The Music Pages | January 2009


	Cat. No.: 177 5577 Barcode: 0602517755772 Label: Verve CD Release Date: January			Susan Tedeschi \| Back to the River ARTISTS Susan Tedeschi, singer/songwriter/guitarist TRACK LISTING Talking About 700 Houses Back To The River Love Will Butterfly People Learning The Hard Way Revolutionize Your Soul True There's A Break In The Road Can't Sleep At Night "I think it's a pivotal record for me - I like this one a lot,” Susan Tedeschi says of her new Verve Forecast release Back to the River. “I think it's really emotional, but it's not really a blues record. The blues is still in there, but there's a lot of other stuff too. I definitely put a lot into this one and worked really hard to put a lot of ideas across." Indeed, Back to the River — produced by George Drakoulias, whose resume includes work with the Black Crowes, the Jayhawks and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers—is a mature, soulful work that demonstrates how much singer/guitarist/songwriter Tedeschi has grown in the decade since she burst onto the scene. With Back to the River, Susan Tedeschi takes a major musical leap forward. "I worked really hard on this one," she states. "I've enjoyed writing with so many different songwriters and loved working together with musicians to get across my ideas and visions.” "I'm really excited about this record, and I'm anxious to have people hear it," Tedeschi concludes. "People have been waiting for new music from me for awhile, so I look forward to touring, to bring these songs to as many people as I can." RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 178 5597 Barcode: 0602517855977 Label: Verve CD Release Date: January			Aqualung \| Words and Music ARTISTS Aqualung TRACK LISTING 7 Keys Slip-Sliding Away Can't Get You Out Of My Mind Good Goodnight Mr. Universe On My Knees Everything Changed When I Finally Get My Own Place Nothing Else Matters Arrivals "Music can be an amazingly potent thing," says Matt Hales, aka Aqualung. "When I sing into the microphone in the studio, I'm whispering my secrets in people's ears. When it connects, it can be so powerful. It's still a remarkable process to me." Indeed, in a field crowded with empty shouting, Words and Music—the English singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist/producer's fourth album (and third U.S. release) under his longstanding nom de disc Aqualung—has the feeling of a series of deep emotional truths whispered in confidence. An effortlessly intimate set of subtly crafted, organically melodic tunes with openhearted lyrics and spare, mostly acoustic arrangements, Words and Music features some of Hales' most compelling work to date. Such subtly soulful tunes as 7 Keys, Arrivals, Good Goodnight and When I Finally Get My Own Place balance adult emotional insight and childlike wonder, and are squarely in the tradition of such introspective pop auteurs as Brian Wilson and Paul Simon. Not coincidentally, Simon's '70s classic Slip Sliding Away receives a poignant interpretation from Hales on the album. Words and Music — which Hales co-produced with his brother and musical right-hand man Ben, who also provides guitar, bass and harmony vocals, and co-wrote several songs—is the product of an extended period of soul-searching that caused the artist to seriously re-examine his career priorities, after a life that's been spent making music. RETURN TO THE TOP

	Cat. No.: 610 2032 Barcode: 00011661020320 Label: Rounder CD Release Date: January			Tony Trischka \| Hill Country ARTISTS Tony Trischka TRACK LISTING 1. Brandy Station 2. Sunny Days 3. Bloozinee 4. Crossville Breakdown 5. Looking For The Light 6. Hill Country 7. New York Chimes 8. Flat Gap 9. Strawberry Plains 10. Mississippi Sawyer 11. Stop Action 12. Crosseyed Cricket 13. Buffalo Creek Twenty-some odd years ago, Tony Trischka was pointing the way before anyone else even knew they wanted to head in that direction. This is music that influenced a new generation of musicians to re-think and re-draw the boundaries of roots-based bluegrass. Roots that run deep. And 'grass that keeps growing." - from the liner notes by Tom Adams Long unavailable, the legacy of Tony Trischka's 1985 album Hill Country has been kept alive by musicians and fans via carefully-guarded vinyl pressings and slowly-eroding cassette dubs. This remastered edition, complete with extensive new notes and a bonus track, restores to print a pivotal piece of bluegrass history. By investigating his roots in the tradition, maverick banjo virtuoso Tony Trischka crafted an album that revealed limitless potential for innovation within the boundaries of classic bluegrass - inspiring all those who heard it. Featured performers include Sam Bush, Dudley Connell, Jerry Douglas, Béla Fleck, Del McCoury, Jerry McCoury, Ronnie McCoury, Mark O'Connor, Sonny Osborne, Tony Rice, Eddie Stubbs, and more. RETURN TO THE TOP