Back 40

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THE BACK 40

What do I play on Better Days? Whatever sounds right for today.
I have a thing called the Back 40 and it's a good starting place.
Called the Back 40 because not all of the records listed are new.
Some are from back a ways. There is too much joy, education and
wisdom available in music to limit it to what's new. So plowing the
Back 40 is a planting-sowing-tending-reaping cycle of recordings
from all ages and times, a pan-generational community of artists,
both alive and worth keeping alive. The artists' websites are linked
below each listing. I recommend all of these artistic fruits.

Mercy Now : Mary Gauthier
http://www.marygauthier.com
Live At The Old Quarter : Townes Van Zandt
http://www.townesvanzandt.com/
The Essential Collection : Bill Morrissey
http://billmorrissey.net/
Rosewood Cathedral : Dick Gaughan
http://www.dickalba.demon.co.uk/
Blue : Joni Mitchell
http://www.jonimitchell.com/
Ten New Songs : Leonard Cohen
http://www.leonardcohen.com
Faultlines : Karine Polwart
http://www.karinepolwart.com
Keepers : Guy Clark
http://www.guyclark.com/
Identity Crisis : Shelby Lynne
http://www.shelbylynne.com/
The Revolution Starts Now : Steve Earle
http://www.steveearle.com/
Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs Of Stephen Foster : Various
http://www.americanrootspublishing.org
Broken Freedom Song : Kris Kristofferson
http://chapter33.com/
A Hundred Lies : Malcolm Holcombe
http://www.malcolmholcombe.com
Train Home : Chris Smither
http://www.smither.com/
This Is The Day : Christy Moore
http://www.christymoore.com
Do Right Man : Dan Penn
http://www.geocities.jp/hideki_wtnb/danpenn.html
Stories From The Silver Moon Cafe : Mickey Newbury
http://www.mickeynewbury.com
The Waking Hour : David Francey
http://www.davidfrancey.com
1798 The First Year Of Liberty : Frank Harte
http://www.hummingbird.ie/
A Grain Of Sand : Cowboy Johnson
http://www.cowboyjohnson.com
Aqaba : June Tabor
http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/june_tabor_topic_records.html
Blonde On Blonde : Bob Dylan
http://www.bobdylan.com/updates /
Songs From The Southland : Hans Theessink
http://www.theessink.com/en/
Why The Long Face : Suzzy & Maggie Roche
http://www.roches.com
Man For Galway : Sean Tyrrell
http://www.seantyrrell.com
There & Now: Live in Vancouver 1968 : Phil Ochs
http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/
Car Wheels On A Gravel Road : Lucinda Williams
http://www.lucindawilliams.com
About Baghdad (soundtrack) : Amer Tawfiq
http://www.aboutbaghdad.com
My Life : Iris DeMent
http://www.irisdement.com/
The Many Sides Of Fred Neil : Fred Neil
http://www.wirz.de/music/neilfrm.htm
Redbird : Redbird
http://www.younghunter.com/redbird.html
Seven Swans : Sufjan Stevens
http://www.soundsfamilyre.com
No More Sad Refrains : Sandy Denny
http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/sandy.denny/
Living On The Hallelujah Side : Joseph Spence
http://www.ttgapers.com/ttStore-index2-asin-B0000002V7.html
The Trouble With Humans : Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez
http://www.trainwreckrecords.com
Mowing Machair : Fine Friday
http://www.finefriday.com
Banjoman: Tribute to Derroll Adams : Various
http://www.theessink.com/en/
Bittertown : Lori McKenna
http://www.lorimckenna.com
Righteousness & Humidity : Martin Simpson
http://www.martinsimpson.com/index.htm
Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol 1 : Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
http://www.nittygritty.com/