April 24th, 2011

Hi All,

The Easter playlist went like this...

1) Tom Paxton; I Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound; The Best of Tom Paxton

2) Mary Chapin Carpenter; Whenever You're Ready; Time/Sex/Love

3) Dave Alvin; Nine Volt Heart; Ashgrove

4) Eva Cassidy; People Get Ready; Songbird

5) Iris Dement; I Don't Want to Get Adjusted; Lifeline

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

7) Allison Krauss & Robert Plant; Your Long Journey; Raising Sand

8) Michael Perry & the Longbeds; Could be You; Headwinded

9) Guy Clark; The Cape; Dublin Blues

10) Ray Bonneville; So Long Blues; Goin' by Feel

11) Greg Brown; Help Me Make it Through This Funky Day; In the Dark with You

12) Trio (Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt); After the Gold Rush; Trio II

13) Iris Dement; The Old Gospel Ship; Lifeline

14) Trio; Feels Like Home; Trio II

**Talked on the show today about the new biography on Alan Lomax--a very nice read. Here's a radio interview with the author as well as a link to the book itself.

April 17th, 2011

Hey Everyone,

Thanks for all your help with the Spring Pledge Drive! Your continued support of KMSU and community radio is greatly appreciated.

The playlist for the 17th went like this...

1) Peter Case; Broke Down Engine; Peter Case Sings Like Hell

2) Jason Ringenberg; Paradise; Best Tracks & Side Tracks

3) The Suicide Kings; Marie; The Suicide Kings

4) Uncle Earle; The Birds Were Singing of You; Waterloo Tennessee

5) Warren Zevon; A Certain Girl; Bad Luck Streek in Dancing School

6) Bruce Springsteen; My Ride is Here; Enjoy Every Sandwich

7) Steve Earle & Reckless Kelly; Reconsider Me; Enjoy Every Sandwich

8) Dave Alvin; Ol' 55; Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits

9) Tom Russell; When Sinatra Played Juarez; Borderland

10) Buddy Miller's Majestic Silver Strings; God's Winged Horse; Buddy Miller's Majestic Silver Strings

11) Loudon Wainwright III; People in Love; History

12) Loudon Wainwright III; Talking New Bob Dylan; History

13) Loudon Wainwright III; The Picture; History

14) Peter Wolf; Tragedy; Midnight Souvenirs

Thanks for listening...and thanks again for your support during the pledge drive...

April 10th, 2011

Hi All,

The playlist for the first week of the Spring Pledge Drive went like this...

1) Todd Snider; Just in Case; Happy to be Here

2) Billy Bragg & Wilco; Christ for President; Mermaid Avenue

3) Bruce Springsteen; Old Dan Tucker; The Seeger Sessions

4) Billy Joe Shaver; White Freightliner Blues; Poet (Tribute to Townes Van Zandt)

5) Warren Zevon; Gorilla You're a Desperado; Bad Luck Street in Dancing School

6) Hayes Carll; Wish I Hadn't Stayed So Long; Little Rock

Two songs from What It Is: Funky Soul and Rare Grooves (a gift available to those donating at the $100 level)

7) Rufus Thomas; The Memphis Train

8) Eddie Harris; Live Right Now

9) Buddy Miller's Majestic Silver Strings; Freight Train; Buddy Miller's Majestic Silver Strings

10) Buddy Miller's Majestic Silver Strings; God's Winged Horse; Buddy Miller's Majestic Silver Strings

11) Iris Dement; Let the Mystery Be; Infamous Angel

12) The Wallin' Jennys; The Devil's Paint Brush Road; Firecracker

13) Charlie Robison; Feelin' Good; Beautiful Day

April 3rd, 2011

Hi All,

Today's show was an "encore presentation" of a show that aired about a month ago. The playlist went like this...

1) Uncle Tupelo; Still Be Around; Still Feel Gone

2) Townes Van Zandt; Many a Fine Lady; First Album

3) The Skylighters; See What Love Can Do; The Skylighters

4) Tony Rice; Never Meant to Be; Night Flyer

5) John Prine; Bottomless Lake; Live and in Concert

6) Merle Travis; That's All; Folk Songs of the Hills

7) The Three Pickers; Down in the Valley to Pray; The Three Pickers

8) Porter Wagoner; My Many Southern Trips; Wagonmaster

Three from "Blessed"--the new release from Lucinda Williams

9) Seeing Black

10) Blessed

11) Buttercup

12) Rachel Harrington; He Started Building My Mansion in Heaven Today; Celilo Falls

13) Ricky Skaggs & The Whites; Love Will be Enough; Salt of the Earth

14) Bryan Sutton; Bully of the Town; Never Too Far From the Tree

Thanks for listening...