Doors & Windows
The Alaska-based quintet, Bearfoot, have been perfecting their unique blend of bluegrass and acoustic music for almost ten years. Doors & Windows, the groups latest release, features a collection of bluesy, acoustic swing covers of country and bluegrass songs accomplished with a blending of styles that shot this album to the number one spot on the Billboard bluegrass charts. Featuring sister harmonies, twin fiddles, mandolin, banjo, guitar and strings, and the sultry vocals of Odessa Jorgensen, this American-folk band is a welcome addition to the new and increasingly popular sound of bluegrass music.
My Turn
After an almost twenty year absence from the recording studio, country legend Tanya Tucker presents an album of old time country songs, updated, reinvented and made over Tucker-style. Songs like Buck Owens’s “Loves Gonna Live Here”, performed with guest singer Jim Lauderdale, Patsy Cline’s “Lovesick Blues”, Loretta Lynn’s “After the Fire is Gone”, and “Wine Me Up”, given a decidedly female twist, are delivered with Tucker’s signature smoky vocals, ranging from heartbreak to raw, hard-edged defiance. The 51-year-old singer proves she still has the stuff and, as her unofficial fan web site proclaims, she is definitely “a legend who ain’t done yet.”
The Soloist
Reaching #2 on the Billboard Classical chart, the soundtrack to the highly acclaimed docudrama about a homeless violin prodigy, starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jamie Foxx, boasts the collaboration of Italian composer Dario Marianelli (Atonement, Pride & Prejudice), the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and its principal cellist Ben Hong. Marianelli’s original compositions are laced with well-known passages of Beethoven and “the resulting music is both familiar and otherworldly, with motifs from long-loved sonatas and concertos rising up and out of street noise…like spirits in the material world.” AMG
Summer Love Songs
The boys of summer sun, sand and surf weave their magic with this collection of upbeat pop harmonies and lush ballads that hit the top of the charts when first released and, decades later, continue to be America’s choice for sunshine pop and rock. Nineteen classic hits, including six new stereo mixes, plus one unreleased Dennis Wilson (1944-1983) original from 1970 make this love-themed anthology an excellent choice for summertime cruisin’ and pool parties. Included are the classics “Don’t Worry Baby”, “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”, “Surfer Girl”, “Girls on the Beach”, and so much more!
Wow Gospel Essentials 2: All-Time Favorite Songs
Gospel music today encompasses many different styles and treatments from artists who embrace a variety of genres – from traditional praise and worship choir to country and blues and R&B. From the traditional Clark Sisters who began recording in 1971 to the contemporary gospel and hip-hop of J. Moss, the praise music of all the artists represented on this compilation CD have the same intent – the soul’s inspiration. The sequel to the 2008 Wow Gospel Essentials, Volume 2 includes 12 of the best songs from 12 of the biggest gospel names, including Yolanda Adams, Mary Mary, Byron Case, Marvin Sapp, Kirk Franklin & the Family and other favorites.
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