Leonard Cohen – Live in London (as close as you can get to seeing a living legend live)

Rare Chicago Blues 1962-68 – various (includes the seminal Hotel Lorraine Dr King tribute by Otis Spann)

Linton Kwesi Johnson – Bass Culture (lyrical, angry roots reggae from London circa 1980)

PJ Harvey & JohnParish – A woman A man walked by (the west country girl and collaborater sonic attack)

James Carr – The complete gold wax singles (think james brown, only James Carr pre-dates JB)

Lightening Hopkins – Early Recordings (early acoustic country blues captured)

London is the place for me -various (calypso/ska compilations from the 50′s, infectious!)

Howling Wolf -Moanin’ in the moonlight (his first 2 lps combined, magnificant stuff)

Massive Attack & The Mad Professor – No Protection (spaced out dub version of the Bristol gangs work)

Stephen Stills, Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper – Super Sessions (68 blues, supergroup…dig that hair)

Ernest Tubb – The Ernest Tubb Story (essential honky tonk compilation from the Texas troubadour)

Marilyn Munroe/Yves Montand, Frankie Vaughan – Let’s make love soundtrack (can you spell cool?)

That’s all for now, support your local record stores, online or here in Austin get to

Waterloo

In no particular order, here’s what’s been gracing the turntable in the last few months.

• Calexico – carried to dust 
• Johnny Otis – the johnny otis show vol.1
• Jazz at the Philarmonic – (nk cole on piano, les paul, lee young – lester’s bro’ on drums, outrageous!)
• Victrola Favorites – Artifacts from Bygone Days
• Art of Field Recording Vol. 1
• Fleet Foxes – Fleet Foxes (CSNY revisited?)
• David Byrne & Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today (sophisticated pop music)
• The Clash – give em’ enough rope (their underestimated masterpiece)
• Champion Jack Dupree – Blues from the gutter (now this guy had a HARD life)
• Butter 08 – butter (sometime jon spencer blues explosion, could’ve been the white stripes)
• Lou Reed – rock n’roll animal (brought dog collars IN)
• Bill Laswell – dub chamber 3 (NY’s bass/producer extraordinaire delivers)
• Orchestra Baobob – live in dakar (sublime, joyous)

That’s all for now, support your local record stores, here in Austin get to Waterloo