Music Archive: W

Wa-Zimba

• Mande Wazy (Tinder)

Wabi Down Home Blues Project Band

• The Best Things in Life Are Still Made By Hand (Asian Improv)

Waco Brothers

• Freedom and Weep (Bloodshot)
• New Deal (Bloodshot)

The Waco Brothers

• Waco Express: Live & Kickin' at Schuba's Tavern, Chicago (Bloodshot)

Yoshi Wada

• Lament for the Rise and Fall of the Elephantine Crocodile (EM)

Wagëblë

• Sénégal (Two Thou)

Wagon Christ

• Sorry I Make You Lush (Ninja Tune)

Porter Wagoner

• Wagonmaster (Anti)
• Legends of the Grand Ole Opry: Live! (Time Life)

The Waifs

• Up All Night (Compass/Jarrah)
• Shelter Me (Compass)

The Wailin' Jennys

• Firecracker (Red House)
• 40 Days (Red House)

Loudon Wainwright III

• Strange Weirdos: Music From and Inspired by the Film 'Knocked Up' (Concord)

Loudon Wainwright Iii

• Last Man on Earth (Red House)
• So Damn Happy (Sanctuary)
• Here Come the Choppers! (Sovereign Artists)

Martha Wainwright

• Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole [EP] (Drowned in Sound)
• I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too (Zoe/Rounder)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Martha Wainwright lives up to her DNA on an intensely moving sophomore album.

   

Rufus Wainwright

• Poses (DreamWorks)
• Want One (DreamWorks)
• Release the Stars (Geffen)
• News: Rufus Wainwright shoots for the sky with 'Stars'
• News: Rufus Wainwright's operatic life
• News: Rufus Wainwright sings as the spirit moves him

Genevieve Waite

• Feature: Genevieve Waite, Romance Is on the Rise (1974)

John Waite

• Downtown Journey of a Heart (Frontiers)
• Downtown -- Journey of a Heart (No Brakes/Rounder)

The Waitresses

• The Best of the Waitresses (The Millennium Collection) (The Millennium Collection)

Tom Waits

• Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards (Anti-)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  If you hear the phrases, 'The female praying mantis devours the male while they are mating. The male sometimes continues copulating even after the female has bitten off his head, and part of his upper torso,' you are listening to a Bastard.

   
• One from the Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Columbia/Legacy)
• Real Gone (Anti-)
• AliceBlood Money (Epitaph)
• News: The always-eccentric Tom Waits hopes you'll adopt his 'Orphans'

Wake Robin

• The Taker (Self-released)

Wakefield

• Which Side Are You On? (Jive)
• American Made (Arista)

Rick Wakeman

• Recollections: the Best of Rick Wakeman (1973-79) (1973-79)

Waldeck

• The Night Garden (E-Magine)

Ken Waldman

• All Originals, All Traditionals (Nomadic Press)

The Walkabouts

• Slow Days with Nina (Shingle Street)

Walker Kong

• There Goes the Sun (Magic Marker)
• Deliver Us From People (Magic Marker)

Butch Walker

• The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out Tonites (Epic)
• Left of Self-Centered (Arista)

Joe Louis Walker

• Pasa Tiempo (Evidence)

Natalie Walker

• Urban Angel (Dorado Records)

Peter Walker

• Landed (Dangerbird)

Quinn Walker

• Laughter's an Asshole / Lion Land (Voodoo Eros)

Scott Walker

• The Drift (4AD)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Walker has created a dense nightmare world on The Drift that -- in all its bloody, crawling glory -- is as boldly profound a comment on our times as has emerged so far this century.

   

Stewart Walker

• Concentricity (Persona)

Walking Concert

• Run to Be Born (Some)

The Walkmen

• A Hundred Miles Off (Record Collection)
• Pussy Cats (Record Collection)
• Bows and Arrows (Record Collection)
• Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone (StarTime International)
• Let's Live Together (Shingle Street)
• News: The Walkmen take a novel approach

The Walkup

• The Walkup: Down on Pacific

Chris Walla

• Field Manual (Barsuk)
• Feature: It's Hard to Rhyme Anything with Atchafalaya: An Interview with Chris Walla

Bennie Wallace

• The Nearness of You (Enja)

Fats Waller

• Feature: Best Jazz of 2006
• If You've Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It (Bluebird/Legacy)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Three discs of old-time bliss -- one of the greats at his greatest.

   
• Centennial Collection (RCA Victor)

The Wallflowers

• Rebel, Sweetheart (Interscope)
• Red Letter Days (Interscope)
• Breach (Interscope)

Walls of Jericho

• With Devils Amongst Us All (Trustkill)

The Walnut Dash

• Titbits (Vinyl Japan)

Joe Walsh

• The Best of Joe Walsh: the Millennium Collection
• News: Joe Walsh: Mr. Rock `n' droll

Kate Walsh

• Tim's House (Verve Forecast)
• Tim's House (Verve)

Robert Walter

• There Goes the Neighborhood (Premonition)

Waltham

• Waltham (Rykodisc)

Waltz for Debbie

• Gone and Out (Hidden Agenda/Parasol)

Wang Chung

• The Best of Wang Chung (The Millennium Collection) (The Millennium Collection)

The Wannadies

• Before and After (Hidden Agenda)

War

• Grooves and Messages: the Greatest Hits of War (Avenue)

War Against Sleep

• Borderline Personality (Fire)

The War on Drugs

• Wagonwheel Blues (Secretly Canadian)

Kristen Ward

• Drive Away (Self-released)

M. Ward

• Duet for Guitars #2 (Merge)

M. Ward

• Post-War (Merge)
• Feature: Best Albums of 2006
• Transistor Radio (Merge)
• Transfiguration of Vincent (Merge)
• Concert: 5 January 2007: Metro Theatre — Sydney, Australia

Steve Ward

• Opening Night (Lucky)
• See and Be Seen (Lucky)

David S. Ware Quartet

• Freedom Suite (Aum Fidelity)

David S. Ware Quartets

• Live in the World (Thirsty Ear)

David S. Ware String Ensemble

• Threads (Thirsty Ear)

David S. Ware

• BalladWare (Thirsty Ear)

David S. Ware Quartet

• Renunciation (AUM Fidelity)

Leon Ware

• Musical Massage (Motown)

The Warlocks

• Surgery (Mute)
• Heavy Deavy Skull Lover (Tee Pee)
• News: Warlocks bassist detects meaning beneath chords of `Skull Lover'

Warm in the Wake

• Gold Dust Trail (Livewire)

Jennifer Warnes

• Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen, 20th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory)

Anna Waronker

• Anna by Anna Waronker (Five Foot Two)

Warrant

• Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich [reissue]Cherry Pie [reissue] (Legacy)

J.W. Warren

• Life Ain't Worth Livin' (Fat Possum)

Nick Warren

• Shanghai (Global Underground)
• Paris (Global Underground)

Warsaw Village Band

• People's Spring (World Village)
• Uprooting (World Village)

Was (Not Was)

• Boo! (Ryko)
• News: Was (Not Was) refound each other — and their groove

Abigail Washburn

• Song of the Traveling Daughter (Nettwerk)

Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet

• Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet (Nettwerk)

The Washdown

• Yes to Everything (Lookout!)

Dinah Washington

• Ballads (Blue Note/Roulette Jazz)

Imaad Wasif and Two Part Beast

• Strange Hexes (self-released)

Watain

• Sworn to the Dark (AJNA)

Watcha Clan

• Column: Three Nights in France

Watchers

• Vampire Driver (Gern Blandsten)

The Watchers

• To the Rooftops (Gern Blandsten)

Waterbone

• Tibet (Intentcity)

The Waterboys

• Book of Lightning (Decca/Universal)

Watermelon Slim and the Workers

• Watermelon Slim and the Workers (Northern Blues)

John Waters

• A Date With John Waters (New Line)
• Feature: Love and Frogs: Dating John Waters

Muddy Waters

• The Real Folk Blues/More Real Folk Blues (MCA/Chess)
• Martin Scorsese's the Blues: Muddy Waters (Universal Chronicles)
• The Anthology: 1947-1972 (MCA)
• Muddy Mississippi Waters Live (Epic/Legacy)
• Hoochie Coochie Man (Just A Memory)

Roger Waters

• In the Flesh (Columbia)
• News: Pink Floyd ex Roger Waters has left the dark side

Geraint Watkins

• Dial 'W' for Watkins (Yep Roc)

Sean Watkins

• Blinders On (Sugar Hill)
• 26 Miles (Sugar Hill)

Watoo Watoo

• La Fuite (Letterbox)

Bobby Watson and Horizon

• Horizon Reassembled (Palmetto)

Dale Watson

• From the Cradle to the Grave (Hyena)
• Little Darlin' Sessions (Koch)

Doc Watson

• At Gerdes Folk City (Sugar Hill)
• Trouble in Mind: the Doc Watson Country Blues Collection 1964-1998 (Sugar Hill)
• The Best of Doc Watson 1964-1968 (Vanguard)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Internationally renowned for his unique flatpicking guitar style, Doc Watson is one of the most prolific and influential guitarists of the 20th century.

   

Doc and Merle Watson

• Black Mountain Rag (Rounder)
• Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues (Rounder)

Gene Watson

• Then & Now (Koch Nashville)
• In a Perfect World (Shanachie)

Patrick Watson

• Close to Paradise (Secret City)

Ben Watt

• Buzzin' Fly Volume III (Buzzin' Fly)
• Lazy Dog: Deep House Music (Astralwerks)
• Buzzin' Fly Volume 4 (Buzzin' Fly)
• Buzzin' Fly - 5 Golden Years in the Wilderness: Unmixed and Selected by Ben Watt (Buzzin' Fly)

Mike Watt

• The Secondman's Middle Stand (Columbia/Red Ink)

Ohmega Watts

• Watts Happening (Ubiquity)

Wax Mannequin

• Orchard & Ire (Infinite Heat)

Wax Poetic

• Wax Poetic (Atlantic)
• Nublu Sessions (Ultra)
• Wax Poetic: Copenhagen

Wax Tailor

• Hope & Sorrow (Decon)

Waxwing

• Nobody Can Take What Everybody Owns (Second Nature Recordings)

The Waxwings

• Low to the Ground (Bobsled)
• Let's Make Our Descent (Rainbow Quartz)

The Waybacks

• Loaded (Compass)

Waylon and Waymore Blues Band

• Never Say Die Live (Lucky Dog/Sony)

The Waylons

• The Waylons (self-released)

Wayne

• Music on Plastic (TVT)

Dallas Wayne

• I'm Your Biggest Fan (Koch)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Dallas Wayne has constructed one of the great country albums of our time.

   

Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne

• Let It Loose (Electro-Fi)

We Are Scientists

• With Love and Squalor (Virgin)
• Brain Thrust Mastery (Astralwerks)

We Are Wolves

• Total Magique (Dare to Care)

We Ragazzi

• Wolves with Pretty Lips (Suicide Squeeze)

We Shot the Moon

• Fear and Love (The Militia Group)

We Tigers

• Rivals (Them Tigers)

We Versus the Shark

• Ruin Everything! (Hello Sir)

We Were the States

• Believe the Thieves (Chicken Ranch)

The Weakerthans

• Left and Leaving (Sub City)
• Reconstruction Site (Epitaph)
• Reunion Tour (Epitaph/Anti-)

Weapon of Choice

• Color Me Funky (Funk to the Max)

Ben Weaver

• Paper Sky (Fugawee Bird)

The Weavers

• Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard)

Derek Webb

• The Ringing Bell (INO)

Eberhard Weber

• Endless Days (ECM)
• Column: Bass Reflections

The Wedding Present

• Search For Paradise (Manifesto/Scorpitones)
• Singles 1989-1991 (Manifesto)
• Feature: Architecture and Morality: The Wedding Present Revisited
• Shepherd's Bush Welcomes the Wedding Present (Secret Records Limited)
• El Rey (Manifesto)

Wednesday 13

• Fang Bang (Rykodisc)

Wednesday Week

• What We Had (Noble Rot/Critics Choice)

Craig Wedren

• Lapland (Team Love)

Ween

• Quebec (Sanctuary)
• White Pepper (Elektra)
• La Cucaracha (Schnitzel/Rounder)
• News: Indie-pop act Ween is serious about its buggy creations
• Ween : The Friends EP
• Concert: 1 December 2007: Terminal 5 — New York, NY

The Weepies

• Say I Am You (Nettwerk)
• Hideaway (Nettwerk)

Weeping in Fits and Starts

• Blue Funnel World (Rhubarb)

Weevie

• Nighty Night -- Deep Soul in Dub (Stoic)

Weezer

• Maladroit (Geffen)
• Weezer (Blue Album) [Deluxe Edition] (Blue Album)
• Weezer ("The Green Album") ("The Green Album")
• Weezer: The Red Album (Geffen)

Max Weinberg

• News: Max Weinberg provides an insider's tour of life on E Street

The Weird Weeds

• Weird Feelings (Sounds Are Active)
• I Miss This (Autobus)

Chuck E. Weiss

• 23rd & Stout (Cooking Vinyl)

David Weiss

• Breathing Room (Fresh Sound/New Talent)
• The Mirror (Fresh Sound New Talent)

Mary Weiss

• Dangerous Game (Norton)
• News: Leader of the pack is back: Girl-group legend comes home

Kevin Welch

• Millionaire (Dead Reckoning/Compendia)

Welcome to Your Videos

• Welcome to the Videos (Geffen)

The Well Wishers

• Twenty-Four Seven (Not Lame)

Paul Weller

• As Is Now (Yep Roc)
• Modern Classics (Island)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Weller has written an entire catalog of memorable songs -- remember The Jam.

   
• 22 Dreams (Island/Yep Roc)

The Wellingtons

• For Friends in Far Away Places (Popboomerang)

Junior Wells

• Live At Theresa's 1975 (Delmark)

Kitty Wells

• The Best of Kitty Wells: the Millennium Collection (20th Century Masters) (20th Century Masters)

Tyrone Wells

• Hold On (Universal Republic)
• Concert: 11 April 2007: Schubas — Chicago, IL

Wellwater Conspiracy

• The Scroll and Its Combinations (TVT)
• Brotherhood of Electric: Operational Directives (Time Bomb)
• Wellwater Conspiracy (Transdreamer/Megaforce)

Bochum Welt

• R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy) (Rephlex)

Kenny Werner

• Lawn Chair Society (Blue Note)
• Lawn Chair Society (Blue Note)

  Featured Article

  

  Fully integrated electro-acoustic jazz from a journeyman pianist -- a revelation.

   
• Feature: The Best Jazz of 2007

Matt Wertz

• News: Multifacted singer-songwriter Matt Wertz touches a lot of souls

The Wes Hollywood Show

• Playing Favourites (Net Wt.)
• The Girls Are Never Ending (Net Wt.)

Daniel Wesley

• Sing + Dance (Grifter/Fontana North)

West Indian Girl

• West Indian Girl (Astralwerks)
• 4th & Wall (Milan/Northern Sky)

Kanye West

• The College Dropout (Roc-A-Fella)
• Late Registration (Roc-A-Fella)
• Get Well Soon / I'm Good (mixtapes)
• Graduation (Roc-A-Fella)
• News: 'Graduation': Kanye West's journey to adulthood
• News: Showdown between 50 Cent and Kanye West is no contest
• Alter Ego (mix tape)
• News: Kanye West: Is he rap's greatest rock star or just lost in space?
• Feature: Activity Placement: Why Kanye Needs Us and We Need Him

Westbound Train

• Transitions (Hellcat/Epitaph)

Paul Westerberg

• Come Feel Me Tremble (Vagrant)
• StereoMono (Vagrant)
• Folker (Vagrant)

Western Electric

• Western Electric (Gadfly)

The Western States Motel

• The Western States Motel (Firebird Field)

Wet Cookies

• Earthling (Collision)

Katharine Whalen

• Dirty Little Secret (M.C.)

What Made Milwaukee Famous

• Trying To Never Catch Up (Barsuk)
• What Doesn't Kill Us (Barsuk)

Wheat

• Per Second, Per Second, Per Second... Every Second (Aware/Columbia)
• Everyday I Said a Prayer for Kathy and Made a One Inch Square (Empyrean)

Wheatus

• Wheatus (Columbia)

Kenny Wheeler

• A Long Time Ago (ECM)
• Other People (CAM Jazz)

Tim Wheeler

• Feature: The Mysterious Mr Wheeler: An Interview with Ash

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

• Not Noiice (Chalk Circle)

The Whigs

• Give 'Em All a Big Fat Lip (ATO)
• Give 'Em All a Big Fat Lip (ATO)
• Mission Control (ATO)

Whirlaway

• Pompano (Tone Vendor)

Whirlwind Heat

• Types of Wood (Brille)

Whiskeytown

• Pneumonia (Lost Highway)
• Strangers Almanac: Deluxe Edition (Geffen)

The Whispers

• Greatest Slow Jams Volume Two (EMD/Right Stuff)

Whistler

• Whistler (Wiiija/Beggars Banquet)

The White Birch

• Come Up For Air (Rune Grammofon)

White Boy

• No Gray Area (Icee)

White Hinterland

• Phylactery Factory (Dead Oceans)

White Light Motorcade

• Thank You, Goodnight! (Octone)

White Mud Free Way

• Last Year's Junk (Bar/None)

White Rabbits

• Fort Nightly (Say Hey)
• Fort Nightly (Say Hey)

White Shoes and the Couples Company

• White Shoes and the Couples Company (Minty Fresh)

The White Stripes

• De Stijl (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
• White Blood Cells (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
• Get Behind Me Satan (V2)
• Elephant (V2)
• Icky Thump (Warner Bros/WEA)

White Whale

• WWI (Merge)

Barry White

• Staying Power (Private Music)
• 20th Century Masters (The Millennium Collection) (The Millennium Collection)

Dr. Michael White

• Feature: Music lovers mourn 'whole universe' of jazz history destroyed in Katrina

Emily Jane White

• Dark Undercoat (Double Negative)

Jason White

• Tonight's Top Story (Hanging Vines)

Jim White

• No Such Place (Luaka Bop)
• Drill a Hole in that Substrate and Tell Me What You See (Luaka Bop)
• Transnormal Skiperoo (Luaka Bop)
• Feature: If You Can't Build a Whole, Build a Mosaic: An Interview with Jim White
• Feature: Jim White

Joy Lynn White

• One More Time (Thortch Recordings)

Sarah White and the Pearls

• White Light (Antenna Farm)

Tony Joe White

• The Heroines (Sanctuary)
• Deep Cuts (Swamp)

Whitey

• The Light at the End of the Tunnel Is a Train (Dim Mak)

Chris Whitley

• Weed (Messenger)
• War Crime Blues (Messenger)
• Soft Dangerous Shores (Messenger)

Chris Whitley and Jeff Lang

• Dislocation Blues (Rounder)

Keith Fullerton Whitman

• Lisbon (Kranky)

William Elliott Whitmore

• Ashes to Dust (Southern)

The Whitsundays

• The Whitsundays (Friendly Fire)

Who Made Who

• Who Made Who (Gomma)

The Who

• Endless Wire (Universal Republic)
• Feature: Our Story Is a Perennial One: An Interview With Pete Townshend
• The Ultimate Collection (MCA/UTV)
• Who's Next [Deluxe Edition] (MCA)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Few albums in the pantheon of classic rock recordings embody the greatness of an artist more than 1971's Who's Next.

   
• Tommy [Deluxe Edition] (Geffen)
• Quadrophenia (MCA)
• Quadrophenia (MCA)
• Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Steamhammer/SPV)
• Live at Leeds (MCA)
• Live at Leeds (Deluxe Edition) (Deluxe Edition)
• My Generation (Deluxe Edition) (Deluxe Edition)
• Then and Now: Maximum Who (Geffen)

Whodini

• Funky Beat: The Best of Whodini (Jive)

Why Make Clocks

• Fifteen Feet and Twenty Degrees (Rubric)

Why?

• Elephant Eyelash (Anticon)
• Alopecia (Anticon)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  If Elephant Eyelash is Why?'s most upbeat work, Alopecia is its evil twin; dark, disillusioned and unrelenting, it serves as the messy breakup to Elephant Eyelash's honeymoon.

   

Brandon Wiard

• Painting a Burning Building (Cerberus)

The Wicked Farleys

• Make It It (Big Top)

Widespread Panic

• Night of Joy (Sanctuary)
• Free Somehow (Widespread)
• News: Veteran jam band Widespread Panic on the bill at Rothbury Festival

Mans Wieslander

• Yet (Parasol)

Wiggle

• Fabric28 (Fabric)

Wilco

• A Ghost Is Born (Nonesuch)
• Kicking Television: Live in Chicago (Nonesuch)
• Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch)
• Feature: Which Echoes Belong?
• Feature: Back to Basics: An Interview with Wilco
• Sky Blue Sky (Nonesuch)

  Featured Article

  

  If you're prone to confusing honest musical maturity with banality, then you'll surely miss out on the treasures of Sky Blue Sky.

   
• Concert: 20 October 2006: Carey Center Gymnasium — St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA
• Concert: 20 October 2006: Carey Center Gymnasium — St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA

David Wilcox

• Vista (What Are Records)
• What You Whispered (Vanguard)
• Underneath (Vanguard)
• Airstream (What Are)

Wild Sweet Orange

• The Whale EP (Nervous Blood)

The Wildbirds

• Suzanne (PRC)

Wilderness

• Vessel States (Jagjaguwar)
• Wilderness (Jagjaguwar)

The Wilders

• Throw Down (Rural Grit)
• Someone's Got To Pay (Free Dirt)

The Wildhearts

• The Wildhearts Must Be Destroyed (Sanctuary)

Wiley

• Treddin' on Thin Ice (XL)
• Playtime Is Over (Big Dada)

Tess Wiley

• Rainy Day Assembly (Independent/Effanel Music)

Marc Wilkinson

• Blood on Satan’s Claw: The Original Movie Soundtrack (Trunk)

The Wilkinsons

• Here and Now (Giant)

Will.i.am

• Lost Change (BBE)
• News: Megaforce Will.i.am is no longer 'Ordinary People'

Willard Grant Conspiracy

• Let It Roll (Dahlia/Reincarnate Music)
• Regard the End (Kimchee)
• Everything's Fine (Slow River/Rykodisc)

Willard Grant Conspiracy & Telefunk

• In the Fishtank (Fish Eight) (Fish Eight)

William Bell

• The Very Best of William Bell (Stax/Concord)

  Featured Article

  

  This Very Best Of is a great reminder of the mind-blowing soul and R&B catalogue of Stax Records and, even more importantly, a proper reminder of one of the label's most underrated artists.

   

William Cepeda Afrorican Jazz

• My Roots & Beyond

William Parker Trio

• Painter's Spring (Thirsty Ear)

William Pears

• Big Bang! (Permanent Press)

Andre Williams & the Sadies

• Red Dirt (Bloodshot)

Andre Williams and the Diplomats of Solid Sound

• Aphrodisiac (Pravda)

Bernie Williams

• The Journey Within (GRP)

Brooks Williams

• The Time I Spend With You (Red Guitar Blue Music)

Dar Williams

• Out There Live (Razor and Tie)

Deniece Williams

• Love, Niecy Style (Shanachie)
• News: Deniece Williams returns in fine form to cover some classics

Devon Williams

• Carefree (Ba Da Bing)

Hank Williams

• Turn Back the Years: the Essential Hank Williams Collection (Mercury Nashville)
• Live at the Grand Ole Opry (Mercury)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  Hank Williams may well have been the first rock and roll star.

   

Hank Williams III

• Straight to Hell (BURC/CURB)
• News: Hank Williams III on going 'Straight to Hell'

Jody Williams

• Return of a Legend (Evidence)

Hank Williams, Jr.

• 20th Century Masters: the Millennium Collection (Mercury)

Kathryn Williams

• Leave To Remain (Cheap Lullaby Records)

  Featured Article

  

  Fragile and very, very soothing, Williams rarely misses the mark on these 10 songs.

   

Keller Williams

• Laugh (Sci Fidelity)
• 12 (SCI Fidelity)

Larry Williams

• Specialty Profiles (Specialty)

Lucinda Williams

• West (Lost Highway)
• News: Lucinda Williams explores, but not all fans go with her out 'West'
• Feature: The Best Singer-Songwriter Albums of 2007
• Feature: The Best Pop-Country of 2007
• World Without Tears (Lost Highway)
• News: Lucinda Williams' life fuels her new CD
• Concert: 24 September 2007: Charlottesville Pavilion — Charlottesville, VA
• Concert: 18 September 2007: ACL Studio — Austin, TX
• Concert: 29 June 2008: Englert Theatre — Iowa City, IA

Michelle Williams

• Do You Know (Sony)

Pamela Williams

• Evolution (Fome/Edel/Red Ink)

Robbie Williams

• Rudebox (Chrysalis/EMI)
• Escapology (Virgin)
• Intensive Care (Chrysalis)
• Sing When You're Winning (Chrysalis)

Robert Pete Williams

• Robert Pete Williams (Fat Possum)

Robin and Linda Williams

• Deeper Waters (Red House)
• Radio Songs (Red House)

Saul Williams

• Amethyst Rock Star (American)
• Saul Williams (Fader)
• Feature: The Best Hip-Hop of 2007
• Feature: "The Real is Just as Magical as the Fictitious": An Intimate Talk with Saul Williams

Tim Williams

• When Work Is Done (Dovecote)

Victoria Williams

• Sings Some Ol' Songs (Dualtone)
• Water to Drink (Atlantic)

White Williams

• Smoke (Tigerbeat6)

Astrid Williamson

• Day of the Lone Wolf (One Little Indian)

Robin Williamson

• Skirting the River Road (ECM)

Sonny Boy Williamson

• The Real Folk Blues / More Real Folk Blues (MCA/Chess)

Willie D

• Loved By Few, Hated By Many (Rap-A-Lot/Virgin)

Kelly Willis

• Easy (Rykodisc)
• What I Deserve (Rykodisc)
• Translated From Love (Rykodisc)
• Feature: The Best Pop-Country of 2007

Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators

• Keep Reachin' Up (Light in the Attic)

Willits + Sakamoto

• Ocean Fire (12K)

Christopher Willits

• Plants and Hearts (ROOM40)

Willoughby

• Willoughby: I Know What You're Up To

The Willowz

• Talk in Circles (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
• Are Coming (Sympathy for the Record Industry)
• Chautauqua (Dim Mak)

Willowz: Seeinsquares

• Director: Ace Norton, Joel Rubalcalba, Toben Seymour, Buddy Gray, Bradley Scott, Charles Spano, Mich

Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

• Legends of Country Music (Columbia/Legacy)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  In his rowdy Texas way, Bob Wills was just as avant-garde as any other musician America has ever had.

   

Elizabeth Wills

• Fly (Erian)

Marty Willson-piper

• Hanging Out in Heaven (Heyday)

Wilshire

• New Universe (Sony)

Ann Wilson

• Hope & Glory (Zoë/Rounder)

Brian Wilson

• Smile (Nonesuch)
• News: 40 years later, Brian Wilson catches a wave to Monterey
• Concert: 7 January 2008: The State Theatre — Sydney, AUS

Cassandra Wilson

• Thunderbird (Blue Note)

  PopMatters Pick

  

  The alt-jazz diva gets T Boned.

   
• Belly of the Sun (Blue Note)
• Column: Double Standards
• Loverly (Blue Note)