THURSDAY MORNING MIX

November 25, 2010

Scott Foley

This time of year typically sees very little new music. It's generally about wrapping up, holiday music and year-end best of lists. I'll debut my Favorite Songs list on Thursday, December 9. This week, I did manage a handful of debuts, including a nice collection of Band covers by Garth Hudson and several special guests. Rachel Harrington's Celilo Falls revisits the promise of her debut CD. And I'll listen to anything Lambchop frontman Kurt Wagner puts out, especially if it's as good as his new album of duets with Cortney Tidwell, KORT.

* Norman, "Bellfountain Stars" Hay Hay Make a Wish (Timber Carnival, 10)
* John Mellencamp, "Save Some Time To Dream" No Better Than This (Rounder, 10)
* Matthew & the Atlas, "Come Out of the Woods" Kingdom of Your Own (Communion, 10)
* Sadies w/Garth Hudson, "Shape I'm In" Canadian Celebration of the Band (Curve, 10)
* Whitey Morgan, "Bad News" Whitey Morgan & the 78s (Bloodshot, 10)
* Cross Canadian Ragweed, "Blue Bonnets" Happiness and All the Other Things (Universal South, 09)
* Great American Taxi, "One of These Days" Reckless Habits (Thirty Tigers, 10)
* Fabulous Ginn Sisters, "Heart and Bones" You Can't Take a Bad Girl Home (Self, 10)
* Adam Haworth Stephens, "Cities That You've Burned" We Live On Cliffs (Saddle Creek, 10)
* Joe Ely, "Mockingbird Hill" internet single (Rack'em, 10)
* Lucky Peterson, "Atonement" You Can Always Turn Around (Dreyfus, 10)
* Rachel Harrington, "House of Cards" Celilo Falls (Skinny Dennis, 10)
* Leftover Salmon, "Better" Euphoria (Hollywood, 97)
* Marshall Chapman, "Falling Through the Trees" Big Lonesome (TallGirl, 10)
* Ryan Bingham, "Hard Worn Trail" Junky Star (Lost Highway, 10)
* Sons of Bill, "Broken Bottles" One Town Away (Gray Fox, 09)
* Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams, "Mauvais Sang" Sinners & Saints (Self, 10)
^ KORT, "Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries" Invariable Heartache (City Slang, 10)
* Marty Stuart, "Branded" Ghost Train (Sugar Hill, 10)
* Ray Lamontagne, "Beg Steal or Borrow" God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise (RCA, 10)
* Magnolia Electric Co, "O! Grace" Josephine (Secretly Canadian, 09)
* Possessed by Paul James, "Shoulda Known Better" Feed the Family (Hillgrass Bluebilly, 10)
* Coal Porters, "Lookin' for a Soft Place to Fall" Durango (Prima, 10)
* Susan Cowsill, "River of Love" Lighthouse (Threadhead, 10)