Artist:	Title:	Label/Due date:
Animal Collective	"Merriweather Post Pavilion" (Hear here; Read here)	(Domino, Jan. 20, 2009)
Antony and the Johnsons	"The Crying Light" (producer: Bernard Butler; Hear here; Vinyl LP)	(Secretly Canadian, Jan. 20, 2009)
BeauSoleil	"Alligator Purse" (guests: Natalie Merchant, Garth Hudson, John Sebastian, Roswell Rudd, Bill Keith; Hear/read here; MP3 Download)	(Yep Roc, Jan. 20, 2009)
Beyman Bros, The (Spinal Tap's Christopher Guest, with David Nichtern and CJ Vanston)	"Memories of Summer As a Child" (Read here)	(5 Points, Jan. 20, 2009)
Andrew Bird	"Noble Beast" (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download)	(Fat Possum, Jan. 20, 2009)
Cash Cash	"Take It to the Floor" (Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Universal Republic, Jan. 20, 2009)
Combichrist	"Today We Are All Demons" (producer: Andy LePlegua; Hear here; Vinyl LP)	(Metropolis, Jan. 20, 2009)
Cut Off Your Hands	"You & I" (producer: Bernard Butler; Hear here; Vinyl LP)	(Frenchkiss, Jan. 20, 2009)
Fiction Family (Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek and Jon Foreman of Switchfoot)	"Fiction Family" (Hear here)	(ATO, Jan. 20, 2009)
Tiffany Giardina	"No Average Angel" (Hear here)	(785, Jan. 20, 2009)
Anders Holst	"Romantika" (producers: Alar Suurna, Jerker Eklund, Mats Byström, Holst; Hear here; Vinyl LP)	(UOM, Jan. 20, 2009)
Billy Joel	"Christmas in Fallujah [CD single]"	(Australia - 101 Distribution, Jan. 19, 2009)
Eliza Lumley	"She Talks in Maths: Interpretation of Radiohead" (Hear here)	(U.K. - 101 Distribution, Jan. 19, 2009)
Sanjaya Malakar	"Dancing to the Music in My Head [Amazon.com exclusive EP]" (five tracks)	(The Label Record Company, Jan. 20, 2009)
Jane Monheit	"The Lovers, The Dreamers and Me" (featuring songs by Paul Simon, Fiona Apple, Corrine Bailey Rae, Ivan Lins; producer: Matt Pierson; first single: "Slow Like Honey"; Hear here; Read here)	(Concord, Jan. 20, 2009)
A.C. Newman (of The New Pornographers)	"Get Guilty" (Hear here; Vinyl LP)	(Matador, Jan. 20, 2009)
Ben Nichols (Lucero frontman)	"The Last Pale Light in the West" (producers: Rick Steff, Todd Beane)	(Liberty & Lament/The Rebel Group, Jan. 20, 2009)
Odds, The	"Cheerleader" (Canadian group's first album since 1999; Hear/see here; MP3 Download)	(Second Motion, Jan. 20, 2009)
Robert Pollard	"The Crawling Distance" (Hear here; Read here)	(Guided By Voices, Jan. 20, 2009)
Reel Big Fish	"Fame, Fortune and Fornication" (cover songs; Hear here)	(Rock Ridge Music, Jan. 20, 2009)
Refugees, The (Cindy Bullens, Deborah Holland, Wendy Waldman)	"Unbound" (Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Wabuho, Jan. 20, 2009)
Donna Ulisse	"Walk This Mountain Down" (producer: Keith Sewell; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(Hadley Music Group, Jan. 20, 2009)

BTW: For "Walk This Mountain Down," Ulisse wanted to make "as good or better than my first bluegrass CD 'When I Look Back,' " she tells P&P. "I wanted to maintain the integrity of the music and the quality of the songwriting. I spent the 18 months between releases writing, writing, writing and giving my producer Keith Sewell a lot of song choices of new material and some old favorites. It was so much fun to see what songs he would come up with knowing that nothing he picked or didn't pick would hurt my feelings since I am the writer on everything!"

Ulisse has a team of seasoned veterans performing on the album, led by Sewell (acoustic guitar), Rob Ickes (dobro), Bryon House (upright bass), Scott Vestal (banjo), Andy Leftwich (mandolin, fiddle) and several backup singers. Was it a daunting task to get such an all-star cast of players together?

"It's the old saying, 'It's all in who you know,' and I know Keith Sewell and he knows all the great players. So daunting? No," she says. "However, I didn't know these wonderful players when they made music for me the first time around but I sure do know them now and consider them dear friends. What fun it is to pick music with your friends. If you only knew how funny these dudes are in a session! It's such a shame everyone doesn't get to hear all the outtake ... it's a hoot."

Umphrey's McGee	"Mantis" (first single: "Made to Measure"; Hear here; MP3 Download)	(SCI Fidelity, Jan. 20, 2009)
Wideawake	"Something That We Can't Let Go" (Hear here; Read here; MP3 Download)	(Artist Garage, Jan. 20, 2009)
Matt York	"Mine" (producer: Justin Koop; first single: "Tomorrow"; Hear here)	(Rock Ridge Music, Jan. 20, 2009)