August 3 Music Releases

As promised, here are the music releases for Tuesday, August 3. They are seperated by genre: blues, country, folk, indie/electronica/underground, jazz, latin, rap, rock/pop/r&b and world. Culled from Billboard Magazine, Pitchfork and Brainwashed

Compiled and sorted by Alex Slawson

AUGUST 3 MUSIC RELEASES BY GENRE
artist- album name [label]

Blues

Bessie Smith- Empress of the Blues: 1923-1933 [Jazz Legends]
Various Artists- Midnight Blues [Time Life]
Various Artists- Reefer Madness [United States Dist]
Various Artists- Texas Blues: Early Blues Masters from the Lone Star State [JSP]

Country

Jim Reeves & Others- Tribute to Jim Gentleman [Bear Family]
Michael Martin Murphey- Geronimo’s Cadillac [Raven]
Riders in the Sky- Davy Crockett [Rounder]
Randy Travis- Very Best of Randy Travis [Rhino]
Various Artists- Banjos That Destroyed the World, Vol. 3 [CMH]
Various Artists- String Quartet Tribute to Shania Twain [Vitamin]

Folk

Carolyn Currie- Kiss of Ghosts [Etherean]
Janette Carter- Deliverence Will Come [Bear Family]

Indie/Electronica/Underground

Issa Bagayogo – Tassoumakan [Six DegreesS]
Barbez – Barbez [Important]
Concord Dawn- Uprising [Uprising]
Macha- Forget Tomorrow [Jetset]
Kawabata Makoto – O Si Amos A Sighire A Essere Duas Umbras? [Important]
Maplewood- Maplewood [Teepee]
The Orb- Bicycles & Tricycles [Sanctuary]
Tristeza- Spine and Sensory Expanded [Better Looking]
Various Artists- Urban Renewal 2 [Chocolate Industries]
The Velvet Teen- Elysium [Slowdance]
Daniel Wang – Berlin Sunrise 12″ [Ghostly]

Jazz

Albert Ammons- Boogie Woogie Trio, Vol. 1-2 [Storyville]
Birds of a Feather- Best of Birds of a Feather [Native Language]
Boney James- Pure [Warner Brothers]
Bud Powell- Genius of the Bebop Piano: 1944-1951 [Jazz Legends]
Chad Lawson Trio- Unforeseen [Summit]
Dizzy Gillespie- Early Years: 1937-1951 [Jazz Legends]
Duke Ellington- Jaywalker: 1966-1967 [Storyville]
Duke Ellington- Treasury Shows, Vol. 10 [Storyville]
Earl Hines- Early Years: 1923-1942 [Jazz Legends]
Ernie Hines- There Is a Way [Artist One-Stop]
Flip Phillips- Live! At the Beowulf [Arbors]
Jessica Williams- Real Deal [Hep]
Jim Black & Alasnoaxis- Habyor [Winter & Winter]
Jimmy Deuchar- Anglo/American/Scottish Connection [Hep]
Joe Farnsworth- It’s Prime Time [441]
John Sheridan- Artistry 3 [Arbors]
Pete Mills- Art and Architecture [Summit]
Phil Ranelin- Inspiration [Wide Hive]
Rob Wasserman- Trilogy [Rounder]
Stuff Smith- Hot Jazz Violin: 1917-1949 [Jazz Legends]
The Dixieland Ramblers- On Campus [Summit]
The Necks- Boys [Rer]
Treble Clef- Don’t Stop Dreaming [Artist One-Stop]
Various Artists- Giants of Boogie Woogie: 1923-1941 [Jazz Legends]
Various Artists- Legendary Jazz Trombonist: 1923-1946 [Jazz Legends]

Latin

Grupo Niche- Imaginacion [Sony International]
Romantic Star- Romantic Dreams [Artist One-Stop]

Rap

Big B- Next Chapter [Artist One-Stop]
Damon Lamar- He Heard My Cry [Butterfly]
JackiO- Poe Little Rich Girl [TVT]
LL Cool J- DEFinition [Def Jam]
Mister Metaphor- Die on the High Road [Omnibus]
Mr. Del Presents- Holy South: World Wide [Butterfly]
Seven Star- My Mother and Father Were Astronauts [Counterflow]
Syko- Amerikkkan Syko [Money Hungry]
Twamp Nina- Sanchos [Money Hungry]
Various Artists- Counterflow B-Sides [Counterflow]
Various Artists- Killa Valley Presents: Now and Then [Money Hungry]
Various Artists- Tribute to Cassidy [Big Eye]
Various Artists- Westperados [Money Hungry]

Rock/Pop/R&B

About the Fire- Rites of Passage[Happy Couples Never]
Amanda Rogers- Daily News [Immigrant Sun]
As We Fight- Black Nails and Bloody Wrists[Good Life]
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- Live [Vanguard]
Bones Brigade- Focused[Fight Fire With Fire]
Cafe Quijano- Que Grandes Es Esto del Amor [WEA International]
Coalition- Sight and the Sound [Fight Fire With Fire]
Death Before Disco- Party Bullet [Good Life]
Doozer- So Much for Tonight [Asbestos]
Down to Earth Approach- Another Intervention [Vagrant]
Elvis Costello- Kojak Variety [Rhino]
Elvis Costello & the Attractions- Almost Blue [Rhino]
Elvis Costello & the Attractions- Goodbye Cruel World [Rhino]
Eric Bell- Blues Night in Dublin [United States Dist]
Fear Factory- Mischief Invasion [Liquid 8]
Evan Foster- Instrumentals [Musick]
Gaia Consort- Evolve [Artist One-Stop]
Galactic Heroes- Every Sidewalk [Magic Marker]
Gene Dunlap- Wassup? [Liquid 8]
Graves- Yes Yes Okay Okay [Hush]
Gwar- Hell-O/Scumdogs of the Universe [RT. / Utr Music]
Haco/Hiromichi Sakamoto- Ash in the Rainbow [Rer]
Hans Christian- Light and Spirit [New Earth]
High Noon- Way It All Began [Canyon]
House of Lords- Power and the Myth [Cleopatra]
Kim Criswell- Something to Dance About [Jay]
Marc Broussard- Carencro [Island]
Martin Gordon- Joy of More Hogwash [United States Dist]
Melba Moore- Nobody But Jesus [Lightyear]
Michael Young- I Listen to My Feet [Artist One-Stop]
Mickey Thomas- Over the Edge [Cleopatra]
Monty Love- Girls Are the New Boys [Immigrant Sun]
Motion Picture Demise- Rebuild Reform [Orange Peal]
Odd Project- Second Hand Stopped [Indianola (Lum500)]
Please Mr. Gravedigger- Here’s to the Life of the Party [Pluto]
Ray Dorset AKA Mungo Jerry Blues Band- Adults Only [United States Dist]
Regina Spektor- Soviet Kitsch [Sire]
Say Anything- Say Anything Is a Real Boy [Doghouse]
Seven Ten Split-Kill the Messenger [New School]
Silas- Use Me [Artist One-Stop]
Silence the Wake- XOXOXO [Vendetta]
Stacy Golden- Thin Wire Walk [Artist One-Stop]
Stephanie Mills- Born for This [Lightyear]
The Pubes- Wow Baby! Let’s Go Wheelin! [Artist One-Stop]
The Tikis- Zizou Bar : Tahiti 1965 [Playasound]
The Velvet Underground- Live at Max’s Kansas City (Two-CD Deluxe Edition) [Rhino]
Tim Bowman- This Is What I Want [Liquid 8]
Treephort- Use Your Illusion III [Asbestos]
Various Artists- Acoustic Tribute to Prince [Lakeshore S]
Various Artists- Best Collection of Ten Years: 1991-2001 [Silverwolf]
Various Artists- Dark Awakening, Vol. 4 [Cop International]
Various Artists- Doom Capital [Crucial Blast]
Various Artists- Like an Atom Bomb [United States Dist]
Various Artists- More 80’s Hair Metal [Cleopatra]
Various Artists- Re: Mix Project, Vol. 1 [Warner Brothers]
Various Artists- Sounds of Harlem, Vol. 1 [Hep]
Various Artists- String Quartet Tribute to Elton John [Vitamin]
Various Artists- String Quartet Tribute to Jimmy Buffett [Vitamin]
Various Artists- String Quartet Tribute to Simple Plan [Vitamin]
Various Artists- Sugar in My Bowl [United States Dist]
Various Artists- Tribute to Janet Jackson [Big Eye]
Various Artists- Tribute to Tool [Big Eye]
Various Artists- Tribute to White Stripes [Big Eye]
Various Artists- World’s Greatest Tribute to Nirvana [Big Eye]
Various Artists- You Done Me Wrong [United States Dist]
William Joseph- William Joseph [Warner Brothers]
Yohany- All That I Want [Liquid 8]

World

Ankata- Komanania [Playasound]
Ann Chen- Touching Dizzi [Kiigo]
Elaine Chang- Heaven on Earth [Hugo]
Grupo Latino- Nuevo y lo Mejor [Sony International]
Los Angeles Negros- 30 Pegaditas de Los Angeles Negros [Sony International]
Oliver Mtukudzi- Shanda [Alula]
Oliver ‘Tuku’ Mtukudzi- Shanda (CD & DVD) [Alula]
Rattan Sharma- Mantras for Children [Oreade Music]
Shalom Berlinski- Voice of Fervor [Buda Musique]
Shore- Shore [Maverick]
Tha Tribe- Best of Both Worlds : World One [Canyon]
Various Artists- 30 Salsas Colombianas Pegaditas [Sony International]
Various Artists- Air Mail Music: Reunion Island [Playasound]
Various Artists- Sabrosas de Centroamerica, Vol. 3 [Sony International]