eMusic Cleanup

[reldnahkram]

November:
Dave Alvin - Ashgrove
Miles Davis - Bags' Groove
Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues
Unbunny - Snow Tires
The Postmarks - By the Numbers
Johan de Meij - Symphony No. 1 - Lord of the Rings (London Symphony Orchestra)

December
Cannonball Adderley - In San Fransisco
Caroline Herring - Lantana
Crushed Stars - Gossamer Days
High Places - High Places
Liam Finn - I'll be Lightning

Comments

[ajacs.livejournal.com]

speaking of emusic, who are the really good acoustic bluegrass people on that service? Are there any?

[reldnahkram.livejournal.com]

I don't listen to a lot of traditional acoustic bluegrass, but I'm sure it's out there. The contents of this list (http://www.emusic.com/lists/showlist.html?lid=29420828) encompass a good chunk of where my bluegrass listening is these days, though of the ones on that list I know (OCMS, Be Good Tanyas, Uncle Earl, Crooked Still, Abigail Washburn, Gillian Welch), I'd really only consider Crooked Still to be bluegrass. The newer Crooked Still album (Still Crooked) is one of my favorite albums of 2008, but it's not full-on bluegrass; I'd say it's a couple of notches closer to traditional bluegrass than, say, Nickel Creek. A quick look at the most downloaded editor's picks reveals a bunch of the usual suspects - Doc Watson, David Grisman, Flatt & Scruggs, Jerry Douglas, Del McCoury, Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley. You may not get all of the hits, but there's plenty of material there.

I tend to use eMusic to find new music rather than to fill out my collection. But I definitely go digging for classic jazz and classical music collection fillers - the library there is really strong.