1. "Lifestyle" - Singer-songwriter Andy Cohen says the band's eighth CD is generous in spirit and possibly their best yet.
2. "Contempt" - Lifestyle starts with a song that was prompted by a piano and (finally) a good French film.
3. "Ooh La La" - Fans take note. This song by 'The Faces' is the first cover ever put on a Silkworm CD.
4. "Tim's Secret Weapon" - The band's big, fat, bottom end is not a regular bass guitar.

Visit artist's web site: http://www.silkworm.net

1. "The Wayward Bus" - Singer-songwriter DiCroce's search for meaning is aided by bus travel and a serendipitous selection of reading material.
2. "The American Dream" - What is it anyway? The answer is heartfelt and surprisingly simple.
3. "Stonecutter's Heart" - What is this thing called love?
4. "Bruce Springsteen" - Emotional honesty and the songwriter's craft are the hallmark of a great artist.

1. "The CD: Jim Weider Steps Out" - After years with The Band, why is guitarist Jim Weider now launching his own band?
2. "Big Foot--yeah, THAT Big Foot" - He’s eight feet tall, he lives in the woods, and man, is he ever funky.
3. "Long Time Coming" - Just keep doing it ‘til you get it right, and then get Lamont Depew, your local electrician, to sing lead.
4. "Tele-man" - Once you’ve heard the true tone of the real Telecaster, you’ll go to any lengths to bring it home.

Visit artist's web site: http://www.jimweider.com/

1. "The CD" - Jorma Kaukonen has played guitar for some of San Francisco's most famous bands, including this notable ensemble created by Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh.
2. "Deprees Diamond Blues" - Jorma heard this ragtime-inspired Garcia-Hunter ballad years ago, but never realized how cool it was until he tried playing it.
3. "Jorma's Songbook" - Phil and Friends back Jorma on two well-known songs from his 'fingerstyle' guitar reportoire.
4. "Jamming" - Jam Bands have come a long way since the 1960s, and Kaukonen's fellow guitarist Steve Kimmock is one of the genre's best players.

1. "Dreams and Inspirations" - What lead the Persuasions to the Dead? According to the group’s lead singer, Jerry Lawson, it was a dream conjured up by special request….
2. "Title" - Lawson recalls the conversation with producer David Gans that gave the album its name, then pays tribute to the vocal talents of Jerry Garcia.
3. "Fans" - Once you’ve played for a Dead crowd, you know what it means to have fans.
4. "Roses and Rivers" - What gives a song special meaning? Sometimes it’s the sound, sometimes it’s the setting….

Visit artist's web site: http://www.thepersuasions.com

1. "Sailors and Gerbils" - Burris doesn’t routinely look to his own experiences for metaphorical fodder, but on this album his love of sailing and his year among lab rats served him well.
2. "The Craft" - Writing songs mostly takes time, attention, a lot of screwing around on the guitar, and it helps to play with great musicians, too.
3. "Unrequited Love and Hard Times on the Farm" - It’s been said that good songs come out of hard times. Burris offers two examples.

1. "Titles and Moods" - What’s dangerous about this situation? That’s for you to decide.
2. "Drum Kit Evolution" - Accompanied by the flamenco-inspired "Tziganne," drummer Terry Bozzio describes the development of his drum kit and his technique.
3. "Melt, Explore, Let Go" - Bozzio’s prescription for musical enlightenment.
4. "Steve and Tony" - Terry Bozzio on the artistry of his colleagues, guitarist Steve Stevens and bassist Tony Levin, and the chemistry among them.

1. "The CD" - Sources of inspiration for guitarist Steve Morse are sometimes surprising; other times they’re as loud and clear as a Jimmy Page solo.
2. "Beatles and Byrds" - Morse discovered that evoking rock legends can require unheard-of and seemingly impossible sounds.
3. "Mountain Man" - The joys of becoming Leslie West…
4. "Morse's McLaughlin" - The Mahavishnu Orchestra was to the Dixie Dregs as John McLaughlin was to Steve Morse.

Visit artist's web site: http://www.stevemorse.com/

1. "The CD" - Alvin Youngblood Hart’s new CD features 'freedom rock' songs and cool cover tunes.
2. "Preaching Blues" - Hart grew up in a family of preachers, and he has some stories to tell.
3. "Manos Arriba" - “Hands up”, a song that recalls the time when the police didn't like Hart’s looks.
4. "Cool Covers" - Hart plays some of the songs he's always liked, by some forgotten bands.

1. "The CD" - Guitarist Noel Redding talks about his new recording with 3:05AM, a California band.
2. "Rock Roots" - Redding plays the American rock songs he learned growing up in England in the 50s.
3. "Rain" - Noel Redding knew John Lennon and started playing this song a decade ago.
4. "Beyond Hendrix" - Redding talks about playing the Jimmy Hendrix song book.

1. "The CD" - Rocker Willie Nile writes songs that sound and feel like real life.
2. "Songwriting" - Nile talks about writing love songs that come from the street.
3. "Beautiful Wreck" - A rollicking toast to the ironies and absurdities of everyday life.
4. "Influences" - Nile's musical muse: great writers and poets, and his family.

Visit artist's web site: http://www.willienile.com/order.htm

1. "The CD" - Love is strange, says the Zen Tricksters’ Jeff Mattson, and sometimes singing about it can be fairly weird, too.
2. "Going Down Slow" - Some songs just seem to write themselves.
3. "Jam Band" - Musically, says Mattson, the Tricksters are looking for the best of both worlds.

Visit artist's web site: http://zentricksters.com/home.html