November 2nd, 2008

Hi All,

1) Todd Snider; Is This Thing Working?, Peace Queer

2) Kate Campbell & John Prine; Looking for Jesus; Save the Day
3) John Prine & Iris Dement; In Spite of Ourselves; In Spite of Ourselves
4) John Prine & Steve Goodman; Souvenirs; Live

5) Keb Mo; The Times They are a Changin'' Peace--Back by Popular Demand
6) Jimmy Lafave; Shining on Through; Blue Nightfall
7) The Yellow Room Gang; Yellow Room Gang Vol. I

Four songs from Red House 25--A Celebration of Red House Records' 25th Anniversary

8) Greg Brown; Who Woulda Thunk it
9) Spider John Koerner; The St. James Infirmary
10) John Gorka; Raven in the Storm
11) Somebody's Home; Lucy Kaplansky

12) Levon Helm; Feelin' Good; Dirt Farmer
13) Charlie Louvin; Waiting for a Train; Charlie Louvin
14) Charlie Louvin; Great Atomic Power; Charlie Louvin
15) Nanci Griffith; Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound; Other Voices/Other Rooms

October 26th, 2008

Hi All,

The playlist for the 26th went like this...

1) Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash; Girl from the North Country; Nashville Sklyline

2) Loudon Wainwright III; Grey in LA; Strange Weirdos
3) John Hiatt; Have a Little Faith in Me; Hiatt Alive in Budokan
4) Kate Campbell; Everybody Knows Elvis; Save the Day

5) James McMurtry (with Joe Ely); Slew Foot; Childish Things
6) Buck Owens; Act Naturally; Greatest Hits
7) Iris Dement; Fill My Way with Love; Lifeline

8) Bruce Springsteen; Atlantic City; Nebraska
9) Bruce Springsteen; Atlantic City; Live in Dublin
10) Bruce Springsteen; Highway Patrolman; Nebraska
11) Bruce Springsteen; Highway Patrolman; Live in Dublin

12) Old Crow Medicine Show; Caroline; Tennessee Pusher
13) The Walin' Jennys; Things that you Know; Our Side of Town--Red House Sampler

October 19, 2008

Still searching for the playlist...was the second of two pledge drive shows. Thanks to everybody who supported the station during our fall drive.

October 12th, 2008

Hi All,

The playlist for the 12th went like this...

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

2) Greg Brown; Smell of Coffee; Milk of the Moon
3) Ben Glaros; Coffee would be Great; Love Song Roulette
4) Guy Clark; Instant Coffee Blues; Old No. 1

5) Cherryholmes; Can Only Love You So Much; Don't Believe
6) Dar Williams; It's Alright; Promised Land
7) Old Crow Medicine Show; Caroline; Tennessee Pusher

8) James McMurtry; Ruins of the Realm; Just Us Kids
9) John Mellencamp; Don't Need This Body; Life Death Love Freedom
10) Hayes Carll; Bad Liver and a Broken Heart; Trouble in Mind
11) Flatlanders; Wheels of Fortune; Wheels of Fortune

12)Steve Earle; Sparkle and Shine; Washington Square Serenade
13) Nanci Griffith; Workin' in Corners; One Fair Summer Evening

October 5th, 2008

Hi All,

Today's show first aired on July 13th. We'll be back next week with a new show...and by the way, it's pledge drive time again. Hope you'll consider supporting the station--Call 507-389-5678 or 1-800 456-7810 if you're willing to make a contribution.

The playlist for the 5th went like this...

1) The Byrds; One Hundred Years From Now; Gram Parsons Anthology

2) Emmylou Harris; Broken Man's Lament; All I Intended to Be
3) Tom Breiding; The House We Called Home; The Unbroken Circle: Songs of the West Virginia Coal Mines
4) Michael Perry & The Longbeds; How Many Miles; Headwinded

5) Guly Clark; The Cape; Dublin Blues
6) Asleep at the Wheel; The Cape; Reinventing the Wheel
7) Bob Dylan; Lenny Bruce; Shot of Love

8) The Wood Brothers; Postcards from Hell; Loaded
9) Solomon Burke; That's How I Got to Memphis; Nashville
10) The Wood Brothers; Luckiest Man; Ways Not to Lose
11) Townes Van Zandt; A Song For...; Highway Kind

12) Slaid Cleaves; Lost of the V-8's; No Angel Knows
13) Slaid Cleaves; Jennie's All Right; No Angel Knows

As always, thanks for listening...

September 28th, 2008

Hi All,

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

1) Townes Van Zandt; Lonesome Whistle; The Highway Kind

2) Lyle Lovett; Private Conversation; Road to Ensenada
3) John Hiatt; Perfectly Good Guitar; Perfectly Good Guitar
4) Todd Snider; I Spoke as a Child; Songs for the Daily Planet

5) Greg Brown; Downtown; One Night...
6) Laura Cantrell; Old Downtown; Humming by the Flowered Vine
7) Ray Bonneville; So Long Blues; Goin' By Feel

8) Loudon Wainwright III; Mr. Ambivilant; Little Ship
9) Loudon Wainwright III; Hank and Fred; Here Come the Choppers

10) Dwight Yoakam & Earl Scruggs; Borrowed Love; In Others' Words
11) Steve Earle & Lucinda Williams; You're Still Standing There; I Feel Alright
12) Guy Clark; She Loves to Ride Horses; The Dark
13) Guy Clark; Magnolia Wind; The Dark

September 21st, 2008

Hi All,

The playlist for the 21st went like this...

1) The Three Pickers; Roll in my Sweet Baby's Arms; The Three Pickers

2) John Prine; Clay Pigeons; Fair & Square
3) Steven Fromholz; Cowboy Country Club; A Guest in Your Heart
4) Junior Brown; Long Walk Back to San Antone; Long Walk Back

5) The Wood Brothers; Luckiest Man; Ways Not to Lose
6) The Suicide Kings; Suicide King; The Suicide Kings
7) The Darling Downs; A Moment of Despair; From One to Another

8) Jay Farrar & Anders Parker; Hard Times; Death Songs for the Living
9) Bob Dylan; Hard Times; Good as I Been to You
10) Bruce Springsteen; Thunder Road; Born to Run
11) Mary Lou Lord; Thunder Road; Uncut Mag. tribute to Bruce

12) Richard Thompson; Walking Through a Wasted Land; Watching the Dark
13) Billy Joe Shaver; Star in My Heart; The Earth Rolls On

September 14th, 2008

Hi All,

Talked about the upcoming Community Recording Session...Click here for more info. The event will be held on Sunday, Sept. 28th. It's easy and fun...

The playlist for the 14th went like this.. .

1) Buck Owens; Act Naturally; Greatest Hits Vol. I

2) Hayes Carll; Wish I Hadn't Stayed So Long
3) Rodney Crowell; Come on Funny Feelin'; Fates Right Hand
4) Notorious Cherry Bombs; Let it Roll, Let it Ride; Notorious Cherry Bombs

5) Laura Cantrell; California Rose; Humming by the Flowered Vine
6) Tony Rice; Wayfarring Stranger; Night Flyer
7) Robert Earl Keen; Song for Kathy; No Kinda Dancer

8) John Dee Graham; Jubilee; Full
9) Felice Brothers; Whiskey into my Whiskey; Felice Brothers
10) Johnny Flynn; Tickle Me Pink; A Larum
11) Sara Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; Swing of Things; Exploration

12) Jason Ringenberg; Paradise; Best Tracks & Sidetracks--1979-2007
13) Cadillac Sky; Carousel; Gravity's Our Enemy
14) Tony Rice; Changes; Night Flyer

September 7th, 2008

Hi All,

Today's show featured seven songs--two different versions of each. The playlist went like this...

1) Woody Guthrie; Ramblin Round; Asch Recordings Vol. I

2) Indigo Girls (with Ani Difranco); Ramblin Round; Til' We Outnumber em'
3) Bob Dylan; Don't Think Twice; Greatest Hits Vol. II
4) Susan Tedeschi; Don't Think Twice; Live in Austin

5) Peter Case; Beyond the Blues; A Case for Case
6) Hayes Carll; Beyond the Blues; A Case for Case
7) Tom T. Hall; Harper Valley PTA
8) Syd Straw; Harper Valley PTA; Real: The Tom T. Hall Project

9) June Tabor; Hard Love; Angel Tiger
10) Tony Rice; Hard Love; Night Flyer
11) Lyle Lovett; This Old Porch; Lyle Lovett
12) Robert Earl Keen; The Front Porch Song; No Kinda Dancer

13) Emmylou Harris; Kern River; All I Intended to Be
14) Dave Alvin; Kern River; Tulare Dust

August 31st, 2008

Hi All,

Today's Labor Day show came from way back in 2005. I figured the songs were still good and hadn't been heard on the show for a few years...hope you enjoyed them.

By the way, very nice to hear Shelley and Tim from Shuffle Function play five hours of work songs on Labor Day itself. Great stuff...

One other thing...there's a cool group out there called the Working-Class Studies Association--the group consists of activists, academics, union folks, and all kinds of others. Check em' out if you haven't already.

Back next week with a new show...

August 24th, 2008

Hey Folks,

The playlist for the 24th went like this...

1) Merle Haggard; All My Friends are Gonna be Strangers; Oh Boy Classics

2) Emmylou Harris; The Wildwood Flower; All I Intended to Be
3) Chris Smither; Real Fine Love; Rollin' Into Memphis--Songs of John Hiatt
4) Hayes Carll; I Don't Wanna Grow Up; Trouble in Mind

5) Loudon Wainwright III; Last Man on Earth; Last Man on Earth
6) Cheryl Wheeler; Makes Good Sense to Me; Mrs. Pinocci's Guitar
7) Will Kimbrough; Less Polite; Americanitus

8) Donnie Fritts; Oldest Baby in the World; Everybody's Got a Song
9) Keith Sykes; You Can't Lie About Love; Let it Roll
10) Todd Snider; Combover Blues; Peace, Love & Anarchy
11) Bruce Springsteen; Better Days; Live--Unplugged

A few songs from Paste Magazine's sampler--vol. 46

12) Bon Iver; Fume
13) Luke Doucet; Blood's Too Rich
14) Johnny Flynn; The Box

August 17th, 2008

Hey All,

On today's show I mentioned a book I'm finding quite interesting--Why We Hate Us by Dick Meyer. I learned of it through this interview on NPR.

The show today featured seven of my favorite records--cds I still find myself listening to in their entirety--year-after year...

1) Dave Alvin; What I'm Worth; King of California

2) Steve Goodman; You're the Girl I Love; Live Wire
3) Dave Alvin; King of California; King of California
4) Steve Goodman; The One That Got Away; Live Wire

5) John Hiatt; Back of My Mind; Stolen Moments
6) Waylon Jennings; Stop the World; Waylon Live
7) John Hiatt; One Kiss; Stolen Moments
8) Waylon Jennings; It's Not Supposed to be That Way; Waylon Live

9) Lyle Lovett; This Porch; Lyle Lovett
10) Wilco; Box of Letters; A.M.
11) Lyle Lovett; Can't Resist It; Lyle Lovett
12) Wilco; Must be High; A.M.

13) Warren Zevon; The Vast Indifference of Heaven; Learning to Flinch
14) Warren Zevon; Hasten Down the Wind; Learning to Flinch

August 10, 2008

Hi All,

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

1) Donnie Fritts; Why is My Day So Long; Everybody's Got a Song

2) Greg Brown; Canned Goods; One Night
3) Maura O'Connell; Waltzing's for Dreamers; Live at the Iron Horse
4) Richard Thompson; From Galloway to Graceland; Live at the Iron Horse

5) The Flatlanders; My Wildest Dreams Grow Wilder Everyday; Now Again
6) Steve Earle; Some Dreams; Sidetracks
7) Donnie Fritts; My Life Would Make a Damn Good Country Song; Everybody's Got a Song

8) Todd Snider; My Generation (Part II); Songs for the Daily Planet
9) Todd Snider; You Think You Know Somebody; Songs for the Daily Planet
10) Mary Chapin Carpenter; I am a Town; Live at the Iron Horse

11) Don McCalister Jr.; Brand New Ways; Brand New Ways
12) Dwight Yoakam; Near You; Gone
13) John Prine; Lulu Walls; German Afternoons

Thanks for listening...

August 3rd, 2008

Hey All,

Well, last week's playlist was tossed before posting, so I figured I'd post this week's early. Here's what will be on Sunday morning.

1) Tom T. Hall; Sneaky Snake; Country Songs for Children

2) Todd Snider; Looking for a Job; The Devil You Know
3) The Wood Brothers; Post Cards From Hell; Loaded
4) Tom Russell; The Pugilist at 59; Love and Fear

5) Leo Kottke; Watermelon; 6 & 12 String Guitar
6) Bryan Sutton; Whiskey Before Breakfast; Not Far from the Tree
7) Sam Bush; The Dolphin Song; Laps in Seven

8) Eliza Gilkyson; Great Connection; Beautiful World
9) Ollabelle; Fall Back; Riverside Battle Songs
10) Chris Knight; House and 90 Acres; The Trailer Tapes

11) Steve Earle; Hillbilly Highway; Guitar Town
12) Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart; Up in Annie's Room; S & M Communion Bread
13) Alison Krauss & Union Station; Gravity; Lonely Runs Both Ways
14) Ford Turrell; The Stillest Hour; Ford Turrell

July 27th, 2008

Hi All,

My wife (and very clearly better half) informed me today that she likely threw away the playlist for the 27th. It appears this had something to do with my leaving it crumpled up on the front seat of our car. Oh well. The show was full of new music--I played new stuff from Mustard's Retreat, Matt Price, Johnny Flynn, and Pat Bacon (the Bacon was new to me, but actually from a 2005 release). My apologies for the lack of a playlist. I'll be sure to take next week's out of the car.

July 20th, 2008

Hey All,

Today's show was a repeat from late March (there tend to be a few repeats throughout the summer)--the playlist full of covers went like this...

1) Pete Yorn; Splendid Isolation; Enjoy Every Sandwich--Songs of Warren Zevon

2) Jerry Jeff Walker; The Cape; Gonzo Stew
3) Patty Griffin; Take it Down; It'll Come to You--Songs of John Hiatt
4) Pieta Brown; This Land is Your Land; Single found on itunes

5) Johnny Cash; City of New Orleans; I Walk the Line
6) E.G. Kight; Angel from Montgomery; Southern Comfort
7) Tracy Grammer; Blue Wing; Book of Sparrows
8) David Allen Coe; Satisfied Mind; David Allen Coe's Satisfied Mind

9) The Rolling Stones; Like a Rolling Stone; Stripped
10) Warren Zevon; Back in the High Life; Preludes
11) Nanci Griffith; Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound; Other Voices/Other Rooms

12) Robert Earl Keen; I Still Miss Someone; Gravitational Forces
13) Emmy Lou Harris; If You Were a Bluebird; Bluebird

Thanks for listening...

July 13th, 2008

Hey Folks,

Apologies for the delayed post...I was on vacation... The playlist for the 13th went like this...

1) The Byrds; One Hundred Years From Now; Gram Parsons Anthology

2) Emmylou Harris; Broken Man's Lament; All I Intended to Be
3) Tom Breiding; The House We Called Home; The Unbroken Circle: Songs of the West Virginia Coal Mines
4) Michael Perry & The Longbeds; How Many Miles; Headwinded

5) Guly Clark; The Cape; Dublin Blues
6) Asleep at the Wheel; The Cape; Reinventing the Wheel
7) Bob Dylan; Lenny Bruce; Shot of Love

8) The Wood Brothers; Postcards from Hell; Loaded
9) Solomon Burke; That's How I Got to Memphis; Nashville
10) The Wood Brothers; Luckiest Man; Ways Not to Lose
11) Townes Van Zandt; A Song For...; Highway Kind

12) Slaid Cleaves; Lost of the V-8's; No Angel Knows
13) Slaid Cleaves; Jennie's All Right; No Angel Knows

As always, thanks for listening...

July 6th, 2008

Hi All,

The playlist for a warm Sunday in July went like this...

1) John McCutcheon; When I Grow Up; The Greatest Story Never Told

2) Guy Clark; Stuff That Works; Dublin Blues
3) John Prine; Storm Windows; Live on Tour
4) James McMurtry; Old Part of Town; Childish Things

5) Iron & Wine; Freedom Hangs Like Heaven; Woman King
6) Bruce Springsteen; Livin' in the Future; Magic
7) John Hiatt; Through Your Hands; Stolen Moments

9) Emmylou Harris; Old Five and Dimers; All I Intended to Be
10) Emmylou Harris; Sailing Around the Room; All I Intended to Be
11) Emmylou Harris; Kern River; All I Intended to Be

12) Levon Helm; Feeling Good; Dirt Farmer
13) Robert Earl Keen; Wild Wind; Gravitational Forces

Thanks for listening...

June 29th, 2008

Hey All,

Talked a good deal on today's show about the Chautauqua (i.e., cool gathering) being held in Waseca on Saturday, July 5th from 11 am-4:30. The event features, among other things, live music, children's theatre workshops, and Al Batt. For more information, call 507-835-7700.

Today's playlist went like this...

1) Old Crow Medicine Show; Wagon Wheel; Old Crow Medicine Show

2) Fred Eaglesmith; Sweet Corn; Tinderbox
3) John McCutcheon; Simple Man; Politics, Love, and Other Small Miracles
4) Eliza Gilkyson; Clever Disguise; Beautiful World

5) Baptism River Ramblers; Give Me the Roses
6) Jannette Carter; Meet Me in Heaven; Kindred Spirits--Tribute to J. Cash
7) June Cater Cash; Hold Fast to the Right; The Unbroken Circle--Tribute to the Carter Family

8) John Hiatt; Old Days; Same Old Man
9) John Hiatt; Love You Again; Same Old Man
10) John Hiatt; Let's Give This Love a Try; Same Old Man

11) Ray Bonneville; So Long Blues; Goin' By Feel
12) Ray Bonneville; Goin' By Feel; Goin' By Feel
13) Richard Buckner; Blue and Wonder; Bloomed
14) Hayes Carll; Drunken Poets Dream; Trouble in Mind

June 22nd, 2008

Hey Folks,

Today's show was a repeat from earlier this year. I'll be back next week with a new show--including at least a couple songs from John Hiatt's new release, Same Old Man.

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

1) John Prine & Mac Wiseman; Blue Eyed Elaine; Standard Songs for Average People

2) The Whistlepigs String Band; Walking Cane; Fenceline
3) Tom Breiding; The Longest Darkest Day; The Unbroken Circle
4) Iris Dement; I Don't Want to Get Adjusted; Lifeline

5) Eric Hanke; Smoke Through an Old Screen Door; Autumn Blues
6) Jimmie Dale Gilmore (with Lucinda Williams); Reunion; Spinning Around the Sun
7) Butch Hancock; If You Were a Bluebird; Eats Away the Night
8) Bruce Springsteen; Broke the Mold; Magic

9) The Whistlepigs String Band; You Can Get There From Here; Fenceline
10) Ol' Yeller; When the Ship Comes In; Duluth Does Dylan Revisited
11) Todd Snider; Can't Complain; Viva Satellite

12) Lucy Kaplansky; Ring of Fire; Over the Hills
13) Meg Hutchinson; Ready; Come Up Full
14) Cloud Cult; Mr. Tamborine Man; Duluth Does Dylan Revisited

June 15th, 2008--5th Anniversary Show

Hi All,

Before the playlist...went to see Billy Bragg on Friday night up at the Cedar Cultural Center. Outstanding show--one of the best I've ever seen, really. Good political banter, great songs, and fun interaction with the audience. If you're not yet a Billy Bragg fan, check him out... And if you're one of those serious fans, I'd really appreciate a note about what I should be sure to explore, buy, etc. (listentoyourfolks@hotmail.com). I know some of his work but after the show I'd really like to learn more...

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

1) Todd Snider; Combover Blues; Peace, Love & Anarchy

2) Guy Clark; To Live is to Fly; Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt
3) Gillian Welch; Red Clay Halo; Time (The Revelator)
4) Jon Byrd; Jackknife; The Other Side: Music from East Nashville

5) Loudon Wainwright III; Daughter; Strange Weirdos
6) John Prine; Daddy's Little Pumpkin; The Missing Years
7) Loudon Wainwright III; Being a Dad; Little Ship

8) Bob Dylan; Frankie & Albert; Good As I Been to You;
9) Eliza Gilkyson; Emerald Street; Beautiful World
10) Bruce Springsteen; Froggie Went a Courtin'; The Seeger Sessions
11) Billy Bragg; I Keep Faith; Mr. Love & Justice

12) Richard Thompson; I Can't Wake Up to Save My Life; Mirror Blue
13) John Hiatt; Slow Turnin'; John Hiatt Anthology
14) James McMurtry; Bayou Tortous; Just Us Kids

June 8th, 2008

Hey All,

Seems I made a computer mistake this morning, and last week's show re-aired this week. My apologies. I'll be back with a new show next week.

By the way...next week's show will be the informal fifth anniversary show--the first episode of "Listen to Your Folks" aired on June 14th, 2003.

Thanks folks,

June 1st, 2008

Hey All,

The playlist for the 1st went like this...

1) Fred Eaglesmith; I Pray Now; Tinderbox

2) Guy Clark; Worry B. Gone; Workbench Songs
3) Walter Hyatt; Motor City Man; Some Unfinished Business, Vol. one
4) Lyle Lovett; Private Conversation; Road to Ensenada

5) The Gibson Brothers; If I Were You; Red Letter Day
6) Chris Knight; Banging Away; The Jealous Kind
7) Chris Knight; A Train Not Running; The Jealous Kind
8) Fred Eaglesmith; Worked Up Field; Tinderbox

9) Story on local musician Ambrose Kodet
10) John Hiatt; Child of the Wild Blue Yonder; Stolen Moments
11) Steve Earle; City of Immigrants; Washington Square Serenade

12) Jorma Kaukonen; Heart Temporary; Stars in My Crown
13) Jimmy LaFave; Hideaway Girl; Our Side of Town--Red House Records Sampler
14) Bonnie Riatt; Thing Called Love; It'll Come to You: Songs of John Hiatt

May 25th, 2008

Hey Folks,

Talked again today about the Community Recording Session coming up on Sunday, June 1st. There are still slots available--we'd love to have you participate. Contact me via the methods discussed in the link above, and we'll set you up for a one hour appointment to do some recording at KMSU.

Ok...the playlist on the 25th went like this...

1) John McCutcheon, Barbershop' The Greatest Story Never Told

2) Son Volt; Bandages and Scars; Okemah and the Melody of Riot
3) Wilco; Either Way; Sky Blue Sky
4) The Devil Makes Three; The Plank; The Devil Makes Three

5) Stan Rogers; California; Northwest Passage
6) Dave Alvin; California Bloodlines; West of the West
7) Jason Ringenberg; Paradise; Best Tracks & Side Tracks

Two from the old Anthology of American folk music and two from the new...

8) Richard "Rabbitt Brown"; James Alley Blues
9) Wilco; James Alley Blues
10) Mississippi John Hurt; Frankie
11) Beth Orton Frankie

12) James McMurtry; Jaws of Life; It Had to Happen
13) Loudon Wainwright III; Strange Weirdos; Strange Weirdos

May 18th, 2008

Hi All,
Had another guest host today, Jim Makovsky. Jim is the head coach of Minnesota State's Wrestling team and a big-time Americana fan. Hope you enjoyed his show...it was great fun having him in the studio, despite his confirmation that I do indeed look like a Republican. Here's his playlist...

1) Looking at the World Through a Windshield – Son Volt

2) Mostly Water-Bap Kennedy

3) Little Silver Heart-Lucero

4) Forget the Flowers-Wilco

5) My Sweet Annette-Drive By Truckers

6) Down Here Below-Steve Earle

7) White Lies, Blue Tears-The Star Room Boys

8) Blue Eyes-Uncle Tupelo

9) Goodbye-Two Car Garage

10) Old Timer’s Disease-Patterson Hood

11) Creosote-Son Volt

12) Salty Dog-Johnny Cash

13) Myrna Lee-Blue Mountain

14) High on the Mountain Top-Loretta Lynn

May 11th, 2008

Hi Folks,

On today's show I discussed the new website, voicesfromthevalley.com Hope you'll give it a look. Please notice that on June 1st, Voices from the Valley his hosting its first "Community Recording Session"--come on in to KMSU and record a conversation with a friend, loved one, etc.

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

1) The Flatlanders; One Road More; The Flatlanders

2) Hayes Carll; Girl Downtown; Trouble in Mind
3) Sera Cahoone; Runnin' Your Way; Only as the Day is Long
4) Hayes Carll; It's a Shame; Trouble in Mind
5) Sera Cahoone; You Might as Well; Only as the Day is Long

6) James McMurtry; Just Us Kids; Just Us Kids
7) Gillian Welch; I Want to Sing That Rock and Roll; Time (The Revelator)
8) James McMurtry; Freeway View; Just Us Kids
9) Gillian Welch; Dear Someone; Time (The Revelator)

10) Billy Bragg; I Keep Faith; Mr. Love & Justice
11) Buddy and Julie Miller; Love Snuck Up; Love Snuck Up
12) Mark Knopfler & EmmyLou Harris; Love and Happiness

13) Jordan Zevon; That Girl; Insides Out
14) Mother Truckers; Can't Sleep in Tucson; Let's All Go to Bed

May 4th, 2008

Hi All,

Today's show was a repeat of the "songs about boxing show" from July 2007. The original blog entry and playlist is below. I'll be back next week with a new show--including songs from James McMurtry's fine new cd, "Just Us Kids"

Nothing but songs about boxing on today's show--not the world's easiest things to find, I might add. On the show I mentioned the book On Boxing by Joyce Carol Oats--it's an awfully good read.

The playlist went like this...

1) Memphis Minnie; Joe Louis Strut; Memphis Minnie Vol. 1

2) Tom Russell; Muhammad Ali; Modern Art
3) Cassius Clay; Funny You Should Ask; I am the Greatest
4) Greg Trooper; Muhammad Ali (The meaning of Christmas); Floating

5) Warren Zevon; Boom Boom Mancini; Learning to Flinch
6) Tom Russell; The Eyes of Roberto Duran; The Long Way Around
7) Pete Seeger; Who Killed Davey Moore; The Carnegie Hall Concert

8) Bob Dylan; Hurricane; Greatest Hits Vol. 3
9) EmmyLou Harris; The Boxer; Roses in the Snow
10) Joe Pullman; Joe Louis is the Man; Joe Pullman Vol. 3

11) Kate Cambell; Joe Louis' Furniture; Monuments
12) Stephen Kellog & The Sixers; Glassjaw Boxer; Glassjaw Boxer
13) Mark Knopfler; Song for Sonny Liston

14) Cassius Clay; The Gang's All Here; I Am the Greatest

April 27th, 2008

Hey All,

Had a guest host today...Amanda Ollig--MSU student and day sponsor. It was her first time ever on the radio, and she did a great job. Here's her playlist...

1) Daddy Raised a Boy-Scott Miller and the Common Wealth- Sugar Hill Records Dish it Up

2) College Days-The Great Divide-Revolution
3) Automatic Society-Son Volt- The Search
4) Arming of Infants-Trampled By Turtles-Trouble
5) I Must Be High-Wilco- AM

6) Alcohol and Pills-Todd Snider- East Nashville Skyline
7) Wagon Wheel-Old Crow Medicine Show-First Release, “Old Crow Medicine Show”
8) Frankie’s Gun-The Felice Brothers- First Release, “The Felice Brothers”
9) Drown-Son Volt-Trace

10) Casino Queen-Wilco- AM
11) That Buckin’ Song-Robert Earl Keen- Walking Distance
12)Crooked Piece of Time-Todd Snider & John Prine- New Connection

13) The Cape-Guy Clark- Dublin Blues
14) Frankie Lee-Mulehead-Sugar Hill Records Dish It Up
15) The Road Goes on Forever-Robert Earl Keen- The Party Never Ends

16) Peter Rowan-Before the Streets Were Paved- Sugar Hill Records Dish It Up

April 20th, 2008

Hey Folks,

Well, I'm gonna have to admit defeat on finding the playlist for the 20th. It was a live show during our spring pledge drive, and the darn list has disappeared. Thanks to everybody who supported the show and the station during the pledge drive. Your help matters a whole lot.

April 13th--Pledge Drive Show

Hey Folks,

It's pledge drive time at the station. We appreciate any support you can offer the station. Click here to see the great gifts you can receive for helping keep community radio going in Southern Minnesota. Call to pledge at 389-56789 or 1-800-456-7810. Thanks!

The playlist for the 13th went like this...

1) Billy Bragg & Wilco; Ingrid Bergman; Mermaid Avenue

2) Todd Snider; Just in Case; Happy to be Here
3) John Prine; Other Side of Town; Fair & Square
4) Jason Wilber; The Wooden Statuette; Live and Otherwise

5) Steve Earle; Prison Cell Blues; The Harry Smith Project Revisited (available for free if you pledge at the $100 level!)
6) Sera Cahoone; You Might as Well; Only as the Day is Long

7) The Louvin Brothers; When I stop Dreaming; Drifter's Escape--Music that Influenced Dylan
8) Charlie Louvin; Waiting for a Train; Charlie Louvin
9) The Flatlanders; Stars in My Life; More Legend than Band

10) David Johansen; Old Dog Blue; Harry Smith Revisited
11) Felice Brothers; Wonderful Life; Felice Brothers
12) Peter Case; Beyond the Blues; A Case for Case...

13) Gary Louris; She Only Calls Me on Sundays; Vagabounds
14) The Wallin Jenny's; Things that You Know; Our Side of Town: Red House Records Sampler

April 6th, 2008

Hi All,

Today's entire show featured songs from Guy Clark...the playlist went like this...

1) Fool in the Mirror; Craftsman

2) Texas Cookin'; Keepers
3) Lone Star Hotel; Craftsman
4) Desperadoes Waiting for a Train; Keepers

5) Hangin' Your Life on the Wall; Dublin Blues
6) Cold Dog Soup; Cold Dog Soup
7) Stuff That Works; Dublin Blues

8) L.A. Freeway; Old No. 1
9) In the Jailhouse Now; Craftsman
10) Funny Bone; Workbench Songs

11) The Last Gunfighter Ballad; Keepers
12) Indian Head Penny; Cold Dog Soup
13) Rex's Blues; The Dark

March 30th

Hey Folks,

A show full of covers today...the playlist went like this.

1) Pete Yorn; Splendid Isolation; Enjoy Every Sandwich--Songs of Warren Zevon

2) Jerry Jeff Walker; The Cape; Gonzo Stew
3) Patty Griffin; Take it Down; It'll Come to You--Songs of John Hiatt
4) Pieta Brown; This Land is Your Land; Single found on itunes

5) Johnny Cash; City of New Orleans; I Walk the Line
6) E.G. Kight; Angel from Montgomery; Southern Comfort
7) Tracy Grammer; Blue Wing; Book of Sparrows
8) David Allen Coe; Satisfied Mind; David Allen Coe's Satisfied Mind

9) The Rolling Stones; Like a Rolling Stone; Stripped
10) Warren Zevon; Back in the High Life; Preludes
11) Nanci Griffith; Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound; Other Voices/Other Rooms

12) Robert Earl Keen; I Still Miss Someone; Gravitational Forces
13) Emmy Lou Harris; If You Were a Bluebird; Bluebird

Thanks for listening...

March 23rd, 2008

Hey All,

On today's show I mentioned the book "Last Night at the Lobster"--a great read. Here's an article/interview about the book.

The playlist for this Easter Sunday went like this...

1) Chris Smither; Open Up; Leave the Light On

2) Lyle Lovett; Church; Live in Texas
3) Dave Alvin; Blue Wing; King of California
4) Keith Sykes; It Just Don't Get No Better Than This; Let it Roll

5) Doc Watson; When I Lay My Burdens Down; On Praying Ground
6) Not sure of artist; Don't Let the Devil Ride; Sacred Steel--African-American Steel Guitar from Florida
7) Jimmy Lafave; Revival; Blue Nightfall

8) Steve Earle; Steve's Hammer (for Pete); Washington Square Serenade
9) Guy Davis; False From True; Where Have all the Flowers Gone...
10) Bob Dylan; The Water is Wide; Live 1975
11) Kim & Reggie Harris; Now Let Me Fly; Steal Away

12) John Hiatt; Cry Love; Walk On
13) John Prine; Aw Heck; John Prine Live
14) Cory Morrow; Live Forever; A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver

March 16th, 2008

Hey Folks,

Today's show was a repeat (an "encore presentation" as they say in show business). The show featured the first ten songs from Bruce Springsteen's 2005 performance in St. Paul.

Thought those of you headed to tonight's show in St. Paul might enjoy a morning full of the Boss.

March 9th, 2008

Hi Folks,

Talked today about the upcoming John Prine shows--one in Rochester, one in Minneapolis.

The playlist for the 8th went like this...

1) Steve Goodman; Chicken Cordon Blues; The Easter Tapes

2) Lyle Lovett; South Texas Girl; It's Not Big, It's Large
3) Lyle Lovett; This Traveling Around; It's Not Big, It's Large
4) Charlie Louvin; Great Atomic Power; Charlie Louvin
5) Charlie Louvin; My Long Journey Home; Charlie Louvin

6) The Felice Brothers; Frankie's Gun; The Felice Brothers (I love this new record!)
7) The Felice Brothers; Little Ann; The Felice Brothers
8) John Hiatt; Memphsis in the Meantime; Bring the Family
9) John Hiatt; Your Dad Did; Bring the Family

10) Bruce Springsteen; I'll Work for Your Love; Magic
11) Bruce Springsteen; Livin' in the Future; Magic
12) John Prine; Bottomless Lake; Aimless Love
13) John Prine; Slow Boat to China; Aimless Love

14) Steve Goodman; Blue Skies; The Easter Tapes

Always feel free to drop a line at listentoyourfolks@hotmail.com

Thanks for listening...

March 2nd, 2008

Hey All,

Today's show featured the Uncut Magazine cd, Drifter's Escape. The cd consists of music that influenced Dylan's John Wesley Harding and Nashville Sklyline. I also chatted about the very good new documentary on Pete Seeger, The Power of Song

Unless noted, all songs below are from Drifter's Escape...

1) Bob Dylan; Country Pie; Nashville Sklyline

2) Hank Williams; I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
3) Johnny Cash; Train of Love
4) The Carter Family; John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man

5) Jerry Lee Lewis; Deep Elem Blues
6) Elvis Presley; Blue Moon
7) Clarence "Tom" Ashley; The Coo Coo Bird
8) Carl Perkins; Matchbox

9) Bill Monroe; Blue Moon of Kentucky
10) Woody Guthrie; Pretty Boy Floyd
11) The Delmore Brothers; I'm Lonesome Without You

12) Richard "Rabbit" Brown; James Alley Blues
13) Hank Thompson; The Wild Side of Life
14) The Louvin Brothers; When I Stop Dreaming

15) Woody Guthrie; I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore
16) Bob Dylan; Peggy Day; Nashville Skyline
17) Bob Dylan (w/Johnny Cash); Girl From the North Country; Nashville Skyline
18) Bob Dylan; All Along the Watchtower; John Wesley Harding

February 24th, 2008

Hi All,

The playlist for the 24th went like this...

1) John Prine & Mac Wiseman; Blue Eyed Elaine; Standard Songs for Average People

2) The Whistlepigs String Band; Walking Cane; Fenceline
3) Tom Breiding; The Longest Darkest Day; The Unbroken Circle
4) Iris Dement; I Don't Want to Get Adjusted; Lifeline

5) Eric Hanke; Smoke Through an Old Screen Door; Autumn Blues
6) Jimmie Dale Gilmore (with Lucinda Williams); Reunion; Spinning Around the Sun
7) Butch Hancock; If You Were a Bluebird; Eats Away the Night
8) Bruce Springsteen; Broke the Mold; Magic

9) The Whistlepigs String Band; You Can Get There From Here; Fenceline
10) Ol' Yeller; When the Ship Comes In; Duluth Does Dylan Revisited
11) Todd Snider; Can't Complain; Viva Satellite

12) Lucy Kaplansky; Ring of Fire; Over the Hills
13) Meg Hutchinson; Ready; Come Up Full
14) Cloud Cult; Mr. Tamborine Man; Duluth Does Dylan Revisited

February 17th, 2008

Hey Folks,

The playlist for the 17th featured a bunch of 2008 Grammy Award Winning stuff--mostly the awards given off TV. You can find the exact awards here.; winners are noted below with a "GW."

1) Willie Nelson & Ray Price; Lost Highway; Last of the Breed (GW)

2) The Band; I shall be Released; Greatest Hits
3) James McMurtry; Shining Eyes; Too Long in the Wasteland
4) Keb Mo; Every Morning; Keb Mo

5) Bruce Springsteen; Radio Nowhere; Magic (GW)
6) Steve Earle; Satellite Radio; Washington Square Serenade (GW)
7) Allison Krauss & Robert Plant; Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On) Raising the Sand (GW)

Todd Snider is at the Fitzgerald Theatre this coming Tuesday night..always a great show. Played a whole set of Snider in anticipation....

8) Todd Snider; The Joker; Viva Satellite
9) Todd Snider; Play a Train Song; East Nashville Sklyline
10) Todd Snider; Just Like Old Times; The Devil You Know

11) Vince Gill; Out of My Mind; These Days (GW)
12) Levon Helm; The Girl I Left Behind; Dirt Farmer (GW)
13) Ricky Skaggs & The Whites; Farther Along; Salt of the Earth (GW)

14) Todd Snider (with John Prine); Crooked Piece of Time; New Connection

February 10th, 2008

Hi All,

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

1) Lyle Lovett; God Will; Lyle Lovett

2) Allison Krauss & Robert Plant; Killing the Blues; Raising the Sun
3) Charlie Louvin; Blues Stay Away From Me; Charlie Louvin
4) Tom T. Hall; Me and Jesus; Ultimate Tom T.

5) Nanci Griffith; Boots of Spanish Leather; Dylan Country
6) Bob Dylan; Train of Love; Kindred Spirits
7) Rosie Flores; My Own Kind of Hat; Tulare Dust
8) Jon Langford & Sally Timms; Broken Bottle; Por Vida

9) Levon Helm; Poor Old Dirt Farmer; Dirt Farmer
10) Charlie Louvin; Worried Man Blues; Charlie Louvin
11) Sugar Bayou; Jacob's Well; Dance Hall Incident
12) Mustard's Retreat; Lost My Heart to You; There...and Back Again

13) Allison Krauss & Robert Plant; Let Your Loss Be Your Lesson; Raising the Sand
14) Lightnin' Hopkins; Had a Gal Named Sal; 2005 Oxford Music Sampler
15) Dale Hawkins; Number Nine Train; 2005 Oxford Music Sampler

February 3rd, 2008

Hi All,

The Superbowl Show started with my prediction--Giants 35 and the cheatin' Pats 26. Of course, I know nothing of football and offer this prediction only in the hopes of being correct about a huge upset. I did play one Superbowl-related song in a playlist that went like this...

1) John Prine; Carousel of Love; Fair & Square ep

2) John Hiatt; Wintertime Blues; Master of Disaster
3) Guy Clark; Tornado Time in Texas; Workbench Songs
4) Linda Thompson; Do Your Best for Rock and Roll; Versatile Heart

5) Woodpecker; Mankato; F-Hole
6) Jimmy LaFave; On a Bus to St. Cloud Minnesota; Texoma
7) Cheryl Wheeler; Alice; Defying Gravity

8) John McCutcheon; Boob On Our TV (the Superbowl song!); This Fire
9) John McCutcheon; Dick Cheney; This Fire
10) Levon Helm; The Mountain; Dirt Farmer
11) Levon Helm; Feelin' Good; Dirt Farmer

13) Tom Breiding; The Singing Coal Miner; The Unbroken Circle
14) Tom Breiding; Red Haired Boy; The Unbroken Circle
15) Chris Knight; Spike Drivin' Blues; The Trailer Tapes
16) Robbie Robertson; Soap Box Preacher; Storyville

January 28th

Hey All,

This week's show was a repeat from September 2007--a show for which I lost the playlist. We played a lot of stuff from the Peter Case tribute cd--I know that. I also mentioned the very good documentary film called Libby Montana.

I'll be back next week with a new show...

January 20th, 2008

Hi All,

On last week's show I mentioned I'd post an interview with Richard Russo--I'm really liking his new book River of Sighs and am a pretty darn big fan of everything he's done. He writes about the same kind of characters who populate the songs played on this program.

The playlist for the 20th went like this...

1) Rosanne Cash; Tennessee Flat Top Box; King's Record Shop

2) Michael Perry & the Longbeds; Newfangled Cowboy Way; Headwinded
3) Guy Clark; Baby Took a Limo to Memphis; Dublin Blues
4) Dwight Yokam; Three Good Reasons; Blame the Vane

5) Tom Russell; Stealing Electricity; Love and Fear
6) Pieta Brown; 4th of July; In the Cool
7) Buddy Miller; Worry Too Much; United House of Prayer

8) Linda Thompson; Versatile Heart; Versatile Heart
9) Indigo Girls; I Believe in Love; Despite our Differences
10) The Walin' Jennys; Beautiful Dawn; 40 Days

11) Bruce Springsteen; Ain't Got You; Tunnel of Love
12) Bruce Springsteen; All That Heaven Will Allow; Tunnel of Love
13) Richard Thompson; 1952 Vincent Black Lightning; Rumor and Sigh

14) Townes Van Zandt; Lovers Lullaby; The Highway Kind

January 13th, 2008

Hey All,

The playlist for the 13th went like this...

1) Greg Brown; Good Morning Coffee; In the Dark with You

**Next three songs were on vinyl...I'm learning how to use the KMSU turntables, sort of.

2) Steve Goodman; Video Tape; Best of the Asylum Years Vol. 2
3) Steve Forbert; Romeo's Tune; Jackrabbit Slim
4) Steve Goodman; Door Number Three; Best of the Asylum Years Vol. 2

5) Jack Ingram; Dallas; Livin' or Dyin'
6) Guy Clark; L.A. Freeway; Old No. I.
7) Ray Bonneville; I am the Big Easy; Goin' by Feel

**Then played all four songs from the John Prine EP available only on itunes--this is an add on of sorts to Fair and Square and well worth the four bucks

8) John Prine--Dual Custody
9) John Prine--That's How Every Empire Falls
10) JP--That's Alright by Me
11) JP--Carousel of Love

12) Ray Bonneville; Cemetery Row; Goin by Feel
13) Robert Earl Keen; Snowin' on Raton; Gravitational Forces

January 6th, 2008

Hey All,

Happy new year! As mentioned on today's show, I'm looking for your help finding "folky" songs about places like bars, barbershops, cafes, etc. If you know of any good ones, please drop me a note below or at listentoyourfolks@hotmail.com.

The first show of 2008 went like this...

1) Mustard's Retreat; 16 Tons; 5 Miles or 50,000 Years

2) Tom Russell; The Pugilist at 59; Love and Fear
3) David Bromberg; Mr. Bojangles; The Player: A Retrospective
4) Ramblin Jack Elliott & Jerry Jeff Walker; Hard Travelin'; Friends of Mine

5) Loudon Wainwright III; Grey in L.A.; Strange Weirdos
6) Loudon Wanwright III; Strange Weirdos; Strange Weirdos
7) Warren Zevon; Jennie Needs a Shooter; Stand in the Fire
8) Warren Zevon; Hasten Down the Wind; Stand in the Fire

9) Todd Snider; D. B. Cooper; Happy to be Here
10) Woody Guthrie; Jesse James; The Asch Recordings Vol. I
11) Tom T. Hall; A Week in a County Jail; Ultimate Collection

12) Sugar Bayou; Galveston; Dance Hall Incident
13) John Hiatt; Gone; Crossing Muddy Waters
14) Patty Griffin; Getting Ready; Children Running Through

December 23rd & 30th

Hey Folks,

I've been on the run a bit for the holidays--apologies for the late post. There was a new Christmas show on the 23rd and a repeat program on the 30th.

The Christmas show playlist is below...I grabbed much of this from itunes and other places without paying much attention to the cds on which some of the below are found. The Stan and Doug stuff is great...to this day my father plays this record over and over (and over) every Christmas.

1) Stan and Doug; Jolly Old Saint Nicholas; Yust Go Nuts At Christmas

2) John Prine; A John Prine Christmas; John Prine Christmas
3) Emmylou Harris; Christmas Time's A Comin'; Light of the Stable
4) Merle Haggard; White Christmas
5) Steve Goodman; Colorado Christmas; Unfinished Business
6) Dolly Parton; Joy to the World

7) Stan and Doug; Yust Go Nuts at Christmas; Yust Go Nuts at Christmas
8) John Prine; I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause; A John Prine Christmas
9) Peter Paul and Mary; The Marvelous Toy
10)Greg Trooper; Muhammad Ali(The Meaning of Christmas)
11) Blind Boys of Alabama; I Pray on Christmas

12) Stan and Doug; I was Santa Clause at the School House for the PTA; I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas
13) Loudon Wainwright; Suddenly Its Christmas
14) Michael Wolff & Warren Zevon; The Christmas Song

**The show on the 30th was a repeat from September of 2005. The entire show was dedicated to music from Uncut Magazine's cd featuring songs inspired by Bruce Springsteen

December 16, 2007

Hey All,

As I mentioned on today's show, I'm trying to put together a show full of folkish songs about places like bars, diners, barbershops, etc--the kinds of places sociologist Ray Oldenburg defines as third places. Please send anything that comes to mind to listentoyourfolks@hotmail.com Thanks!

The playlist for the 16th went like this...

1) Peter Ostroushko; Bemidji Blues; Postcards

2) Carrie Newcomer; Betty's Diner; Regulars & Refugees
3) Steve Goodman; The One That Got Away; Live Wire
4) Fred Eaglesmith; Milly's Cafe; Milly's Cafe

5) Emmylou Harris; Silent Night; Light of the Stable
6) John Prine; Christmas in Prison; Great Days
7) Emmylou Harris; Light of the Stable; Light of the Stable

8) Eric Anderson; Eyes of the Immigrant; You Can't Relive the Past
9) Steve Earle; City of Immigrants; Washington Square Serenade
10) Tom Russell; Who's Gonna Build Your Wall; Wounded Heart of America

**I try to avoid direct political commentary on the show and blog, but something tells me Chuck Norris doesn't have all the answers when it comes to immigration. Just a thought, but...

11) Keith Sykes; It Just Don't Get No Better Than This; Let It Roll
12) Chris Knight; Bring the Harvest Home; Chris Knight
13) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Keep on the Sunny Side; Will the Circle be Unbroken

December 9th, 2007

Hey All,

The playlist for the 9th went like this...

1) Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; In Lieu of Flowers; Exploration

2) Sam Bush; Girl From the North Country; EP of the DVD "On the Road"
3) Trampled by Turtles; Shelter from the Storm; Duluth Does Dylan Revisited
4) Rodney Crowell; Beautiful Despair; The Outsider

5) Robert Earl Keen; Merry Christmas from the Family; Gringo Honeymoon
6) Julie Lee; Made from Scratch; Stillhouse Road
7) John Prine; Long Monday; Fair & Square

8) Molly O'Brien; If I Live; Tell it True
9) Lucinda Williams; Learning How to Live; West
10) Steve Earle; Come Home to Me; Washington Square Serenade
11) Peter Rowan & Tony Rice; To Live is to Fly; Quartet

12) Doc Watson; Bonaparte's Retreat; Songs from Home
13) Mustard's Retreat; Shenandoah; The First Album Plus
14) Mustard's Retreat; The Gospel Show; The First Album Plus

December 2nd, 2007

Hi All,

On today's show I mentioned Studs Terkel's book Hope Dies Last--I'm enjoying it quite a lot and thought you might as well.

The at least somewhat hopeful playlist for the 2nd went like this...

1) Phil Ochs; There But for Fortune; Phil Ochs in Concert

2) Vince Gill (with Emmylou Harris); Some Things Never Get Old; These Days
3) Todd Snider (with John Prine); Crooked Piece of Time; New Connection
4) The Yellow Room Gang; Simple Faith; Vol I.

5) Greg Brown & Bill Morrissey; You Can't Always Get What You Want; Friend of Mine
6) Chuck Brodsky; The Ballad of Stan Rogers and Leo Kennedy; Color Came One Day
7) Jimmy Davis; Watchin' the Fire Burn Down; Campfire Songs
8) Rick Spreitzer; Roll Back; From the Bottom

**The next few songs all come from sampler cds from Mojo and Uncut Magazines

9) Tim Hardin; Reason to Believe; The Who Jukebox (Mojo)
10) Roy Orbison; Trying to Get to You; Hail to the King (Mojo)
11) Leadbelly; Ella Speed; The Who Jukebox (Mojo)
12) Lightnin' Hopkins; Baby Please Don't Go; The Roots of Bob Dylan (Mojo)
13) Kris Kristofferson; This Old Road; New Music 2006 (Uncut)

14) Ricky Skaggs & the Whites; One Seed of Love; Salt of the Earth
15) Pete Seeger and friends; Bring em' Home; Sowing the Seeds--Appleseed Records 10th Anniversary Collection

November 25th, 2007

Hi All,

Before the playlist...a few things talked about on today's show...

Pete Seeger's letter to Seventeen Magazine...
Russell Banks reading "The Moor" (act three of this episode) on This American Life
Paste Magazine

Ok...the playlist for the 25th...

1) Doc Watson; Rambling Hobo; Songs From Home

2) K.D. Lang; Helpless; Songs of the 49th Parallel
3) Peter Case; Every 24 Hours; Paste Magazine Sampler--Vol. 36
4) Leon Redbone & Merle Haggard; Sittin' by the Fire; Whistling in the Wind

5) Pete Seeger; Abiyoyo; Stories and Songs for Little Children
6) Dan Zanes; Wonder Wheel; Family Dance

7) Eric Bibb; The Cape; Friends
8) Son Volt; Windfall; Trace
9) Pat Humphries; Swimming to the Other Side; Sowing the Seeds--10th Anniversary of Appleseed Records
10) Warren Zevon; Stop Rainin' Lord; Preludes

11) Lyle Lovett; I will Rise Up/Ain't No More Cain; It's Not Big, It's Large
12) Chris Smither; Real Fine Love; Rollin' Into Memphis--The Songs of John Hiatt

November 18th, 2007

Hi All,

Today's show was a repeat from last week--between a new little one at home and a trip to Chicago I just couldn't get a new show up this week. We'll have a new one Thanksgiving weekend. As mentioned on the show, please send along any folk/Americana songs you'd like to hear next weekend (songs you're "thankful" for if you will). Notes can be posted below or sent to listentoyourfolks@hotmail.com

Here's the playlist for the 18th...with apologies to those listeners who heard the same show two weeks in a row...

1) Keith Sykes; What Are We Waiting For; Let It Roll

2) The Flatlanders; One Day at a Time; More Legend Than Band
3) The Flatlanders; Dallas; More Legend Than Band
4) Bill Hearne's Roadside Review; Sing Me Back Home; Heartaches and Honkeytonks
5) Keith Sykes; Let It Roll; Let It Roll

6) Bob Dylan; The Water is Wide; Live 1975
7) Bruce Springsteen; Oh Mary Don't You Weep; Live in Dublin
8) Woody Guthrie; Pastures of Plenty; The Asch Recordings Vol. I

9) Buck Owens & Dwight Yokum; Streets of Bakersfield; Buck Owens--21 #1 Hits (Rhino)
10) Dwight Yokum; Little Ways; Dwight Live
11) Buck Owens; Sam's Place; Buck Owens--21 #1 Hits

12) Keith Sykes; Tearing the House Down; Let It Roll
13) Wilco; One Hundred Years From Now; Return of the Grevious Angel--Tribute to Gram Parsons
14) Patty Griffin; Stay on the Road; Children Running Through

Thanks for listening...and please do send along a song or two for the Thanksgiving weekend show.

November 11th, 2007

Hi All,

On today's show I asked for folks to send along their favorite folk/Americana song. I'll do my best to play these during the Thanksgiving weekend show. Just post the song below or send to listentoyourfolks@hotmail.com Looking forward to hearing some of the picks.

The set list for the 11th went like this...

1) Keith Sykes; What Are We Waiting For; Let It Roll

2) The Flatlanders; One Day at a Time; More Legend Than Band
3) The Flatlanders; Dallas; More Legend Than Band
4) Bill Hearne's Roadside Review; Sing Me Back Home; Heartaches and Honkeytonks
5) Keith Sykes; Let It Roll; Let It Roll

6) Bob Dylan; The Water is Wide; Live 1975
7) Bruce Springsteen; Oh Mary Don't You Weep; Live in Dublin
8) Woody Guthrie; Pastures of Plenty; The Asch Recordings Vol. I

9) Buck Owens & Dwight Yokum; Streets of Bakersfield; Buck Owens--21 #1 Hits (Rhino)
10) Dwight Yokum; Little Ways; Dwight Live
11) Buck Owens; Sam's Place; Buck Owens--21 #1 Hits

12) Keith Sykes; Tearing the House Down; Let It Roll
13) Wilco; One Hundred Years From Now; Return of the Grevious Angel--Tribute to Gram Parsons
14) Patty Griffin; Stay on the Road; Children Running Through

Thanks for listening...and please do send along a song or two for the Thanksgiving weekend show.

November 4, 2007

Hi All,

Today's show was a repeat from earlier this year (my wife and I had a new little one...seemed a pretty good excuse for an "encore presentation"--be back next week with a new show).

Here's the playlist and the old blog entry...

Today's show took another shot at featuring the new cd from Michael Perry and the Long Beds...and by gosh I think we got it this time.

Here's the playlist...

1) Fred Eaglesmith and the Flying Squirrels; Big Hair; Ralph's Last Show

2) Michael Perry & the Long Beds; Icarus; Headwinded
3) Guy Clark; Homegrown Tomatoes; Keepers
4) Cheryl Wheeler; His Hometown; Slyvia Hotel

5) Michael Perry & the Long Beds; Sally & Jack; Headwinded
6) Stan Rogers; Lies; Northwest Passage
7) John Prine; Donald & Lydia; Souvenirs

8) Loudon Wainwright III; Mr. Ambivalent; Little Ship
9) Chris Knight; It Ain't Easy Being Me; Chris Knight
10) Richard Thompson; Mr. Stupid; Sweet Warrior
11) Anna Coogan & North 19; Love Will Find a Way; Glory

12) Ramblin Jack Elliott & Jerry Jeff Walker; Hard Travelin' Friends of Mine
13) Michael Perry & the Long Beds; How Many Miles; Headwinded
14) Warren Zevon; Stop Rainin' Lord; Preludes

October 28th, 2007

Hi All,

The show featured a bunch of Warren Zevon...I've been enjoying the heck out of the new Zevon bio He was a complicated guy...to say the least...a "literate prick" is how one friend described him. He does seem to have been that and a whole lot more.

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

1) Ryan Adams, Lovesick Blues; Timeless: A Tribute to Hank Williams

2) Todd Snider; New Connection; New Connection
3) Bruce Robison with Kelly Willis; Ride Me Down Easy; A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver
4) Lucinda Williams; You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion; Ramblin'

5) Richard Thompson; Take Care the Road You Choose; Sweet Warrior
6) Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins; The Big Guns; Ramblin Bob: 15 Tracks From Dylan's Theme Time Radio Show (from Uncut Magazine)
7) June Tabor; All Tomorrow's Parties; Freedom & Rain

8) Warren Zevon; Searching for a Heart; Genius
9) Warren Zevon; The French Inhaler; Genius
10) Warren Zevon; Dirty Life and Times; The Wind

11) Uncle Earl; The Last Goodbye; Waterloo, Tennessee
12) Greg Brown; Whippoorwill; The Evening Call
13) Townes Van Zandt; Ain't Leavin' Your Love; A Far Cry From Dead
14) Truckstop Preachers; Truck Drivin' Man; Truck Stop Preachers

October 21st, 2007

Hey Folks,

A whole morning of John Prine...don't know about you, but I can't think of many better ways to spend an hour. Before the playlist, here are a couple links of interest...

To Oh Boy Records--Prine's label

To A very cool interview with former Poet LaureateTed Kooser and John Prine

Ok...the playlist for the morning went like this (all songs by John Prine...listing includes song and album)

1) Onomatopoeia; Sweet Revenge

2) Spanish Pipedream; Great Days
3) Fish and Whistle; Souvenirs
4) The Bottomless Lake; Aimless Love

5) That's the way the World Goes Round; John Prine Live
6) Space Monkey; Live on Tour
7) You Never Can Tell; Common Sense
8) New Train; Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings

9) Dear Abby; Great Days
10) Angel From Montgomery (with Bonnie Raitt); Great Days
11) People Puttin' People Down; Souvenirs
12) Glory of True Love; Fair & Square

13) Pistol Packin' Mamma (with Max Wiseman); Standard Songs for Average People
14) We're Not the Jet Set (with Iris Dement); In Spite of Ourselves
15) Souvenirs; Souvenirs

October 14th, 2007

Hi All,

Today was the last day of the fall pledge drive...thanks again to all those who pledged over the past ten days. The station greatly appreciates your support, and I really appreciate those of you who called in during Listen to Your Folks.

The playlist for the 14th went like this...

1) Kelly Hogan & Scott Ligon; Last Thing on My Mind; Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook Vol. II

2) The Chieftans with Van Morisson; Shenandoah; The Wide World Over: A 40 Year Celebration
3) John McCutcheon; Simple Man; This Fire: Politics, Love, and Other Small Miricles

4) Tom Paxton; Getting Up Early; Live From Mountain Stage
5) Seldom Scene; Hometown Blues; Scenechronized
6) Steve Earle; Tom Ames' Prayer; Train A Comin'

7) Mother Truckers; No Mercy; Broke Not Broken
8) Robert Earl Keen; I'm Goin' to Town; Live in Austin
9) James McMurtry; Childish Things; Childish Things

10) Lyle Lovett; South Texas Girl; It's Not Big, It's Large
11) Patty Griffin; Trapeze; Children Running

12) Bruce Springsteen; Radio Nowhere; Magic
13) John Hiatt; Lift Up Every Stone; Crossing Muddy Waters

October 7th, 2007

Hi All,

Thanks to everybody for your support during today's pledge drive show. We had more calls (and money) than ever before on "Listen to your Folks." I'll be back live next week, so if you haven't already pledged, please consider doing so--we truly appreciate it.

Oh, and here's the info for the very cool KMSU twelve hour film fest...you get a t-shirt and a ticket to the festival if you pledge at the $50 level...a pretty darn good deal.

The playlist for today's show went like this...

1) David Bromberg; Try Me One More Time; Appleseed 10th Anniversary Collection

2) Steve Goodman; I Don't Know Where I'm Going, But I'm Going Nowhere in a Hurry Blues; The Steve Goodman Anthology
3) John Prine; Long Monday; Fair & Square
4) Guy Clark; Magdalene; Workbench Songs

5) Peter Case; Walking Bum; Peter Case Sings Like Hell
6) Norman and Nancy Blake (With Tim O'Brien); Black Jack David; The Unbroken Circle: Songs of the Carter Family

7) Lyle Lovett; Up in Indiana; It's Not Big, It's Large
8) Laurie Lewis & Tom Ruzman; Old Dan Tucker; Guest House

9) Tom Russell; Who's Gonna Build Your Wall; Wounded Heart of America
10) Joe Ely; Saint Valentine; Letter to Laredo

11) Richard Thompson; I'll Tag Along; The World Cafe Vol. 17
12) Bruce Springsteen; Broke the Mold; Magic
13) Ramblin' Jack Elliott; Don't Think Twice It's Alright; Appleseed 10th Ann.

September 30, 2007

Hi All,

The KMSU pledge drive begins in about a week...hope you'll consider supporting the station and this show.

The playlist for the 30th went like this...

1) Ramblin Jack Elliott & Woody Guthrie; Railroad Bill; The Ballad of Ramblin Jack (Movie Soundtrack)

2) Kate Wolf; Give Yourself to Love; An Evening in Austin
3) Dave Alvin; Here in California; West of the West
4) Robert Earl Keen; Feelin' Good Again; Walking Distance

5) Lyle Lovett; All Downhill; It's Not Big It's Large
6) Lyle Lovett; South Texas Girl; It's Not Big It's Large
7) Flatlanders; One Day at a Time; More a Legend Than a Band
8) Flatlanders; Dallas; More a Legend Than a Band

9) Pete Seeger & Bruce Springsteen; The Ghost of Tom Joad; Sowing the Seeds: Appleseed Records' 10th Anniversary Collection
10) Bob Dylan; Blowin' in the Wind; Live 1975
11) Pete Seeger with Billy Bragg, Ani DiFranco, Steve Earle, & Annie Hills; Bring Them Home; Sowing the Seeds

12) John Dee Graham; Something Wonderful; Full
13) John Hiatt; Perfectly Good Guitar; Anthology

September 23, 2007

Hey Folks,

Today's show was a repeat from this past May...I'll be back next week with a new show. Here's the playlist as posted in a blog entry from May. Thanks for listening.

On today's show I mentioned the mystery writer C.J. Box. His stuff really does make for fun summer reading.


1) Rambling Jack Elliott; Will the Circle Be Unbroken; The Essential Ramblin Jack Elliott

2) Reverend Gary Davis; If I Had My Way; There is No Eye: Music For Photographs
3) Bob Dylan; Roll on John; There is No Eye
3) Mavis Staples; This Little Light of Mine; We'll Never Turn Back

4) Guy Clark; Indian Head Penny; Cold Dog Soup
5) Guy Clark; She Ain't Goin' Nowhere; Keepers
6) Guy Clark; Hangin' Your Life on the Wall; Dublin Blues

7) Dirt in the Whiskey; Democracy is Dangerous; Dirt in the Whiskey
8) Tom Paxton; What Did You Learn In School Today; The Best of Tom Paxton
9) Greg Brown and Bill Morrissey; Ain't Life a Brook
10) Greg Brown and Bill Morrissey; Fishin' With Bill

11) Keb Mo; Let Your Light Shine; Keep It Simple
12) Mustard's Retreat; Hard Times Come Again No More; Back to Back
13) Mustard's Retreat; Powerline Trails; Back to Back

14) Howlin Wolf; Smokestack Lightinin; from a compilation of train songs--the name of which escapes me

September 16th, 2007

Hey All,

Today on the show I mentioned the book Diary of a Wimpy Kid--a fun read regardless of your age.

The playlist for the 16th went like this...

1) Ramblin Jack Elliott; Roll on Buddy; The Essential Ramblin Jack Elliott

2) Nanci Griffith; White Freight liner; Winter Marquee
3) Eliza Gilkyson; Welcome Back; Lost and Found
4) Allison Krauss; Simple Love; A Hundred Miles or More

5) Tim O'Brien; Subterranean Homesick Blues; Dylan Country
6) Tim O'Brien; Look Down that Lonesome Road; Fiddler's Green
7) Tim O'Brien; Long Black Veil; Fiddler's Green

8) Tom Russell; Who's Gonna Build Your Wall; Wounded Heart of America
9) John Mellencamp (with Joan Baez); Jim Crow; Freedom's Child
10) Ollabelle; Before This Time; Ollabelle
11) Jack Norton and the Mullet River Boys; No Depression; Bound for Glory

12) Bruce Cockburn; Last Night of the World; Breakfast in New Orleans
13) Ray Lamontange; Shelter; Trouble
14) Iris Dement; Let the Mystery Be; Infamous Angel
15) Hank Williams; I Saw the Light; The Ultimate Collection

September 9th

Alright...I'm going to admit defeat here, folks. I've been searching and searching for the playlist, but with no luck. Sorry about that. I know I played a bunch from the Peter Case Tribute cd (A Case for Case) and other stuff from usual suspects like John Prine and John Hiatt.

As always, thanks for listening. I'll have a new show this Sunday and the playlist won't leave sight.

Dave