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1. Putnam Smith 2. Loudon Wainwright III 8. “Surprise, Surprise” 4:08 “Full Moon, Baby” 3:17 Time Stands Still 3. Saffire - the Uppity Women (Chris Smither) fromP the & C album 2009] Dírty “Going Down to the River” 3:13 1. Putnam Smith “Full Moon, Baby” 3:17 [Signature Sounds “The Deal” 4:11 P & C 2009] (Putnam Smith/ASCAP, © 2009) from the album www.signaturesounds.com, www.smither.com 4. Nathan Rogers [Itchy Sabot Records ISR 004 Goldrush 9. James Keelaghan “House of Cards” 3:38 www.putnamsmith.com House 5. Diana Jones “The Jewel of Paris” 4:35 (James Keelaghan/DavidC Francey/Karine Polwart/Dave Línen 2008) from the albumC 2. Loudon Wainwright III “The Deal” 4:11 Gunning/Lori Watson, P & 2009] “Soldier Girl” 3:04 [Borealis Records BCD198 6. BettySoo (Traditional, arrangement by , Public of Cards “Never Knew No Love” 3:39 Domain, published, as adapted and arranged, by Dírty LínenDírty Línen www.borealisrecords.com, www.keelaghan.com Snowden /ASCAP and Two Fourteen Music, 10. Pam Gadd “JustC Love Me” 3:35 7. Oumou Sangare administered by Spirit One Music/BMI) from 2008 Home Sweet Highway [Home Editor’s Choice Sampler www.dirtylinen.com High Wide & Handsome - The Charlie (Pamela Rose Gadd Benefit of Doubt “Sounsoumba” 4:22 Issue #144 ~ November/December 2009 the album C 2009 Pam Poole Project [2nd Story Sound Records 161-003 Music/BMI) from the album DL006 © 2009 Dirty Linen Music P & C 2009] www.thecharliepooleproject.com, Sweet Highway Productions CLG83008 8. Chris Smither www.2ndstorysoundrecords.com, www.lwiii.com, Gadd] www.pamgadd.com “Surprise, Surprise” 4:08 11. The “Vykhid” 4:24 November/December 2009 www.dickconnette.com P (Solowka/Liggins, arranged by ) 2009 from 9. James Keelaghan 3. Saffire - the Uppity Blues Women Diaspora [Omnium OMM 2046 “Going Down to the River” 3:13 the album C Zirka Records] omniumrecords.com, (Carla Daruda, Eyeball Music/BMI) from the album 2009] 10. Pam Gadd “House of Cards” 3:38 [Alligator ALCD 4927 the-ukrainians.com Havin’ the Last Word 12. Euphonia “Angeline the Baker’sThe Old Gone”Jawbone 3:53 “Just Love Me” 3:35 www.alligator.com, www.uppityblueswomen.com 11. The Ukrainians 4. Nathan Rogers “The Jewel of Paris”The 4:35Gauntlet (Stephen Foster) from Pthe & album C 2009] [Tuxedo Records 928 (Nathan Rogers/SOCAN) fromC the album 2009] www.sylviaherold.com “Vykhid” 4:24 [Borealis Records BCD196 12. Euphonia Editor’s Choice www.borealisrecords.com, www.nathanrogers.com 13. Maura O’Connell “The Bright Blue Rose” 3:29 “Angeline the Baker’s Gone” 3:53 (Jimmy McCarthy, Universal Polygram [Sugar Int. Pub.,Hill SUG- Inc.) 5. Diana Jones “Soldier Girl” 3:04Better Times Naked With Friends Issue #144 13. Maura O’Connell Editor’s Choice from the album (Diana Jones/ASCAP) from the album P C 2009] www.sugarhillrecords.com, CD-4018 & Sampler Will Come [Proper American PRPACD008 (2009), www.mauraoconnell.com “The Bright Blue Rose” 3:29 P & C 2009 Diana Jones] www.properamerican.com, 14. Johnsmith www.dianajonesmusic.com 14. Johnsmith “Safe Home” 3:18 November/December “Safe Home” 3:18 6. BettySoo “Never Knew No Love” 3:39 (Johnsmith, Blue Pine Music/ASACP) [Blue Pine Music from 2009] the C album Gravity of Grace (BettySoo, Sweet Papaya Music/BMI ©P 2009) & 2009]from the Dirty Linen, [BettySoo johnsmithmusic.com album Heat Sin Water Skin www.bettysoo.com Sampler Mastered by Airshow Mastering This sampler CD was stolen from issue #144 (November/December 2009) of 7. Oumou Sangare “Sounsoumba” 4:22 www.airshowmastering.com (Oumou Sangare, World Circuit Music)P & C from 2009 the World album the magazine of folk and . Subscribers received this CD with the magazine. Seya [Nonesuch 519650 (2009), Get your own! Sign up today! Go to www.dirtylinen.com or call 1-800-276-5441. Circuit, Ltd.] www.nonesuch.com, Sponsored and manufactured by www.myspace.com/oumousangare our friends at Oasis www.oasiscd.com Issue number of feature article. Total time: 53:06. DL006 © 2009 Dirty Linen Music, a division of Visionation, Ltd. Issue number of CD review. prod master: sales order: acct mgr: artist: 1. Putnam Smith “Full Moon, Baby” 3:17 4. Nathan Rogers “The Jewel of Paris” 4:35 bus. rel.: contact: (Putnam Smith/ASCAP, © 2009) from the album Goldrush (Nathan Rogers/SOCAN) from the album The Gauntlet ofa date: [Itchy Sabot Records ISR 004 P & C 2009] [Borealis Records BCD196 C 2009] www.putnamsmith.com www.borealisrecords.com, www.nathanrogers.com This Maine-based singer songwriter is as quirky and genuine Son of Stan, nephew of Garnet, Nathan Rogers possesses as the state from which he hails. With a mandolin//guitar the rich family baritone and puts it to work in Nashville 144 triple threat, Smith unites a low-key, whispery delivery to a mixing music and ministry. As a songwriter, Rogers brings toe-tapping pace. A mainstay at Maine festivals and venues in 144 his Christian perspective to the themes and subjects of his the northeast, Smith is bringing his coastal back-porch talent songs. He is also a gifted teller of tales. The Duhks join him to a wider national audience. on The Gauntlet.

2. Loudon Wainwright III “The Deal” 4:11 5. Diana Jones “Soldier Girl” 3:04 (Traditional, arrangement by Rob Moose, Public Domain, (Diana Jones/ASCAP) from the album Better Times Will Come published, as adapted and arranged, by Snowden Music/ASCAP [Proper American PRPACD008 (2009), P & C 2009 Diana and Two Fourteen Music, administered by Spirit One Music/BMI) Jones] www.properamerican.com, www.dianajonesmusic.com from the album High Wide & Handsome - The Jones mines the sounds of old-time Appalachia with the craft Project [2nd Story Sound Records 161-003 P & C 2009] www.thecharliepooleproject.com, www.lwiii.com of a master storyteller and the underlay of a subtle, contempo- rary edge. Mary Gauthier and have recorded some Loudon Wainwright has crafted a vibrant 40-year career, with 144 of her songs, and she is joined on this CD by Gauthier, Nanci over 25 albums and two Grammy nominations. Celebrated Griffith, Betty Elders, and Old Crow Medicine Show fiddler both as a writer and a performer, MOJO calls him “lyrically Ketch Secor. 144 144 compelling and emotionally overpowering.” His songs have been covered by Johnny Cash, , and Kate & 98 53 Anna McGarrigle, among many others. His two-CD set High Wide & Handsome is a gathering of songs, both old and original, revisiting the life, times, and recorded legacy of legendary singer and banjo picker Charlie Poole (1892-1931).

3. Saffire - the Uppity Blues Women 6. BettySoo “Never Knew No Love” 3:39 “Going Down to the River” 3:13 (BettySoo, Sweet Papaya Music/BMI © 2009) from the album (Carla Daruda, Eyeball Music/BMI) from the album Heat Sin Water Skin [BettySoo P & C 2009] Havin’ the Last Word [Alligator ALCD 4927 C 2009] www.bettysoo.com www.alligator.com, www.uppityblueswomen.com BettySoo’s first three recordings, Let Me Love You (2005), Ann Rabson, Gaye Adegbalola, and Andra Faye have forged Tiny Litle Secrets (2007), and Never the Pretty Girl (EP a 25-year career with smart, sassy, and deeply emotional 144 2007), garnered her attention, tours, and songwriting awards, 144 blues, sharp wit, and provocative songwriting. The trio’s new including Kerrville New Folk, Wildflower Festival, and Big Alligator CD, Havin’ the Last Word, will be their final declara- Top Chautauqua Songwriter of the Year. She infuses folk- tion together as Saffire – the Uppity Blues Women; the group rock with a bit of gospel, a touch of twang, and straight-ahead 144 has decided it’s time to move on so they can pursue their own folk with a contemporary twist. As a Texan, Asian-American individual interests. With seven critically acclaimed albums, singer/songwriter, BettySoo is refreshingly unique. She also 54 a large, loyal fan base around the world, countless awards, has a quirky and hip website that reflects her style perfectly. and thousands of sold-out shows, Saffire – the Uppity Blues Women have achieved success beyond their wildest dreams.

42 November/December ’09 #144 Fourteen tracks selected by the editors of Dirty Linen, the magazine of folk and world music. Subscribers received this sampler CD with issue #144 (November/December 2009). Don’t miss future samplers! Sign up today! Go to www.dirtylinen.com or call 1-800-276-5441. DL006 © 2009 Dirty Linen Music, a division of Visionation, Ltd. Total time: 53:06

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7. Oumou Sangare “Sounsoumba” 4:22 11. The Ukrainians “Vykhid” 4:24 (Oumou Sangare, World Circuit Music) from the album Seya (Solowka/Liggins, arranged by The Ukrainians) from the [Nonesuch 519650 (2009), P & C 2009 World Circuit, Ltd.] album Diaspora [Omnium OMM 2046 P 2009 Zirka Records] www.nonesuch.com, www.myspace.com/oumousangare omniumrecords.com, the-ukrainians.com Oumou Sangare is a major voice of feminism in West Africa. What started as something of a lark for the British Her music has come to symbolize the struggle against gender band, , struck an unlikely chord with fun- imbalance and injustice. In addition to their social content, loving audiences and a “Ukrainian” rock band was born. With 144 Sangare’s songs are full of the joy and spirit that the tradi- 144 airplay and encouragement from BBC DJ , guitarist tional rhythms of Mali have been communicating for genera- Peter Solowka (whose father had emigrated from the ), tions. She has become one of Africa’s biggest pop stars, as violinist Len Liggins (a student of Slavonic languages), and well as a major force in the European and American world Roman Remeynes on Ukrainian mandolin, the band recorded music scenes. three more sessions of Ukrainian material for Peel. The three soon dropped out of Wedding Present to pursue recordings and international tours with their punk-trad hybrid. 8. Chris Smither “Surprise, Surprise” 4:08 12. Euphonia “Angeline the Baker’s Gone” 3:53 (Chris Smither) from the album Time Stands Still (Stephen Foster) from the album The Old Jawbone [Tuxedo [Signature Sounds P & C 2009] www.signaturesounds.com, Records 928 P & C 2009] www.sylviaherold.com www.smither.com Throw together a mandolin player (Paul With a four-decade career, singer/songwriter Chris Smither Kotapish), a pianist who formerly played for has brought his unique folk-blues to a worldwide audience. contradances, but now plays accordion (Charlie Hancock), a 144 Recorded in only three days, Time Stands Still is his 11th 144 percussionist who specializes in Latin rhythms (Brian Rice), studio album and features eight new original compositions a jazz double-bass player (Chuck Ervin), and a swing/jazz/ and a song apiece from , Mark Knopfler, and folk songstress and guitarist (Sylvia Herold), and you get a 125 1920s country-blues songster Frank Hutchison. The CD has a sound that travels from the cafes of Paris to the dancehalls of stripped-down, intimate sound inspired by his performance at Kentucky without missing a beat. The Old Jawbone offers the Blue Highways Festival in the Netherlands. American old-time songs, fiddle tunes from America and 38 , as well as newer songs from John Hartford, Gillian Welch, and the Sons of the Pioneers.

9. James Keelaghan “House of Cards” 3:38 13. Maura O’Connell “The Bright Blue Rose” 3:29 (James Keelaghan/David Francey/Karine Polwart/Dave Gunning/ (Jimmy McCarthy, Universal Polygram Int. Pub., Inc.) from the Lori Watson, C 2008) from the album House of Cards [Borealis album Naked With Friends [Sugar Hill SUG-CD-4018 P & C Records BCD198 P & C 2009] www.borealisrecords.com, 2009] www.sugarhillrecords.com, www.mauraoconnell.com www.keelaghan.com Naked With Friends features O’Connell both alone and James Keelaghan is a Juno award-winning Canadian folk alongside an array of vocalists representing her wide-ranging 144 singer/songwriter born in Calgary, Alberta, now based in 144 musical sensibility. Among the guest singers are Dolly Winnipeg, Manitoba. Many of his songs, such as “Kiri’s Parton, Alison Krauss, Kate Rusby, and O’Connell’s sister, Piano,” about the internment of Japanese Canadians during Áine Derrane. Unaccompanied singing has been a part of 87 World War II, and “October 70,” about the FLQ crisis, are 116 O’Connell’s music since her earliest days of performing in inspired by events and figures in Canadian history. Known for the folk clubs of her native Ireland. Even before she began his lilting baritone voice, his driving rhythm guitar, and a keen performing formally, singing was an elemental pleasure that 28 sense of scene and narrative, Keelaghan’s music bridges tradi- 38 didn’t require instrumental accompaniment. tional with Canadiana.

10. Pam Gadd “Just Love Me” 3:35 14. Johnsmith “Safe Home” 3:18 (Pamela Rose Gadd C 2008 Home Sweet Highway Music/ (Johnsmith, Blue Pine Music/ASACP) from the album Gravity of BMI) from the album Benefit of Doubt [Home Sweet Highway Grace [Blue Pine Music 2009] johnsmithmusic.com C Productions CLG83008 2009 Pam Gadd] Over two decades of performing in festivals, halls, www.pamgadd.com coffeehouses, colleges, and house , along with a half As a former member of the traditional bluegrass-oriented dozen acclaimed CDs, have earned Johnsmith a solid fan New Coon Creek Girls and the country band Wild Rose, 144 base in the U.S. and abroad. He’s a past winner of the New 143 Gadd brought both genres together after going solo in 1997. Folk competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival and has taught Gadd, a Kentucky native, plays banjo and guitar, and she songwriting there, as well as at the Swannanoa Gathering, the received a nomination from the International 109 Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, and the Big Sur California Association in 1999 for that year’s Emerging Artist Award. Esalen Institute. He was recently featured on the “New She received a Grammy Award as a member of Wild Rose. Dimensions” program on NPR. Gadd’s forte is her banjo playing, which has been featured on numerous television appearances.

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