Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
Bad Plus, The	"For All I Care" (Hear here)	(Heads Up, Feb. 3, 2009)
Dierks Bentley	"Feel That Fire" (producers: Brett Beavers, Bentley; guests: Patty Griffin, Ronnie McCoury & Friends; Hear here)	(Capitol Nashville, Feb. 3, 2009)
Black Gold	"Rush" (first single: "Detroit"; Hear here; Vinyl LP)	(Red Bull, Feb. 3, 2009)
Bow Wow	"New Jack City, Part 2" (guests: T-Pain, Swizz Beatz, Soulja Boy, Yung Joc; first single: "Baby You Can Have It All"; Hear here)	(So So Def/Columbia, Feb. 3, 2009)
Cannibal Corpse	"Evisceration Plague [MP3 Download]" (producer: Erik Rutan)	(Metal Blade, Feb. 3, 2009)
Melinda Doolittle ("American Idol" season-6 finalist)	"Coming Back to You" (producer: Mike Mangini; first single: "It's Your Love"; Hear here)	(Hi Fi Recordings, Feb. 3, 2009)
Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla	"Keith Emerson Band Featuring Marc Bonilla" (2008 European album; includes a bonus version of ELP's "The Barbarian"; producers: Bonilla, Keith Wechsler; See here)	(Fontana, Feb. 3, 2009)
Ruthie Foster	"The Truth According to Ruthie Foster" (Hear here)	(Blue Corn Music, Feb. 3, 2009)
Fray, The	"The Fray" (producer: Mike Flynn; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download)	(Epic, Feb. 3, 2009)
Lisa Hannigan	"Sea Sew" (Hear here)	(ATO, Feb. 3, 2009)
Heartless Bastards	"The Mountain" (Hear here)	(Fat Possum, Feb. 3, 2009)
Boney James	"Send One Your Love" (nine instrumental tracks plus a cover of James Taylor's "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight," featuring vocalist Quinn; Hear here)	(Concord, Feb. 3, 2009)
Kidz Bop Kids	"Kidz Bop 15" (MP3 Download)	(Razor & Tie, Feb. 3, 2009)
Ben Kweller	"Changing Horses" (producer: Steve Mazur; first single: "Hurtin' You"; Hear here; Read here)	(ATO, Feb. 3, 2009)
Ladyfinger (ne)	"Dusk" (producer: Matt Bayles; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Saddle Creek, Feb. 3, 2009)
Roger Manning Jr. (of Jellyfish)	"Catnip Dynamite" (Hear here)	(Cordless, Feb. 3, 2009)

BTW: Although he knew his new album would be a time-consuming endeavor, Manning tells P&P, he wanted to deliver a seriously infectious collection of 3-5 minute pop classics but on his own terms.

"Highly contagious melodies, grooves and hooks but without overthinking the process and overediting myself," he says. "Hence, I make no apologies for what some might consider an over-the-top, self-indulgent production. My fans have always come to know my work as 'everything but the kitchen sink production but with just the right amount of taste.' Another fan gave me the greatest compliment in the world when they said, 'the best thing about Roger's music is that even when I listen to the whole CD for the 13th time I still hear new parts I've never heard before!' To me, that statement says mission accomplished and I go to bed happy at night."

Does he feel like a lone wolf out there, one of the few artists keeping power-pop alive?

"Yes, absolutely," Manning says. "Like I'm one of the only ones who cares enough to continue to evolve this genre of music. Go the extra distance with 'secret toy surprises inside,' if you will. But I don't know any other way. This is how I have always expressed myself musically. It may be the long hard road, but it's the only way I know how to get the results I desire.

"I only ever wanted to create music as inspirational as my influences musical heroes. I believe in my heart I have done this many times with many different projects. But it's ALWAYS been hard work and a challenge. None of it has been easy. And that's OK. Strangers all over the world seem to have been touched and their lives seem to have been made a little more sensational with my various musical offerings as a backdrop. Happy to help!"

Liza Minnelli	"Liza's at the Palace"	(Hybrid Recordings, Feb. 3, 2009)
Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel	"Willie and the Wheel" (guests: Paul Shaffer, Vince Gill; Hear here; Deluxe edition; Vinyl LP; MP3 Download)	(Bismeaux, Feb. 3, 2009)
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, The	"Lonely Road" (producer: Howard Benson; first single: "You Better Pray"; Hear here)	(Virgin, Feb. 3, 2009)
Aaron Tippin	"In Overdrive" (producers: Tippin, Tim Grogan)	(NIPPIT/Country Crossing/RED, Feb. 3, 2009)
Various artists	"He's Just Not That Into You [film soundtrack]" (romantic comedy - starring Jennifer Anniston, Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson, etc. - opens Feb. 6; See here; Read here)	(New Line, Feb. 3, 2009)
Various artists	"Rodgers and Hammerstein's Allegro: First Complete Recording" (lineup of Broadway and opera stars includes Patrick Wilson, Audra McDonald, Nathan Gunn, Marni Nixon, Judy Kuhn, Liz Callawaym Laura Benanti and Norbert Leo Butz; 2 CDs)	(Sony Masterworks Broadway, Feb. 3, 2009)
Various artists	"Spectacular! [TV soundtrack]" (Nickelodeon movie, starring Nolan Gerard Funk, premieres in 2009; See here)	(Nick, Feb. 3, 2009)
Von Bondies, The	"Love, Hate and Then There's You" (producers: Rick Parker, Peter Katis, Sean O'Keefe, Butch Walker; Hear here; Read here)	(Majordomo/Shout! Factory, Feb. 3, 2009)
Josh Wink	"When a Banana Was Just a Banana" (producer: Wink; Hear here; Read here)	(Nervous, Feb. 3, 2009)
Wynonna	"Sing: Chapter 1" (producers: Brent Maher, Don Potter; Hear here)	(Curb, Feb. 3, 2009)
Young Dubliners	"Saints and Sinners" (guest: Kenny Wayne Shepherd; Hear here)	(429, Feb. 3, 2009)

BTW: Lead singer/founder Keith Roberts says the Young Dubliners wanted "to go beyond where we left off on the last original album."

"In a band like ours," he tells P&P, "we feel you are only as good as your last album, so slacking off in the songwriting department because its Album No. 8 was never an option. We pushed ourselves as hard, if not harder, to deliver something people would view as an upward move for us and not just 'another album.'

"Coming up with new ideas is always a little harder each time, but as the juices starting flowing and each band member began bringing in ideas it turned from hard work to exciting creativity and then you just hang on for the ride."

Working with Kenny Wayne Shepherd was "short and sweet," Roberts says, "but proved what an ultimate pro he is.

"We set up an afternoon to record his part and he came in prepared. Set up his '60s amp, took out his well-worn guitar and let it rip. We all sat there with a massive sense of pride that one, he was here playing with us, and two, the song was ROCKIN!!!!! Wonderful guy and I hope we get to play the song live when we are in the same city."