New Release Tuesday

New music out today worth checking out:

• Brandi Carlile - Bear Creek
• Lettuce - Fly
• Rhett Miller - The Dreamer
• Haroula Rose - So Easy
• Xavier Rudd - Spirit Bird

BURN THIS / March 2011

1. Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors "Fire & Dynamite"
2. Augustana "Steal Your Heart"
3. Bob Schneider "Let The Light In"
4. Chamberlin "Dust"
5. James Vincent McMorrow "This Old Dark Machine"
6. Fistful Of Mercy "Fistful Of Mercy"
7. Jones Street Station "The Understanding"
8. Middle Brother "Me, Me, Me"
9. North Mississippi Allstars "This A'Way"
10. Will Conner (featuring J.J. Grey) "That's All Right Mama"
11. John Craigie "Mama Nashville"
12. Bobby Long "Penance Fire Blues"
13. Amos Lee "Out Of The Cold"
14. Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs "God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise"
15. The Low Anthem "Ghost Woman Blues"
16. Nathaniel Rateliff "Early Spring Till"
17. Gregory Alan Isakov "Big Black Car"
18. The Pines "Lonesome Tremolo Blues"
19. Haroula Rose "Duluth"
20. Mason Jennings "So Many Ways To Die"

Listen live to the entire playlist in the music player in the right sidebar all month long during March.

CD REVIEW: Haroula Rose "These Open Roads"

Haroula Rose's new album is going to make her a household name. After releasing a short EP of heartfelt acoustic driven tunes, her latest album is a welcome step in the right direction. Full of lyrically driven songs, Rose showcases both her incredible songwriting and her beautiful voice throughout the entire album. Two songs from her debut EP ("Love Will Follow" and "The Leaving Song") get a reworking , elevating their already great qualities to an even higher level. Lyrically, "Love Will Follow" is one of the best on the entire album, as well as "Simple Time" and "Free To Be Me." The song that is sure to make people take notice and catapult Rose to success is the lead track "Brand New Start" which will surely make waves at AAA radio soon enough. The biggest surprise on the album is her cover of the obscure Mason Jennings song "Duluth," taking an already classic Jennings fan favorite and translating for a whole new fanbase. Despite her incredible lyrics, the performance of "Duluth" is quite possible the best of the entire disc. Haroula Rose is magical and special, and now that she has a few releases under her belt, the world can finally understand just how great her music is.

BURN THIS / February 2011

1. Brett Dennen "Sydney (I'll Come Running)"
2. Steve Cowgill "Everyone We Know"
3. Donavon Frankenreiter "Keeping Me Away From You"
4. Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors "Someday"
5. Matt Wertz "Feels So Right"
6. The Heyday "Fools Go Fallin'"
7. Luke Reynolds "Better Off"
8. Trent Dabbs "Follow Suit"
9. Mat Kearney "Head Of Your Heart"
10. Trent Hancock "Zale"
11. Ari Hest "How Would I Know"
12. Sara Bareilles "Uncharted"
13. Stacy Clark "Not Enough"
14. Kina Grannis "Valentine"
15. Haroula Rose "Love Will Follow"
16. George Stanford (featuring Lissie) "Don't Be The One"
17. The White Buffalo "Love Song #2"
18. Julia Stone "This Love"
19. Jessica Lea Mayfield "Our Hearts Are Wrong"
20. Bobby Long "Who Have You Been Loving"

Listen live to the entire playlist in the music player in the right sidebar all month long during February.

New Release Tuesday

New music out today worth checking out:

• James Blunt - Some Kind Of Trouble
• Benjy Davis Project - Sincerely
• Bryan Greenberg - We Don't Have Forever
• Haroula Rose - These Open Roads

BURN THIS / January 2011

1. G. Love "Fixin' To Die"
2. Fistful Of Mercy "Father's Son"
3. J.J. Grey & Mofro "Hide & Seek"
4. Nathaniel Rateliff "Whimper And Wail"
5. The White Buffalo "Into The Sun"
6. Mason Jennings "January"
7. Elephant Revival "Go On"
8. Chase McBride "Hold Me Up"
9. Ray Lamontagne & The Pariah Dogs "For The Summer"
10. Jason Spooner "Seed In The Ground"
11. Brooke Fraser "Jack Kerouac"
12. Ben Fuller "California"
13. Donavon Frankenreiter "Hold On"
14. Lissie "Cuckoo"
15. The Heyday "Good Old Days"
16. Churchill "Miles"
17. Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors "Live Forever"
18. Haroula Rose "Brand New Start"
19. Sarah Jaffe "Summer Begs"
20. John Craigie "All Through Montana"

Listen live to the entire playlist in the music player in the right sidebar all month long during January.

CD REVIEW: Haroula Rose "Someday"

Quaint, simple music is sometimes the most intriguing. Haroula Rose doesn't need a whole lot of bells and whistles to get her point across and to create beautiful music. This EP is just a short little collection of five tracks, all of which are superbly crafted and showcase her organic talents of singing and songwriting. On the title track, Haroula's voice is the star and her lyrics make that possible. Her themes of love throughout each song connect on different levels with the listener but her message is always delivered with sonic excellence. With recent success in the female singer/songwriter world, it is quite possible Haroula Rose will be amongst the newest class of lady songstresses to make it big. After hearing these songs, it's a wonder that hasn't happened yet.