Carrie Rodriguez - saw her on Austin City Limits and had to check it out further. Sounds modern and traditional at the same time. Interesting songs.
The Be Good Tanya's - I think they came up in an amazon.com list after looking at the Wailin' Jennys. Who knows? but they're good! They seem to be on leave at the moment.
Red Molly - We saw them at Club Passim in Cambridge recently and they are very entertaining and great musicians. They are still on tour.
Sara Watkins - Solo album. She of Nickel Creek, I enjoyed this one, too.
Bill Frisell - Disfarmer - new CD from Frisell written to accompany a photo exhibit by Arkansas portrait photographer Michael Disfarmer. You can hear it on NPR if you want. Another mix of new and old sounding music. Some of the stuff sounds like Phillip Glass and other like Hank Williams.
Marc Ribot - After reading an article in my favorite mag - Fretboard Journal - decided I needed to explore his music. Hard to pin down, depending on the setting, but I like the Cuban inspired band Los Cubanos Postizos and his solo guitar work, like on the Masada Guitars album, which also has Frisell on it. He's also worked with Tom Waits, Albert Ayler, and the Raising Sand album with Robert Plant and Alison Kraus.
Oldies but Goodies Dept.
Picked up some blasts from the past - Little Feat, Old and in the Way, It's a Beautiful Day, Pentangle, Mingus, Wes, Grisman, and Piazzola! Too many to mention and go into detail on, but a good mix to add to the collection.
I will mention one name, however, and that is Cal Collins, who I saw in Cincinnati quite a bit when I was there and is the most awesome jazz guitarist you never heard of. I had all his records and the digital versions are hard to come by. Luckily discovered some online, because they are not all available on CD or mp3.
That's it for now, check out this music now.
Chris
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