Bring Out Your Dead 2012 – part 2
Hosted by Don Cornelius, w/Larry Hagman, Don Klugman, Dick Clark, Ernest Borgnine, Phyllis Diller, Sherman Hemsley, and Andy Griffith.
Bring Out Your Dead 2012 – part 1
Songs about death and renewal from musicians who died in 2012.
The Dames of Harlem
Vocalists of the 20s and 30s, including Mamie Smith, Gertrude Saunders, Edith Wilson, Monette Moore, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, Victoria Spivey, Gladys Bentley, Alberta Hunter, Clara Smith, Mattie Hite, Lena Wilson, Billie Holiday, and Dell St. John.
My Mercurial Mother
Featuring the finest female vocalists of the 1950s: Monica Zetterlund, Blossom Dearie, Rita Reys, Thelma Grayson, Ernestine Anderson, and more.
Samba Your Stress Away!
Whenever the stress-o-meter hits critical, haul out this classic 10″ LP from 1956 and bust-a-move!
Hypnotized
Masterful music from the margins that compels you to just sit back and listen.
Dizzy Gillespie and Johnny Griffin in Paris, 13 April 1973
Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet; Johnny Griffin, tenor sax; Kenny Drew, piano; Niels Pederson, bass; Kenny Clarke, drums; Humberto Canto, congas.
Venturing Out After Dark
A short exploration of the darker sounds of The Ventures
Lost Gems from Old Friends: The Unreleased Simon & Garfunkel
Demos, outtakes, and live recordings from 1964-1969.
Counter Clockwise Orchestra
4 songs from their unreleased 2002 demo EP.
Austerity Rules The Bailout Blues – part 4
w/Traffic, Badfinger, James Brown, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Clarence Clemons, ZZ Top, Thin Lizzy, Robert John Gallo.
Austerity Rules The Bailout Blues – part 3
w/Rufus Thomas, Phil Ochs, Etta Baker, Cellar Dwellers, Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith, Woody Guthrie, Bedouin Soundclash, Spinal Tap, Barbara Lea, The Clovers, James Brown.
Austerity Rules The Bailout Blues – part 2
w/Bobby Charles, Tom Waits, J.J. Cale, Son Seals, The Deep Dark Woods, Hoyt Axton, The Almanac Singers, Hank Williams, Al Urban, Bill Monroe, David Grisman, Alison Krauss & Union Station.
Austerity Rules The Bailout Blues – part 1
w/The Kinks, Steve Miller, Arthur Brown, David Wilcox, J.B. Hutto, Elmore James, Mitchell Torok, The Drifters, Everly Brothers, Eagles of Death Metal, Eric Bentley, Howlin’ Wolf, Charlie Sohmer.
The Faceless Jimmie Gordon
5 great songs from one of St. Louis’ finest, yet most obscure blues artists.
Bring Out Your Barry
A brief memorial compiled from John Barry’s early film soundtracks.
Bring Out Your Dead 2011 – part 4
w/Walter Norris, George Shearing, Bob Brookmeyer, Eddie Marshall, Pete Rugolo, Sam Rivers, Jack Kevorkian, Snooky Young.
Bring Out Your Dead 2011 – part 3
w/Phoebe Snow, Hubert Sumlin, Mojo Buford, Honeyboy Edwards, Bob Brunning, Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith, Pinetop Perkins, Big Jack Johnson.
Bring Out Your Dead 2011 – part 2
w/Sultan Khan, Conrad Schnitzler, Milton Babbitt, Wild Man Fischer, and Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood.
Bring Out Your Dead 2011 – part 1
w/Eugene McDaniels, Alex Kirst, Clarence Clemons, Bert Jansch, Charlie Louvin, Peter Narvaez, Terry Clements, Gil Scott-Heron, Benny Spellman, Rob Grill, Matthew Calicoat, Marvin Sease.
Working Christmas Blues 2011
w/Del McCoury, Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie, Bobby Charles, Tom Waits, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Marty Robbins, and more.
Home For Christmas
A compilation of folk, gospel, and bluegrass from the 1982 Book Of The Month Club 3-LP boxset.
Monday Evening Train
w/Last Train Home, Flexigrass, Matt Munisteri, Toshi Reagon, Corey Harris, Gillian Welch, Cat Power, Valorie Miller, Graham Wilkinson.
Jimi Hendrix: Early Instrumentals
From his 1965 studio sessions w/Curtis Knight and The Squires.
Let’s Go Bowling!
Comedian Jim Gaffigan narrates your bowling night.
Symfloydia: Orchestrations from the Underground
Weaving through Pink Floyd’s experimental instrumentals [1968-1972].
Black Noise: The Electric Dharma of FM
An instrumental compilation from Black Noise [1977], Head Room [1978], Surveilance [1979], and Foreign Exchange [1980].
Bring Out Your Dead 2009 – part 2
w/Norton Buffalo, Koko Taylor, Willie King, Jack Rose, Allen Shelton, Mike Seeger, John Martyn.
Bring Out Your Dead 2009 – part 1
w/Frank McCourt, Claude Jeter, Steve Ferguson, Eddie Bo, Joe Cuba, Willy “Mink” DeVille, Jim Carroll, Billy Lee Riley, Sky Saxon.
Joan Baez – Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time
Songs and poems selected and edited by Joan Baez. Original music composed and conducted by Peter Schickele.
Basement Babble