Beth Hart - Might As Well Smile b/w Better Than Home

"I woke up this morning with a smile on my face!"
Might As Well Smile

"I am not afraid of lonely. . ." Better Than Home

Kyle Eastwood - Blowin' the Blues Away b/w Peace of Silver

Straight ahead jazz
Blowin' the Blues Away

Peace of Silver

Curtis Nowosad - 159 & St. Nick

Dance floor jazz. . .
159 & St. Nick

Video of 159 & St. Nick not available - here's the band performing Dialectics :

Lulu - Every Single Day b/w Wayfarin' Stranger

Northern soul dance floor
Every Single Day

Wayfarin' Stranger

Alabama Shakes - Future People b/w This Feeling + Sound & Color

soulville
Future People

This Feeling

Sound & Color

Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard - It's All Going to Pot

Title says it all =:-)
It's All Going to Pot

Blick Bassy - One Love & Kiki b/w Wap Do Wap & Mama

"Abandoned in the street
though we belong to the same species
One Love
Rummaging through the trash
returning mud
looking for love
One Love
I have seen it passing by
I'm looking for it
It was somewhere near
One Love
Even limping I'm still searching
Tattooed on my arm
It's for you love"
One Love

Kiki

Wap Do Wap

Mama

The Stray Birds - Best Medicine b/w Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor

"Music is the best medicine I sell!"
Best Medicine

"Make me down a pallet soft and low, so I can sleep when I have nowhere to go!"
Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor

Joy Williams - Woman (Oh Mama)

Wow!
Woman (Oh Mama)

Cassandra Wilson - Coming Forth By Day

I've heard about a dozen Billie Holiday remembrance albums so far this year. Understandable, as she would be 100 years old this year. This one blows them all away. While most simply make me want to toss the tribute out and run back to the original recordings, Cassandra has created a powerful dream sequence which is a moving statement of Billie Holiday's effect on our lives. Sixty minutes of bliss. Thank you Cassandra.

Coming Forth By Day

Nellie McKay - Hungry Freaks, Daddy (April begins with a joyful noise!)

Nellie McKay - Hungry Freaks, Daddy
Brian Wilson - On the Island
Rumer - Come To Me High
Eliane Elias - No Tabuleiro da Baiana
Buena Vista Social Club - Black Chicken 37
Fairport Convention - Bring Me Back My Feathers
Robben Ford - Justified
Fayssoux - My Brain
Brian Wilson - Sail Away
Fairport Convention - The Gallivant
Phil Manzanera - No Church in the Wild
Ringo Starr - Postcards From Paradise
Fayssoux - Running Out of Lies
Rumer - Be Nice To Me
Buena Vista Social Club - Guajira En F
Eliane Elias - Este Seu Olhar/Promessas
Brian Wilson - Half Moon Bay
Charles McPherson - The Journey
Buena Vista Social Club - Quiereme Mucho
Fairport Convention - Jonah's Oak
Robben Ford - Stone Cold Heaven
Vin Garbutt - The Kipple Bat

Boz Scaggs - Rich Woman b/w I'm So Proud & High Blood Pressure

Rich Woman

I'm So Proud

High Blood Pressure

Shout-outs to the overly long, but still tasty Hell To Pay & Last Tango On 16th Street.

The Bright Light Social Hour - Sea Of The Edge b/w Slipstream

"gaze back home from the ledge"
Sea Of The Edge

Slipstream

Laura Marling - False Hope

"Is it still okay that I don't know how to be alone?
Would it be okay if I just came home tonight?" False Hope

Van Morrison - Real Real Gone

The entire CD is a treat, a greatest hits duetting with others. Keep an eye out for a deluxe version featuring the duets released only in England in 2007. Not sure it'll happen, but it should.
Re-working The Catalogue

March Keeps Timin' On

Sonny Knight & The Lakers - Juicy Lucy
Allison Moorer - Like It Used To Be
Villagers - Hot Scary Summer
Marcus Miller - Hylife
Mark Knopfler - Laughs and Jokes and Drinks and Smokes
The Kropotkins - Fred Goes Out at Night
Catia Werneck - Incrivel
Sonny Knight & The Lakers - Cave Man
Vetiver - Loose Ends
Mark Knopfler - Skydiver
Allison Moorer - Blood
Marcus Miller - Son Of Macbeth
Villagers - Courage
Mark Knopfler - Broken Bones
Catia Werneck - Cabeleira
Pat Travers - You Can't Get Their from Hare
Vetiver - Shadows Lane
Mark Knopfler - Beryl
Allison Moorer - Down To Believing
Marcus Miller - I Can't Breathe
Mark Knopfler - Basil
Sonny Knight & The Lakers - Get up and Dance
Catia Werneck - Vincentiando
Mark Knopfler - Time Will End All Sorrow

Time Keeps On A "March"

Wow. Busy is as busy does.

Still want to share, and I know you can survive without links. New eartastable treats:

Flaco Jiménez & Max Baca - Margarita, Margarita
Amy Speace - Trouble Looks Good On You
Soko - Temporary Mood Swings
James McMurtry - She Loves Me
Kid Rock - Good time lookin' for me
Freedom Fry - Shaky Ground (Hey Na Na Na)
The Overtones - Sweet Soul Music
Mahalia Barnes - Ooh Yea!
Flaco Jiménez & Max Baca - Mi primer amor (My First Love)
MisterWives - Box Around the Sun
Noel Gallagher - Leave My Guitar Alone
Otis Taylor - Heart Is a Muscle Used to Play the Blues
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar - One More Day
Scorpions - The Scratch
Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield - Between the Bars
James McMurtry - Forgotten Coast
Flaco Jiménez & Max Baca - Los amores de José (José's Loves)
Soko - Keaton's Song
Steve Turre - Nangadef
The Mighty Sceptres - Jerk Chicken
The Overtones - Giving me Soul
Motopony - About a Song
Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield - Twilight
Otis Taylor - They Wore Blue
The Mispers - Weekend
Kid Rock - Jesus and Bocephus
Henry Sugar - White With One
Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar - Tell The Heavens
Great Lake Swimmers - Zero in the City
Flaco Jiménez & Max Baca - La viejita (The Little Old Lady)
Mahalia Barnes - Anti-Love Song
Willie Nile - Lullaby Loon

Jorma Kaukonen - Where There’s Two There’s Trouble b/w Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out

"It's like the devil at your door. . ."
Where There’s Two There’s Trouble

"Taking my friends out for a real fine time!"
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out

Jorma Kaukonen - Ain’t In No Hurry b/w Suffer Little Children to Come Unto Me

"I'm waiting in line. But I Ain’t In No Hurry."

"Years of your life so full of suspense. . ."
Suffer Little Children to Come Unto Me

Wild Soundtrack: First Aid Kit b/w Lucinda Williams

Perfect match. Both of these fine songs stand well outside the movie.

"If I have a bag of rocks to carry as I go
I just want to hold my head up high
I don't care what I have to step over
I'm prepared to look you in the eye"
First Aid Kit - Walk Unafraid (R.E.M. Cover)

"Conversation with you was like a drug. It wasn't your face so much as it was your words."
Lucinda Williams - Something About What Happens When We Talk