Featuring such artists as Bruce Cockburn, James Taylor, Shawn Colvin, and Mary-Chapin Carpenter, the second compilation drawn from The Columbia Records Radio Hour remains primarily a forum for singer/songwriters on the Sony Music roster. But the lineup has been expanded to include groups like Toad the Wet Sprocket and Booker T. & the MGs, thus taking in more produced music in different genres, and also such artists as the Dave Matthews Band, Little Feat, Nanci Griffith, Victoria Williams, Lou Reed, and Boz Scaggs, who work for other record companies. As that list of performers indicates, there is a lot of talent here, and the open format, in which, for instance, Cockburn and Youssou N'Dour sing Bob Dylan's "Chimes of Freedom." each in his own language, and in which Boz Scaggs fronts Booker T. & the MGs on the Albert King song "As the Years Go Passing By," allows for some interesting mixtures. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
The Best of Columbia Records Radio Hour, Vol. 2
01/01/1996
Videos from The Best of Columbia Records Radio Hour, Vol. 2
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The Best of Columbia Records Radio Hour, Vol. 2 Track Listing
Credits of The Best of Columbia Records Radio Hour, Vol. 2
- The MG's
- Performer
- Bob Mann
- Guitar
- Kate Markowitz
- Vocals (Background)
- Lisimba Mayenda
- Percussion, Vocals (Background)
- Shaun Murphy
- Bass
- Youssou N'Dour
- Vocals, Performer
- Gallas Niang
- Drums
- Todd Nichols
- Guitar (Electric)
- Tim O'Reagan
- Drums
- Mark Olson
- Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
- William Payne
- Keyboards
- Ken Pearson
- Organ
- Marc Perlman
- Guitar (Bass)
- Michel Pouliot
- Drums
- Mike Rathke
- Guitar
- Sean Michael Ray
- Guitar (Bass)
- Fred Tackett
- Guitar
- Assane Thaim
- Percussion
- David Thoener
- Engineer, Mixing
- Carlos Vega
- Drums
- DAG
- Performer
- Karen Grotberg
- Piano, Vocals (Background)
- Mitch Maketansky
- Producer
- Kenny Soule
- Drums, Vocals (Background)
- Carter Beauford
- Drums, Vocals (Background)
- Brian Dennis
- Guitar, Vocals (Background)
- Doug Jervey
- Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
- Stefan Lessard
- Guitar (Bass)
- LeRoi Moore
- Saxophone, Vocals (Background)
- Paul Rappaport
- Producer
- Boyd Tinsley
- Violin
- Babacar Faye
- Percussion
- Dave Harris
- Guitar
- Vivane Chudid
- Vocals (Background)
- Jimi Meaye
- Guitar
- Joe Slaybee
- Keyboards
- Stuart Smith
- Guitar
- Booker T
- Performer
- Melvin Baldwin
- Drums
- Glen Phillips
- Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
- Steve Potts
- Drums
- Larry Kline
- Guitar (Bass)
- Lisa Richards
- Vocals (Background)
- Toad the Wet Sprocket
- Performer
- Paul Barrére
- Guitar, Vocals
- Valerie Carter
- Vocals (Background)
- Dave Matthews
- Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Performer
- Bobby Patterson
- Guitar (Bass), Vocals
- Jim Anderson
- Engineer
- Mary Chapin Carpenter
- Vocals, Performer
- Cliff Carter
- Organ
- Ibou Cisse
- Keyboards
- Sam Clayton
- Percussion, Vocals (Background)
- Greg Cohen
- Guitar (Bass)
- Dean Dinning
- Guitar (Bass), Vocals (Background)
- Donald "Duck" Dunn
- Guitar (Bass)
- John Dymond
- Guitar (Bass)
- James Farber
- Engineer
- Dionne Farris
- Vocals, Performer
- Habib Faye
- Keyboards
- Danny Frankel
- Drums
- Kenny Gradney
- Guitar (Bass)
- Randy Guss
- Drums
- John Harris
- Engineer
- Richard Hayward
- Drums
- Dorian Holley
- Vocals (Background)
- James Hooker
- Piano, Vocals
- Mrs. Van Zula Carter Hunt
- Guitar
- Jimmy Johnson
- Guitar (Bass)
- Booker T. Jones
- Organ, Keyboards
- Colin Linden
- Guitar
- Gary Louris
- Guitar, Vocals
- Nanci Griffith
- Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Performer
- Frank Christian
- Guitar
- Booker T. & the MG's
- Performer
- Bruce Cockburn
- Guitar, Chimes, Vocals, Performer
- Shawn Colvin
- Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Performer
- Steve Cropper
- Guitar
- The Jayhawks
- Performer
- Little Feat
- Performer
- Lou Reed
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Boz Scaggs
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- James Taylor
- Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Performer
- Victoria Williams
- Guitar, Vocals, Performer
- Don Grolnick
- Accordion
- David Lasley
- Vocals (Background)












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