June 29th, 2008

Hey All,

Talked a good deal on today's show about the Chautauqua (i.e., cool gathering) being held in Waseca on Saturday, July 5th from 11 am-4:30. The event features, among other things, live music, children's theatre workshops, and Al Batt. For more information, call 507-835-7700.

Today's playlist went like this...

1) Old Crow Medicine Show; Wagon Wheel; Old Crow Medicine Show

2) Fred Eaglesmith; Sweet Corn; Tinderbox
3) John McCutcheon; Simple Man; Politics, Love, and Other Small Miracles
4) Eliza Gilkyson; Clever Disguise; Beautiful World

5) Baptism River Ramblers; Give Me the Roses
6) Jannette Carter; Meet Me in Heaven; Kindred Spirits--Tribute to J. Cash
7) June Cater Cash; Hold Fast to the Right; The Unbroken Circle--Tribute to the Carter Family

8) John Hiatt; Old Days; Same Old Man
9) John Hiatt; Love You Again; Same Old Man
10) John Hiatt; Let's Give This Love a Try; Same Old Man

11) Ray Bonneville; So Long Blues; Goin' By Feel
12) Ray Bonneville; Goin' By Feel; Goin' By Feel
13) Richard Buckner; Blue and Wonder; Bloomed
14) Hayes Carll; Drunken Poets Dream; Trouble in Mind

June 22nd, 2008

Hey Folks,

Today's show was a repeat from earlier this year. I'll be back next week with a new show--including at least a couple songs from John Hiatt's new release, Same Old Man.

The playlist for the 22nd went like this...

1) John Prine & Mac Wiseman; Blue Eyed Elaine; Standard Songs for Average People

2) The Whistlepigs String Band; Walking Cane; Fenceline
3) Tom Breiding; The Longest Darkest Day; The Unbroken Circle
4) Iris Dement; I Don't Want to Get Adjusted; Lifeline

5) Eric Hanke; Smoke Through an Old Screen Door; Autumn Blues
6) Jimmie Dale Gilmore (with Lucinda Williams); Reunion; Spinning Around the Sun
7) Butch Hancock; If You Were a Bluebird; Eats Away the Night
8) Bruce Springsteen; Broke the Mold; Magic

9) The Whistlepigs String Band; You Can Get There From Here; Fenceline
10) Ol' Yeller; When the Ship Comes In; Duluth Does Dylan Revisited
11) Todd Snider; Can't Complain; Viva Satellite

12) Lucy Kaplansky; Ring of Fire; Over the Hills
13) Meg Hutchinson; Ready; Come Up Full
14) Cloud Cult; Mr. Tamborine Man; Duluth Does Dylan Revisited

June 15th, 2008--5th Anniversary Show

Hi All,

Before the playlist...went to see Billy Bragg on Friday night up at the Cedar Cultural Center. Outstanding show--one of the best I've ever seen, really. Good political banter, great songs, and fun interaction with the audience. If you're not yet a Billy Bragg fan, check him out... And if you're one of those serious fans, I'd really appreciate a note about what I should be sure to explore, buy, etc. (listentoyourfolks@hotmail.com). I know some of his work but after the show I'd really like to learn more...

The playlist for the 15th went like this...

1) Todd Snider; Combover Blues; Peace, Love & Anarchy

2) Guy Clark; To Live is to Fly; Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt
3) Gillian Welch; Red Clay Halo; Time (The Revelator)
4) Jon Byrd; Jackknife; The Other Side: Music from East Nashville

5) Loudon Wainwright III; Daughter; Strange Weirdos
6) John Prine; Daddy's Little Pumpkin; The Missing Years
7) Loudon Wainwright III; Being a Dad; Little Ship

8) Bob Dylan; Frankie & Albert; Good As I Been to You;
9) Eliza Gilkyson; Emerald Street; Beautiful World
10) Bruce Springsteen; Froggie Went a Courtin'; The Seeger Sessions
11) Billy Bragg; I Keep Faith; Mr. Love & Justice

12) Richard Thompson; I Can't Wake Up to Save My Life; Mirror Blue
13) John Hiatt; Slow Turnin'; John Hiatt Anthology
14) James McMurtry; Bayou Tortous; Just Us Kids

June 8th, 2008

Hey All,

Seems I made a computer mistake this morning, and last week's show re-aired this week. My apologies. I'll be back with a new show next week.

By the way...next week's show will be the informal fifth anniversary show--the first episode of "Listen to Your Folks" aired on June 14th, 2003.

Thanks folks,

June 1st, 2008

Hey All,

The playlist for the 1st went like this...

1) Fred Eaglesmith; I Pray Now; Tinderbox

2) Guy Clark; Worry B. Gone; Workbench Songs
3) Walter Hyatt; Motor City Man; Some Unfinished Business, Vol. one
4) Lyle Lovett; Private Conversation; Road to Ensenada

5) The Gibson Brothers; If I Were You; Red Letter Day
6) Chris Knight; Banging Away; The Jealous Kind
7) Chris Knight; A Train Not Running; The Jealous Kind
8) Fred Eaglesmith; Worked Up Field; Tinderbox

9) Story on local musician Ambrose Kodet
10) John Hiatt; Child of the Wild Blue Yonder; Stolen Moments
11) Steve Earle; City of Immigrants; Washington Square Serenade

12) Jorma Kaukonen; Heart Temporary; Stars in My Crown
13) Jimmy LaFave; Hideaway Girl; Our Side of Town--Red House Records Sampler
14) Bonnie Riatt; Thing Called Love; It'll Come to You: Songs of John Hiatt