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Wolf Parade – “At Mount Zoomer”
Since “Shine A Light” was one of my favorite tracks of 2005, I was really stoked about the new album by Wolf Parade. These guys have three qualities that make them great; unique sound, excellent vocals, & great lyrics. This album is the kind that I will listen [...]

I have no problem telling you I have been looking forward to O.A.R.’s new album All Sides. I am a huge O.A.R. fan. I bet I have listened to or watched Live At Madison Square Garden in it’s entirety easily a hundred times. O.A.R. is what I go to when I am down and [...]

I don’t remember how, but I came across Peter Case’s new CD Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John a couple of weeks ago and he has been steady in my rotation since then.   This is another American folk treasure that is filled with masterful acoustic guitar playing, lyrics and vocals.
he fourteen dressed in his fathers [...]

Let me begin by saying that I am not intending to slam the movie or the music here but am merely making an observation that stuck me as odd. I was blown away by the movie, “Lost in Translation” and thought that the soundtrack for the movie was so well done that it really [...]

I was browsing around for something to listen to the other day when I thought I would check out Jewel’s new country CD. I checked out rhapsody but it wasn’t there yet. I did however notice she had a few cd’s I haven’t heard. I enjoyed her early stuff but haven’t heard [...]

Drag The River is what Wicked Playlist is about. Finding good new music that you may not have ever heard before. I had never head them. I just happened across the self-described Alt Country band. Now I won’t lie, I saw the name Drag The River and decided to see what they sounded [...]

Many CD reviews are pretty easy to write. You talk about the direction of the album, what sets it apart from others, touch on a few songs and then wrap it up. A CD like Ray LaMontagne’s Till The Sun Turns Black isn’t quite that easy. It requires a lot of staring at the [...]

Chances are, if you have heard of Renegade Rail it is because of the new song “Fat Girls and Weed” that is making it’s rounds on XM radio. That is where I first heard it and enjoyed it enough to look up Renegade Rail and their third album Ragged. Renegade Rail was easy [...]

I was reading a post a couple of days ago where the author was trying to decide if “Cease To Begin” by the Band of Horses was worth making his album of the year list (I’ll link it when I find it again). Most of his opinions and observations were correct. He clearly [...]

I received a copy of James Blunt’s second CD “All The Lost Souls” this week and I am very pleased to report he didn’t fall into the sophomore slump. Wonderful CD with some excellent songs on it. 1973 is the first release from it and it lives up to the title. The [...]