2023

Twain Shania: Queen of me 2023 [CD]

Uppföljaren till succéalbumet "Country Stars Go Rockabilly" kunde inte vänta allt för länge... Ytterligare 40 country-legender (inkl. Dolly Parton) visar hur de fick sin omvärld att "svänga till" med hjälp av rockabilly-tongångar.<br/><br/>Ingen mindre än en 13-årig DOLLY PARTON(!) inleder denna dubbel-CD med sin allra första inspelning (Puppy Love), som framförs med en opolerad rockabilly-attityd.<br/>Fler miljonsäljande artister, så som Charlie Rich, Lefty Frizzell, Hank Thompson, Buck Owens, Hank Snow och Doug Sahm, medverkar med mer eller mindre explosiva inspelningar.<br/><br/>Likt föregående volym så erbjuds därtill välskrivna artistbiografier, tillsammans med det högklassiga låtmaterialet (re-mastrat från original-singlar).<br/>Mycket musikhistoria och rockande energi - på en och samma gång!

The newest album from Rhiannon Giddens', You're the One is her third solo studio album and her first of all original songs. This collection of 12 songs written over the course of Giddens' career bursts with life-affirming energy, drawing from the folk music that she knows so deeply, as well as its pop descendants. Produced by Jack Splash (Solange, Alicia Keys, Valerie June), You're the One features some of Giddens' closest musical collaborators from the past decade, including multi-instrumentalists Francesco Turrisi and Dirk Powell, bassist Jason Sypher, and Congolese guitarist Niwel Tsumbu. The album features electric and upright bass, conga, Cajun and Piano accordions, guitars, a Western string section, and Miami horns, among other instruments, capturing the inclusive spirit that channels through all of her work. <br/><br/>"I hope that people just hear American music," Giddens says. "Blues, jazz, Cajun, country, gospel, and rock-it's all there. I like to be where it meets organically. They're fun songs, and I wanted them to have as much of a chance as they could to reach people who might dig them but don't know anything about what I do. If they're introduced to me through this record, they might go listen to other music I've made with a different set of ears."

Owens Buck: Four classic albums plus 1961-62 [2 CD]

Farley Drayton: Twenty on high 2023 [Digipack / CD]