Music Archive: K

Kékélé

• Feature: Globespotting: Best World Music of 2006

Justus Köhncke

• Safe and Sound (Kompakt)

k-os

• k-os Collected (Astralwerks)

K-ci & Jojo

• X (MCA)
• Emotional (MCA)

K-os

• Atlantis: Hymns for Disco (Virgin)
• Joyful Rebellion (Astralwerks)

K.

• New Problems (Tiger Style)

The K.G.B.

• The Space Cadet EP (Dreamworks)

KCP 5 featuring Charlie Mariano

• Many Ways (Double Moon)

KMFDM

• Tohuvabohu (Metropolis)

KRS-One

• The Sneak Attack (Koch)

KRS-One & Marley Marl

• Hip Hop Lives (Koch)

KTL

• KTL (Mego)
• Two (Editions Mego)

Edward Ka-Spel

• Dream Logik Part One (Beta-lactam Ring Records)

Kaada

• Music For Moviebikers (Ipecac)
• Thank You for Giving Me Your Valuable Time (Ipecac)

Patricia Kaas

• Piano Bar (Columbia)

Kainani Kahaunaele

• Na'u 'Oe ('Aha Punana Leo)

Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio Featuring Billy Bang

• Big M: A Tribute to Malachi Favors (Delmark)
• Live at the River East Art Center (Delmark)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Stop Looking For 2005's Best Jazz Album: This Is It.

   

The Kahoots

• Fourteen Ghosts (I and Ear Records)

The Kahumoku Brothers

• Sweet and Sassy (Kealia Farms Record Co.)

Kaia

• Oregon (Mr. Lady)

Kaiser Chiefs

• Employment (Universal)
• Yours Truly, Angry Mob (Universal/B-Unique)

The Kaiser Chiefs

• News: The Kaiser Chiefs are on a roll

The Kaisers

• Shake Me! (Get Hip)

Kaito

• Hundred Million Love Years (Kompakt)

Kaka

• Kaka (Despotz)

Harri Kakoulli

• Bliss Like Gold (Six Degrees)

Kal

• Kal (Asphalt-Tango)
• Feature: East and West: World Music in 2006

Kalabrese

• Rumpelzirkus (Stattmusik)

Maria Kalaniemi & Aldargaz

• Ahma (Northside)

Karsh Kale

• Broken English (Six Degrees)
• Liberation (Six Degrees)
• Redesign: Realize Remixed (Six Degrees)

The Kallikak Family

• May 23rd 2007 (Tell-All)

Dennis Kamakahi

• Ohana (Dancing Cat)

Kamal

• Suburbia (Dapwati Entertainment)

Kamera

• Resurrection (Nettwerk)

Kamijo

• Martha (Shadoks)

Kamikaze Hearts

• Oneida Road (Collar City)

Hoppy Kamiyama + Bill Laswell

• A Navel City / No One Is There (Kanpai)

Kammerflimmer Kollektief

• Absencen (Staubgold)

Kanda

• All the Good Meetings Are Taken (Bop Tart)

Kandi

• Hey Kandi (Columbia)

Kane Welch Kaplin

• Kane Welch Kaplin (Compass)

Jonathan Kane

• February (Table of the Elements)

Kieran Kane, Kevin Welch, Fats Kaplin

• Lost John Dean (Dead Reckoning)
• You Can't Save Everybody (Compass/Dead Reckoning)

Nuru Kane

• Sigil (World Music Network)

Ray Kane

• Wa'ahila (Dancing Cat)

Kano

• Home Sweet Home

  Featured Article

  

  Ah, those witty Brits. Jabs aside: Kano's album is ridiculously good.

   

Kansas

• Leftoverture (Epic/Legacy)
• Song for America [reissue] (Epic/Legacy)
• Kansas [reissue] (Epic/Legacy)
• The Ultimate Kansas (Epic/Legacy)
• Somewhere to Elsewhere (Magna Carta)

Mory KantÉ

• Sabou (Riverboat)

Lucy Kaplansky

• The Real Thread (Red House)
• The Tide (Red House)
• Every Single Day (Red House)

Karate

• Pockets (Southern)
• 595 (Southern)

Mary Karlzen

• The Wanderlust Diaries (Dualtone)
• Dim the Watershed (Y & T)

Karma

• Latenight Daydreaming (Compost)

Karminsky Experience Inc.

• The Power of Suggestion (Patterns of Behaviour/ESL Music)

Mick Karn

• More Better Different (Invisible Hands Music)

Philip E. Karnats

• Pleasesuite (Good Records)

Karnivool

• Themata (Bieler Bros.)

Kartet

• The Bay Window (Songlines)

Kas Product

• Try Out [Remastered] (DSA/Forced Exposure)

Kasabian

• Empire (RCA)
• Kasabian (RCA)

Kashmere Stage Band

• Feature: Best Reissues of 2006

Kaskade

• It's You, It's Me (Om)
• San Francisco Sessions: Soundtrack to the Soul (Om)
• In the Moment (Om)
• House of Om (Om)
• Strobelite Seduction (Ultra)

Katatonia

• The Great Cold Distance (Peaceville)

Manu Katche

• Neighorhood (ECM)

Kate Tucker & the Sons of Sweden

• Kate Tucker & the Sons of Sweden (Red Valise)

Nash Kato

• Debutante (Will/Loosegroove)

Katrina and the Waves

• The Original Recordings: 1983-1984 (Bongo Beat)

Jorma Kaukonen

• Stars in My Crown (Red House)

Kava Kava

• Maui (Chocolate Fireguard)

Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu

• Call It What You Like (MKH Productions)

Keane

• Under the Iron Sea (Interscope)
• Hopes and Fears (Interscope)

Ronan Keating

• Ronan (Polydor)

Keb' Mo'

• Suitcase (Epic)
• Peace... Back by Popular Demand (Epic)

Keefe Jackson's Fast Citizens

• Ready Everyday (Delmark)

Keefe Jackson's Project Project

• Just Like This (Delmark)

Robert Earl Keen

• Live at the Ryman: The Greatest Show Ever Been Gave (Koch)
• Farm Fresh Onions (Audium/Koch)
• The Party Never Ends (Sugar Hill)
• A Bigger Piece of Sky / No 2. Live Dinner / No Kinda Dancer (Koch)
• What I Really Mean (Koch)

Tommy Keene

• Crashing the Ether (Eleven Thirty Records)

Keepers of the Carpet

• Keepers of the Carpet (Bi-Fi)

Geoffrey Keezer

• Sublime: Honoring the Music of Hank Jones (Telarc)

Garrison Keillor

• Garrison Keillor: When I Get Home: Songs

Mamani Keita & Marc Minelli

• Electro Bamako (Palm Pictures)

Salif Keita

• M'Bemba (Decca Records)
• Remixes from Moffou (Decca)
• Moffou (Universal)

Toby Keith

• Unleashed (Dreamworks Nashville)
• Classic Christmas (Show Dog)
• Feature: The Best Country Music of 2007

Joe Shithead Keithley

• Band of Rebels (Sudden Death)

Kekuhi

• Honey-Boy (Mountain Apple Company)

Kelis

• Kelis Was Here (La Face/Jive)
• Kaleidoscope
• The Hits (Legacy/Star Trak/Jive)

Roger Kellaway

• I Was There: Roger Kellaway Plays from the Bobby Darin Songbook (IPO)

Josh Kelley

• Almost Honest (Hollywood)

Paula Kelley

• Some Sucker's Life, Pt. 1 (Stop Pop & Roll)
• The Trouble with Success or How You Fit into the World (Kimchee)

Kelli Ali

• Psychic Cat (One Little Indian)

Paul Kelly & the Stormwater Boys

• Foggy Highway

Kelly's Heels

• Dig In!: a Popboomerang Compilation (Popboomerang)

Jeff Kelly

• For the Swan in the Hallway (Hidden Agenda)
• Indiscretion (Hidden Agenda)

R. Kelly

• Happy People/U Saved Me (Jive)
• TP.3 Reloaded (Jive)
• TP-2.COM (Jive/Zomba)
• Double Up (Jive)

Scott Kelly

• Scott Kelly: The Wake

Tim David Kelly

• Growing Up Naked (Fuzztone)

Kelt

• Tomorrow Is Another Day (Popboomerang)

Kem

• Album II (Motown)

The Ken Kase Group

• Stereophonic Nervous Breakdown (Mira Digital Publishing)

Mike Keneally and the Metropole Orkest

• The Universe Will Provide (Favored Nations)

Kenge Kenge

• Introducing ... Kenge Kenge (World Music Network)
• Feature: Kids Don't Go and Buy Anything Out of This Section: World Music 2007

Kenna

• New Sacred Cow (Columbia)
• Make Sure They See My Face (Star Trak/Interscope)

Nigel Kennedy

• Blue Note Sessions (Blue Note)

The Kennedys

• Half a Million Miles (Appleseed)

Chris Kenner

• Land of 1000 Dances (Collector's Choice)

Emer Kenny

• Emer Kenny (Triloka)
• Parting Glass (Triloka/Artemis)

Kensington Prairie

• Captured in Still Life (Anniedale)

Kent

• Isola (RCA)

Stacey Kent

• Breakfast on the Morning Tram (Blue Note)

Olivier Ker Ourio

• Oversea (Dreyfus)

Keren Ann

• Not Going Anywhere (Capitol/Blue Note)
• Nolita (Blue Note)
• News: Keren-Ann keeps love's pain at a song's length
• Keren Ann (Blue Note)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Keren Ann rescues romance on latest album, a rich seduction of softness, sophistication and style.

   

Kerosene Brothers

• Choose Your Own Title* (Audium)

Kerosene Kondors

• New American Standards (Rustic Digital)

Kerowack

• The First EP (Thunder Finger)

Kerrier District

• Kerrier District 2 (Rephlex)

Nik Kershaw

• To Be Frank (Koch)

Kevin O'donnell's Quality Six

• Control Freak (Delmark)

The Key Party

• Hit Or Miss (Darrenn Gaines)

Alicia Keys

• Songs in a Minor (J)
• The Diary of Alicia Keys (J)
• Unplugged (J)
• News: Alicia Keys: From near-breakdown to breakthrough with 'Yes I Am'
• News: Alicia Keys isn't just about music anymore — she's on a mission
• News: Singer-songwriter chats about touring, acting and her old-style groove

Khan

• No Comprendo (Matador)

Chaka Khan

• Feature: The Best R&B 2007
• Feature: Journey to the Core of Chaka Khan: The Interview

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

• Magic Touch (with Bally Sagoo)

Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

• Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (American)

Steve Khan

• The Green Field (Tone Center)

Khia

• Thug Misses (Artemis/Dirty Down)

Kia Shine

• Due Season (Universal Motown)

The Kickbacks

• Motel Stars (Peeled Label)

Kicking Harold

• Space Age Breakdown (MITYMA)

The Kickovers

• Osaka (Fenway)

The Kicks

• Hello Hong Kong (TVT)

Kid 606

• Pretty Girls Make Raves (Tigerbeat 6)
• Who Still Kill Sound? (Tigerbeat6)
• Resilience (Tigerbeat6)
• Kill Sound Before Sound Kills You (Ipecac)

Kid Casanova

• Kid Casanova (BC)

Kid Dakota

• The West Is the Future (Chairkickers)
• Kid Dakota:A Winner's Shadow

Kid Dynamite

• Shorter, Faster, Louder (Jade Tree)
• Cheap Shots, Youth Anthems (Jade Tree)

Kid Icarus

• The Metal West (Summersteps)

Kid Koala

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Ninja Tune)

Kid Loco

• The Graffiti Artist (Original Soundtrack) (Original Soundtrack)

Kid Rock and the Twisted Brown Trucker Band

• Live Trucker (Atlantic)
• Cocky (Atlantic)
• The History of Rock (Atlantic/Lava/Top Dog)
• News: Kid Rock talks about songwriting, aging and what he really loves
• News: Kid Rock spreads gospel of eclecticism with rapper, 2 old rockers
• News: Kid Rock revives the basics of rock... but he's still got some rap in his repertoire
• Concert: 1 March 2008: Bi-Lo Center — Greenville, SC

Kid Silver

• Dead City Sunbeams (Jetset)

Kid Spatula

• Meast (Planet Mu)

Kiddo

• Kiddo (Drive-In)

Angelique Kidjo

• Oyaya! (Sony/Columbia)
• Djin Djin (Razor and Tie/Starbucks)

Kidneythieves

• Zerospace (Extasy)

Kids on TV

• Mixing Business with Pleasure (Chicks on Speed)

Bi Kidude

• Bi Kidude: Zanzibara 4 / Various: Zanzibara 3

Kidz in the Hall

• School Was My Hustle (Rawkus/Red Urban)
• Kidz in the Hall: The In Crowd

Christian Kiefer

• Czar Nicholas Is Dead (Camera Obscura)

David Kilgour

• The Far Now (Merge)
• Frozen Orange (Merge)

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble

• The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble (Planet Mu)

Kill Hannah

• For Never & Ever (Atlantic)

Kill Me Tomorrow

• The Garbageman and the Prostitute (Gold Standard Laboratories)

Kill the Vultures

• The Careless Flame (Locust)

Killa Kela

• Elocution (BMG)

Killah Priest

• View from Masada (MCA)

The Killers

• Sam's Town (Island)
• Hot Fuss (Island/Def Jam)
• The Killers: Leaving Las Vegas (Pride)
• Sawdust (Island)

Killing Heidi

• Reflector (Universal/3:33/Wah Wah Music)

Killing Joke

• Hosannas From the Basements of Hell (Cooking Vinyl)
• PandemoniumDemocracy (Cooking Vinyl)
• For Beginners (Caroline)
• Feature: Fun & Games: Killing Joke in the mid-'80s

The Killingtons

• The Killingtons (MEG)

Killradio

• Raised on Whipped-Cream (Sony)

The Kills

• No Wow (Rough Trade)
• Keep on Your Mean Side (Rough Trade)
• Midnight Boom (Domino)

Killswitch Engage

• As Daylight Dies (Roadrunner)

Kilo

• Kilo (Onitor)

Kim Fox

• Return to Planet Earth (Franklin Castle)

The Kim Philbys

• Whir Whir Whir (Evangeline)

Andy Kim

• Andy Kim: How'd We Ever Get This Way/Rainbow Ride

Kimberley Rew

• Great Central Revisited (Bongo Beat)

David Kimbrough Jr.

• Shell-Shocked (B.C./Lucky 13)

Junior Kimbrough

• You Better Run: the Essential Junior Kimbrough (Fat Possum/Epitaph)

The Kin

• Rise and Fall (Ryko)

Kina

• Kina (Dreamworks)

Kincaid

• Kincaid Plays Super Hawaii (Kindercore)

Kind of Like Spitting

• The Thrill of the Hunt (Redder)
• Bridges Worth Burning (Barsuk)

Ziggy Kinder

• Akrobatik (Ware)

Kindred the Family Soul

• Surrender to Love (Hidden Beach)

King Biscuit Time

• No Style (Astralwerks)

King Black Acid

• Loves a Long Song (Cavity Search)

King Britt

• On the Seventh: Park Hyatt Chicago (Milan)
• Late Night with King Britt (Swank)
• The Philadelphia Experiment Remixed (Rope-A-Dope)

King Chubby

• King Chubby Is (Pimienta/Universal Music Latino)

The King Cobra

• The King Cobra (Troubleman Unlimited)

King Creosote

• Kenny and Beth's Musakal Boat Rides (Domino)

King Crimson

• ConstruKCtion of Light (Virgin)

King Gordy

• News: King Gordy keeps up lighting up the dark

King Jammy

• King at the Controls: King Jammy's Essential Hits From Reggae's Digital Revolution 1985-1989 (VP)

King Khan and the Shrines

• The Supreme Genius Of (Vice)

King Kooba

• Indian Summer (Om)

King Tubby

• King Tubby Meets The Agrovators at Dub Station (Trojan)

  Featured Article

  

  This reissue is worthwhile for owners of the original, and serves as a more than enticing introduction for those on the outside looking in on the messy office of old school dub.

   

King Wilkie

• Broke (Rebel)

The King of France

• The King of France (Echo)

King of Woolworths

• Rediffusion (Lo)
• Ming Star (Mantra/Beggars Banquet)

Albert King

• Talking Blues (Thirsty Ear)
• I Get Evil (Music Club)

B.b. King

• Here and There: the Uncollected B.B. King (Hip-O)
• The Ultimate Collection (Geffen)
• Blues Kingpins (Virgin/The Right Stuff)
• Anthology 1962-1998 (MCA)
• Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: B.B. King (Universal Chronicles)
• Riding with the King (Reprise)
• Reflections (MCA)
• Chronicles: 3 Classic Albums (Universal)

Ben Bowen King

• Sidewalk Saints: Roots Gospel Guitar (Talking Taco Music)

Carole King

• Love Makes the World (Rockingale)
• Love Makes the World: Deluxe Edition (Rockingale)
• Tapestry: Legacy Edition (Legacy/Ode)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Tapestry: Legacy Edition is the definitive genuflection to Carole King's 1971 masterpiece. Nearly 40 years later, it's still a thrill to feel the earth move.

   

Chris Thomas King

• A Young Man's Blues (Hightone)

Freddie King

• The Ultimate Collection (Hip-O)

James King

• The Bluegrass Storyteller (Rounder)

Kaki King

• ...Until We Felt Red (Velour)
• Legs to Make Us Longer (Epic)
• Dreaming of Revenge (Velour)

Little Freddie King

• You Don't Know What I Know (Fat Possum)

Kings of Convenience

• Riot on an Empty Street (Source)
• Quiet Is the New Loud (Astralwerks/Source)

Kings of Leon

• Youth and Young Manhood (RCA)
• Aha Shake Heartbreak (RCA)
• Because of the Times (RCA)
• Concert: 3 October 2007: Rams Head Live! — Baltimore, MD

Kingsbury Manx

• Let You Down (Overcoat)
• The Fast Rise and Fall of the South (Yep Roc)

The Kingsbury Manx

• Aztec Discipline (Overcoat)

Kingston Trio

• Once Upon a Time (Collector’s Choice)

  Featured Article

  

  Sun-bleached Californians who didn't have an Appalachian thought banging around their cube-shaped heads, they made good on the Hollywood Appropriation Myth, and rode Other People's Music up the escalator, towards the bank.

   

The Kingston Trio

• Both Sides of the Kingston Trio Volume 1 & 2 (Silverwolf)

Sean Kingston

• Sean Kingston (Beluga Heights / Epic)

Sam Kinison

• Live from Hell (Capitol/Priority)

The Kinks

• Come Dancing: the Best of the Kinks 1977-1986 (Koch)
• Something Else (Pye)
• Feature: God Save Self-Indulgence

Kinky

• Reina (Sonic 360/Nettwerk America)

Tim Kinsella

• Crucifix Swastika (Record Label)
• Field Recordings of Dreams (I Had An Accident)

Kinski

• Alpine Static (Sub Pop)
• Semaphore EP (Sub Pop)
• Down Below its Chaos (Sub Pop)
• Feature: Pretty Much a Rock Band: An Interview with Kinski

Bill Kirchen

• Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods (Proper)
• Tied to the Wheel (Hightone)

Rahsaan Roland Kirk

• Brotherman in the Fatherland (Hyena)

Roland Kirk

• Kirk's Work: Rudy Van Gelder Remaster (Prestige)

Kirsten Ketsjer

• Ffffoo K Tsscch (Yoyooyoy)

Kiss

• The Best of Kiss (The Millennium Collection) (Mercury)
• Alive! (Casablanca/Polygram)

Kiss Me Deadly

• Misty Medley (Alien8 Recordings)

The Kiss Offs

• Rock Bottom (Peek-A-Boo)

Kissogram

• Nothing, Sir! (Louisville)

Kitka

• The Rusalka Cycle: Songs Between the Worlds (Diaphonica)

Kittie

• Oracle (Artemis)

Kitty Craft

• Catskills (March)

Kitty in the Tree

• Hello Kitty (LunaSea)

Klaatu

• Feature: So Said the Lighthouse Keepers

Klaxons

• Xan Valleys EP (Modular)
• Myths of the Near Future (Geffen)

Kleenex Girl Wonder

• Smith (MOC)
• After Mathematics (March)

Kleenex/liliput

• The Complete Recordings (Kill Rock Stars)

Kleveland

• Kleveland

The Klezmatics

• Rise Up! (Rounder)
• Jews With Horns / Possessed (Rounder)
• Brother Moses Smote the Water (Piranha Musik)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  This review will be relatively short, as I have run out of synonyms for "amazing".

   
• Rhythm & Jews (Rounder)
• Shvaygn = Toyt (Rounder)

Klimek

• Music to Fall Asleep (Kompakt)

Phil Kline

• News: Composer's 'song journal' revisits gonzo writer Thompson's words

Kevin Kling

• Stories off the Shallow EndHome and Away (East Side Digital)

Earl Klugh

• Naked Guitar (Koch)
• Peculiar Situation (Windham Hill Jazz)

Adrian Klumpes

• Be Still (Leaf)

Klute

• No One's Listening Anymore (Breakbeat Science)
• The Emperor's New Clothes (Breakbeat Science)

Kmfdm

• Adios (Wax Trax Records)
• WWIII Live 2003 (Sanctuary)

The Knack

• Live from the Rock 'n' Roll Fun House (Image Entertainment)
• Get the Knack (Capitol)
• Time Time Time: The Complete UK Singles (And More) 1965-1967 (Rev-Ola)

Knievel

• The Name Rings a Bell That Drowns Out Your Voice (In Music We Trust)

Knife in the Water

• Red River (Aspyr)
• Cut the Cord (Aspyr)
• Crosspross Bells (Peek-A-Boo)
• Plays One Sound and Others (Aspyr)

The Knife

• Silent Shout (Mute)
• The Knife: The Knife

Chris Knight

• Enough Rope (Drifter's Church Records)
• The Jealous Kind (Dualtone)
• The Trailer Tapes (Drifter's Church)

Fern Knight

• Music for Witches and Alchemists (VHF)

Gladys Knight

• At Last (MCA)

The Knitters

• The Modern Sounds of the Knitters (Zoe/Rounder)

Knodel

• Dawn of the Butterfly (My Pal God)
• The White Hole (Spongebath)

Mark Knopfler

• The Ragpicker's Dream (Warner Bros.)
• Kill to Get Crimson (Warner Brothers)

Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris

• Real Live Roadrunning (Warner Bros./Nonesuch)

Chris Knox

• Beat (Thirsty Ear)

Knut

• Terraformer (Hydrahead)

Kazufumi Kodama A.k.a. "echo" from Dub Station

• Stars (Victor/Red Ink)

Koenjihyakkei

• Hundred Sights of Koenji (Skin Graft)

Koffee Brown

• Mars/Venus (Arista)

Habib KoitÉ and Bamada

• Fôly! Live Around the World (World Village)

Habib Koité & Bamada

• Afriki (Cumbancha)

Habib Koite & Bamada

• Muso Ko (Alula)

  Featured Article

  

   

Kokolo

• More Consideration (Freestyle)

James Kolchaka Superstar

• Our Most Beloved (Rykodisc)

Komeda

• Kokomemedada (Minty Fresh)

Kon & Amir and DJ Muro

• The Kings of Diggin' (BBE)

Toshinori Kondo

• Silent Melodies (Off)

Lee Konitz

• Another Shade of Blue (Blue Note)

  Featured Article

  

   

The Konks

• The Konks (Bomp!)

Konono No. 1

• Congotronics (Crammed Discs)

Konono No.1

• Live at Couleur Café (Crammed Discs)

The Kooks

• Inside In / Inside Out (Virgin/Astralwerks)
• Konk (Astralwerks)
• Concert: 2 June 2008: The Vic Theatre — Chicago, IL

Kool G. Rap

• Half a Klip (Latchkey/Chinga Chang)

Kool Keith

• Black Elvis/Lost in Space (Ruffhouse/Columbia)

Kool Keith & Kutmaster Kurt

• Diesel Truckers (Dmaft)

Koop

• Waltz for Koop (Quango/Palm)
• Waltz for Koop: Alternative Takes (Palm Pictures)
• Koop Islands (Atlantic/Ada)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Freed from the constraints of genre boundaries, the Swedish duo has crafted this convergence of electronic pop and jazz that sounds as utterly natural as it does unusual. An overlooked treasure, for sure.

   

Al Kooper

• Rare & Well Done: the Greatest and Rarest of Al Kooper (Columbia/Legacy)
• Black Coffee (Favored Nations)
• Feature: Al Kooper, New York City (You're a Woman) (1971)

Korn

• Live & Rare (Sony)
• Issues (Epic)
• MTV Unplugged (EMI/Virgin)
• Untitled (Virgin)

Reuben Koroma [protest singer from Sierra Leone]

• News: Dispatches from the front are in searing protest music

Korpiklaani

• Tales Along This Road (Napalm)
• Korven Kuningas (Nuclear Blast)

Kathy Kosins

• Mood Swings (Chiaroscuro Jazz)

Kosmik Kommando

• Laptop Dancing (Rephlex)

Leo Kottke / Mike Gordon

• Sixty Six Steps (RCA Victor)

Leo Kottke

• One Guitar, No Vocals
• Try and Stop Me (RCA Victor)

Kottonmouth Kings

• Koast II Koast (Suburban Noize)
• Cloud Nine (Suburban Noize)

Nikolo Kotzev

• Nikolo Kotzev's Nostradamus (Nikolo Kotzev)

Koufax

• Social Life (Vagrant)
• Hard Times Are in Fashion (Doghouse)

Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba

• Segu Blue (Out Here)

Boris Kovac & the Ladaaba Orchest

• The Last Balkan Tango: An Apocalyptic Dance Party (Piranha)
• Ballads at the End of Time: La Danza Apocalypsa Balcanica, Part Two (Piranha)

Mark Kozelek

• Rock 'N' Roll Singer (Badman)
• Feature: "There's Never Anything Planned": An Interview With Mark Kozelek

Kraak & Smaak

• Boogie Angst (Quango)

Kraftwerk

• Tour De France Soundtracks (Astralwerks)
• Minimum-Maximum (Astralwerks)

Krafty Kuts

• Fabriclive 34 (Fabric)

Krakatoa

• We Are the Rowboats (Cuneiform)

David Krakauer and Socalled with Klezmer Madness

• Bubbemeises: Lies My Gramma Told Me (Label Blue)

Diana Krall

• The Look of Love (Verve)
• All for You (A Dedication to the Nat King Cole Trio) (A Dedication to The Nat King Cole Trio)
• Live in Paris (Verve)
• The Very Best of Diana Krall (Verve)
• News: New mom Diana Krall revels in the challenges of her music

Anna Kramer & the Lost Cause

• The Rustic Contemporary Sounds of Anna Kramer & the Lost Cause (International Hits)

Sharron Kraus

• Songs of Love and Loss (Camera Obscura)

Alison Krauss and Union Station

• Lonely Runs Both Ways (Rounder)

Allison Krauss

• A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection (Rounder)

Lenny Kravitz

• News: Rocker Lenny Kravitz wants to start a `Love Revolution'

Pete Krebs & the Gossamer Wings

• I Know It By Heart (Cavity Search)

Pete Krebs and the Kung Pao Chickens

• Hot Ginger and Dynamite (Cavity Search)
• Duet for Clarinet and Goat (Cavity Search)

Chantal Kreviazuk

• Ghost Stories (Nettwerk)

The Krinkles

• 3: The Mordorlorff Collection (Mordorlorff Music)

Kris Kristofferson

• The Essential Kris Kristofferson (Columbia/Legacy)

Krisma

• S.H.A.D.O. electro (S.H.A.D.O.)

David Kristian

• Room Tone (Alien 8 Recordings)

Kris Kristofferson

• This Old Road (New West)
• News: Kris Kristofferson's lyrical journey continues

The Kronos Quartet / Terry Riley

• Cadenza on the Night Plain (Hannibal)

Philip Krumm

• Formations (Idea)

Krust and Die

• I Kamanchi (Full Cycle)

Krypteria

• Bloodangel's Cry (Caroline)

Audra Kubat

• Million Year Old Sand (Times Beach)

Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King

• Blood Brothers (Alligator)

Judy Kuhn

• Serious Playground (Ghostlight Records)

Kula Shaker

• Strangefolk (Cooking Vinyl USA)

Kula Skaker

• Peasants, Pigs, and Astronauts (Columbia)

Kultur Shock

• We Came to Take Your Jobs Away (Kool Arrow)

Kurupt

• Against Tha Grain (Death Row)

Johnathan Kuss & the Corporation

• Segue (Not Cool)

Fela Kuti

• The Best of Fela Kuti (MCA/Universal)

Femi Kuti

• Shoki Shoki (MCA)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  On the remarkable Shoki Shoki, Femi not only lives up to Fela's legacy, but also develops his own distinctive version of Afrobeat.

   
• The Definitive Collection (Wrasse)

Kutiman

• Kutiman (Melting Pot Music)

Talib Kweli & Hi-tek

• Reflection Eternal (Rawkus) <