When I started my very brief personal home page in early 1997, I included a few music pages, including one headed "What's Playing Lately," which had short reviews of 8-10 CDs I actually was playing a lot.

Besides playing CDs at home, I listen to a lot of music, live, at stores' "listening stations," Amazon's sound clips, on the radio while driving, and the digital music channels on cable TV... so by the time I BUY a CD, it's invariably a keeper...

Since I really need to get cracking on reviews, scanning of artist photos and other "content development" on this site, there are no reviews here, but these ARE recommended, a few of my recent buys, with links to Amazon for more info and in case you want to buy there.

Santana: Shaman	Shania Twain: Up!	Jennifer Hanson: Jennifer Hanson	Various Artists: Ritmo De La Noche: Very Best of Latin Jazz
Lee Ann Womack: Something Worth Leaving Behind	Phil Vassar: American Child	Shannon McNally: Jukebox Sparrows	Steve Holy: Blue Moon
Alan Jackson: Drive	Kenny Chesney: No Shoes No Shirt No Problems	Collin Raye: Counting Sheep	Brooks & Dunn: Steers & Stripes
Tish Hinojosa: The Best of The Sandia Watermelon 1991-1992	Kasey Chambers: Barricades & Brickwalls	Carolyn Dawn Johnson: Room With A View	Reverend Billy C. Wirtz: A Turn For The Wirtz Confessions Of A Hillbilly Love-God
Ellen Foley: Spirit of St.Louis	Toby Keith: Unleashed	Chely Wright: Single White Female	Chely Wright: Let Me In
Exposé: Exposé	Stan Getz: Getz for Lovers	Kasey Chambers: The Captain	Clay Davidson: Unconditional
Thomas Hampson: Night and Day	Trout Fishing In America: Big Trouble	Kimmie Rhodes: Rich from the Journey	Cyndi Thomson: My World
Laura Nyro: Angel In The Dark	Toby Keith: Pull My Chain	Merrie Amsterburg: Season of Rain	Kevin Sharp: Measure of a Man
Elvis Crespo: Wow Flash!	Nestor Torres: This Side Of Paradise	Sarah Harmer: You Were Here	Jimmy La Fave: Texoma
Lonestar: I'm Already There	Sherrie Austin: Followin' A Feelin'	Eva Cassidy: Live At Blues Alley	Eva Cassidy: Songbird
Trisha Yearwood: Inside Out	Tammy Cochran: Tammy Cochran	Collin Raye: Tracks	Diamond Rio: One More Day
Spontaneous Combustion: Live Embers	Carmell Jones: Jay Hawk Talk	Dion: Born To Be With You / Streetheart	Sins of the Pioneers: Built For Comfort (Not For Speed)
Ricochet: Ricochet	Carolyn Wonderland: Bursting with Flavor
Chuck Brodsky: Radio	Mark O'Connor: The New Nashville Cats	Trace Adkins: More...	Mark O'Connor: Heroes	Faith Hill: Breathe