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 lists are arranged chronologically by month of release. * designates Homegrown Music Artists.
Recordings featured on the on the Mixed Bag Weekly Album Review (Wednesdays at 9:00 PM) are linked to the review on this website.
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Kate Schutt: NO LOVE LOST (Artist Share) Roomful of Blues: RAISIN' A RUCKUS (Alligator) The Bobs: GET YOUR MONKEY OFF MY DOG (Bobs) Kennedys: BETTER DREAMS (Appleseed) EJ Oulette & Crazy Maggy: ROCK THE BOW 5.0 (Rad Trad) * Moe.: STICKS AND STONES (Fat Boy) Afromotive: SCARE TACTICS (Harmonized) Packway Handle Band: PACKWAY HANDLE BAND (independent) Blind Boys of Alabama: DOWN IN NEW ORLEANS (Time Life) Jack Bruce and Robin Trower: SEVEN MOONS (Big Daddy) Patty Larkin: WATCH THE SKY (Vanguard) AJ Swearingen: TAKE FLIGHT (independent) * Heidi Talbot: IN LOVE + LIGHT (Compass) Ray Davies: WORKING MAN'S CAFE (New West) We're About 9: PAPERDUST AND STARDUST (wa9.org) * Ben Carroll: REAL THING (Orchid Music) * Puppini Sisters: THE RISE AND FALL OF RUBY WOO (Verve) Tango Around the World: [various artists] (Putumayo) Entrain: JUST A MATTER OF TIME (Dolphin Safe) Quartet San Francisco: WHIRLED CHAMBER MUSIC (Violin Jazz) Al Basile: THE TINGE (Sweet Spot) Billie Burke Estate: LET YOUR HEART BREAK (independent) Jackson Browne: SOLO ACOUSTIC VOL. 2 (Inside) Jack Hardy: NOIR (Great Divide) * BoDeans: STILL (bodeans.com) Kaki King: DREAMING OF REVENGE (Velour) Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder: HONORING THE FATHERS OF BLUEGRASS (Skaggs Family) String Planet: SONGS FROM THE HOME PLANET (Tone Science) Smokin Joe Kubek & Bnois King: BLOOD BROTHERS (Alligator) Tim O'Brien: CHAMELEON (Proper American) Fieldstone: ONE MORE MILE (independent) * Celeste Triebeneck: CELESTE (independent) * Cosmic American Derelicts: SONGS FROM THE HOMESTEAD (independent) * Andy Roberts: UNDER THE RADAR (independent) * Quarter After: CHANGES NEAR (Evil) Marcus Eaton: LIVE AT LARKSPUR CAFE THEATER 11/17/07 (independent) Victor Wooten: PALMYSTERY (Heads Up) Tom Paxton: COMEDIANS AND ANGELS (Appleseed) Waybacks: LOADED (Compass) Marcia Ball: PEACE. LOVE & BBQ (Alligator) Albert Castiglia: THESE ARE THE DAYS (Blues Leaf) Karan Casey: SHIPS IN THE FOREST (Compass) Jason O: SINK OR SWIM (independent) * Joe Moss Band: MARICELA'S SMILE (212 Music) Michael Burks: IRON MAN (Alligator) Gunnar Madsen: I'M GROWING (Gee, Spot) * Stanton Moore Trio: EMPHASIS ON PARENTHESIS (Telarc) Nelo: NELO (Justice) Keaton Simons: CAN YOU HEAR ME (independent) KJ Denhert: LUCKY 7 (Motema) Third of Never: MOODRING (Jam) Steve Winwood: NINE LIVES (Columbia) Carly Simon: THIS KIND OF LOVE (Hear Music) Capercaillie: ROSES AND TEARS (Compass) Joe Cocker: HYMN FOR MY SOUL (Fantasy) Railroad Earth: AMEN CORNER (SCI Fidelity) * Capitol Steps: CAMPAIGN AND SUFFERING (independent) Clarence Spady: JUST BETWEEN US (Severn) * Alice Project: THE GIRL ON THE BOX (independent) * Dona Oxford: STEP UP (Fountainbleu) Eliza Gilkyson: BEAUTIFUL WORLD (Red House) Hoosiers: THE TRICK TO LIFE (Epic) John Hiatt: SAME OLD MAN (New West) Neil Diamond: HOME BEFORE DARK (Columbia) Wolftron: FLESH AND FEARS (Eyeball) Ben Sollee: LEARNING TO BEND (Thirty Tigers) Lau: LIVE (Compass) George Wesley: HOLD ON (Joy and Harmony) * Sonny Landreth: FROM THE REACH (independent) Liz McComb: SPIRIT OF NEW ORLEANS (GVE/Sunnyside) Kenny Neal: LET LIFE FLOW (Blind Pig) Kaydi Johnson: PEASANT OF THE WRECK (Fifty Fifty) * Amos Lee: LAST DAYS AT THE LODGE (Blue Note) Al Green: LAY IT DOWN (Blue Note) Pinetop Perkins: PINETOP PERKINS AND FRIENDS (Telarc) John Mellencamp: LIFE LOVE DEATH AND FREEDOM (Hear Music) Judith Owen: MOPPING UP KARMA (Courgette) Crooked Still: STILL CROOKED (SignatureSounds) Charles Havira: CHARLES HAVIRA (independent) * Wille Nelson/Wynton Marsalis: TWO MEN WITH THE BLUES (Blue Note) Jordan Zevon: INSIDES OUT (New West) 61 South: 61 SOUTH (Full Force) * Lipbone Redding: PARTY ON THE FIRE ESCAPE (Bepop) * Drew Emmitt: LONG ROAD (Compass) Grey Klyma: RUST BELT VAGABOND (klyma.com) * Scott Ainslie: THUNDER'S MOUTH (Cat Tail) Elvis Costello: MOMOFUKU (Lost Highway) Good Souls: GOOD SOULS (independent) * Peter Gabriel/Various Artists: BIG BLUE BALL (Realworld) Infamous Stringdusters: THE INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS (Sugar Hill) Emmylou Harris: ALL I INTENDED TO BE (Nonesuch) Sunfold: TOY TUGBOATS (Terpsikhore) Alexis P. Suter Band: JUST ANOTHER FOOL (Hipbone) Del McCoury: MONEYLAND (McCoury Music) Inara George: AN INVITATION (Everloving) Lunasa: THE STORY SO FAR (Compass) Buddy Guy: SKIN DEEP (Silvertone) Steve Cropper/Felix Cavaliere: NUDGE IT UP A NOTCH (Stax) Hardy & Massengill: BROTHERS IN CRIME (Great Divide) * Jann Klose: REVERIE (independent) * SMV: THUNDER (Heads Up) Joe Bonamassa: LVE FROM NOWHERE IN PARTICULAR (J&R Adventures) Duhks: FACT PACED WORLD (Sugar Hill) Dar Williams: PROMISED LAND (Razor & Tie) Waifs: SUNDIRTWATER (Compass) Catie Curtis: SWEET LIFE (Compass) Mike Gordon: GREEN SPARROW (Rounder) Gabe Dixon Band: GABE DIXON BAND (Fantasy) Joan Baez: DAY AFTER TOMORROW (Razon & Tie) Solas: FOR LOVE AND LAUGHTER (Compass) Jonatha Brooke: THE WORKS (Bad Dog) Chumbawamba: THE BOY BANDS HAVE WON (PM Press) Cephas and Wiggins: RICHMOND BLUES (Smithsonian Folk) Stacie Rose: SHOTGUN DAISY (Enchanted) Shawn Z: SAINT JUDE AVENUE (independent) Peter Bradley Adams: LEAVETAKING (Saranthan) Cadillac Sky: GRAVITY'S OUR ENEMY (Skaggs Family) Paul Mark and the Van Dorens: BLOOD AND TREASURE (Radiation) * Randy Newman: HARPS AND ANGELS (Nonesuch) Professor and Maryann: EVERYDAY IS A GOOD DAY (independent) * Jackson Browne: TIME, THE CONQUEROR (Inside) Little Feat: JOIN THE BAND (429) Giant Sand: PROVISIONS (Yep Roc) * Ani DiFranco: RED LETTER YEAR (Righteous Babe) Albert Cummings: FEEL SO GOOD (Bling Pig) Bittersweets: GOODNIGHT SAN FRANCISCO (Compass) Nation Beat: LEGENDS OF THE PREACHER (Modiba) Mark Erelli: DELIVERED (SignatureSounds) Horse Flies: UNTIL THE OCEAN (Pest Control) Old Crow Medicine Show: TENNESSEE PUSHER (Nettwerk) Kasey Chambers/Shane Nicholson: RATTLIN' BONES (Sugar Hill) Horse Feathers: HOUSE WITH NO NAME (Kill Rock Stars) Burning Spear: JAH IS REAL (burningspear.net) Zydepunks: FINESTERRE (Nine Mile) Monte Montgomery: MONTE MONTGOMERY (independent) James Taylor: COVERS (Hear Music) Taj Mahal: MAESTRO (Heads Up) Charlie Haden: RAMBLING BOY (Decca) Lindsay Mac: STOP THINKING (independent) Cherryholmes: DON'T BELIEVE (Skaggs Family) Gladshot: BURN UP AND SHINE (independent) * Jimmy Herring: LIFEBOAT (Abtract Logix) Musee Mecanique: HOLD THIS GHOST (Frog Stand) Al Stewart: SPARKS OF ANCIENT LIGHT (Appleseed) Brilliant Mistakes: DISTANT DRUMMING (Aunt Mini's) * Laura Vecchione: GIRL IN THE BAND (Selkie) * Mavis Staples: LIVE HOPE AT THE HIDEOUT (Anti-) Will Bernard: BLUE PLATE SPECIAL (Palmetto) Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile: EDGAR MEYER AND CHRIS THILE (Nonesuch) And the Moneynotes: NEW CORNUCOPIA (Prairie Queen) Van Wagner: SHIKELLAMY (independent) * Hitchin' Cricket: UNION DALE (independent) * Nikka Costa: PEBBLE TO A PEARL (Stax) David Wilcox: AIRSTREAM (What Are) John Brown's Body: AMPLIFY (Easy Star) Garaj Mahal: W00T (Owl Studios) Accident That Led Me to the World: THE ISLAND GOSPEL (Nobody's Favorite) David Byrne & Brian Eno: EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS WILL HAPPEN TO (Todomundo) Refugees: UNBOUND (Wabuho) |
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