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MARCH 30, 2010

Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Annuals "Sweet Sister [EP]" (5 tracks; Hear here) (Banter, March 30, 2010)
Joan Armatrading "This Charming Life" (Hear here; MP3 Download) (429, March 30, 2010)
Erykah Badu "New Amerykah, Part II: Return of the Ankh" (producers: 9th Wonder, James Poyser, J Dilla, Madlib, etc.; Hear here; Read here; Vinyl) (Universal Motown, March 30, 2010)
Barenaked Ladies "All in Good Time" (producer: Michael Phillip Wojewoda; first single: "You Run Away"; Hear here) (Raisin'/EMI, March 30, 2010)
Bigger Lights, The "The Bigger Lights" (first single: "Hey Summer"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Doghouse, March 30, 2010)
Black Francis "NonStopErotik" (producers: Eric Drew Feldman, Black Francis; Hear here) (Cooking Vinyl, March 30, 2010)
Black Rabbits, The "The Black Rabbits [MP3 Download]" (five-song EP; producer: Stan Lynch of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers; Hear here) (The Black Rabbits, April 1, 2010)
Misty Boyce (former keyboardist for The Naked Brothers Band) "Misty Boyce" (Hear here) (Modern Vintage Recordings, March 30, 2010)
Chemical Distance "The Pain & The Progress" (producer: Otto Kinzel; guests: Marc Brennan, Greg Boedecker, Bob Dwyer, Keith Chisholm, Steve Bradbury; first single: "Red Queen's Race"; Hear here) (Bluntface, April 1, 2010)
Contribution, The (featuring members of Railroad Earth, New Monsoon, The String Cheese Incident) "Which Way World [MP3 Download]" (Hear here) (SCI Fidelity, March 30, 2010)
Ferry Corsten "Once Upon a Night" (2 CDs, 25 tracks; Hear here) (Ultra Music, March 30, 2010)
Evelyn Evelyn (conjoined-twin singer-songwriter duo) "Evelyn Evelyn" (producers: Amanda Palmer, Jason Webley; Hear here; Read here) (Eleven, March 30, 2010)
Holly Golighty & the Brokeoffs "Medicine County" (Hear here; Vinyl) (Transdreamer, March 30, 2010)
Amy Grant "Somewhere Down the Road" (12-song collection features six new songs, including a new version of "Arms of Love," plus two previously unreleased tracks; first single: "Better Than a Hallelujah"; Hear here) (Sparrow, March 30, 2010)
Grascals, The "The Famous Lefty Flynn's" (includes a cover of "Last Train to Clarksville"; guest: Hank Williams Jr.; Hear here) (Rounder, March 30, 2010)
Alan Jackson "Freight Train" (producer: Keith Stegall; guest: Lee Ann Womack; first single: "It's Just That Way"; Hear here; Read here) (Sony Music Nashville, March 30, 2010)
Joe Rogan "Talking Monkeys in Space" (first single: "Coc Back"; Hear here; Vinyl) (Comedy Central, March 30, 2010)
Christian Scott (Grammy-nominated trumpeter) "Yesterday You Said Tomorrow" (Hear here) (Concord Jazz, March 30, 2010)
Seabear (Icelandic experimental/indie/ folk septet) "We Built a Fire" (first single: "Lion Face Boy"; Hear here; See here; Vinyl; MP3 Download) (Morr Music, March 30, 2010)
Seasick Steve "Man From Another Time" (the 60-something singer is the oldest Brit Award nominee in history and the 2007 winner of Mojo's Best Breakthrough Act; Hear here) (Ryko, March 30, 2010)
Jon Secada "Classics," "Clasicos" (Spanish version) (Big3, March 30, 2010)
Slow Club "Yeah, So" (Hear here) (Moshi Moshi, March 30, 2010)
Sounds Under Radio "My Communist Heart [MP3 Download]" (5-song EP; Hear here) (Sounds Under Radio, March 30, 2010)
Turin Brakes "Outbursts" (producers: Turin Brakes; first single: "Sea Change"; Hear here) (Cooking Vinyl, March 30, 2010)
Usher "Raymond v. Raymond" (producer: Jermaine Dupri; first single: "Papers"; Read here) (Jive, March 30, 2010)
We Are the Union "Great Leaps Forward [MP3 Download]" (producer: Matt Allison; Hear here) (Paper + Plastick, March 30, 2010)
Gretchen Wilson "I've Got Your Country Right Here" (producers: John Rich, Blake Chancey, Wilson; first single: "Work Hard, Play Harder"; Hear here; MP3 Download) (Redneck, March 30, 2010)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Delerium "Remixed: The Definitive Collection" (Nettwerk, March 30, 2010)
Donna Fargo "Country Hits" (Rhino Flashback, March 30, 2010)
Galaxie 500 "On Fire" (1989 album) (20/20/20, March 30, 2010)
Helloween "Unarmed: Best of 25th Anniversary [CD/DVD]" (11 tracks; Hear here; See here) (The End, March 30, 2010)
Jackson 5, The "J Is for Jackson 5" (12 tracks, with four bonus karaoke versions; MP3 Download) (Motown/Universal Music Family, March 30, 2010)
Jawbreaker "Unfun" (1990 album; remastered, with one bonus track; MP3 Download) (Blackball, March 30, 2010)
Edwin McCain "The Best of Edwin McCain" (includes new track, "Walk With You," produced by Don Was) (Saguaro Road/Time Life, March 30, 2010)
Jon McLaughlin "The Early Recordings" (Orangehaus/Megaforce, March 30, 2010)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The "Dirty Shirt Rock 'N' Roll: The First Ten Years" (22 tracks; Read here) (Majordomo/Shout! Factory, March 30, 2010)
Conway Twitty "Country Hits" (Rhino Flashback, March 30, 2010)
Various artists "Radio Disney Jams 12" (16 tracks) (Walt Disney, March 30, 2010)
Various artists "Stax Number Ones" (15 songs that topped the U.S. pop and R&B charts, from "Green Onions" to "I'll Take You There"; MP3 Download) (Stax, March 30, 2010)
Bob Welch "Greatest Hits" (Fuel, March 30, 2010)
Robin Williams "Weapons of Self Destruction [CD/DVD]" (2009 HBO concert; Vinyl; DVD) (Sony, March 30, 2010)


Artist: Title: Label/Due date:
Various artists "British Invasion [DVD/CD]" (5 discs; featuring live performances by Small Faces, Dusty Springfield, Gerry & The Pacemakers, Herman's Hermits) (Voyage Digital Media, March 30, 2010)

MUSIC BOOKS

Subject/ Author(s): Title: Publisher/Due date:
Andy Bradley and Roger Wood "House of Hits: The Story of Houston's Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios [Hardcover]" (Kindle) (University of Texas Press, April 1, 2010)
Alice Echols "Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture [Hardcover]" (Kindle) (W.W. Norton & Company, March 29, 2010)
Nelson George "City Kid: A Writer's Memoir of Ghetto Life and Post-Soul Success [Paperback]" (Kindle) (Plumb, March 30, 2010)
George Gruhn and Walter Carter "Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars: An Identification Guide for American Fretted Instruments [Paperback]" (3rd edition, revised and expanded) (Backbeat Books, April 1, 2010)
Hellhammer/Celtic Frost "Only Death Is Real: An Illustrated History of Hellhammer and Early Celtic Frost 1981-1985 [Hardcover]" (authors: frontman Tom Gabriel Fischer, Martin Eric Ain; Read here) (Bazillion Points Publishing, March 30, 2010)
Kings of Leon "Kings of Leon: Sex on Fire [Paperback]" (author: Michael Heatley) (Reynolds & Hearn, April 1, 2010)
Bill Minutaglio "In Search of the Blues: A Journey to the Soul of Black Texas [Paperback]" (Kindle) (University of Texas Press, April 1, 2010)
Pearl Jam "Pearl Jam & Eddie Vedder: None Too Fragile [Paperback]" (5th edition; author: Martin Clarke) (Plexus Publishing, April 1, 2010)
Pink Floyd "Echoes: The Complete History of Pink Floyd [Paperback]" (author: Glenn Povey) (Chicago Review Press, April 1, 2010)
Smiths, The "The Smiths: The Early Years [Paperback]" (author: Paul Slattery) (Vision On, April 1, 2010)

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