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"