Sunday, October 10, 2010

October 3rd, 2010

Hi All,

Had another guest host today--an old friend from the great state of Ohio, Pravin Rodrigues. Our playlist went like this...

1) Fred Eaglesmith & The Flying Squirrels; Pretty Good Guy, Ralph's Last Show

2) Nanci Griffith; Workin' in Corners; One Fair Summer Evening
3) Indigo Girls with Ani DiFranco; Ramblin' Round; Til' We Outnumber Em'
4) Guy Clark; Forever, For Always, For Certain; Cold Dog Soup

5) John Hiatt; The Open Road; The Open Road
6) John Mellencamp; Save Some Time to Dream; No Better Than This
7) John Hiatt; Go Down Swingin'; The Open Road
8) John Mellencamp; Clumsy Old World, No Better Than This

9) Hayes Carll; Drunken Poets Dream; Trouble in Mind
10) John Prine; That's the Way the World Goes Round; John Prine Live
11) Steve Goodman; The Dutchman; Live Wire

12) Alejandro Escovedo; Always a Friend; Real Animal
13) Alejandro Escovedo; People, We're Only Gonna Live So Long; Real Animal

Thanks for listening!

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

September 26th, 2010

Hi All,

Last week's program was a repeat from an episode with no playlist. The playlist for the 26th went like this...

1) Bruce Springsteen; Tomorrow Never Knows; Working on a Dream

2) Hank Williams III; Atlantic City
3) Stacy Earl & Mark Stuart; Are You Ready
4) Lyle Lovett; God Will
5) Todd Snider; I May Smoke Too Much

Three from Trampled by Turtles--all songs from the cd Songs From A Ghost Town

6) Ain't No Use Tryin'
7) Wrong Way Street
8) School Bus Driver

9) John Mellencamp; Thinking About You; No Better Than This
10) John Mellencamp; No One Cares About Me; No Better Than This
11) Uncle Tupelo; Looking for a Way Out; Still Feel Gone
12) Uncle Tupelo; If That's Alright (Demo); Still Feel Gone

Two from Peter Cooper's excellent new release on Red Beet Records

13) Peter Cooper; Elmer The Dancer; The Lloyd Green Album
14) Peter Cooper; Tulsa Queen; The Lloyd Green Album

Thanks for listening...

Sunday, September 12, 2010

September 12th, 2010

Hi All,

Today's show featured guest host Ben Leonard from the Nicollet County Historical Society. His playlist is below. Be sure to check out the cool documentary film series Ben and others host at the Nicollet County Historical Society--a description of the film series is posted below the playlist.

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

Hello All,

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

1) Billy Bragg & Wilco; Another Man's Done Gone; Mermaid Avenue

2) The Band; I Shall be Released; Greatest Hits
3) The Avett Brothers; I Would be Sad; Emotionalism
4) The Indigo Girls; Get Out the Map; Shaming of the Sun

5) Willie Murphy; What Daddy Wants (Momma Needs)
6) Junior Brown; Long Walk Back to San Antonio; Long Walk Back
7 Keb Mo; Folsom Prison Blues; Kindred Spirits
8) Michael Perry & the Longbeds; Somewhere Out in Mudrook; Headwinded

Three from John Mellencamp's excellent new release, No Better Than This

9) Clumsy Old World
10) Save Some Time to Dream
11) Coming Down the Road

12) Darren Hanlon; All These Things; I Will Love You at All
13) Loudon Wainwright III; Down at the Bar; Attempted Mustache

Sunday, August 22, 2010

August 22nd, 2010

Hello All,

Had a new show last week as well...but playlists disappear from time-t0-time. This week's new show went like this...

1) The Byrds; One Hundred Years From Now; The Gram Parson's Anthology

2) Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women; Downey Girl; Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women
3) Chatham County Line; Wildwood; Wildwood
4) Marty Stuart; Branded; Ghost Train--The Studio B Sessions

5) James McMurtry; Painting By Numbers; Too Long in the Wasteland
6) James McMurtry; Just Us Kids; Just Us Kids
7) James McMurtry; Out Here in the Middle; Love in Aught Three

8) Lucy Kaplansky; Off and Running; The Red Thread
9) Heather Masse; High Heeled Woman; Birdsong
10) Ruth Moody; Travellin' Shoes; The Garden

11) Guy Clark; The Cape; Dublin Blues
12) Patty Griffin; Never Grow Up; Downtown Church
13) Carrie Newcomer; Two Toasts; The Geography of Light
14) Eric Anderson; Ramblin' Boy; Waves

Friday, August 13, 2010

August 8th, 2010

Hi All,

Today's show featured music sent my way by Ben Leonard at the Nicollet County Historical Society. I forget the exact order of what I played, but the day included the great stuff listed below. Thanks Ben! And by the way, Ben will host the show on Sunday, September 12th.

1) The Rural Alberta Advantage; Rush Apart

2) Todd Snider; A Boy Named Sue
3) Caroline Smith & the Good Nigh...; Closing the Doors
4) Trampled by Turtles; Wait So Long
5) She & Him; Gonna Get Along Without You Now

6) Kate Maki; I'll Be Here in the Morning
7) Dan Auerbach; Trouble Weighs a Ton
8) Uncle Tupelo; Blue Eyes
9) Wood Brothers; Luckiest Man

10) Josh Ritter; To the Dogs or Whoever
11) Sara Watkins; Will We Go
12) Good Old War; Coney Island
13) Haley Bonar; Am I Allowed

14) Joe Pug; Nation of Heat
15) Jenny Owen Youngs; Start + Stop



Sunday, August 01, 2010

August 1st, 2010

Hi All,

Not quite sure where the playlist went for last week's show--but we had a new show on the 25th and another today on the 1st.

Today's playlist went like this...

1) Doc Watson & Bill Monroe; You Won't Be Satisfied That Way; Live Duet Recordings Vol. II

2) Garnet Rogers; Give the Fiddler a Dram; Summer Lightning
3) Robert Plant & Allison Krauss; Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On); Raising Sand
4) Shinyribs; Country Cool; Well After Awhile

5) Mountain Man; Buffalo; Made the Harbor
6) John Hiatt; Movin' On; The Open Road
7) Charlie Robison; Beautiful Day; Beautiful Day
8) Peter Wolf; Tragedy; Midnight Souvenir

9) Butch Hancock; West Texas Waltz; Own & Own
10) Jerry Jeff Walker; Driftin' Way of Life; Best of the Vanguard Years
11) Cheryl Wheeler; His Hometown; Sylvia Hotel
12) Tim O'Brien; Runnin' Out of Memory; Corn Bread Nation

13) Wilco; Pick Up the Change; AM
14) Son Volt; Windfall; Trace
15) Wilco; Box Full of Letters; AM

Thanks for listening...


Sunday, July 18, 2010

July 11th and 18th...

Hello All,

Didn't mean for it to happen, but the same program aired on the 11th and the 18th. Your friendly volunteer host screwed up--sorry about that. Hope you enjoyed the show at least once.

Oh, one good excuse for the mistake was that I was working hard with KMSU's Shelley Pierce hosting KMSU's first-ever Radio Camp. Check out the story here--we had some great kids at the station the week of July 12th.

The playlist went like this for the 11th and 18th went like this...

1) Shinyribs; Change is Gonna Come; Well After Awhile

2) Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians; A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall; Cities Sampler Vol. 3
3) The Wailin' Jennys; Glory Bound; Firecracker
4) Rick Spreitzer; Roll Back; From the Bottom

5) Todd Snider; Don't Tempt Me; The Excitement Plan
6) Todd Snider; Money, Compliments, Publicity; The Excitement Plan
7) My Morning Jacket; All the Best; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows--the Songs of John Prine

8) Warren Zevon; Hasten Down the Wind; Learning to Flinch
9) Warren Zevon; Splendid Isolation; Learning to Flinch
10) Loudon Wainwright III; Living Alone; Last Man on Earth
11) David Bromberg; Try Me One More Time; Sowing the Seeds--Appleseed Records 10th Anniversary cd

12) Frank Prenevost; I Miss Lake Bemidji; I Miss Lake Bemidji
13) Peter Rowan & Tony Rice; You Were There for Me; You Were There for Me
14) Ramblin' Jack Elliott; Don't Think Twice It's Alright; Sowing the Seeds

Monday, July 05, 2010

July 4th, 2010

Hi All,

The holiday weekend featured an "encore" presentation of a show from April 2010. The playlist 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, June 27, 2010

June 27th, 2010

Hi All,

The playlist for the 27th went like this...

1) The Infamous Stringsters; In God's Country; Things That Fly

2) Jakob Dylan; Nothing but the Whole Wide World; Women & Country
3) Lucinda Williams; Mama You Sweet; West
4) Luther Cole; 309 to Richmond; Solitude

5) Shinyribs; Who Built the Moon; Well After Awhile
6) Shinyribs; Country Cool; Well After Awhile
7) Sarah Harmer; One Match; Oh Little Fire

8) Hayes Carll; Waiting on the Stars to Fall; Trouble in Mind (vinyl)
9) Dave Alvin; Rio Grande; Ashgrove
10) Cowboy Junkies; Sun Comes Up It's Tuesday Morning; 200 More Miles
11) Bruce Springsteen; Ain't Got You; Tunnel of Love

12) Guy Clark; Indian Head Penny; Cold Dog Soup
13) Lyle Lovett; Pantry; Natural Forces

Thanks for listening...





Wednesday, June 23, 2010

June 20th, 2010

Hi All,

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

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

2) Joe Ely; Me and Billy the Kid; Live at Liberty Lunch
3) Ramblin' Jack Elliott; More Pretty Girls; The Essential Ramblin Jack...
4) Joe Ely; Honky Tonk Masquerade; A Tribute to Billy Joe Shaver

5) Fish Frye; St. Patrick Walks into a Bar; Konsbruck Hotel
6) Richard and Linda Thompson; A Heart Needs a Home; Live in 1975
7) Chuck Ragan; For Goodness Sake; Gold Country
8) Son Volt; Down to the Wire; American Central Dust

Three from John Hiatt's new release, The Open Road

9) Carry You Back Home
10) Movin' On
11) Haulin'

12) Will Kimbrough; Less Polite; Americanitis
13) Todd Snider; Vinyl Records; New Connection
14) Lyle Lovett; If I had a Boat; Live in Texas

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Hi All,

Today's show featured music from a bunch of new cds that have made it my way--some just new to me, some brand new releases.

The playlist went like this...

1) Richard and Linda Thompson; Together Again; Live in 1975

2) Frank Prenevost; Happy Daze; I Miss Lake Bemidji
3) Frank Prenevost; I Miss Lake Bemidji; I Miss Lake Bemidji
4) John Prine; Spanish Pipedream; In Person and On Stage
5) John Prine & Iris Dement; In Spite of Ourselves; In Person and On Stage

6) Jayhawks; Falling Storm; The Bunkhouse Record
7) Jayhawks; Tried & True; The Bunkhouse Record
8) Jakob Dylan; Nothing but the Whole Wide World; Women & Country
9) Jakob Dylan; Lend a Hand; Women & Country

10) Luther Cole; Searchers; Searchers
11) Luther Cole; Two Left Hands; Searchers
12) Richard & Linda Thompson; Jet Plane and a Rocking Chair; Live in 1975
13) Richard & Linda Thompson; Hard Luck Stories; Live in 1975

14) John Hiatt; Go Down Swingin'; The Open Road
15) Frank Prenevost; Bluewater Outdoors; I Miss Lake Bemidji


Thursday, June 10, 2010

June 6th, 2010

Hi All,

Today's show was a repeat from early March...Everything 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

Monday, May 31, 2010

May 30th, 2010

Hi All,

Today's show was all John Prine. We heard JP doing versions of his songs and then cuts from the outstanding new cd in his honor, Broken Hearts and Dirt Windows: Songs of John Prine.

The playlist went like this...

1) John Prine; Spanish Pipedream; Great Days--The John Prine Anthology

2) The Avett Brothers; Spanish Pipedream; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows
3) John Prine; Six O'clock News; Souvenirs
4) Lambchop; Six O' clock News; Broken Hearts...

5) JP; All the Best; Great Days
6) My Morning Jacket; All the Best,, Broken Hearts...
7) JP; Bruised Orange; Great Days
8) Bon Iver; Bruised Orange; Broken Hearts...

9) JP; My Mexican Home; Sweet Revenge
10) Josh Ritter; My Mexican Home; Broken Hearts...
11) JP; The Late John Garfield Blues; Souvenirs
12) Sara Watkins; The Late John Garfield Blues; Broken Hearts...

13) Old Crow Medicine Show; Angel from Montgomery; Broken Hearts...


Friday, May 28, 2010

May 23rd, 2010

Hi All,

This week's show was a repeat from October--a show for which the playlist was lost. Hope you'll tune in on the 30th for a new show featuring the brand new tribute cd to John Prine.


Sunday, May 16, 2010

May 16th, 2010

Hi All,

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

Hi All,

Today's show featured music from John Prine, Steve Goodman, and Todd Snider. The playlist went like this...

1) Todd Snider; Vinyl Records; New Connection

2) John Prine; You Got Gold; Live on Tour
3) Todd Snider; All of My Life; Happy to be Here
4) Steve Goodman; The Dutchman; City of New Orleans

5) John Prine; Lake Marie; Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings
6) John Prine; Bottomless Lake; Aimless Love
7) Steve Goodman; Turnpike Tom; No Big Surprise
8) Todd Snider; Good Fortune; The Excitement Plan

9) Todd Snider; Happy to be Here; Happy to be Here
10) John Prine; Picture Show; Live on Tour
11) Steve Goodman; Six Hours Ahead of the Sun; City of New Orleans

12) John Prine; Clay Pigeons; Fair & Square
13) Steve Goodman; City of New Orleans; The Easter Tapes



May 2nd, 2010

Hi All,

The playlist for the 2nd went like this...

1) Robert Duvall; Live Forever; Crazy Heart Soundtrack
2) Dave Alvin; Fourth of July; King of California

3) The Whites; Keep on the Sunny Side; O' Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack
4) Tony Rice; Me and My Guitar; Night Flyer
5) John T. Van Zandt; My Proud Mountains; Poet: A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt

Three from the Avett Brothers' release, Emotionalism

6) Die, Die, Die
7) Will You Return
8) The Weight of Lies

10) Connor Christian & Southern Gothic; One Toke Over the Line; 90 Proof Lullabies
11) Chris Smither; Surprise, Surprise, Surprise; Time Stands Still
12) P.F. Sloan; Eve of Destruction; Sailover

13) Richard and Linda Thompson; Shoot out the Lights; Shoot Out the Lights
14) William Elliott Whitmore; Porchlight; Ashes to Dust

Thanks for listening...


Sunday, May 02, 2010

April 25th, 2010

Hi All,

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

Hi All,

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

Hi All,

Apologies for the repeat show today--I recorded a new show but must have done something wrong with the good ol' technology. And, as luck would have it, today's repeat (from last week) was one of those for which I cannot find the playlist.

We'll be back on Easter...with a pledge show edition of the program.

All the best,
Dave

Saturday, March 13, 2010

March 14th, 2010

Hi All,

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

Hi All,

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

Hi All,

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

Hi All,

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

Hi All,

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

Hi All,

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

Hi All,

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

Hello All,

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

Hi All,

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

Hi All,

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

Hello All,

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

Hi All,

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

Hi All,

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

Hi All,

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

Hi All,

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

Hello All,

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

Hi All,

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

Hi All,

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

Hello All,

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...


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

Monday, September 07, 2009

September 6, 2009--Labor Day Weekend

Hi All,

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

Hi All,

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

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

Sunday, August 09, 2009

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...

Thursday, August 06, 2009

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

Sunday, July 26, 2009

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...

Saturday, July 18, 2009

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.

Monday, July 13, 2009

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

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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...

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

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...


Thursday, June 18, 2009

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...

Sunday, June 07, 2009

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...





Monday, June 01, 2009

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

Saturday, May 30, 2009

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,


Sunday, May 17, 2009

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




Thursday, May 14, 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.




Monday, May 04, 2009

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.


Sunday, April 26, 2009

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...


Saturday, April 18, 2009

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.  

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

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...

Sunday, March 29, 2009

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!

Sunday, March 15, 2009

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

Sunday, March 08, 2009

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

Sunday, February 22, 2009

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...

Saturday, February 14, 2009

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

Friday, February 06, 2009

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

Sunday, January 25, 2009

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

Sunday, January 18, 2009

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

Monday, January 05, 2009

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

Sunday, December 28, 2008

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...

Friday, December 26, 2008

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