CD Harvest - Fall 2000

= exceptional: breaks new ground for genre/artist; best in its class.
= very good: well conceived and executed, musically and lyrically rich.
= par for genre/artist: fans of artist/genre will probably like it
= disappointing

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Song Poets

Greg Brown
Covenant
(Red House)

Greg Brown
Under and Over
(Trailer)

Patty Larkin
Regrooving the Dream
(Vanguard)

Dar Williams
The Green World
(Razor and Tie)

Eliza Gilkeson
Hard Times In Babylon
(Red House)

J. P. Jones
Back to Jerusalem
(indie)

Frank Morey
Father John's Medicine
(Indigo Hamlet)

Louise Taylor
Red
(Signature Sounds)

Diane Ziegler
These Are the Roots
(indie)

Janis Ian
Unreleased
(Rude Girl Pub)

Folk Rock

The Nields
If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now
(Rounder/Zöe)

Colorblind James Experience

R. B. Morris

Ian Moore

 

 

Classic Re-Releases

Phil Ochs
The Early Years

Tom Paxton
Best of the Vanguard Years

Merle Travis

Monroe Brothers
What Would You Give In Exchange for Your Soul? Vol. 1
(Rounder)

Bob Marley & The Wailers
Climb the Ladder
(Studio 1 / Heartbeat)

 

 

 

Authentic Folk Collections

American Fiddle Tunes

The Warner Collection:Vols 1 & 2
(Appleseed)

Let Zion Move: Music of the Shakers
(Rounder)

Sentimental Folk

David Wilcox
What You Whispered
(Vanguard)

Christine Lavin
The Bellevue Years
(Rounder/Philo)

Darryl Purpose
The Traveler's Code
()

Trout Fishing In America

Bernice Lewis
Religion and Release

Carrie Newcomer

Other new releases:

Scott Marrs
Saturday Morning
()

 

Children's Music

Bill Crofut
Maria Sangiolo

Celtic/World

Balfa Toujour
Jez Lowe
Lindisfarne

Bluegrass & Old Timey

The Cowboy Tour
Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin
Grisman et al. - Tone Poems
Wylie and the Wild West

 

 

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