Recommended Albums

This partial list still needs some formatting to avoid looking like the east end of a west-bound mule, but I decided to put it up sooner rather than later.

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Album cover Title Primary artist(s) Year of original release Price
Uncloudy Day & Will The Circle Be Unbroken? Mavis Staples, Staple Singers 1959 $8.99
The Inner Mounting Flame Billy Cobham, Jan Hammer, Jerry Goodman, John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Rick Laird 1971 $7.99
Birds Of Fire Billy Cobham, Jan Hammer, Jerry Goodman, John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Rick Laird 1973 $8.99
Court And Spark Joni Mitchell 1974 $9.99
The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett 1975 $9.49
Blow By Blow Jeff Beck, Max Middleton, Stevie Wonder 1975
A Handful Of Beauty Shakti 1976 $5.99
Wired Jan Hammer, Jeff Beck, Max Middleton, Narada Michael Walden 1976 $9.99
Hejira Jaco Pastorius, Joni Mitchell 1976 $8.49
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Jaco Pastorius, Joni Mitchell 1977 $9.99
Zenyatta Mondatta The Police 1980 $9.49
Induku Zethu Ladysmith Black Mambazo 1983 $49.99
Graceland (2011 Remaster) Boyoyo Boys, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Paul Simon 1986 $9.99
The Best Of The Staple Singers Mavis Staples, Staple Singers 1986 $6.99
Telluride Sessions Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Jerry Douglas, Mark O'Connor, Sam Bush 1989 $8.99
Gling-Glo Björk 1990 $8.26
Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares, volume two Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares 1990 $12.99
Essential Leo Kottke Leo Kottke 1991 $4.75
Skip, Hop And Wobble Edgar Meyer, Jerry Douglas, Russ Barenberg 1993 $9.49
Mumtaz Mahal Narasimhan Ravikiran, Taj Mahal, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt 1995 $8.99
Spirituals Lucky Peterson, Mavis Staples 1996 $9.49
Uncommon Ritual Béla Fleck, Egar Meyer, Mike Marshall 1997 $8.99
Rediscovered Mississippi John Hurt 1998 $9.49
XO Elliot Smith 1998 $9.49
New Ancient Strings Ballake Sissoko, Toumani Diabate 1999 $7.56
Kulanjan Taj Mahal, Toumani Diabate 1999 $9.99
You Are My Flower Elizabeth Mitchell 1999 $8.99
The Grass Is Blue Dolly Parton, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan 1999 $9.49
Return Of The Grievous Angel: A Tribute To Gram Parsons Buddy Miller, Gram Parsons, Julie Miller, Lucinda Williams, Sheryl Crow 1999 $10.75
Audio Blue Man Group 1999 $9.49
Remember Shakti: The Believer John McLaughlin, Shakti, Zakir Hussain 2000 $8.99
vu du Menz Corey Harris, Henry Butler 2000 $9.99
Appalachian Journey Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor, Yo-Yo Ma 2000
Buddy & Julie Miller Buddy Miller, Julie Miller 2001
Revival David Rawlings, Gillian Welch 2001 $8.99
Clone Leo Kottke, Mike Gordon 2002 $9.99
The Memphis Barbecue Sessions Big Jack Johnson, Kim Wilson, Pinetop Perkins 2002 $9.99
World Without Tears Doug Pettibone, Lucinda Williams 2003 $9.49
Contented Must Be Bruce Molsky 2004 $9.99
Talkie Walkie Air 2004 $4.71
In the Heart of the Moon Ali Farka Touré, Toumani Diabate 2005 $8.99
Looking There Kaïssa 2005 $8.99
Songlines Derek Trucks Band 2006 $9.99
Son Juana Molina 2006 $9.99
Dislocation Blues Chris Whitley, Jeff lang 2007 $9.99
Children Running Through Patty Griffin 2007 $9.99
Punch Chris Thile, Punch Brothers 2008 $11.99
The Garifuna Women's Project Garifuna Women's Project 2008 $8.99
Hill of Thieves Cara Dillon 2009 $8.99
Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 - Africa Sessions Béla Fleck 2009 $9.99
Written In Chalk Buddy Miller, Julie Miller 2009 $9.99
Downtown Church Buddy Miller, Patty Griffin 2010 $9.49
You Are Not Alone Jeff Tweedy, Mavis Staples 2010 $9.99
Antifogmatic Chris Thile, Punch Brothers 2010 $9.90
The Goat Rodeo Sessions [+video] [+digital booklet] Aoife O'donovan, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer, Stuart Duncan, Yo-Yo Ma 2011 $10.99
Sleep With One Eye Open [+Digital Booklet] Chris Thile, Michael Daves 2011 $10.49
Revelator Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi 2011 $7.99