CD Reviews Archive

All reviews by your guide, Hugh Blumenfeld (-HB), unless otherwise noted.

Baker, Duck, Kid On The Mountain (1980, Kicking Mule - reissued 1999)
Band, The. Music From Big Pink, The Band, Stage Fright (Capitol - re-mastered re-releases, 2001) (reviewed by Scott Cooper)
Battlefield Band, Leaving Friday Harbour (Rounder, 1999)
Bromberg, David, My Own House/You Should See the Rest of the Band (1978/79, Fantasy - reiussued 1999)
Brown, Greg, Covenant (Red House, 2000); Over and Under (Trailer, 2000)
Calhoun, Andrew Where Blue Meets Blue (Waterbug, 1999)
Carter, Dave & Tracy Grammer, Tanglewood Tree (Signature Sounds, 2000)
Carter, Dave & Tracy Grammer, Drum Hat Buddha (Signature Sounds, 2001) (reviewed by Ralph DiGennaro)
Carthy, Martin, The Carthy Chronicles - 4CD set (Free Reed, 2001)
Case, Peter, Flying Saucer Blues (Vanguard, 2000)
Chandler, Chris & The Convenience Store Troubadours, Hell Toupé (Prime-CD, 1999)
Clandestine, To Anybody At All (Clandestine Records, 2000).
Cleaves, Slaid, Broke Down (Rounder, 1999)
Collins, Lui and Dana Robinson, Paired Down (Molly Gamblin Music/Threshold Music, 1998)
Conoscenti, Don. Paradox of Grace.
Cox, Harry, What Will Become Of England? (Alan Lomax Collection, Portrait Series; Rounder, 2000)
Dalglish, Malcolm, Pleasure (Ooolitic Music, 1999)
Dry Branch Fire Squad, Memories That Bless and Burn, (Rounder, 1999)
Eaglesmith, Fred, Ralph's Last Show (Signature, 2001)
Elliott, Ramblin' Jack, Country Style/At the Second Fret, (Prestige/International 1962; reissued Fantasy 1999)
Elliott, Ramblin' Jack, The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack Elliott (Soundtrack from the biopic, Vanguard 2000)
Evans, Dave, Sad Pig Dance (1974, Kicking Mule - reiussued 1999)
Flook, Flatfish, (Flatfish Records 2000)
Gallup, Annie, Steady Steady Yes (Prime-CD, 1999)
Garcia, Jerry & David Grisman & Tony Rice, The Pizza Tapes, (Acoustic Disc, 2000)
Gorka, John. The Company You Keep. (Red House, 2001) (reviewed by Ralph DiGennaro)
Graham, Davey, The Complete Guitarist, (Kicking Mule - reissued 1999)
Hardy, Jack, Collected Works (10 vols.) and The Passing (Prime-CD, 1999)
Hardy, Jack, Omens (Prime-CD, 2000)
Harper, Jessica, Rhythm in My Shoes, (Rounder, 1999)
Henderson, Bruce, Beyond The Pale (Omad/Paradigm, 1999)
Humphries, Pat. Hands (Appleseed)
James, Steve, Boom Chang (Burnside Records, 2000) (reviewed by Andrew Calhoun)
Jansch, Bert, Birthday Blues/Rosemary Lane (reissue: Essential, 1999)
Jennings & Ponder, World Tales: Live at Bennington College (Eastern Coyote 1999)
Jones, Adrienne, Talking River (1999)
J.P. Jones, Ashes, (Vision Company Records, 1999)
Kennedy, Pete & Maura, Evolver (Rounder/Zoe, 2000)
Larkin, Patty, Regrooving the Dream (Vanguard, 2000)
Laskin, Grit, Unabashedly Folk - Songs 1979-85, (re-release Borealis, 2000)
Lavin, Christine, The Bellevue Years, (Philo - mostly reissue)
Ledbetter, Phil, Philibuster (Rounder, 1999)
Leverett, Margo, The Art of Klezmer Clarinet (Traditional Crossroads, 1999)
Linnell, John, Songs of the 50 States, (Zoe, 1999)
Los Lobos, El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (Rhino/Warner Archives -4-CD best of boxed set, 2001)
Lomax Collection (Rounder, 1998 - present)
Magpie. John Brown: Sword of the Spirit (Appleseed, 2001)
McCutcheon, John, Storied Ground, (Rounder 1999)
MacDonald, Rod, Into the Blue (Gadfly, 1999)
MacMaster, Natalie, In My Hands (Rounder, 1999)
Mallett, Dave, Ambition, (Flying Fish/Rounder, 1999)
Miller, Bill. Ghostdance. (Vanguard, 2000).
Morrissey, Bill. Something I Saw - Or Thought I Saw (Red House, 2001)
Mulvey, Peter & Dave Goodrich, The Trouble With Poets (Signature, 2000)
Myshkin. Why Do All The Country Girls Leave? (Binky Records, 2001) (reviewed by Andrew Calhoun)
Nields, The, If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Now, (Zoe/Rounder, 2000)
NRBQ, NRBQ (Rounder, 1999)
Odetta, Livin' With The Blues, (80% rereleased material: Vanguard, 2000)
Purpose, Darryl, Traveler's Code (Tangible, 2000)
Reagon, Toshi, The Righeous Ones (Razor & Tie, 1999)
Shindell, Richard, Somewhere Near Paterson (Signature Sounds, 2000)
Spicer, Amilia K., Like An Engine, (AllSpice, 1999)
Sweet Honey In The Rock, Freedom Song (Sony Classical, 2000)
Tarras, Rising (Rounder, 1999)
Travis, Merle, The Best Of Merle Travis: Sweet Temptation (1946-1953) (reissued, 2000)
Trischka, Keith & Fleck, Fiddle Tunes for Banjo (Rounder 1981, reissued 2000)
Waybacks, The, Devolver (Fiddling Cricket, 2000)
Whirligig, Spin (Prime-CD, 2000)
Wilcox, David, What You Whispered (Vanguard, 2000)
Williams, Dar, The Green World (Razor & Tie, 2000)
Williams, Lucinda, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Warner Brothers, 1999)
Zanes, Dan. Rocket Ship Beach (Festival Five Records, 2000)

Anthologies/Collections/Multiple Artists
Ballad Operas: The Martins & The Coys. (Alan Lomax Collection; Rounder, 2000)
Falcon Ridge Folk Festival - Main Stage, (Signature Sounds, 2000)
Music from the Zydeco Kingdom, (Rounder, 2000)
Women of Rembetica, (Rounder, 2000)
WPAQ: The Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Mount Airy, NC 1947-50, (Rounder, 1999)
Walnut Valley Festival Benefit: Coming Home - A Winfield Celebration (ILY Records, 1999)
Music From the Anne & Frank Warner Collection - Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still and
Nothing Seems Better to Me: The Music of Frank Proffitt and North Carolina (Appleseed Recordings, 2000) (reviewed by Andrew Calhoun)

Fall 2001 CD Harvest: Star ratings for a few dozen CDs that swamped us in the Fall of 2000 -
old time, classic rereleases, children's albums and songwriters from Dar (!) to David Wilcox (sigh). Some have links to full reviews.

Spring 2001 CD Harvest: Star ratings for a few dozen more CDs that swamped us in Spring 2001. Some have links to full reviews.

Fall 2000 CD Harvest - Star ratings for a few dozen CDs.