Album

Various Artists – The Wire 20 1982-2002

Triple box set celebrating independent alternative experimental music

Erasure – Other People’s Songs

Kitsch covers of pop standards

Boxstep – The Faces All Look On

Eight-piece Pittsburgh ensemble with epic debut

Richard Buckner

Americana cult hero gets down to basics

Roots – Phrenology

Fourth album proper from live Philly jazz-rappers

Elephant Man – Higher Level

Third album from dancehall king

Various Artists – The Wild Bunch

Typical set by the '80s Bristol sound system that predated Massive Attack, mixed by original DJ Milo

Sam Cooke With The Soul Stirrers – The Complete Specialty Recordings

Classic '50s gospel group singing from influential sweet soul man

This Month In Americana

Stunning two-CD document of last summer's Louisville, Kentucky shows. DVD to follow

Holy Smokes

Two helpings of previously unreleased material from the leading political comedian of his generation
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