Tuesday, December 21, 2010

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.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

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


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.



Tuesday, December 07, 2010

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

Thursday, December 02, 2010

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