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Kansas

Two For The Show [reissue]

(Legacy)   www.legacyrecordings.com     At the time of its initial 1978 release, Two For The Show provided a welcome breather for a band that had cranked out an amazing five al more...

Kanye West

808s and Heartbreak

(Roc-A-Fella)   www.rocafella.com   Even in an industry known for its massive egos, West stands out- crashing award shows and throwing fits about not winning top honors at the Gramm more...

Kari Sickenberger

Settle Down

(Yodel-Ay-Hee)   www.karisickenberger.com   Some things are just inevitable. Although beloved western North Carolina combo Polecat Creek is still very much extant - formed by the sw more...

Karl Blau

Nature’s Got Away

(Kelp Monthly/Marriage Records)   www.kelplunacy.com     The ultra-prolific Karl Blau's newest album, the pun-ishly titled Nature's Got Away, expertly keeps one foot in the s more...

Karl Blau

Zebra

(K)   www.krecs.com   Karl Blau plays all the instruments on Zebra, yet the album never succumbs to the syndrome of some one-man band recordings, where a musician tries to pass son more...

Kasai Allstars

In the 7th moon, the chief turned into a swimming fish and ate the head of his enemy by magic

(Crammed Discs)   www.crammed.be   Three (or four) albums into the "Congotronics" series, observers might well wonder if the genre amounts to more than one group. The first release more...

Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson

Rattlin’ Bones

(Sugar Hill)   www.sugarhillrecords.com     These days, country duet albums are so few and far between that, for those of us who are particularly partial to them, any sighting more...

Kate Campbell

Save the Day

(Large River Music)   www.largerivermusic.com     It's always nice to get a visit from Kate Campbell. She tells great stories and she never comes empty-handed. This time she's more...

Kath Bloom

Terror + Sing The Children Over/Sand in My Shoe

(Chapter Music)   www.chaptermusic.com       Richard Linklater's "Before Sunrise" can lay claim as the most romantic movie of the 1990s, and maybe its best scene starts i more...

Katsen

It Hertz!

(Shelflife)   www.shelflife.com   The first thing that strikes you when you look at the cover of this CD is that, well, they seem to like cats (hence the name) or at least they like more...


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