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Mofro - Blackwater. Earthy, funky stuff. Bebo Gonzales - Cuban Dance Party. Exactly what the title suggests.

A four-volume Jimi Hendrixtravaganza available as a free download from Big O

Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine. The best tracks on this album are up there with his all-time finest moments.

A superb fusion of Dub and Ethiopian.

Or you could just get this album... Not volume 1 or volume 2, but the mighty THIRD album!

Exclusive Preview: Bob Dylan's 'Tell Tale Signs'

Great news! The guy who's been digitising his collection of 78s is back online! http://78records.cdbpdx.com/ and click on the link where it says "CLICK HERE for temporary access to the main music page."

I dug out my copy of their first album recently, but the cod-Jamaican accents grated more than I remembered.

Actually, it's rather good. And in the sleeve notes they point out that they took care to make sure that their version synchronises with 'The Wizard of Oz', just like the original.

Have you heard about this album?

Yep, the Big O bods sure love their Neil Young. And Pink Floyd. Okay, 'shuffle' engaged on Windows Media Player and... The Zombies - Care of Cell 44 Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army Messer Chups - Devil Exit from Fashion The Nits - Yksi Kaksi Kolme Allen Toussaint - Whirlaway Suzanne Vega - If you were in my Movie Lemon Jelly - Return to Patagonia Mel & Tim - Backfield in Motion

Spanish Harlem Orchestra - Mama Guela The Nits - Y

Track 6: Bunny Sigler - Theme from 'Five Fingers of Death' is seriously mental.

Just arrived in the post... Conquer the World: the lost Soul of Philadelphia International records.

From the same site, Joni Mitchell - The Seeding of Summer Lawns. Demos for The Hissing Of Summer Lawns, in simpler arrangements and interestingly different.

Free to download - a 1977 episode of 'Midnight Special' Tracklisting: 01.Intro 02.Queen Of The Silver Dollar - Emmylou Harris with Little Feat 03.Dixie Chicken - Little Feat with Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Jesse Winchester 04.Runaway - Bonnie Raitt with Norton Buffalo 05.Rhumba Man - Jesse Winchester 06.Like A Hurricane - Neil Young 07.Old Folks Boogie - Little Feat 08.I Can't Stand Up Alone - Jesse Winchester with Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt 09.Birdland - Weather Report 10.Home - Bonnie Raitt 11.Nothing But A Breeze - Jesse Winchester with Emmylou Harris 12.Rocket In My Pocket - Little Feat 13.My Songbird - Emmylou Harris 14.Sugar Mama - Bonnie Raitt 15.Rhumba Mama - Weather Report 16.Teen Town - Weather Report 17.Rock And Roll Doctor - Little Feat

NuYorican Soul's self-titled album, followed by Incognita - Tribes, Vibes and Scribes. Good, uplifting stuff that puts a smile on your face.

Like the imminent return of 'I'm sorry, I haven't a Clue' and 'The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy', this just seems all wrong. Haven't heard the album, though, so this is no comment on the music; just the underlying idea.

Two tracks into Lindsey Buckingham's new album 'Gift of Screws' and I have a warning. If you are a budding guitarist who isn't confident about how your technique is coming on, do NOT listen to this CD! You will be found, some days later, curled up in the fioetal position, sucking your thumb and with your brain dribbling out of your ears.

Just arrived in the post: Allen Toussaint - The Collection Robert Ward & the Black Top All-Stars - Fear no Evil

Just arrived in the post: Julia Marcell - It might like you. First impressions are that it's clever, but not annoyingly so and rather good. Could be a bit of a grower.

Various Artists - Dub Colossus in a Town called Addis. Dub meets Ethiopian music, in an excellent and atmospheric album. You can get four high-resolution audio tracks for free from this album, by signing up for a free trial membership of B&W Music Club

Includes an absolutely stonking version of 'Chocolate Salty Balls'.

A timely download tops today's list of freebies from http://www.bigozine2.com/: Isaac Hayes - Indianapolis Jazz Fest 1999 Metallica - Cyanide Van Morrison - Can You Feel The Silence? Neil Young - Just Singing A Song Won't Change The World BB King - Fillmore East 1971 Pink Floyd - Madison Square Garden 1977 Gillian Welch & David Rawlings - Hickory 1997 Tom Waits - Atlanta 2008 Erma Franklin & Electric Flag - San Francisco 1968 Nigel Kennedy with Jeff Beck - London 2008 New Order - Tokyo 1985 Rolling Stones - Got To Be Worked On Jan & Dean - Carnival Of Sound Jimi Hendrix - Randall's Island 1970 The Band - Tombstone Talking Heads - Jabberwocky 1977

As you can see, those chaps at Amazon have been trousering a lot of my hard-earned lately: Henry Butler - PiaNOLA Live Dixie Dregs - What if Kinky Friedman - Sold American Los Lobos - Wolf Tracks (compilation) Michael Franti & Spearhead - Stay Human Louis Prima - Just a Gigolo Robbie Robertson - Storyville Van Der Graaf Generator - Trisector Yello - Stella ...all sounding mighty fine, thanks to my new amplifier. A Cambridge 740A with a