Sunday, November 25, 2007

November 25th, 2007

Hi All,

Before the playlist...a few things talked about on today's show...

Pete Seeger's letter to Seventeen Magazine...
Russell Banks reading "The Moor" (act three of this episode) on This American Life
Paste Magazine

Ok...the playlist for the 25th...

1) Doc Watson; Rambling Hobo; Songs From Home

2) K.D. Lang; Helpless; Songs of the 49th Parallel
3) Peter Case; Every 24 Hours; Paste Magazine Sampler--Vol. 36
4) Leon Redbone & Merle Haggard; Sittin' by the Fire; Whistling in the Wind

5) Pete Seeger; Abiyoyo; Stories and Songs for Little Children
6) Dan Zanes; Wonder Wheel; Family Dance

7) Eric Bibb; The Cape; Friends
8) Son Volt; Windfall; Trace
9) Pat Humphries; Swimming to the Other Side; Sowing the Seeds--10th Anniversary of Appleseed Records
10) Warren Zevon; Stop Rainin' Lord; Preludes

11) Lyle Lovett; I will Rise Up/Ain't No More Cain; It's Not Big, It's Large
12) Chris Smither; Real Fine Love; Rollin' Into Memphis--The Songs of John Hiatt

Sunday, November 18, 2007

November 18th, 2007

Hi All,

Today's show was a repeat from last week--between a new little one at home and a trip to Chicago I just couldn't get a new show up this week. We'll have a new one Thanksgiving weekend. As mentioned on the show, please send along any folk/Americana songs you'd like to hear next weekend (songs you're "thankful" for if you will). Notes can be posted below or sent to listentoyourfolks@hotmail.com

Here's the playlist for the 18th...with apologies to those listeners who heard the same show two weeks in a row...

1) Keith Sykes; What Are We Waiting For; Let It Roll

2) The Flatlanders; One Day at a Time; More Legend Than Band
3) The Flatlanders; Dallas; More Legend Than Band
4) Bill Hearne's Roadside Review; Sing Me Back Home; Heartaches and Honkeytonks
5) Keith Sykes; Let It Roll; Let It Roll

6) Bob Dylan; The Water is Wide; Live 1975
7) Bruce Springsteen; Oh Mary Don't You Weep; Live in Dublin
8) Woody Guthrie; Pastures of Plenty; The Asch Recordings Vol. I

9) Buck Owens & Dwight Yokum; Streets of Bakersfield; Buck Owens--21 #1 Hits (Rhino)
10) Dwight Yokum; Little Ways; Dwight Live
11) Buck Owens; Sam's Place; Buck Owens--21 #1 Hits

12) Keith Sykes; Tearing the House Down; Let It Roll
13) Wilco; One Hundred Years From Now; Return of the Grevious Angel--Tribute to Gram Parsons
14) Patty Griffin; Stay on the Road; Children Running Through

Thanks for listening...and please do send along a song or two for the Thanksgiving weekend show.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

November 11th, 2007

Hi All,

On today's show I asked for folks to send along their favorite folk/Americana song. I'll do my best to play these during the Thanksgiving weekend show. Just post the song below or send to listentoyourfolks@hotmail.com Looking forward to hearing some of the picks.

The set list for the 11th went like this...

1) Keith Sykes; What Are We Waiting For; Let It Roll

2) The Flatlanders; One Day at a Time; More Legend Than Band
3) The Flatlanders; Dallas; More Legend Than Band
4) Bill Hearne's Roadside Review; Sing Me Back Home; Heartaches and Honkeytonks
5) Keith Sykes; Let It Roll; Let It Roll

6) Bob Dylan; The Water is Wide; Live 1975
7) Bruce Springsteen; Oh Mary Don't You Weep; Live in Dublin
8) Woody Guthrie; Pastures of Plenty; The Asch Recordings Vol. I

9) Buck Owens & Dwight Yokum; Streets of Bakersfield; Buck Owens--21 #1 Hits (Rhino)
10) Dwight Yokum; Little Ways; Dwight Live
11) Buck Owens; Sam's Place; Buck Owens--21 #1 Hits

12) Keith Sykes; Tearing the House Down; Let It Roll
13) Wilco; One Hundred Years From Now; Return of the Grevious Angel--Tribute to Gram Parsons
14) Patty Griffin; Stay on the Road; Children Running Through

Thanks for listening...and please do send along a song or two for the Thanksgiving weekend show.

Sunday, November 04, 2007

November 4, 2007

Hi All,

Today's show was a repeat from earlier this year (my wife and I had a new little one...seemed a pretty good excuse for an "encore presentation"--be back next week with a new show).

Here's the playlist and the old blog entry...

Today's show took another shot at featuring the new cd from Michael Perry and the Long Beds...and by gosh I think we got it this time.

Here's the playlist...

1) Fred Eaglesmith and the Flying Squirrels; Big Hair; Ralph's Last Show

2) Michael Perry & the Long Beds; Icarus; Headwinded
3) Guy Clark; Homegrown Tomatoes; Keepers
4) Cheryl Wheeler; His Hometown; Slyvia Hotel

5) Michael Perry & the Long Beds; Sally & Jack; Headwinded
6) Stan Rogers; Lies; Northwest Passage
7) John Prine; Donald & Lydia; Souvenirs

8) Loudon Wainwright III; Mr. Ambivalent; Little Ship
9) Chris Knight; It Ain't Easy Being Me; Chris Knight
10) Richard Thompson; Mr. Stupid; Sweet Warrior
11) Anna Coogan & North 19; Love Will Find a Way; Glory

12) Ramblin Jack Elliott & Jerry Jeff Walker; Hard Travelin' Friends of Mine
13) Michael Perry & the Long Beds; How Many Miles; Headwinded
14) Warren Zevon; Stop Rainin' Lord; Preludes

Thursday, November 01, 2007

October 28th, 2007

Hi All,

The show featured a bunch of Warren Zevon...I've been enjoying the heck out of the new Zevon bio He was a complicated guy...to say the least...a "literate prick" is how one friend described him. He does seem to have been that and a whole lot more.

The playlist for the 28th went like this...

1) Ryan Adams, Lovesick Blues; Timeless: A Tribute to Hank Williams

2) Todd Snider; New Connection; New Connection
3) Bruce Robison with Kelly Willis; Ride Me Down Easy; A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver
4) Lucinda Williams; You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion; Ramblin'

5) Richard Thompson; Take Care the Road You Choose; Sweet Warrior
6) Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins; The Big Guns; Ramblin Bob: 15 Tracks From Dylan's Theme Time Radio Show (from Uncut Magazine)
7) June Tabor; All Tomorrow's Parties; Freedom & Rain

8) Warren Zevon; Searching for a Heart; Genius
9) Warren Zevon; The French Inhaler; Genius
10) Warren Zevon; Dirty Life and Times; The Wind

11) Uncle Earl; The Last Goodbye; Waterloo, Tennessee
12) Greg Brown; Whippoorwill; The Evening Call
13) Townes Van Zandt; Ain't Leavin' Your Love; A Far Cry From Dead
14) Truckstop Preachers; Truck Drivin' Man; Truck Stop Preachers