Jill Hennessy ("Law and Order"/"Crossing Jordan" actress)
"Ghost in My Head" (producer: Patrick McCarthy; guests: R.E.M.’s Mike
Mills, the Dixie Chicks’ Martie Maguire, husband Gareth Maguire, Lloyd Maines; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download)
"Pretty World" (producer: husband Thomas Zink; guests: Oscar Castro-Neves, Carlitos Del Puerto, Jerry Watts, Tiki Pasillas, Gary Meek, Brian Bromberg; Hear here)
(A To Zink Music, June 16, 2009)
Sara Wasserman (daughter of bassist Rob Wasserman)
"Solid Ground" (includes a cover of "Sara Smile"; guests: Lou Reed, Aaron Neville, Vernon Reid, Rob Wasserman, Stephen Perkins, DJ Logic, Christian McBride; Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download)
(That Other Label/Pacific Coast Jazz, June 16, 2009)
"#1 Record/Radio City" (1972, 1974 albums on one disc; remastered, with a bonus unreleased single mix of "In the Street" and the single edit of "O My Soul")
(Ardent/Stax/Concord, June 16, 2009)
Bubble Puppy
"A Gathering of Promises" (1969 album, including "Hot Smoke and Sassafras"; remastered, with eight bonus tracks)
BTW:Track list — 1. "Got My Mind Set On You"; 2. "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)"; 3. "The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)"; 4. "My Sweet Lord"; 5. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Live - Concert For Bangladesh Soundtrack)"; 6. "All Things Must Pass"; 7. "Any Road"; 8. "This Is Love"; 9. "All Those Years Ago"; 10. "Marwa Blues"; 11. "What Is Life"; 12. "Rising Sun"; 13. "When We Was Fab"; 14. "Something (Live - Concert For Bangladesh Soundtrack)"; 15. "Blow Away"; 16. "Cheer Down"; 17. "Here Comes the Sun (Live - Concert For Bangladesh Soundtrack)"; 18. "I Don't Want to Do It"; 19. "Isn't It a Pity."
Don Henley
"The Very Best of Don Henley" (14-song collection spans his years with Asylum, Geffen and Warner Bros.; CD/DVD, which features six music videos and four bonus audio tracks, including "Love Rules" from the movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"; MP3 Download)
(Geffen/UME, June 16, 2009)
Incubus
"Monuments and Melodies" (2-CD best-of, including two new tracks, "Black Heart Inertia" and "Midnight Swim," both produced by Brendan O'Brien; Read here; MP3 Download)
"Minotaur [Box set]" (Deluxe Edition contains all five studio albums — 1987's "Come On Pilgrim," 1988's "Surfer Rosa," 1989's "Doolittle," 1990' "Bossanova" and 1991's "Trompe le Monde" on 24k layered CD)
"CMT Crossroads: Taylor Swift/Def Leppard [DVD]" (Wal-Mart exclusive disc includes extended and new interviews and never-before-seen performances of Def Leppard's "Love & Two Steps Behind" and Swift's "Love Story")
"Trevor Horn & Friends: Slaves to the Rhythm [DVD]" (2008 concert for The Prince's Trust, filmed at Wembley Arena; performers: Yes, Seal, Pet Shop Boys, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Grace Jones, Lisa Stansfield, ABC, Art of Noise, etc.; See here; Read here)
BTW: Reynolds' eclectic, entertaining and historical anthology contains stories from people who attended Woodstock in 1969 and lived to tell the tale.
"The stories go beyond the mud, rain, lack of food, and far-out music scenario to unique experiences, some of which included drug binges and sexual escapades," Reynolds tells P&P, "but also include glimpses behind the scenes, including one by hog farmer and famous Woodstock filmmaker Lisa Law. This anthology is the only one that focuses on the kids on the ground, which really takes the reader inside the experience. Wavy Gravy read it and said 'This is the real deal .... Reading this is just like being there — except you have to supply your own mud.'
"As I edited, I experienced visceral memories that very much catapulted me to back to Yasgur's farm 40 years ago. The bios are almost as interesting to read as the stories, as you finally see where all those hippies have gone, and the answer is not to corporate jobs every one."
Was Reynolds one of the half-a-million strong?
"Yes, I did attend, almost by accident, and experienced a full circle moment at the pre-Iraq protests in Paris, when surrounded by 400,000 people (and unable to speak their language)," she says. "I was nervous until someone put a speaker on top of a car and blasted 'We Are Family' and everyone danced and sang together — as one. I also had many young Parisians express a fascination with the mere fact I had been at Woodstock in 1969, which made me contemplate what the experience had meant to me and how much it impacted my view of the world, and of my generation — which was quite a lot actually. I figured many would find our stories fascinating and compelling, and I think they will indeed."
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