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MARCH 2, 2010

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Alphabeat "The Spell" (single: "Hole in My Heart"; Hear here) (U.K. - Universal, March 1, 2010)
Benny Andersson Band (16 musicians) "Story of a Heart" (the ABBA co-founder's first U.S. release, collaborating with longtime songwriting partner and former bandmate Björn Ulvaeus; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Decca, March 2, 2010)
Athlete "Black Swan" (producer: Tom Rothrock; Hear here) (Original Signal Recordings, March 2, 2010)
Black 47 "Bankers and Gangsters" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (United For Opportunity, March 2, 2010)
Black Water Rising "Black Water Rising" (first single: "Brother Go On"; Hear here) (Giddy Up!, March 2, 2010)
Dee Dee Bridgewater "Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie with Love from Dee Dee" (Hear here; Read here) (DDB/Emarcy/ Universal, March 2, 2010)
Alan Charing "Stitch [MP3 Download]" (producer: Charing; Hear here) (Lazybones, March 1, 2010)
Citizen Cope "The Rainwater LP" (producer: Citizen Cope, a.k.a. Clarence Greenwood; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (RainWater Recordings/RED, March 2, 2010)
Easton Corbin "Easton Corbin" (producer: Carson Chamberlain; first single: "A Little More Country Than That"; Hear here; See here) (Mercury Nashville, March 2, 2010)
Jamie Cullum "The Pursuit" (his first album in four years; producer: Greg Wells; Hear here; CD/DVD) (Verve, March 2, 2010)
Krishna Das "Heart As Wide As the World" (his first studio album in 10 years; producer: David Nichtern; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Nutone/Nettwerk, March 2, 2010)
Benjy Davis Project "Lost Souls Like Us" (producers: Bobby Capps, Jason Spiewak; first single: "Stay With Me"; Hear here) (Rock Ridge Music, March 2, 2010)
Jason Derülo "Jason Derülo" (Hear here) (Beluga Heights/Warner, March 2, 2010)
Raheem DeVaughn "The Love & War MasterPeace" (first single: "Bulletproof"; Hear here; Deluxe edition) (Jive, March 2, 2010)
Nils Frahm "The Bells" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (Erased Tapes, March 2, 2010)
Peter Gabriel "Scratch My Back" (on his first album in seven years, he radically reinterprets songs by David Bowie, Paul Simon, Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Lou Reed, etc.; producer: Bob Ezrin; Read here; Deluxe edition; MP3 Download) (Virgin, March 2, 2010)
Danny Gokey ("American Idol" season 8 finalist) "My Best Days" (first single: "My Best Days Are Ahead of Me"; Read here) (19 Recordings/RCA Nashville, March 2, 2010)
Great American Taxi "Reckless Habits" (producer: Tim Carbone; Hear here) (Thirty Tigers, March 2, 2010)
Groove Armada "Black Light" (guests: Bryan Ferry, Will Young, Jess Larabee, Nick Littlemore; first single: "I Won't Kneel"; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download) (Om, March 2, 2010)
John Hiatt "The Open Road" (Hear here) (New West, March 2, 2010)
Holmes Brothers, The "Feed My Soul" (Hear here; Read here) (Alligator, March 2, 2010)
Shooter Jennings & Hierophant "Black Ribbons" (author Stephen King provides the voice of Will O' The Wisp, a late-night talk radio host; producer: Dave Cobb; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) (Rocket Science/RED, March 2, 2010)
The Library Is On Fire "Magic Windows, Magic Nights" (producer: Todd Tobias; first single: "Vanessa's Theater of Peace"; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Fill in the Blank/RED Distribution, March 2, 2010)
Lifehouse "Smoke & Mirrors" (producer: Jude Cole; guest: Chris Daughtry; first single: "Halfway Gone"; Hear here; Deluxe edition) (Interscope, March 2, 2010)
Little Boots "Hands" (released in the U.K. in June 2009; producers: Greg Kurstin, Joe Goddard, RedOne, etc.; Hear here) (Elektra, March 2, 2010)
Marley's Ghost with Cowboy Jack Clement "Ghost Town" (producer: Clement; Hear here; Read here) (Sage Arts, March 2, 2010)
Moreland & Arbuckle "Flood" (Hear here; See here) (Telarc, March 2, 2010)
Peasant "Shady Retreat" (first single: "The End"; Hear here) (Paper Garden, March 2, 2010)
Point of Grace (now a trio, sans Heather Payne) "No Changin' Us" (producer: Nathan Chapman; Hear here; Read here) (Word, March 2, 2010)
Portugal. The Man "American Ghetto [MP3 Download]" (Hear here; Read here) (Equal Vision, March 2, 2010)
Right Now, The (soul group fronted by Stefanie Berecz, who appeared on Diddy's "Making the Band" in 2005) "Carry Me Home [MP3 Download]" (Hear here) (The Right Now, March 3, 2010)
Rogue Wave "Permalight" (producer: Dennis Herring; Hear here; Read here) (Brushfire/Universal, March 2, 2010)
Shearwater "The Golden Archipelago" (producer: John Congleton; Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Matador, March 2, 2010)
Blake Shelton "Hillbilly Bone [EP]" (producer: Scott Hendricks; first single: "Hillbilly Bone," featuring Trace Adkins; Hear here) (Warner Bros. Nashville, March 2, 2010)
Michael J Thomas (saxophonist-songwriter) "City Beat [MP3 Download]" (producer: Shannon Wallace; Hear here) (Harbor Breeze, March 2, 2010)
Texas Tornados, The (Augie Meyers and Flaco Jiménez with Shawn Sahm) "¡Esta Bueno!" (includes five previously unreleased vocal performances from the late Freddy Fender; Hear here; Read here) (Bismeaux, March 2, 2010)
These New Puritans "Hidden" (first single: "We Want War"; Hear here) (Domino, March 2, 2010)
Twin Tigers (psych-indie-pop band from Athens, Ga.) "Gray Waves" (Hear here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Old Flame, March 2, 2010)
Various artists "Alice in Wonderland [Film soundtrack]" (Tim Burton film, starring Johnny Depp, opens March 5; music by Danny Elfman; See here; Read here), "Almost Alice [Film soundtrack]" (artists "re-imagining songs from the Disney classic," featuring Avril Lavigne, Robert Smith, Owl City, etc.; first single: Avril Lavigne's "Alice [Underground]"; Read here) (Buena Vista/Disney, March 2, 2010)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Dire Straits "Communiqué [180 gram vinyl]" (1979 album; remastered; produced by Barry Beckett, Jerry Wexler) (Reprise/Rhino, March 2, 2010)
Flogging Molly "Live at the Greek Theater [CD/DVD]" (SideOneDummy, March 2, 2010)
Jimmy Hughes "Why Not Tonight? The Fame Recordings Volume 2" (21 tracks; Hear/read here) (U.K. - Kent, March 1, 2010)
Irish Tenors, The "The Very Best of the Irish Tenors" (E1 Music, March 2, 2010)
Various artists "Rounder Records' 40th Anniversary Concert" (October 2009 show at the Grand Ole Opry, featuring Alison Krauss & Union Station, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Irma Thomas, etc.; MP3 Download) (Rounder, March 2, 2010)
Various artists "Songs of the Sarah Silverman Program: From Our Rears to Your Ears! [TV soundtrack]" (songs and sound bites from the first three seasons of the Comedy Central series; MP3 Download) (Comedy Central, March 2, 2010)
Visage "The Face: The Very Best of Visage" (15 tracks; Read here) (U.K. - Universal, March 1, 2010)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Ryan Adams & the Cardinals "Ryan Adams & the Cardinals: A View of Other Windows [Hardcover]" (photographer: lead guitarist Neal Casal) (Abrams Image, March 1, 2010)
Jack Bruce (of Cream) "Jack Bruce Composing Himself: The Authorized Biography [Paperback]" (author: Harry Shapiro; foreword by Eric Clapton) (Jawbone Press, March 1, 2010)
Judy Collins "Over the Rainbow [Book/CD]" (illustrator: Eric Puybaret) (Peter Yarrow Books, March 1, 2010)
"Cousin Brucie" Morrow "Doo Wop: The Music, the Times, the Era [Paperback]" (co-author: Rich Maloof; foreword by Neil Sedaka) (Sterling, March 2, 2010)
Tammy Wynette "Tammy Wynette: Tragic Country Queen [Hardcover]" (author: Jimmy McDonough) (Viking Adult, March 4, 2010)

MUSIC-RELATED GAMES

Subject: Title: Due date:
Various artists "Alice in Wonderland [Nintendo Wii]" (Disney, March 2, 2010)

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