Music Archive: V

V for Vendetta

• Beneath This Mask Another Mask (Mr. Lady)

Värttinä

• Feature: Globespotting: Best World Music of 2006
• Iki (Northside)
• News: Finn group Värttinä not plain folk

Väsen

• Live In Japan (Northside)
• Keyed Up (Northside)
• Linnaeus Väsen (NorthSide)

Sven Väth

• In the Mix: The Sound of the Seventh Season (Cocoon)

VCV

• 3753 Cruithne (Second Sun)

VH-1 Hip_Hop Honors Tour

• Concert: 5 October 2007: Nokia Theatre — New York, NY

VHS or Beta

• News: VHS or Beta switches to a different format

Bebo Valdés

• Bebo de Cuba (Calle 54)
• El Arte del Sabor (Lola!/Blue Note)

Chucho Valdés

• Various: Cuban Essentials
• Solo: Live in New York (Blue Note)

Bebo Valdes

• Bebo Valdes: Bebo

Valencia

• This Could Be a Possibility (I Surrender)

Brooke Valentine

• Chain Letter (Virgin)

  Featured Article

  

  There's a new she-riff in town, and her name is Brooke Valentine.

   

Bobby Valentino

• Bobby Valentino (DTP)

Valet

• Naked Acid (Kranky)

Vallejo

• Into the New (550 Music)

Niall & Cillian Vallely

• Callan Bridge (Compass)

Valvola

• Teenagers Film Their Own Life (Third Gear)

Vampire Weekend

• Vampire Weekend (XL/Beggars)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Four more rich boys from NYC who think they can rock? But don’t have a stroke, they really do!

   
• News: Blog-rock stars of Vampire Weekend try to graduate to real-world success
• News: Vampire Weekend bites into passport rock
• Concert: 7 February 2008: First Unitarian Church — Philadelphia, PA

Armand Van Helden

• Ghettoblaster (Ultra)

Van Hunt

• Van Hunt (Capitol)

Van She

• Van She EP (Modular)

Steven Van Zandt

• News: Post-'Sopranos,' Steven Van Zandt keeps on rockin'

Townes Van Zandt

• A Gentle Evening with Townes Van Zandt (Dualtone)

Vancouver Nights

• Vancouver Nights (Endearing)

Vandalays

• Happy Ever After (Slip)

Vandaveer

• Grace & Speed (Gypsy Eyes)

The Vandelles

• The Vandelles EP (Safranin Sound)

The Vandermark 5

• Burn the Incline (Atavistic)

Ken Vandermark Sound in Action Trio

• Design in Time (Delmark)

  Featured Article

  

  In Vandermark's case, it's not sacrilegious to imagine that his name will one day stand alongside these great innovators of jazz music.

   

John Vanderslice

• Cellar Door (Barsuk)
• Mass Suicide Occult Figurines (Barsuk)
• Pixel Revolt (Barsuk)
• Time Travel is Lonely (Barsuk)
• Emerald City (Barsuk)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Full of murky and beautiful songs, this should be the album John Vanderslice is remembered for.

   
• Feature: Saving Humanity: An Interview with John Vanderslice
• Concert: 17 November 2006: Karlstorbahnhof — Heidelberg, Germany

Luther Vandross

• Luther Vandross (J)
• Love, Luther (Legacy/J/Epic)

  Featured Article

  

  If you have to own just one Luther collection (and it’s my firm belief that everyone should have at least one Luther album), you can’t go wrong with this set.

   

The Vanishing

• Songs for Psychotic Children (Gold Standard Laboratories)

The Vanity Project

• The Vanity Project (Flagship Recordings)

The Vanity Set

• Little Stabs of Happiness (Cargo)

Vanna

• The Search Party Never Came (Epitaph)

Jean-Claude Vannier

• L'Enfant Assassin des Mouches (B-Music)

Dolly Varden

• The Panic Bell (Undertow)

Chavela Vargas

• At Carnegie Hall (Tommy Boy)

Various

• Merdeka (Dancing Turtle)
• Colombia!: The Golden Years of Discos Fuentes, the Powerhouse of Colombian Music 1960-76 (Soundway)
• Putumayo Presents: World Hits (Putumayo)
• The Rough Guide to Flamenco (World Music Network)
• Think Global: Women of Africa (World Music Network)
• Bi Kidude: Zanzibara 4 / Various: Zanzibara 3
• Music of Nat Pwe: Folk and Pop Music of Myanmar Vol. 3 (Sublime Frequencies)
• Feature: Kids Don't Go and Buy Anything Out of This Section: World Music 2007
• Think Global: World Christmas (World Music Network)
• Black Mirror: Reflections in Global Musics (1918-1955) (Dust-To-Digital)
• The Matinée Hit Parade (Matinée)
• Think Global: Acoustic Brazil (World Music Network)
• Spirits in the Material World: A Reggae Tribute to the Police (Shanachie)

Various Artist

• Respond II (Catalyst Disc/Signature Sounds)

Various Artists

• Noches de Hip-Hop (Immergent)
• Não Wave Revisited: Brazilian Post Punk 1982-1988 (Man Recordings)
• Different Strokes By Different Folks (Epic/Legacy)
• The Rough Guide to the Music of the Sahara (World Music Network)
• Doo-Wop Forever (Empire Musicwerks)
• Doo Wop: Vocal Group Greats (Shout! Factory)
• The In-Kraut: Hip Shaking Grooves Made in Germany 1966-1974 (Marina)

  Featured Article

  

  Marina Records reaches into the vaults of time to offer up 20 kraut-a-delic ditties from Germany's dalliance with British mod and American counterculture.

   
• Dream Brother: The Songs of Tim & Jeff Buckley (Rykodisc)
• Sand & Steel: The Classic Sound of Jamaican Steel Drums (Trojan)
• Dawning of a New Era: The Roots of Skinhead Reggae (Trojan/Sanctuary)
• Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack (Shout Factory)
• Compost 200 (Compost)
• I am the Resurrection: A Tribute to John Fahey (Vanguard)
• States of Abuse (Entartete Kunst)
• Congotronics 2: Buzz 'N' Rumble From the Urb 'N' Jungle (Crammed)
• Traveler '06 (Six Degrees)
• DJ-Kicks: The Exclusives (!K7)
• Om Lounge, Volume 10 (Om)
• Check the Water (Leaf)
• Studio One Women (Soul Jazz)
• The Rough Guide to Urban Latino (World Music Network)
• Futurism Ain't Shit to Me 2 (KYO)
• New York Noise 2: Music from the New York Underground 1977-1984 (Soul Jazz)
• Heartworn Highways (Hacktone)
• The Rough Guide to the Music of Israel (World Music Network)
• Nature Sounds Presents: Natural Selection (Nature Sounds)
• Hard Truth Soldiers Vol. 1 (Guerrilla Funk)
• The Rough Guide to Bhangra Dance (World Music Network)
• See You on the Moon! Songs for Kids of All Ages (Paper Bag)
• NY2LON (Filter US Recordings/Best Before)
• Various Artists: Hefty 10 Digest
• The Rough Guide to the Music of Tanzania (World Music Network)
• Feature: East and West: World Music in 2006
• Exit Music: Songs for Radio Heads (BBE/Rapster)
• Dada, Pansaers et Correspondance; Volume 1 (1917-1926) (Sub Rosa)
• The Rough Guide to Flamenco Nuevo (World Music Network)
• Bay Area Funk 2 (Luv N'Haight/Ubiquity)
• Voices from the Frontline (Crosscheck)
• Gospel Music (Hyena)
• The DFA Remixes: Chapter One (DFA/Astralwerks)
• Feature: Best Electronic Music of 2006
• Cavalcade of the Scars (Self Righteous)
• Paris (Putumayo)
• Compost Black Label Series Vol. 1 (Compost)
• Gloryland: 30 Bluegrass Gospel Classics (Time-Life Records)
• Booka Shade: Movements
• Turkish Groove (Putumayo)
• Om: Miami (Om Records)
• Invaders (Kemado)
• The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson (American Roots Publishing)
• Global Underground 10 (Global Underground)
• GommaGang 3 (Gomma)
• Palace Lounge Presents Cafe D'Afrique (Savoy Jazz Worldwide)
• Various: Cuban Essentials
• Harlan County USA: Songs Of The Coal Miner’s Struggle (Rounder)
• Alligator Records 35X35: 35 Songs, 35 Years of Genuine Houserockin’ Music (Alligator)
• Paupers, Peasants, Princes and Kings: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Dog House)
• The Rough Guide to Planet Rock (World Music Network)
• Easy to be Free: The Songs of Rick Nelson: The Songs of Rick Nelson (Planting Seeds Records)
• Panama!: Latin, Calypso and Funk on the Isthmus 1965-75 (Soundway)
• The Rough Guide to the Music of Iran (World Music Network)
• Ethnic Minority Music of Northeast Cambodia (Sublime Frequencies)
• My Old Man: A Tribute to Steve Goodman (Red Pajamas)
• Radio Thailand: Transmissions from the Tropical Kingdom (Sublime Frequencies)
• Project: Bicycle (Ache)
• Live at KEXP, Vol. 2 (KEXP)
• Confuzed Disco: A Retrospective of Italian Records (Mantra Vibes / Irma Records)
• This Is Crucial Reggae: Funk Party (Trojan)
• Green & Blue: Loco Dice & Ricardo Villalobos In The Mix (Cocoon Recordings)
• Sur La Mer Samp-Le-Mer (5 Rue Christine)
• Graciously, A Gulf Relief Compilation (Funzalo)
• The Aaargh! Annual Year One: The Goodly Graces We've Known and Shared (Aaargh! Records)
• Warped Tour 2006 Compilation (SideOneDummy)
• The Best of Studio One Collection (Heartbeat)
• Hello Radio: The Songs of They Might Be Giants (Bar / None)
• Total 7 (Kompakt)
• Touch 25 (Touch)
• Free the P (Raptivism)
• Voyces United For UNHCR (Intersound Records/Sheridan Square Entertainment)
• The Sensitive Guy's Guide to Groovy Music (Paisley Pop)
• Irie Reggae Hits: Best of Dancehall (Time-Life)
• Doo-Wop Forever, Volume 2 (Empire Musicwerks)
• Defected in the House: Eivissa 06 (Defected)
• Feature: Sugar Hill Records: 25 Years and Going Strong
• From Bakabush: The First Ten Years of Stonetree (Stonetree)

  Featured Article

  

  You could almost forgive Stonetree if From Bakabush sounded amateurish and the songs were shaky and ragged. Instead, the label has put together an album that serves as both an introduction to the label and a superbly enjoyable invitation to the region's music as a whole.

   
• Radio Algeria (Sublime Frequences)
• Feature: New Adventures in Antiquity
• Manoeuvres 1: A Collection of Vancouver Electronica (So Called Recordings)
• Underground Hip-Hop Volume 4 (Urbnet)
• Virginia Roots (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
• Pop Ambient 2006 (Kompakt)
• The Kids at the Club: An Indiepop Compilation (How Does It Feel To Be Loved?)
• Seven Dead Roses Vol. 1 (Big Bender)
• Barry Williams Presents: One-Hit Wonders of the '70s (Time-Life)
• Musics In The Margin (Sub Rosa)
• Tiny Idols, Vol. 2: Transmissions From the Indie Underground, 1995-1999 (Snowglobe Records)
• The Rough Guide to Bachata (World Music Network)
• Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys (Anti/Epitaph)
• Bargrooves Citrus (Seamless)
• The Rough Guide to West African Gold (World Music Network)
• Outlaw Country: Austin City Limits - Live from Austin, TX (New West Records)
• Feature: Beyond Black: Rethinking Goth
• Live at the Cedar: Visionaries (The Cedar)
• The World Is Gone (XL Recordings)
• Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook, Vol. 1 (Bloodshot)
• Tiny Idols, Volume 2: Transmissions From The Indie Underground, 1995-2000 (Snowglobe Records)
• Do You Copy? (Mitek)
• The Source Presents Fat Tape Compilation Volume One (Koch)
• In Prison: Afro-American Prison Music from Blues to Hip-Hop (Trikont)
• I Killed the Monster: 21 Artists Performing the Songs of Daniel Johnston (Second Shimmy)
• The DFA Remixes: Chapter Two (DFA/Astralwerks)
• Electric Gypsyland 2 (Crammed)
• Version Dread: 18 Dub Hits from Studio One (Heartbeat)
• Chrome Children (Stones Throw)
• ESL Remixed: The 100th Release of ESL Music (Eighteenth Street Lounge)
• Party-Keller, Vol. 2 (Compost Records)
• The Kings of Techno - Compiled by Laurent Garnier and Carl Craig (Rapster)
• The Rough Guide to Yodel (World Music Network)
• New Orleans Reborn! (Jazz Crusade)
• The In-Kraut Vol. 2: Hip Shaking Grooves Made in Germany 1967-1974 (Marina)
• The Revenge of Blind Joe Death: The John Fahey Tribute Album (Takoma)
• Trampled: The Elefant Traks Remix Album (Elefant Traks)
• Various Artists: Science Faction: Grime
• On The Brink: Return of the Instro-Hipsters (Psychic Circle)
• Shut Up and Dance! Updated (Ostgut)
• Characters of Jazz (Babel)
• Jukebox Buddha (Staubgold)
• Toolroom Knights, Vol. 1 (Toolroom)
• Fuzzy-Felt Folk (Trunk Records)
• Crunk Hits Vol. 2 (TVT)
• Five Way Street: A Tribute to Buffalo Springfield (Not Lame)
• Dub Selector 3 (Quango)
• Paz e Futebol (Sonar Kollektiv)
• Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky (Capitol)
• Pop Ambient 2007 (Kompakt)
• 7' Up!: Ultra Rare Post-Punk & Power Pop Classics (Crippled Dick Hot Wax)
• Afrikya Volume 1: A Musical Journey Through Africa (Rasa Music)
• Presence Under the Tree (Attacknine)
• Globalista Radio: Sensual Sonores (Mulatta)
• International Sad Hits: Volume One: Altaic Language Group (20/20/20)
• Hyphy Hitz (TVT)
• Cabinet Classics 1994-1998 & Cabinet Unreleased Classics 1994-2005 (Plus 8)
• Various Artists: The Bombay Connection, Vol. 1 Funk From Bollywood Action Thrillers 1977-1984
• Queer Noises 1961-1978: From the Closet to the Charts (Trikont)
• The Rough Guide to Latin-Arabia (World Music Network)
• Elaste Vol. 1: Slow Motion Disco: Originals From the Cosmic Era (Compost)
• Beyond Istanbul: Underground Grooves of Turkey (Trikont)
• The Ultimate Stupido Sampler (Before the Next One) (Stupido Records)
• Backwoodz Studioz presents Target Practice (backwoodz studioz)
• Family Values Tour 2006 (Firm Music)
• The Rough Guide to the Music of South Africa (World Music Network)
• Superstars of the '80s: Volumes 1-3 (Time Life)
• Feature: Love and Frogs: Dating John Waters
• 8-Bit Operators: The Music of Kraftwerk Performed on Vintage 8-Bit Video Game Systems (Astralwerks)
• Various Artists: HEAVYbreathing Vol 1, The Sounds of Sex: Bite It!11098
• Om: Winter Sessions (Om)
• Play (DeSoto)
• Freshly Composted Vol. 2: Compost 250 (Compost)
• Om: Chilled (Om)
• Om Hip Hop, Volume 1 (Om)
• Column: Brazilian Choro Music: The Oldest Jazz
• Endless Highway: The Music of the Band (429)
• Jewface (Reboot Stereophonic)
• Stones Throw: Ten Years (Stones Throw)
• Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers (Universal South)
• Matinee 50 (Matinee)
• Totally Dance (Arista)
• Hollywood Swing & Jazz (Rhino)
• Old School vs. New School (Jive Electro)
• It'll Come to You: the Songs of John Hiatt (Vanguard)
• Dancehall Dee-Lite (Heartbeat)
• Location Is Everything Volume 1 (Jade Tree)
• Klubb Jazz 3 (Slip and Slide)
• Nuthin' But a Gangsta Party 2 (Priority)
• Avalon Blues: a Tribute to the Music of Mississippi John Hurt (Vanguard)
• Puerto Rico (Putumayo)
• Klubbjazz 5 (Slip'n'Slide)
• Freq.Beats (Astralwerks)
• The Motown Story - Volume I: the 1960s (Motown)
• Live at Continental: Best of NYC - Volumes 1 and 2 (Continentalnyc.com)
• Now That's What I Call Music! 12 (Virgin)
• Evangeline Made (Vanguard)
• 80 Records and We're Not Broke (Yet) (Yet)
• West Side Chicago Blues (Delmark)
• The Unbound Project Volume One (Realized)
• Vanthology: a Tribute to Van Morrison (Evidence Music)
• The Real Jamaica Ska (Epic/Legacy)
• -40: Canadian Propaganda Films of the 1940's Reworked (C0C0S0L1DC1T1/terminus1525/National Film Board of Canada)
• Flying FunkFlying Groove (RCA/Bluebird)
• Lookout! Freakout Episode 3 (Lookout!/Panic Button)
• The Rough Guide to Irish Folk (World Music Network)

  Featured Article

  

   
• Various Artists: Liberacion: Songs of the Cuban Underground [DVD]
• The Look of Love: the Burt Bacharach Collection (Rhino)
• The Rough Guide to American Roots (World Music Network)
• Freedom: Songs from the Heart of America (Columbia/Legacy)
• Love Peace and Poetry: Turkish Psychedelic Music (Normal)
• Fusion for Miles: a Guitar Tribute (Tone Center)
• Layered Sounds 2 (Bedrock)
• The Hip Hop Box (Hip-O)
• Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens: the Big Ol' Box of New Orleans (Shout! Factory)
• Hit Me With Your 80's Box (Hip-O)
• The Rough Guide to Bottleneck Blues (World Music Network)
• The Rough Guide to Bottleneck Blues (World Music Network)
• Om:10 -- a Decade of Future Music (Om)
• Lonesome, On'ry, and Mean: a Tribute to Waylon Jennings (Dualtone)
• Blessed Love: Jamaican Producers 1960-1969 (Trojan/Sanctuary)
• Not the Same Old Blues Crap II (Fat Possum)
• Beats and Pieces Volume Two (Barely Breaking Even)
• Give 'Em the Boot IV (Hellcat/Epitaph)
• Fox Sports Presents Game Time! (Priority)
• Classic Ballads of Britain and Ireland (Rounder)
• Brazilified (Quango)
• Choubi Choubi!: Folk and Pop Sounds from Iraq (Sublime Frequencies)
• Exile on Blues St. (Telarc)
• Warp Vision: the Videos 1989-2004 (Warp)
• Champs Elysees Cafe (Wagram)
• Jamaica (Putumayo)
• Solesides' Greatest Bumps (Quannum Projects)
• Buy Indie Music Compilation, Vol. 1 (Buy Indie Music)
• Colonel Jeffrey Pumpernickel (Off)
• The Rolling Stone Women in Rock Collection (Razor & Tie)
• Free the West Memphis Three (Aces and Eights)
• World Playground (Putumayo)
• Maybe This Christmas, Too (Nettwerk)
• Andrew Lloyd Webber: Gold - the Definitive Hits Collection (Really Useful/Decca Broadway/UTV)
• Fields and Streams (Kill Rock Stars)
• Visions of an Inner Mounting Apocalypse: a Fusion Guitar Tribute (Tone Center)
• Jazz on the Latin Side (Cubop)
• Inhale 420: the Stoner Rock Compilation (Eagle Rock/Spitfire)
• Dr. Demento's 30th Anniversary Collection: Dementia 2000! (Rhino)
• Little Darla Has a Treat for You, v. 17 (Darla)
• Flowers in the Wildwood: Women in Early Country Music 1923-1939 (Trikont)
• Bar Room Blues: a 12-track Program (Telarc)
• Making Singles Drinking Doubles (Bloodshot)
• Swing Around the World (Putumayo)
• The NRG Files (Imperial Dancefloor)
• In Our Lifetime, Vol. 2 (Fenway Recordings)
• The Best of Motown 1980s, Volumes 1 & 2 (20th Century Masters: the Millennium Collection) (20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection)
• reMixed (Om)
• Music from the Chocolate Lands (Putumayo)
• Lynne Me Your Ears (Not Lame)
• Organ-ized (High Street)
• The Pledge of Allegiance Tour (Columbia)
• Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Twisted Nerve But Were Afraid to Ask (Twisted Nerve)
• Voices of Concord Jazz: Live at Montreux (Concord)
• Blue Series Continuum: Sorcerer Sessions (Thirsty Ear)
• Abstrakt Sampler (Abstrakt Reality)
• Club Bogaloo: Unlimited Freestyles Out of Nowhere (Spinning Wheel)
• The Rough Guide to the Music of Kenya (World Music Network)
• Trax Records: the Next Generation (Trax)
• Gotta Serve Somebody: the Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan (Sony)
• Punk-O-Rama 8 (Epitaph)
• DFA Compilation #2 (DFA)
• Acid Classics (Trax)
• Pure Slow Jams (UTV/Universal)
• The Ultimate Diva Collection (Verve)
• TV Sucks: a Punk and Ska Look on Famous TV-Themes (Wolverine)
• The Rough Guide to the Cuban Music Story (World Music Network)
• Paris Calling (Distance)
• Warped Tour 2004 Compilation (Side One Dummy)
• Abstraktions Volume 2 (Abstrakt Reality)
• African Odyssey (Putumayo)
• Om Lounge Vol. 6 (Om)
• Dreamland: World Lullabies and Soothing Songs (Putumayo)
• Afro-Portuguese Odyssey (Putumayo)
• The Rough Guide to the Music of Canada (World Music Network)
• The Rough Guide to the Music of the Appalachians (World Music Network)
• Love, Peace & Poetry Vol. 6: Brazilian Psychedelic Music (QDK Media/Normal)
• Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970 Volume Two (Lost Highway)
• Untouchable Outcaste Beats Vol.1
• Kiss of Death -- a SIKK Tribute to Kiss
• The Rough Guide to Brazilian Hip-Hop (World Music Network)
• Africa Remix: Ah Freak Iya (Milan)
• Sounds Eclectic (Palm Pictures)
• Blue Sueños (Meta)
• Secret Ellington (True Life)
• The Garden Place: Songs By Our Friends (Yep Roc)
• Chooglin': a Tribute to the Songs of John Fogerty (Dren)
• Romantic and Square Is Hip and Aware: a Matinee Tribute to the Smiths (Matinee)
• Entertainment Weekly Greatest Hits: 1984 (Buddha)
• Sacred Treasures III: Choral Masterworks from Russia and Beyond (Hearts of Space)
• Ragazza Pop (S.H.A.D.O.)
• Music of India (Nouveau)
• Electro Nouveau: Tech, Synth Pop, and Nu-Electro (Moonshine)
• If I Had a Song: the Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 2 (Appleseed)
• Rough Guide to the Music of China (World Music Network)
• Postpunk Chronicles: Scared to Dance (Rhino)
• Elektronische Musik - Interkontinental 4 (Traum)
• Dublin to Dakar: a Celtic Odyssey
• Little Darla Has a Treat for You: Volume 20 (Darla)
• Afrotech (Quango)
• The Amos House Collection, Volume II (Wishing Tree)
• The Motown Box (Motown/Universal)

  Featured Article

  

  A testament to the label's great achievements, and an absolute joy to hear.

   
• Branches and Routes (FatCat)
• Fresh Faces at Merlefest 2003 (Merlefest)
• Ultimate '80s (Madacy)
• Jamie Oldaker's Mad Dogs & Okies (Concord)
• Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004 (Sanctuary)
• Heavy Flute (Label M)
• New Beats from the Delta: the Fat Possum Hip-Hop Record (Fat Possum)
• Putumayo Presents: American Folk (Putumayo)
• What a Concept!: a Salute to Teenage Fanclub (Not Lame)
• Axis of Justice: Concert Series Volume 1 (Serjical Strike/Axis of Justice Records/Columbia)
• Never Lose That Feeling, Volume One (Club AC30)
• Us (Up/Slabco)
• Martin Scorsese Presents: the Best of the Blues (UTV)
• The Bunny Lee Rock Steady Years (Moll-Selekta)

  Featured Article

  

  Moll-Selekta has quickly established a considerable reputation with impressive reissues of Jamaican artists, such as Cornel Campbell and Barry Brown. The Bunny Lee Rock Steady Years is its latest set of golden nuggets.

   
• This Bird Has Flown: a 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul (Razor & Tie)
• The Funky Precedent, Vol. 2 (Matador/No Mayo)
• Gimme Indie Rock Vol. 1 (K-Tel)
• Nickodemus and Mariano Present Turntables on the Hudson: Fifth Anniversary Edition (Turntables on the Hudson/Giant Step)
• Channel 3: a Compilation of Output Recordings (Output Recordings)
• San Francisco Sessions Vol. 2: Mixed by DJ John Howard (Om)
• Calypso: Vintage Songs from the Caribbean (Putumayo)
• Sounds Eclectic 3 (Palm Pictures)
• Hidden Beach Presents: Unwrapped Vol. 3 (Hidden Beach/Sony)
• Blues on Blonde on Blonde (Telarc)
• The Rough Guide to Delta Blues (World Music Network)
• Childish Music (Staubgold)
• Amandla! a Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (ATO)
• Smooth Grooves: After Hours, Cool Down (Rhino)
• Now That's What I Call Music, Volume 11 (Universal)
• Songs Without Words 2 (Windham Hill)
• Simply Good Music - Volume One (Giant Step)
• The Rough Guide to the Music of the Balkans (World Music Network)
• Lif Up Yuh Leg an Trample (US)
• Cuba Esencial (Music Club)
• Jazz Moods: Sounds of Spring (Concord)
• The Rough Guide to Raï (World Music Network)
• 4 Women No Cry (Monika)

  Featured Article

  

  4 Women No Cry establishes a new space for female musicians, one grounded in pure creativity, art for art's sake. And it's only just begun.

   
• A Nod to Bob: An Artists' Tribute to Bob Dylan on His 60th Birthday (Red House)
• The Best of Shel Silverstein: His Words, His Songs, His Friends (Columbia/Legacy)
• Mood 2 Chill (Compulsive)
• Freakbitchlickfly (Violent Turd)
• Nu Jazz Essentials (:/run recordings/Navarre)
• Wish You Were Queer / Another Prick in the Wall: Tribute to Ministry Vol 1 & 2 (Invisible)
• Music of the Shadows, Volume 3 (K-Tel)
• Savoy Blues 'N' Boogie (Savoy)
• Hurry Home Early: the Songs of Warren Zevon (Wampus Multimedia)
• Glücklich Vol. IV (Compost)
• Italia Nova: the Rough Guide to Italia Nova (World Music Network)
• Antifolk Vol. 1 (Rough Trade)
• Ministry of Sound: DJ Skribble and David Waxman Present American Anthems (Ultra)
• Little Guitars: a Tribute to Van Halen (Shrapnel)
• I Heard It on NPR - One World Many Voices (NPR Classics)
• The WB presents Pop Stars (The WB)
• The Rough Guide to Bhangra (World Music Networks)
• Sound Spirit Fury Fire - Deep Elm Sampler No. 3 (Deep Elm)
• This is the Blues Harmonica (Delmark)
• NYC Ska Mob & Friends (Triple Crown)
• A Tribute to Robert Altman's Nashville (Mint)
• Sunday Nights: the Songs of Junior Kimbrough (Fat Possum)
• Close Harmony: a History of Southern Gospel Music (Volume 1: 1920-1955) (Volume 1: 1920-1955)
• California Dreamin' (Milan)
• More Broadway's Greatest Love Songs (Universal/Decca)
• In the Pocket: a Taste of Blues Harmonica (Telarc)
• Rarities & B-Sides (Trax)
• Aggro 2000 (K-Tel)
• Crunch Presents Music to Sweat To (TVT)
• Crunk and Disorderly (TVT)
• Telarc Jazz -- Celebrating 25 Years (Telarc)
• A Different Prelude: a Contemporary Collection (Decca)
• Dylan Country (Shout! Factory)
• Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues, 1945-1970 (CMF)
• Om Lounge 3 (Om)
• Austin City Limits Music Festival: 2003 Collection (New West)
• Savoy on Central Avenue (Savoy Jazz)
• The Best of Classic Years in Digital Stereo (Nimbus)
• Cinemaphonic: Soul Punch -- a Selection of British Library Music 1970-1976 (Motel)
• Nashpop: a Nashville Pop Compilation (Not Lame)
• Only in Canada, EH: 77-81 (Label)
• Sounds from the Verve Hi-Fi Compiled by Thievery Corporation (Verve)
• Modular Systems (Eighteenth Street Lounge Music)
• Brand Spankin' New (Vanguard)
• Verve Remixed, Vol. 3 (Verve)
• Searching for Soul: Rare & Classic Soul, Funk & Jazz from Michigan 1968-1980 (Luv N Haight/Ubiquity)
• The Bottle Let Me Down: Songs for Bumpy Wagon Rides (Bloodshot)
• Listen Picks -- Volume 1: the Best of the Music Download Directory (Razor & Tie)
• Savoy Blues 1944-94 (Savoy Jazz)
• The Unbroken Circle: the Musical Heritage of the Carter Family (Dualtone)
• Gardens of Eden (Putumayo)
• The Rough Guide to Salsa De Puerto Rico (World Music Network)
• Wig in a Box: Songs from and Inspired by Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Off)
• Rewind! 3 (Ubiquity)
• Electronic Tribute: the Electronic Tribute to Pink Floyd (Vitamin)
• Salsa Around the World (Putumayo)
• The Rough Guide to the Music of Turkey (World Music Network)
• French Café (Putumayo)
• Going Driftless: An Artist's Tribute to Greg Brown (Red House)
• Red Hot: the Best of Sun Record Company Blues (Hallmark)
• International Pop Overthrow: Volume 8 (Not Lame)
• Teutonik Disaster (Gomma)
• Revolutionary Sounds: the Essential Collection of Classic Roots Reggae 1973-1981 (Shanachie)
• Psycho Beach Party (Unforscene)
• Immediate Action (Hefty)
• Paris Lounge 2 (Wagram)
• Respect Is Burning Presents Respect to DJ Deep (Astralwerks)
• The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need (Shout! Factory)
• Lullabies from the Axis of Evil (Valley Entertainment)
• Shanti Project Collection 2 (Badman)
• Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster (American Roots Publishing)
• The Best of Lounge Music (Atoll/Sony France)
• Americana Motel (Bay Gumbo Music)
• The Story of Bossa Nova (EMI Classics/Hemisphere)
• Once More: Music of Thad Jones (IPO)
• Hot Rod Magazine -- Doo Wop Heaven (The Right Stuff)
• Washington Square Memoirs: the Great Urban Folk Boom 1950-1970 (Rhino)
• Badlands: a Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska (Sub Pop)
• Head Jazz (Label M)
• Blunted 3 (Shadow)
• Gospel in the Groove (Music Club)
• Driving in the Rain 3AM; Songs to Get Lost With (Bongo Beat)
• The Essential George Gershwin (Sony Classical/Legacy)
• Carte Blanche 3 (Naked Music)
• It Was 40 Years Ago Today -- a Tribute to the Beatles (Bullseye Canada)
• Pavarotti & Friends for Guatemala and Kosovo (Decca)
• Listen Picks: Hip-Hop (Listen.com/Noiseland Industries)
• Many Miles Away (Solarmanite)
• Lookout! Freakout Episode 2 (Lookout!)
• Bargrooves Manhattan (Ultra)
• Race Riot (Spitfire)
• This Is the Blues Harmonica: Vol. 2 (Delmark)
• Best of British Blues, Volumes 1 and 2 (Hip-O)
• Motown Remixed (Motown/Universal)
• For the Lady (Rhino)
• Soulsearching - the Compost Radio Show (Compost)
• Parasol's Sweet Sixteen Volume Seven (Parasol)
• Hidden Beach Recordings Presents: Unwrapped Vol. 1 (Hidden Beach/Epic)
• French Sessions 6 (Distance)
• The Rough Guide to the Music of Sudan (World Music Network)
• Red, Hot and Indigo: a Tribute to Duke Ellington
• Stoned Immaculate -- the Music of the Doors (Elektra)
• Shine! Issue No. 1 (Universal/UTV)
• Reggae Floorfillers (Music Club)
• Def Jazz (GRP)
• The Rough Guide to Gypsy Swing (World Music Network)