April 1st, 2012

Hi All,

The playlist on the first went like this (no kidding)...

1) Earl Scruggs & Family; Earl's Breakdown; The Three Pickers

2) Tom Russell & Nanci Griffith; St. Olive's Gate; The Long Way Around

3) Tom Russell; Outboard Plane; The Long Way Around

4) Shawn Colvin & Loudon Wainwright III; A Heart Needs a Home; Beat the Retreat

5) Lyle Lovett; Baby It's Cold Outside; Release Me

6) Lyle Lovett; White Freightliner Blues; Release Me

7) Steep Canyon Rangers; Nobody Knows You; Nobody Knows You

8) Steep Canyon Rangers; As I Go; Nobody Knows You

9) Bruce Springsteen; Shackled and Drawn; Wrecking Ball

10) Tom Waits; Raised Right Men; Bad as Me

11) Warren Zevon; Numb as a Statue; The Wind

12) Billy Bragg; Must I Paint You a Picture; The Essential Billy Bragg

13) Justin Townes Earle; Maria; Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now

14) Richard and Linda Thompson; Shoot Out the Lights;

March 25th, 2012

Hey Everyone,

The playlist for the 25th went like this...

1) Johnny Horton; North to Alaska; Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits (one of four songs today from good ol' vinyl records passed my way by my parents who are doing a little cleaning)

2) Dave Alvin; Blue Wing; Kind of California

3) Fred Eaglesmith; Angel of the Lord; Lipstick, Lies & Gasoline

4) Bruce Springsteen; Land of Hope and Dreams; Wrecking Ball

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

6) Jay Farrar & Friends; Hoping Machine; New Multitudes

7) Drive By Truckers; Everybody Needs Love; Go Go Boots

8) Dean "Tex" Martin; I'm Gonna Change Everything; Dean "Tex" Martin Rides Again

9) Mitch Miller & the Gang; Meet Me in St. Louis; Sing Along with Mitch

10) Mitch Miller & the Gang; Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home; Sing Along with Mitch

11) Greg Brown; Canned Goods; One Night

12) Dudley Taft; Back Door Man; Left for Dead

13) Guy Clark; Wrong Side of the Tracks; Some Days the Song Writes You

14) Charlie Louvin; Blues Stay Away From Me; Charlie Louvin

15) Lyle Lovett; If I Needed You; Step Inside This House

March 18th, 2012

Hi All,

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

1) Bruce Springsteen; Shackled & Drawn; Wrecking Ball

2) Robert Earl Keen; The Road Goes On and On; Ready for Confetti

3) Trampled By Turtles; Wrong Way Street; Trampled By Turtles

4) John Prine; Souvenirs; The Singing Mailman

5) Jay Farrar & Friends; Hoping Machine; New Multitudes

6) Jay Farrar & Friends; Fly HIgh; New Multitudes

7) Bruce Springsteen; Death to My Hometown; Wrecking Ball

8) Bruce Springsteen; Wrecking Ball; Wrecking Ball

9) Jacob Dylan; Holy Rollers For Love; Women & Country

10) Nanci Griffith; Money Changes Everything; The Loving Kind

11) Steve Earle; Gulf of Mexico; I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive

12) Justin Townes Earle; Am I That Lonely Tonight; Nothings Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now

13) Justin Townes Earle; Baby's Got a Bad Idea; Nothings Gonna Change...

14) Julie Holland; Rex's Blues; Pint of Blood

March 11th, 2012

Hi All,

Today's show first aired in January and featured the new tribute cd for Guy Clark. The release is called "This One's For Him" and it is outstanding!

The playlist (all songs from the tribute cd) went like this...

1) Rodney Crowell--That Old Time Feeling

2) Suzy Boguss--Instant Coffee Blues

3) Kevin Welch--Magdalene

4) Emmylou Harris & John Prine--Magnolia Wind

5) Patty Griffin--The Cape

6) Willie Nelson--Desperados Waiting for a Train

7) James McMurtry; Cold Dog Soup

8) Rosie Flores--Baby Took a Limo to Memphis

9) Ray Wylie Hubbard; Homegrown Tomatoes

10) Rosanne Cash; Better Days

11) Lyle Lovett; Anyhow I Love You

12) Radney Foster; LA Freeway

13) John Townes Van Zandt II--Let Him Roll

March 4th, 2011

Hi All,

The playlist for the 4th went like this...

1) Jamey Johnson; Lucky at the Top; Guitar Song

Three songs from a cd titled Texas Songwriters

2) Jimmy LaFave; The Open Space;

3) Eric Taylor; Walking Back Home

4) Sara Hickman; Take Me with You

5) Trampled By Turtles; Shenandoah; Duluth

6) Greg Brown; Freak Flag; Freak Flag (I love this song!!)

7) The Dave Rawlings Machine; I Hear Them All

8) Kathleen Edwards; Empty Threat; Voyageur

9) Kathleen Edwards; A Soft Place to Land; Voyageur

10) Stave Earle; Waitin' On the Sky; I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive

11) Steve Earle; I am a Wonderer; I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive

12) Dave Alvin; King of California; King of California

13) Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women; Marie, Marie; Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women

14) Mavis Staples; Hard Times Come Around No More; Beautiful Dreamer--The Songs of Stephen Foster

February 26th, 2012

Hi Everyone,

Because of studio remolding at KMSU I ended up pairing with the kids from Shuffle Function for this week's show--lots of fun. The program will air again on Thursday night March 1st at 6 PM.

The playlist went like this...

1) Todd Snider; Good Fortune; The Excitement Plan

2) Bob Mould; Turning of the Tide; Beat the Retreat

3) Justin Townes Earle; Can't Hardly Wait; Midnight at the Movies

4) Steve Earle; Loretta; Townes

5) The Flatlanders; Wheel of Fortune; Wheel of Fortune

6) The Hindu Love Gods; Raspberry Barret; Hind Love Gods

7) John Prine; Clay Pigeons; Fair & Square

8) All the Tired Horses; Retribution Gospel Choir; Dylan Does Duluth II

9) Billy Bragg & Wilco; Christ for President; Mermaid Avenue

10) The Jayhawks; Hide Your Colors; Mockingbird Time

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

February 19th, 2012

Hi All,

The playlist for the 19th went like this...

1) Drive By Truckers; Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife; Brighter Than Creation's Dark

Three songs from a 2006 cd of new music from the Cities 97

2) Bonnie Riatt; I Will Not Be Broken

3) Little Willies; Roll On

4) Wood Brothers; Atlas

5) Peter Case; Colors of Night; Wig

6) Lucinda Williams; Right In Time; Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

7) The Civil Wars; I've Got This Friend; Barton Hollow

Three from Richard Thompson's Watching the Dark

8) Beat the Retreat

9) I Ain't Gonna Drag My Feet No More

10) Wall of Death

11) Lyle Lovett; Anyhow I Love You; This One's For Him

12) Gillian Welch; I Dream a Highway (part of song); Time (The Revelator)

13) Mumford & Sons; Winter Winds; Sigh No More

February 5th, 2012

Hi All,

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

1) Merle & Theresa Haggard; Jackson; Working in Tennessee

2) Dawes; That Western Skyline; North Hills

3) Cross Canadian Ragweed; Lonely Girl; Soul Train

4) John Hiatt; Train to Birmingham; Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns

5) Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer; Hard to Make It; Little Blue Egg

6) Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer; Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key; Little Blue Egg

7) John Prine; Souvenirs; The Singing Mailman

9) The James Low Western Front; Whiskey Farmer; Whiskey Farmer

10) The James Low Western Front; Whiskey Farmer; Whiskey Farmer

11) Uncle Tupelo; Blue Eye

12) Robert Earl Keen; Lay Down My Brother; Ready for Confetti

13) Gurf Morlix; Clay Pigeons; Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream

No show on the 12th because of trivia on KMSU (produced by KVSC at St. Cloud State University but airing on KMSU, too,...sign up through the link above).

January 29th, 2012

Hi All,

We've had new shows all this year--just not so great at updating the blog here--will get better in 2012, even though I'm off to a slow start, darn it.

Today's show featured the new tribute cd for Guy Clark. The release is called "This One's For Him" and it is outstanding!

The playlist (all songs from the tribute cd) went like this...

1) Rodney Crowell--That Old Time Feeling

2) Suzy Boguss--Instant Coffee Blues

3) Kevin Welch--Magdalene

4) Emmylou Harris & John Prine--Magnolia Wind

5) Patty Griffin--The Cape

6) Willie Nelson--Desperados Waiting for a Train

7) James McMurtry; Cold Dog Soup

8) Rosie Flores--Baby Took a Limo to Memphis

9) Ray Wylie Hubbard; Homegrown Tomatoes

10) Rosanne Cash; Better Days

11) Lyle Lovett; Anyhow I Love You

12) Radney Foster; LA Freeway

13) John Townes Van Zandt II--Let Him Roll

January 8th, 2012

Hey Everyone,

Today's show first aired in October of 2011 and featured a certain 7 year-old co-host (my daughter). The playlist went like this...

1) John Prine; Fish & Whistle; Souvenirs

2) Robert Earl Keen; Think It Over One Time; Gringo Honeymoon

3) Guy Clark; Stuff That Works; Songs & Stories

4) The Flatlanders; Down in My Hometown; The Flatlanders

5) Julie Holland; Rex's Blues; Pint of Blood

6) Reter Rowan & Tony Rice; To Live is to Fly; Quartet

7) Chris Smither; Real Fine Love; Rollin' Into Memphis--The Songs of John Hiatt

8) James McMurtry; Off and Running; Where'd You Hide the Body

9) James McMurtry; Valley Road; Saint Mary of the Woods

10) James McMurtry; Paint by Numbers; Too Long in the Wasteland

11) John Mellencamp; Clumsy Ol' World; No Better Than This

12) Fred Eaglesmith; Thirty Years of Farming; The Official Fred Eaglesmith Bootleg Collection

13) Dave Alvin; Two Lucky Bums; Eleven, Eleven

January 1st, 2012

Hi All,

Our first show of the new year featured a whole lot of Michael Perry and the Longbeds who will be performing on Friday night, January 6th over in Northfield. Should be a great evening of music and storytelling...hope to see some of you there.

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

1) Comments on the new year (recording of Mankato residents talking about their hopes for 2012)

2) The Civil Wars; 20 Years; Barton Hallow

**Three songs on good ol' vinyl records...

3) Steve Goodman; This Hotel Room; The Best of the Asylum Years

4) John Prine; Shoptalk; Storm Windows

5) Gary Stewart; The Blues Don't Care Who's Got Em'; Gary

6) Michael Perry & The Longbeds; Alice Mayhew Jackson; Tiny Pilot

7) Michael Perry & The Longbeds; If They Give You Wings; Tiny Pilot

8) Greg Brown; Smell of Coffee; Milk of the Moon

9) Erik Taylor; Hollywood Pocketknife; Hollywood Pocketknife

10) Guy Clark; If I Needed You; Songs & Stories

11) Michael Perry & The Longbeds; Somewhere Out in Mudrook; Headwinded

12) Michael Perry & The Longbeds; Undone; Tiny Pilot

13) Michael Perry & The Longbeds; Tiny Pilot; Tiny Pilot

Thanks for listening...and happy new year.

December 18th, 2011

Hi All,

The last show of 2011 went like this...(next week KMSU will be airing holiday music throughout the weekend).

1) A holiday message from James McMurtry

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

3) Bob Dylan; Have Yourself a Very Merry Christmas; Christmas in the Heart

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

5) The Indigo Girls; Your Holiday Song; Holly Happy Days

6) Chris Knight; It Ain't Easy Being Me; Chris Knight

7) James McMurtry; Peter Pan; It Had to Happen

8) Dave Alvin; Gary Indiana; Eleven. Eleven

9) Emmylou Harris; Christmas Time's a Coming; Light of the Stable

10) Emmylou Harris; O Little Town of Bethlehem; Light of the Stable

11) Emmylou Harris; Silent Night; Light of the Stable

A bunch of songs from John Prine's new release, The Singing Mailman Delivers

12) Hello In There

13) Sour Grapes

14) Quiet Man

15) Angel from Montgomery

16) Spanish Pipedream (fade out)

Happy Holidays everybody. Thanks for listening...

December 4th, 2011

Hi All,

The playlist for the 4th went like this...

1) Iris Dement; Let the Mystery Be; Infamous Angel

2) Guy Clark; Indian Head Penny; Cold Dog Soup

3) Slaid Cleaves; Drinking Days; Wishbones

4) The Flatlanders; Baby Do You Love Me Still; Wheels of Fortune

5) The Jayhawks; Hide Your Colors; Mockingbird Time

6) The Jayhawks; Tiny Arrows; Mockingbird Time

7) Emily Hurd; Long Lost Ghosts; Long Lost Ghosts

8) Emily Hurd; My Favorite Part; Long Lost Ghosts

9) Michael Jonathan; Ramblin Man; For the People Woody--An American Folk Opera

10) Steve Earle; Christmas Time in Washington; El Corazon

11) Alejandro Escovedo; Velvet Guitar; Man Under the Influence

12) Alejandro Escovedo; Castanets; Man Under the Influence

13) Merle Haggard; Workin' Man Blues; Working in Tennessee

November 20th & 27th, 2011

Hi All,

The show on the 20th was an "encore presentation" of a show that aired earlier this year and for which I do not have the playlist. Among other things, the show featured nice new stuff from Red Beet Records and Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion

On the 27th, our Thanksgiving weekend show features Pete Seeger's Children's Concert at Town Hall for the entire hour. Grab the kids and enjoy...

November 13th, 2011

Hi All,

The playlist for the 13th went like this...

1) Tom Waits; Chicago; Bad as Me

2) Beck & Emmylou Harris; Sin City; Return of the Grievous Angel

3) Pete Yorn; Splendid Isolation; Enjoy Every Sandwich

4) Carrie Rodriguez & Ben Kyle; Unwed Fathers; We Still Love Our Country

5) Merle Haggard; What I Hate; Working in Tennessee

6) Merle Haggard; Truck Driver's Blues; Working in Tennessee

7) Tom Waits; Raised Right Men; Bad as Me

8) Tom Waits; Bad as Me; Bad as Me

9) Guy Clark; Maybe I Can Paint Over That; Songs and Stories

10) Robert Earl Keen; Show the World; Ready for Confetti

11) Gurf Morlix; Clay Pigeons; Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream

12) Loudon Wainwright III; Come a Long Way; Attempted Mustache

13) Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; Speed of Light; Bright Examples

14) Loudon Wainwright III; The Swimming Song; Attempted Mustache

15) Mavis Staples; Don't Knock; You Are Not Alone

October 30th, 2011

Hi All,

The pledge drive edition of Listen to Your Folks is below. A big thanks to everyone who has already contributed to the fall pledge drive. If you would still like to do so, please call (507) 389-5678 or (800) 456-7810 or visit KMSU online.

1) Robert Earl Keen; Ready for Confetti; Ready for Confetti

2) Greg Brown and friends; I Still Miss Someone; Live at the Black Sheep

3) Stan Rogers; Canol Road; Northwest Passage

4) Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion; Hurry Up and Wait; Bright Examples

5) Todd Snider; Play a Train Song; The Storyteller

6) Robert Earl Keen; Play a Train Song; Ready for Confetti

7) Robert Earl Keen; Lay Down My Brother; Ready for Confetti

8) Guy Clark; Dublin Blues; Stories & Songs

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

10) Aimee Mann & Michael Penn; Reason to Believe; Badlands: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

11) Warren Zevon; Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School; Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School

12) Dave Alvin; Two Lucky Bums; Eleven, Eleven

October 16th, 2011

Hi All,

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

1) The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore; Time Changes Everything; Heirloom Music

2) John Mellencamp; Save Some Time to Dream; No Better Than This

3) Alejandro Escovedo; Anchor; Street Songs of Love

4) Richard Buckner; Blue and Wonder; Bloomed

5) Johnny Cash; Sam Stone; Live in Austin

6) Fred Eaglesmith; Millie's Cafe; Millie's Cafe

7) Ramblin Jack Elliot (with A. Guthrie); Riding Down the Canyon; Friends of Mine

8) Drive By Truckers; I Do Believe; Go Go Boots

9) Drive By Truckers; Everybody Needs Love; Go Go Boots

10) Cowboy Junkies; This Street, That Man, This Life; Black Eyed Man

11) Todd Snider; Good Fortune; The Excitement Plan

**T.S. will be in St. Paul on November 9th!

12) The Devil Makes Three; Do Wrong Right; Do Wrong Right

13) The Seldom Scene; Home Town Blues; Scenechronized

October 2nd, 2011

Hi All,

Today's show was an encore presentation of a program that first aired earlier this summer. The playlist came from Troy Murphy, an old friend from these parts who now lives in Michigan. Thanks to Troy for a great morning of music. His playlist went like this...

1) Uncle Tupelo; No Depression (Demo Version); No Depression

2) The Everybodyfields; By Your Side; Plague of Dreams

3) The Everybodyfields; Good to be Home; Plague of Dreams

4) Chris Buhalis; Small Disguise; Kenai Dreams

5) Uncle Tupelo; Black Eye; 89/93--An Anthology

6) Ryan Adams; My Winding Wheel; Heartbreaker Country

7) Billy Bragg; Dry Bed; Rare Family Songs of Woody Guthrie: Daddy O Daddy!

8) The Carolina Chocolate Drops; Hit 'Em Up Style; Genuine Negro Jig

9) The Punch Brothers; Rye Whiskey; Antifogmatic

10) The Decemberists; January Hymm; The King is Dead

11) The Decemberists; June Hymm; The King is Dead

12) The Avett Brothers; The Fall; Four Thieves Gone--The Robbinsville Sessions

13) The Avett Brothers; Swept Away; Mignottee

14) The Avett Brothers; I Love; Sweetheart 2010

15) Randy Travis; Will the Circle Be Unbroken; Three Wooden Crosses: The Inspirational Hits of Randy Travis

September 25th, 2011

Hi All,

The show on the 25th featured a couple Springsteen songs in honor of his 62nd birthday on September 23rd...thanks for listening.

1) Bruce Springsteen; Gotta Get That Feeling; The Promise

2) Mary Chapin Carpenter; Emmylou Harris & Sheryl Crow; Flesh & Blood; Kindred Spirits

3) John Hiatt; Old School; Master of Disaster

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

5) Big Harp; Everybody Pays; White Hat

6) Big Harp; Goodbye Crazy City; White Hat

7) Bob Dylan; Someday Baby; Modern Times

Four songs from Guy Clark's new live CD, Songs and Stories

8) L.A. Freeway

9) Maybe I Can Paint Over That

10) If I Needed You

11) The Cape

12) Bruce Springsteen; Working on a Dream; Working on a Dream

September 18, 2011

It's another guest spot this week for Ben Leonard with Dave Engen as executive producer. Hope you enjoyed most of it. Either way, the playlist looked like this:

1) She and Him; Why do you let me stay here; She and Him

2) Townes Van Zandt; If I needed you; Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas
3) Hot Water; Painless; Hot Water Music
4) John Prine and Iris Dement; In Spite of Ourselves; In Spite of Ourselves

5) Todd Snider; Vinyl Records; New Connection
6) Todd Snider; I May Smoke Too Much; Todd Sings Kris [Kristopherson]
7) Bob Dylan; Let Me Die In My Footsteps; The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3

8) The Weakerthans; One Great City; Live At The Burton Cummings Theater
9) Peter Mulvey; Hard Times Come Again No More; Alaska Bootleg, 4-19-06
10) William Elliot Whitmore; Dry; Song of the Blackbird

11) Jenny Owen Youngs; Start and Stop; Transmitter Failure
12) Dead Man Winter; Nicotine [edit]; Bright Lights
13) Death Cab For Cutie; I Will Follow You Into The Dark; Plans

14) Tallest Man on Earth; Like the Wheel; Bootleg, Live in the Netherlands 2010
15) Matt the Electrician; For Angela; Animal Boy
16) Patty Griffin; Long Road; 1,000 Kisses

17) Stacy Earle and Mark Stuart; Walkin' With Travis; S&M Communion Bread [FADE OUT]

There you have it! As a bonus, here's the funniest unreleased Todd Snider Song ever. If you're under 18, or squeemish, you may want to pass.