George Graham's Album Reviews 02/15/04

George Graham's Weekly Album Reviews

These album reviews are presented on WVIA-FM (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre PA, 89.9) Wednesday nights at 9:00 PM. They are scripts to Public Radio productions which contain excerpts from the albums illustrating the points made in the review. I have been writing and producing these reviews since 1973, and in August 1995 marked the 1000th such review. The reviews cover albums in the style encompassed in my program Mixed Bag, what is now popularly referred to as Triple-A (album post-childhood alternative).

Artists and record labels are free to quote from them, though I request attribution and notification of their use. Contact me at george@georgegraham.com.

See below for information on submitting recordings for review.

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Mixed Bag 25th Anniversary
On May 13, 1999, Mixed Bag, the Public Radio program I produce and host, and of which these album reviews are part, celebrated its 25th anniversary of continuous five-day-a-week broadcasts. Some of the features prepared for the 25th anniversary week are available here.

An Audio Engineer Explains His Complaints about Audio Compression on CDs
2000 Year-End Material
1999 Year-End Material
1998 Year-End Material
1997 Year-End Material
1996 Year-End Material

The Album Reviews

Christine Lavin: I Was in Love with a Difficult Man

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#1292: Nickel Creek: This Side

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#1291: Linda Thompson: Fashionably Late

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#1290: Tony Furtado: American Gypsy

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#1289: Terri Hendrix: The Ring

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#1288: Phillips, Grier & Flinner: Looking Back

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#1287: Dave Stringer: Brink

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#1286: The Brothers Creeggan: Sleepyhead

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#1285: Jorma Kaukonen: Blue Country Heart

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#1284: Guest: Entrance

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#1283: Hank Dogs: Half Smile

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#1282: Tift Merritt: Bramble Rose

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#1281: Craig Arnstrong: As If to Nothing

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#1280: Jerry Douglas: Lookout for Hope

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#1279: The Dear Janes: Skirt

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#1278: Trey Anastasio
#1277: John Mayer: Room for Squares
#1276: Cassandra Wilson: Belly of the Sun
#1275: Kenny White: Uninvited Guest
#1274: Norah Jones: Come Away with Me
#1273: Indigo Girls: Become You
#1272: Robben Ford: Blue Moon
#1271: Fairport Convention: XXXV
#1270: Keller Williams: Laugh
#1269: Pat Metheny Group: Speaking of Now
#1268: Solas: The Edge of Silence
#1267: Susan Werner: New Non-Fiction
#1266: Gladshot: Relic
#1265: Jools Holland's Big Band Rhythm and Blues
#1264: Lemonpeeler: The First Time
#1263: Rob Gonzalez: Somehow
#1262: John Train: Looks Like Up
#1261: Chris Thile: Not All Who Wander Are Lost
#1260: June Tabor: Rosa Mundi
#1259: The Diplomats of Solid Sound: Instrumental Action Soul
#1258: Richard Bona: Reverence
#1257: Sam Phillips: Fan Dance
#1256: Tim O'Brien: Two Journeys
#1255: Jean-Luc Ponty: Life Enigma
#1254: Laurie Anderson: Life on a String
#1253: Kim Wilson: Smokin' Joint
#1252: Darryl Purpose: A Crooked Line
#1251: Gillian Welch: Time (The Revelator)
#1250: Alison Krauss & Union Station: New Favorite
#1249: Eric Bibb: Painting Signs
#1248: Vigilantes of Love: Summershine
#1247: John Doyle: Evening Comes Early
#1246: Billy Jonas: Life So Far
#1245: Kate Rusby: Little Lights
#1244: Kelly Joe Phelps: Sky Like a Broken Clock
#1243: Jason Becker: Perspective
#1242 Lucinda Williams: Essence
#1241 Old Blind Dogs: Fit?
#1240 Whiskeytown: Pneumonia
#1239 Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer: Drum Hat Buddah
#1238 The Bobs: Coaster
#1237 Sean Watkins: Let It Fall
#1236 Marcia Ball: Presumed Innocent
#1235 Laura Nyro: Angel in the Dark
#1234 The String Cheese Incident: Outside Inside
#1233 Jonell Mosser: Enough Rope
#1232 Karan Casey: The Winds Begin to Sing
#1231 Duncan Sheik: Phantom Moon
#1230 Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88's: Jump for Joy
#1229 Matt Flinner: Latitude
#1228 Honeydogs: Here's Luck
#1227 Rodney Crowell: The Houston Kid
#1226 Shooglenifty: Solar Shears
#1225 Dolly Parton: Little Sparrow
#1224 Mark Erelli: Compass & Companion
#1223 Eddi Reader: Simple Soul
#1222 Elysian Fields: Queen of the Meadow
#1221 Frogwings: Croakin' at Toad's
#1220 Chris Rosser: The Holy Fool
#1219 Acoustic Syndicate: Crazy Little Life
#1218 Paris Combo: Living-Room
#1217 Solas: The Hour Before Dawn
#1216 Mark Knopfler: Sailing to Philadelphia
#1215 Paul Simon: You're the One
#1214 Willie Nelson: Milk Cow Blues
#1213 Ryan Adams: Heartbreaker
#1212 Carl Verheyen: Atlas Overload
#1211 Little Feat: Chinese Work Songs
#1210 Vieux Diop: Afrika Wassa
#1209 Hanuman: Pedalhorse
#1208 Maddy Prior: Ravenchild
#1207 Darden Smith: Extra Extra
#1206 Lee Feldman: The Man in a Jupiter Hat
#1205 Merrie Amsterburg: Little Steps
#1204 B.B. King & Eric Clapton: Riding with the King
#1203 Diane Zeigler: These Are the the Roots
#1202 Koko Taylor: Royal Blue
#1201 Clem Snide: Your Favorite Music
#1200 Louise Taylor: Written in Red
#1199 Bill Mallonee & Vigilantes of Love: Audible Sigh
#1198 Transatlantic: SMPTe
#1197 Suzzy Roche: Songs from an Unmarried Housewife...
#1196 XTC: Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)
#1195 Nickel Creek
#1194 Entrain: All One
#1193 Corey Harris & Henry Butler: Vü-dü Menz
#1192 Tom Taylor: The Crossing
#1191 Peter Case: Flying Saucer Blues
#1190 Scott Vestal: Millennia
#1189 Steely Dan: Two Against Nature
#1188 Christine Lavin: Getting in Touch with My Inner Bitch
#1187 Ned Farr: Desert Motel
#1186 Richard Shindell: Somewhere Near Paterson
#1185 The String Cheese Incident: Carnival 99
#1184 Robin & Linda Williams: In the Company of Strangers
#1183 Brooks Williams: Little Lion
#1182 Slaid Cleaves: Broke Down
#1181 Guaco: Cómo Era y Cómo Es
#1180 June Tabor: A Quiet Eye
#1179 Bob Delevante: Porchlight
#1178 Luka Bloom: Salty Heaven
#1177 Pat Burtis: Radium Girls
#1176 Trudy Lynn: U Don't Know What Time It Is
#1175 Leftover Salmon: The Nashville Sessions
#1174 Richard Bona: Scenes from My Life
#1173 Guy Clark: Cold Dog Soup
#1172 Lloyd Jones: Love Gotcha
#1171 8 1/2 Souvenirs: Twisted Desire
#1170 Deborah Holland: The Book of Survival
#1169 The Beatles: Yellow Submarine Songtrack
#1168 Joshua Bell & Edgar Meyer: Short Trip Home
#1167 Kate Rusby: Sleepless
#1166 Bruce Cockburn: Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu
#1165 Mônica Salmaso: Trampolim
#1164 Richard Thompson: Mock Tudor
#1163 Kelly Joe Phelps: Shine Eyed Mister Zen
#1162 Jeff Lang: Cedar Grove
#1161 Various Artists: Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons
#1160 Anders Osborne: Living Room
#1159 Joel Pelletier: Chamber Pop
#1158 Loudon Wainwright III: Social Studies
#1157 Béla Fleck: The Bluegrass Sessions: Tales from the Acoustic Planet Vol. 2
#1156 Joy Eden Harrison: Unspoken
#1155 Tony Trischka Band: Bend
#1154 Randy Newman: Bad Love
#1153 Jonatha Brooke: Live
#1152 Duke Robillard: New Blues for Modern Man
#1151 Various Artists: Bleeker Street: Greenwich Village in the 60's
#1150 Darrell Scott: Family Tree
#1149 XTC: Apple Venus (Volume 1)
#1148 Jacqui McShee's Pentangle: Passe Avant
#1147 Toni Price: Low Down and Up
#1146 Lucy Kaplansky: Ten Year Night
#1145 Entrain: Can U Get It
#1144 Eric Bibb: Spirit and the Blues
#1143 Naked to the World: Glass Half Full
#1142 Van Morrison: Back on Top
#1141 Hank Dogs: Bareback
#1140 Cheryl Wheeler: Sylvia Hotel
#1139 Snakefarm: Songs from My Funeral
#1138 Brooks Williams: Hundred Year Shadow
#1137 Jimmy Rogers All Stars: Blues Blues Blues
#1136 Dead Left: A Wishful Life
#1135 Geoff Muldaur: The Secret Handshake
#1134 Terri Allard: Loose Change and Spare Parts
#1133 Lisa Lauren What Comes Around
#1132 Rockwell Church: Through the Fall
#1131 Samba Ngo: Metamorphosis
#1130 Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues: Complimentary Colors
#1129 Solas: The Words That Remain
#1128 Unbelievable Truth: Almost Here
#1127 Rory Block: Confessions of a Blues Singer
#1126 John Gorka: After Yesterday
#1125 Steve Khan & Rob Mounsey: You Are Here
#1124 Joni Mitchell: Taming the Tiger
#1123 James McMurtry: Walk Between the Raindrops
#1122 The Puddle Jumpers: Choices
#1121 Susan Werner: Time Between Trains
#1120 Keb' Mo': Slow Down
#1119 Gillian Welch: Hell Among the Yearlings
#1118 Maddy Prior: Flesh & Blood
#1117 Big Joe and the Dynaflows: I'm Still Swingin'
#1116 Nanci Griffith: Other Voices (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
Web Only Review: Neal Casal: The Sun Rises Here
#1115 Kate Jacobs: Hydrangea
Web Only Review: The Bleeding Hearts
#1114 Sonia Dada: My Secret Life
#1113 Roy Rogers: Pleasure and Pain
#1112 Jupiter Coyote: Here Be Dragons
#1111 Béla Fleck & the Flecktones: Left of Cool
#1110 Papa Wemba: Molokai
#1109 Dave Alvin: Blackjack David
#1108 Henry Butler: Blues After Sunset
#1107 Ebba Forsberg: Been There
#1106 Sara Hickman: Two Kinds of Laughter
#1105 Salamander Crossing: Bottleneck Dreams
#1104 Calobo: Stomp
#1103 Robben Ford: The Authorized Bootleg
#1102 Monte Montgomery: 1st and repair
#1101 Ned Farr: The Good Red Road
#1100 Ben Winship: One Shoe Left

Archival Material:

Archival Album Reviews 1994-1998

2000 Year-End Material

1999 Year-End Material

George's 1999 Year-End Review
Real Audio version of above radio production

The 1999 Graham Awards
Real Audio version of above radio production

The 1999 Musical Obituaries

1998 Year-End Material
The 1998 Year-End Review and Essay
The 26th Annual Graham Awards
The 1998 Musical Obituaries
1997 Year End Material
The 1997 Year-End Review and Essay
The 25th Annual Graham Awards
The 1997 Obituaries

1996 Year-end Material:

The Best of 1996 Albums List Parts 1, 2, 3, & 4
The 1996 Graham Awards
My Year-End Radio Essay on the Music of 1996
Graham's Top Ten or Twelve Albums of 1996
Some of the Musical Personalities We Lost in 1996

Complete of 1996 albums list, part 1, 2, 3, & 4
The1995 Graham Awards.
The Comprehensive Best of 1995 albums list.
1995 Musical Year in Review.

Recordings submitted for consideration for review and/or airplay may be sent to:
George Graham
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E-mail address: george@georgegraham.com

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