6. Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears - Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is!
The Lost Highway record label debut of this great Austin, TX soul and blues band led by Joe Lewis is pretty good. The production is great and the songs are tight and jumping.
Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears - Gunpowder
from Tell ‘Em What Your Name Is!
7. M. Ward - Hold Time
Pretty good CD, quite similar in style to his great “Post-War” CD from 2006. It’s got some really nice songs, including a very cool cover of Buddy Holly’s “Rave On”.
M. Ward - Never Had Nobody Like You
from Hold Time
8. Leonard Cohen - Live In London
At 74 the master returns to crank out his classics live with a stellar band, and his songs never sounded better. It was quite an experience this year to see him and this great band live at Nokia Theatre in Grande Prairie, TX on April 3rd (link). I hope they go straight into the studio after their tour ends.
Leonard Cohen - Tower of Song from Live In London
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9. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Van reproduces his 1968 classic album in its entirety live in this 2008 concert. Musically, this live CD stays somewhat true to the original folk and jazz combination. And Van’s vocals on this are as spectacular as they were back in the Sixties. It’s a real testimony to his great talent to be able to reprise and expand upon this classic work forty years after it originally came out.
Van Morrison - Madame George
from Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl
10. Iggy Pop - Preliminaires
Following his Stooges reunion and the untimely death of their guitarist, Ron Ashton, Iggy shifts gears dramatically with this cool CD of songs he wrote based on the novel “The Possibility of an Island” by French writer Michel Houellebecq. The music consists of slow ballads, jazzy numbers, and some near-rock burners. And, The Ig even croons a few songs in French (his high school French class finally hit pay dirt).
Iggy Pop - King of the Dogs from Preliminaires
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i saw black joe lewis and the honeybears last year and they were awesome! if you ever get a chance to see them, make sure you do.
January 9th, 2010 at 1:58 pm