Jayhawks, "Mockingbird Time"
  
• Junip, "Fields"
  
• John McCutcheon, "Summersongs"
  
• Night Ranger, "Greatest Hits"
• R.E.M., "Automatic for the People"
• Waterboys, "The Best of the Waterboys"
  

My CD acquisitions 2004-2010:

• Dave Alvin, "Ashgrove"
• "The Arranger's Touch: A History of the Jazz Arrangement from Jelly Roll Morton to Quincy Jones"
• Avett Brothers, "I And Love And You"
  
• Hoyt Axton, "Flashes of Fire: The Best of Hoyt, 1962-1990"
• Lou and Peter Berryman, "House Concert"
• Bop Ensemble, "Between Trains"
  
• Billy Bragg, "Life's a Riot and Spy vs. Spy"
• Greg Brown, "If I Had Known: Essential Recordings, 1980-1996"
• Jimmy Buffett, "Christmas Island"
  
• Jimmy Buffett, "Songs You Know By Heart"
• Sam Bush, "Howlin' at the Moon"
• John Butler Trio, "April Uprising"
• J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton, "Road to Escondido"
• John Cale, "Fragments of a Rainy Season"
• Camera Obscura, "My Maudlin Career"
  
• "A Celebration of American Music" (Susan Dudek, flute; Rebecca Hemminger, soprano; Kendra Culver, cello; Nola Gustafson, piano; Charis Buell, piano)
• Chicago Sinfonietta, "African Heritage Symphonic Series Vol II"
• Sheryl Crow, "Detours"
• John Denver, "Rocky Mountain Christmas"
• Susan Dudek, "Dearly Beloved"
• The Duhks, "The Duhks"
  
• Bob Dylan, "Blonde on Blonde"
• Steve Earle, "Guitar Town"
• Paloma Faith, "Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful"
• Feist, "The Reminder"
• Flatlanders, "Wheels of Fortune"
• Flying Burrito Brothers, "The Gilded Palace of Sin/Burrito Deluxe"
  
• John Fogerty, "Revival"
• Michael Franti, "The Sound of Sunshine"
• Patty Griffin, "Children Running Through"
• Woody Guthrie, "This Land Is Your Land"
• Ben Harper, "Both Sides of the Gun"
  
• Drew Hayward, "Mexed Missages"
  
• Priscilla Herdman, "Forever and Always"Kate Kane, "Kannibal Kitty"
• Hockey, "Mind Chaos"
• Kate Kane, "19 Year Old Blues"
  
• Angelique Kidjo, "Djin Djin"
  
• Kimberli, "Comedy & Tragedy"
• Bob King, "The Frustrated Musician: The Best of Bob"
• Kinks, "Kink Khronicles"
• Kinks, "Village Green Preservation Society"
• Alison Krauss and Union Station, "Lonely Runs Both Ways"
• Lazyboy, "Lazyboy TV"
• Yo-Yo Ma, "Songs of Joy and Peace"
• Kirsty MacColl, "Tropical Brainstorm"
• James Maddock, "Sunrise on Avenue C"
• Jim Malcolm, "Home"
• Mammals, "Departure"
• Ziggy Marley, "Love is My Religion"
• Marshall Tucker Band, "Anthology: The First 30 Years"
  
• Steve Martin, "The Crow"
• John Mayer, "Room for Squares"
• Erin McCarley, "Love, Save the Empty"
• John McCutcheon, "Winter"
  
• Loreena McKennitt, "An Ancient Muse"
• Erin McKeown, "Hundreds of Lions"
  
• Erin McKeown, "We Will Become Like Birds"
• James McMurtry, "Childish Things"
  
• Men at Work, "Contraband: The Best of Men at Work"
• Jeremy Messersmith, "Silver City"
• Chrys Mitchell, "No Plans for the Day"
• Willie Nelson, "Country Man"
  
• Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, "Will the Circle Be Unbroken Vol II"
  
• Conor Oberst, "Conor Oberst"
  
• Okkervil River, "The Stand Ins"
  
• "OnXRT," volume 9 (various artists recorded live by WXRT-Chicago)
• Gayla Drake Paul with Eric Douglas, "Here in the Center of the World"
• Gayla Drake Paul, "Restless"
• Gayla Drake Paul, "Retrospective 1982-2002"
• Pentangle, "Early Classics"
• John Prine, "Fair and Square"
  
• Proclaimers, "Life With You"
  
• Rilo Kiley, "More Adventurous"
• Josh Ritter, "Hello Starling"
• Ruckus  Roboticus, "Playing With Scratches"
• Kev Russell's Junker, "Buttermilk and Rifles"
• Dennis Schaefer, "Uncle Pop's Cabin"
• Ron Sexsmith, "Time Being"
• Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, "Up From Below"
  
• Silencers, "Blues for Buddha"
• Mindy Smith, "One Moment More"
• Todd Snider, "East Nashville Skyline"
• Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore, "Dear Companion"
• Bruce Springsteen, "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions"
• "There Is No Eye: Music For Photographs"
• Thrills, "So Much For The City"
• Nicholas Tremulis Orchestra, "Napoleon"
• K.T. Tunstall, "Drastic Fantastic"
• K.T. Tunstall, "Eye to the Telescope"
• Velvet Underground, "Velvet Underground"
• Jennifer Warnes, "Best of Jennifer Warnes"
• Weepies, "Hideaway"
• Stevie Wonder, "Songs in the Key of Life"
• "Woodstock: Three Days of Peace and Music"
• Neil Young, "Chrome Dreams II"