August 27th, 2006

Hey Folks,

The playlist for the 27th...

1) Sarah Harmer; Will He Be Waiting for Me; I'm a Mountain
2) Greg Brown & Bill Morrissey; He Was a Friend of Mine; Friend of Mine
3) Greg Trooper; When I Think of You My Friends; Make It Through This World

**During today's show I mentioned the magazine called Maverick...it's worth a look, although it ain't cheap.

4) James McMurtry; Painting by Numbers; Too Long in the Wasteland
5) Slaid Cleaves; Road Too Long; Wishbones
6) Todd Snider; Travelin' Light; A Case for Case
7) Amy Rigby; Beautiful Grind; A Case for Case

Three from Chris Knight's new cd, Enough Rope

8) Saved by Love
9) Cry Lonely
10) Dirt

11) Aztec Two-Step; I Don't Believe in Jesus But I Sure Do Like His Songs; Days of Horses
12) Jason Wilber; The Last Meeting of the Quakertown Optimist Club; Lazy Afternoon
13) Hayes Carll; Good Friends; Little Rock
14) Billy Joe Shaver (with Todd Snider); Deja Blues; Freedom's Child

August 20, 2006

Hey All,

Today's show was a repeat--a whole bunch of Springsteen from a couple years ago. Next week will be another new show.

Thanks for listening,

August 13th...

Hey Folks,

The playlist for the 13th of August

1) Hayes Carll; Good Friends; Little Rock
2) Blaze Foley; Clay Pigeons; Live at the Austin Outhouse
3) Blaze Foley; If I Could Fly; Live at the Austin Outhouse

4) Tom Russell & Iris Dement; Box of Visions; The Long Way Around
5) Danny Carthy; Stand, Look Around; Stand, Look Around
6) Jay Ungar & Molly Mason; Bound for Another Harvest Home; Harvest Home

THREE FROM TODD SNIDER'S NEW ONE--THE DEVIL YOU KNOW

7) Looking for a Job
8) You Got Away with It
9) Thin Wild Mercury

10) Kate Campbell; Miles of Blues; Blues and Lamenations
11) Fred Eaglesmith; Pretty Good Guy; Ralph's Last Show
12) Bill Kirchen; Truck Stop at the End of the World; Tied to the Wheel

13) Billy Bragg & Wilco; California Stars; Mermaid Avenue
14) Billy Bragg & Wilco (with N. Merchant); Birds and Ships; Mermaid Avenue

August 6th, 2006

Hey Folks,

Everything on this week's show was from a new release (or at the very least new to me). Lots of good music, but I've been especially impressed with the new Jason Wilber.

Here's the playlist...

1) Jason Wilber; Lazy Afternoon; Lazy Afternoon
2) Jason Wilber; The Last Meeting of the Quakertown Optimist Club; Lazy Afternoon
3) Ollabelle; Northern Star (radio edit); Riverside Battle Songs
4) Ollabelle; Fall Back; Riverside Battle Songs

5) Greg Brown; Joy Tears; The Evening Call
6) Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder; Going to Richmond
7) Greg Brown; Treat Each Other Right; The Evening Call
8) Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder; Crossville

9) The Turnstiles; Silas Creek; Step Right Up
10) The Turnstiles; Wherever We Might Go; Step Right Up
11) The Wrinkle Neck Mules; Okeechobee; Pull The Break
12) The Wrinkle Neck Mules; Push the Pedal; Pull the Break

13) Bruce Cockburn; Slow Down Fast; Life Short Call Now

July 30, 2006

Hey Folks,

This week's show first aired a couple years back--the show featured songs from tribute cds to several classic country muscians.

Instead of a set list (which I don't have) here are links to the cds played on the show. As always, thanks for listening.

The Carter Family

Jimmie Rodgers

Hank Williams

Merle Haggard

Dolly Parton

July 23rd, 2006

Hey All,

Today's show featured a bunch of songs from the new tribute cd to Peter Case, A Case for Case. The cd is put out by Hungry For Music, a group worth checking out.

On the show today we got to talking about some good music documentaries. A listener from St. Peter was nice enough to send in one we didn't talk about, You See Me Laughin' about hill country bluesmen including R. L. Burnside and a bunch of others.

Other films discussed on the program included documentaries on...

Townes Van Zandt

Ramblin Jack Elliott

Neil Young

Woody Guthrie

Ok...now the playlist from the 26th (all songs from "A Case for Case")

1) Todd Snider; Travelin' Light
2) Hayes Carll; Beyond the Blues
3) Maura O'Connell; Blue Distance

4) Dave Alvin; On My Way Downtown
5) James McMurtry; Old Part of Town
6) Amy Rigby; Beautiful Grind

7) Chris Smither; Cold Trail Blues
8) Tom Russell; A Little Wind Could Blow Me Away
9) Lester Chambers; Walking Home Late

10) John Prine; Space Monkey
11) The Kennedys; Great Big World
12) Peter Case; Beyond the Blues

July 16th

Hey Folks,

Here's some Jon Hassler stuff I talked about on the show. As most of you probably know, Hassler's a heck of a storyteller. Really gets something special about Minnesota.

Jon Hassler's Homepage

The Jon Hassler Theatre

Now the playlist for the 16th...

1) Becky Buller; On the South Dakota Wind; Little Bird
2) Peter Rowan & Tony Rice; Come Back to Old Sante Fe; You Were There for Me
3) Dolly Parton; Tavelin' Thru; TransAmerica Soundtrack

4) Richard Thompson; Miss Patsy; Front Parlour Ballads
5) Richard Thompson; A Solitary Life; Front Parlour Ballads
6) Los Lobos; Down Where the Drunkards Roll; Beat the Retreat

7) Neko Case; John Saw That Number; Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
8) Sahra Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; Holdin' Back; Exploration
9) Fred Eaglesmith; Carmelita; Ralph's Last Show
10) John Hiatt; Drive South; John Hiatt Anthology

11) Bobby Bare, Radney Foster, Buck Owens & Jeff Tweedy; Take This Job and Shove It; Touch My Heart: A Tribute to Johnny Paycheck
12) The Derailers; Bar Exam; Brewed in Texas (vol. 2)
13) Jimmie Dale Gilmore; Saginaw Michigan; Come on Back

July 9th, 2006

Hey All,

Today's show was a re-run, originally aired back before I started keeping playlists. If there's anything you heard that you'd like to know more about, feel free to email me at listentoyourfolks@hotmail.com

Thanks for listening...

Pete Seeger

Hey Folks,

I was up in Northern Wisconsin over the 4th and heard an excellent interview with Pete Seeger. The interview came from Democracy Now and was aired by a great community radio station, WOJB

It's a full hour giving the kind of history and context Springsteen should have provided in his new work.

Here's a link to the interview

July 2nd, 2006

Hey Folks,

Here's the link to that Studs Terkel site I mentioned on today's show. It comes from the Chicago Historical Society and is really worth a look. Studs is a fan of people like John Prine, Steve Goodman, etc.

Everything on today's show was connected in one way or another to place...

The playlist...

1) John Dee Graham; Amsterdam; Full
2) Lucinda Williams; Minneapolis
3) John Prine; Paradise; John Prine

4) Guy Clark; Dublin Blues; Dublin Blues
5) Dave Alvin; California Bloodlines; West of the West
6) Emmy Lou Harris; Boulder to Birmingham; Pieces of the Sky

7) Steve Goodman; Lincoln Park Pirates; No Big Surprise
8) Lyle Lovett; That's Right, You're Not From Texas; Live in Texas
9) Johnny Cash and June Carter-Cash; Jackson; Cash: The Legend (Box set)

10) Indigo Girls; Nashville; Rites of Passage
11) Stan Rogers; California; Northwest Passage
12) Bruce Springsteen; Youngstown; Ghost of Tom Joad

13) Guy Clark; L.A. Freeway; Old No. 1

Thanks for listening...enjoy your 4th...

June 25th, 2006

Hey Folks,

This week's show featured a whole lot of stuff from the TransAmerica soundtrack. Here's a link to the movie and the cd.


The playlist for the 25th...

1) John Prine; Hello in There; Souvenirs
2) Neil Young; Flags of Freedom; Living With War
3) Sam Bush; The Dolphin Dance; Laps in Seven

Songs from the TransAmerica Soundtrack...

4) Old Crow Medicine Show; Take Em' Away
5) Larry Sparks; Lay My Burden Down
6) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; I find Jesus

7) Heather Myles; You're Gonna Love Me Someday
8) Old Crow Medicine Show; We're All in This Together
9) Lucinda Williams; Like a Rose
10) Dolly Parton; Travelin' Through

Back to other music...

11) Cross Canadian Ragweed; Flowers; Soul Gravy
12) Dave Alvin; Kern River; West of the West
13) Buck Owens; I've Got a Tiger by the Tale; Best of
14) Adam Carroll; AFL-CIO; Far Away Blues

June 18th, 2006

Hey Folks,

Here's the promised link to the shows at the MN Zoo--really a wonderful place to catch a concert.

The playlist for the 18th...

1) Dave Alvin; Here in California; West of the West
2) Dave Alvin; Between the Cracks; West of the West
3) Keb Mo; Let Your Light Shine; Keep it Simple

4) Bruce Springsteen; Old Dan Tucker; We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
5) Pete Seeger; Old Dan Tucker; American Favorite Ballads V. 1
6) Bruce Springsteen; Oh, Mary Don't You Weep; We Shall Overcome
7) Pete Seeger; Oh, Mary Don't You Weep; American Favorite Ballads, V. 1

8) John Dee Graham; Something Wonderful; Full
9) Robert Earl Keen; Feelin' Good Again; Live in Austin
10) Mark Knopfler & EmmyLou Harris; Red Staggerwing; All the Roadrunning

11) Ralph Stanley; God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign; A Distant Land: Songs of the Carter Family
12) Ralph Stanley; On a Hill Lone and Gray; A Distant Land...
13) Sam Bush; Where There's a Road; Laps in Seven
14) James McMurtry; Levelland; Live in Aught Three

Sunday, June 11th

Hey Folks,

The playlist for the 11th...

1) Buck Owens; Act Naturally; The Very Best of Buck Owens (Rhino)
2) Buck Owens; Sam's Place; The Very Best of Buck Owens
3) Tom T. Hall; Ballad of Forty Dollars; Ultimate Collection
4) Tom T. Hall; A Week in a County Jail; Ultimate Collection

5) Mark Knopfler & EmmyLou Harris; Love and Happiness; All the Road Running
6) Mark Knopfler & EmmyLou Harris; This is Us; All the Road Running
7) Eric Bibb; The Cape; Friends

8) Jason Wilber; My Great Uncle Jim; Live and Otherwise
9) The Walin Jenny's; Prairie Town; Firecracker
10) Cheryl Wheeler; His Hometown; Slyvia Hotel

11) Ramblin Jack and Arlo Guthrie; Riding Down the Canyon; Friends of Mine
12) Ray Benson; If I Needed You; Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt
13) Drive By Truckers; Carl Perkins' Cadillac; The Dirty South
14) Redbird; Buckets of Rain; Redbird

Thanks for listening...

June 4th, 2006

Hey Folks,

Before the playlist, a couple of links to things mentioned on this week's show. First, "Be Here to Love Me" the documentary about Townes Van Zandt--It's awfully good.

Also on the week's show I mentioned (and played) the music of Jason Wilber. Jason is best known as John Prine's lead guitar player, but he's putting out some real nice stuff on his own. I'll play a track or two next week as well...do consider checking out his website. He has a nice free sampler cd and the others are certainly worth your money.

Ok...this week's playlist...

1) The Walin Jenny's; Glory Bound; Firecracker
2) Amy Speace (with Cliff Eberhart); Row Row Row; Songs for Bright Street
3) Jason Wilber; The Wooden Statuette; Live and Otherwise

4) Townes Van Zandt; For the Sake of the Song; Far Cry from Dead
5) Townes Van Zandt; The Highway Kind; The Highway Kind
6) Townes Van Zandt; Pancho and Lefty; Far Cry from Dead

7) Brigitte DeMeyer; More Than I Can Do; Something After All
8) The Flatlanders; Wheel of Fortune; Wheel of Fortune
9) Neil Young; Far From Home; Prairie Wind
10) Los Lobos; Saint Behind the Glass; Live at the Fillmore

**The first three songs of the next set were played by Todd Snider during his encore on May 26th up in the Cities

11) John Prine; Illegal Smile; Glory Days
12) Jerry Jeff Walker; Mr. Bojangles; Best of the Vanguard Years
13) Todd Snider; Enjoy Yourself; East Nashville Skyline
14) Sarah Harmer; Luther's Got the Blues; I'm a Mountain

By the way, as many of you likely know, the song "Enjoy Yourself" has quite a history.

May 28th, 2006

Hey Folks,

The playlist...

1) The Little Willies; I'll Never Get Out of this World Alive; The Little Willies
2) Bruce Springsteen; Jacob's Ladder; We Shall Overcome
3) Josh Ritter; Girl in the War; The Animal Years

4) Cloud Cult; Mr. Tambourine Man; Duluth Does Dylan Revisited
5) Trampled by Turtles; Shelter from the Storm; Duluth Does Dylan Revisited
6) Slaid Cleaves; Song for June; Unsung
7) Rick Spreitzer; Roll Back; From the Bottom

8) Nanci Griffith; Craddle of the Interstate; Falling from Grace
9) Buzzin' Cousins; Sweet Suzanne; Falling from Grace
10) Becky Buller; Little Bird; Little Bird

11) John Prine; Sam Stone; Great Days
12) Bryan Sutton; Lonesome Fiddle Blues; Not Too Far From the Tree
13) Albert Lee; I'm a Road Runner; Road Runner

Thanks for listening...

May 21st

Hey Folks,

This week's show was a repeat...all songs came from a release called Thunder Road: Tracks Inspired by the Boss. . The cd was a give-away from UNCUT Magazine. A few of these cds are floating around for purchase.

I'll be back next week with a new show.

As always, thanks for listening...

May 14th, 2006

Hey Everybody,

Before the playlist...I've been mentioning the Todd Snider show up at Mayslacks in Minneapolis. He'll be there on the 26th of May...click here for more info.

Now for the playlist from the 14th...

1) Brad Colerick; There's a Light; Cottonwood
2) Guy Clark; Randall Knife; Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver
3) Lyle Lovett; Step Inside This House; Step Inside This House

4) Loudon Wainwright III, Mr. Ambivilance; Little Ship
5) Todd Snider; Ballad of the Devil's Backbone Tavern; Happy to be Here
6) Don Rigsby; If I Had a Mother Like You; Empty Old Mailbox
7) Johnny Cash; I Dreamed About Mama Last Night; Timeless: A Tribute to Hank Williams

8) Patty Griffin; Long Ride Home; 1000 Kisses
9) Patty Griffin; Making Pies; 1000 Kisses
10) The Gibson Brothers; If I Were You; Red Letter Day
11) Bruce Springsteen; My Ride is Here; Enjoy Every Sandwich: A Tribute to Warren Zevon

12) John D. Hale Band; One of a Kind; One of a Kind
13) John Prine; Safety Joe; Fair and Square

May 7th, 2006

Hey Folks,

Today's show featured a bunch of new stuff (and a few old favorites as well). I'm discovering a lot of new artists through the Americana Roots Podcast. If you like the kind of stuff we play on the show, consider subsribing to the thing--it's really good.

Playlist for the 7th...

1) Tim O'Brien; Sail Away; Sail Away: The Songs of Randy Newman
2) Sam Bush; Mr. President (Have Pitty on the Working Man); Sail Away
3) John Prine & Iris Dement; We're Not the Jetset; In Spite of Ourselves
4) John Prine & Iris Dement; Let's Invite Them Over; In Spite of Ourselves

5) Rick Spreitzer; Roll Back; From the Bottom
6) Rick Spreitzer; Back to Blue; From the Bottm
7) Rick Spreitzer; Oh Kitty; From the Bottom

**Form more info about Rick Spreitzer head on over to his website...

8) Drive By Truckers; The Sands of Iwo Jima; The Dirty South
9) James McMurtry; Lost in the Backyard; Where'd You Hide the Body
10) James McMurtry; Levelland; Where'd You Hide the Body

11) Fat River Band; American Boy; The Last Guitar Heist
12) Fat River Band; San Diego; The Last Guitar Heist
13) John Dee Graham; Sleep Enough to Dream; Thunder Road: Tracks Inspired by the Boss (a free cd from Uncut Magazine)

14) Brad Colerick; Come What May; Cottonwood
15) Cory Marrow; Live Forever; A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver

April 30th--Seeger and Springsteen

Hey everybody,

This week's show focused on Pete Seeger and the good Mr. Springsteen. Before I get to the playlist, here are a few interesting works from and about Pete Seeger.

**Pete Seeger wrote a wonderful letter to Seventeen magazine back in 1963. I pass this along to people whenever I can. Love the start..."Dear Fellow Humans"

**Here's Seeger's testimony in front of the House Antiamerican Committee back on August 18, 1955.

**And the Pete Seeger Appreciation Page

Ok...Now the playlist for the show...

1) Pete Seeger; If I Had a Hammer; If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Justice
2) Pete Seeger; We Shall Overcome; The Carnegie Hall Concert
3) Bruce Springsteen; We Shall Overcome; We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions

4) Greg Brown; Sailing Down My Golden River; Where Have All the Flowers Gone: A Tribute to the Songs of Pete Seeger
5) Tom Paxton; Get Up and Go; Where Have All the Flowers Gone
6) Odetta; One Grain of Sand; Where Have All the Flowers Gone

7) Bruce Springsteen; Old Dan Tucker; We Shall Overcome
8) Bruce Springsteen; Froggie Went a Courtin'; We Shall Overcome
9) Bruce Springsteen; John Henry; We Shall Overcome
10) Bruce Springsteen; Mrs. McGrath; We Shall Overcome

11) Pete Seeger; Little Boxes (written by Malvina Reynolds); Carnegie Hall Concert
12) Pete Seeger; What Did You Learn in School Today (Tom Paxton); Carnegie Hall
13) Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion; Dr. King; Exploration

April 23rd...

Hey Everybody,

Here's the playlist for the 23rd. Also played a short story on the Wagon Wheel Cafe during today's show.

1) Phil Ochs; There But For Fortune; Phil Ochs in Concert
2) Karen Savoca; Give Me a Kiss; In the Dirt
3) Redbird; Ships; Redbird

4) Dave Alvin; Amanda; Lonesome, On'ry, and Mean: A Tribue to Waylon Jennings
5) Nanci Griffith; You Asked Me To; Lonesome, On'ry, and Mean...
6) Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis; Ride Me Down Easy; A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver
7) Robert Earl Keen; Bottom Dollar; A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver

8) A five minute story on the Wagon Wheel Cafe
9) Carrie Newcomer; Betty's Diner; Regulars and Refugees
10) Carrie Newcomer; Alice and Roy; Regulars and Refugees

11) Richard Thompson; 1952 Vincet Black Lightening; Live in Austin
12) Linda Thompson; Dear Mary; Fashionably Late
13) Teddy Thompson; I Should Get Up; Separate Ways

As mentioned on the show, the Bothy Folk Club is bringing Karen Savoca and Pete Heitzman to town on April 30th...a nice show.