March 6th, 2011

Hello Everyone,

Before the playlist...those of you who like creative audio storytelling may be interested in an upcoming presentation by Minnesota Public Radio's Sasha Aslanian and participants in her Youth Radio Series. They'll be on the campus of MSU, Mankato March 22nd at 7 PM in Ostrander Auditorium. Click here for more info about the event and here for stories from MPR's Youth Radio Series.

And one more thing before the playlist...Ben Leonard will be back next weekend as a guest host...always nice to have him.

Ok, the playlist for the 6th went like this...

1) Uncle Tupelo; Still Be Around; Still Feel Gone

2) Townes Van Zandt; Many a Fine Lady; First Album

3) The Skylighters; See What Love Can Do; The Skylighters

4) Tony Rice; Never Meant to Be; Night Flyer

5) John Prine; Bottomless Lake; Live and in Concert

6) Merle Travis; That's All; Folk Songs of the Hills

7) The Three Pickers; Down in the Valley to Pray; The Three Pickers

8) Porter Wagoner; My Many Southern Trips; Wagonmaster

Three from "Blessed"--the new release from Lucinda Williams

9) Seeing Black

10) Blessed

11) Buttercup

12) Rachel Harrington; He Started Building My Mansion in Heaven Today; Celilo Falls

13) Ricky Skaggs & The Whites; Love Will be Enough; Salt of the Earth

14) Bryan Sutton; Bully of the Town; Never Too Far From the Tree

Thanks for listening...

February 20th, 2011

Hi All,

Back today with a new show...the playlist went like this.

1) Billy Bragg; Dry Bed; The Essential Billy Bragg

2) Justin Townes Earle; What I Meant to You; Midnight at the Movies

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

4) Warren Zevon; Disorder in the House; The Wind

Then two covers from a very nice new cd by Carrie Rodriguez and Ben Kyle, "We Still Love Our Country"

5) Unwed Fathers (written by John Prine)

6) If I Needed You (written by Townes Van Zandt)

7) Lyle Lovett; In My Own Mind; My Baby Don't Tolerate

8) John Hiatt; God's Golden Eyes; Crossing Muddy Waters

9) Lyle Lovett; San Antonio Girl; My Baby Don't Tolerate

10) John Hiatt; Real Fine Love; Stolen Moments

11) Neil Young; One of These Days; Harvest Moon

12) Patty Griffin; Move Up; Downtown Church

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

14) William Elliott Whitmore; Midnight; Ashes to Dust

**Been on a bit of a Lyle and John kick after seeing them up in Minneapolis a few weeks back. Here they are on Letterman...

February 13th, 2011

Hi All,

No broadcast today because of the weekend-long trivia contest (broadcast out of St. Cloud to stations across Minnesota). Did have a new show back on the 6th but still searching for the playlist. Be back next week with another new program.

...and a big thanks to Ben Leonard for guest hosting back on January 30th.

All the best,

Dave

January 30, 2011

Thanks to Dave for letting me host this week. Technical glitches, incoherent ramblings, and inappropriate anecdotes aside, I thought the music was fairly decent. Well parts anyway.

Wanted to let everyone know that the Smithsonians "New Harmonies" exhibit will be at the Arts Center of St. Peter from April 30th - June 11th. Look for a couple of live performances, music documentaries, and other great events during that time. Contact the Nicollet County Historical Society at 507-934-2160 for more details.

The theme is the week was "Old 1997," the year I graduated from college. All songs this week were released in 1997. Thanks for listening. ~ Ben Leonard

1) Mary Lou Lord; Shake Sugaree; Got No Shadow

2) Old 97s; Big Brown Eyes; Too Far To Care
3) Jayhawks; Big Star; Sound of Lies
4) Ben Folds Five; Kate; Whatever and Ever Amen

5) Green Day; Good Riddance; Nimrod
6) Pavement; Shady Lane; Brighten the Corners

7) Son Volt; No More Parades; Straightaways
8) Peter Case; On the Way Downtown; Full Service No Waiting
9) Neko Case; Thanks a Lot; Virginian

10) Alison Krauss; So Long, So Wrong; So Long, So Wrong
11) Ani DiFranco; 32 Flavors; Living in Clip
12) Whiskeytown; Houses on the Hill; Strangers Almanac

13) Steve Earle; Christmas in Washington; El Corazon
14) Dan Bern; Too Late to Die Young; Dan Bern

15) Modest Mouse; Jesus Christ Was an Only Child, The Lonesome Crowded West (fade out)

January 23rd, 2011

Hey Everybody,

Today's show was a repeat featuring all songs from Guy Clark. Think it aired for the first time back in late 2009, and I'll be darned if I can find the playlist. Hope you enjoyed.

Ben Leonard is back as a guest host on the 30th...hope you tune in.

January 16th, 2011

Hi All,

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

1) Old Crow Medicine Show; Minglewood Blues; Big Iron World

2) Jimmy LaFave; This Land is Your Land; Pastures of Plenty--An Austin Tribute to Woody Guthrie

3) Bruce Springsteen; My Oklahoma Home; Live in Dublin

4) Jamey Johnson; By the Seat of Your Pants; The Guitar Song

5) Jamey Johnson; The Guitar Song; The Guitar Song

6) Willie Nelson; Can I Sleep in Your Arms; Red Headed Stranger

7) Nanci Griffith; You Asked Me To; Lonesome, On'ry & Mean--A Tribute to Waylon Jennings

8) Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; Dr. King; Exploration

9) Keb Mo; Someday We'll All Be Free; Peace: Back by Popular Demand

10) Keb Mo; What's So Funny About Peace Love and Understanding; Peace: Back by Popular Demand

11) Lucinda Williams; I Envy the Wind; Essence

12) Todd Snider; Old Friend; Peace. Love & Anarchy

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

January 9th, 2011

Hi All,

Talked this morning about the upcoming Michael Perry event (see entry right below this one).

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

1) Bill Morrissey; Ice Fishing; The Essential Collection

2) Anna Coogan; Dreaming My Life Away; The Nocturnal Among Us

3) Anna Coogan; Crooked Sea; The Nocturnal Among Us

4) Old Crow Medicine Show; I Hear Them All; Big Iron World

5) Old Crow Medicine Show; Union Maid; Big Iron World

6) Bob Dylan; Who Killed Davey Moore? The Bootleg Series, Vol. I

7) Shinyribs; Country Cool; Well After Awhile

8) Fred Eaglesmith; Shallow; Cha, Cha, Cha

To help get ready for the upcoming John Hiatt/Lyle Lovett shows...

9) John Hiatt; Haulin'; The Open Road

10) Lyle Lovett; Natural Forces; Natural Forces

11) John Hiatt; Go Down Swingin'; The Open Road

12) Lyle Lovett; Loretta; Natural Forces

13) Billy Bragg; Fear is Man's Best Friend; The Essential Billy Bragg

14) Billy Bragg; Dry Bed; The Essential Billy Bragg

5)

Michael Perry in Northfield January 14th...

Hey Everybody,

As you may know, Michael Perry is one of our favorites on the show--his writing and his music. He has a unique event coming up in Northfield on January 14th--it'll be a fun night.

January 2nd, 2011

Hey Everybody,

Mentioned a really cool documentary on today's show--Winnebago Man--my wife and I watched this over the holidays and loved it. Well, I loved it--she liked it.

The first show of the new year went like this...

1) Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard; California Zephyr; One False Move or I'm Gone

2) Keb Mo; Your Love; Suitcase

3) Patty Griffin (w/Emmylou Harris); Little Fire; Downtown Church

4) Greg Brown; Oh You; Milk of the Moon

5) Susan Tedeschi; Angel From Montgomery; Live in Austin

6) John Hiatt; Master of Disaster; Master of Disaster

7) Leo Kottke; The Room at the Top of the Stairs; Live

8) The Flying Burrito Brothers; Hot Burrito #2; Hot Burritos Anthology

9) The Band; When I Paint My Masterpiece; To Kingdom Come

10) The Handsome Family; Drunk by Noon

11) Merle Travis Nine Pound Hammer; Folk Songs of the Hills

12) Bruce Springsteen; Someday We'll be Together; The Promise

13) Hank Williams II; Atlantic City

December 19th, 2010

Hi Everyone,

This year's Christmas/Holiday show went like this...

1) James McMurtry's Holiday Greeting (available for free download)

2) Bob Dylan; Winter Wonderland; Christmas in the Heart

3) Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman; Christmas Time a Comin'; Christmas on the Mountain

4) Asleep at the Wheel; Swingin' Silent Night; Merry Texas Christmas Y'all

5) Tim O'Brien; Bah Humbug; Christmas on the Mountain

6) Indigo Girls; Your Holiday; Holly Happy Days (available for free download)

7) Lyle Lovett; Christmas Morning; The Road to Ensenada

8) Emmylou Harris; Angel Eyes; Light of the Stable

9) Robert Earl Keen; Merry Christmas from the Family; Gringo Honeymoon

10) John Prine; A John Prine Christmas; A John Prine Christmas

11) Bob Dylan; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; Christmas in the Heart

12) Bruce Springsteen; Santa Clause is Coming to Town; Single

13) Otis Redding; Merry Christmas Baby; Christmas Classics

14) Asleep at the Wheel; Merry Texas Christmas Y'all; Merry Texas Christmas Y'all

15) John Prine; Silver Bells; A John Prine Christmas

16) Emmylou Harris; Little Drummer Boy; Light of the Stable

Thanks for listening...happy holidays everybody.

December 12th, 2010

Hi All,

Thanks again to last week's guest host, Ben Leonard...he'll be back in another month or two. Really nice to have him part of the program and KMSU.

Today's show featured several songs from the Minnesota Beatle Project Vol. II. Here's a Free Press Story discussing Tunetown's involvement with the project here in Mankato.

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

1) Mother Truckers; Different Eyes; Broke, Not Broken

2) John Hiatt; The Open Road; The Open Road

3) John Mellencamp; Save Some Time for Dreamin'; No Better Than This

4) Emmylou Harris; Away in the Major; Light of the Stable

5) The Sounds of Blackness; Hey Jude; MN Beatle Project Vol. II

6) Soul Asylum; Good Morning, Good Morning; Mn Beatle Project Vol. II

Three from The Essential Billy Bragg...

7) A New England

8) Sexuality

9) Tank Park Salute

10) John Prine; I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause; A John Prine Christmas

11) Steve Goodman; Colorado Christmas; Unfinished Business

12) Bruce Springsteen; My Lucky Day; Working On a Dream

13) Chuck Brodsky; The Great Santa Snowball Debacle of 1968; Tulips for Lunch

14) Mason Jennings; Child of Nature; MN Beatle Project Vol. II.

December 5, 2010

Hello Listeners,

Ben Leonard guest hosted this week, and thanks Dave for the opportunity. Here's the setlist:

1) Vandaveer; Out Past the Moat; Grace and Speed

2) Joe Pug; A Thousand Men; Meantime EP
3) Haley Bonar; Something Great; Big Star
4) Old 97s; Champaign, Illinois; The Grand Theater Volume 1

5) Ben Kweller; Wanting Her Again; Changing Horses
6) Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins; Charging Sky; Rabbit Fur Coat
7) Jeff Tweedy; Bob Dylan's 49th Beard; Sunken Treasure

8) The Tallest Man on Earth; The Dreamer; Sometimes the Blues is Just a Passing Bird
9) Hot Water; Painless; Hot Water Music
10) Mumford and Sons; Roll Away Your Stone; Sigh No More

11) Be Good Tanyas; The Littlest Birds; Blue Horse
12) Po' Girl; Movin' On; Vagabond Lullabies
13) The Shins; New Slang; Oh Inverted World

14) Caroline Smith and the Goodnight Sleeps; Where Has Sally Gone?; Backyard Tent Set
15) Robinella and the CC Stringband; Man Over; Robinella and the CC Stringband
16) Tom Waits; Closing Time; Closing Time

November 28th, 2010

Hi All,

The show on the 21st was what the big shots call an encore presentation. From when, I'm not even really sure. The show on the 28th was a fresh one...and went like this.

Oh, before the list...today's show featured some new/old stuff from The Boss. Here's a great piece of writing about Springsteen and his latest release.

1) Bruce Springsteen; Rendezvous; The Promise

2) Los Lobos; This Time; This Time

3) Eric Bibb; 99 1/2 Won't Do; Frinds

4) Jakob Dylan; Holly Rollers for Love; Women and Country

5) Trampled by Turtles; Shelter From the Storm; Duluth Does Dylan Revisited

6) Chris Smither; Desolation Row; Train Home

7) Bob Dylan; I Threw It All Away; Nashville Sklyline

8) Guy Clark; Analog Girl; Workbench Songs

9) John Prine; She is My Everything; Live and in Person

10) Steve Earle; Prison Cell Blues; The Harry Smith Project Revisited

11) Bruce Springsteen; The Promise; The Promise

12) Rodney Crowell; Who Do You Love; Sex & Gasoline

13) Anna Coogan & North 19; Columbia; Glory

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November 14th, 2010

Hi Everyone,

Mentioned today the upcoming visit from radio documentarian John Biewen. Hope to see some of you there.

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

1) Sarah Harmer; I am Aglow; I'm a Mountain

2) James McMurtry; Childish Things; Childish Things

3) Jack Ingram; Beat Up Ford; Young Man

4) John Prine; Spanish Pipedream; In Person & On Stage

5) Lyle Lovett; I've Been to Memphsis; Live in Texas

5) Eric Brace & Peter Cooper; Suffer a Fool; Master Sessions

6) Merl Haggard; Daddy Frank; Merle Haggard Again (on Oh Boy Records)

7) Tom Russell; Tulare Dust; Tulare Dust--The Songs of Merl Haggard

8) Waylon Jennings; You Asked Me To; Waylon Live

9) Nanci Griffith; You Asked Me To; Lonesome, On'ry; and Mean--The Songs of Waylon Jennings

10) Old 97s; My Two Feet; Blame it on Gravity

11) Old 97s; No Baby I; Blame it on Gravity

12) Nitty Gritty Dirt Band; Way Downtown; Will the Circle be Unbroken

13) James McMurtry; Memorial Day; Childish Things

Thanks for listening...

November 7th, 2010

Hey Everybody,

Ben Leonard guest hosted today--his return to radio hosting for the first time since those good ol' college days in Morris. Thanks Ben--great job and great songs.

His playlist went like this...

1) Todd Snider; Age Like Wine; East Nashville Skyline

2) Ben Folds; Gracie; Songs for Sliverman

3) Loudon Wainwright III, Daughter; Strange Weirdos

4) Bellwether; Sweethearts; The Stinging Nettles

5) Drive By Truckers; Carl Perkins' Cadillac; The Dirty South

6) Regina Spektor; Samson, Begin to Hope

7) Justin Townes Earle One More Night in Brooklyn; Harlem River Blues

8) Josh Ritter; Girl in the War; The Animal Years

9) Basia Bulat; Heart of my Own; Gold Rush

10) Pete Drodge; Hampton Inn Room 306; Necktie Second

11) Old Crow Medicine Show; My Good Gal; Big Iron World

12) Jill Sobule; Don't Let Us Get Sick; Enjoy Every Sandwich (A Tribute to Warren Zevon)

13) Bright Eyes; Bottom of Everything; Motion Sickness

14) Darrell Scott; A Crooked Road; The Americana Music Awards Sampler

October 17th, 2010

Hello Everybody,

Thanks to everybody who pledged during the fall drive--we were live both this week and last, and a number of you were kind enough to call in during the show. The playlist for the 17th went like this...

1) The Secret Sisters; Why Baby Why; The Secret Sisters

2) Joe Pug, Not So Sure

3) The Jayhawks; People in This Place on Every Side; The Bunkhouse Album

4) Alejandro Escovedo; Down in the Bowery; Street Songs of Love

5) Alejandro Escovedo; Faith; Street Songs of Love

6) Fred Eaglesmith; Careless; Cha, Cha, Cha

7) Clare Burson; Baby Boy; Silver and Ash

8_ Rodney Crowell; Closer to Heaven; Sex and Gasoline

9) Guy Clark; If I Needed You; Sometimes the Song Writes You

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

11) John Prine & Emmylou Harris; Angel From Montgomery; In Person & On Stage

12) The Secret Sisters; Tennessee Me; The Secret Sisters

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!

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...

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.