Swagger

Folk


Bestsellers > Music > Folk

new:

	XO »rank: 2550 by: Elliott Smith : :Japanese version featuring a bonus track: 'Miss Misery'. 's Best of 1998:Elliott Smith's fourth solo album and major-label debut, X0, brings narrative detail and a wide range of emotion to an indie meld of '60s-style rock and folk-pop. Whether in the broken stateliness of 'Waltz #2 (X0),' the Sgt. Pepper tribute of 'Baby Britain,' or the explosions of 'Amity' and 'Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands,' Smith's melodic and arrangement senses give his vulnerable vocals and brilliant wordcraft the maximum effectiveness. X0 ...		Second Gleam (Dig) »rank: 3816 by: The Avett Brothers : :The Avett Brothers release The Second Gleam; six new songs offered with the natural lyrical clarity and honest delivery that has become synonymous with their name. With this addition to their growing body of work, Scott and Seth Avett establish a series, while further separating their writing from the modern landscape of music, popular or otherwise. Following in the initial footsteps of the first Gleam recording, this second installment sings to the uncommon senses of the common man. The record ...
	Nashville Skyline »rank: 1738 by: Bob Dylan : :The Avett Brothers release The Second Gleam; six new songs offered with the natural lyrical clarity and honest delivery that has become synonymous with their name. With this addition to their growing body of work, Scott and Seth Avett establish a series, while further separating their writing from the modern landscape of music, popular or otherwise. Following in the initial footsteps of the first Gleam recording, this second installment sings to the uncommon senses of the common man. The record ...		Mermaid Avenue »rank: 2272 by: Billy Bragg & Wilco : 's Best of 1998:A ghost, a band, a troubadour. Easily the strangest co-op project ever, and easily one of the finest and most evocative albums of the year. British socialist and folkie Billy Bragg was given unprecedented access to Woody Guthrie's unrecorded lyrics. Teaming up with alt-country band Wilco and quoting from more than 50 years of country, folk, and rock music, Billy and company bring Guthrie's politics, poetry, and morality to the end of the century and prove he's as ...
	Another Country »rank: 2185 by: Tift Merritt : :After two records and a Grammy nomination, Tift Merritt took hiatus with a piano in Paris and came home with her best and most personal songs to date. Merritt describes the writing as a plainspoken look at the distance we all attempt to cross: between two people, between one heart and the rest of the world. Another Country Features special guests CHARLlE SEXT0N and D0UG PETTlB0NE :lf the first step brings critical acclaim and the second garners Grammy® consideration, what ...		Greatest Hits »rank: 3336 by: James Taylor : :After two records and a Grammy nomination, Tift Merritt took hiatus with a piano in Paris and came home with her best and most personal songs to date. Merritt describes the writing as a plainspoken look at the distance we all attempt to cross: between two people, between one heart and the rest of the world. Another Country Features special guests CHARLlE SEXT0N and D0UG PETTlB0NE :lf the first step brings critical acclaim and the second garners Grammy® consideration, what ...
	These Days »rank: 2652 by: Vince Gill : :ln an unmatched outpouring of virtuosity and energy, Vince Gill has created a 4-CD set of 43 new and original songs that MCA Records will release 0ct. 17 under the title These Days. The collection is an artistic tour de force that displays Gill’s mastery of lyrics and musical styles, ranging from traditional country and bluegrass to jazz and rock. 'l started looking at all these songs l had,' the amiable superstar explains, 'and going, ‘Shoot, l want to record ...		Carencro »rank: 1767 by: Marc Broussard : :Carencro, named for Marc Broussard's Louisiana hometown, is at times a swamp-pop masterpiece, with leadoff track 'Home' stealing the mud-crusted show. What happens in the 11 songs that follow, though, could redeem major record labels from their bullying reputations. Because instead of shoving this pop/rock/soul/R&B wunderkind in the right direction--that being the direction that center-spears his gift for channeling greats like Sam Cooke, John Hiatt, and Stevie Wonder in the space of a single song--whoever was in charge let him wander, ...
	Living With Ghosts »rank: 4083 by: Patty Griffin : :Carencro, named for Marc Broussard's Louisiana hometown, is at times a swamp-pop masterpiece, with leadoff track 'Home' stealing the mud-crusted show. What happens in the 11 songs that follow, though, could redeem major record labels from their bullying reputations. Because instead of shoving this pop/rock/soul/R&B wunderkind in the right direction--that being the direction that center-spears his gift for channeling greats like Sam Cooke, John Hiatt, and Stevie Wonder in the space of a single song--whoever was in charge let him wander, ...		Swagger »rank: 5261 by: Flogging Molly : :Carencro, named for Marc Broussard's Louisiana hometown, is at times a swamp-pop masterpiece, with leadoff track 'Home' stealing the mud-crusted show. What happens in the 11 songs that follow, though, could redeem major record labels from their bullying reputations. Because instead of shoving this pop/rock/soul/R&B wunderkind in the right direction--that being the direction that center-spears his gift for channeling greats like Sam Cooke, John Hiatt, and Stevie Wonder in the space of a single song--whoever was in charge let him wander, ...