These albums were selected by Mixed host George Graham from the over 500 CDs featured during the year on the New Releases segments presented daily on Mixed Bag. The Mixed Bag musical styles include rock, folk, blues, reggae, world music, Celtic, electronic, and other varieties presented on the program. The emphasis is on records that received little or no attention in the commercial media. Selection criteria include originality, uniqueness of sound, and quality of musicianship.
The list is arranged chronologically. * designates Homegrown Music Artists.
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Artist |
Title |
Label |
Date Added |
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Mollie O'Brien and Rich Moore |
independent |
12/17/13 |
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Good Old War |
Live from the City of Brotherly Love |
Sargent House |
12/16/13 |
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Railroad Earth * |
Last of the Outlaws |
independent |
01/02/14 |
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Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings |
Give the People What They Want |
Daptone |
01/02/14 |
|
Tim Grimm |
Turning Point |
independent |
01/03/14 |
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Rosanne Cash |
Blue Note |
01/06/14 |
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|
Mary Chapin Carpenter |
Songs from the Movie |
Zoe |
01/07/14 |
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Michael Jerling * |
Halfway Home |
independent |
01/08/14 |
|
Mary Fahl * |
Love and Gravity |
independent |
01/14/14 |
|
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings |
South |
File Under Music |
01/17/14 |
|
Spiritual Rez |
Apocalypse Wherever |
independent |
01/17/14 |
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Lake Street Dive |
Bad Self Portraits |
Signature Sounds |
01/20/14 |
|
John Hammond |
Timeless |
Palmetto |
01/21/14 |
|
Cej |
Sleepwalker in the Paradise |
independent |
01/23/14 |
|
Mogwai |
Rave Tapes |
Sub Pop |
01/23/14 |
|
Tommy Castro |
The Devil You Know |
Alligator |
01/24/14 |
|
Gann Brewer * |
Peddlers and Ghosts |
independent |
01/24/14 |
|
Paul Rodgers |
429 Records |
01/27/14 |
|
|
Bossacucanova |
Six Degrees |
01/28/14 |
|
|
Los Lonely Boys |
Revelation |
Playing in Traffic |
01/29/14 |
|
Various artists |
This is the Town: A Tribute to Nilsson |
Royal Potato Family |
01/30/14 |
|
Billy Branch |
Blues Shock |
Blind Pig |
01/30/14 |
|
Roosevelt Dime |
Full Head of Steam |
independent |
01/31/14 |
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Angelique Kidjo |
Eve |
429 Records |
01/31/14 |
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Judy Kass |
Better Things |
independent |
02/05/14 |
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Robben Ford |
Provogue |
02/06/14 |
|
|
Brushfire Stankgrass |
independent |
02/11/14 |
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|
Peter Bradley Adams |
The Mighty Storm |
independent |
02/14/14 |
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Connor Garvey |
independent |
02/17/14 |
|
|
St. Paul and the Broken Bones |
Half the City |
Thirty Tigers |
02/17/14 |
|
Robby Hecht |
Robby Hecht |
independent |
02/18/14 |
|
The Amigos |
Diner in the Sky |
independent |
02/18/14 |
|
Regina Carter |
Masterworks |
02/20/14 |
|
|
Joe Louis Walker |
Hornet's Nest |
Alligator |
02/20/14 |
|
Beck |
Morning Phase |
Capitol |
02/24/14 |
|
Mike Gordon |
Overstep |
ATO |
02/25/14 |
|
The Motet |
The Motet |
independent |
02/25/14 |
|
Dan Masterson * |
Learn to Live |
independent |
03/06/14 |
|
David Crosby |
Blue Castle |
03/10/14 |
|
|
The Infamous Stringdusters |
Let It Go |
High Country |
03/10/14 |
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Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers |
Live |
Rounder |
03/11/14 |
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The Belle Brigade |
Just Because |
ATO |
03/11/14 |
|
Matt and Shannon Heaton |
Tell You in Earnest |
independent |
03/12/14 |
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Eliza Gilkyson |
The Nocturne Dairies |
Red House |
03/12/14 |
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Carlene Carter |
Carter Girl |
Rounder |
03/13/14 |
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Rachel Eckroth |
Virgo Sun |
03/17/14 |
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Judith Owen |
independent |
03/17/14 |
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|
Robert Cray Band |
In My Soul |
Provogue |
03/18/14 |
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Mike Montrey Band |
Song by Song by Song |
independent |
03/20/14 |
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Del Barber |
Prairieography |
True North |
03/20/14 |
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Noam Weinstein * |
Bottlefed |
independent |
03/21/14 |
|
Peter Mulvey |
Silver Ladder |
Signature Sounds |
03/24/14 |
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Holmes Brothers |
Brotherhood |
Alligator |
03/26/14 |
|
Meklit |
We Are Alive |
Six Degrees |
03/26/14 |
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The Honey Trees |
independent |
03/27/14 |
|
|
Fife & Drom * |
Introducing Fife & Drom |
independent |
03/27/14 |
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The Jones Family Singers |
The Spirit Speaks |
independent |
03/28/14 |
|
Rodney Crowell |
Tarpaper Sky |
New West |
03/31/14 |
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Thievery Corporation |
Saudade |
ESL |
04/03/14 |
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Arc Iris |
Anti- |
04/04/14 |
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Ziggy Marley |
Fly Rasta |
Tuff Gong |
04/07/14 |
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Seldom Scene |
Long Time |
Smithsonian Folkways |
04/08/14 |
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SOHN |
Tremors |
4AD |
04/09/14 |
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Suzanne Vega |
Ameurensis |
04/11/14 |
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|
Dan Pelletier * |
My Freakin' Heart |
independent |
04/15/14 |
|
Ian McFeron * |
Acoustic |
independent |
04/16/14 |
|
Life in a Blender * |
We Already Have Birds That Sing |
Fang |
04/17/14 |
|
Irene Molloy |
County Line |
independent |
04/18/14 |
|
String Cheese Incident |
SCI Fidelity |
04/21/14 |
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Balval |
Whaling City Sound |
04/23/14 |
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John Mayall |
A Special Guy |
independent |
04/25/14 |
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Rodrigo y Gabriela |
9 Dead Alive |
ATO |
04/28/14 |
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The Big Bright |
I Slept Through the 80s |
independent |
04/29/14 |
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Carrie Elkin and Danny Schmidt |
For Keeps |
Red House |
04/29/14 |
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Joe Matzzie * |
This Box Makes Noise |
independent |
05/01/14 |
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Pacifika |
Amor Planeta |
Six Degrees |
05/02/14 |
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The Currys * |
independent |
05/05/14 |
|
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Kishi Bashi |
Lighght |
Joyful Noise |
05/08/14 |
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Ilhan Ersahin's Wonderland |
NuBlu |
05/08/14 |
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Beat Funktion |
Voodooland |
Do Music |
05/09/14 |
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Sonny Knight & the Fabulous Lakers |
I'm Still Here |
Secret Stash |
05/09/14 |
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Red Molly |
The Red Album |
independent |
05/13/14 |
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Phox |
Phox |
Partisan |
05/14/14 |
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Insect Surfers |
Infra Green |
independent |
05/14/14 |
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Tribal Seeds |
Representing |
independent |
05/15/14 |
|
Gregg Allman |
All My Friends |
Rounder |
05/16/14 |
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Willie Watson |
Folk Songs Vol. 1 |
Arcony |
05/19/14 |
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Mingo Fishtrap |
Blue Corn |
05/20/14 |
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Gladshot |
Maxwell’s Cool Demon |
independent |
05/21/14 |
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Red June |
Organic |
05/22/14 |
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|
Gabriel Kahane |
Sony Masterworks |
05/27/14 |
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|
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band |
Goin’ Home |
Concord |
05/28/14 |
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Toumane & Sidiki Diabate |
Toumane & Sadiki |
World Circuit |
05/29/14 |
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Clothesline Revival |
City Hall |
06/02/14 |
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Moe. |
No Guts No Glory |
Sugar Hill |
06/02/14 |
|
Clarence Bucaro * |
Hills to Home |
2020 |
06/09/14 |
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Marshall Crenshaw |
Red Wine EP |
Red River |
06/12/14 |
|
Owen Pallett |
In Conflict |
Domino |
06/12/14 |
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Umphrey’s McGee |
independent |
06/16/14 |
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Walter Trout |
The Blues Come Calling |
Provogue |
06/16/14 |
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Shoebox Letters |
Honest Truth |
independent |
06/18/14 |
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La Santa Cecilia |
Someday New |
Universal |
06/19/14 |
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Deanna Bogart |
Blind Pig |
06/23/14 |
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Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers |
Emergency Situation |
Blind Pig |
06/24/14 |
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Rick Estrin and the Nightcats |
You Asked for It Live |
Alligator |
06/24/14 |
|
David Gray |
Mutineers |
INT |
06/25/14 |
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Michael Bellar The As-Is Ensemble |
independent |
06/26/14 |
|
|
Playing for Change 3 |
Timeless |
06/27/14 |
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|
Eric Johnson |
Europe Live |
Provogue |
06/30/14 |
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The Mastersons |
Good Luck Charm |
New West |
06/30/14 |
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John Hiatt |
Terms of My Surrender |
New West |
07/01/14 |
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Old Crow Medicine Show |
Remedy |
ATO |
07/02/14 |
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Time for Three |
Time for Three |
Universal |
07/02/14 |
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Christopher Bell |
independent |
07/03/14 |
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|
Dave Fields |
All In |
independent |
07/08/14 |
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The Student Loan |
Moonlit Toasters |
independent |
07/11/14 |
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Smash Palace * |
Extended Play |
Zip |
07/14/14 |
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Chris Smither |
Still on the Levee |
Signature Sounds |
07/14/14 |
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Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens |
Cold World |
DapTone |
07/16/14 |
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Chloe Albert |
independent |
07/17/14 |
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Jeff Campbell |
In Spite of Everything |
independent |
07/18/14 |
|
Michi |
Castles in the Air |
independent |
07/22/14 |
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Ricard Lemvo & Makina Loca |
La Rumba So Yo |
Cumbancha |
07/24/14 |
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Romy |
Unbound |
independent |
07/29/14 |
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Jill Barber |
independent |
08/01/14 |
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Ellis Paul |
Chasing Beauty |
Black Wolf |
08/04/14 |
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Matt Turk |
Cold Revival |
independent |
08/04/14 |
|
Tauk * |
Collisions |
independent |
08/05/14 |
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Elvin Bishop |
Can’t Even Do Wrong Right |
Alligator |
08/06/14 |
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Spencer Day |
Day Break |
independent |
08/07/14 |
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Dr. John |
Proper |
08/11/14 |
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|
Jeff Richman & Wayne Johnson |
The Distance |
ITI |
08/12/14 |
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Smokey Robinson |
Smokey & Friends |
Verve |
08/18/14 |
|
Kyle Hollingsworth |
SCI Fidelity |
08/19/14 |
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|
Brothers Keeper |
Todd Meadows |
independent |
08/20/14 |
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Bebel Gilberto |
Tudo |
Portrait |
08/20/14 |
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Kirby Sewell Band |
Girl with the New Tattoo |
independent |
08/21/14 |
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The New Students |
When the West Wind Blows |
independent |
08/22/14 |
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Alex Radus |
Jewels & Tinware |
independent |
08/26/14 |
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Jason Spooner Band |
independent |
08/27/14 |
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|
Ryan Adams |
Ryan Adams |
Pax-Am |
09/03/14 |
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Johnny Winter |
Step Back |
Megaforce |
09/04/14 |
|
Parker Abbot Trio |
independent |
09/08/14 |
|
|
various artists |
Putumayo Presents Australia |
Putumayo |
09/09/14 |
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Joe Bonamassa |
Different Shades of Blue |
J&R Ventures |
09/10/14 |
|
Tim Farrell * |
Cascadia |
Magrathea |
09/11/14 |
|
Lipbone Redding |
Esmeralda |
independent |
09/16/14 |
|
Steelism |
615 to Fame |
Single Lock |
09/16/14 |
|
Marcia Ball |
The Tattooed Lady and the Alligator Man |
Alligator |
09/17/14 |
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Billy Childs |
Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro |
Masterworks |
09/18/14 |
|
Lewis & Clarke |
Truimvirate |
Le Societe Expeditionaire |
09/18/14 |
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Jackson Browne |
Standing in the Breach |
Inside |
09/23/14 |
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Sergio Mendes |
Magic |
independent |
09/23/14 |
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Stanley Clarke Band |
Up |
independent |
09/24/14 |
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The Burgeoning |
Love Alchemy |
independent |
09/25/14 |
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Victoria Blythe |
independent |
10/01/14 |
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The Hot Sardines |
Decca |
10/01/14 |
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|
Anne Hills |
Tracks |
Hand and Heart |
10/06/14 |
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JW-Jones |
Belmont Boulevard |
Blind Pig |
10/07/14 |
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Danelia Cotton |
The Real Book |
independent |
10/08/14 |
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Leonard Cohen |
Popular Problems |
Columbia |
10/09/14 |
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Ireesh Lal |
Ethnotronica |
independent |
10/10/14 |
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Christa Gniadek |
Leaving Boston |
independent |
10/13/14 |
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Jack Woodbridge * |
You Don't Know Jack |
independent |
10/14/14 |
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Elizabeth Shepherd |
The Signal |
Linus |
10/14/14 |
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Beat Funktion |
Mandy's Secret |
independent |
10/16/14 |
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Eric Johnson & Mike Stern |
Heads-Up |
10/20/14 |
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|
Robert Plant |
Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar |
Nonesuch |
10/23/14 |
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Sam Amidon |
Lily-O |
Nonesuch |
10/24/14 |
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Brady Clampitt |
independent |
10/27/14 |
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Van Wagner * |
The Fringe |
independent |
10/27/14 |
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Jubilee Riots |
Penny Black |
independent |
10/28/14 |
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Yusuf |
Tell Em I'm Gone |
Legacy |
10/30/14 |
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Alexis P. Suter |
Love the Way You Roll |
American Showplace |
11/04/14 |
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Morgan Treni |
independent |
11/05/14 |
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|
Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn |
Rounder |
11/05/14 |
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Mariachi El Bronx |
Mariachi El Bronx |
ATO |
11/06/14 |
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Eric Clapton |
The Breeze |
independent |
11/10/14 |
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Medicine King |
Medicine King |
independent |
11/10/14 |
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The Headlocks |
Most Golden Goose |
independent |
11/12/14 |
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The New Basement Tapes |
Lost on the River |
Harvest |
11/13/14 |
|
Neil Young |
Storytone |
Reprise |
11/13/14 |
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Bill Frisell |
Okeh |
11/14/14 |
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Strunz & Farah |
Moods & Visions |
independent |
11/15/14 |
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Dylan Sires and Neighbors |
Dylan Sires and Neighbors |
independent |
11/17/14 |
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Gramercy Arms |
The Seasons of Love |
independent |
11/19/14 |
|
Mike Auldridge, Jerry Douglas, Rob Ickes |
Three Bells |
Rounder |
11/19/14 |
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Mary Fahl * |
Live at the Mauch Chunk Opera House |
Rimas |
11/20/14 |
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My Brightest Diamond |
This is My Hand |
Asthmatic Kitty |
11/25/14 |
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The Serotones |
The Serotones |
independent EP |
11/26/14 |
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Thompson Family |
Fantasy |
12/02/14 |
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|
Bruce Katz Band |
American Showplace |
12/03/14 |
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|
Blind Boys of Alabama & Taj Mahal |
Talkin’ Christmas |
Masterworks |
12/10/14 |
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