January 17th, 2016

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

1) John Hiatt; Real Fine Love; Stolen Moments

2) Bob Dylan; North Country Blues; Live at Carnegie Hall (1963)
3) Magokoro Brothers; My Back Pages; Masked and Anonymous Soundtrack
4) Patty Griffin; The Cape; This One's for Him--A tribute to Guy Clark

5) Warren Zevon; Hit Somebody; My Ride's Here
6) Redbird; Ships; Redbird
7) Iris Dement; Go on Ahead and Go Home; Sing the Delta
8) Greg Brown; Freak Flag; Freak Flag

9) Steve Martin and Edie Brickell; So Familiar; So Familiar
10) Dave Rawlings Machine; Short Haired Woman Blues; Nashville Obsolete

11) James McMurtry; Lost in the Backyard; Where'd You Hide the Body
12) Jason Isbell; 24 Frames; Something More than Free
13) Gram Parons; Ooh Las Vegas; Hi Five

January 10th, 2016

Hi All,

The first new show of 2016 went like this...

1) Joe Ely; Magdalene; Panhandle Rambler

2) Jimmy LaFave; Not Dark Yet; Music from the tv show Californication
3) The Wood Brothers; Luckiest Man; Ways Not to Lose
4) Tift Merritt; Good Hearted Man; Tambourine

5) John Prine; Billy the Bum; Bruised Orange
6) Stan Rogers; First Christmas; Between the Breaks (Live)

7) Bruce Springsteen; Land of Hope and Dreams; Wrecking Ball
8) The Wood Brothers; Singing to Strangers; Paradise
9) Futurebirds; Twentyseven
10) Patty Griffin; There Isn't One Way; Servant of Loe

11) Los Lobos; Made to Break Your Heart; Gates of Gold
12) Bob Dylan; Gambling Willie; The Wittmark Demos

January 3rd, 2016

First post of 2016.  This morning's show was an "encore presentation" of a 2015 show featuring all Warren Zevon.  The playlist is long gone, but...

The show started with Boom Boom Mancini and went from there.

I'll be back next week with the first new show of 2016.

Thanks for listening and happy new year.

Dave

December 20th, 2015

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

1) James McMurtry's Holiday Message (played every year at this time)
2) Bob Dylan; Winder Wonderland; Christmas in the Heart

3) James McMurtry; Panting by Numbers; Too Long in the Wasteland
4) John Fullbright; Keeping Hope Alive; Songs
5) Chris Stapleton; Traveller; Traveller

6)  John Prine; The Sins of Memphisto; The Missing Years
7) Donnie Fritts; Them Old Love Songs; Oh My Goodness
8) Nanci Griffith; Working in Corners; One Fair Summer Eventing

9) John Prine; A John Prine Christmas; A John Prine Christmas
10) Bob Dylan; Have Yourself a Very Merry Christmas; Christmas in the Heart

11) Steve Goodman; In Between the Lines; No Big Surprise
12) Guy Clark; To Live is to Fly; Poet--A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt
13 Steve Goodman; My Old Man; No Big Surprise

14) Sarah Jarosz; Simple Twist of Fate; Build Me Up from the Bones

Show notes...

After my dad passed away 18 months ago I thought I'd probably never again be able to listen to Steve Goodman's My Old Man, but it felt right here around the holidays...McMurtry's Christmas Message is kinda right on, but when you have an 11 and 8 year old at this time of the year he sure seems wrong.  My daughter asked me for the history of Santa Clause, why we have him, etc., and I didn't really have a good answer.  Here's one, well kinda anyway...this is one of the best books I read in 2015, and I really liked this article for some reason.

Happy Holidays everybody...thanks for listening.

December 13th, 2015

Hey Everyone,

I've been away from the blog for quite a while now...the show is alive and well.  New shows nearly every weekend, but for one reason or another the blog has drifted. I shall try once more...maybe I'll even change the color or something.

Playlist for the 13th went like this...

1) James McMurtry; Where's Johnny; Candyland

2) Robert Plant & Allison Krauss; Raising Sand; Killing the Blues
3) Bob Dylan; Hazel; Planet Waves
4) Sarah Jarosz; Rearrange the Art; Build Me Up From the Bones

5) Chris Knight; It Ain't Easy Being Me; Chris Knight
6) Dave Alvin; Ol 55; Step Right Up--The Songs of Tom Waits
7) Tom Waits; Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards); Closing Time
8) Tom Waits; Little Trip to Heaven (On the Wings of Your Love); Closing Time

Three from Chris Stapleton's new one, Traveller

9) Traveller
10) Fire Away
11) Tennessee Whiskey

12) Lyle Lovett (with intro by Guy Clark); South Texas Girl; It's Not Big It's Large
13) Bruce Springsteen; Badlands; Darkness on the Edge of Town

Show thoughts..........

Man is it fun to revisit a song after the passing of a good many years.  Like a conversation with an old friend.  They've changed.  You've changed.  But it's all the same, too.  Haven't heard Where's Johnny for probably five years and like so many McMurtry songs you find a little more in it every time you listen.

Dylan's Hazel ain't a bad song either, though I played it by mistake.   It sounded right though and you can't ask for more.  Was trying to play this one, which I believe is the only time Bob talks about Duluth in a tune.

Maybe I just have James McMurtry on my mind, but Sarah Jarosz's song Rearrange the Art got me thinking of McMurtry's Painting by Numbers, probably the first song of his I ever heard.

Played some Tom Waits today, a guy I've never really listened to quite enough.  Found myself watching a video of his for God's Away on Business which I thought was just delightful and not a bad commentary on the state of things in this goofy ol' world.  Got to thinking I need more Tom Waits in my life...

And speaking of God being away on business, this is an awfully powerful article, the kind that messes you up in all the right ways.  I don't think Donald Trump will read it.

No word on when Chris Stapleton will be around Minnesota, but don't forget Jason Isbell will be here on Feb. 22nd.  One week before Springsteen plays Xcel on the 29th...

I don't know he does it, but for me anyway Lyle Lovett can create an entire visual scene in my head with two or three words.  Seems no matter what he says I somehow find myself outside riding my Big Wheel in the driveway of my childhood home with my parents holding hands and watching me through the picture window...or maybe closing down a bar with old friends.

Thanks for listening.

September 13, 2015

Hi All,

Lots of new shows lately, but my blog woes continue...

Here's how the show went today

1) Loudon Wainwright III; Being a Dad; Little Ship

2) John Hiatt; Buffalo River Home; Perfectly Good Guitar
3) Kasey Musgraves; Pageant Material; Pageant Material
4) Sheryl Crow; Long Gone Lonesome Blues; Timeless

5) Richard Thompson; No Peace, No End; Still
6) Lucinda Williams; Everything has Changed (Demo); West (Demos)
7) Dave Alvin and the Guilty Men; So Long Baby Goodbye; Interstate City

Three songs from Dylan's Street Legal

8) Baby, Stop Crying
9) No Time to Think

10) Warren Zevon; Don't Let Us Get Sick; Preludes
11) Rodney Crowell; Closer to Heaven; Sex & Gasoline

August 9th, 2015

Hi All,

The playlist for the 9th went like this...featured a few tracks this morning from this film
An awfully good movie you can find on Netflix.   

1) Suzy Bogguss; Old Dan Tucker;

2) Jason Isbell; Something More Than Free; Something More Than Free
3) Joe Pug; Silver Harps and Violins; The Great Despiser
4) Justin Townes Earle; Farther From Me; Absent Fathers

Three songs from the soundtrack for 20 Feet From Stardom--loved the movie and the soundtrack is nice.  I played...

5) Lean on Me; Darlene Love (and friends)
6) Gimme Shelter; Merry Clayton
7) He's a Rebel; The Crystals

8) Bruce Springsteen; This Train; Live in New York
9) Rodney Crowell; The Long Journey Home; Tarpaper Sky
10) Trampled by Turtles; Late Night on the Interstate; Live at First Avenue

11) Sturgill Simpson; Life Ain't Fair and the World is Mean;
12) Todd Snider; If Tomorrow Never Comes; Storyteller

13) David Bowie; Young Americans; 20 Feet From Stardom

July 19th, 2015

Hi All,

The playlist for the 19th started with a slow beautiful one from Fred Eaglesmith and went from there...

1) Fred Eaglesmith; The Rocket; Bailin

2) Mandolin Orange; Train Song; Mandolin Orange
3) Todd Snider; Play a Train Song; The Storyteller
4) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Orange Blossom Special; Will the Circle be Unbroken

5) Lucinda Williams; Tryin' to Get to Heaven; Chimes of Freedom--The Songs of Bob Dylan
6) Bob Dylan; Workingman's Blues; Modern Times
7) The Avett Brothers; Spanish Pipedream; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows--The Songs of John Prine

8) Chris Smither; Killing the Blues; Happier Blue
9) James McMurtry; Ain't Got a Place; Complicated Game
10) Parker Millsap; Old Time Religion; Parker Millsap
11) Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris; I Just Wanted to See You So Bad; The Traveling Kind

12) Jeffery Foucault; Billy the Bum; Shoot the Moon, Right Between the Eyes
13) Lyle Lovett; Closing Time; Lyle Lovett

14) Todd Snider; Beer Run; Brewed in Texas Vol. 3

July 12th, 2015

Hi All,

I'd best begin with birthday wishes to my wife of 15 years--she's great and has always supported the heck out of this show.

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

1) John Prine; You Got Gold; Live on Tour

2) Bruce Springsteen; Old Dan Tucker; The Seeger Sessions
3) Bruce Springsteen; John Henry; The Seeger Sessions
4) William Elliot Whitmore; Hard Times; Animals in the Dark

Here's the film I mentioned today...awfully darn good movie about...a rock.

5) Dave Alvin; Blue Wing; Wounded Heart of America
6) Suzy Bogguss; Outbound Plane; Wounded Heart of America
7) Steve Goodman; Six Hours Ahead of the Sun; Somebody Else's Troubles

8) Bob Dylan; Folsom Prison Blues; Basement Tapes
9) Bob Dylan; This Wheel's on Fire; Basement Tapes
10) Son Volt; Windfall; Trace

11) John Hiatt; Long Time Comin'; Terms of My Surrender
12) Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard; Somewhere Between; Django and Jimmie
13) Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard; California Zephyr; One Fast Move or I'm Gone

14) Todd Snider; Slim Chance; The Excitement Plan

June 28th, 2015

Hi All,

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

1) Bob Dylan; Blowing in the Wind; The Basement Tapes (Bootleg Series Vol. 11...previously unreleased version) 

2) Grace Potter & the Nocturnals; Ain't No Time; This is Somewhere
3) Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell; La Danse de la Joie; The Traveling Kind
4) Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell; I Just Wanted to See You So Bad; The Traveling Kind

Three for This One's for Him:  A Tribute to Guy Clark
 **The link is intended...I'll leave it to you to figure out the connection, which may well exist only in my mind

5) James McMurtry; Cold Dog Soup
6) Dublin Blues; Joe Ely
7) Patty Griffin; The Cape

8) Richard Thompson; She Never Could Resist a Winding Road; Still
9) Richard Thompson; The Guitar Song; Still

10) Bruce Springsteen; Wrecking Ball; Wrecking Ball
11) Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson; Don't Think Twice It's Alright; Django and Jimmie

June 21st, 2015

Hi All,

All new shows lately...not always updated here, but summer is off to a good start.

Today's show went like this...

1) William Elliot Whitmore; Come Hell or High Water; Animals in the Dark

2) Fred Eaglesmith; Bailin Again; Bailin

**Fred makes me think of Mike--he's great too.

3) Bruce Springsteen; The River; The River
4) Warren Zevon; Knockin' on Heaven's Door; The Wind

5) John Fullbright; Happy; Songs
6) Townes Van Zandt; Colorado Bound; In the Beginning
7) Sturgill Simpson; Turtles all the Way Down; Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

8) Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard; Django and Jimmie; Django and Jimmie
9) Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard; It's All Going to Pot; Django and Jimmie
10) Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris; The Traveling King; The Traveling Kind
11) Rodney Crowell &; Emmyhou Harris; No Memories Hanging Around; The Traveling Kind

12) James McMurtry; Copper Canteen; Complicated Game
13) Jason Isbell; Flying Over Water; South Eastern
14) Guy Clark; LA Freeway;

15) Bob Dylan; I Shall be Released; The Basement Tapes (Bootleg Series vol. 11)

June 7th, 2015

Hi All,

Here comes summer...

Playlist for June 7th went like this...

1) John Hiatt; We're Alright Now; Mystic Pinball

2) Steve Earle; Brand New Companion; Townes
3) Townes Van Zandt; Brand New Companion; Live at the Old Quarter
4)Billy Joe Shaver; White Freightliner Blues; Poet--A Tribute to TVZ

This book is really something...I mean really something.  It'll change the way you think about stuff.

Three from John Fullbright's newest...the release is called Songs

5) Happy
6) When You're Here
7) Keeping Hope Alive

8) Richard Thompson; From Galway to Graceland; Watching the Dark
9) Tom Waits; Hold On; Mule Variations
10) Hayes Carll; Beyond the Blues; A Case for Case 

Three from some re-mastered Bruce releases  

11) Does this Bus Stop at 82nd Street; Greetings from Asbury Park
12) The E Street Shuffle; Bruce Springsteen:  The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
13) Darkness on the Edge of Town; Darkness on the Edge of Town

May 24th and May 31st, 2014

Hi All,

The 24th was all Bob Dylan...in honor of his 74th birthday.  For the 31st we turned to Johnny Cash--spent the morning with just one release--something we seldom do on the show but that seemed appropriate. 

Talked a bit today about David Letterman--I really enjoyed this article from that fancy magazine I read every so often.  

May 17th, 2015

Hi All,

Today's show featured John Prine's Record Store Day release.  We played the whole thing from start to finish...and it was great. 

Played a couple other songs just because the record didn't take up the entire show, including this one to start things off.  

Had a little time left and played a few from this, which is also something special. 

May 10th, 2015

Hi All,

The playlist on Mother's day featured surprisingly little music related to mothers and went like this...

1) Billy Bragg & Wilco; California Stars; Mermaid Avenue

2) Zoe Muth; Little Piece of History; World of Strangers
3) Sturgill Simpson; Voices; Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
4) Old Crow Medicine Show; Highway Halo; Tennessee Pusher

5) Holly Williams; The Highway; The Highway
6) Hurray for the Riff Raff; End of the Line; Small Town Heroes
7) Amanda Shires; Look Like a Bird; Down Fell the Doves

8)  Bob Dylan; Most of the Time; Oh Mercy
9) Bruce Springsteen; Growing Up; Greetings from Asbury Park
10) Jason Isbell; Flying Over Water; Southeastern
11) Bob Dylan; Where Teardrops Fall; Oh Mercy

11) Jamestown Revival; Paradise; The California ep
12) Drive By Truckers; Daddy's Little Pumpkin; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows--The Songs of John Prine
13) Josh Ritter; Mexican Home; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows

May 3rd, 2015

Hi All,

Had another new show this weekend.  But the playlist moved through the wash.

Played good stuff from this guy and played this really cool new artist  and followed her song with this one from this not so new artist.  In between played some new stuff from James McMurtry's real nice new record, complicated game and some stuff from Max Gomez, guy who warmed up for Mr. McMurtry the other night at the Fine Line Music Cafe. 

Thanks for listening...and for the help with the recent Spring Pledge Drive.

Dave

April 12th, 2015

Hi All,

Playlist for the 12th went like this...

1) Jason Isbell; Tour of Duty; Live in Alabama

2) Bob Dylan; Brownsville Girl; Knocked Out Loaded
3) Son Volt; Hearts and Minds; Honky Tonk

4) Alejandro Escovedo; Five Hearts Breaking Breaking; Gravity
5) Robert Earl Keen; Feelin' Good Again; Best of Robert Earl Keen
6) The Wallin' Jenny's Glory Bound; Firecracker

7) Steve Earle; Waitin' on the Sky; I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
8) Steve Earle; Little Emperor; I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive
9) Shovels and Rope; O' Be Joyful; O' Be Joyful

10) Lyle Lovett; This Old Porch; Anthology Number One
11) John Hiatt; Train to Birmingham; Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns
12) James McMurtry; Ain't Got No Place; Complicated Game
 
13) John Prine; Illegal Smile; John Prine

April 5th, 2015

Hi All,

Happy Easter!  Still riding high after this guy visited town this past Monday and Tuesday.  Man, what a wonderful couple of days.  Thanks to everyone who came out to see him on Tuesday night.  We had about 500 people there--just a perfect night.

The playlist today wasn't half bad either...and it went like this.

1) James McMurtry; You Got to Me; Complicated Game

2) Iris Dement; I've Got That Old-Time Religion in My Heart; Lifeline
3) Iris Dement; Blessed Assurance; Lifeline
4) Bob Dylan; It's All Good; Together Through Life

5) Kevin Kling; Tickled Pink; State Fair
6) Guy Clark; The Cape; Dublin Blues
7) Townes Van Zandt; To Live is To Fly; Live at the Old Quarter

8) Rodney Crowell; The Long Journey Home; Tarpaper Sky
9) Richard Thompson; Wall of Death; Acoustic Classics
10) Patty Griffin; Go Wherever You Want to Go; American Kid

11) Sarah Jarosz; Simple Twist of Fate; Build Me up From Bones
12) John Prine; That's the Way the World Goes Round; Bruised Orange

13) Lucinda Williams; Compassion; Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone

March 29th, 2015

Hi All,

New shows have been on every week here, but I've been terrible with the blog.  Sorry about that.  The playlist today went like this...

1) Bob Dylan; Love Minus Zero/No Limit; Bringing it All Back Home

2) Bob Dylan; She Belongs to Me; Bringing it All Back Home
3) Guy Clark; Hanging Your Life on the Wall; Dublin Blues
4) Steve Earle; Poncho and Lefty; Townes

5) John Prine (with Iris Dement); We're Not the Jet Set;  In Spite of Ourselves
6) John Prine (with Connie Smith); So Sad (To Watch a Good Love Go Bad); In Spite of Ourselves
7) John Prine (with Lucinda Willaims); Wedding Bells/Let's Turn Back the Years; In Spite of Ourselves

8) Bruce Springsteen; Racing in the Streets; The Promise
9) Bruce Springsteen; Gotta Get That Feeling; The Promise
10) Jeffery Foucault; Northbound 35; Thunder Road--Tracks Inspired by the Boss

11) John Hiatt; Through Your Hands; Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan
12) John Hiatt; Like Your Dad Did; Hiatt Comes Alive at Budokan

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

March 1st, 2015

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

1) Todd Snider; Laying My Life On the Line; Time as We Know It:  The Songs of Jerry Jeff Walker

2) Bob Dylan; Restless Farewell; The Times They Are a Changin'
3) Jeffery Foucault; Billy the Bum; Shoot the Moon
4) John Prine; That's the Way the World Goes Round; Bruised Orange

5) Hurray for the Riff Raff; End of the Line; Small Town Heroes
6) Lucinda Williams; Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
7) Sarah Jarosz; Over the Edge; Build Me Up From the Bones

Songs 8-11--Played the first four songs from James McMurtry's brilliant new record, Complicated Game.  Man, is he good.  He's in Minneapolis on April 25th. 

12) Billy Bragg; Nobody Knows Nothing Anymore; Tooth & Nail
13) Richard Thompson; Down Where the Drunkards Roll; Acoustic Classics

February 22nd, 2015

Hi All,

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

1) Bob Dylan; Most of the Time; Oh Mercy

2) Bruce Springsteen; Stolen Car; The River
3) Poke LaFarge; Day After Day; Pokey LaFare
4) Lyle Lovett; Straighten Up and Fly Right; Smile

5) John Hiatt; Long Time Comin'; Terms of My Surrender
6) Shovels and Rope; Birmingham;
7) Doug Seegers; Going Down to the River; Going Down to the River

8) James McMurtry; No More Buffalo; Life in Aught Three
9) Jason Isbell; Alabama Pines; Live From Alabama
10) Old Crow Medicine Show; Highway Halo; Tennessee Pusher

11) Robert Earl Keen; This World is Not My Home; Happy Prisoner
12) John Prine; Iron Ore Betty; Bruised Orange
13) Bob Dylan; Autumn Leaves; Shadows in the Night

February 15th, 2015

Hi All,

New shows almost every week here, but I've been doing a bad job with the blog in 2015. 

Lost the playlist for the 15th, but here's some of the stuff we did.

Talked about Bob's delightfully complex speech , listened to the Mellencamp song he quotes, said I was pretty excited that James McMurtry has a new record coming out (man is he somethin' special...watch the video on the link), talked about this guy and his upcoming visit to MSU, Mankato (man, is he something special...), and we played lots of stuff from Robert Earl Keen's new bluegrass record.  A fun morning.  Thanks for listening.

February 8th, 2015

Ok, I admit it.  I've been terrible with the blog here in 2015.  I shall improve.  We've had new shows nearly every weekend, but I lose the playlist, I forget to post, etc.  In short, I'm getting old.

But today's show went like this...

1) Bob Dylan; Stay With Me; Shadows in the Night

2) Lucinda Williams; Cold, Cold, Heart; Timeless
3) Keb Mo; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Timeless
4) Tom Petty; You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave); Timeless

5) Greg Brown; 1952 Vincent Black Lightening; The Live One
6) Tom Russell; U.S. Steel; The Long Way Around
7) Ryan Bingham; The Weary Kind; The Weary Kind (theme from Crazy Heart)

8) Bob Dylan; The Night We Called it a Day; Shadows in the Night
9) Bob Dylan; That Lucky Old Sun; Shadows in the Night
10) Bob Dylan; Where are You? Shadows in the Night

11) Zoe Muth; Little Piece of History; World of Strangers
12) Billy Bragg; Handyman Blues; Tooth & Nail

13) Steve Earle; 21st Century Blues; The Low Highway

January 18th, 2015

Hi All,

There was a new show last week as well, but where the setlist went is anybody's guess.  But today went like this.

1) Sarah Jarosz; Simple Twist of Fate; Build Me Up From the Bones

2) Lyle Lovett; Step Inside This House; Step Inside This House
3) James McMurtry; Off and Running; Where'd You Hide the Body
4) Zoe Muth; Little Piece of History; World of Strangers

5) John Hiatt; Crossing Muddy Waters; Crossing Muddy Waters
6) John Hiatt; Lift Up Every Stone; Crossing Muddy Waters
7) Robert Earl Keen; I Still Miss Someone; Live in Austin
8) Robert Earl Keen; Dreadful Selfish Crime; Live in Austin

9) Guy Clark; Analog Girl; Workbench Songs
10) Lucinda Williams; Big Red Sun Blues; Lucinda Williams
11) Fred Eaglesmith; Carmelita; Ralph's Last Show
12) Uncle Tupelo; We've Been Had; 89/93 Anthology

13)  Zoe Muth; Annabelle; World of Strangers

January 3rd, 2015

Hi All,

Everything today came from this little Christmas gift. 

1) Growing Up; Greetings From Asbury Park

2) Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street; Greetings...
3) The E-Street Shuffle; The Wild, The Innocent, and The E-Street Shuffle
4) Incident on 57th Street; The Wild...

5) Thunder Road; Born to Run
6) Night; Born to Run
7) The Factory; Darkness on the Edge of Town
8) Darkness on the Edge of Town; Darkness

9) I'm a Rocker; The River
10) Wreck on the Highway; The River
11) Atlantic City; Nebraska
12) Reason to Believe; Born to Run

13) No Surrender; Born in the USA

Decmeber 28th, 2014

Hi Everyone,

The last playlist for 2014 came from releases on the year-end No Depression Reader's Poll.  The playlist went like this. 

1) Sturgill Simpson; Voices; Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

2) Sturgill Simpson; Turtles all the Way Down; Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
3) Sturgill Simpson; Life of Sin; Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
4) Lucinda Williams; Protection; Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
5) Lucinda Williams; East Side of Town; Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone

6) Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin; All by Myself; Common Ground--Songs of Big Bill Broonzy
7 Hurray for the Riff Raff; Good Time Blues; Small Town Heroes
8) Drive by Truckers; First Air of Autumn; Crossing English Oceans

9) Justin Townes Earle; Worried About the Weather; Single Mothers
10) Richard Thompson; Walking On a Wire; Acoustic Classics (not on the list, but should have been)
11) John Hiatt; Come Back Home; Terms of My Surrender
12) John Hiatt; Long Time Comin'; Terms of My Surrender

13) Rodney Crowell; Fever on the Bayou; Tarpaper Sky
14) Sturgill Simpson; Long White Line; Metamodern Sounds in Country Music

December 21st, 2014

Hi Everyone,

Last week was an encore presentation of the Dylan show from late November of this year. 

This week's show went like this...

1) Townes Van Zandt; Colorado Bound; In the Beginning...

Four from the recent special music issue of the Oxford American

2) Billy Joe Shaver; Hill Country Love Song
3) JT "Funny Paper" Smith; Fool's Blues
4) Joe Ely; You Can Bet I'm Gone
5) Ruthie Foster; Death Came A-Knockin' (Travelin' Shoes)

6) Bob Dylan; Here Comes Santa Clause; Christmas in the Heart
7) John Mellencamp; I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause; A Very Special Christmas vol. 1
8)Suzy Bogguss; Beautiful Dreamer; American Folk Songbook
9) Patty Griffin; Go Wherever You Want to Go; American Kid

10) The Avett Brothers; Spanish Pipedream; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows (John Prine tribute)
11) Jamestown Revival; Paradise; The California EP
12) Guy Clark; The Carpenter; Live from Dixie's Bar and Bus Stop

13) Bob Dylan; O' Little Town of Bethlehem; Christmas in the Heart
14) Iris Dement; Fill My Way with Love; Lifeline
15) Indigo Girls; Your Holiday Song; Holly Happy Days

16) Old Crow Medicine Show; Ain't it Enough; Carry Me Back

December 7, 2014

Hi All,

Today's show featured just one release--Badlands:  A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

Got to thinking about Bruce this week after this...

November 30, 2014

Hi All,

All Bob Dylan today...playlist went like this.

1) Wiggle Wiggle; Under a Red Sky

2) Something There is About You; Planet Waves
3) Dark Eyes; Empire Burlesque
4) Mississippi; "Love and Theft"

5) Don't Fall Apart on Me; Infidels
6) Shooting Star; Oh Mercy
7) Queen Jane Approximately; Dylan and the Dead

8) Working Man's Blues #2; Modern Times
9) World Gone Wrong; World Gone Wrong
10) Forever Young; Side Tracks

11) Changing of the Guards; Street Legal

November 23rd, 2014

Hi All,

There have been some new shows as of late...technical difficulty last week.  But we'll get back to this blog gosh darn it.

Today featured all John Prine and Steve Goodman.  Love both these guys and was in the mood for them--hope you were as well.

Playlist went like this...

1) Steve Goodman; Between the Lines; No Big Surprise--The Steve Goodman Anthology

2) John Prine; You've Got Gold; Live on Tour
3) Steve Goodman; Would You Like to Learn to Dance; No Big Surprise
4) John Prine; You Mean so Much to Me; Live on Tour

5) Steve Goodman; Lincoln Park Pirates; Live at the Earle of Old Town
6) John Prine; Illegal Smile; Great Days--The John Prine Anthology
7) Steve Goodman; Grand Canyon Song; Live at the Earle of Old Town
8) John Prine; Glory of True Love; Fair and Square

9) Steve Goodman; Turnpike Tom; No Big Surprise
10) John Prine; Christmas in Prison; The John Prine Anthnology
11) Steve Goodman; Just Lucky I Guess; No Big Surprise
12) John Prine; Space Monkey; Live on Tour

13) Steve Goodman; Six Hours Ahead of the Sun; Somebody Else's Troubles

October 26th, 2014

Hi All,

Got a bit behind on posts...but back to it here.

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

1) Justin Townes Earle; Time Shows Fools; Single Mothers

2) Sarah Jarosz; Simple Twist of Fate; Build Me Up From the Bones
3) Bob Dylan; Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum; "Love and Theft"
4) Dave Alvin; Between the Cracks; West of the West

5) Guy Clark; Cornmeal Waltz; My Favorite Picture of You
6) Robert Earl Keen; Lonely Feeling; Gringo Honeymoon

7) Mandolin Orange; Hose of Stone; This Side of Jordan
8) Tim O'Brien & Darrel Scott (with John Prine); Paradise; Memories and Stories
9) John Fullbright; All the Time in the World; From the Ground Up

10) Lyle Lovett; All Downhill; It's Not Big It's Large
11) Old Crow Medicine Show; Carry Me Back; Carry Me Back

12) Guy Clark; Heartbroke; Live at Dixie's Bar and Bus Stop

October 5th, 2014

Hey Everyone,

New show today after a repeat least week.  Playlist went like this...

1) The Avett Brothers; Spanish Pipedream; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows

2) John Mellencamp; Troubled Man; Plain Spoken
3) John Mellencamp; Sometimes There's a God
4) John Hiatt; Baby's Gonna Kick; Terms of My Surrender
5) John Hiatt; Nothin' I Love; Terms of M Surrender

6) Lucinda Williams; Compassion; Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone
7) Lucinda Williams; Protection; Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone

8) Justin Townes Earle; Worried About the Weather; Single Mothers
9) Justin Townes Earle; Single Mothers; Single Mothers
10) Hurray for the Riff Raff; No One Else; Small Town Heroes
11) Rodney Crowell; Fever on the Bayou; Tarpaper Sky

12) Jason Isbell; Flying Over Water; Southeastern
13) Joe Pug; Silver Harps and Violins; The Great Despiser

14) Wood Guthrie; This Land is Your Land; Woody at 100

September 28th, 2014

Hi All,

Today was an "encore presentation" of a show that first aired back in July.  Here is the setlist for today as it was first published in July.

All Bob Dylan this morning.  I'm making my way through this--album by album line by line and, at the risk of sounding melodramatic, it's making my life a whole lot better.

The playlist went like this…

1) Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine); Before the Flood

2) Tough Mama; Planet Waves
3) Please Mrs. Henry; The Basement Tapes
4) Highway 61 Revisited; Before the Flood

5) Highway 51; Bob Dylan
6) See That My Grave is Kept Clean; Bob Dylan
7) Talkin' New York; Bob Dylan

8) Shelter From the Storm; Hard Rain
9) Simple Twist of Fate; Blood on the Tracks
10) Leopard-Skin Pill Box Hat; Blonde on Blonde

11) Restless Farewell; The Times They are A-Changin'
12) Chimes of Freedom; Another Side of Bob Dylan

September 21st, 2014

Hi All,

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

1) Old Crow Medicine Show; Sweet Amarillo; Remedy

Three from the really, really good new one from Loudon Wainwright III

2) Brand New Dance
3) In a Hurry
4) Haven't Got the Blues Yet

And, while I didn't p;lay it on the show, if you're in for a little commentary on guns in America, give this one a listen.

5) Fayssoux; Hell on a Poor Boy; I Can't Wait
6) Lucinda Williams; Car Wheels on a Gravel Road; Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
7) Richard Thompson; Valerie; Acoustic Classics

8) Sarah Jarosz; Dark Road; Build Me Up From Bones
9) Holly Williams; Railroads; The Highway
10) Hurray for the Riff Raff; End of the Line; Small Town Heroes

11) Bruce Springsteen; Wreck on the Highway; The River
12) Bruce Springsteen; The Ties That Bind; The River

**Happy Birthday to the Boss.  65 on the 23rd of Sept. 

13) John Hiatt; Marlene; Terms of My Surrender

Septemember 14th, 2014

Hi All,

Had a new show last week as well, but I never got around to posting the playlist.

The show this week went like this...

1) Levon Helm; Ophelia; Live at the Ryman

Then three from Bob Dylan...the same three songs he's been starting shows with for a good long time.

2) Bob Dylan; Things Have Changed; Side Tracks
3) Bob Dylan; She Belongs to Me; Bringing It All Back Home
4) Bob Dylan; Beyond Here Lies Nothin'; Together Through Life

5) Erik Koskinen; First Time in Years; American Theatre
6) Erik Koskinen; Six Pack of Beer and a Pack of Cigarettes; American Theatre
7) Sheryl Crow & Levon Helm; No Depression in Heaven; Ramble at the Ryman
8) Levon Helm & John Hiatt; The Weight; Ramble at the Ryman

9) Ryan Adams; Gimmie Something Good; Gimmie Something Good
10) Sera Cahoone; Deer Creek Canyon
11) John Doe and the Sadies; A Fool Such as I; Country Club

12) John Hiatt; Nobody Knew His Name; Terms of My Surrender

August 31st, 2014

Hi All,

Had to toss in a repeat last week.  But new this week.  Happy Labor Day.

The playlist went like this...

1) Hayes Carll; Hard Out Here; KMAG YOYO

2) Lyle Lovett; Step Inside This House; Step Inside This House
3) Guy Clark; LA Freeway; Songs and Stories

4) Bob Dylan; Union Sundown; Infidels
5) Mavis Staples; You Are Not Alone; You Are Not Alone
6) Richard Thompson; Down Where the Drunkards Roll; Acoustic Classics

7) Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Ranger with Eddie Brickell; Pretty Little One; Live
8) Jamestown Revival; Paradise; The California EPhttp://www.acronymslist.com/acronym/36266.html
9) Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Ranger with Eddie Brickell; When You Get to Ashville; Live

10) Dave and Phil Alvin; I Feel So Good; Common Ground
11) Bob Dylan; Pressing On; Saved

August 17th, 2014

Hi All,

The playlist today went like this...

1) Townes Van Zandt; Fraternity Blues; Live at the Old Quarter

2) Bonnie Raitt; Ain't Gonna Let You Go; Slipstream
3) Old Crow Medicine Show; Ain't It Enough;
4) Mississippi John Hurt; Ain't No Tellin' Avalon Blues

5) Susan Tedeshi; Angel From Montgomery; Live From Austin
6) Ocean Carolina; Should I; All the Way Home

7) Cowboy Poem by "Whipper"--Recorded in Colorado Springs, Colorado (not Colorado Springs, Georgia)
8) Riders in the Sky; Don't Fence Me In; Cowboy Songs
9) Guy Clark; Funny Bone; Workbench Songs

10) Richard Thompson; From Galway to Graceland; Acoustic Classics
11) Los Lobos; Oh Yeah; Live From the City Winery

12) Bruce Springsteen; 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy); Magic Tour Highlights

August 10th, 2014

Hi Everyone,

Out of date here on blog posts just a bit.  Summer.  But new shows have been playing, though last week as a repeat.

Today's new show went like this...

1) Kelly Willis and Bruce Robison; Border Radio; Cheater's Game

2) Ocean Carolina; Don't Break Your Promise; All the Way Home
3) Dawes; Time Spent in Los Angeles; Nothing is Wrong

Talked a little bit today about this book--very powerful read.  The book is the common read at Minnesota State this fall.  Several campus and community events will be held throughout the fall of 2014. 

I finished the book last night and a set of from this seemed appropriate.

The songs played were

4) This Little Light of Mine
5) If You Miss Me From the Back of the Bus
7) We Shall Overcome

8) Alicia Keys; Pressing On; Muscle Shoals
9) Mavis Staples; I Wrote a Song for Everyone; You Are Not Alone
10) Steve Earle; Pancho and Lefty; Townes

11) Townes Van Zandt; To Live is to Fly; Live at the Old Quarter
12)  Jamestown Revival; Paradise; The California EP
13) Richard Thompson; I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight; Acoustic Classics

14) John Hiatt; Come Back Home; Terms of My Surrender

July 20th, 2014

Hi All,

Say, don't forget about Jason Isbell--here in Mankato on July 30th.  This is a big deal.  Hope to see you there.

The playlist today featured a bunch of Isbell and went like this...

1) Old Crow Medicine Show; Sweet Amarillo; Remedy

2) Billy Bragg; A New England; The Essential Billy Bragg
3) Bill Bragg; There is Power in a Union; The Essential Billy Bragg
4) Bruce Springsteen; The River; The River

I mentioned this book after the set above...really nice stuff about working-class life/culture.

5) Bob Dylan; Don't Think Twice It's Alright; Live at Bodokan
6) Bob Dylan; Shelter From the Storm; Live at Bodokan

A set from Jason Isbell...

7) Flying Over Water; Southeastern
8) Cover Me Up; Southeastern
9) Alabama Pines; Live from Alabama
10) Tour of Duty; Live from Alabama

11) Old Crow Medicine Show; Dearly Departed Friend; Remedy
12) Old Crow Medicine Show; Firewater

 13) Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band; Wedding Day in Funeralville; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows


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July 13th, 2014

Hi All,

Last week featured a little heavy metal during the LTYF time slot.  Not sure just what happened there.  But this week we were back on the air.  All Bob Dylan this morning.  I'm making my way through this--album by album line by line and, at the risk of sounding melodramatic, it's making my life a whole lot better.

The playlist went like this…

1) Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine); Before the Flood

2) Tough Mama; Planet Waves
3) Please Mrs. Henry; The Basement Tapes
4) Highway 61 Revisited; Before the Flood

5) Highway 51; Bob Dylan
6) See That My Grave is Kept Clean; Bob Dylan
7) Talkin' New York; Bob Dylan

8) Shelter From the Storm; Hard Rain
9) Simple Twist of Fate; Blood on the Tracks
10) Leopard-Skin Pill Box Hat; Blonde on Blonde

11) Restless Farewell; The Times They are A-Changin'
12) Chimes of Freedom; Another Side of Bob Dylan

June 29th, 2014

Hi Everyone,

Missed a couple posts here, though new shows have been on the air.  Last week Grace Engen (age 9) served as an awfully good guest host.  I'm gonna lose this job one of these days.

This week the playlist went like this…

1) Bob Dylan; Highway 61 Revisited; Before the Flood

2) Steve Martin & Edie Brickell; When You Get to Ashville; Love Has Come for You
3) Edie Brickell; Little Ms. S.; Shooting Rubber Bands at the Stars
4) Billy Bragg; Handyman Blues; Tooth and Nail

5) Greg Brown; Laughing River; The Live One
6) Steve Goodman; Truck Driving Man; Live at the Earle of Old Town
7) Drive by Truckers; First Air of Autumn; English Oceans                  

8) Dave and Phil Alvin; All By Myself; Common Ground--The Songs of Big Bill Broonzy
9) Dave and Phil Alvin; I Feel So Good; Common Ground--The Songs of Big Bill Broonzy
10) Billy Joe and Norah Jones; Kentucky; Foreverly
11) Billy Joe and Norah Jones; Roving Gambler

12) Bob Dylan; Something There Is About You; Planet Waves
13) Bob Dylan; Going, Going Gone; Planet Waves

June 8th, 2014

Hi All,

Thanks to Ben Leonard for hosting last week.  This week featured a bunch of music he brought with him but didn't make it on his show last week.  Dave was the host…Ben the one responsible for the music.  The playlist went like this…

1) John Prine & Iris Dement; We're Not the Jet Set

2) Patsy Kline; I Love You Honey
3) Joe Pub; Colorado Girl
4) Merle Haggard; If We Make It Through December
5) Old 97's; Valentine

**Mentioned this book on the program…enjoyed it a whole lot.
**And while I'm it, I really liked this short doc.

6) Bob Dylan; Mississippi
7) The Replacements; Skyway
8) Will Kimbrough; Hill Country Girl

9) Ani Difranco with Ry Cooder & Dan Gellert
9) Bruce Springsteen; Highway Patrolman
10) The Rural Alberta Advantage; Eye of the Tiger

11) Billy Bragg & Wilco; The Jolly Banker
12) Lorde; Swingin' Party

13) Oak Ridge Boys; Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight

June 1, 2014

Thanks Dave for letting me sit in this week. I had a great time. Hope you enjoyed the show.  ~ Ben Leonard

1. Vandaveer; Out Past the Moat; Grace & Speed

2. The Meemies; Porch Song; The Meemies
3. Cate Le Bon; Are You With Me Now?; Mug Museum
4. Regina Spektor; The Party; What We Saw From the Cheap Seats

5. Oscar Isaac; The Death of Queen Jane; Inside Lewyn Davis Soundtrack
6. Deer Tick; Big House; Negativity
7. Gregory Alan Isakov; Suitcase Full Of Sparks; Weatherman

8. Evan Dando; Sam Stone (Prine); Live at the Brattle Theater
9. Savannah Smith; Book of Love; Taken from YouTube
10. Ani DiFranco; Deportee; Woody Guthrie: At 100!

11. Matt the Electrician; Under the Wire; It's a Beacon It's a Bell
12. Liz Phair; Somebody's Miracle; Somebody's Miracle
13. Josh Ritter; Snow is Gone; Hello Starling

14. Townes Van Zandt; Still Looking for You;
15. Middle Brother; Wilderness; Middle Brother

16. [Fade Out] The Pogues; Body of an American

May 25th, 2014

Hi All,

Last week I watched this film…and loved it.  Today's show featured the entire soundtrack--in order.

May 18th, 2014

Hey Everyone,

Playlist for the 18th went like this…

1) Joe Pug; The Door Was Always Open; Messenger (For Ben Leonard)

Three from Dylan's New Morning

2) Day of the Locusts (it's commencement season, you know)
3) Time Passes Slowly
4) Went to See the Gypsy

5) Caitlin Rose; Only a Clown; The Stand In
6) Dawes; From a Window Seat; Stories Don't End
7) Guy Clark; If I Needed You; Songs and Stories
8) Guy Clark; Stuff That Works; Songs and Stories

9) Rodney Crowell; I'm a Mess; Kin
10) Chris Knight; A Pretty Good Guy; A Pretty Good Guy
11) Bruce Springsteen & Alejandro Esccovedo; Always A Friend; Magic Tour Highlights
12) Gurf Morlix; Big Cheeseburgers and Good Friends; Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream

13) John Prine; Blue Umbrella; The Singing Mailman Delivers
14) Bon Iver; Blindsided; For Emma; Forever Ago

May 11th, 2014

Hi All,

We've had new shows the past few weeks…but I've been pulled away from the blog.  Back at it though…and, before the playlist, thanks again to everyone who helped with the Spring Pledge Drive.  We made our $40,000 goal.  A big deal.  Your contributions keep this place going.  Thanks!

The playlist on the 11th went like this…

1) Richard and Linda Thompson; Hard Luck Stories; In Concert November 1975

2) Warren Zevon; Hit Somebody; My Ride is Here
3) Patty Griffin; The Cape; This One's For Him
3) Old Crow Medicine Show; Ain't It Enough; Carry Me Back

4) Bruce Springsteen; Wrecking Ball; Wrecking Ball
5) Greg Brown; Freak Flag; Freak Flag
6) Redbird; Ships; Redbird
7) Iris Dement; Go On Ahead and Go Home; Sing the Delta

8) Elliott Brood; Northern Air; Days Into Years
9) Grace Potter & The Nocturnals; Ain't No Time; This is Somewhere
10) Jason Isbell; Flying Over Water; Southeastern

11) MyMorning Jacket; Leaving on a Jet Plane; The Music is You--A Tribute to John Denver
12) Lucinda Williams; This Old Guitar; The Music is You--A Tribute to John Denver

April 20, 2014

Hi All,

A few things beyond my control led to there being repeat episodes the last two weeks.  If you noticed that, my apologies.  If you didn't notice, I'm not saying anything.

A new show today…and happy Easter to all, though the program touched on the holiday not at all this year.

The playlist went like this…

1) The Byrds; All I Really Want To Do; The Byrds Play Dylan

2) Bruce Springsteen; Tougher Than the Rest; Chimes of Freedom

3) Bruce Springsteen; Be True; Chimes of Freedom

4) John Hiatt; Through Your Hands; Live at Budokan

5) Patty Griffin; Go Wherever You Want to Go; American Kid

6) John Hiatt; Like Your Dad Did; Live at Budokan

Three from Rodney Crowell's new one, Tarpaper Sky

7) The Long Journey Home

8) Fever on the Bayou

9) Frankie Please

10) Bruce Springsteen; Chimes of Freedom; Chimes of Freedom

11) Bruce Springsteen; Born to Run; Chimes of Freedom

12) Uncle Tupelo; Wait Up; March 16-20 1992

March 30th, 2014

Hi All,

A lot of Bob Dylan covers today…the playlist started with Bob himself and went like this.

1) Bob Dylan; It Takes a lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry; Hwy 61 Revisited

Three from Uncut's Highway 61 Revisited

2) Paul Westerberg; It Takes a lot to Laugh; It Takes a Train to Cry

3) Dave Alvin; Highway 61 Revisited 

4) American Music Club; Queen Jane Approximately

Four from Mojo's Dylan Covered

5) The Flying Burrito Brothers; To Ramona

6) The Hollies; My Back Pages

7) John Martyn; Don't Think Twice It's Alright

8) Nancy Sinatra; It Ain't Me Babe

Four from Duluth Does Dylan Revisited 

9) Charlie Parr; Blind Willie McTell

10) Cloud Cult; Mar. Tambourine Man

11) Sara Softich; Buckets of Rain

12) Ol' Yeller; When The Ship Comes In

13) Bob Dylan; Queen Jane Approximately; Highway 61 Revisited

March 23rd, 2014

Hi All,

Last week was an "encore presentation" of an earlier broadcast.  Today was new, however, and the playlist went like this…

1) John Prine; Fish and Whistle; Great Days--The John Prine Anthology

2) Lyle Lovett; If I Had a Boat; Pontiac
3) Iris Dement; Let the Mystery Be; Infamous Angel
4) Townes Van Zandt; Dublin Blues; The Highway Kind

5) Eric Bibb; The Cape; Friends
6) Son Volt; The Search;
7) Buddy & Julie Miller; Keep Your Distance;

**a couple songs above came from a collection of songs passed along by a friend.  not sure of the records on which you'll find them.

8) All of side two (songs 6-10) from Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline

9) Doc Watson; Stream of Whiskey
10) Holly Williams; Railroads; The Highway
11) Jamestown Revival; Paradise; The California Ep

March 9th, 2014

Hi All,

All music today from Troy Murphy over there in Michigan.  He's put together a bunch of shows over the years…all have been great and this one was no exception.  

The playlist went like this…

1) Pokey LaFarge; Central Time; Pokey LaFarge

2) Parker Millsap; Disappear; Parker Millsap
3) Parker Millsap & Michael Rose; Homeless; Palisade
4) Jamestown Revival; Paradise; The California EP

5) Jamestown Revival; California; Utah
6) Poor Old Shine; Weeds or Wildflowers; Poor Old Shine
7) Poor Old Shine; The Hurry All Around; Poor Old Shine

8) The Boxer (featuring Mumford & Sons); Jerry Douglas; Traveler
9) Crooked Still; American Tune; Friends of Fall
10) Stark Sands; The Last Thing on My Mind; Inside Llewyn Davis

11) The Devil Makes Three; Old Number Seven; The Devil Makes Three
12) The Devil Makes Three; Uncle Harvey's Plane; A Little Bit Faster and a Little Bit Worse

13) Kevin Kling; Tickled Pink; State Fair
14) Pokey LaFarge and The South City Three; La la Blues; Riverboat Soul

March 2nd, 2014

Hi All,

My gosh…March already.  Drive by Truckers in Minneapolis in late March.  That's worth mentioning, but the year is moving right along already.  At any rate, the playlist for the 2nd went like this…

1) Tom Russell; I'm on Fire; Thunder Road--Tracks Inspired by the Boss

Three songs from the 2012 New West Records Sampler

2) Mark Olson & Gary Louris; Turn Your Pretty Name Around
3) The Flatlanders; South Wind of Summer
4) Old 97's; Dance With Me

5) Bruce Springsteen; High Hopes; High Hopes
6) Kevin Kling; Tickled Pink; State Fair
7) Mary Lou Lord; Thunder Road; Thunder Road--Tracks Inspired by the Boss

Three from the great Warren Zevon.  Miss that guy…

8) Looking for the Next Best Thing; A Quiet Normal Life
9) The Factory; Sentimental Hygiene
10) Frank and Jesse James; Warren Zevon

11) Guy Clark; The Cape; Dublin Blues
12) Greg Trooper; Dream Away the Blues; Make it Through This World

13) Lucinda Williams; People Talkin'; World Without Tears

February 23rd, 2014

Hi All,

My 2014 Dylan kick continues.  Got this for Christmas and the goal for the year is to listen to every record from start to finish--in one sitting and with headphones (that's one record per sitting…not 47 at once, though that does sound like a good road trip).  Though Blonde on Blonde so far.

In the mood for some Dylan this morning, and so played side one of this one--uninterrupted.  Man…

Where to go from here is no easy task, but the show went like this…

1) Gurf Morlix; If I Could Only Fly; Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream

2) Jason Isbell; Alabama Pines; Here We Rest

3) Son Volt; Livin' On; Honky Tonk

5) Bruce Springsteen & Alejandro Escovedo; Always a Friend; Magic Tour Highlights

6) Bruce Springsteen; Stolen Car; The River

7) Los Lobos; Tin Can Trust; Disconnected 

February 16th, 2014

Hey Everyone,

Playlist went like this…

Started with five from the Oxford American's annual music issue.

1) Kris Kristofferson; Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends

2) Buddy & Julie Miller and the McCrary Sisters; Something Within
3) Rosanne Cash; The Long Way Home
4) Bob Dylan; I Threw It All Away
5) Carl Perkins; Tennessee

6) Kevin Kling (story); Grace; State Fair
7) Bruce Springsteen; Dream Baby Dream; High Hopes

8) Drive By Truckers; 3 Dimes Down; Brighter Than Creation's Dark
9) Drive By Truckers; I'm Sorry Houston; Brighter Than Creation's Dark
10) The Louvin Brothers; There's a Higher Power; Satan is Real

11) Kevin Kling; State Fair; State Fair
12) Dolly Parton; Travelin' Prayer; Oxford American Music Issue

13) Fisk University Jubilee Singers; Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down; Oxford American Music Issue

And at no extra cost, a book recommendation...

February 9th, 2014

Hi All,

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

1) Old Crow Medicine Show; Carry Me Back; Carry Me Back

Three from Los Lobos--all from the new record, Disconnected

2) Oh Yeah
3) La Venganza De Los Pelados
4) Tears of God

5) Jason Isbell; Flying Over Water; Southeastern
6) Holly Williams; Railroad; The Highway
7) Steve Earle; Waitin' on the Sky; I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive

8) Bob Dylan; New Morning; New Morning
9) John Hiatt; The Open Road; The Open Road
10) Chris Smither; Visions of Johanna; Leave the Light On

11) The Avett Brothers; Morning Song; Magpie and the Dandelion
12) Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris; Here We Are; Old Yellow Moon
13) The Avett Brothers; Spanish Pipedream; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows

February 2nd, 2014 (Tribute to Pete Seeger)

Hi All,

All Pete Seeger today...The playlist went like this.

1) Dink's Song

2) Introduction by Bruce Springsteen
3) We Shall Overcome; We Shall Overcome--The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert

4) Little Birdie; Children's Concert at Town Hall
5) Be Kind to Your Parents; Children's Concert at Town Hall
6) Riding in My Car; Children's Concert at Town Hall
6) Put Your Finger in the Air; Children's Concert at Town Hall

7) This Land is Your Land; American Favorite Ballads
8) What Did You Learn in School Today; We Shall Overcome--The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert
9) A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall; We Shall Overcome--The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert
10) Little Boxes; We Shall Overcome--The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert

11) Nanci Griffith & Friends; If I Had a Hammer; Where Have All the Flowers Gone:  The Songs of Pete Seeger
12) Odetta; One Grain of Sand; Where Have All the Flowers Gone:  The Songs of Pete Seeger
13) The Weavers; Wimoweh; Where Have All the Flowers Gone:  The Songs of Pete Seeger

14) Pete Seeger; Forever Young; Chimes of Freedom
15) Pete Seeger; Skip to My Lou; Children's Concert at Town Hall

Here's Pete Seeger's Letter to Teens
and his testimony before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee

January 12th and 19th, 2014

Hi All,

The playlist for the 12th & 19th went like this (the show aired on the 12th at 8 am instead of 9, so we also aired in on the 19th)...

1) Conor Oberest and the Mystic Valley Band; Wedding Day in Funeralville; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows

2) Neil Young; This Land is Your Land; Americana
3) Holly Williams; The Highway; The Highway
4) Jake Bugg; Two Fingers; Jake Jake Bugg

5) Joe Pug; Messenger; Messenger
6) Guy Clark; Analog Girl; Workbench Songs
7) Rodney Crowell w/Norah Jones; If the Law Don't Want You; Kin

Four from Mr. Dylan...

8) B.D.; Talkin' New York; Bob Dylan
9) B.D.; Song to Woody; Bob Dylan
10) B.D.; Girl from the North Country; The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
11) B.D.; I Shall be Free; The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

12) Woody Guthrie; So Long it's Been Good to Know You; Woody at 100
13) Woody Guthrie; Rablin' Round; Woody at 100
14) Bruce Springsteen; Sherry Darling; The River

15) Bob Dylan; You're No Good; Bob Dylan

January 5th, 2014

Happy New Year!

Today's show featured cuts from No Depression's list of the best albums  in 2013.  The playlist went like this (the number by the album title is the record's ranking by ND readers).

1) Steve Earle; Love's Gonna Blow My Way; The Low Highway (#9)

2) Richard Thompson; Good Things Happen to Bad People; Electric (#5)
3) Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison; Cheater's Game; Cheater's Game (#4)
4) Dawes; Most People; Stories and Songs ((#26)

5) Caitlin Rose; I was Cruel; The Stand-In (#21)
6) Guy Clark; Good Advice; My Favorite Picture of You (#12)
7) Patty Griffin; Highway Song; American Kid (#2)

8) Holly Williams; Drinkin'; The Highway (#3)
9) Son Volt; Down the Highway; Honkytonk (#6)
10) Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris; Back When We Were Beautiful; Old Yellow Moon (#13)
11) Rodney Crowell & Emmylou Harris; Chase That Feeling; Old Yellow Moon

12) Holly Williams; Gone Away From Me; The Highway (#3)

13) Jason Isbell; Flying Over Water; Southeastern (#1) (easily my favorite record of the year as well…he'll be at First Avenue on Feb. 8th)

Thanks for listening...

December 29th, 2013

Hi All,

Today's show was a repeat from just a couple weeks ago.  Be back next week with the first show of 2014…

Got on a bit of a Gram Parsons kick today…the playlist went like this…

1) Patty Griffin; Go Wherever You Wanna Go; American Kid

2) The Coal Porters; Hickory Wind; The Gram Parsons Tribute Concert
3) The Coal Porters; Drug Store Truck Driving Man; The Gram Parsons Tribute Concert
4) Elvis Costello; Sleepless Nights; Return of the Grievous Angel--A Tribute to Gram Parsons
5) Wilco; One Hundred Years from Now; Return of the Grievous Angel

6) Jason Isbell; Outfit; Live in Alabama (I freakin' love this song…and I don't really even mean freakin')
7) Charlie Parr; Cheap Wine; Rooster
8) Bob Dylan; If Dogs Run Free; New Morning

9) Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels; Drug Store Truck Driving Man; The Gram Parson's Anthology
10) Gram Pasons; Sleepless Nights; The GP anthology
11) Gram Parsons; Love Hurts; The GP anthology
12) Gram Parsons; Streets of Baltimore; The GP anthology

13) The Avett Brothers; Spanish Pipedream; Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows--The Songs of John Prine
14) Drive by Truckers; Daddy's Little Pumpkin; Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows

December 22nd, 2013

Hi All,

The annual Christmas/Holiday show went like this...

1) James McMurtry; Christmas Message
2) Bob Dylan; Winter Wonderland; Christmas in the Heart

3) Caitlin Rose; Three Cigarettes and an Ashtray; Dead Flowers
4) Caitlin Rose; Dead Flowers; Dead Flowers
4) City Mouse; Sittin' On Top of the World; It's About Time

As always, a bunch from A John Prine Christmas (songs below)

5) Everything is Cool
6) Silent Night All Day Long
7) Silver Bells
8) I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause

9) Christmas in Prison
10) A John Prine Christmas

11) The Decemberists; I 4 U & U 4 Me; Long Live the King (Home Demo)
12) Anna Coogan; Take the Sky and Run; The Nocturnal Among Us
13) Guy Clark; My Favorite Picture of You; My Favorite Picture of You

14) The Indigo Girls; Your Holiday Song; Holly Happy Days
15) Del McCoury; Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman; Christmas Time's a Comin'; Christmas on the Mountain

December 15, 2013

Hey Everyone,

Got on a bit of a Gram Parsons kick today…the playlist went like this…

1) Patty Griffin; Go Wherever You Wanna Go; American Kid

2) The Coal Porters; Hickory Wind; The Gram Parsons Tribute Concert
3) The Coal Porters; Drug Store Truck Driving Man; The Gram Parsons Tribute Concert
4) Elvis Costello; Sleepless Nights; Return of the Grievous Angel--A Tribute to Gram Parsons
5) Wilco; One Hundred Years from Now; Return of the Grievous Angel

6) Jason Isbell; Outfit; Live in Alabama (I freakin' love this song…and I don't really even mean freakin')
7) Charlie Parr; Cheap Wine; Rooster
8) Bob Dylan; If Dogs Run Free; New Morning

9) Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels; Drug Store Truck Driving Man; The Gram Parson's Anthology
10) Gram Pasons; Sleepless Nights; The GP anthology
11) Gram Parsons; Love Hurts; The GP anthology
12) Gram Parsons; Streets of Baltimore; The GP anthology

13) The Avett Brothers; Spanish Pipedream; Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows--The Songs of John Prine
14) Drive by Truckers; Daddy's Little Pumpkin; Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows

December 8, 2013

Been a while since I posted.  Got a touch behind but new shows have been on…here's another one.

The playlist of the 8th went like this…

1) The Avett Brothers; Pretty Girl from Michigan The Carpenter

2) Steve Earle; Waitin' on the Sky; I'll Never Get out of this World Alive
3) Bonnie Raitt; Used to Rule the World; Slipstream
4) Greg Brown; Let the Mystery Be; Freak Flag

5) Robert Earl Keen; Laughing River; The Rose Hotel
6) Rosanne Cash; Better Days; This One's for Him:  A Tribute to Guy Clark
7) Chris Smither; Leave the Light On

8) Jake Bugg; Lightning Bolt; Jake Bugg
9) Jake Bugg; Two Fingers; Jake Bugg 
10) John Martin; Don't Think Twice It's Alright; Dylan Covered
11) The Hollies; My Back Pages; Dylan Covered

12) John Prine; Mexican Home; In Person & On Stage
13) John Prine; The Great Compromise; The Singing Mailman Delivers

November 17th, 2013

Hey Everyone,

First of all, thanks for all your support during the Fall Pledge Drive.  The station met it's $20,000 goal and a bunch of people called in to LTYF during last week's live show.  Much appreciated.

Got on a Fred Eaglesmith kick to start off this week's show...playlist went like this.

Four songs from Fred Eaglesmith's Ballin

1) The Building

2) Bailin Again
3) John Deere B.
4) Small Motors

5) Old Crow Medicine Show; Angel From Montgomery; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows--Songs of John Prine
6) Drive By Truckers; Daddy's Little Pumpkin; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows
7) Sara Watkins; The Late John Garfield Blues; Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows

8) Old Crow Medicine Show; Back Home Again; The Music is You:  A Tribute to John Denver
9) Mary Chapin Carpenter; I Guess He'd Rather be in Colorado; The Music is You
10) Amos Lee; Some Days are Diamonds; The Music is You

11) Guy Clark; Walk Don't Walk; Unsung Hero: A Tribute to the Songs of Ron Davies
12) John Anderson;  What Good is a Secret; Unsung Hero
13) Vince Gill & Kelly Hogan; More Today than Yesterday; Unsung Hero

14) Rodney Crowell & Kris Kristofferson; My Father's Advice; Kin:  Songs by Mary Carr and Rodney Crowell
15) Rodney Crowell; I'm a Mess; Kin

November 3rd, 2013

Hi All,

Had a new show last week, too, but no post.  Forgot the computer gosh darn it.  But this week--a new show and a new post.  The set list went like this.

1) Lou Reed; This is No Time; New York

**Take the link above, man.  The song is BEAUTIFUL.

2) The Avett Brothers; Open-Ended Life; Magpie and the Dandeloin
3) Old Crow Medicine Show; Mississippi Saturday Night; Carry Me Back
3) Joe Pug; Silver Harps and Violins; The Great Despiser

4) The Drive by Truckers; TVA; The Fine Print
5) The Drive by Truckers; Rebels; The Fine Print
6) Jason Isbell; Outfit; Live in Alabama

7) Ben Sollee; Prettiest Girl on the Mountain; Learning to Bend
8) Ben Sollee; Built for This; Learning to Bend
9)  Spirit Family Reunion; I am Following the Sound; No Separation
10) Hurray for the Riff Raff; People Talkin'; My Dearest Darkest Neighbor



 

October 20th, 2013

Hi All,

A different sort of show today...spent the first half of the program listening to Bob Dylan's 1989 release Oh Mercy and the second half of the show listening to John Prine's 1995 release Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings.

The playlist went like this...

From Oh Mercy:

1) Political World
2) Where Teardrops Fall
3) Everything is Broken
4) Ring them Bells
5) Man in the Long Black Coat
6) Most of the Time
7) What Good Am I?

And from Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings:

8) New Train
9) Ain't Hurtin' Nobody
10) All the Way with You
11) We are the Lonely
12) Lake Marie
13) Quit Hollerin' at Me

October 13th, 2013

Hey Everyone,

Today's show was a repeat...and went like this.

1) Caitlin Rose; Shotgun Wedding; Dead Flowers

2) Greg Brown; 1952 Vincent Black Lightning; The Live One
3) Bob Dylan; New Morning; New Morning
4) John Prine; Speed of the Sound of Loneliness; German Afternoons

5) Charlie Robison; Feeling Good; Beautiful Day
6) Son Volt; Jukebox of Steel; American Central Dust
7) Glen Campbell; Nothing but the Whole Wide World; Ghost on the Canvas
8) Lucinda Williams; West; West

9) The Rolling Stones; Dead Flowers; Stripped
10) Caitlin Rose; Dead Flowers; Dead Flowers
11) Townes Van Zandt; Dead Flowers; Sunshine Boy

12) Bruce Springsteen & Alejandro Escovedo; Always a Friend; Magic Tour Highlights
13) The Rolling Stones; Like a Rolling Stone; Stripped

October 6th, 2013

Hi All,

Today's show featured selections from 40 songs I put together for a friend on her 40th birthday.  Well, actually, she was 43 before I gave her the gift.  But the songs are good all the same...the playlist went like this.

1) Redbird; Ships; Redbird

2) Greg Brown; Freak Flag; Freak Flag
3) Bruce Springsteen; Wrecking Ball; Wrecking Ball
4) Todd Snider; Good Fortune; The Excitement Plan

5) Richard & Linda Thompson; Hard Luck Stories; In Concert, November 1975
6) Uncle Tupelo; No Depression; 89/93 Anthology
7) Alejandro Escovedo; Down in the Bowery; Street Songs of Love

8) Iris Dement; Go on Ahead and Go Home; Sing the Delta
9) Patty Griffin; The Cape; This One's for Him
10) John Prine; Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore; The Singing Mailman Delivers
11) Gillian Welch; Orphan Girl; Revival

12) Tom T. Hall; I Love; Country Songs for Children
13) The Avett Brothers; Life; The Carpenter

14) Bob Dylan; Duquesne Whistle; Tempest

September 29th, 2013

Hi All,

A special MSU homecoming show this morning, featuring songs sent to us from Troy Murphy.  Though he claims not to recall the year, Troy graduated from the then Mankato State University back in 1990.  He now lives in Michigan.

The show suggests a far younger and hipper man and went like this...

1) Ben Sollee; Prettiest Tree on the Mountain; Learning to Bend

2) Ben Sollee; Build for This; Learning to Bend
3) Black Prairie; What You Gave; A Tear in the Eye is a Wound in the Heart
4) Black Prairie; Richard Manual; A Tear in the Eye is a Wound in the Heart

5) Sarah Jarosz; Come Up to the House; Song Up in Her Head
6) Sarah Jarosz & Black Prairie; Queen of the Silver Dollar; Twistable, Turnable Man:  A Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein
7) Caitlin Cary & Ryan Adams; The Battle; No Depression--What It Sounds Like--V. 2
8) David Childers & The Modern Don Juans; The Prettiest Thing; Room #23

9) Spirit Family Reunion; Under the Highway; No Separation
10) Spirit Family Reunion; I am Following the Sound; No Separation

11) Hurray for the Riff Raff; Look out Mamma; Look out Mamma
12) Hurray for the Riff Raff; My Dearest Darkest...
13) Riley Downng, Sam Doores & the Tumbleweeds; Wrong Time to be Right; Holy Cross Blues
14) Eric Clapton; Goodnight Irene; Old Sock

September 22nd, 2013

Hi All,

Mentioned Richard Russo and his recent memoir on today's show.  If you haven't read Russo, he's really worth a look.

Today's playlist went like this...

1) Caitlin Rose; Shotgun Wedding; Dead Flowers

2) Greg Brown; 1952 Vincent Black Lightning; The Live One
3) Bob Dylan; New Morning; New Morning
4) John Prine; Speed of the Sound of Loneliness; German Afternoons

5) Charlie Robison; Feeling Good; Beautiful Day
6) Son Volt; Jukebox of Steel; American Central Dust
7) Glen Campbell; Nothing but the Whole Wide World; Ghost on the Canvas
8) Lucinda Williams; West; West

9) The Rolling Stones; Dead Flowers; Stripped
10) Caitlin Rose; Dead Flowers; Dead Flowers
11) Townes Van Zandt; Dead Flowers; Sunshine Boy

12) Bruce Springsteen & Alejandro Escovedo; Always a Friend; Magic Tour Highlights
13) The Rolling Stones; Like a Rolling Stone; Stripped

September 8th, 2013

Hi All,

Day two of the Rock Bend Folk Festival today...hope everyone is out there enjoying the music.

The playlist featured some Rock Bend music and went like this...

1) Bob Dylan; Blue Moon;  Self Portrait

2) John Prine; How Lucky; Pink Cadillac
3) John Prine; Killing the Blues; Pink Cadillac
4) Guy Clark; Cornmeal Walz; My Favorite Picture of You
5) Guy Clark; Rain in Durango; My Favorite Picture of You

A set of artists performing today at the Rock Bend Folk Festival

6) Amanda Shires; Devistate
7) Mary Gauthier; Wheel Inside the Wheel
8) Erik the Viking; Dead Horses

9) Caitlin Rose; I was Cruel; The Stand-In
10) Peter Cooper; Much Better Now; Opening Day
11) Fred Eaglesmith; Freight Train; Ralph's Last Show

12) Cloud Cult; Mr. Tambourine Man; Duluth Does Dylan Revisited

September 1st, 2013

Hi All,

The Labor Day weekend show went like this...

1) The Freedom Singers; This Little Light of Mine; Songs of Freedom

2) Steve Earle; The Low Highway; The Low Highway
3) Richard Thompson; Time to Ring Some Changes; Hard Cash
4) Uncle Tupelo; Graveyard Shift; 89/93:  An Anthology

5) The Avett Brothers; Live and Die; The Carpenter
6) Chris Smither; Outside In; Train Home
7) Joe Pug; Not So Sure; The Messenger...man, do I love this song...

Getting close to ten years since Warren Zevon passed away, a reasonable excuse for a full set of Zevon

8) Warren Zevon; Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School; Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
9) Warren Zevon; Boom Boom Mancini; Sentimental Hygiene
10) Warren Zevon; The Factory; Sentimental Hygiene
11) Warren Zevon; Heartache Spoken Here; Mr. Bad Example

12) Loudon Wainwright III; Kings and Queens; Unrequited
13) Son Volt; Down the Highway; Honky Tonk
14) The Freedom Singers; We Shall Overcome; Voices of the Civil Rights Movement

**Billy Bragg is coming to the Cedar Cultural Center in September...always puts on a great show.