May 27, 2012

This was a special guest set by St. Peterite Ben Leonard - so blame him. Sorry to go crazy with the links, but it's work on this post or clean the bathroom. The show went like this:

1) Caitlin Rose, Shotgun Wedding, Dead Flowers EP

2) First Aid Kit, Emmylou, The Lion's Roar
3) Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan, Girls Gather Round, Retrospect
4) Matt Costa, Astair, Songs We Sing

5) The Lumineers, Flapper Girl, The Lumineers
6) Matt the Electrician, I Wish You Didn't Feel Like My Home, Accidental Theif 
7) Joe Pug, A Gentle Few, The Great Despiser

8) Zee Avi, Honey Bee, Zee Avi
9) Trampled by Turtles, Keys to Paradise, Stars and Satellites
10) Old Crow Medicine Show, My Good Gal, Big Iron World

11) Wilco, Jolly Banker, Mermaid Avenue III
12) Josh Ritter, Long Shadows, So the World Runs Away
13) Dawes, Coming Back to a Man, Nothing is Wrong

14) Hayes Carll, Another Like You, Kmag Yoyo
15) Todd Snider; Combover Blues; Peace, Love, and Anarchy
16) Adam Caroll, Ol' Milwaukee's Best, Lookin' Out the Screen Door

(fade out) Bellwether, We Thought That You Were Dead, Seven and Six

Some other random links... because I care:
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2011/01/great-songs-in-car-commercials.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/30/arrested-development-new-episodes-cast_n_1241409.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/sports/caballo-blancos-last-run-the-micah-true-story.html?pagewanted=all

May 13th, 2012

Hi All,

The show on the 13th first aired back in March of 2012...the playlist went like this.

1) Johnny Horton; North to Alaska; Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits (one of four songs today from good ol' vinyl records passed my way by my parents who are doing a little cleaning)

2) Dave Alvin; Blue Wing; Kind of California

3) Fred Eaglesmith; Angel of the Lord; Lipstick, Lies & Gasoline

4) Bruce Springsteen; Land of Hope and Dreams; Wrecking Ball

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

6) Jay Farrar & Friends; Hoping Machine; New Multitudes

7) Drive By Truckers; Everybody Needs Love; Go Go Boots

8) Dean "Tex" Martin; I'm Gonna Change Everything; Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again

9) Mitch Miller & the Gang; Meet Me in St. Louis; Sing Along with Mitch

10) Mitch Miller & the Gang; Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home; Sing Along with Mitch

11) Greg Brown; Canned Goods; One Night

12) Dudley Taft; Back Door Man; Left for Dead

13) Guy Clark; Wrong Side of the Tracks; Some Days the Song Writes You

14) Charlie Louvin; Blues Stay Away From Me; Charlie Louvin

15) Lyle Lovett; If I Needed You; Step Inside This House

May 6th, 2012

Hi All,

The playlist for the 6th went like this...

1) The Decemberists; All Arise; The King is Dead

2) John Hiatt; Buffalo River Home; The John Hiatt Anthology
3) Alejandro Escovedo; Faith; Street Songs of Love
4) Son Volt; Windfall; Trace

5) John Prine & Emmylou Harris; Magnolia Wind; This Ones for Him (Tribute to Guy Clark)
6) John Prine; People Puttin' People Down; Souvenirs
7) Steve Goodman; My Old Man; No Big Surprise
8) Steve Goodman; Between the Lines; No Big Surprise

Four songs from the New West sampler passed out for free on Record Store Day...

9) Drive By Truckers; 3 Dimes Down
10) The Flatlanders; South Wind of Summer
11) Mark Olson & Gary Louris; Turn Your Pretty Name Around
12) Steve Earle; This City

13) Loudon Wainwright III; The Days That We Die; Older Than My Old Man Now
14) Guy Clark; Maybe I Can Paint Over That; Somedays the Song Writes You

April 29th, 2012

Hi All,

We were live today during the pledge drive--thanks to everyone who contributed.  We raised over $600 in the one hour we were on the air.  Thanks to Shelley Pierce for sitting in and answering the phone.

The playlist...

1) Loudon Wainwright III; Double Lifetime; Older Than My Old Man Now

2) Loudon Wainwright III; The Here and the Now; Older Than My Old Man Now
3) John Hiatt; Circle Back; Beneath This Gruff Exterior

4) Sarah Lee Guthrie; Young Girl's Mind; Sarah Lee Guthrie
5) Trampled by Turtles; Midnight on the Interstate; Stars & Satellites
6) John Prine; Angel From Montgomery; The Singin' Mailman Delivers

7) Guy Clark; The Cape; Dublin Blues

8) Willie Nelson & Lukas Nelson; Just Breath; Just Breath
9) Merle Haggard; Jackson; Working in Tennessee
10) Lyle Lovett; Don't Touch My Hat; The Road to Ensenada

April 22nd, 2012

Hi Everyone,

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

1) Trampled By Turtles; Midnight on the Interstate; Stars and Satellites

2) The Jayhawks; Touch The Stars; Mockingbird Time
3) Gary Louris; She Only Calls Me On Sundays; Vagabonds
4) The Decemberists; Calamity; The King is Dead

Three songs from I Love:  Tom T. Hall's Songs of Fox Hollow

5) Patty Griffin--I love
6) Buddy Miller--Sneaky Snake
7) Peter Cooper--Everybody Loves to Hear a Bird Sing

8) Nanci Griffith; These Days I'm an Open Book; Dust Bowl Symphony
9) Trampled By Turtles; Alone; Stars and Satellites
10) Nanci Griffith; It's a Hard Life Wherever You Go; Dust Bowl Symphony
11) Trampled By Turtles; The Calm and the Crying Wind; Stars and Satellites

12) Dave Alvin; Nine Volt Heart; Ashgrove
13) Robert Earl Keen; Feelin' Good Again; Live From Austin
14) John Prine; Glory of True Love; Fair and Square

April 15th, 2012

Hi All,

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

1) Golden Smog; Pecan Pie; Down By the Old Mainstream

2) John Prine; Aw Heck; John Prine Live
3) Lyle Lovett; Brown Eyed Handsome Man; Release Me
4) Steep Canyon Rangers; Open Country; Nobody Knows You

5) City Mouse; Goodbye; It's About Time
6) Steve Earle; I Still Carry You Around; El Corazon
7) Stacy Earle & Mark Stuart; Town Square; Communion Bread

Four songs from Glen Campbell's Ghost on the Canvass

8) A Better Place
9) Nothing but the Whole Wide World
10) Hold on Hope
11) Any Trouble

12) Jacob Dylan; Nothing but the Whole Wide World; Women and Country
13) Tom Russell & Iris Dement; Box of Visions; The Long Way Around
14) Guy Clark; Stuff That Works; Dublin Blues