B. Cool-Aid - Leather Blvd. - VINYL LP

Diamanda Galás In Concert is not simply a live album. With nothing but a piano and the full expressive range of her extraordinary voice, Diamanda Galás strips away the comforting patina of time, tradition and stylistic convention to expose and express the raw human emotion that is the living heart of a song. It explores an eclectic range of material; rembetika, soul, ranchera, country and free jazz, and her passionate eviscerations reveal their hidden kinship. Four of the songs-O Prósfigas, La Llorona, Let My People Go, and Ánoixe Pétra are for and by the forsaken, outcast and debased; the other three are hardboiled love songs. 'In Concert' features select recordings taken from performances at Thalia Hall in Chicago, and Neptune Theatre in Seattle from 2017. The songs are drawn from disparate sources. Diamanda is of Maniati Greek and Middle-Eastern Greek/Egyptian origin, but she was born near the border of San Diego and Mexico, hearing the corridos, ranchera, and ballades daily, so the album draws deeply from both sources. Crucial to her performance are song types with ancient roots, primarily the amané, a vocal improvisation of Anatolian Greek origin. Amanés can be defined as a last prayer to the mother by a dying soldier, with the word amané itself possibly deriving from the Greek word mana, mother. Echoes of amanés can be heard in the Adhan, the Islamic call to prayer, but in origin it is a primal lament, expressing grief and loss. The origins of the amané are archaic; it's spirit is urgent and timeless. LP is packaged with an 18x24 inch poster and eurosleeve with lyrics and translations.

IMAGINARY APPALACHIA Colter Wall - colter-wall-imaginary-appalachiaOnce again the great frozen north has birthed an artist that is more gifted in the native tongue of the American South and West than many of the music's indigenous-dwelling performers. But when you're origination point is a remote location by the name of InchSwift CurrentInch and is surrounded by the wild prarie of Saskatchewan, your claim to the music of the country is as valid as anyone's, if not more.

Live & Uppity is Saffire's first live . It was recroded over three nights at the famous the Barns at Wolftrap in Alexandria, Virgina and features fan favorites like InchMiddle Aged Blues Boogie,Inch InchOnce Good ManInch and Inch(Mr. Insurance Man) Take Out That Thing.Inch Also included are new songs destined to become Saffire classics InchSilver Beaver,Inch (hoo-rah) InchCold Pizza & Warm BeerInch and more!