February 24th, 2013

Hi All,

The show on the 24th featured some really good family music and a few recent Grammy winners.  The playlist went like this.

1) Mumford & Sons; Roll Away Your Stone; Babel

2) Bonnie Riatt; You Can't Fail Me Now; Slipstream
3) Kathleen Edwards; A Soft Place to Land; Voyageur
4) Iris Dement; Go on Ahead and Go Home; Sing the Delta

5) John Prine; Linda Goes to Mars; German Afternoons
6) Steve Goodman; I Just Keep Falling in Love; No Big Surprise
7) Hayes Carll; Long Way Home; Little Rock

8) Okee Dokee Brothers; Can You Canoe; Can You Canoe
9) Okee Dokee Brothers; Campin' Tent; Can You Canoe
10) Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; If Momma Had Four Hands; Go Wagaloo
11) Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; Take Me to Show and Tell; Go Wagaloo

12) Greg Brown; Brand New '64 Dodge; The Live One
13) Dave Alvin; Fourth of July; King of California
14) Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twin; The Big Guns; Rabbit Fur Coat

February 17th

Hi All,

The show on the 17th featured music from four of my favorites:  John Prine, Steve Goodman, John Hiatt, and Guy Clark.

The playlist went like this...

1) Guy Clark; Walkin' Man; Workbench Songs

2) John Hiatt; The Open Road; The Open Road
3) John Prine; Crazy as a Loon; Fair & Square
4) Steve Goodman; Unemployed; Words We Can Dance To

5) Guy Clark; Stuff That Works; Dublin Blues

6) Steve Goodman; Old Fashioned; Words We Can Dance To

7) John Prine; Speed of the Sound of Loneliness; German Afternoons

8) John Hiatt; We're Alright Now; Mystic Pinball

9) John Prine; Paradise; German Afternoons

10) Steve Goodman; Souveniers; No Big Surprise

11) Guy Clark; Like a Coat for the Cold; Old #1

12) John Hiatt; Old School; Master of Disaster

13) John Prine; Onomatopoeia; Sweet Revenge

14) Steve Goodman; Chicken Cordon Blues; No Big Surprise

February 10th, 2013

Hi All,

The playlist for the 10th went like this...

1) Dave Alvin; Surfer Girl; West of the West

2) Neil Young; Oh Susannah; Americana
3) Neil Young; This Land is Your Land; Americana
4) Gillian Welch; Hard Times; The Harrow and the Harvest

5) The Evening Rig; Pullin' Strings; Nothin' to Hear Here
6) Dean Batstone; Not Jaded Yet; Lonely in America
7) Caleb Fletcher; Where it Comes From; Where it Comes From

8) A story from Kevin Kling (who is great!) called "Buying Art" from his cd Wonderlure
9) Bob Dylan; Duquesne Whistle; Tempest
10) The Jayhawks; Stand Out in the Rain; Mockingbird Time

A couple from the Cactus Blossoms who will be performing at Patrick's in St. Peter on Saturday Feb. 16th at 7 PM.  They're really, really good.  Check em' out.

11) The Cactus Blossoms; A Sad Day to be You; The Cactus Blossoms
12) The Cactus Blossoms; Blue Railroad Train

13) Dave Carter & Tracy Grammar; Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key; Little Blue Egg 

Feb 3 2013 Part 2

There is a formal playlist, it's just that Ben Leonard is super lazy. Here it is (finally):

1) Secret Sisters; Tennessee Me; The Secret Sisters

2) Guy Clark; I Don't Love You Much Do I; Boats to Build
3) Buckaroo; Attention; Buckaroo
4) Joe Pug; The Door Was Always Open; Messenger

5) Joshua James; Ghost in Town; From the Top of Willamette Mountain
6) Patrick Park; Life is a Song; Everyone'e in Everyone
7) Romany Rye; Country Girls; Quicksilver Sunbeam

8) Matt the Electrician; All I Know; Accidental Thief
9) Blitzen Trapper; Love the Way You Walk Away; American Goldwing
10) Trampled by Turtles; Still In Love With You; Trouble

11) Be Good Tanyas; Little Black Bear; A Collection
12) Greg Brown; Four Wet Pigs; Iowa Waltz
13) Sea Wolf; Middle Distance Runner; Leaves in the River

14) Jerry Reed; East-Bound and Down; Hit Row
15) Pinch Brothers; Down Along the Dixie Line; Ahoy!
16) Nathan; Emelina; Jimson Weed

17) Bob Dylan; Soon After Midnight; Tempest
18) Wilco; Bob Dylan's 49th Beard; Sunken Treasure

February 3rd, 2013

Hi All,

Super Bowl Sunday features an "encore presentation" of a Ben Leonard hosted program that aired late last year.  No formal playlist for this one...but hope you tuned in and heard some good music.  I'll be back next week with a new show.

Meanwhile...here's my annual Super Bowl prediction...made at 8:50 AM on game day.  

San Fran 24

Baltimore 21