Street Date Aug. 13: James Taylor, Snoop Dogg
ByAug 11, 2002 10:00 PM
Also: Nickel Creek, Branford Marsalis, Pseudopod and more.
Also: Nickel Creek, Branford Marsalis, Pseudopod and more.
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James Taylor - “October Road” (Columbia)
“October Road” is this veteran singer-songwriter’s first new studio album since 1997’s “Hourglass.” A limited-edition version of the release includes a bonus CD that features three old tracks never before included on any of Taylor’s albums:
“Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,” “Benjamin” and “Sailing to Philadelphia.” Taylor is planning a fall tour, and, meanwhile, has in-store appearances scheduled for Tuesday (8/13) in New York City and Wednesday (8/14) in Boston. Details are available at his official website.
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Various artists - “Snoop Dogg Presents… Doggy Style All Stars: Welcome to tha House, Vol. 1” (MCA)
Snoop’s new compilation album features appearances from Cam’ron, Nate Dogg, Prodigy, Lady of Rage and more. The CD gives users access to bonus content that includes unreleased tracks, music videos and a preview of Snoop’s current project, which is a home-video titled “Girls Gone Wild Doggy Style.” BET’s official http://www.bet.com/articles/0,,c3gb3511-4179,00.html “>website is streaming the new album.
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Nickel Creek - “This Side” (Sugar Hill)
Nickel Creek’s latest is the San Diego bluegrass trio’s follow-up to its self-titled 2000 debut, which sold more than 600,000 copies. The new album’s title-track and companion music video are posted on CMT’s website, and the band is scheduled to perform on CMT’s “Most Wanted Live” on Aug. 23.
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The Branford Marsalis Quartet - “Footsteps of Our Fathers” (Marsalis Music/Rounder)
“Footsteps of Our Fathers” marks the first release on Marsalis’ new Marsalis Music imprint, which he formed with the help of his father, Ellis Marsalis. “The consolidation of the record industry into major conglomerates has turned the business into a mega-hit pop music machine with a very short term focus,” Marsalis said in a press release announcing the new label. “Artists who want to be musicians, not marketing creations, have very few places to record anymore. We formed Marsalis music to provide a real alternative.” “Footsteps” features the Branford Marsalis Quartet reinterpreting classic compositions by John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, John Lewis and Sonny Rollins, according to Rounder’s official website.
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Pseudopod - “Pseudopod” (Interscope)
The major-label debut of this California quartet was recorded with producer Paul Ebersold (3 Doors Down). The band is streaming several of the new tracks at its official website.
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Other new releases:
Bernard Allison - “Storms of Life” (Tone Cool)
Karrin Allyson - “In Blue” (Concord Jazz)
Yolanda Aranda & Enrique Coria - “Intimo” (Acoustic Disc)
Beatsteaks - “Living Targets” (Epitaph)
Howie Beck - “Hollow” (Future Farmer)
Black Coffey - “Black Coffey” (Motown)
Mary J. Blige - “Dance for Me” (MCA)
Blue Mountain - “Tonight It’s Now or Never” (DCN)
Joe Bonamassa - “So, It’s Like That” (Medalist)
Boy George - “Night Out” (Moonshine)
Brad - “Welcome to Discovery Park” (Redline)
Bree Sharp - “More B.S.” (Ahimsa/Union)
Bright Eyes - “Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground” (Saddle Creek)
Constant Flux - “All Things Change” (Lakeshore)
The Cost - “Chimera” (Lookout!)
Éamonn Coyne - “Through the Round Window” (Compass)
Do or Die - “Back 2 the Game” (Virgin)
Bill Douglas - “Homeland” (Hearts of Space)
Cliff Eberhardt - “School for Love” (Red House)
End on End - “Why Evolve When We Can Go Sideways?” (Substandard)
Marianne Faithfull - “Kissin’ Time” (w/Beck, Blur, Pulp and Billy Corgan) (Virgin)
Jay Farrar - “ThirdShiftGrottoSlack (EP)” (Artemis)
Flipp - “Volume” (Artemis)
Steve Forbert - “More Young Guitar Days” (Valley)
Russ Freeman - “Drive” (Peak)
Frou Frou - “Details” (MCA)
Future Sound of London - “The Isness” (Cleoopatra)
Vance Gilbert - “One Thru Fourteen” (Louisiana Red Hot)
Thea Gilmore - “Rules for Jokers” (Compass)
Guttermouth - “Gusto” (Epitaph)
Winsor Harmon - “Stars of Texas” (Neurodisc)
Emmylou Harris - “Nobody’s Darling But Mine” (Catfish)
Hellnation - “Dynamite Up Your Ass” (Sound Pollution)
Hi Power - “Hi Power 2002” (Thump)
Alan and John Kelly - “Fourmilehouse” (Compass)
Paul Krassner - “Irony Lives” (Artemis)
Made Men - “Black Friday” (Produced by Hangmen 3; Swizz Beatz guest) (Red Urban)
Mary Lee’s Corvette - “Blood on the Tracks” (Bar None)
Maserati - “The Language of Cities” (Kindercore)
Brad Mehldau - “Largo” (Warner Bros.)
Milemarker - “Satanic Versus” (Jade Tree)
Peter Mulvey - “Ten Thousand Mornings” (Signature Sounds)
Nerf Herder - “American Cheese” (Honest Don’s)
Noise Therapy - “Tension” (Redline)
Norma Jean - “Bless the Martyr, Kiss the Child” (Tooth & Nail)
Paul Oakenfold - “A Voyage Into Trance” (Cleopatra)
Eliades Ochoa - “Estoy Como Nunca” (Higher Octave)
Plankton Man Vs. Terrestre - “Plankton Man Vs. Terrestre” (Provider/:run)
Playgroup - “DJ Kicks” (K7)
Prince - “One Man Jam” (Recall)
The Reindeer Section - “Son of Evil Reindeer” (PIAS America)
Rockapella - “Smilin’” (Amerigo)
Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo - “Roots of Our Nature” (Blind Pig)
Sick of It All - “Live in a Dive” (Fat Wreck Chords)
Slum Village - “Trinity: Past, Present & Future” (Priority/Capitol)
Soundisciples - “Audio Manifesto” (Peaceville)
Sparta - “Wiretap Scars” (produced by Jerry Finn) (DreamWorks)
Peter Stuart - “Propeller” (Vanguard)
Keith Sweat - “Rebirth” (Elektra)
Tama with Assitan Mama Keita - “Espace” (Real World)
Paul Thorn - “Mission Temple Fireworks” (Back Porch)
Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel - “Acoustic Garden” (Narada)
The Two Dollar Pistols - “You Ruined Everything” (Yep Roc)
Wonderlick - “Wonderlick” (Future Farmer)
Zeromancer - “Eurotrash” (Cleopatra)
Various artists - “The 4 A.M. Sound of Tech House” (Lakeshore)
Various artists - “AC/DC Tribute: Backed in Black” (Lakeshore)
Various artists - “Blue Light One” (Nettwerk)
Various artists - “Old Skars & Upstarts 2002” (Disaster)
Various artists - “Raices Latinas: Smithsonian Folkways Latino Roots Collection” (Smithsonian Folkways)
Soundtracks and scores:
“So Little Time” (Trauma)
Original Cast Recording:
“Hairspray" (Sony Classical)