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This Month In Americana

Stunning two-CD document of last summer's Louisville, Kentucky shows. DVD to follow

Buddy Miller – Midnight And Lonesome

Nashville-based Miller's stock has never been higher: Emmylou Harris' musical director for the past five years; superb 2001 collaboration with wife Julie narrowly edged out by Dylan's Love & Theft at the Grammys. Four albums in, this is his finest solo foray yet, remarkable for Miller's skilfully-woven fretwork and plaintive moonlit moan. A couple of throwaway rockers aside, its ambitious scope reins in cajun, dirty blues and old-time country.

Xtra Curricular

FUZZY WARBLES 2 Rating Star

Jeff Klein – Everybody Loves A Winner

Following labelmate Jesse Malin's success, twentysomething Jeff Klein's take on warped American mores pitches up in a darker backwater. Opener "Everything I Alright" is a suicidal arsonist's tale built around a grisly-lullaby keyboard loop and guest (and Klein landlady!) Patty Griffin's back-ups. "If I Get To California" rocks like early Uncle Tupelo, and "Another Breakdown" is a huskier Ryan Adams.

The Zombies – The Decca Stereo Anthology

Their entire studio output 1964-1966, remastered in stereo

Will Smith – Greatest Hits

Grammy-winners and million-sellers from the once-Fresh Prince

Eddie & Ernie – Lost Friends

First CD compilation of duo known as "the acme of deep soul"

Artie Shaw – Self Portrait

Five-CD anthology from swing-era rebel

Tractor

30th-anniversary reissue for Julian Cope-inspiring prog classic

Various Artists – Fabric Live 7—John Peel

Ace addition to budget soundclash series
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