Sara Evans' new cd "Restless" comes out August 19th!!!!!! Color me excited!!

It's not that new anymore, but one of the latest CDs I have bought, which is several weeks ago now (guess I don't shop that often) is Peace Songs. Interesting covers of old songs with new artists - looks like everything old is new again.

Avril Lavigne covering Bob Dylan's "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" is far and away the best track. Our Lady Peace covering John Lennon's "Imagine" is an interesting second.

Here is a link to the track listing and samples. I am not sure if this is considered advertising, but hope it is allowed as this is a charity album. http://sonymusic.ca/PeaceSongs/tracks.html

I had a birthday recently and this is what I got:

40 Licks - The Rolling Stones
Let it Bleed - The Rolling Stones
A Quick One - The Who
Imagine - John Lennon
The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
Aqualung - Jethro Tull

I also got Tommy by the Who recently.
As you can see I've just begun my exploration of classic rock

Last ten purchases-
Led Zepplin Four
Henry Paul Band-Grey Ghost
Blackfoot-Strikes
Rossington/Collins Band-Anytime,Anyplace, Anywhere
Santana-Abraxas
Stone Temple Pilots-Core
Pure Prairie League-Greatest Hits
Neil Young-After The Gold Rush
Great Rossini Overturers-Various Orchestras
Frank Zappa-Apostrophe

Geez, I coldn't even remember the last five I bought let alone 10! But last night I ordered Dido "No angel" and her latest one which isn't due out here until the end of the month - now I have to wait for them to be delivered.
C'mon Mr Postie!

I just bought:

John Mayer, "Heavier Things"
The Misfits "Project 1950"
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes "Take a Break"
Ben Harper "Diamonds on the Inside" and
Joe Jackson "Joe Jackson's Greatest Hits."

Now, if I could just find the time to listen to all of them, I'd be in good shape.

Some recent good cd finds-

A used copy of the first Be Good Tonyas cd. Their music is a mix of folk, blues and alternative-country. Quite a nice old-timey feel to their sound but not a forced retro vibe.

Bought some really excellent soul/R&B various artists compilations lately. "Vampi Soul", "Westbound Funk", "Fatback's Soul Shop" "Country Got Funk" and
the stand-out "Soulin' Vol. 2". Most of the songs are from
the 70's, most of the artists only released a few singles in their career but a big tip of the hat to the compliers of these
cd's for finding and releasing these excellent tunes!

Also purchased the latest Neil Young (Greendale) and two older Neil's(On The Beach and American Stars'N'Bars) just released on cd for the first time.

Loved the new Kings Of Leon (the southern USA version of the Strokes?) but a little put-off that the full length debut is nothing more than their previously released ep with a few additional songs. Also enjoyed Ten Benson's debut record. Ten Benson is said to be compared to a mix of the Strokes and ZZ Top or The Hives meet Black Oak Arkansas.
Ah, so now the critics decide that meeting Black Oak Arkansas can result in a good thing. Tsk tsk!

Although not too recently I just got Sara Evans' "Restless" and The White Stripes' "De Stihl" Very nice.

Cahay - Do you have Lucinda Williams's new one yet? I really like it and we seem to have similar musical tastes.

-Tara

I'm loading up on my swing music
Just got 3 of the 4 Bill Elliot Swing Orchestra albums
Swing Fever, Swingin' the Century and Live at the Hollywood Paladium

Indigo Swing and their 3 albums
Swing Session, All Aboard and Red Light

Swing Session and two albums
Whispering Grass and Swing Session

that's a lotta great music!

Now I can Shim Sham!

My friend just burned a bunch of CDs for me including:

Chris Cagle "Play It Loud"
Chris Cagle "Chris Cagle"
Gary Allan "See If I Care"
Gary Allan "Smoke Rings In The Dark"
Martina McBride "Greatest Hits"
"Freaky Friday" soundtrack

Hmmm...I'm noticing a pattern...of...country....

"Dark chords on a big guitar" the new Baez album, mediocre, pity.

Joss Stone "The Soul Sessions" A 16 years of age white UK girl releases the best soul album since the '70s. Her voice is
absolutely amazing and her interpretations of soul standards
such as "The Chokin' Kind" and "All the King's Men" are chilling. There's a sense of believability here in the covering of these tunes that I hadn't expected. She reworks "For the Love of You" into a slower gorgeous ballad and her cover of the White Stripes "Fell In Love with A Boy" deserves to recieve
radio airplay- I think it's much better than the original (this from a major White Stripes fan). Though this is an all covers record, I feel like I'm hearing many of these songs for the first time, thanks to the singer and all the contributing guests (soul artists such as Betty Wright, Timmy Thomas, Benny Latimore, etc). From what I've read, this cd was just a detour to Stone's real debut album- something in the vein of Britney Spears. Say it isn't so, Joss!

Oh, I love Justin Timberlake's newest song, Signorita. I love the part in it where he says "ok, we're gonna try something new this time, they don't do this anymore, but the guys say: It feels like something's heating up, can I leave wich you? and then the girls say: I don't know what I'm thinking of, but I'm leaving wich you..."
I love the girlie voice he puts on in it.
I also like Beyonce, R Kelly, Eminem (i love hime!!!), Sean Paul, Match Box 20, Black Eyed Peas, Shakaya, Christina Aguleara, and all of the other's who have made it onto the charts.
I also like a bit of Country rock and classical, musical tunes from older movies such as: the inspector general or kiss me kate.
R n B is alright too. Amanda Perez and Alicia Keys are good too.

Really love the new Al Green cd, "I Can't Stop". If you're a fan of his '70s soul classics, then you should enjoy this album. Every song's a winner for me.

I also like Ryan (that's Ryan not Bryan) Adam's new "Rock N Roll" cd. Also enjoyed Sting's latest album, "Sacred Love", and Dido's "Life for Rent".

Neil Young fans may want to check out My Morning Jacket's "It Still Moves" cd. A couple more good alternative rock albums I liked are "Chutes Too Narrow" by the Shins and "Logic Will Break Your Heart" by the Stills. The Still record took awhile to grow on me but now it's taking hold.

Another great, destined-to-be-a-classic soul cd is "Heroine" by Kelli Sae. It's a perfect album, no weak tracks.

Such a long time since I buy Cds, I just download music I like, and put them in Cds, for example last week I dowloaded: Jackson 5, Joe Crocker, Dido, Matchbox 20, Sixpence None The Richer, Tori Amos, Dean Martin, Michelle Branch, Sex Pistols, Lillix, The Donnas, AeroSmith,Kyle Minogue, The Beach Boys, and a couple more...

~Terri

Recently sent off for Cowboys to girls by The Intruders, anyone remember them?

For Christmas I got:
Bon Jovi- One Wild Night
Skid Row- 40 Seasons
Van Halen- 1984
Cinderella- Millennium Collection
Ozzy Osbourne- Blizzard of Ozz
Billy Idol- Greatest Hits
Aerosmith- O Yea! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits
New York Dolls- Millennium Collection
Poison- Best of Ballads and Blues

X-Mas:
No Doubt, The Singles 1992-2003
Gackt Camui (Japanese Singer) - Miseablé, Mars
Evanescence - My Immortal

I don't buy cd's that often,not cause i wouldn't love to but i'm saving my money for something else lol
Anyways,the latest cd i bought was Nickelback's "The Long road"
Wow this album rocks!!A great cd which i've been listening to over and over again lately and i like just about all the songs just as much.I guess most of you have heard the single "Someday"?
And with Chad Kroeger's amazing voice this is a band that i've really learned to love.
Go Nickelback!!

The newest CD I have gotten are:
AFI- Sing the Sorrow
New Blink CD
Smile Empty Soul - Self entitled
Korn - Take A Look In The Mirror
Trapt
That's aobut it

I generally don't buy CDs because I like listening to the radio, but my newest purchase was the latest Matchbox 20 CD, More Than You Think You Are. I really like the songs, and it is even rivaling my John Mayer CD (Room for Squares) for time spent in my CD player!

I love "Room for Squares." I've been playing it work nonstop. I guess it's lucky that I work by myself.

I like the latest cd by Air. All the vocals on this cd is theirs, this time around.

Two power pop cds I recommend- "45 & 33" by the Blank Pages (Rubber Soul-era Beatles-ish tunes) and "Unrequited Hits" by the Returnables (power punk-ish pop). Not Lame & cdbaby.com sites sell these and many more great sounds.

For a change of pace, if you love the country/hillbilly sounds of the old '78s, try the V/A comp, "Down In the Basement". Joe Bussard complied these for the cd, he's a well known collector of '78s and this comp is excellent. May he release many more of these! A companion collection to this record may well be R.Crumb's "Hot Women". More '78s, all female vocalists, from all over the world. R. Crumb does the art work, naturally.

Also, first time on cd is a collection of The Mummies, the world's wackiest punksters. "Death By Unga Bunga" on Estrus records should be a chart topping hit, in a better world that is.

Australian punk and punk pop collection- "Antipodean Screams". As far as I know, it's all real recent tunes. This is real music at it's most real! It's also available at Not Lame along with other great Aussie recordings. So what's in the water down under that produces such outstanding music so often?

I buy mostly old school rock stuff, so get ready for a trip through the past. >_>

Ummagumma by Pink Floyd
-This is an incredible double disc set. It's very early Floyd (it was released in 1969), but it is an incredible album, nonetheless.

Untitled (Led Zeppelin IV) by Led Zeppelin
-This is Zeppelin at their very best. If I only get one Zep album in my life, I'm glad it's this one.

Suprisingly, those are the only albuums I've purchased in a couple of months.