CD Picks for the Holidays

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
As the holiday shopping season officially begins on Friday, we offer you some tips on music purchases. A trio of critics review hot new recordings: from the big rock box sets to classical, jazz and world music releases.

Some Favorite CD’s for your shopping consideration:

Jim DeRogatis
Chicago Sun-Times pop music critic; co-host of Sound Opinions on Chicago Public Radio



Rockin' Bones: '50s Punk & Rockabilly
Rhino

A Life Less Lived: The Gothic Box
Rhino

The Clash: Singles Box Set
Sony Music

Anastasia Tsioulcas
Classical music columnist for Billboard magazine


"Neruda Songs" by Peter Lieberson; featuring mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Nonesuch

Rahim Alhaj "When the Soul Is Settled: Music of Iraq"
Smithsonian Folkways

"Electric Gypsyland 2" (various artists)
Crammed disc label

Nate Chinen
Freelance jazz critic, contributor to the New York Times


Andrew Hill, "Time Lines"
Blue Note
Ghostface Killah "Fish Scale"

Nate Chinen’s Bonus Picks:
In the Country, "Losing Stones, Collecting Bones" (Rune Grammofon)
Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet, "Memories of T" (Concord)

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