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