Tupelo Honey Playlist 7/7/09

Lost a good man last week: Joe Paquin 1948-2009. He had just released what I think was the best album he ever did, Only Human. It's always such a moving experience to play someone's music after their death. It was hard not to shed a tear while playing Joe on tonight's show. He will be missed.

Till Next Week
Ciao


Song - Artist - Album

5pm
I've Been Scorned - The Mystix - Down To The Shore
I Understand Now - Patterson Hood - Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs)
Snake Eyes - Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Roadhouse Sun
Come On Up To The House - Sarah Jarosz - Song Up In Her Head
Houses on the Hill - Whiskeytown - Strangers Almanac
All That We Know - Jason Spooner - The Flame You Follow
Goodbye Is Just A Freight Train Comin' - Jeff Finlin - Ballad Of A Plain Man
Driving My Young Life Away - Wayne Hancock - Viper Of Melody
Let Me Go - The Belleville Outfit - Time To Stand
Big Red Sun Blues - Mollie O'Brien - Big Red Sun
Still Drunk, Still Crazy & Still Blue - Scott H. Biram - Somethings Wrong/Lost Forever
Time To Get A Gun - Fred Eaglesmith - Lipstick, Lies & Gasoline
Wish I Could Forget - The Weepies - Hideaway

6pm
Can You Whoop It - Dexateens - Singlewide
Hey Carolina - The Tara Stonecipher Band - n/a
3 A.M. - Sean Hayes - Big Black Hole and the Little Baby Star
Houston, TX - Deer Tick - Born on Flag Day
Happy - Brandi Carlile - Brandi Carlile
Time - Christopher Denny - Age Old Hunger
I Will Miss You - Joe Paquin - Only Human
Threads - Or, The Whale - Light Poles and Pines
Cowboy Love - The Reverend Horton Heat - It's Martini Time
Sidetrack Lounge - Bo Ramsey - In The Weeds
Indy 500 - The Olympic Ass-Kickin' Team - National Champions
Blue Chevrolet - The Beat Farmers - Van Go
Hypnotize - Lowlands - Bark & Twine
Dang Me - The Pine Valley Cosmonauts w/ Rhett Miller - Executioners Last Songs 2&3

Tupelo Honey Playlist 6/30/09

In americana it's all about the family...?

The other day I was playing Robyn Ludwick's 2004 album For So Long, it has one of my all-time favorite tunes on it "Virginia." I got to thinking about her husband John Ludwick and all the music he's been involved in over the years, then I was thinking about Robyn's brothers Bruce Robison who did one of my favorite americana albums of 2008 and her other brother Charlie Robison whose new album Beautiful Day I've been playing the snot out of. Then I got to thinking about Charlie's recent divorce to Dixie Chicks star Emily Robison and how his new song "Feelin' Good Again" was such a perfect divorce tune. Then I got to thinking about Bruce's wife, americana superstar, Kelly Willis and wondered how anyone could stay married and be full-time in the music business.

Hell the Robison family would make a great afternoon soap opera. I'd watch just for the music.

Anyway, after all that thinkin' I decided that this week I'd play something from each of the Robison siblings. Maybe next week I'll start drafting the soap script.

Till Next Week
Ciao

Song - Artist - Album

5pm
Back to Me - Kathleen Edwards - Back to Me
The Wrong Side - Buckwheat Zydeco - Lay Your Burden Down
Second Song (w/ Keller Williams) - Assembly of Dust - Some Assembly Required
When I Go Away - Levon Helm - Electric Dirt
Savannah - The Waybacks - Loaded
Close Every Valve To Your Bleeding Heart - Ha Ha Tonka Novel - Sounds Of The Nouveau South
Watching the Sun Go Down - Kevin Gordon - O Come Look At the Burning...
Where I Lead Me - Steve Earle - Townes
Is We Or Ain't We - The Olympic Ass-Kickin' Team - National Champions
Eugene - Greg Brown - The Evening Call
To Jenny - Sorta - Little Bay
I Gotta Get Drunk - Redbird - Redbird
Granddaddy - Patterson Hood - Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs)

6pm
Left Home - Sarah Jarosz - Song Up In Her Head
It's Not You It's Me - The Little Willies - The Little Willies
Little Toy Gun - Honeyhoney - Loose Boots
Virginia - Robyn Ludwick - For So Long
The Hammer - Bruce Robison - The New World
Feelin' Good - Charlie Robison - Beautiful Day
Mississippi - JJ Grey & Mofro - Country Ghetto
Every Kinda Everything - The Bottle Rockets - Bottle Rockets
Allegheny County - Lewi Longmire - If I Live to Be 100
Amy I Think - Phineas and the Lonely Leaves - Love What Lies
Cooler-N-Hell - Ray Wylie Hubbard - Delirium Tremolos
Strength and Doubt - Son Volt - American Central Dust
Hellfire Raiser - Anne McCue - Koala Motel
The Whole Damn Thing - Those Darlins - Those Darlins

Tupelo Honey Playlist 6/23/09

The amount of music that exists in this genre I call "americana" can sometimes be truly overwhelming. What amazes me is how little of it is crap. There's so many bands making good americana music it blows my mind. I try to keep my very little radio show to the absolute creme-de-la-creme, but there's an absolute ocean full of tunes utterly worthy of radio play.

This week I was turned onto a band I'd never heard of (like that doesn't happen every week). What makes this one incredible is they have a song that might be one of the best I've ever heard. The band is Woody Pines and the song is "Ducan and Brady." If you didn't get a chance to hear it, find it, you won't be disappointed.

Till Next Week

Ciao

Song - Artist - Album

5pm
Singer - The Lonely H - Concrete Class
Idaho - Gavin Wahl-Stephens - No Keys/No Gold
The Better Half - Junior Brown - Long Walk Back
Draggin Down The Line - Scott H. Biram - Somethings Wrong/Lost Forever
One Big Love - Patty Griffin - Flaming Red
More Than Love - Ian McFeron - Love Me Blue
Belt Buckle - Kendel Carson - Alright Dynamite
Big Big Love - k.d. lang & The Reclines - Absolute Torch and Twang
Jim 3:16 (Live) - Jim White - A Funny Little Cross to Bear (Live)
Bluebird - Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Roadhouse Sun
Mountain Girl - Blue Mountain - Dog Days
Duncan and Brady - Woody Pines - Lonesome Shack Blues
Easy To Undo - The Spindles - The Enclosed I.P.O.

6pm
103 - The Whispertown 2000 - Swim
Shotgun Suzy - Ben Mallott - Look Good, Feel Good
Never Learn - Slimfit - Make It Worse
Bloody Mary Morning - Willie Nelson - One Hell of a Ride
Seven-Mile Island - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
Down to the Wire - Son Volt - American Central Dust
A Love I Think Will Last - Holly Williams & Chris Janson - Here With Me
I Feel A Change Comin' On - Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
Silly - Leslie And The Badgers - Roomful of Smoke
Before the End of Summer - James Overbee - Stayin' In Touch
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out With Me - Cracker - Sunrise In The Land Of Milk And Honey
Homeland - Jennifer Leonhardt - Gods & Nations
Nothin' Better To Do - Charlie Robinson - Beautiful Day

Tupelo Honey Playlist 6/16/09

Finally got my hand on the new disc from Son Volt. Wow. The new CD sounds as good as Trace did the first time I gave it a spin.

Was also very impressed with the "new" one from Scott H. Biram. Never been a fan of his but I am now.

Other noteworthy new releases I played this week: Patterson Hood, Gavin Wahl-Stephens, JD Thompson, Leslie & The Badgers, The Mystix, and also Brian Ledford whose title track will be a strong contender for my choice of "song of the year."

I also revisited a few new releases. One in particular that came out at the beginning of the year by Trevor Alquire. It just reminded me of how great this year has been for americana music.

Till Next Week
Ciao



Song - Artist - Album

5pm
Burn the Whole Place Down - Hey Negrita - Burn the Whole Place Down
Letting You In - Trevor Alguire - Thirty Year Run
I Understand Now - Patterson Hood - Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs)
Before I Go - Bearfoot - Doors And Windows
Wishing Well - Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Roadhouse Sun
Down to the Wire - Son Volt - American Central Dust
Tallulah Send a Car for Me - Kerri Powers - Faith In the Shadows
Still Drunk, Still Crazy & Still Blue - Scott H. Biram - Somethings Wrong/Lost Forever
Blitzkrieg Bop - Bob Delevante - Columbus and the Colossal Mistake
Charlemagne - Dexateens - Singlewide
Absence - Carrie Rodriguez - She Ain't Me
Creeps Like Me - Lyle Lovett - I Love Everybody
When the Wheels Don't Move - Son Volt - American Central Dust
Got a Heart - Gavin Wahl-Stephens - No Keys/No Gold
Soldier Boy - Mason Jennings - In The Ever

6pm
Submarine - Kendel Carson - Alright Dynamite
Gone Gone Gone - JD Thompson - Chasing Demons
Donuts - Buzz Cason - Busload Of Love
Does My Ring Burn Your Finger - Buddy Miller - No Depression Vol.1
That's What You Do To Me - The Mystix - Down To The Shore
Don Juan - Leslie And The Badgers - Roomful of Smoke
Salt N Pepper Days - Jonathan Terrell and the Organization - Emory
Dead To The World - Joe Henry - Kindness Of The World
She Went Away The Belleville Outfit Time To Stand
The Truth & Love - Brian Ledford - The Truth And Love
Baltimore - Tim Easton - Porcupine
No Sense In Lovin' - Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
Pacific Standard Time - Pete Krebs & The Gossamer Wings - Sweet Ona Rose
I Will Follow - Ian McLagan & The Bump Band - Never Say Never
The Darkest Day - Eilen Jewell - Sea Of Tears

Tupelo Honey Playlist 6/9/09

Another week of phenomenal new music. For me I've been chomping at the bit to get my hands on Ryan Bingham's sophomore effort Roadhouse Sun. The hype was big but the disc is even bigger. Going from rodeo cowboy to musician is no easy feat, Bingham does it with absolute perfection.

The Belleville Outfit has a new one called Time To Stand. These youngsters have already experienced more successes than most musicians have in a lifetime. From iconic status in and around Austin to the accolades about this new release, these kids might even become mainstream. Excellent new disc, I'll be playing a bunch more of it in upcoming weeks.

Till Next Week
Ciao

Song - Artist - Album

5pm
Precious Little - Tom Laverack - Cave Drawings
Luckiest Man - The Wood Brothers - Ways Not to Lose
Too Much Coffee - Toni Price - Hey
Turn And Draw - Johnny Miles - Sign Of The Times
Pour - Lori McKenna - Bittertown
Marie - Steve Earle - Townes
Bright - Bourgeois Gypsies - Faulty Fairytales
Trail - Dexateens - Singlewide
Wasting My Time - Zoe Muth - Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers
Desdemona (feat. Patty Griffin) - The Alternate Routes - A Sucker's Dream
Somebody's Home - Lucy Kaplansky - Red House 25
California's Burning - Dave Alvin And The Guilty Women - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women

6pm
Wannabe Country Music Star - Songs From The Road Band - As The Crow Flies
CB Song - The Legendary Shack Shakers - Cockadoodledon't
Mercedes Benz - Kendel Carson - Alright Dynamite
Tell My Mother I Miss Her So - Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Roadhouse Sun
Nothing's Too Good For My Baby - The Belleville Outfit - Time To Stand
my jolene - Porterdavis - Ep
Big River - Colin Linden - Johnny's Blues A Tribute to Johnny Cash
Compass Rose - Chris Pureka - Dryland
Broke My Heart - Tim Easton - Porcupine
First Day of My Life - Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning
Known For Possession - Hoots & Hellmouth - The Holy Open Secret
Get Right with God - Lucinda Williams - Essence
People Like You - Weinland - Breaks In The Sun
Money Shot - Melissa McClelland - Victoria Day

Tupelo Honey Playlist 6/2/09

Quite a few good new releases this week: The Lovell Sisters, Charlie Robinson, Jaime Kindleyside, Bearfoot, and one that really surprised me Ben Mallott.

I say it surprised me because I didn't expect much after glancing at the CD case. The picture of him in the barber chair reeked of bad country music. That and the fact that his last name conjures up images of bad redneck hair-do's. Boy was I wrong! Great songwriting, great production, great CD. Nice work Mr. Mallott, goes to show you: don't judge a book by it's cover.

Should have a bunch of cool new ones for next week.

Till Then,
Ciao

Song - Artist - Album

5pm
In Dreams - The Bridge - Blind Man's Hill
Out to Dry - Jaime Kindleyside - AmericanaBlue
Magpie To The Morning - Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Mighty River - Railroad Earth - Elko
Hideous Sunbeam - The Hiders - Valentine
Too Much - Sara Watkins - Sara Watkins
Baby, Would You Take Me Home? - Lewi Longmire Band - Fire 'Neath the Still
Sweet Old World - Emmylou Harris - Wrecking Ball
Cry - Slaid Cleaves - Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away
Old Timers - Leslie Stevens - Leslie & The Badgers
She's So Fine - Charlie Robinson - Beautiful Day
Barstool Boys - Marah - Kids In Philly
Oh My Love - Bearfoot - Doors And Windows

6pm
Gun Street Girl - Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Seven Long Years - The Whipsaws - 60 Watt Avenue
Walk Softly - Barefoot Truth - Walk Softly...
Cold Feet - Ben Mallott - Look Good, Feel Good
Whiskey In My Whiskey - The Felice Brothers - The Felice Brothers
Roses and Cigarettes - Ray LaMontagne - Gossip In the Grain
Filthy Whore From Wilmington - The Midnight Screening - Chasing Vincent Wolf
Paulita Maxwell - Lovell Sisters - Time To Grow
Pony Ride - Boris Mccutcheon & The Saltlicks - Bad Road, Good People
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Donavon Frankenreiter - Recycled Recipes
Katie Dear - The Felice Brothers - Yonder Is The Clock
Wild & Free - Hank Williams III - Damn Right, Rebel Proud

Tupelo Honey Playlist 5/26/09

Scott Foley is the DJ who put americana on KRVM. Foley once said to me that the thing about this genre is that there are more people making it than listening to it.

Zoe Muth from Ballard, Washington is a great example. Her music IMO is a perfect example of what this genre has to offer yet look at the photo of her playing at some coffee shop. Lots of empty seats. In fact, it looks like her roomate and a friend are the only people in the audience.

She doesn't even have a CD yet she's better then just about anything out there. Check her out on-line at www.myspace.com/zoemuth or just keep listening to Tupelo Honey and I'll keep playing her incredible music.

Till Next Week
Ciao


Song - Artist - Album

5pm
I'm Just an Old Chunk Of Coal - Damon Fowler - Sugar Shack
Midnight Train to Memphis - The SteelDrivers - The SteelDrivers
Looking Forward To Seeing You - Golden Smog - Stay Golden, Smog
Hiway 9 - Eliza Gilkyson - Land Of Milk And Honey
Sign Of The Times - Johnny Miles - Sign Of The Times
Water or Gasoline - Blackie & The Rodeo Kings - Swinging from the Chains of Love
Take It Too Bad Steve - Earle - Townes
Songs In The Night - Samantha Crain & The Midnight Shivers - Songs In The Night
Stormy - Tim Easton - Porcupine
Single Girl, Married Girl - Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer
Hotel Stairs - Catherine MacLellan - Water In The Ground
Man Tap - The Devil Makes Three - Longjohns, Boots, and a Belt
Orphan Girl - Gillian Welch - Revival
Jenny Don't Be Hasty - Paolo Nutini - These Streets

6pm
Since She Started to Ride - Jonathan Richman - Jonathan Goes Country
You Only Believe Me When I'm Lying - Zoe Muth - N/A
Lost In The Ozone - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen - Too Much Fun
Hardly Worth Saving - Weinland - Breaks In The Sun
Talk In Circles - Jim Byrnes - My Walking Stick
Papa Come Quick (Jody and Chico) - Bonnie Raitt - Luck of the Draw
Magpie To The Morning - Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Good Morning (I'm Still Here) - Ian McFeron - Love Me Blue
Love Like a Truck - The Bottle Rockets - Brand New Year
Wanderin' - Dan Zanes - Parades and Panoramas
God Loves Me - Melissa McClelland - Victoria Day
Worries - Langhorne Slim - Langhorne Slim
Fishin' - Elvin Bishop - Let It Flow
I Need To Know Where I Stand - Rhett Miller - Rhett Miller
Promise (Walk On Water) - Will Quinlan & The Diviners - Navasota