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