August 16, 2009

Hi All,

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

1) Loudon Wainwright III; So Darn Happy; Little Ship

2) June Tabor; All This Useless Beauty; Angel Tiger
3) William Elliott Whitmore; Midnight; Ashes to Dust
4) Todd Snider; Slim Chance; The Excitement Plan

Three songs from the King Easy Radio Sampler

5) Ben Bullington; Toe the Line
6) Gretchen Peters; Prairie in the Sky
7) Buzz Carson; Greyhound

Three instrumentals from Bill Frisell's new cd, Disfarmer

8) Peter Miller's Discovery
9) That's Alright Mama
10) I am not a Farmer

11) Stan Rogers; Forty-Five Years; Fogarty's Cave
12) Garnet Rogers; This Shirt; Summer Lightning
13) Steve Conn; I've Got Your Dog; King Easy Radio Sampler

August 9th, 2009

Hi All,

All music on today's show was mentioned in some form in Michael Perry's new book, Coop. Great book...and great music.

The playlist went like this...

1) Fred Eaglesmith; Bailin' Again; The Official Bootleg Series, Vol. II

2) The New Christy Minstrels; Green, Green; Greatest Hits
3) Greg Brown; Say a Little Prayer; In the Hills of California
4) Willie Nelson & Friends; Heartbreak Hotel; The Essential Willie Nelson

5) Steve Earle; Continental Trailways Blues; The Essential Steve Earle
6) Steve Earle; Six Days on the Road; The Essential Steve Earle
7) Duck for the Oyster; Dip and Dive; May We Have This Dance
8) Minnie Pearle; On Top of Old Smokey; Live From Grinder's Switch

9) Stan and Doug; Yust Go Nuts at Christmas; Yust Go Nuts at Christmas
10) Vince & Jenny Gill; Peace on Earth; Peace on Earth
11) Supertramp; Give a Little Bit; Greatest Hits
12) Duck for the Oyster/Kevin McMullin; Trash; Free Download

13) Bronski Beat; Small Town Boy; Greatest Hits
14) Michael Perry & the Longbeds; Somewhere Out In Mudrook; Headwinded
15) Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass; Green Peppers; Whipped Cream & Other Delights

And here's Mike introducing the book that led to today's show...

August 2nd, 2009

Hi All,

Thanks to Mark McCullough who sat in on today's show--mostly to be picked on for his decision to watch CBS Sunday Morning...but nice to have him in the studio all the same.

The playlist went like this...

1) The Flatlanders; Down on Filbert's Rise; Now Again

2) The Wailin Jennys; Glory Bound; Live at Mauch Chunk Opera House
3) Gillian Welch; Red Clay Halo; Time
4) Cheryl Wheeler; Alice; Defying Gravity

5) James McMurtry; Childish Things; Childish Things
6) James McMurtry; Memorial Day; Childish Things
7) Los Lobos; Johnny 99; Badlands--Tribute to Springsteen's Nebraska
8) Aimee Man & Michael Penn; Reason to Believe; Badlands...

9) Dave Alvin; Ol' 55; Step Right Up--Songs of Tom Waits
10) Lucinda Williams; Like a Rose; Lucinda Williams
11) Patty Sciafla; Big Black Heaven; Rumble Doll

12) John Prine; The Other Side of Town; Fair & Square
13) John Prine; Glory of True Love; Fair & Square

July 26th, 2009

Hi All,

The playlist for the 26th went like this...I'm gonna mostly skip capital letters today because my shift key fell off, darn it.

1) boulder acoustic society; i feel like i've seen you before; punchline

2) mustard's retreat; the fishing video; a resolution of something
3) david bromberg; wallflower; retrospective
4) jonatha brooke; new star; the works

5) alejandro escovedo; needle and a spoon; with these hands
6) blaze foley; oval room; oval room
7) guy clark; instant coffee blues; ol. number one

three from fred eaglesmith's live cd, ralph's last show

8) time to get a gun
9) i like trains
10) crashin' and burnin'

11) bastard sons of johnny cash; long black veil; distance between
12) rodney crowell; closer to heaven; sex and gasoline
13) guy clark; let him roll; ol. number one

and a fred eaglesmith video--he's the real deal...

July 19th, 2009

Hi All,

There was a program on the 12th, but, well, you know. The playlist is somewhere, I suspect.

The program on the 19th went like this...

1) Steve Earle White Freightliner Blues; Townes

2) John Hiatt; Dust Down a Country Road; Walk On
3) The Band; Time to Kill; Greatest Hits
4) Todd Snider; Green Castle Blues; The Excitement Plan

5) Keb Mo; Eilleen; Suitcase
6) Nanci Griffith; Across America; The Loving Kind
7) Among the Oak and Ash; Peggy O.; Among the Oak and Ashes

8) John Mellencamp; Longest Days; Life, Death, Love, and Fear
9) Richard Buckner; Blue & Wonder; Bloomed
10) Lucy Kaplansky; Off & Running; The Red Thread
11) Greg Brown; Eugene; The Evening Call

12) Eric Bibb; Cowboy Queen; Friends
13) Billy Bragg & Wilco; Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key; Mermaid Avenue

Saw Keb Mo at the Minnesota Zoo the other night...thought I'd include a video here.

July 5th, 2009

Hi All,

Today's show was a repeat from March--the program featured several students of mine enrolled in a class called "Communication and Community." Thanks to all the students who took part.

The playlist went like this...

1) Todd Snider; Happy to Be Here; Happy to Be Here

2) Townes Van Zandt; To Live is to Fly; A Far Cry From Dead

3) Son Volt; Windfall; Trace; Windfall

4) Nanci Griffith; Ten Degrees and Getting Colder; Other Voices/Other Rooms

5) Guy Clark; The Cape; Dublin Blues

6) John Prine; You Got Gold; The Missing Years

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

8) Bruce Springsteen; Thunder Road; MTV Unplugged

9) Indigo Girls w/ Ani Difranco; Ramblin' Round; Till We Outnumber Em'

10) Hayes Carll; Good Friends; Little Rock

11) Patty Griffin; Trapeze; Children Running Through

12) Julie Lee; Made from Scratch; Stillhouse Road

13) Todd Snider; Just in Case; Happy to Be Here

June 28th, 2009

Hi All,

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

1) Freddy Johnston; Coffee, Coffee, Coffee; Real: The Tom T. Hall Project

2) Mavis Staples; Have a Little Faith; Have a Little Faith
3) Neil Young; Harvest Moon; Unplugged
4) Richard Thompson; Shane and Dixie; Mirror Blue

5) The Flatlanders; There's Never Been; Hills and Valleys
6) Tom Russell; The Pugilist at 59; Love and Fear
7) Hayes Carll; I Don't Wanna Grow Up; Trouble in Mind

Three songs from the Eric Taylor cd, The Great Divide. I was made aware of Taylor's work through Michael Perry's website--and am very thankful I discovered his music. Great stuff...we'll play more in the coming weeks.

The three songs from Great Divide were...

8) The Great Divide
9) Big Love
10) Ain't But One Thing Give A Man The Blues

11) Alejandro Escovedo; Always a Friend; Real Animal
12) Old Crow Medicine Show; That Evening Sun; Tennessee Pusher
13) Chris Knight; If I Were You; The Trailer Tapes

And a video...

June 21st, 2009

Hi All,

The Father's Day show went like this...

1) Teddy Thompson; I Should Get up; Separate Ways

2) Hank III; I'm a Long Gone Daddy; Timeless: A Tribute to Hank Williams Sr.
3) The Three Pickers; Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms; The Three Pickers
4) Dan Zanes; Hallelujah I'm a Bum; Parades & Panoramas

5) Bruce Springsteen; The River; Live 1975-85
6) Tom Brieding; My Father's Clothes; The Unbroken Circle

7) Warren Zevon; Weirwolves of London; Preludes
8) Warren Zevon; HIt Somebody; My Ride is Here
9) Warren Zevon; Searching for a Heart; Mr. Bad Example

10) Loudon Wainwright III; Being a Dad; Little Ship
11) Chris Smither; So Long; Drive You Home Again

And here's a very cool BBC video featuring Warren Zevon--worth a watch even if just to see Warren's intro...

June 14th, 2009

Hi All,

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

1) Adam Carroll; Picture Show; Far Away Blues

2) Guy Clark; To Live is to Fly; Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt

3) Lyle Lovett; Private Conversation; Road to Ensenada

4) Elliza Gilykson; Emerald Street; Beautiful World

Four from Lonesome; On'ry; and Mean--A Tribute to Waylon Jennings

5) Carlene Carter; I've Always Been Crazy

6) Alejandro Escovedo; Lock, Stock, and Teardrops

7) Cowboy Jack Clement & Pam Tillis; Let's All Help the Cowboys Sign the Blues

8) Nanci Griffith; You Asked Me To

9) John Prine; Space Monkey; Live on Tour

10) John Prine; Picture Show; Live on Tour

11) Steve Goodman; City of New Orleans; Live Wire

12) Greg Brown; Canned Goods; One Night

13) Robert Earl Keen; I'm Comin' Home; No. 2. Live Diner

And here's Greg Brown doing Canned Goods...

June 7th, 2009

Hi All,

The playlist for the 7th went like this...

1) Bob Dylan; Country Pie; Nashville Sklyline

Three from the new Steve Earle cd, Townes.

2) White Freightliner Blues
3) Colorado Girl
4) Delta Momma Blues

**Here's a nice New York Times article about Earle and Townes

5) Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women; Boss of the Blues; Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women

6) Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women; Downey Girl; Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women

7) Rodney Crowell; Funky and the Farm Boy; Sex and Gasoline

8) Rodney Crowell; Moving Work of Art; Sex and Gasoline

9) Sarah Harmer; Luther's Got the Blues; I'm a Mountain

10) John Prine; Loretta; Poet--A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt

Three from Todd Snider's new cd, The Excitement Plan

11) Don't Tempt Me 

12) Green Castle Blues

13) Good Fortune

And how about a Todd Snider video as well...

May 31st, 2009

Hi All,

The playlist for the last day of May (where does the time go...) went like this...

1) Guy Clark; Cinco De Mayo in Memphis; Workbench Songs

2) Bob Dylan; Froggie Went a Courtin;; Good as I been to You
3) Bruce Springsteen; Froggie Went a Courtin; The Seeger Sessions
4) Guy Davis; Bring Back Storyville; Sweetheart Like You

Three from the excellent new Dave Alvin release--Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women

5) River Under the Road
6) Marie Marie
7) Don't Make Promises

8) Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum; My Heart's Own Love; Guest House
9) Mollie O'Brien; Henhouse Blues; Tell it True
10) Indigo Girls; Run; Despite our Differences
11) Patty Griffin; No Bad News; Children Running Through

12) The Jayhawks; Settled Down Like Rain; Hollywood Town Hall
13) John Hiatt; Stolen Moments; Stolen Moments

**Didn't get to it on air today, but the Cedar Paddle Band contacted me with a few local dates. Click here for info--they play great music at some really nice places around town.

And since I'm on a Dave Alvin kick, here's a video featuring Mr. Alvin

May 24th, 2009

Hi All,

Today's show was one of those encore presentations. The playlist went like this...

1) Old Crow Medicine Show; Take Em' Away; Old Crow Medicine Show

2) James McMurtry; Just Us Kids; Just Us Kids
3) Syd Straw & Evan Dando; For Shame of Doing Wrong; Beat the Retreat
4) Billy Bragg; I Keep Faith; Mr. Love & Justice

5) Old Crow Medicine Show; Highway Halo; Tennessee Pusher
6) Keith Sykes; Pictures; Let it Roll
7) Donnie Fritts & Waylon Jennings; A Damn Good Country Song; Everybody's Got a Song

8) Lucinda Williams; It's a Long Way to the Top; Little Honey
9) Lucinda Williams; Real Love; Honey Baby
10) Bob Dylan; Tangled Up in Blues; Live 1975
11) Warren Zevon; Numb as a Statue; The Wiind

12) Lyle Lovett; Don't Cry a Tear; It's Not Big, It's Large

Thanks for listening...and here's an old Townes Van Zandt video you might enjoy...Hi All,

May 17th, 2009

Hi All,

Talked a fair amount today about the summer concert series at the MN Zoo--great place for a show.  Tickets go on sale to the general public May 18th at 10 am.

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

1) Todd Burge My Roots; Hip About Time

2) Jorma Kaukonen; Fur Peace Rag; Stars in My Crown

3) Sam Bush; The Dolphin Dance; Laps in Seven

4) Leo Kottke; Watermelon; 6 & 12 String Guitar

5) Keb Mo; Shave Your Legs; Keep it Simple

6) Alejandro Escovedo; Looking for Love; The Boxing Mirror

7) Robert Earl Keen; Travelin' Light; Walking Distance

8) Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver; Monroe's Mandolin; Lonely Street

9) Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver; Lonely Street; Lonely Street

10) Jeff Troxel; Sand Coulee Road; Dancing in the Flame

11) Rodney Crowell; Closer to Heaven; Sex & Gasoline

12) The Flatlanders; Thank God for the Road; Hills & Valleys

13) Greg Brown; Kate's Song; Greg Brown in the Hills of California 

14) Todd Snider; Old Friends; Peace, Love & Anarchy

And for the video...how about a little Billy Bragg

May 17th, 2009

May 10, 2009

Hi All,

The Mother's Day show went like this...

1) Iris Dement; Mama's Opry; Infamous Angel

2) Julie Lee; Made from Scratch; Still House Road

3) Don Rigsby; If I Had a Mother Like You; Empty Old Mailbox

4) Ralph Stanley; A Distant Land to Roam; A Distant Land to Roam (tribute to the Carter Family)

Three from Maybelle Carter on her 100th birthday--all songs from Wildwood Pickin'

5) The Storms are on the Ocean

6) Wildwood Flower

7) Gold Watch and Chain

and three from Rodney Crowell's excellent new cd, Sex and Gasoline

9) Closer to Heaven

10) Sex and Gasoline

11) I've Done Everything I can

and then three from Woody Guthrie's Songs for Mother and Child...

12) One Day Old

13) Rattle my Rattle

14) 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8

15) Bruce Springsteen; Reason to Believe; Nebraska

16) The Yellow Room Gang; Simple Faith; The Yellow Room Gang

Well, about eight years after everybody else, I've learned how to embed video into a blog...so maybe we'll start a video of the week sorta deal.  Here's Rodney Crowell performing "Closer to Heaven" at the Ark in Ann Arbor, Michiagn.

May 3rd-2009--Pete Seeger's 90th

Hi All,

A special show today on Pete Seeger's 90th.  The playlist went like this...

1) Pete Seeger; Oh Sacred World; Sowing the Seeds

2) Steve Earle; Steve's Hammer (for Pete); Washington Square Serenade

3) P.S.; Oh Mary Don't You Weep; The Best of Pete Seeger

4) P.S.; If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus; Live at Carnegie Hall

5) P.S.; Down by the Riverside; The Best of P.S.

6) Bruce Springsteen; Oh Mary Don't You Weep; The Seeger Sessions

7) P.S.; Little Boxes; Live at Carnegie Hall

8) Greg Brown; Sailing Down My Golden River; Where Have all the Flowers Gone (Tribute to P.S.)

9) P.S.; Skip to my Lou; American Favorite Ballads

10) P.S.; This Land is Your Land; American Favorite Ballads

11) P.S.; My Ramblin' Boy; Live at Carnegie Hall

12) P.S.; I know an Old Lady (who swallowed a fly); Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes

13) Pete Seeger & Friends; Bring em' Home; Sowing the Seeds

14) Tommy Sands & Delores Keane; Where Have all the Flowers Gone; Where Have all the Flowers Gone (tribute to Pete) 

Here's the letter Pete Seeger wrote to Seventeen magazine back in 1963--a great read.  And below is a really nice story on the the party thrown for Pete at Madison Square Garden.  The story contains Springsteen's entire speech about Pete--great stuff.

April 26th, 2009

Hi All,

A show full of music from Soundtracks today...

The playlist went like this...

1) Buzzin' Cousins; Sweet Suzanne; Falling From Grace

2) Bob Dylan; Shelter from the Storm; Jerry MaGuire

3) Jim Lauderdale,, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys; Lost in the Lonesome Pines; TransAmerica

4) Allison Kruass & Gillian Welch; I'll Fly Away; O' Brother Where Art Thou

5) Steve Earle; Ellis Unit One; Dead Man Walking

6) Johnny Cash; In Your Mind; Dead Man Walking

7) Emmylou Harris & Robert Duvall; I Love to Tell the Story; The Apostle

8) Bruce Springsteen; The Wrestler; Working on a Dream

9) Bruce Springsteen; Secret Garden; Jerry MaGuire

10) Bruce Springsteen; Streets of Philadelphia; Philadelphia

11) Lucinda Williams; Like a Rose; TransAmerica

12) Jewell; Have a Little Faith in Me; Phenomenon

13) Hazel Dickens; They'll Never Keep Us Down; Harlan County USA

Thanks for listening...

April 12th & April 19th

Hi All,

Ok...I'm going to admit defeat on my current method of posting playlists.  I seem to be losing about every other one.  The show is pre-recorded (usually the Thursday or Friday before the Sunday at 9 airing), and I try to avoid posting the playlist until after the show airs.  Somehow the playlists never seem to be around come Sunday.  

The staff at Listen to Your Folks (me) will create a new system of some sort so the playlists appear on this blog in a timely manner.  Thanks.

On the 19th I mentioned the book Spirits in the Grass--I'm really enjoying it--thought you might as well.  

April 5th, 2009

Hi All,

The show for the 4th went like this...

1) Old Crow Medicine Show; Take Em' Away; Old Crow Medicine Show

2) James McMurtry; Just Us Kids; Just Us Kids
3) Syd Straw & Evan Dando; For Shame of Doing Wrong; Beat the Retreat
4) Billy Bragg; I Keep Faith; Mr. Love & Justice

5) Old Crow Medicine Show; Highway Halo; Tennessee Pusher
6) Keith Sykes; Pictures; Let it Roll
7) Donnie Fritts & Waylon Jennings; A Damn Good Country Song; Everybody's Got a Song

8) Lucinda Williams; It's a Long Way to the Top; Little Honey
9) Lucinda Williams; Real Love; Honey Baby
10) Bob Dylan; Tangled Up in Blues; Live 1975
11) Warren Zevon; Numb as a Statue; The Wiind

12) Lyle Lovett; Don't Cry a Tear; It's Not Big, It's Large

Thanks for listening...

March 29, 2009

Hi All,

We were on with a new show last week as well, but I managed to lose the playlist (not uncommon). But the playlist for the 29th went like this.

**Well, good thing I'm a volunteer, or I might get fired. Turns out this show did not air on the 29th. I recorded it on Saturday the 28th and must have placed in the wrong spot on the ol' computer. My apologies...and my thanks to you and to Tim and Shelley from Shuffle Function for a very successful spring pledge drive.

1) Fred Eaglesmith; Shoulder to the Plow; Tinderbox

2) John Prine; Glory of True Love; Fair & Square
3) Romantica; Queen of Arts; America
4) Steve Earle; Satellite Radio; Washington Square Serenade

5) Ry Cooder; Suitcase in My Hand; My Name is Buddy
6) Billy Bragg; You Woke Up My Neighborhood; Don't Try This at Home
7) Jonatha Brooke; You Oughta Be Satisfied Now; The Works

Three From the Flantlanders' new cd, Hills and Valleys

8) Homeland Refugee
9) Borderless Love
10) After the Storm

11) Bruce Springsteen; Backstreets; Born to Run
12) Chris Smither; No Love Today; Drive You Home Again
13) David Ball; Miss the Mississippi and You; The Songs of Jimmie Rogers

Thanks for listening and again, thanks for your support of KMSU during the station's spring pledge drive!

March 15th, 2009

Hi All,

Today's show first aired back on January 11th of this year. The playlist went like this...

1) Junior Brown; The Better Half; Long Walk Back

2) Jimmy Dale Gilmore; Just a Wave; Spinning Around the Sun
3) Stacy Earle & Mark Stuart; Town Square; S & M Communion Bread
4) Fred Eaglesmith; Time to Get a Gun; Lipstick, Lies, & Gasoline

5) Robert Earl Keen; Lonely Feeling; Gringo Honeymoon
6) John Mellencamp; A Brand New Song; Life, Death, Love, and Freedom

7) Tom T. Hall; Harper Valley PTA; Ultimate Collection...
8) Syd Straw & The Skeletons; Harper Valley PTA; Real: The Tom T. Hall Project
9) Tom T. Hall; Homecoming; Ultimate Collection...
10) Joe Henry; Homecoming; Real: The Tom T. Hall Project

11) Jonatha Brooke; All You Gotta Do is Touch Me; The Works
12) Keb Mo; I'm on Your Side; Just Like You

I'll be back next week with a new show...as always, thanks for listening and for supporting KMSU

March 8th, 2009

Hi All,

Had some help on today's show from Minnesota State students enrolled in my "Communication and Community Course."  Thanks to all the students who took part.  

The playlist went like this...

1) Todd Snider; Happy to Be Here; Happy to Be Here

2) Townes Van Zandt; To Live is to Fly; A Far Cry From Dead

3) Son Volt; Windfall; Trace; Windfall

4) Nanci Griffith; Ten Degrees and Getting Colder; Other Voices/Other Rooms

5) Guy Clark; The Cape; Dublin Blues

6) John Prine; You Got Gold; The Missing Years

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

8) Bruce Springsteen; Thunder Road; MTV Unplugged

9) Indigo Girls w/ Ani Difranco; Ramblin' Round; Till We Outnumber Em'

10) Hayes Carll; Good Friends; Little Rock

11) Patty Griffin; Trapeze; Children Running Through

12) Julie Lee; Made from Scratch; Stillhouse Road

13) Todd Snider; Just in Case; Happy to Be Here

March 1st, 2009

Hi All,

The show for the 1st of March went like this...

1) Gillian Welch; I Want to Play that Rock and Roll; Time

2) John Prine; Mexican Home; Live--1988

3) Steve Goodman; Red, Red, Robin; The Easter Tapes

4) John Prine; Aw Heck; Live--1988

5) Steve Goodman; The I don't Know Where I'm Going but I'm Going Nowhere in a Hurry Blues; The Easter Tapes

6) Todd Snider; Comb-Over Blues; Peace, Love, and Anarchy 

7) Truckstop Preachers; #5 With Coffee; Truckstop Preachers

8) Bruce Springsteen; My Ride is Here; Enjoy Every Sandwich--Tribute to Warren Zevon

9) Son Volt; Sometimes; Por Vida

10) Jon Langford & Sally Tims; Broken Bottle; Por Vida

11) Alejandro Escovado; People (We're Only Gonna Live So Long); Real Animal

13) Richard Thompson; Mr. Rebound; Live in Austin

14) Warren Zevon; Piano Fighter; Mutineer

15) Bob Dylan; Mutineer; Enjoy Every Sandwich

February 22nd, 2009

Hi All,

After a week off for XXX Trivia, we were back on with a new show this morning. The playlist went like this...

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

2) Old Crow Medicine Show; Highway Halo; Tennessee Pusher
3) Greg Tropper; Don't Let it Go to Waste; Make it Through This World
4) Eric Anderson; Dear Mama; You Can't Relive the Past

5) Stan Rogers; Take It From Day to Day; From Coffee House to Concert Hall
6) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Home Again in My Heart; Best of Vol. II
7) Jimmy LaFave; Shining on Through; Blue Nightfall

8) Allison Krauss & Robert Plant; Killing the Blues; Raising Sand
9) Alejandro Escovedo; Always a Friend; Real Animal
10) Allison Krauss & Robert Plant; Gone, Gone, Done Moved On; Raising Sand
11) Alejandro Escovedo; Sensitive Boys; Real Animal

12) Beck; Your Cheatin' Heart; Timeless--Tribute to Hank Williams
13) Anna Coogan & North 19; Love Will Find a Way; Glory
14) Todd Burge; My Roots; Hip About Time

Thanks for listening...

February 8th, 2009

Hi All,

A quick reminder that we're not on the air next weekend...tune in to KMSU for XXX Trivia .  We'll be back on the 22nd.  The playlist for the 8th went like this...

1) Steve Earle; Hometown Blues; Train a Comin'

2) Ray Bonneville; I am the Big Easy; Goin' by Feel

3) Mary Chapin Carpenter; Why Walk When You Can Fly; Stones in the Road

4) Joel Rafael Band; Talking Oklahoma Hills; Woodeye

5) Emmylou Harris; Sin City; Elite Hotel

6) The Delmore Brothers; I'm So Lonesome Without You; Drifter's Escape

7) Emmylou Harris; Together Again; Elite Hotel

8) Carl Perkins; Match Box; Drifter's Escape

Three Songs from Bruce Springsteen's Tracks...

9) Hard to be a Saint in the City

10) A Good Man is Hard to Find (Pittsburgh)

11) Stolen Car

12) Loudon Wainwright III; Grown Man; Grown Man

13) Rosanne Cash; Runaway Train; King's Record Shop

February 1st, 2009

Hi All,

The Super Bowl edition of Listen to Your Folks went like this...

1) The Seldom Scene; Mama Tried; Scene Chronized

2) Peter Case; Every 24 Hours; Paste Sampler
3) Tom Russell & Nanci Griffith; Bus Station; Modern Art
4) Mavis Staples; Have a Little Faith; Have a Little Faith

5) Guy Davis; Sweetheart Like You; Sweetheart Like You
6) Guy Davis; Follow Me Down; Sweetheart Like You
7) Redbird; Buckets of Rain; Redbird

Three songs from Springsteen's new cd, Working on a Dream

8) The Wrestler
9) Working on a Dream
10) Good Eye

12) Pete Seeger; This Land is Your Land; Carnegie Concert
13) Pieta Brown; This Land is Your Land; itunes single

January 25h, 2009

Hi All,

Today's show originally aired in July of 2007

On today's show I mentioned the book Deer Hunting with Jesus--it's a pretty thought-provoking read, one that inspired a couple of slightly angry songs on today's program.

The playlist went like this...

1) Todd Snider; Looking for a Job; The Devil You Know

2) Chris Smither; Origin of Species; Leave the Light On
3) Wilco; Casino Queen; A.M.
4) Eric Bibb; The Cape; Friends

5) Portor Wagner; Albert Erving; Wagonmaster
6) Portor Wagner; Southern Trips; Wagonmaster
7) John Prine; Clay Pigeons; Fair & Square

8) James McMurtry; We Can't Make it Here; Childish Things
9) Bruce Springsteen; Long Time Comin'; Live in Dublin
10) Jimmy LaFave; This Land; Cimarron Manifesto

11) Marie Macleod & Kristen Mooney; Follow Me; Minneapolis Does Denver
12) Fred Eaglesmith; Time to Get a Gun; Lipstick, Lies, and Gasoline
13) Bruce Springsteen; When the Saints Go Marching In; Live in Dublin

January 18th, 2009

Hi All,

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

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

**Three songs from the Cities Sampler Vol. 8

2) Lyle Lovett; Private Conversation

3) Keb Mo; That's Not Love; 

4) Golden Smog; Ill Fated

5) John Prine & Mac Wiseman; Pistol Packin' Mama; Standard Songs for Average People

6) Guy Clark; Analog Girl; Work Bench Songs

7) Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis; Lady Yesterday; Why the Hell Not--The Songs of Kinky Friedman

8) Caleb Travelers; Annie; Blue Weathered Dreams

9) Greg Brown; Joy Tears; The Evening Call

10) Mustard's Retreat; The Night Goes on Forever; A Gathering of Moments

11) Chris Knight; It Ain't Easy Being Me; Chris Knight

12) Chris Knight; Run From Your Memory; Chris Knight

13) John Hiatt; Old Days; Same Old Man

**On a different topic...If you happen to have seen and enjoyed Clint Eastwood's new film, Gran Torino, you might also enjoy the book Made in Detroit--or so it seems to me.  

January 11th, 2009

Hi All,

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

1) Junior Brown; The Better Half; Long Walk Back

2) Jimmy Dale Gilmore; Just a Wave; Spinning Around the Sun

3) Stacy Earle & Mark Stuart; Town Square; S & M Communion Bread

4) Fred Eaglesmith; Time to Get a Gun; Lipstick, Lies, & Gasoline

5) Robert Earl Keen; Lonely Feeling; Gringo Honeymoon

6) John Mellencamp; A Brand New Song; Life, Death, Love, and Freedom

7) Tom T. Hall; Harper Valley PTA; Ultimate Collection...

8) Syd Straw & The Skeletons; Harper Valley PTA; Real:  The Tom T. Hall Project

9) Tom T. Hall; Homecoming; Ultimate Collection...

10) Joe Henry; Homecoming; Real:  The Tom T. Hall Project

11) Jonatha Brooke; All You Gotta Do is Touch Me; The Works

12) Keb Mo; I'm on Your Side; Just Like You

January 4th, 2009

Hi All,

Happy New Year! The playlist for the first show of 2009 went like this...

1) John Prine; Glory of True Love; Fair & Square

2) Bruce Springsteen; Pay Me My Money Down; The Seeger Sessions
3) Dan Zanes; Hellelujah I'm a Bum; Parades and Panoramas
4) David Bromberg; Wallflower; The Player

5) The Yellow Room Gang; They Used to Play Baseball Here; Happy New Day
6) Cheryl Wheeler; His Hometown; Sylvia Hotel
7) Eliza Gilkyson; Emerald Street; Beautiful World

Three from James McMurtry's Too Long in the Wasteland (I can't get the bold and italics off for some reason...so bold and italics below it shall be)

8) Talkin' at the Texaco
9) Outskirts
10) Angeline

11) Sugar Bayou; Dancing Shoes; Nowhere But Gone
12) Buddy and Julie Miller; Wallflower; Love Snuck Up
13) Hank III; Atlantic City; Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

December 28th, 2008

Hi All,

Today's show was an "encore presentation" of an all Texas music show featuring co-host Matt Carlson. The show originally aired back in June of 2007.

Here's the playlist...

1) The Gillette Brothers; The Rambler; Live From the Camp St. Cafe and Store

2) Lightin' Hopkins; Long Way From Texas; The Best Of...
3) Blind Lemon Jefferson; See That My Grave is Kept Clean; Anthology of Folk Music
4) Steve Earle; Jonathan's Song; Transcendental Blues (ok, Steve Earle isn't from Texas, but he really should be)

5) Gary P. Nunn; London Homesick Blues; Live...
6) Blaze Foley; If I Could Fly; Wanted More Dead Than Alive
7) Steven Fromholz; Saddest Man in Texas; A Guest in Your Heart

8) Lyle Lovett; Election Day; My Baby Don't Tolerate
9) Townes Van Zandt; To Live is To Fly; Anthology--1968-1979
10) Shake Russell; Troubles; Song on the Radio
11) Danny Santos; Snowin' on Raton; Done Gone Got Lucky

12) Pat Green; Song About Texas; Pat Green & Friends
13) Slaid Cleaves; Wishbones

Closing instrumental...

The Gillette Brothers; Bodhran & Bones; Live from the Camp St. Cafe and Store

Happy Holidays...

December 21st, 2008

Hi All,

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

1) The Yellow Room Gang; Santa Clause is Coming to Town; Happy New Day

2) Merl Haggard; White Christmas
3) Dolly Parton; Joy to the World
4) John Prine; Christmas in Prison; A John Prine Christmas

5) Lyle Lovett; South Texas Girl; It's Not Big, It's Large
6) Keb Mo; Every Morning; Keb Mo
7) Tommy Sands & Pete Seeger' Music of Healing; Where Have all the Flowers Gone (a tribute to Pete Seeger)

8) Loudon Wainwright; Suddenly It's Christmas
9) Warren Zevon; Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
10) Emmylou Harris; Silent Night; Light of the Stable

11) Hayes Carll; Drunken Poets Dream; Trouble in Mind
12) Son Volt; Bandages and Scars; Okemah and the Melody of Riott
13) John Prine; A John Prine Christmas; A John Prine Christmas

December 14th, 2008

Hi All,

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

1) Andy Griffith (yes, that Andy Griffith); Mama Guitar; Oxford American Music Collection (2006)

2) Maura O'Connel; Western Highway; Helpless Heart
3) Redbird; Ships; Redbird
4) Charlie Parr; Gone; Rooster

5) Ollabelle; Before This Time; Ollabelle
6) The Infamous Stringdusters; Fork in the Road; Fork in the Road
7) Tim O'Brien; Pretty Fair Maiden in the Garden; Fiddler's Green

8) John Prine; Silent Night All Day Long; A John Prine Christmas
9) John Prine; I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause; A John Prine Christmas
10) Robert Earl Keen; Merry Christmas From the Family; Gringo Honeymoon

Three songs from the Dan Zane's cd Parades & Panoramas--a cd full of songs from the American Songbag, edited by Carl Sanburg

11) Titanic
12) Wanderin
13) The Midnight Train

14) Redbird; Hold On; Redbird

Thanks for listening...and Happy Holidays

December 7th, 2008

Hi Folks,

Mentioned the new Dennis Lehane book on today's show (The Given Day)--really is a great read. The playlist for the 7th went like this...

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

2) Jonatha Brooke (with Keb Mo); All You Gotta Do is Touch Me; The Works
3) Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; Holding On; Exploration
4) Greg Brown; Who Woulda Thunk It; Red House 25

5) Hank III; I'm a Long Gone Daddy; Timeless
6) Pieta Brown; This Land is Your Land; itunes single
7) Peter Case; A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today; Tulare Gold
8) Emmy Lou Harris; If You Were a Bluebird; Bluebird

9) The Flatlanders; Right Where I Belong; Now Again
10) John Hiatt; Lift Up Every Stone; Crossing Muddy Waters
11) Robert Earl Keen; Rolling By; No Kinda Dancer

12) John McCutcheon; Boob on TV; Politics, Love, and Other Small Miracles
13) Mustard's Retreat; Faded Blue and Gold; The Wind and the Crickets
14) Robert Earl Keen; No Kinda Dancer; No Kinda Dancer

November 30th, 2008

Hi All,

Had another new show on this week...and once again seem to have misplaced the playlist. Perhaps a good New Year's resolution on my end will be to keep better track of these darn things. I do know the show featured three songs from the new Jonatha Brooke cd, The Works. It's an excellent new release featuring previously unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics arranged and performed by Brooke.

The project and performer were recently featured on NPR 's Weekend Edition

November 23rd, 2008

Hi All,

The show for the 23rd went like this...

1) Old Crow Medicine Show; Take Em' Away; Old Crow Medicine Show

2) James McMurtry; Just Us Kids; Just Us Kids
3) Syd Straw & Evan Dando; For Shame of Doing Wrong; Beat the Retreat
4) Billy Bragg; I Keep Faith; Mr. Love & Justice

5) Old Crow Medicine Show; Highway Halo; Tennessee Pusher
6) Keith Sykes; Pictures; Let it Roll
7) Donnie Fritts & Waylon Jennings; A Damn Good Country Song; Everybody's Got a Song

8) Lucinda Williams; It's a Long Way to the Top; Little Honey
9) Lucinda Williams; Real Love; Honey Baby
10) Bob Dylan; Tangled Up in Blues; Live 1975
11) Warren Zevon; Numb as a Statue; The Wiind

12) Lyle Lovett; Don't Cry a Tear; It's Not Big, It's Large

Thanks for listening...

November 16th, 2008

Hi All,

Today's show was a repeat from this past August. We'll be back next week with a new show. Below is the original blog entry for the show that re-aired today...

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

November 9th, 2008

Hi All,

Talked a fair amount today about Studs Terkel who passed away on October 31st at the age of 96. Here's a link to the Chicago Historical Society's "Conversations with America" featuring a very good series of video conversations with Studs. And here's a story from the Chicago Tribune looking back on his life and an NPR story doing the same.

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

1) Woody Guthrie; Talking Hard Work; Ash Recordings Vol. I

2) Arlo Guthrie; City of New Orleans; Tribute to Steve Goodman
3) Steve Goodman; Don't Fence Me In; The Easter Tapes
4) Eric Noden; Down by the Riverside; Old Town School of Folk Music Vol. II

5) Vince Gill; Some Things Never Get Old; These Days
6) Anna Coogan & North 19; Love Will Find a Way; Glory
7) Jimmy Dale Gilmore & Lucinda Williams; Reunion; Spinning Around the Sun
8) The Derailers; The Wheel; Geniune

Three Songs from the new Old Crow Medicine Show Release, Tennessee Pusher

9) Highway Halo
10) Always Lift Him Up and Never Put Him Down
11) That Evening Sun

Three Songs from the Red House 25--(see Nov. 2nd entry below for link to the cd)

12) Kate Mackenzie; Past the Point of Rescue
13) Dave Moore; Lets Take Our Time and Do
14) Lynn Miles; 8 Hour Drive

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