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Billy Bragg Must I Paint You a Picture?: The Essential Billy Bragg 3-CD set $22 50 songs, including hits, album cuts, and rare and unreleased material from Bragg’s seven solo albums, two collaborations with Wilco, and numerous singles and mini-albums. Includes “There is Power in the Union”.

Tom Breiding The Unbroken Circle: Songs of the West Virginia Coalfields CD $16 A powerful collection of bluegrass-folk songs about the hard lives of miners and their families, with references to such historical events as the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921 and the Buffalo Creek Disaster in 1972.

Coal Digging Blues: Songs of West Virginia Miners CD $16 West Virginia miners sing gospel, blues and country music about the hopes and hardships of their work, their lives and their union. The songs were originally collected by George Korson during the 1940s.

Judy Collins Forever: An Anthology 2-CD set $20 35 great songs spanning her illustrious career, including the labor classic "Bread and Roses" as well as "Suzanne", "Both Sides Now", "Send in the Clowns" and many others.

Ry Cooder My Name is Buddy CD $17 A great pro-union recording from the famed guitarist and musician Ry Cooder ostensibly about the travels of Buddy the Cat, Lefty the Mouse and Reverend Tom Toad during the Depression. Accompanied by a wonderful booklet illustrated by Vincent Valdez.

DC Labor Chorus I Feel Like Going On CD $15 Organized in 1998, the chorus is a singing collective of union members, community activists, and professional musicians committed to the cause of social and economic justice for all workers. The chorus' repertoire spans the musical genre from gospel to folk and includes original compositions by chorus members.

Bobby De Pace Unionized CD $15 A member of the Machinists Union, Bobby De Pace is a baggage handler for Northwest Airlines during the day and a musician by night. This former union leader rallies to the cause of working men and women with ten great union songs on his first CD.

If You Ain't Got the Do-Re-Mi: Songs of Rags and Riches CD $17 Twenty seven songs from the Smithsonian-Folkways archives about the human side of money. Includes Woody Guthrie singing "Do-Re-Mi", Josh White singing "One Meat Ball", Joe Glazer singing "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime", and the Almanac Singers singing "Union Maid".

Down to Earth Fiercer Love CD $15 This new 12-song CD from Kate Sanders and Paul Whiteley, the Louisville-based duo Down to Earth, is a mixture of original songs and covers full of heart and HEAT!

Smokey Dymny The Smell of Money: Dollars, Dirt & Desolation CD $18  This I.W.W. singer-songwriter from Toronto sings about unions, global warming and politics.

Steve Earle El Corazon CD $10 Yet another strong Steve Earle album, El Corazon contains the moving "Christmastime In Washington" and received a Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Folk Album

Emma's Revolution Roots, Rock & Revolution CD $15 Pat Humphries and Sandy O. work tirelessly for peace, justice and equality. They write and sing songs about how we can change our world. Includes new songs by both artists, as well as duo versions of the most anthemic of Pat's originals from over 2 decades of stellar singing-songwriting - this is essential music for engaged, concerned citizens everywhere.

Every Tone a Testimony: An African American Aural History 2-CD Set $26 Songs, poetry and narratives about slavery, work and protest by Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Paul Robeson and others.

	Anne Feeney Dump The Bosses Off Your Back CD $15 Incredibly diverse musical styles for fans of left-leaning political music – jump, swing, blues, punk, corridor, gospel, bluegrass, Dixieland – at least 15 exciting ways to "Dump the Bosses Off Your Back."
	Grateful Dead Workingman's Dead CD $10 Rhino has re-mastered and re-issued the 1970 classic Dead studio recording with 7 additional live cuts. Includes "Uncle John's Band", "Cumberland Blues", and "Casey Jones".

Flames of Discontent Revenge of the Atom Spies CD $15 John Pietaro, Laurie Towers and company recall the fight-back of the McCarthy period that led to the social movements of the 1960s. Includes such labor songs as "Stung Right", "Sixteens Tons", and "Joe Hill".

Kim and Reggie Harris Get On Board!: Underground Railroad & Civil Rights Freedom Songs, Volume 2    CD $15 The follow-up CD to "Steal Away" with guest artists Danny Glover, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Guy Davis, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, Rev. Robert B. Jones Sr., Baby Jay, Matt and Marshall Jones, and Magpie.

Healy & Juravich tangled in our dreams    CD $15 A new collaboration by Ottawa-based Teresa Healy and labor educator Tom Juravich from Northampton, Massachusetts. This acoustic recording of mostly original duets about work, life, struggle and love also includes "Bread and Roses" and "Mean Things Happening in This Land".

Joe Jencks The Candle and the Flame CD $15 Joe has earned wide recognition for his songs about working people, and for his unique merging of musical beauty, social consciousness, and spiritual exploration. Joe weaves a diverse web of stories with brilliant musical skill, ensnaring even the most rigid of hearts, inviting them to open.

Tom Juravich Altar of the Bottom Line CD $15 Labor Educator Tom Juravich paints intimate portraits of the everyday struggles and dreams of workers in a new roots-rocking release that combines original songs and labor songs from Woody Guthrie, Billy Bragg, James Taylor, and others.

Karaoke Union Songs     CD $20 Vocal and Karaoke versions of ten classic labor songs, all newly recorded. Accompanied by a 16 page illustrated booklet. Produced by the United Steel Workers and People's Progressive Karaoke.

Colleen Kattau Inhabited Woman CD $15 Great singer and organizer around labor, women, environmental and Latin American issues.

Kristin Lems Equality Road 2-CD set $20 A career retrospective of feminist and social justice songs including "I Was Going to Be an Engineer", "Union ABCs", and "The Living Wage".

The Long Walk to Freedom Reunion Concert CD $24
Featuring songs and singer-songwriters from the Civil Rights Movement including Len Chandler, Bob Cohen, Kim and Reggie Harris, Carolyn Hester, Magpie, Marshall and Matt Jones, Willie (Wazir) Peacock.

Music of Coal: Mining Songs from the Appalachian Coalfields 2-CD set $35 48 coal mining songs accompanied by a richly detailed book of liner notes and striking historical photographs.

Holly Near And Still We Sing: the Outspoken Collection (2-CD set) $25 This collection of 37 songs (taken mostly from out of print recordings) includes live and studio performances, duets with Mercedes Sosa, rousing songs with Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie and Ronnie Gilbert, a passionate vocal collaboration with Rhiannon and Brian Green, a tender lullaby with Inti Illimani, and anthems like "Singing For Our Lives" and "The Great Peace March"

The Nightwatchman One Man Revolution CD $13 A long time supporter of the struggles of garment workers and grocery store workers in Southern Californian, Tom Morello, of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, reinvents himself as The Nightwatchman, writing and performing powerful acoustic political and union music.

De Colores and Other Latin-American Folk Songs for Children Selected, Arranged, and Translated by José-Luis Orozco. Twenty seven songs including "De Colores", "Las Mañanitas", and "Paz Y Libertad". $16 The accompanying songbook is illustrated by Elise Kleven, has 56 pages and is $8.

Pam Parker Bread & Roses CD $15 A wonderful live jazz recording that showcases Pam's expressive and rich vocals as well as her sense of humor. Includes the labor classic "Bread and Roses".

	Lynn Marie Smith Building the Union Local CD $15 Lynn Marie Smith, The Motown Diva, offers up her latest CD Building The Union Local.  Eight great songs to some familiar tunes will get your feet tappin' and your heart pumpin'.  The CD includes great tunes like "Money for Healthcare" and "Marching on Washington"- songs to energize and inspire.
	The U-Liners CD $17 The U-Liners are a roots rock/americana band that also performs for labor and environmental groups. The CD includes both Woody Guthrie's "Pastures of Plenty" and Joe Glazer's "The Mill Was Made of Marble".

Baldemar Velasquez and the Aguila Negra Band Justice Has No Borders CD $18 Newly released collection of farm workers' songs by the President of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee and his band. (In Spanish and English.)