If you want the purest taste of roots music happening now in America’s Southland, this is it! Great songs covering all roots styles by eight artists well-known and touring in the Southeast US.

Anahita is Tara Burke (Fursaxa) and cellist Helena Espvall (Espers). Burke recently showed up on Important Records as part of the duo of Tau Emerald with Sharron Kraus, while Espvall contributed a beautiful piece to the James Blackshaw-curated Garden of Forking Paths. Matricaria is a beautiful, laboriously created, floating affair of skeletal organ drones, ceremonial singing, and subtly frantic instrumental accompaniment that conjures up a natural woodland romp and stomp. The album was recorded between 2005 and 2008. All tracks were recorded on a four-track, then engineered by Sam Cusumano.

If you want the purest taste of roots music happening now in America’s Southland, this is it! Great songs covering all roots styles by eight artists well-known and touring in the Southeast US.

The second Silverwolf album by the star of the nationally broadcast Sucarnochee Revue radio program! Mississippi Chris Sharp regularly tours the Mississippi/Alabama region. Singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Mississippi Chris Sharp has been performing for more than 30 years, with musical roots firmly established in bluegrass, old-country blues, and acoustic music. Influence by everyone from Jimmie rodgers to Bill Monroe, Sharp’s music appeals to all those who love roots music.

Chana Rothman brings a fresh approach to the singer-songwriter genre with her earthy vocals, poetic lyrics, unique percussive guitar style, organic beats, and catchy rhythms! What emerged is the genre-bending We Can Rise, featuring her trademark blend of bilingual (Hebrew-English) rhymes and love songs to the subway (“Gates of Justice”). Blending elements from KT Tunstall’s power vocals, Matisyahu’s spiritual reggae, and Jack Johnson’s rhythmic lyricism, Rothman creates an album that showcases powerful messages with a driving rock fusion backbeat. We Can Rise covers topics from youth empowerment to peace in the Middle East. Rothman continues to pack houses at New York’s legendary music clubs, including the Knitting Factory, the Bitter End, and the Mercury Lounge, establishing herself as a powerful presence on the local and national music scene. Mastered by Larry Alexander (Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stones, Diana Ross). Produced, recorded, and mixed by C. Lanzbom (Soulfarm). Features drummer Shawn Pelton (Sheryl Crow, Saturday Night Live Band).

Singer/songwriter and multi–instrumentalist Mississippi Chris Sharp has been performing for more than thirty years, with musical roots firmly established in bluegrass, old–country blues, and acoustic music.

The Sucarnochee Revue, a radio program broadcast on dozens of NPR stations across the US, assembles an impressive number of blues, gospel, bluegrass, country, and instrumental artists from the Black Belt region of Mississippi and Alabama.

“A wonderful songwriter whose 2003 release Play was recorded live at Sampson’s Lounge in Annapolis … Angie Miller established herself through several songwriters series. Miller’s first album, Ricochet … included a cameo from the guitarist Danny Gatton and leaned toward poetic lyrics intertwined with pop rhythms.” — Washington Post

Crow Johnson is a highly sought-after artist on the folk circuit. Praised by other artists from Lucinda Williams to Tom Paxton, Johnson has a southern writer’s voice that embraces everyday characters from her home in Arkansas to the southern tip of India. She travels and performs in concerts and festivals, facilitates songwriting workshops, visits schools, and is a featured speaker at conferences. Her style is a soulful storytelling folk-fusion. Audiences can expect a solo performance to feature her rich expressive voice, guitar, piano, banjo, harmonica, and a strikingly warm, fun, and vibrant stage presence. Previous CD, Painting Stories ‘Cross the Sky, was very well received.

A new set from the world's biggest-selling folk group of fifties & sixties, Rare Masters Series features two discs: Kingston Trio Live at The Crazy Horse and Dave Guard – Up & In featuring original (now departed) founder Dave Guard. Through changing times, The Kingston Trio has remained popular for a simple reason – great songs that sound as good today as the first time you heard them! Over forty years after "Tom Dooley" shot to the top of the charts, the trio is still on the road thirty weeks out of the year, bringing back all the great memories and making new ones.

Acoustic folk artist Angie Miller is an accomplished singer/ songwriter who has appeared in concert with Richie Havens,Nils Lofgren,Aimee Mann, and more. White Space, an entirely acoustic recording, features sparse arrangements and introspective lyrics.

The multi-faceted Josh White, Jr. is a folk/blues/pop/jazz vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, actor, teacher and social activist. Delicate Balance is his first studio album in many years. Josh White, Jr. became an overnight hit at the age of four after he performed with his legendary father Josh White at America's first integrated nightclub, New York's famed Café Society.

Praised by Lucinda Williams, Tom Paxton, Ellis Paul, Bob Franke and more, Crow Johnson has a southern writer's voice that embraces the characters in her songs with humor and compassion. Johnson's style is a soulful storytelling folk fusion featuring her rich expressive voice and a strikingly warm, vibrant stage presence. Johnson lives in the deep woods of Arkansas, playing guitar, piano, harmonica, banjo, and creating lyrics that paint their way through complicated melodies. The music is original, a fusion of sounds (country-folk, funky-jazz, bluesy-ballads) that springs from 38 years of songwriting and performance. She often performs in concerts and festivals, facilitates songwriting workshops, visits schools, and is a featured speaker at conferences around the U.S.

Chris Chandler is simply the most exciting act on the folk/festival circuit, and American Storyteller is without a doubt his finest recording to date. Enhanced CD contains several exceptional features including three never-before-released short films!