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