Ollabelle
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Ollabelle are a six-person, New York City-based band that celebrates rural American roots music, as well as the joys of group singing. What started as a side project became a bona fide group, named in honor of country singer and songwriter Ola Belle Reed. They mix traditional songs (including "Jesus on the Mainline," "Soul of a Man," and "John the Revelator") with originals, the latter sounding every bit as timeless as the former. Lead singer Amy Helm has had no shortage of exposure to honest music, her father being Levon Helm of the Band. The rest of the band includes singing instrumentalists with varied but nicely overlapping backgrounds. While a number of the songs wrap themselves in spare and acoustic simplicity, they also embrace the more urban bearing of unobtrusively electric blues and funky gospel. Singing over a pulsing rhythm section or an organ-based combo, Helm sounds strikingly (and surprisingly) like Julie Driscoll (later Tippett), who fronted Trinity with Brian Auger in the 1960s. This debut is post-Harry Smith, post-Alan Lomax music at its finest. --David Greenberger
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Riverside Battle Songs
Ollabelle Manufacturer: Verve Forecast ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
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ASIN: B000G8NXFU Release Date: 2006-08-01 |
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With the musical maturity of this sophomore release, Ollabelle extend their accomplishment of forging a singular style bridging folk and art songs from the talents of five singer-songwriters. While Amy Helm, daughter of the Band's Levon, boasts the highest-profile lineage, the two-woman, three-man band has the balance of a democratic collective, combining deep roots with soaring, sophisticated harmonies. "Troubles of the World," an elegiac reading of the traditional "Riverside," the call-and-response of "Gone Today," and the closing "Last Lullaby" reflect the spiritual underpinnings of the quintet's signature sound, but the stylistic range extends from the Caribbean lilt of the opening "See Line Woman" and the stately country waltz of "Heaven's Pearls" to the delta blues of "Fall Back" and the Celtic balladry of "Dream the Fall." Except for the lovesick "Blue Northern Lights" and the bittersweet delicacy of "Everything Is Broken," it's difficult to distinguish the band's arrangements of traditional material from the original songwriting that dominates. Larry Campbell, formerly of Bob Dylan's band, provides superb production and multi-instrumental support. --Don McLeeseCustomer Reviews:
Just plain good music.......2006-12-16
Just Getting Better.......2006-10-21
It took long to release, but it was worth the wait.......2006-09-20
Ollabelle and their Harmonies.......2006-09-15
Tremendous Sophomore Release!!!!.......2006-08-23
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Ollabelle
Ollabelle Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana
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ASIN: B0001I2CE8 Release Date: 2004-03-09 |
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Ollabelle are a six-person, New York City-based band that celebrates rural American roots music, as well as the joys of group singing. What started as a side project became a bona fide group, named in honor of country singer and songwriter Ola Belle Reed. They mix traditional songs (including "Jesus on the Mainline," "Soul of a Man," and "John the Revelator") with originals, the latter sounding every bit as timeless as the former. Lead singer Amy Helm has had no shortage of exposure to honest music, her father being Levon Helm of the Band. The rest of the band includes singing instrumentalists with varied but nicely overlapping backgrounds. While a number of the songs wrap themselves in spare and acoustic simplicity, they also embrace the more urban bearing of unobtrusively electric blues and funky gospel. Singing over a pulsing rhythm section or an organ-based combo, Helm sounds strikingly (and surprisingly) like Julie Driscoll (later Tippett), who fronted Trinity with Brian Auger in the 1960s. This debut is post-Harry Smith, post-Alan Lomax music at its finest. --David GreenbergerCustomer Reviews:
Good News from a Good Band! .......2007-04-28
Is it gospel or not?.......2006-09-19
Nice, but NOT gospel.......2006-06-02
Best. Gospel. Ever........2005-12-26
sweet sounds.......2005-10-24
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The HORDE Festival 1997
Neil Young , Primus , Toad the Wet Sprocket , Beck , Morphine , Big Head Todd & the Monsters , Squirrel Nut Zippers , Blues Traveler , Soul Coughing , and and 5 more! Manufacturer: Hollywood Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000HYONES |
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On the sixth annual migration of the Great American H.O.R.D.E., and after what would prove to be the most successful in the tour's history, tour founders Blues Traveler decided to leave their baby stateside and embark instead on a three-week tour of Europe. Blues Traveler decided to pass the torch to one of last year's surprise guests, Neil Young. Despite his firm anti-taping policy at his lone appearance on the 1996 H.O.R.D.E., the veteran of the road softened his stance when approached by the tour organizers and ended up headlining all thirty dates. At the same time that veteran bands were departing the tour, many newer acts were finding themselves exposed to scores and scores of fans. Contents: 1) Neil Young - When Your Lonely Heart Breaks 2) Primus - Shake Hands With Beef 3) Toad the Wet Sprocket - Come Down 4) Beck - JackAss 5) Morphine - I Know You 6) Big Head Todd & the Monsters - Please Don't Tell Her 7) Squirrel Nut Zippers - Got My Own Thing Now 8) Blues Traveler - Carolina Blues 9) Soul Coughing - Soft Serve 10) Kula Shaker - Tatva 11) Be Folds Five - One Angry Dward & 200 Solemn Faces 12) Leftover Salmon - Better 13) Medeski Martin and Wood - Night Marchers 14) Cake Like - Lorraine's Car 15) Eric Schenkman and the Chrysalids - Another Day
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Ollabelle
Ollabelle Manufacturer: Columbia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000MTWG8I |
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CD contains 13 titles.
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The Country Bumpkins
The Country Bumpkins Manufacturer: Bumpco Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000K9UXEO |
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What happens when you throw together five veteran musicians who played music ranging from punk to R & B to hard rock in bands with names like Human Sexual Response, The Lyres, The Zulus, the Savages, and Concussion Ensemble? Well, they form a country/rockabilly band in Massachusetts, of course, and call themselves the Country Bumpkins. The off-beat CD is patterned after a band appearance on MIT radio station WMBR's Pipeline show. It goes from small introductions in between songs to skits. the result is a very entertaining CD. The skits range in duration from the 27-second "Klutzy Comedy Corner With Lem 'n Clem" to nearly three minutes in the case of "Roy & Th' Reakin' Deacon," a preacher parody that introduces the song "Mercy Mercy Me. As humorous as the lyrics on this album are, the band takes its playing very seriously. The Bumpkins play a sparse '50's/'60's honky-tonk style that is a far cry from the music appearing on modern country radio. CONTENTS: 1) Intro 2) Hog Tied 3) Roy & Bucky 4) LSD 5) Mimsy & Roy 6) 18 Wheels 7) Roy & Bucky 8) Mental Cruelty 9) Roy, Bucky & Mrs. Aludge 10) Cheated 11) Roy & Bucky 12) The Bull & The Beaver 13) Roy & Th' Reakin' Deacon 14) Mercy Me 15) Lem 'n Clem 16) Roy & Bucky 17) Po White Trash 18) Outro
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Hey Conductor
Inger Nordstrom and her Rhinestone Band Manufacturer: Rhinestone Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000HJGSBE |
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The swedish band, Inger Nordstrom & Rhinestone Band hadn`t been together for more than a couple of months when they won the Swedish Radio P4 Country Music Award back in 1990. After a year of touring and rehearsing their first album the band earned several awards including a Discovery Award in Music Row Magazine, making it a good starting point for a career that still continues. They were country before country was cool, and still are.... Continues: 1) Hey Conductor 2) Drowing in Love 3) The Heart that Jack Broke 4) I Stopped Lovin' You Today 5) Next Best Thing 6) Showing All the Signs 7) Sally Dear 8) this Ain't It 9) Cry With A Smile 10) Steady and Strong 11) Before He Kissed Me 12) The Only Girl
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Duke Daniels
Duke Daniels Manufacturer: Felix Culpa Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000IFF656 |
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As the creative alias for singer-songwriter Dan Clark, the name Duke Daniels represents memories, dreams, ideas and perceptions. To the five musicians who perform and record as Duke Daniels, the title signifies a creative whole greater than its individual parts. And for listeners on the lookout for distinct sounds and songs, Duke Daniels is that rare musical find that simply doesn't sound like anything else out there. With Clarks baritone vocals accompanied by Geoffrey Moore on guitar, Larry Aberman on drums, Byron Thomas on keyboards and Nick Sample, the son of jazz bassist Joe Sample, on bass, Duke Daniels continues to build on their roots-oriented sound. Clark's voice is plaintive, closer to rock's swagger than the tonal curlings of a country folk, while his band is the definition of an L.A.-Nashville blend--slick enough to straddle styles but with enough roots to play it simple and acoustic. CONTENTS: 1) Followin' A Star 2) Learn To Say Goodbye 3) Darlin' 4) Runnin' On E 5) Almost ThereMusic Review:
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