Routes and Branches Play List 12/27/08

Railroad Earth was my feature artist on this week's show. They are playing their New Years run this week at Portland's Aladdin Theater. The band says that they feel like Portland is their west coast home town. I'm looking forward to some great jams from the guys.
Tune in next week when I will be playing my top 20 Americana songs of 2008.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Railroad Earth - Long way To Go - Elko
Railroad Earth - Waggin' The Dog - Amen Corner
The John Henrys - Sweet As The Grain - Sweet As The Grain
Lost dogs - If You Want To - Mutt
The Whopner County Country Allstars - Oregon Country - Always A Pleasure
Bex Marshall - Kitchen Table - Kitchen Table
Drew Emmitt - Take the Highway - Long Road
One Horse Shy - Dead End Road - One Horse Shy
Jeni & Billy - Jewell Ridge Coal - Jewell Ridge Coal
Michael Kevin Daly - Sideroads - Love Never Walks A Straight Line
Railroad Earth - Hard Livin' - Amen Corner
Eliza Gilkyson - The Party's Over - Beautiful World

4pm.
Sonny Landreth - Blue Tarp Blues - From The Reach
The Bridge - Heavy Water - Blind Man's Hill
Jack Tempchin - Smuggler's Blues - Songs
Old Crow Medicine Show - Tennessee Pusher - Tennessee Pusher
Railroad Earth - Old Man And The Land - Elko
James McMurtry - Just Us Kids - Just Us Kids
Ry Cooder - Can I Smoke In Here - I, Flathead (The Songs of Kash Buk and The Klowns)
Axton Kincaid - Walking Papers - Silvers Dollars
The Mother Truckers - When I Get My Wings - Let's All Go To Bed
The Drive By Truckers - Checkout Time In Vegas - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Railroad Earth - Railroad Earth - Elko

Routes and Branches Play List 12/20/08

Happy Holidays to all of my Americanca Friends. Having been out Christmas shopping myself before I came into the station this week, I decided to do an Americana Christmas show. It was a last minuet decision, but the station's Holiday colletion had a handful of discs that fit my show. Here is what I played.

Artist-Song-Source
3pm.
Jason Ringenberg Feat. Kristi Rose - Lovely Christmas - Oh Santa
Sonny Landreth - Got To Get You Under My Tree - Christmas Gumbo
The Box Masters - My Dreams Of Christmas - Christmas Cheer
Mikki Brisk - Cowgirl Christmas - Single
The Asylum Street Spankers - Since I Met You Baby - What? And Give Up Show Biz?
Jefferson Pepper - Christmas In Fallujah - Christmas In Fallujah
Roger Salloom - In The Snow - Tapping That Thing
The Whopner County Allstars - Kick For Christmas - Always A Pleasure
Los Lonely Boys - Feliz Navidad - Holiday Sampler
Los Straitjackets - Holiday Twist - Oh Santa
Suzy Bogguss w/ Delbert McClinton - Baby It's Cold Outside - Holiday Sampler
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer - Giddyup Said Santa Claus
Be'la Fleck & The Flecktones - Have Your Self a Merry Little Christmas - Jingle All The Way
Allen Toussaint - The Day It Snows On Christmas - Christmas Gumbo

4pm.
The Wyatts - Merry Christmas Darlin' - Single
Marah - New York is a Christmas Kind Of Town - Oh Santa
The Boxmasters - I Won't Be Home For Christmas - Christmas Cheer
Martin Sexton - Blue Christmas - Camp Holiday
Johnny Cash w/ The carter Family - Peace In The Valley - The Legend
Tish Hinojosa - From Texas For A Christmas Night - Holiday Sampler
Chatham County Line - O! Santa - Oh Santa
Be'la Fleck & The Flecktones - The Twelve Days Of Christmas - Jingle All The Way
Jefferson Pepper - Christmas Tree - Christmas In Fallujah
Martin Sexton - White Christmas - Camp Holiday
The Boxmasters - Christmas In Prison - Christmas Cheer
Jefferson Pepper - Plastic Illuminated Snowman - Christmas In Fallujah
Reverend Horton Heat - Santa On The Roof - Oh Santa
Billy Joe Shaver W Flaco Jumenez - Feliz Navidad - Holiday Sampler
The Boxmasters - Silver Bells - Christmas Cheer
The Subdudes - Peace In The World - Christmas Gumbo

Routes and Branches Play List 12/13/08

Several weeks back we received the new Axton Kincaid disc "Silver Dollars" and I started playing it on my show. I liked their disc and went looking for more info on the web. As it turns out two of the members of the band live in Portland, OR. and other members live in San Fransisco. This week Kate Howser and Jennifer Daunt were traveling down to California and stopped by the KRVM studios for some live music and conversation. Hopefully we can get them back to Eugene as a full band in the near future.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Will Quinlan - Hallowed Ground - Navasota
Son Volt - Windfall - Trace
Bex Marshall - Black Guitar - Kitchen Table
Patrick Kavaney - Time Has Got(The Best Of Me)- Weather Or Not
Drive By Truckers - Gravity's Gone - A Blessing and a Curse
Donna The Buffalo - Family Pictures - Live From The American Ballroom
Los Lonely Boys - Love Don't Care About Me - Forgiven
The Iguanas -If You Should Ever Fall On Hard Times - If You Should Ever Fall On Hard Times
Ryan Bingham - Hard Times - Mescalito
Bow Thayer - Meanwhile In The Here And Now - Bow Thayer & Perfect Trainwreck
Cyrus Clarke - I Knew Dr. King - Upcountry Skies
South Austin Jug Band - Jackass - Strange Invitation
Calexico - Bend In The Road - Carried To Dust

4pm.
Poor Man's Whiskey - Love Light Glows - Train To California
Axton Kincaid - The Saddest Story - Live In Studio
Axton Kincaid - Walking Papers - Live In Studio
Axton Kincaid - We Should Be Drinking - Silver Dollars
One Horse Shy - Purple Flowers - One Horse Shy
Jenny Reynolds - Whiskey & Pie - Next To You
Jonatha Brooke - All You Gotta Do Is Touch Me - The Works
Mud Crutch - Six Days On The Road - Mud Crutch
Rodney Crowell - Who Do You Trust - Sex And Gasoline
Ry Cooder - Johnny Cash - I, Flathead
Johnny Cash - The Night Hank Williams Came To Town - The Legend
Railroad Earth - Been Down This Road - Amen Corner

Routes and Branches Play List 12/06/08

Most of this week's show evolved around the left overs of last week's show.There has been so much good new music this year that I could fill another two hours with mostly new music.
I also had a fun in studio conversation with Seth Kimmel and Christine Harris of the local old time band Molasses. They describe "Old Time Music" as fiddle based dance music that was passed down through the family gatherings. Families would share tunes at larger gatherings and that was how the tunes were passed around. If you didn't know the tune when the song started you would know it by the end.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
The Box Masters - My Dreams Of Christmas - Christmas Cheer
David Jacobs-Strain - Traveling Riverside Blues - Liars Day
The Waybacks - The River - Loaded
Molasses - Grigsby's Hornpipe - Live in Studio
Molasses - Greasy Coat - Live in Studio
Molasses - Black Jack - Live in Studio
Eleven Hundred Springs - Every Time I Get Close To You - Country Jam
Old Crow Medicine Show - Mary's Kitchen - Tennessee Pusher
Truckstop Honeymoon - Mardi Gras In Kansas - Great Big Family
The Watson Twins - Bar Woman Blues - Fire Songs
Jo Kelly Stephenson - Fruitless Love - I See Flowers, You See Cars
Jo Kelly Stephenson - Slip Away - I See Flowers, You See Cars
Ralph Stanley - Train Songs - This One Is Two

4pm.
Yonder Mountain String Band - Don't Let That Deal Go Down - Mountain Tracks: Vol. 5
Dave Alvin - Loser - West Of The West
Old 97's - Color Of A Lonely Heart Is Blue - Blame It On Gravity
John Amos - Everything Turns Blue - Bending The Light
Jonatha Brooke - There's More True Lovers Than One - The Works
Robin & Linda Williams - When A Thread Gets Caught - Buena Vista
Rosalie Sorrels - Schofield Mine Disaster - Strangers In Another country
Joan Baez - Jericho Road - Day After Tomorrow
Jenny Reynolds - Next To you - Next To you
Joan Osborne - Sweeter Than The Rest - Little Wild Road
Miss Leslie - I Can Get Over You - Between The Whiskey and the Wine
The Wood Brothers - Postcards From Hell - Loaded
John Shipe Band - If You Were Me - Pollyanna