Gillian Welch - Hell Among The Yearlings (1998)

01. Caleb Meyer
02. Good Til Now
03. The Devil Had A Hold Of Me
04. My Morphine
05. One Morning
06. Miner's Refrain
07. Honey Now
08. I'm Not Afraid To Die
09. Rock Of Ages
10. Whiskey Girl
11. Winter's Come and Gone 

One of the best female voices of the american folk/country music. A quiet work with a bunch of great songs. Enjoy it.

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The Blueflowers - Watercolor Ghost Town (2009)

1 Watercolor Ghost Town
2 A Reason
3 I Can’t Stop My Heart From Breaking
4 Any Three Words
5 The Weight
6 Just for Show
7 Float
8 I Wasn’t Her
9 You’re Not the Only One
10 The Strangled Song
11 Helpless and Hopeless

Well, let´s go with something less malignant. A bit of good easy-listening music with and angelical fermale voice. Americana, alt-country, folk and a very good taste, all of it wrapped in a cinematic atmospheres. Remarcable first album. Enjoy it!

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Mark Lanegan - Live At Leeds, Brudenell Social Club (2010)

01. Field Song
02. One Way Street
03. No East Action
04. Miracle
05. River Rise
06. Little Willie John
07. Don’t Forget Me
08. Can’t Catch The Train
09. Message to Mine
10. Mirrored
11. Resurrection Song
12. Julia Dream
13. 100 Days
14. Jesus’ Program
15. When Your Number Isn’t Up
16. Hangin’ Tree 

Live show belonging to his recent tour in 2010. What can I say? Mr.Lanegan alone with an acoustic guitar, wich means that we can enjoy much yet his amazing voice. I could see him on this tour and I´ve to say that It was one of the best shows of the last year, and one of the best male voices that I ever heard live. A good choice to begin this new year.

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Soulsavers-Broken (2009)

1. The Seventh Proof (instrumental)
2. Death Bells (Mark Lanegan & Gibby Haynes)
3. Unbalanced Pieces (Mark lanegan & Mike Patton)
4. You Will Miss Me When I Burn (Mark Lanegan & Red Ghost)
5. Some Misunderstanding  (Mark lanegan)
6. All the Way Down (Mark Lanegan)
7. Shadows Fall (Mark Lanegan & Ritchie Hawley)
8. Can’t Catch the Train (Mark Lanegan)
9. Pharaoh’s Chariot (Mark Lanegan & Jason Pierce)
10. Praying Ground (Red Ghost)
11. Rolling Sky (Mark Lanegan & Red Ghost)
12. Wise Blood (instrumental)
13. By My Side (Red Ghost)

Do you know when you listen an album, and doesn´t mean much at first time, then it get lost and keep forgotten for a while? Then a while after you recover and listen again the album and everything changes. And what a change! This is pure magic. Robert Machin and Ian Glover, the brains of the creature, are surrounded by an impressive collection of collaborators: Mike Patton (Faith No More), Will Oldham (Palace Brothers), Jason Pierce (Spiritualized), Righard Hawley and Gibby haynes (Butthole Surfers), Rosa Agostino (a.k.a Red Ghost), and of course Mark Lanegan, the voice who makes that album becomes as brilliant. The whole record is sublime, but it´s worth to point some of the highlights: All the way down, You will miss me when I burn, Some misunderstanding, Shadows fall... Once again, music for the soul.

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Isobel Campbell&Mark Lanegan-Hawk (2010)

  

01- We Die and See Beauty Reign

02- You Won't Let Me Down Again

03- Snake Song

04- Come Undone

05- No Place to Fall

06- Get Behind Me

07- Time of the Season

08- Hawk

09- Sunrise

10- To Hell and Back Again

11- Cool Water

12- Eyes of Green

13- Lately

Mark Lanegan (or The Voice) goes on with the third album  together with Isobel Campbell. Following the steps of their past works, the duo combines the powerful and deep voice of Lanegan with the most sweet and smooth voice of Campbell, besides some collaborations like Willy Mason. Of course it is not the best project, and certainly nor the best Lanegan´s album but still remains a good choice. Also we can find a couple of covers of  Townes Van Zandt, "Snake Song" and "No Place To Fall". 

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We Are Only Riders-The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Session Project (2010)

1. Nick Cave - Ramblin' Mind

2. Mark Lanegan - Constant Waiting

3. The Raveonettes - Free To Walk

4. Debbie Harry - Lucky Jim

5. Lydia Lunch - When I Get My Cadillac

6. David Eugene Edwards - Ramblin' Mind

7. The Sadies - Constant Waiting

8. Mark Lanegan & Isobel Campbell - Free To Walk

9. Lydia Lunch - St. Marks Place

10. Crippled Black Phoenix - Bells On The River

11. Cypress Grove - Ramblin' Mind

12. Johnny Dowd - Constant Waiting

13. Nick Cave & Debbie Harry - Free To Walk

14. Mick Harvey - The Snow Country

15. David Eugene Edwards & Crippled Black Phoenix - Just Like A Mexican Love

16. Lydia Lunch, Dave Alvin & The JLP Sessions Project - Walkin' Down The Street (Doin' My Thing)

This is a tribute album to Jeffrey Lee Pierce, leader of  The Gun Club, and dead when he was 37. What we get here are the songs that he wrote a while ago and never saw the light. The musician Cypress Grove gathered this amazing group of artists to make that the album comes true. It´s worth to listen carefully this wonderfull work for you can enjoy it to the max. All yours!

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Antic Clay-Hilarious Death Blues (2007)

(disc 1)

1. Clean Blues 4:06
2. Broken Throat Blues 5:24
3. The Table of Souls 9:32
4. Look Down the Dark Barrel 5:06
5. Wainwright 4:53
6. Violence is Yours 4:05
7. Islay and Ale 2:30
8. On Holy Mountain 3:30
9. Decades 5:34
10. Thousand Star Hotel 4:24

(disc 2)
11. Filthy Lucre King 3:38
12. Red Grass, Black Pasture 5:43
13. Sago Mine 4:04
14. Tithing Blues 3:08
15. Non-Prophet Blues 4:11
16. Furnace Song 4:49
17. Hey John 3:09
18. Wife and Widow 3:26
19. Roll! Black Ocean! 4:32
20. Estela 6:29
21. Undrown Yourself 4:15 

From the ashes of Myssouri, Michael Bradley formed Antic Clay, and created this fantastic, dark and  slow piece of  music.

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