April 8th, 2018

Hi Everyone,

Repeat last week, but otherwise mostly new shows.  Not always so great on the playlist, but here's one for the 8th.

1) Todd Snider; Class of 85; New Connection

2) John Prine; LakeMarie; Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings
3) John Prine; Storm Windows; Live on Tour
4) John Prine; God Only Knows; Tree of Forgiveness

Three from Betty LaVette's new record full of Bob Dylan Tunes, Things Have Changed

4) Do Right to Me Baby (Do Unto Others)
5) Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight
6) The Times They Are a Chagin'

7) Jason Isbell; Hope the High Road; The Nashville Sound
8) Loudon Wainwright III; Last Man on Earth; Last Man on Earth
9) Brandi Carlile; I Hear That Song; By the Way, I Forgive You

10) Fred Eaglesmith; 18 Wheels; Milly's Cafe
11) Todd Snider; Close Enough to You; New Connection

March 17th, 2018

Hey Everyone,

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

1) Paul Thorn; You Got to Move; Don't Let the Devil Ride

2) Blaze Foley; Clay Pigeons; Live at the Austin Outhouse
3) John Prine; Crazy as a Loon; Fair & Square
4) Steve Earle; You're Still Standing There; I Feel Alright

5) The Decemberists; Once in My Life; I'll Be Your Girl
6) John Moreland; It Don't Suit Me (Like Before); Big Bad Luv
7) Joan Osborne; Buckets of Rain; Songs of Bob Dylan

8) Lyle Lovett; L.A. County; Pontiac
9) Lyle Lovett; Farther Down the Line; Greatest Hits
10) Guy Clark; Out in the Parking Lot; Best of the Dualtone Years

11) Esme Patterson; Never Chase a Man; Woman to Woman
12) First Aid Kit; My Silver Lining; Stay Gold
13) Joe Pug; Not So Sure; Messenger

March 10th, 2018

An encore presentation last week...new stuff this week.  The playlist went like this.

1) Kasey Chambers; Talkin' Baby Blues; Dragonfly

2) Lucinda Williams; Sweet Old World; Sweet Old World
3) Bob Dylan; Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum; Love & Theft
4) John Prine; Summer's End; The Tree of Forgiveness

5) Steve Earle; The Low Highway; The Low Highway
6) Erik Koskinen; Broke Down; Cruising Paradise
7) Lilly Hiatt; Records; Trinity Lane

Three from Blaze Foley's The Lost Muscle Shoals Recordings (feat. the Muscle Shoals Horns)

8) Girl Scout Cookies
9) The Way You Smile
10) Rainbows and Ridges

11) Rodney Crowell; It Ain't Over Yet; Close Ties
12) The Wood Brothers; Strange as it Seems; One Drop of Truth

13) Zoe Muth; Too Shiny; World of Strangers

February 25th

Playlist for the 25th went like this...

1) The Replacements; Talent Show; Don't Tell a Soul

2) The Avett Brothers; Ain't No Man; True Sadness
3) The Avett Brothers; Shame; Emotionalism
4) The Avett Brothers; Spanish Pipedream; Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows (John Prine Tribute)

5) Jim Boyd & Sherman Alexie; Father and Farther; Reservation Blues
6) John Hiatt; Hold On for Your Love; Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymms
7) Lord Huron; End of the Earth; Lonesome Dreams

Three from Brandi Carlile's new one, By the way, I Forgive You

8) Every Time I Hear That Song
9) The Joke
10) Hold Out Your Hand

11) Bob Dylan; Absolutely Sweet Marie (Take 1); The Cutting Edge, 1965-1968
12) John Prine; Crazy as a Loon; Fair & Square

February 18th, 2018

The playlist for the 18th went like this...

1) Diana Krall; Simple Twist of Fate; Chimes of Freedom:  The Songs of Bob Dylan

2) Bettye Lavette; It Ain't Me Babe; Things Have Changed
3) John Prine; Summer's End; The Tree of Forgiveness
4) Bonnie Raitt; Angel From Montgomery; Streetlights

5) Dawes; Stories Don't End; Stories Don't End
6) Jason Isbell; Hope the High Road; The Nashville Sound
7) Lilly Hiatt & Aaron Lee Tasjan; Dublin Blues; Luck Mansion Sessions

8) Guy Clark; L.A. Freeway;
9) Hurray for the Riff Raff; Hungry Ghost; The Navigator
10) Jimmy LaFave; Car Outside; Cimarron Manifesto

11) Van Halen; Running with the Devil; Van Halen
12) Lyle Lovett; All Downhill: It's Not Big, It's Large

February 11th, 2018

Hi All,

The playlist on the 11th went like this...

1) Joe Pug; Not So Sure; Messenger

2) James McMurtry; Where'd You Hide the Body; Where'd You Hide the Body
3) John Moreland; Love is Not the Answer; Big Bad Luv
4) John Melencamp; My Soul's Got Wings; Sad Clowns and Hillbillies

This book is so crazy good...

5) Margo Price; Do Right by Me; All American Made
6) Margo Price; For Years of Chances; Midwest Farmers Daughter
7) Brandi Carlile; The Joke; By the Way I Forgive You

8) Bob Dylan; Girl From the North Country; Trouble No More
9) Elvis Costello; Good Year for the Roses; Almost Blue
10) Randy Newman; Marie; Good Old Boys

11) Fred Eaglesmith; Cigarrettte Machine; 6 Volts
12) Gillian Welch; Barrom Girls; The Official Revival Bootleg

February 4th, 2018

Today's show featured Americana and Roots music nominated for or winning a Grammy in 2018

We started with songs nominated for best American Roots Performance

1) Alabama Shakes; Killer Diller Blues; American Epic (Winner)

2) Glen Campbell; Arkansas Farmboy; Adios 

3) Alison Krauss; I Never Cared for You; Windy City

And then songs from the Best Americana Song Category...

5) David Rawlings Cumberland Gap

6) Rodney Crowell; It Ain't Over Yet; Close Ties

7) The Mavericks; I Wish You Well; Brand New Day

8) Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit; If We Were Vampires; The Nashville sound

And from the best Americana Album category...

9) Greg Allman; I Love the Life I Live; Southern Blood

10) Iron and Wine; Call it Dreaming; Beast Epic

11) Brent Cobb; Solving Problems; Shine on Rainy Day

And given it seems the Grammy Awards for Americana artist were kinda male-dominated, we closed the show with a couple good ones not nominated (in fairness, I haven't a clue if these records were released at a time that allowed for being nominated).

12) Amanda Shires; Harmless; My Piece of Land

13) Margo Price; Loner; All American Made

January 28th, 2018

The playlist for the 28th went like this...

1) Joe Cocker; Girl From the North Country; Mad dogs and Englishmen

Three from the really nice new record by Tommy Emmanuel

2) Deep River Blues (with Jason Isbell)
3) Looking Forward to the Past (with Rodney Crowell)
4) Borderline (with Amanda Shires)

5) Lee Ann Womack; The Lonely, Lonesome, and the Gone; The Lonely, Lonesome, and the Gone
6) Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams; Contraband Love; Contraband Love
7) Lyle Lovett; If I Had a Boat; Live in Texas

8) John Dee Graham; E. 11th Street; The Great Battle
9) John Hiatt; Circle Back; Beneath this Gruff Exterior
10) John Prine; Crooked Piece of Time; Bruised Orange

11) Joe Ely; Magdalene; Panhandle Rambler
12) Alejandro Escovedo; Redemption Blues; Burn Something Beautiful

13) Richie Havens; Just Like a Woman; The 30th Anniversary Concert

January 7th, 2018

Hi All,

A couple holiday shows, live and not so live here in the last month.  But back to it now...

The setlist for the first show of 2018 went like this,

1) Kate Wolf; Across the Great Divide; Close to You

2) Brandi Carlile; The Joke; By the way, I Forgive You
3) Lilly Hiatt; All Kinds of People; Trinity Lane
4) Ani Difranco; Angry Anymore; Up Up UP...

5) Bob Dylan; When You Gonna Wake Up; Trouble No More
6) Bob Dylan; Solid Rock; Trouble No More

7) Blitzen Trapper; Rebel; Wild and Reckless
8) Buddy and Julie Miller; The River's Gonna Run;
9) Son Volt; Rex's Blues; Retrospective 1995-2000

10) Robert Plant; Dance With You Tonight; Carry Fire
11) Shovels and Rope; Blue Eyes Crying and the Rain (with John Moreland); Busted Jukebox vol. 2

12) I forget