Since you are interested in Old Ideas (Gold Series), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
The Eastern
Hope and Wire [ Rough Peel Records / 2 CD - released 5/Mar/2012 ] A string band that roars like a punk band, swings like a gospel band, drinks like a country band, works like a bar band, opes like folk singers, sings love songs like union songs, and writes union songs like love songs... |
Fat Freddy's Drop
Dr Boondigga & The Big BW [ The Drop / CD - released 26/May/2009 ] The follow-up to Freddy's hugely popular debut album is another amazing, hi-tek dub-soul boil up! |
Gillian Welch
The Harrow & The Harvest [ Acony Records / CD - released 4/Sep/2015 ] Uncut Magazine's 'Album of the Month' review calls 'The Harrow & The Harvest' a "timeless country classic, this is Welch's most ruggedly traditional work yet." |
Leonard Cohen
Live in London [ Columbia Records / 2 CD - released 26/Mar/2009 ] For over four decades, Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a figure whose body of work achieves greater depths of mystery and meaning as time goes on. His songs have set a virtually unmatched... |
Paul Simon
So Beautiful or So What [ Hear Music / Concord Music Group / CD - released 14/Apr/2011 ] On Paul Simon's eagerly anticipated 12th solo studio record, he crafts his songs around harmony and song structure... |
Ray LaMontagne
God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise [ Red Ink Records / CD - released 23/Aug/2010 ] Acclaimed recording artist Ray LaMontagne presents his fourth studio record, and the follow-up to his heralded 'Gossip in the Grain'. |
Various Artists
Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International) [ Universal Music U.K. / 4 CD - released 2/Feb/2012 ] The cream of the world's music talent cover 73 Bob Dylan songs over 4 CDs - featuring Adele, Patti Smith, Pete Townshend, Ke$ha, Sting, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, Sinéad O'Connor, Kris Kristofferson, Bad Religion, Marianne Faithfull, My... |
Beth Orton
Sugaring Season [ Epitaph / CD - released 8/Oct/2012 ] Beth's first album in six years bears the fruits of a period of introspection & renewal: deeply lyrical songwriting, a new-found expressiveness of voice, and a daring synthesis of her broad musical influences into a powerfully individual artistic vision. |
Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago [ Jagjaguwar Music / CD - released 17/Mar/2008 ] "Hearing his muted strums and granular falsetto's like seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time".-Village Voice. "His stunning breakthrough."-Paste. "One of the year's strongest indie folk records."-Now. |
Bruce Springsteen
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (Limited Edition) [ Columbia Records / 2 CD/DVD - released 24/Apr/2006 ] Bruce's personal interpretations of thirteen traditional songs, all of them associated with the legendary guiding light of American folk music, Pete Seeger, for whom the album is named. |
PHILIP GLASS
Book Of Longing: A Song Cycle based on the Poetry and Images of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen (spoken text) Dominique Plaisant (soprano) Tara Hugo (mezzo) Will Erat (tenor) Daniel Keeling (bass-baritone) Philip Glass (keyboard) [ Orange Mountain Music / 2 CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "For me, this work is both a departure from past work and a fulfillment of an artistic dream." -Philip Glass |
PUCCINI / BIZET / DVORAK / OFFENBACH / DONIZETTI / VERDI / etc
40 Most Beautiful Arias Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Cecilia Bartoli, Kiri te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, José Cura, Angela Gheorghiu, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] Nothing stirs the soul and tugs at the heartstrings more than an inspired operatic aria. Warner Classics CD set 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS collects forty of the most moving ones the world has known on this star-studded collection. |
Mark Knopfler
Privateering (2CD) [ Mercury Records U.K. / 2 CD - released 6/Sep/2012 ] Legendary guitarist / singer / songwriter, Mark Knopfler presents 'Privateering', the seventh album of his solo career. |
Melody Gardot
The Absence [ Universal Music / CD - released 31/May/2012 ] Steeped in Melody's global travels and worldly influences, encompassing the sound and feel of exotic places such as Morocco, Buenos Aires, Brazil, Lisbon and more. |
Robert Plant
Band of Joy [ Rounder Records / CD - released 16/Sep/2010 ] On 'Band of Joy' Robert Plant immerses himself in the heart of the Nashville scene, enlisting the help of some of the best players in the genre, including Buddy Miller and Patty Griffin. |
Rodrigo Y Gabriela and C.U.B.A.
Area 52 [ Warner Music Australia / 2 CD/DVD - released 30/Jan/2012 ] The Mexican acoustic rock duo present their first recorded collaboration with another group of musicians; a thirteen piece Cuban orchestra. Includes a 30-minute DVD documentary. |
Various Artists
The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [ Columbia Records / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] The first first-ever performances of 12 previously unheard Hank Williams lyric compositions newly set to music by 13 artists whose own sensibilities have been profoundly shaped by Williams. |