Sunday, October 10, 2010
October 3rd, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
September 26th, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
September 12th, 2010
1 Jars at Home; Trampled by Turtles; Blue Sky and the Devil
2 American Hearts; A.A. Bondy; American Hearts
3 The Door was Always Open; Joe Pug; In the Meantime
4 The End ; Allison Weiss; The Way She Likes It
5 You Look Like ICould Use A Drink; Todd Snider; Live, Cedar Cultural Center,7/14/2010
6 Natural Disaster; Loudon Wainwright III; A Live One
7 Political Science; Randy Newman; Sail Away
8 Atomic Power; Uncle Tupelo; March 16-20 1992
9 The Temptation of Adam;Josh Ritter; The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
10 Racing in the Streets; Townes Van Zandt (Springsteen); Roadsongs
11 Sam Stone; Evan Dando (Prine); Live, Iowa City, 1/18/04
12 Eye of the Tiger; Rural Alberta Advantage (Survivor); Drain the Blood
13 Mexico City; Jolie Hollan; The Living and the Dead
14 Hey Little Mama; Frazey Ford; Obadiah
15 A Little Blues; Be Good Tanyas; Hello Love
**The Nicollet County Historical Society, St. Peter Community and Family Education, St. Peter Food Co-op, Arts Center of Saint Peter, St. Peter Senior Center, St. Peter Public Library, and St. Peter Recreation Department have teamed up to bring you another documentary film series. Join us the first Thursday of every month from September through May at 7pm at the St. Peter Community Center. Some films are serious, some are amazing, and a few are just plain weird.
Monday, September 06, 2010
September 5th, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
August 22nd, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
August 8th, 2010
Sunday, August 01, 2010
August 1st, 2010
Sunday, July 18, 2010
July 11th and 18th...
Monday, July 05, 2010
July 4th, 2010
2) Chris Knight; It Ain't Easy Being Me; Chris Knight
3) The Tallest Man on Earth; The Wild Hunt; The Wild Hunt
4) Eric Brace & Last Train Home; Always Running on My Street; Six Songs
5) John Hiatt; Pirate Radio; Little Head
6) John Hiatt; Feelin' Again; Little Head
7) Conner Christian & Southern Gothic; Sunday Suit; 90 Proof Lullabies
8) Drag the River; Brookfield; Drag the River: Primer
9) Drag the River; Me and Joe Drove Out to California; Drag the River: Primer
10) Jeff Bridges; Fallin' and Flyin'; Crazy Heart Soundtrack
11) Mumford & Sons; Winter Wind; Sigh No More
12) Adam Carroll; Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffle; King Easy Radio Sampler, Vol. 7
13) JB Bruck; It's Just You; King Easy Radio Sampler
14) Dawes; Love is All I Am; Dawes
**I've mentioned The Oxford Project a few times on air--really is worth a look.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
June 27th, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
June 20th, 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
June 6th, 2010
1) Tim Carroll; No Easy Way
2) Phil Lee; Neon Tombstone
3) Kieran Kane; Way Down Below
4) Eric Brace; Tanquility Brace
5) Peter Cooper & Lloyd Green; Gospel Song
6) Anne McCue; Broken Promise Land
7) Kevin Gordon; Black Dog
8) Chuck Mead; I Wish it was Friday
9) Duane Jarvis; I Miss You Already
10) Tom Mason; Chano Pozo's Shoes
11) Carey Ott; Getting Thru
12) Audrey Audd; Love You Like the Earth
13) Phil Lee; The Taterbug Rag
Monday, May 31, 2010
May 30th, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
May 23rd, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
May 16th, 2010
The playlist for the 16th went like this...
1) Jimmie Dale Gilmore; Pick Me Up On Your Way Down; Come On Back
2) Alejandro Escovedo; Always a Friend; Real Animal
3) Avett Brothers; Go to Sleep; Emotionalism
4) Adam Carroll; Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler; Live at Flipnotes
5) John Prine; She is My Everything; She is My Everything (free download available here)
6) John Hiatt; The Open Road; The Open Road (free download available here)
7) The Proclaimers; Three More Days; The Rockfield Session
Three from Peter Wolf's new cd, Midnight Souvenirs
8) Tragedy (with Shelby Lynne)
9) The Green Fields of Summer (with Neko Case)
10) It's Too Late for Me (with Merl Haggard)
11) Curtis Evans; Windows; from the forthcoming release, Life with Buffalo
12) Nathaniel Rateliff; Once in a Great While; In Memory of Loss
13) Greg Macpherson; First Class; Mr. Invitation
Friday, May 07, 2010
May 9th, 2010
May 2nd, 2010
Sunday, May 02, 2010
April 25th, 2010
Today's show first aired in July of 2009--the playlist 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
Sunday, April 18, 2010
April 18th, 2010
Lots of new shows these past few weeks--and lots of lost playlists. The show for the 18th went like this...
1) Gary Ogan; Till the Next Time that I see You; King Easy Sampler, Vol. 7
2) Chris Knight; It Ain't Easy Being Me; Chris Knight
3) The Tallest Man on Earth; The Wild Hunt; The Wild Hunt
4) Eric Brace & Last Train Home; Always Running on My Street; Six Songs
5) John Hiatt; Pirate Radio; Little Head
6) John Hiatt; Feelin' Again; Little Head
7) Conner Christian & Southern Gothic; Sunday Suit; 90 Proof Lullabies
8) Drag the River; Brookfield; Drag the River: Primer
9) Drag the River; Me and Joe Drove Out to California; Drag the River: Primer
10) Jeff Bridges; Fallin' and Flyin'; Crazy Heart Soundtrack
11) Mumford & Sons; Winter Wind; Sigh No More
12) Adam Carroll; Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffle; King Easy Radio Sampler, Vol. 7
13) JB Bruck; It's Just You; King Easy Radio Sampler
14) Dawes; Love is All I Am; Dawes
**I've mentioned The Oxford Project a few times on air--really is worth a look.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
March 28, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
March 14th, 2010
Today's show was a repeat from early February--The playlist went like this...
1) Buck Owens; Hello Trouble; Crazy Heart Soundtrack
2) Billy Joe Shaver; Love is so Sweet; The Earth Rolls On
3) Bruce Springsteen; Reason to Believe; Nebraska
4) Asylum Street Spankers; Down by the Riverside; God's Favorite Band
5) Sara Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; Cease Fire; Exploration
6) Son Volt; Down to the Wire; American Central Dust
7) Sara Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; Holdin' Back; Exploration
8) Son Volt; Dynamite; American Central Dust
Three from the soundtrack for the new film, Crazy Heart
9) Ryan Bingham; The Weary Kind
10) Hold on You; Jeff Bridges
11) Townes Van Zandt; If I Needed You
12) Richard Thompson; Keep Your Distance; Rumor and Sigh
13) Lucinda Williams; Real Love; Little Honey
14) Loudon Wainwright III; I'm Not Gonna Cry; Last Man on Earth
Thanks for listening...
March 7th, 2010
Everything on today's show came from the new Red Beet Records release, East Nashville Vol. 3--More Music from the Other Side. The playlist went like this...
1) Tim Carroll; No Easy Way
2) Phil Lee; Neon Tombstone
3) Kieran Kane; Way Down Below
4) Eric Brace; Tanquility Brace
5) Peter Cooper & Lloyd Green; Gospel Song
6) Anne McCue; Broken Promise Land
7) Kevin Gordon; Black Dog
8) Chuck Mead; I Wish it was Friday
9) Duane Jarvis; I Miss You Already
10) Tom Mason; Chano Pozo's Shoes
11) Carey Ott; Getting Thru
12) Audrey Audd; Love You Like the Earth
13) Phil Lee; The Taterbug Rag
Sunday, February 28, 2010
February 28th, 2010
Listen to your Folks is alive and well despite slightly inconsistent blog updates as of late. Last week we featured the new Michael Perry and the Longbeds cd, Tiny Pilot. I played one more song this week--check out the cd at Amble Down Records and Michael Perry's other work at sneezingcow.com
The playlist for the 28th went like this...
1) Todd Snider; Is This Thing Working; Peace Queer
2) Michael Perry & the Longbeds; Somewhere South of Sunday; Tiny Pilot
3) Son Volt; Juke Box of Steel; American Central Dust
4) The Sways; Alright; The Sways
5) Guy Clark; Out in the Parking Lot; Workbench Songs
6) Steve Earle; Delta Momma Blues; Townes
7) Mumford & Sons; Sigh No More; Sigh No More
8) Bruce Springsteen; My Ride is Here; Enjoy Every Sandwich
9) Warren Zevon; Keep Me in Your Heart; The Wind
10) Warren Zevon; Numb as a Statue; The Wind
11) Jill Sobule; Don't Let Us Get Sick; Enjoy Every Sandwich
12) Susan Tedeschi; Angel From Montgomery; Live in Austin
13) Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard; These Roads Don't Move; One Fast Move and I'm Gone
Sunday, February 07, 2010
February 7th, 2010
The show has been on and new the past few weeks--but I keep avoiding the blog. I'll try to get back to it a bit more consistently here.
The playlist for the 7th went like this...
1) Buck Owens; Hello Trouble; Crazy Heart Soundtrack
2) Billy Joe Shaver; Love is so Sweet; The Earth Rolls On
3) Bruce Springsteen; Reason to Believe; Nebraska
4) Asylum Street Spankers; Down by the Riverside; God's Favorite Band
5) Sara Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; Cease Fire; Exploration
6) Son Volt; Down to the Wire; American Central Dust
7) Sara Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; Holdin' Back; Exploration
8) Son Volt; Dynamite; American Central Dust
Three from the soundtrack for the new film, Crazy Heart
9) Ryan Bingham; The Weary Kind
10) Hold on You; Jeff Bridges
11) Townes Van Zandt; If I Needed You
12) Richard Thompson; Keep Your Distance; Rumor and Sigh
13) Lucinda Williams; Real Love; Little Honey
14) Loudon Wainwright III; I'm Not Gonna Cry; Last Man on Earth
Thanks for listening...
Saturday, January 16, 2010
January 17th, 2010
The show on the 17th went like this...
1) Fred Eaglesmith; Shoulder to the Plow; Tinderbox
2) Greg Brown; Help Me Make it Through This Funky Day; In the Dark with You
3) Greg Brown, Garnet Rogers; Pete Heitzman & Karen Savoca; Milk of the Moon; Live at the Black Sheep
4) Brown, Rogers, Heitzman & Savoca; I Still Miss Someone; Live at the Black Sheep
5) City Mouse; Sittin' On Top of the World; It's About Time
6) Nanci Griffith; Money Changes Everything; The Loving Kind
7) Tim O'Brien; Subterranean Homesick Blues; Dylan Country
8) Steve Earle; Goodbye; Train a Comin'
9) Alejandro Escovedo; Lock, Stock & Teardrops; Lonesome, Or'nry & Mean
10) Robert Earl Keen; Goodbye Cleveland; Rose Hotel
11) Lyle Lovett; If I had a Boat; Live in Texas
12) Lyle Lovett; Closing Time; Live in Texas
13) Indigo Girls; Reunion; Swamp Ophelia
14) John Hiatt; Good as She Could Be; Walk on
January 10th, 2010
The playlist for our first new show of the year went like this...
1) Fish Frye; St. Peter Walks Into a Bar; Konsbruck Hotel
2) Rodney Crowell; Closer to Heaven; Sex & Gasoline
3) Charlie Louvin; My Long Journey Home; Charlie Louvin
4) Ry Cooder; Suitcase in My Hand; My Name is Buddy
Three from Robert Earl Keen's new release, The Rose Hotel
5) Wireless in Heaven
6) Something I do
7) Flyin' Shoes
8) Fish Frye; Saigon Dance; Konsbruck Hotel
9) Fish Frye; If Only; Konsbruck Hotel
10) Ani Difranco; Out of Range; Out of Range
11) Gear Daddies; Stupid Boy; Billy's Live Bait
12) Felice Brothers; Wonderful Life; The Felice Brothers
13) Mary Black; Almost Gone; Shine
14) Hayes Carll; Trouble in Mind; Drunken Poet's Dream
Sunday, January 03, 2010
December 27th 2009 & Janaury 3rd 2010
Been on the road for the holidays--so the 27th and 3rd were "encore presentations" of an earlier show featuring the music of Guy Clark. I'll be back next week with a new show. My apologies for airing the same episode two weeks in a row, but the weather made it impossible for me to get back to KMSU to record a new one.
Happy New Year,
Dave
Saturday, December 19, 2009
December 20th, 2009
Today was the annual holiday/Christmas show. As usual, lots of John Prine and Emmylou...
The playlist went like this...
1) John Prine; I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause; A John Prine Christmas
2) Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard; Low Life Kingdom; One False Move and I'm Gone
3) Son Volt; Windfall; Trace
4) Uncle Tupelo; Looking For a Way Out; Anthology
Songs 5-7 were from a cd which I made years ago but failed to label. All songs were Christmas tunes and we heard from Steve Goodman, Stan Rogers, and Pete Seeger. Not certain of all song titles or albums. Should probably get more organized in life...
8) Greg Brown; Fishing with Bill; Philo 20 Year Anniversary
9) Tom Russell; Box of Visions; Philo 20 Year Anniversary
10) Charlie Robison; Feelin' Good; Beautiful Day
11) John Prine; A John Prine Christmas; A John Prine Christmas
12) Emmylou Harris; Silent Night; Light in the Stable
13) John Prine; Silver Bells; A John Prine Christmas
14) Emmylou Harris; O' Little Town of Bethleham; Light in the Stable
Happy Holidays everybody. Thanks for listening and for supporting KMSU!
Here's a cover of the beautiful Stan Rogers song played on the show. The guy here does a really nice version.
Monday, December 07, 2009
December 6th, 2009
Most of today's music came from various King Easy Radio Sampler cds--these folks send some quality music our way. If you heard anything you like on Sunday's show, please let the musicians know...
1) Jordan Chassan; Hard Work Bein' a Fool; East of Bristol, West of Knoxville
2) Walter Hyatt; Motor City Man; Some Unfinished Business
3) Jeff Finlin; Ballad of a Plain Man; Ballad of a Plain Man
4) Roger D. Ferris; Coffee for One; Coffee for One
5) Gretchen Peters; Prairie in the Sky; One to the Heart, One to the Head
6) The Fortunate Sons; This Train; The Fortunate Sons
7) Dana Cooper; This One Out; Made of Mud
8) Wendi Newcomer; Going Til You're Gone; Wendi Newcomer
Four songs from the new Jay Farrar and Benjiman Gibbard cd, One Fast Move or I'm Gone
9) California Zephyr
10) Low Life Kingdom
11) Willamine
12) The Roads Don't Move
13) Dave Rawlings Machine; Bells of Harlem; A Friend of a Friend
14) Dan Tyler; Watch What They're Saying; I Hope
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
November 29th, 2009
Our Thanksgiving weekend show went like this...
1) John Prine & Mac Wiseman; Pistol Packin' Mama; Standard Songs for Average People
2) Guy Clark; Analog Girl; Workbench Songs
3) Lyle Lovett; Natural Forces; Natural Forces
4) Pat Green; Me and Billy the Kid; Live at Billy Bob's
5) Ray Bonneville; Shy Star; Goin' by Feel
6) Wilco; You and I; The Album
7) The Flatlanders; Thank God for the Road; Hills and Valleys
Three more from John Prine and Mac Wiseman's Standard Songs for Average People
8) Don't be Ashamed of Your Age
9) Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine
10) Saginaw Michigan
11) Kelly Hogan & Scott Ligon; Last Thing On My Mind; Old Town School of Music's Songbook, Vol. 2
12) Barb Silverman; Hobo's Lullaby; Old Town School of Music's Songbook, Vol. 3
13) Ollabelle; I am Waiting; Ollabelle
Thanks for listening...
Saturday, November 28, 2009
November 22nd, 2009
The playlist for the 22nd went like this...thanks for listening.
1) Townes Van Zandt; Still Lookin' for You; The Highway Kind
2) Bruce Springsteen; Radio Nowhere; Magic
3) Robert Earl Keen; Blow You Away; Live in Austin
4) Charlie Robison; Beautiful Day; Beautiful Day
5) Allison Krauss & Robert Plant; Killing the Blues; Raising Sand
6) John Prine; Killing the Blues; Great Days
7) Johnny Cash; Folsom Prison Blues; J.C. at San Quentin
8) Keb Mo; Folsom Prison Blues; Kindred Spirits--the songs of J.C.
9) Todd Snider; All of My Life; Happy to be Here
10) Keith Sykes; You Better be Ready to Dance; Let it Roll
11) The Pines; Heart and Bones; Trenclo
12) Lainie Marsh; Aways to Go; King Easy Radio Sampler
13) Eric Brace & Peter Cooper; Omar's Blues; King Easy Radio Sampler
14) Steve Earle; To Live is to Fly; Townes
Friday, November 20, 2009
November 15th, 2009
Today's show was a repeat from back in August. The original blog entry is posted below--back next week with a new show. Thanks.
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...
Monday, November 09, 2009
November 8th, 2009
Today's show aired a couple of times, actually. First on Thursday afternoon from 1-2 and then again in the usual time, Sunday from 9-10.
The playlist went like this...
1) The Flying Burrito Brothers; Older Guys; Gram Parson's Anthology
2) Nanci Griffith; Time of Inconvenience; Flyer
3) John Hiatt; Crossing Muddy Waters; Crossing Muddy Waters
4) Levon Helm; Feelin' Good; Dirt Farmer
Three from John Fogerty's new cd, The Blue Ridge Rangers--Rides Again
5) When Will I be Loved (with Bruce Springsteen)
6) Paradise
7) Back Home Again
9) Joel Rafael; Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key; The Songs of Woody Guthrie Vol. I & II
10) Arlo Guthrie; All Over the World; Tribute to Steve Goodman
11) Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; Dr. King; Exploration
12) Woody Guthrie; Hobo's Lullaby; Ash Recordings Vol. I
13) Buddy Miller; Don't Tell Me; Poison Love
14) Guy Clark; Forever, For Always, For Certain; Cold Dog Soup
And how about a little Steve Goodman...
Saturday, October 31, 2009
October 25th, 2009
Another pledge drive show today...thanks to those who called in to donate. We really appreciate your continued support.
Lots of new music today--the playlist went like this...
1) Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver; I'm Riding High On the Wings of Love; Gospel Radio Gems
2) Chris Smither; It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train To Cry; Time Stands Still
3) John Gorka; Whole Wide World; So Dark You See
Three from the new Lyle Lovett cd, Natural Forces...
4) Pantry
5) Natural Forces
6) Empty Blue Shoes
Two from the New West Texas Sampler packaged with Natural Forces...
7) Robert Earl Keen; The Rose Hotel
8) Hayes Carll; Waiting On the Stars to Fall
9) Alejandro Escovedo; Five Hearts Beating; Gravity
10) Alejandro Escovedo; Paradise; Gravity
11) Jon Langford & Sally Timms; Broken Bottle; Por Vida
12) Steve Earl; I Feel Alright; I Feel Alright
Monday, October 19, 2009
October 18th, 2009
Had a live pledge drive show this morning--thanks to all of you who called in to support the station. Your support is greatly appreciated--KMSU wouldn't be on the air without your support. It's that simple. If you have yet to pledge your support and would like to do so, call 507-389-5678 or pledge online by clicking here.
One more thing before getting to the playlist--don't forget about the Los Lonely Boys and Alejandro Escovedo show next Sunday night (the 25th) at the Mankato Civic Center.
The playlist for today's show went like this...
1) John Prine; Spanish Pipedream; Great Days
2) Lyle Lovett; The Truck Song; My Baby Don't Tolerate
3) Dave Alvin; Nine Volt Heart; Ashgrove
4) John Hiatt; Slow Turning; John Hiatt Anthololgy
5) Robert Earl Keen; Feelin' Good Again; Walking Distance
6) James McMurtry; Walk Between the Raindrops; Walk Between the Raindrops
7) Tom Russell; Who's Gonna Build Your Wall; Wounded Heart of America
8) The Wailin' Jennys; The Devil's Paintbrush Road; Firecracker
9) Todd Snider; Good Fortune; The Excitement Plan
10) Hayes Carll; Bad Liver and a Broken Heart; Trouble in Mind
11) Anna Cougan & North 19; Columbia; Glory
12) Loudon Wainwright III; Hank and Fred; Here Come the Choppers
As I type, I'm listening to the online station, Folk Alley and a Garnet Rogers' tune. So, here's a Garnet Rogers' video.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
October 11th, 2009
Snow this weekend--
The show went like this...
1) Norman Blake; Prettiest Little Girl in the Country; Old Ties
2) Greg Brown; Telling Stories; Milk of the Moon
3) Kate Campbell; Looking for Jesus; Save the Day
4) Rodney Crowell; Sex & Gasoline; Sex & Gasoline
5) Marc Cohn (there was a reason for this); The Things We've Handed Down; The Rainy Season
6) Lucinda Williams; Mama You Sweet; West
7) Todd Snider; Alright Guy; Cities Sampler Vol. 7
8) Mark Elliott; Born to Fly; American Road
9) Ryan Adams; Burning Photographs; Rock N' Roll
10) Billy Jo Shaver; White Freightliner Blues; Poet--A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt
11) Joel Rafael Band; Dance a Little Longer; Woodeye
12) John Gorka; I Think of You; So Dark You See
13) City Mouse; Ain't Got No Home; Fat City (Southern MN Sampler)
And a video from Woody's Granddaughter--
October 4th, 2009
I'll be darned if I can find the playlist, but today's show was all Guy Clark--four from his new cd and a bunch of old stuff, too.
Here's a video of "The Guitar"--a song we played this morning and that you'll find on Clark's new cd, Somedays the Song Writes You
Saturday, October 03, 2009
September 27th, 2009
The playlist for the 27th went like this...
1) Jimmie Dale Gilmore; Pick Me Up On the Way Down; Come on Back
2) Slaid Cleaves; Broke Down; Broke Down
3) Jimmy Lafave; Shining on Through; Blue Nightfall
4) Chuck Brodsky; The Room Over the Bar; Color Came One Day
Four from Steve Goodman--one week after the 25th anniversary of his passing...
5) Steve Goodman; Wonderful World of Sex; No Big Surprise--anthology
6) Steve Goodman; The I Don't Know Where I'm Goin' but I'm Goin' Nowhere in a Hurry Blues; No Big Surprise
7) Steve Goodman; The Auctioneer; NGS
8) Steve Goodman; The Ballad of Penny Evans; City of New Orleans
9) Guy Clark; Somedays You Write the Song; Somedays the Song Writes You
10) Guy Clark; If I Needed You; Somedays the Song Writes You
11) Charlie Robison; Beautiful Day; Beautiful Day
12) Charlie Robison; Racing in the Street; Beautiful Day
Sunday, September 20, 2009
September 20th, 2009
Today's show was a repeat from back in June--be back next week with a new show (and new music from Guy Clark). The playlist for today went like this...
Monday, September 07, 2009
September 6, 2009--Labor Day Weekend
Before the playlist...This Labor Day I heard an outstanding interview with Utah Phillips. Really worth listening to the entire thing. I heard it on WOJB, a really great community radio station out of Reserve, Wisconsin.
The playlist for Labor Day weekend went like this...
1) Peter Case; Down the Line; Peter Case Sings Like Hell
2) Steve Earle; Pancho and Lefty; Townes
3) Kate Campbell; Wrought Iron Fences; The Portable Kate Campbell
4) Tim O'Brien; Look Down That Lonesome Road; Fiddler's Green
5) Jay Ungar & Molly Mason; Bound for Another Harvest Home; Harvest Home
6) Fred Eaglesmith; John Deer; Ralph's Last Show
7) Warren Zevon; The Factory; Sentimental Hygiene
8) Son Volt; Bandages and Scars; Okemah and the Melody of Riot
Three songs from artists playing at next weekend's Rock Bend Folk Festival in St. Peter, Minnesota
9) Charlie Roth; Star Motel
10) Grams & Krieger; Memphis Train
11) Harry Manx; Only Then Will Your House Be Blessed
12) Charlie King; Are You Now or Have You Ever Been; Food, Phone, Gas, Lodging
13) Billy Bragg & The Blokes; Take Down the Union Jack; England, Half English
14) Tom Russell; Who's Gonna Build Your Wall; Wounded Heart of America
15) Chuck Ragan; Let it Rain; Gold Country
And how about some Utah Phillips--the interview above really is worth a listen. Inspiring and thoughtful...
Thursday, August 27, 2009
August 23rd, 2009
Today's show was a repeat from back in May--it 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
Sunday, August 23, 2009
August 16, 2009
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
Sunday, August 09, 2009
August 9th, 2009
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...
Thursday, August 06, 2009
August 2nd, 2009
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
Sunday, July 26, 2009
July 26th, 2009
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...
Saturday, July 18, 2009
July 19th, 2009
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.
Monday, July 13, 2009
July 5th, 2009
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.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
June 28th, 2009
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...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
June 21st, 2009
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...
Thursday, June 18, 2009
June 14th, 2009
Sunday, June 07, 2009
June 7th, 2009
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
Monday, June 01, 2009
May 31st, 2009
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
Saturday, May 30, 2009
May 24th, 2009
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,
Sunday, May 17, 2009
May 17th, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
May 10, 2009
Monday, May 04, 2009
May 3rd-2009--Pete Seeger's 90th
Sunday, April 26, 2009
April 26th, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
April 12th & April 19th
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
April 5th, 2009
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...
Sunday, March 29, 2009
March 29, 2009
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!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
March 15th, 2009
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
Sunday, March 08, 2009
March 8th, 2009
March 1st, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
February 22nd, 2009
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...
Saturday, February 14, 2009
February 8th, 2009
Friday, February 06, 2009
February 1st, 2009
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
Sunday, January 25, 2009
January 25h, 2009
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
Sunday, January 18, 2009
January 18th, 2009
January 11th, 2009
Monday, January 05, 2009
January 4th, 2009
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)
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
Sunday, December 28, 2008
December 28th, 2008
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...
Friday, December 26, 2008
December 21st, 2008
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