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Featured: Fats Waller

African blues meet New York in Otis Taylor
New music from the Cowboy Junkies
Providence folk duo Atwater-Donnelly
Pure roots rock from Dave Edmunds
Eclectic geek rockers They Might Be Giants
A new, best-of collection from The Pixies

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Fats Waller was one of the great stride piano players with an exuberant and comical charm. Now, 100 years after his birth, Waller's work is showcased on a new collection from Bluebird.

Featured: Fats Waller

CD: The Centennial Collection
Song: "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter"
Label: Bluebird

Listen to "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter"

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Watch a video of Waller performing "Ain't Misbehavin'." (Requires Real Player)

Bluesman Otis Taylor retired from the music business in the mid '70s, but has released five albums in the past four years. This is his latest.

Otis Taylor

CD: Double V
Song: "505 Train"
Label: Telarc

Listen to "505 Train"

The Cowboy Junkies sound has scarcely changed in nearly twenty years of making music, but it remains inimitable.

The Cowboy Junkies

CD: One Soul Now
Song: "One Soul Now"
Label: Zoe

Listen to "One Soul Now"

The husband and wife duo, Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly met at a coffeehouse in 1987, were married two years later and today make great traditional folk music together.

Atwater and Donnelly

CD: The Blackest Crow
Song: "The Blackest Crow"
Label: Rabbit Island Music

Listen to "The Blackest Crow"

For more on this album, visit the artist's official Web site.

Dave Edmunds, firmly rooted in roots rock, here performs all the instruments and does all the vocals on a tune included on a new best-of compilation.

Dave Edmunds

CD: From small Things
Song: "I Hear You Knocking"
Label: Columbia Legacy

Listen to "I Hear You Knocking"

They Might be Giants are John Flansburgh and John Linnell, two artists making quirky rock with a sense of humor.

They Might Be Giants

CD: Indestructible Object
Song: "Am I Awake"
Label: Barsuk Records

Listen to "Am I Awake"

The Pixies were one of the most influential alt rock bands of the late '80s with a crunching blend of punk, indie guitar rock and classic pop.

The Pixies

CD: Wave of Mutilation
Song: "Here Comes Your Man"
Label: 4AD

Listen to "Here Comes Your Man"

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