December 19th, 2010

Hi Everyone,

This year's Christmas/Holiday show went like this...

1) James McMurtry's Holiday Greeting (available for free download)

2) Bob Dylan; Winter Wonderland; Christmas in the Heart

3) Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman; Christmas Time a Comin'; Christmas on the Mountain

4) Asleep at the Wheel; Swingin' Silent Night; Merry Texas Christmas Y'all

5) Tim O'Brien; Bah Humbug; Christmas on the Mountain

6) Indigo Girls; Your Holiday; Holly Happy Days (available for free download)

7) Lyle Lovett; Christmas Morning; The Road to Ensenada

8) Emmylou Harris; Angel Eyes; Light of the Stable

9) Robert Earl Keen; Merry Christmas from the Family; Gringo Honeymoon

10) John Prine; A John Prine Christmas; A John Prine Christmas

11) Bob Dylan; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; Christmas in the Heart

12) Bruce Springsteen; Santa Clause is Coming to Town; Single

13) Otis Redding; Merry Christmas Baby; Christmas Classics

14) Asleep at the Wheel; Merry Texas Christmas Y'all; Merry Texas Christmas Y'all

15) John Prine; Silver Bells; A John Prine Christmas

16) Emmylou Harris; Little Drummer Boy; Light of the Stable

Thanks for listening...happy holidays everybody.

December 12th, 2010

Hi All,

Thanks again to last week's guest host, Ben Leonard...he'll be back in another month or two. Really nice to have him part of the program and KMSU.

Today's show featured several songs from the Minnesota Beatle Project Vol. II. Here's a Free Press Story discussing Tunetown's involvement with the project here in Mankato.

The playlist on the 12th went like this...

1) Mother Truckers; Different Eyes; Broke, Not Broken

2) John Hiatt; The Open Road; The Open Road

3) John Mellencamp; Save Some Time for Dreamin'; No Better Than This

4) Emmylou Harris; Away in the Major; Light of the Stable

5) The Sounds of Blackness; Hey Jude; MN Beatle Project Vol. II

6) Soul Asylum; Good Morning, Good Morning; Mn Beatle Project Vol. II

Three from The Essential Billy Bragg...

7) A New England

8) Sexuality

9) Tank Park Salute

10) John Prine; I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause; A John Prine Christmas

11) Steve Goodman; Colorado Christmas; Unfinished Business

12) Bruce Springsteen; My Lucky Day; Working On a Dream

13) Chuck Brodsky; The Great Santa Snowball Debacle of 1968; Tulips for Lunch

14) Mason Jennings; Child of Nature; MN Beatle Project Vol. II.

December 5, 2010

Hello Listeners,

Ben Leonard guest hosted this week, and thanks Dave for the opportunity. Here's the setlist:

1) Vandaveer; Out Past the Moat; Grace and Speed

2) Joe Pug; A Thousand Men; Meantime EP
3) Haley Bonar; Something Great; Big Star
4) Old 97s; Champaign, Illinois; The Grand Theater Volume 1

5) Ben Kweller; Wanting Her Again; Changing Horses
6) Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins; Charging Sky; Rabbit Fur Coat
7) Jeff Tweedy; Bob Dylan's 49th Beard; Sunken Treasure

8) The Tallest Man on Earth; The Dreamer; Sometimes the Blues is Just a Passing Bird
9) Hot Water; Painless; Hot Water Music
10) Mumford and Sons; Roll Away Your Stone; Sigh No More

11) Be Good Tanyas; The Littlest Birds; Blue Horse
12) Po' Girl; Movin' On; Vagabond Lullabies
13) The Shins; New Slang; Oh Inverted World

14) Caroline Smith and the Goodnight Sleeps; Where Has Sally Gone?; Backyard Tent Set
15) Robinella and the CC Stringband; Man Over; Robinella and the CC Stringband
16) Tom Waits; Closing Time; Closing Time

November 28th, 2010

Hi All,

The show on the 21st was what the big shots call an encore presentation. From when, I'm not even really sure. The show on the 28th was a fresh one...and went like this.

Oh, before the list...today's show featured some new/old stuff from The Boss. Here's a great piece of writing about Springsteen and his latest release.

1) Bruce Springsteen; Rendezvous; The Promise

2) Los Lobos; This Time; This Time

3) Eric Bibb; 99 1/2 Won't Do; Frinds

4) Jakob Dylan; Holly Rollers for Love; Women and Country

5) Trampled by Turtles; Shelter From the Storm; Duluth Does Dylan Revisited

6) Chris Smither; Desolation Row; Train Home

7) Bob Dylan; I Threw It All Away; Nashville Sklyline

8) Guy Clark; Analog Girl; Workbench Songs

9) John Prine; She is My Everything; Live and in Person

10) Steve Earle; Prison Cell Blues; The Harry Smith Project Revisited

11) Bruce Springsteen; The Promise; The Promise

12) Rodney Crowell; Who Do You Love; Sex & Gasoline

13) Anna Coogan & North 19; Columbia; Glory

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November 14th, 2010

Hi Everyone,

Mentioned today the upcoming visit from radio documentarian John Biewen. Hope to see some of you there.

The playlist for the 14th went like this...

1) Sarah Harmer; I am Aglow; I'm a Mountain

2) James McMurtry; Childish Things; Childish Things

3) Jack Ingram; Beat Up Ford; Young Man

4) John Prine; Spanish Pipedream; In Person & On Stage

5) Lyle Lovett; I've Been to Memphsis; Live in Texas

5) Eric Brace & Peter Cooper; Suffer a Fool; Master Sessions

6) Merl Haggard; Daddy Frank; Merle Haggard Again (on Oh Boy Records)

7) Tom Russell; Tulare Dust; Tulare Dust--The Songs of Merl Haggard

8) Waylon Jennings; You Asked Me To; Waylon Live

9) Nanci Griffith; You Asked Me To; Lonesome, On'ry; and Mean--The Songs of Waylon Jennings

10) Old 97s; My Two Feet; Blame it on Gravity

11) Old 97s; No Baby I; Blame it on Gravity

12) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Way Downtown; Will the Circle be Unbroken

13) James McMurtry; Memorial Day; Childish Things

Thanks for listening...

November 7th, 2010

Hey Everybody,

Ben Leonard guest hosted today--his return to radio hosting for the first time since those good ol' college days in Morris. Thanks Ben--great job and great songs.

His playlist went like this...

1) Todd Snider; Age Like Wine; East Nashville Skyline

2) Ben Folds; Gracie; Songs for Sliverman

3) Loudon Wainwright III, Daughter; Strange Weirdos

4) Bellwether; Sweethearts; The Stinging Nettles

5) Drive By Truckers; Carl Perkins' Cadillac; The Dirty South

6) Regina Spektor; Samson, Begin to Hope

7) Justin Townes Earle One More Night in Brooklyn; Harlem River Blues

8) Josh Ritter; Girl in the War; The Animal Years

9) Basia Bulat; Heart of my Own; Gold Rush

10) Pete Drodge; Hampton Inn Room 306; Necktie Second

11) Old Crow Medicine Show; My Good Gal; Big Iron World

12) Jill Sobule; Don't Let Us Get Sick; Enjoy Every Sandwich (A Tribute to Warren Zevon)

13) Bright Eyes; Bottom of Everything; Motion Sickness

14) Darrell Scott; A Crooked Road; The Americana Music Awards Sampler

October 17th, 2010

Hello Everybody,

Thanks to everybody who pledged during the fall drive--we were live both this week and last, and a number of you were kind enough to call in during the show. The playlist for the 17th went like this...

1) The Secret Sisters; Why Baby Why; The Secret Sisters

2) Joe Pug, Not So Sure

3) The Jayhawks; People in This Place on Every Side; The Bunkhouse Album

4) Alejandro Escovedo; Down in the Bowery; Street Songs of Love

5) Alejandro Escovedo; Faith; Street Songs of Love

6) Fred Eaglesmith; Careless; Cha, Cha, Cha

7) Clare Burson; Baby Boy; Silver and Ash

8_ Rodney Crowell; Closer to Heaven; Sex and Gasoline

9) Guy Clark; If I Needed You; Sometimes the Song Writes You

10) The Yellow Room Gang; Simple Faith; The Yellow Room Gang

11) John Prine & Emmylou Harris; Angel From Montgomery; In Person & On Stage

12) The Secret Sisters; Tennessee Me; The Secret Sisters

October 3rd, 2010

Hi All,

Had another guest host today--an old friend from the great state of Ohio, Pravin Rodrigues. Our playlist went like this...

1) Fred Eaglesmith & The Flying Squirrels; Pretty Good Guy, Ralph's Last Show

2) Nanci Griffith; Workin' in Corners; One Fair Summer Evening

3) Indigo Girls with Ani DiFranco; Ramblin' Round; Til' We Outnumber Em'

4) Guy Clark; Forever, For Always, For Certain; Cold Dog Soup

5) John Hiatt; The Open Road; The Open Road

6) John Mellencamp; Save Some Time to Dream; No Better Than This

7) John Hiatt; Go Down Swingin'; The Open Road

8) John Mellencamp; Clumsy Old World, No Better Than This

9) Hayes Carll; Drunken Poets Dream; Trouble in Mind

10) John Prine; That's the Way the World Goes Round; John Prine Live

11) Steve Goodman; The Dutchman; Live Wire

12) Alejandro Escovedo; Always a Friend; Real Animal

13) Alejandro Escovedo; People, We're Only Gonna Live So Long; Real Animal

Thanks for listening!

September 26th, 2010

Hi All,

Last week's program was a repeat from an episode with no playlist. The playlist for the 26th went like this...

1) Bruce Springsteen; Tomorrow Never Knows; Working on a Dream

2) Hank Williams III; Atlantic City

3) Stacy Earl & Mark Stuart; Are You Ready

4) Lyle Lovett; God Will

5) Todd Snider; I May Smoke Too Much

Three from Trampled by Turtles--all songs from the cd Songs From A Ghost Town

6) Ain't No Use Tryin'

7) Wrong Way Street

8) School Bus Driver

9) John Mellencamp; Thinking About You; No Better Than This

10) John Mellencamp; No One Cares About Me; No Better Than This

11) Uncle Tupelo; Looking for a Way Out; Still Feel Gone

12) Uncle Tupelo; If That's Alright (Demo); Still Feel Gone

Two from Peter Cooper's excellent new release on Red Beet Records

13) Peter Cooper; Elmer The Dancer; The Lloyd Green Album

14) Peter Cooper; Tulsa Queen; The Lloyd Green Album

Thanks for listening...

September 12th, 2010

Hi All,

Today's show featured guest host Ben Leonard from the Nicollet County Historical Society. His playlist is below. Be sure to check out the cool documentary film series Ben and others host at the Nicollet County Historical Society--a description of the film series is posted below the playlist.

1 Jars at Home; Trampled by Turtles; Blue Sky and the Devil

2 American Hearts; A.A. Bondy; American Hearts

3 The Door was Always Open; Joe Pug; In the Meantime

4 The End ; Allison Weiss; The Way She Likes It

5 You Look Like ICould Use A Drink; Todd Snider; Live, Cedar Cultural Center,7/14/2010

6 Natural Disaster; Loudon Wainwright III; A Live One

7 Political Science; Randy Newman; Sail Away

8 Atomic Power; Uncle Tupelo; March 16-20 1992

9 The Temptation of Adam;Josh Ritter; The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter

10 Racing in the Streets; Townes Van Zandt (Springsteen); Roadsongs

11 Sam Stone; Evan Dando (Prine); Live, Iowa City, 1/18/04

12 Eye of the Tiger; Rural Alberta Advantage (Survivor); Drain the Blood

13 Mexico City; Jolie Hollan; The Living and the Dead

14 Hey Little Mama; Frazey Ford; Obadiah

15 A Little Blues; Be Good Tanyas; Hello Love

**The Nicollet County Historical Society, St. Peter Community and Family Education, St. Peter Food Co-op, Arts Center of Saint Peter, St. Peter Senior Center, St. Peter Public Library, and St. Peter Recreation Department have teamed up to bring you another documentary film series. Join us the first Thursday of every month from September through May at 7pm at the St. Peter Community Center. Some films are serious, some are amazing, and a few are just plain weird.

September 5th, 2010

Hello All,

The playlist for the 5th went like this...

1) Billy Bragg & Wilco; Another Man's Done Gone; Mermaid Avenue

2) The Band; I Shall be Released; Greatest Hits

3) The Avett Brothers; I Would be Sad; Emotionalism

4) The Indigo Girls; Get Out the Map; Shaming of the Sun

5) Willie Murphy; What Daddy Wants (Momma Needs)

6) Junior Brown; Long Walk Back to San Antonio; Long Walk Back

7 Keb Mo; Folsom Prison Blues; Kindred Spirits

8) Michael Perry & the Longbeds; Somewhere Out in Mudrook; Headwinded

Three from John Mellencamp's excellent new release, No Better Than This

9) Clumsy Old World

10) Save Some Time to Dream

11) Coming Down the Road

12) Darren Hanlon; All These Things; I Will Love You at All

13) Loudon Wainwright III; Down at the Bar; Attempted Mustache

August 22nd, 2010

Hello All,

Had a new show last week as well...but playlists disappear from time-t0-time. This week's new show went like this...

1) The Byrds; One Hundred Years From Now; The Gram Parson's Anthology

2) Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women; Downey Girl; Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women

3) Chatham County Line; Wildwood; Wildwood

4) Marty Stuart; Branded; Ghost Train--The Studio B Sessions

5) James McMurtry; Painting By Numbers; Too Long in the Wasteland

6) James McMurtry; Just Us Kids; Just Us Kids

7) James McMurtry; Out Here in the Middle; Love in Aught Three

8) Lucy Kaplansky; Off and Running; The Red Thread

9) Heather Masse; High Heeled Woman; Birdsong

10) Ruth Moody; Travellin' Shoes; The Garden

11) Guy Clark; The Cape; Dublin Blues

12) Patty Griffin; Never Grow Up; Downtown Church

13) Carrie Newcomer; Two Toasts; The Geography of Light

14) Eric Anderson; Ramblin' Boy; Waves

August 8th, 2010

Hi All,

Today's show featured music sent my way by Ben Leonard at the Nicollet County Historical Society. I forget the exact order of what I played, but the day included the great stuff listed below. Thanks Ben! And by the way, Ben will host the show on Sunday, September 12th.

1) The Rural Alberta Advantage; Rush Apart

2) Todd Snider; A Boy Named Sue

3) Caroline Smith & the Good Nigh...; Closing the Doors

4) Trampled by Turtles; Wait So Long

5) She & Him; Gonna Get Along Without You Now

6) Kate Maki; I'll Be Here in the Morning

7) Dan Auerbach; Trouble Weighs a Ton

8) Uncle Tupelo; Blue Eyes

9) Wood Brothers; Luckiest Man

10) Josh Ritter; To the Dogs or Whoever

11) Sara Watkins; Will We Go

12) Good Old War; Coney Island

13) Haley Bonar; Am I Allowed

14) Joe Pug; Nation of Heat

15) Jenny Owen Youngs; Start + Stop

August 1st, 2010

Hi All,

Not quite sure where the playlist went for last week's show--but we had a new show on the 25th and another today on the 1st.

Today's playlist went like this...

1) Doc Watson & Bill Monroe; You Won't Be Satisfied That Way; Live Duet Recordings Vol. II

2) Garnet Rogers; Give the Fiddler a Dram; Summer Lightning

3) Robert Plant & Allison Krauss; Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On); Raising Sand

4) Shinyribs; Country Cool; Well After Awhile

5) Mountain Man; Buffalo; Made the Harbor

6) John Hiatt; Movin' On; The Open Road

7) Charlie Robison; Beautiful Day; Beautiful Day

8) Peter Wolf; Tragedy; Midnight Souvenir

9) Butch Hancock; West Texas Waltz; Own & Own

10) Jerry Jeff Walker; Driftin' Way of Life; Best of the Vanguard Years

11) Cheryl Wheeler; His Hometown; Sylvia Hotel

12) Tim O'Brien; Runnin' Out of Memory; Corn Bread Nation

13) Wilco; Pick Up the Change; AM

14) Son Volt; Windfall; Trace

15) Wilco; Box Full of Letters; AM

Thanks for listening...

July 11th and 18th...

Hello All,

Didn't mean for it to happen, but the same program aired on the 11th and the 18th. Your friendly volunteer host screwed up--sorry about that. Hope you enjoyed the show at least once.

Oh, one good excuse for the mistake was that I was working hard with KMSU's Shelley Pierce hosting KMSU's first-ever Radio Camp. Check out the story here--we had some great kids at the station the week of July 12th.

The playlist went like this for the 11th and 18th went like this...

1) Shinyribs; Change is Gonna Come; Well After Awhile

2) Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians; A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall; Cities Sampler Vol. 3

3) The Wailin' Jennys; Glory Bound; Firecracker

4) Rick Spreitzer; Roll Back; From the Bottom

5) Todd Snider; Don't Tempt Me; The Excitement Plan

6) Todd Snider; Money, Compliments, Publicity; The Excitement Plan

7) My Morning Jacket; All the Best; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows--the Songs of John Prine

8) Warren Zevon; Hasten Down the Wind; Learning to Flinch

9) Warren Zevon; Splendid Isolation; Learning to Flinch

10) Loudon Wainwright III; Living Alone; Last Man on Earth

11) David Bromberg; Try Me One More Time; Sowing the Seeds--Appleseed Records 10th Anniversary cd

12) Frank Prenevost; I Miss Lake Bemidji; I Miss Lake Bemidji

13) Peter Rowan & Tony Rice; You Were There for Me; You Were There for Me

14) Ramblin' Jack Elliott; Don't Think Twice It's Alright; Sowing the Seeds

July 4th, 2010

Hi All,

The holiday weekend featured an "encore" presentation of a show from April 2010. The playlist went like this...

1) Gary Ogan; Till the Next Time that I see You; King Easy Sampler, Vol. 7

2) Chris Knight; It Ain't Easy Being Me; Chris Knight
3) The Tallest Man on Earth; The Wild Hunt; The Wild Hunt
4) Eric Brace & Last Train Home; Always Running on My Street; Six Songs

5) John Hiatt; Pirate Radio; Little Head
6) John Hiatt; Feelin' Again; Little Head
7) Conner Christian & Southern Gothic; Sunday Suit; 90 Proof Lullabies

8) Drag the River; Brookfield; Drag the River: Primer
9) Drag the River; Me and Joe Drove Out to California; Drag the River: Primer
10) Jeff Bridges; Fallin' and Flyin'; Crazy Heart Soundtrack
11) Mumford & Sons; Winter Wind; Sigh No More

12) Adam Carroll; Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffle; King Easy Radio Sampler, Vol. 7
13) JB Bruck; It's Just You; King Easy Radio Sampler
14) Dawes; Love is All I Am; Dawes

**I've mentioned The Oxford Project a few times on air--really is worth a look.

June 27th, 2010

Hi All,

The playlist for the 27th went like this...

1) The Infamous Stringsters; In God's Country; Things That Fly

2) Jakob Dylan; Nothing but the Whole Wide World; Women & Country

3) Lucinda Williams; Mama You Sweet; West

4) Luther Cole; 309 to Richmond; Solitude

5) Shinyribs; Who Built the Moon; Well After Awhile

6) Shinyribs; Country Cool; Well After Awhile

7) Sarah Harmer; One Match; Oh Little Fire

8) Hayes Carll; Waiting on the Stars to Fall; Trouble in Mind (vinyl)

9) Dave Alvin; Rio Grande; Ashgrove

10) Cowboy Junkies; Sun Comes Up It's Tuesday Morning; 200 More Miles

11) Bruce Springsteen; Ain't Got You; Tunnel of Love

12) Guy Clark; Indian Head Penny; Cold Dog Soup

13) Lyle Lovett; Pantry; Natural Forces

Thanks for listening...

June 20th, 2010

Hi All,

The playlist for the 20th went like this...

1) Ramblin' Jack Elliott; Roll on Buddy; The Essential Ramblin Jack...

2) Joe Ely; Me and Billy the Kid; Live at Liberty Lunch

3) Ramblin' Jack Elliott; More Pretty Girls; The Essential Ramblin Jack...

4) Joe Ely; Honky Tonk Masquerade; A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver

5) Fish Frye; St. Patrick Walks into a Bar; Konsbruck Hotel

6) Richard and Linda Thompson; A Heart Needs a Home; Live in 1975

7) Chuck Ragan; For Goodness Sake; Gold Country

8) Son Volt; Down to the Wire; American Central Dust

Three from John Hiatt's new release, The Open Road

9) Carry You Back Home

10) Movin' On

11) Haulin'

12) Will Kimbrough; Less Polite; Americanitis

13) Todd Snider; Vinyl Records; New Connection

14) Lyle Lovett; If I had a Boat; Live in Texas

Hi All,

Today's show featured music from a bunch of new cds that have made it my way--some just new to me, some brand new releases.

The playlist went like this...

1) Richard and Linda Thompson; Together Again; Live in 1975

2) Frank Prenevost; Happy Daze; I Miss Lake Bemidji

3) Frank Prenevost; I Miss Lake Bemidji; I Miss Lake Bemidji

4) John Prine; Spanish Pipedream; In Person and On Stage

5) John Prine & Iris Dement; In Spite of Ourselves; In Person and On Stage

6) Jayhawks; Falling Storm; The Bunkhouse Record

7) Jayhawks; Tried & True; The Bunkhouse Record

8) Jakob Dylan; Nothing but the Whole Wide World; Women & Country

9) Jakob Dylan; Lend a Hand; Women & Country

10) Luther Cole; Searchers; Searchers

11) Luther Cole; Two Left Hands; Searchers

12) Richard & Linda Thompson; Jet Plane and a Rocking Chair; Live in 1975

13) Richard & Linda Thompson; Hard Luck Stories; Live in 1975

14) John Hiatt; Go Down Swingin'; The Open Road

15) Frank Prenevost; Bluewater Outdoors; I Miss Lake Bemidji

June 6th, 2010

Hi All,

Today's show was a repeat from early March...Everything came from the new Red Beet Records release, East Nashville Vol. 3--More Music from the Other Side. The playlist went like this...

1) Tim Carroll; No Easy Way

2) Phil Lee; Neon Tombstone
3) Kieran Kane; Way Down Below
4) Eric Brace; Tanquility Brace

5) Peter Cooper & Lloyd Green; Gospel Song
6) Anne McCue; Broken Promise Land
7) Kevin Gordon; Black Dog
8) Chuck Mead; I Wish it was Friday

9) Duane Jarvis; I Miss You Already
10) Tom Mason; Chano Pozo's Shoes
11) Carey Ott; Getting Thru

12) Audrey Audd; Love You Like the Earth
13) Phil Lee; The Taterbug Rag

May 30th, 2010

Hi All,

Today's show was all John Prine. We heard JP doing versions of his songs and then cuts from the outstanding new cd in his honor, Broken Hearts and Dirt Windows: Songs of John Prine.

The playlist went like this...

1) John Prine; Spanish Pipedream; Great Days--The John Prine Anthology

2) The Avett Brothers; Spanish Pipedream; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows

3) John Prine; Six O'clock News; Souvenirs

4) Lambchop; Six O' clock News; Broken Hearts...

5) JP; All the Best; Great Days

6) My Morning Jacket; All the Best,, Broken Hearts...

7) JP; Bruised Orange; Great Days

8) Bon Iver; Bruised Orange; Broken Hearts...

9) JP; My Mexican Home; Sweet Revenge

10) Josh Ritter; My Mexican Home; Broken Hearts...

11) JP; The Late John Garfield Blues; Souvenirs

12) Sara Watkins; The Late John Garfield Blues; Broken Hearts...

13) Old Crow Medicine Show; Angel from Montgomery; Broken Hearts...

May 23rd, 2010

Hi All,

This week's show was a repeat from October--a show for which the playlist was lost. Hope you'll tune in on the 30th for a new show featuring the brand new tribute cd to John Prine.

May 16th, 2010

Hi All,

The playlist for the 16th went like this...

1) Jimmie Dale Gilmore; Pick Me Up On Your Way Down; Come On Back

2) Alejandro Escovedo; Always a Friend; Real Animal
3) Avett Brothers; Go to Sleep; Emotionalism
4) Adam Carroll; Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler; Live at Flipnotes

5) John Prine; She is My Everything; She is My Everything (free download available here)
6) John Hiatt; The Open Road; The Open Road (free download available here)
7) The Proclaimers; Three More Days; The Rockfield Session

Three from Peter Wolf's new cd, Midnight Souvenirs

8) Tragedy (with Shelby Lynne)
9) The Green Fields of Summer (with Neko Case)
10) It's Too Late for Me (with Merl Haggard)

11) Curtis Evans; Windows; from the forthcoming release, Life with Buffalo
12) Nathaniel Rateliff; Once in a Great While; In Memory of Loss
13) Greg Macpherson; First Class; Mr. Invitation

May 9th, 2010

Hi All,

Today's show featured music from John Prine, Steve Goodman, and Todd Snider. The playlist went like this...

1) Todd Snider; Vinyl Records; New Connection

2) John Prine; You Got Gold; Live on Tour

3) Todd Snider; All of My Life; Happy to be Here

4) Steve Goodman; The Dutchman; City of New Orleans

5) John Prine; Lake Marie; Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings

6) John Prine; Bottomless Lake; Aimless Love

7) Steve Goodman; Turnpike Tom; No Big Surprise

8) Todd Snider; Good Fortune; The Excitement Plan

9) Todd Snider; Happy to be Here; Happy to be Here

10) John Prine; Picture Show; Live on Tour

11) Steve Goodman; Six Hours Ahead of the Sun; City of New Orleans

12) John Prine; Clay Pigeons; Fair & Square

13) Steve Goodman; City of New Orleans; The Easter Tapes

May 2nd, 2010

Hi All,

The playlist for the 2nd went like this...

1) Robert Duvall; Live Forever; Crazy Heart Soundtrack

2) Dave Alvin; Fourth of July; King of California

3) The Whites; Keep on the Sunny Side; O' Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack

4) Tony Rice; Me and My Guitar; Night Flyer

5) John T. Van Zandt; My Proud Mountains; Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt

Three from the Avett Brothers' release, Emotionalism

6) Die, Die, Die

7) Will You Return

8) The Weight of Lies

10) Connor Christian & Southern Gothic; One Toke Over the Line; 90 Proof Lullabies

11) Chris Smither; Surprise, Surprise, Surprise; Time Stands Still

12) P.F. Sloan; Eve of Destruction; Sailover

13) Richard and Linda Thompson; Shoot out the Lights; Shoot Out the Lights

14) William Elliott Whitmore; Porchlight; Ashes to Dust

Thanks for listening...

April 25th, 2010

Hi All,

Today's show first aired in July of 2009--the playlist went like this...

1) Steve Earle White Freightliner Blues; Townes

2) John Hiatt; Dust Down a Country Road; Walk On
3) The Band; Time to Kill; Greatest Hits
4) Todd Snider; Green Castle Blues; The Excitement Plan

5) Keb Mo; Eilleen; Suitcase
6) Nanci Griffith; Across America; The Loving Kind
7) Among the Oak and Ash; Peggy O.; Among the Oak and Ashes

8) John Mellencamp; Longest Days; Life, Death, Love, and Fear
9) Richard Buckner; Blue & Wonder; Bloomed
10) Lucy Kaplansky; Off & Running; The Red Thread
11) Greg Brown; Eugene; The Evening Call

12) Eric Bibb; Cowboy Queen; Friends
13) Billy Bragg & Wilco; Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key; Mermaid Avenue

April 18th, 2010

Hi All,

Lots of new shows these past few weeks--and lots of lost playlists. The show for the 18th went like this...

1) Gary Ogan; Till the Next Time that I see You; King Easy Sampler, Vol. 7

2) Chris Knight; It Ain't Easy Being Me; Chris Knight
3) The Tallest Man on Earth; The Wild Hunt; The Wild Hunt
4) Eric Brace & Last Train Home; Always Running on My Street; Six Songs

5) John Hiatt; Pirate Radio; Little Head
6) John Hiatt; Feelin' Again; Little Head
7) Conner Christian & Southern Gothic; Sunday Suit; 90 Proof Lullabies

8) Drag the River; Brookfield; Drag the River: Primer
9) Drag the River; Me and Joe Drove Out to California; Drag the River: Primer
10) Jeff Bridges; Fallin' and Flyin'; Crazy Heart Soundtrack
11) Mumford & Sons; Winter Wind; Sigh No More

12) Adam Carroll; Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffle; King Easy Radio Sampler, Vol. 7
13) JB Bruck; It's Just You; King Easy Radio Sampler
14) Dawes; Love is All I Am; Dawes

**I've mentioned The Oxford Project a few times on air--really is worth a look.

March 28, 2010

Hi All,

Apologies for the repeat show today--I recorded a new show but must have done something wrong with the good ol' technology. And, as luck would have it, today's repeat (from last week) was one of those for which I cannot find the playlist.

We'll be back on Easter...with a pledge show edition of the program.

All the best,

Dave

March 14th, 2010

Hi All,

Today's show was a repeat from early February--The playlist went like this...

1) Buck Owens; Hello Trouble; Crazy Heart Soundtrack

2) Billy Joe Shaver; Love is so Sweet; The Earth Rolls On
3) Bruce Springsteen; Reason to Believe; Nebraska
4) Asylum Street Spankers; Down by the Riverside; God's Favorite Band

5) Sara Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; Cease Fire; Exploration
6) Son Volt; Down to the Wire; American Central Dust
7) Sara Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; Holdin' Back; Exploration
8) Son Volt; Dynamite; American Central Dust

Three from the soundtrack for the new film, Crazy Heart

9) Ryan Bingham; The Weary Kind
10) Hold on You; Jeff Bridges
11) Townes Van Zandt; If I Needed You

12) Richard Thompson; Keep Your Distance; Rumor and Sigh
13) Lucinda Williams; Real Love; Little Honey
14) Loudon Wainwright III; I'm Not Gonna Cry; Last Man on Earth

Thanks for listening...

March 7th, 2010

Hi All,

Everything on today's show came from the new Red Beet Records release, East Nashville Vol. 3--More Music from the Other Side. The playlist went like this...

1) Tim Carroll; No Easy Way

2) Phil Lee; Neon Tombstone
3) Kieran Kane; Way Down Below
4) Eric Brace; Tanquility Brace

5) Peter Cooper & Lloyd Green; Gospel Song
6) Anne McCue; Broken Promise Land
7) Kevin Gordon; Black Dog
8) Chuck Mead; I Wish it was Friday

9) Duane Jarvis; I Miss You Already
10) Tom Mason; Chano Pozo's Shoes
11) Carey Ott; Getting Thru

12) Audrey Audd; Love You Like the Earth
13) Phil Lee; The Taterbug Rag

February 28th, 2010

Hi All,

Listen to your Folks is alive and well despite slightly inconsistent blog updates as of late. Last week we featured the new Michael Perry and the Longbeds cd, Tiny Pilot. I played one more song this week--check out the cd at Amble Down Records and Michael Perry's other work at sneezingcow.com

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

1) Todd Snider; Is This Thing Working; Peace Queer

2) Michael Perry & the Longbeds; Somewhere South of Sunday; Tiny Pilot
3) Son Volt; Juke Box of Steel; American Central Dust
4) The Sways; Alright; The Sways

5) Guy Clark; Out in the Parking Lot; Workbench Songs
6) Steve Earle; Delta Momma Blues; Townes
7) Mumford & Sons; Sigh No More; Sigh No More

8) Bruce Springsteen; My Ride is Here; Enjoy Every Sandwich
9) Warren Zevon; Keep Me in Your Heart; The Wind
10) Warren Zevon; Numb as a Statue; The Wind
11) Jill Sobule; Don't Let Us Get Sick; Enjoy Every Sandwich

12) Susan Tedeschi; Angel From Montgomery; Live in Austin
13) Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard; These Roads Don't Move; One Fast Move and I'm Gone

February 7th, 2010

Hi All,

The show has been on and new the past few weeks--but I keep avoiding the blog. I'll try to get back to it a bit more consistently here.

The playlist for the 7th went like this...

1) Buck Owens; Hello Trouble; Crazy Heart Soundtrack

2) Billy Joe Shaver; Love is so Sweet; The Earth Rolls On
3) Bruce Springsteen; Reason to Believe; Nebraska
4) Asylum Street Spankers; Down by the Riverside; God's Favorite Band

5) Sara Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; Cease Fire; Exploration
6) Son Volt; Down to the Wire; American Central Dust
7) Sara Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; Holdin' Back; Exploration
8) Son Volt; Dynamite; American Central Dust

Three from the soundtrack for the new film, Crazy Heart

9) Ryan Bingham; The Weary Kind
10) Hold on You; Jeff Bridges
11) Townes Van Zandt; If I Needed You

12) Richard Thompson; Keep Your Distance; Rumor and Sigh
13) Lucinda Williams; Real Love; Little Honey
14) Loudon Wainwright III; I'm Not Gonna Cry; Last Man on Earth

Thanks for listening...

January 17th, 2010

Hi All,

The show on the 17th went like this...

1) Fred Eaglesmith; Shoulder to the Plow; Tinderbox

2) Greg Brown; Help Me Make it Through This Funky Day; In the Dark with You
3) Greg Brown, Garnet Rogers; Pete Heitzman & Karen Savoca; Milk of the Moon; Live at the Black Sheep
4) Brown, Rogers, Heitzman & Savoca; I Still Miss Someone; Live at the Black Sheep

5) City Mouse; Sittin' On Top of the World; It's About Time
6) Nanci Griffith; Money Changes Everything; The Loving Kind
7) Tim O'Brien; Subterranean Homesick Blues; Dylan Country
8) Steve Earle; Goodbye; Train a Comin'

9) Alejandro Escovedo; Lock, Stock & Teardrops; Lonesome, Or'nry & Mean
10) Robert Earl Keen; Goodbye Cleveland; Rose Hotel
11) Lyle Lovett; If I had a Boat; Live in Texas
12) Lyle Lovett; Closing Time; Live in Texas

13) Indigo Girls; Reunion; Swamp Ophelia
14) John Hiatt; Good as She Could Be; Walk on

January 10th, 2010

Hi All,

The playlist for our first new show of the year went like this...

1) Fish Frye; St. Peter Walks Into a Bar; Konsbruck Hotel

2) Rodney Crowell; Closer to Heaven; Sex & Gasoline
3) Charlie Louvin; My Long Journey Home; Charlie Louvin
4) Ry Cooder; Suitcase in My Hand; My Name is Buddy

Three from Robert Earl Keen's new release, The Rose Hotel

5) Wireless in Heaven
6) Something I do
7) Flyin' Shoes

8) Fish Frye; Saigon Dance; Konsbruck Hotel
9) Fish Frye; If Only; Konsbruck Hotel
10) Ani Difranco; Out of Range; Out of Range
11) Gear Daddies; Stupid Boy; Billy's Live Bait

12) Felice Brothers; Wonderful Life; The Felice Brothers
13) Mary Black; Almost Gone; Shine
14) Hayes Carll; Trouble in Mind; Drunken Poet's Dream

December 27th 2009 & Janaury 3rd 2010

Hi All,

Been on the road for the holidays--so the 27th and 3rd were "encore presentations" of an earlier show featuring the music of Guy Clark. I'll be back next week with a new show. My apologies for airing the same episode two weeks in a row, but the weather made it impossible for me to get back to KMSU to record a new one.

Happy New Year,
Dave