Flop Eared Mule A Country Music Death Beast and Worker in the Dylan Industrial Complex | Sydney, Australia | Est. 2004

Countryesque/Folkish/Rawk
Hogtied Revisited by The White Buffalo
I bought The White Buffalo's first and only EP off iTunes in 2007 after reading about him in, of all places, MX (the freebie "newspaper" they give you on the train at peak hour) and this is his only recorded output since. So, prolific he is not. But he has an attention grabbing voice and and a nice sound and sometimes weird songs.
The Last Pale Light In The West by Ben Nichols
Lucky One by Raul Malo
A little bit country, a little bit croony, very pleasant listening.
Desert Rose by Chris Hillman
Brossa D'ahir by Pep Laguarda
Long lost Catalan 70s psych-folk. With harmonica! Five stars.
Dans les airs by Le Vent du Nord
I saw Genticorum at the Blue Mountains music fest last year and enjoyed their traditional Quebec thig very much, Dans les airs do something similar and so I like them a lot too. I'm not at all into Celtic music generally in its more pure forms, and Quebec folk has a lot in common with that but has something else that makes it listenable and indeed compelling. I think it might be the tickity tackity tick percussion thing (technical term.)
Dengue Fever Presents: Sleepwalking Through the Mekong by Jean-Marie Riachi
Jean-Marie Riachi is actually the director of Sleepwalking Through the Mekong, a doco about the band Dengue Fever and all the music on the album is by them and some other ungooglable Cambodian acts. Dengue Fever is a Californian band with singer Chhom Nimol who plays surf psych garage rock sung in Khmer. Me love. The new Dengue Fever songs on this are great, particularly "One Thousand Tears of a Tarantula" which has a more greasy funked up type sound than previous records. AND it still makes me crave green chicken curry whenever I hear it.

Jazz/Soul
Greatest Hits by Al Green
Call Me by Al Green
Shakti by David S. Ware
Bad! Bossa Nova by Gene Ammons
Afirika with Angelique Kidjo by Christian McBride
7 X 7" = Funk by Various Artists - P&P Records
Five Peace Band Live by Chick Corea & John McLaughlin
I saw these guys at the Opera House, except with Brian Blade on drums instead of. (Brian Blade incidentally is the brother of Brady Blade, also a drummer, familiar from frequent work in the studio and touring bands of Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Buddy Miller and others.) I don't really get it but I like it. Like, when I read a pop sci book on physics and I sort of barely grasp what the sentence is saying while ever my eyes are locked on that sentence, but as soon as I blink, no hope.
Good News From Africa by Dollar Brand / Abdullah Ibrahim
Henry Stone's Hidden Treasures by Various Artists
Night Hawk by Coleman Hawkins
Soul in the Hole by Shawn Lee

African/Latin
Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79 by Various Artists
Nigeria Rock Special: Psychedelic Afro-rock & Fuzz Funk In 1970's Nigeria by Various Artists
Panama! - Latin, Calypso And Funk On The Isthmus 1965-75 by Various Artists
These three are new addtions from Soundways Records and they are musical NOMNOMNOMNOM.
African Carnival by Fred Fisher Atalobhor & His Ogiza Dance Band