Routes & Branches 12/27/14

It has been another big year in Americana music with new releases from many known bands, some new groups as well as an emergence of several new super-groups including The Hard Working Americans, Trigger Hippy and The New Basement Tapes. In an effort to select my favorites of the year I am recapping my monthly choices for the Freeform American Roots chart. Since I try to not repeat an album from one month to the next, there are far too many cd's to fit into one show. This week I focused on the first half of the year along with my choices for the month of December (numbered) since I felt the need to feature them this month. Next week I will focus on the second half of the year.

Artist-Song-Source
3pm
Lucinda Williams - The Nights Too Long - Lucinda Williams 
(5)Willie May - Everybody But Me - Shaken Tree Blues
Blackie And The Rodeo Kings - Gotta Stay Young - South 
Railroad Earth - Monkey - Last of the Outlaws 
Grant Peeples and the Peeples Republik - Who Woulda Thunk It? (feat. Gurf Morlix) - Punishing the Myth
Matt Andersen - Alberta Gold - Weightless
(6)The Kinks - Alcohol - Muswell Hillbillies + Katalog
Drive-By Truckers - Primer Coat - English Oceans
The String Cheese Incident - Colorado Bluebird Sky - Song in My Head
Shook Twins - Shake - What We Do
Rodney Crowell - Fever On The Bayou - Tarpaper Sky  
Johnny Cash - Baby Ride Easy - Out Amoung The Stars 
(4)Steve Earle - Custer - Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited

4pm
John Fullbright - Until You Were Gone - Songs
Dave & Phil Alvin - I Feel So Good - Common Ground
Grant Farm - Song of the Wayword Son - Plowin' Time 
The Howlin' Brothers - Monroe - Trouble
(3)Marc Ford - Blue Sky - Holy Ghost 
Shoebox Letters - Crash - Honest Truth
Bruce Robinson and Kelly Willis - Motor City Man - Our Year
Zoe Muth - Mama Needs a Margarita - World of Strangers
Willie Nelson - Wives and Girlfriends - Band Of Brothers 
Yvette Landry - Misery Loves Company - Me & T-Coe's Country
(2)Thompson - Careful - Family
Corb Lund - Truck Got Stuck - Counterfeit Blues
The Mastersons - Closer To You - Good Luck Charm
(1)The New Basement Tapes - Kansas City - Lost On the River

Routes & Branches 12/20/14

We are upon the holiday season and with that comes my annual Americana "Holiday Style" show in which I play some songs that I never play any other time of the year. Not every track is a holiday song since we still have a few new albums trickling into the station but many are.
I hope that everyone has a safe and happy holiday with the ones they love.

Artist/Song/Source
3pm
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn - What Are They Doing In Heaven Today? -  Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn
The Whiskey Belles - Country Christmas - Nothin' Says Christmas Like Whiskey 
Guy Clark - The Coat - Someday The Song Writes You
Dolly Parton - Hard Candy Christmas - The RCA Years 1967-1986
Thompson - Family - Family
Robert Earl Keen - Merry Christmas from the Family - Live At the Ryman 2005
Doug Seegers - There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (feat. Buddy Miller) - Going Down To the River
John Hiatt - Wintertime Blues - Master of Disaster 
Darol Anger and the Republic of Strings - Father Adieu - Generation Nation
Mark O'Connor - The Christmas Song - An Appalachain Christmas
Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons - Jazz Fiddler - Take Yo Time
Owl Country - Long Gentle Rain - Long Gentle Rain
Steve Earle - Christmas In Washington - El Corazon

4pm
The Whiskey Belles - It's Begining to Look a Look a Lot Like Christmas - Nothin' Says Christmas Like Whiskey
Shawn Mullins - Tinseltown - Light You Up
Great American Taxi - Good Night to Boogie - Reckless Habits
Nickel Creek - Christmas Eve - A Dotted Line
Catherine MacLellan - Jack's Song - The Raven's Sun 
Buddy & Julie Miller - The Selfishness In Man - Written In Chalk
Hayes Carll - Grateful for Christmas - KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories) 
Brian Cutean - Rosepelly Mountain - Guitarred & Feathered
Will Brown - Rainy Day Sketch - Down The Highway 
Sam Baker - Say Grace - Say Grace
Willie May - I'm Goin' Home - Shaken Tree Blues 
Robert Earl Keen - Happy Holidays Y'all - Walking Distance

Routes & Branches 12/13/14

This week's show mostly focused on recent nominations to the American Roots categories of the Grammys. I didn't have all of the albums nominated but the ones I have I certainly hope will win!!! We will see on February 8th.

Artist-Song-Source
3pm
North Mississippi Allstars - My Home Town - Dead Man's Town: A Tribute To Born In The U.S.A. 
Jesse Winchester - Just So Much - A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble
Eliza Gilkyson - Eliza Jane - The Nocturne Diaries
Old Crow Medicine Show - Brushy Mountain Conjugal Trailer - Remedy
Old Crow Medicine - Show Doc's Day - Remedy
Dave & Phil Alvin - Southern Flood Blues - Common Ground
Dave & Phil Alvin - Key To The Highway - Common Ground 
David Bromberg - Mr. Bojangles (Live) - The Player: A Retrospective
Rhonda Vincent - I Need Somebody Bad Tonight - Only Me
Rhonda Vincent - Drivin' Nails - Only Me
Yvette Landry - Friday Night Special - Should Have Known

4pm
Rosanne Cash - Modern Blue - The River & The Thread
Rosanne Cash - A Feather's Not A Bird - The River & The Thread
John Hiatt - Long Time Comin' - Terms Of My Surrender 
John Hiatt - Terms of My Surrender - Terms Of My Surrender
Brantley Gilbert - Before The Bullets Fly - All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
Shook Twins - Holler It Down - What We Do
The Earls Of Leicester - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke - The Earls of Leicester
Taj Mahal and Gregg Allman - Statesboro Blues - All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen - Country Song - Cold Spell
Hayes Carll - Drunken Poet's Dream - Trouble In MInd 
Sturgill Simpson - The Promise - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Chuck Cannon - Whiskey Drinkin' Preacher - God Shaped Hole 

Routes & Branches 12/6/14

Artist-Song-Source
3pm
The Byrds - Hickory Wind - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
The Byrds - Pretty Polly - Sweetheart of the Rodeo
Miss Laurie Ann & The SaddleTones - Big Rig - Ease My Mind
Steve Earle - Guitar Town - Guitar Town 
Trigger Hippy - Dry County - Trigger Hippy
Tom Waits - Back In the Crowd - Bad As Me 
Tom Waits - Going Out West - Glitter & Doom 
Jubilee Riots  - Trying Times - Penny Black
The New Basement Tapes - Kansas City - Lost On the River 
The New Basement Tapes - Spanish Mary - Lost On the River
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - Winter Song/ Girl From The North Country - Matadors 
JP Harris and the Tough Choices - Young Women and Old Guitars - Home Is Where the Hurt Is 
Jefferson Berry - Born On Payday (Radio Mix) - Guitar On the River

4pm
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks - Savin' My Lovin' - Tangled Tales
Tommy Talton - The Man From Down Near Waco - Until After Then
Doug Seegers - She (feat. Emmylou Harris) - Going Down To the River
Buddy and Julie Miller - Worry Too Much - Universal United House of Prayer 
Horse Feathers - Working Poor - House With No Home
Bow Thayer & Perfect Trainwreck - 12 Inch Steel - EDEN
Seven Handle Circus - And We Danced - Shadows On The Wall
Old Crow Medicine Show - 8 Dogs 8 Banjos - Remedy
Leftover Salmon - Here Comes The Night - Aquatic Hitchhiker 
John Hiatt - Marlene - Terms Of My Surrender
Thompson - One Life At a Time - Family
Matt Ellis - Texas Sky - The Greatest Escape 

Routes & Branches 11/29/14

The end of the month and a holiday weekend made for time to reflect on this month's new releases and my choices for the Freeform American Roots chart(numbered below). It is getting to be time to go through the entire year and choose which ones make it to the final favorites of the year.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Kris Kristoferson - The Ballad Of Ira Hayes - Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited
(6) Liz Cooper & the Stampede - Booze and Cigarettes - Monsters
Neil Young - I Want To Drive My Car - Storytone
Guy Forsyth - Econoline - The Freedom to Fail
(5) Bela Fleck and Abigaif Washburn - What Are They Doing In Heaven Today? - Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn
The Wailin' Jennys - Storm Comin' - Bright Morning Stars
Shook Twins - Holler It Down - What We Do
Yvette Landry - Three Chords and a Bottle - No Man's Land 
Big John Mills - What Makes Texas Swing (feat. Kent Finlay) - Honkytonkology
Canebreakers - Promised Land - Frame and Floor
(4) Marcia Ball - The Tattooed Lady and the Alligator Man - The Tattooed Lady And The Alligator Man
Dick LeMasters - River Blues - One Bird, Two Stones 

4pm
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - Nana and Jimi - Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women
Keith Greeninger - Be My Baby - Soul Connection
Marc Ford - Dream #26 - Holy Ghost 
(3) JP Harris and the Tough Choices - Every Little Piece - Home Is Where the Hurt Is
Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers - I've Been Gone - Starlight Hotel
CALICO the band - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Rancho California 
The Whiskeybelles - Whiskey Woman - Whiskey Woman
Fruition - Mountain Annie - Just One of Them Nights
(2) Peggy Young & The Survivors - I Be Weary - Lonely In a Crowded Room
Katie Gosnell - Rebound Girl - Dear Katie
Scott Coner - Maybe She Lied - Feels Like Friday
(1) Doug Seegers - Going Down To The River - Going Down To the River

Routes & Branches 11/22/14

The Wailin' Jennys stopped by the KRVM studio on their way to a show tonight at the McDonald Theater here in Eugene. They performed a wonderful a cappella version of "Weary Blues From Waitin'" in which their harmonies were wonderful. They are also very talented on their instruments which include guitar, bass, accordion, banjo among others. By balancing family life with the road The Wailin' Jennys selectively perform for their loyal fan base.


Artist-Song-Source
3pm
Duane Allman - Goin Down Slow - Skydog 
Peggy Young & The Survivors - Lonely Women Make Good Lovers - Lonely In a Crowded Room
The Levon Helm Band - Ain’t That Good News - The Midnight Ramble Sessions [ Vol. 3 ] 
Wailin' Jennys - Weary Blues From Waitin' - Live In The KRVM Studio  
The Wailin' Jennys - Glory Bound - Live At the Mauch Chunk Opera House
Trigger Hippy - Adelaide - Trigger Hippy
Front Country - Like A River - Sake of the Sound 
Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses) - Warren Hellman's Banjo - The Low Highway
Bela Fleck and Abigaif Washburn - Railroad - Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn 
Jubal Lee Young - Texas Pirate Radio - On a Dark Highway 
David Allen Coe - You Never Called Me By My Name - If That Ain't Contry
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Train Yard - The Grifter's Hymnal
4pm
Waylon Jennings - Hittin' the Bottle Again - Right For The Time  Justice
Liz Cooper & the Stampede - Booze and Cigarettes - Monsters
Broken Down Guitars - Keep It Together - Passports 
Katie Garibaldi - Lock the Door, Lose the Key - Follow Your Heart 
Various Arists - Custer - Look Again To The Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited 
Railroad Earth - Mighty River - ELKO 
Poor Man's Whiskey - Here In California - Like A River
The New Basement Tapes - Kansas City - Lost On the River 
Ashley Raines & The New West Revue - Work Like The Devil - After The Bruising
Garrett James - Your Ghost - Your Ghost - Single
Paul Thorn - I Don't Like Half The Folks I Love - Pimps And Preachers

Routes & Branches 11/15/14

Today I had Ashley Raines and Curtis McMurtry, who are sharing a bill at the Axe and Fiddle in Cottage Grove this evening, into the studio to perform a couple of tunes. They may be sharing the stage tonight but that is where the similarities end. Raines is a self taught prolific songwriter who rarely listens to other music, while McMurtry says he listens to jazz and classical music for tonal inspiration and studied music composition at Sarah Lawrence College in New York. Both men have that great singer/storyteller way with their music that will make the evening interesting.
http://www.ashleyrainesmusic.com/
http://curtismcmurtrymusic.com/

 
Artist-Song-Source
3pm
The Kinks - Muswell Hillbilly - Muswell Hillbillies 
JJ Grey & Mofro - Hide & Seek - Georgia Warhorse
Hard Working Americans - Stomp and Holler - First Waltz
North Mississippi All Stars - Moonshine - Electric Blue Watermelon  
The Wailin' Jennys - One More Dollar - Live At the Mauch Chunk Opera House
Calico the band - Dead Reckoning - Rancho California 
Sarah Levecque - Next To Nothin' - Beautiful Defeat
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Mother Blues - The Grifter's Hymnal 2012
Neil Young - Girl From The North Country - A Letter Home
Doug Seegers - There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (feat. Buddy Miller) - Going Down To the River
Kieth Greeninger - Good Day - New Soul Connection

4pm
Ashley Raines - Cheyene Wyoming - Live In The KRVM Studio  
Curtis McMurtry - Foxhole - Live In The KRVM Studio  
Ashley Raines - More Of A Man - Live In The KRVM Studio  
Curtis McMurtry - Chaplinesque - Live In The KRVM Studio  
The Legends & Tim Harwill - Sweet Old Country Music - Dance Floor
Birds Of Chicago - All the City Girls - Live From Space
The Steel Wheels - Breaking Like the Sun - Lay Down, Lay Low
Caleb Klauder Country Band - Satisfied Mind - Western Country 
Peggy Young & The Survivors - Better Livin' Through Chemicals - Lonely In a Crowded Room 
Red Molly - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - The Red Album

Routes & Branches 11/8/14

The Hen House Prowlers stopped by the KRVM studios on their way to a show at our local hang that supports bluegrass music, Sam Bond's Garage.  I first saw the Prowlers on Mountain Song at Sea earlier this year. Mountain Song was a bluegrass cruise hosted by The Steep Canyon Rangers and the Hen House Prowlers were one of the bands invited to be a part of the festival at sea. I was totally impressed with the Prowlers sound. These guys are bound to be "Bluegrass Stars" a brand new tune which they performed today on my show this afternoon. Look for a new Prowler CD in the new year.


Artist-Song-Source
3pm
Bob Dylan & The Band - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - The Basement Tapes
Bob Dylan & The Band - Folsom Prison Blues - The Basement Tapes
J P Harris & the Tough Choices - A Breaking Heart - Home Is Where The Hurt Is
Tim Harwill & The Legends - Dance Floor - Dance Floor
Kinky Freedman - Sold American - Bi-Polar Tour
Lyle Lovett - Natural Forces - Natural Forces
JJ Grey & Mofro - The Sweetest Thing - Georgia Warhorse
North Mississippi Allstars - Goin' Down South - Shake Hands With Shorty
Doug Seegers - She - Going Down The River
Gram Parsons - Return Of The Grievous Angel - Grievous Angel
Hilary Scott - Whiskey Bottle Dry - Freight Train Love
Guy Clark - L  A Freeway Songs & Stories
4pm
Hen House Prowlers - Chop My Money - Live In The KRVM Studio
Hen House Prowlers - Bluegrass Star - Live In The KRVM Studio
Hen House Prowlers - Breaking Ground - Breaking Ground
Marcia Ball - The Tattooed Lady & The Alligator Man - The Tattooed Lady & The Alligator Man
Delbert McClinton & Glen Clark - Been Around a Long Time - Blind Crippled & Crazy
Steve Scott Country - Have You Ever known a Solider? - Those Tears I've Cried
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Tour Of Duty - Here We Rest
Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn - What Are They doing In Heaven Today? - Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Shawn Sahm - Mendocino - Keep Your Soul
Dave Alvin - Murrieta's Head - Eleven Eleven

Routes & Branches 11/1/14

Broken Down Guitars from Bend, Oregon stopped by our studios on their way to the first Grrrlzrock show of the month to talk about their debut album "Passports". The album was the result of winning the 2012 Ninkasi "Last Band Standing" contest which rewarded them with studio time in the Ninkasi studio here in Eugene. Now they are back in town headlining the first of the month long "Grrrlzrock series of shows featuring women musicians. From listening to the tracks we played on the air this afternoon Broken Down Guitars is a band with girls that ROCK!!!
http://www.brokendownguitars.com/
http://www.grrrlzrock.com/

Artist-Song-Source
3pm
The Levon Helm Band - Drivin’ Wheel - The Midnight Ramble Sessions, Vol. 3
Katie Garibaldi - Lock the Door, Lose the Key - Follow Your Heart
JP Harris and the Tough Choices - Young Women and Old Guitars - Home Is Where the Hurt Is
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Wade In The Water - Everybody's Talkin'
Ronnie Fauss - A Place Out In the Country - Built To Break
The Legends & Tim Harwill - Sweet Old Country Music - Dance Floor 
Liz Cooper & The Stampede - Booze and Cigarettes - Monsters - EP
Seven Handle Circus - And We Danced - Shadows On The Wall
Angaleena Presley - American Middle Class - American Middle Class
Scott Coner - Feels Like Friday - Feels Like Friday
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Mother Blues - The Grifter's Hymnal 
Kieth Greeninger - Good Day - New Soul Connection

4pm.
Broken Down Guitars - Keep It Together - Passports
Broken Down Guitars - Medusa - Passports 
Broken Down Guitars - Broken Down Passports - Passports
The Elders - Even The Great ones Fall - Story Road
Chip Taylor - Track 224 - The Little Prayers Trilogy/ Love & Pain
Sarah Levecque - Next To Nothin' - Beautiful Defeat
Hard Working Americans - Another Train / Working Man Blues - The First Waltz 
Trigger Hippy - Heartache On the Line - Trigger Hippy 
Hen House Prowlers - Breaking Ground - Breaking Ground

Routes & Branches 10/25/14

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Gram Parsons - Cash On The Barrelhead/ Hickory Wind - GP/Grievous Angel
Trigger Hippy - Tennessee Mud - Trigger Hippy
Steve Free - Find Me a Job - Ship of Dreams
James McMurtry - Slew Foot - Childish Things
Sarah Levecque - Just You - Beautiful Defeat
Katie Garibaldi - Love the Hell Out of You - Follow Your Heart
Lucinda Williams - Something Wicked This Way Comes - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone
Robert Earl Keen - Shades of Gray - Live At the Ryman
The California Honeydrops - Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You - Honeydrops Live
Alejandro Escovedo - Five Hearts Breaking - Gravity

4pm
Hard Working Americans - Blackland Farmer - The First Waltz 
R. W. Hampton - El Paso - This Cowboy
Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses) - The Low Highway - The Low Highway
Elephant Revival - Grace of a Woman - These Changing Skies
Emmitt-Nershi Band - I Come from the Country - New Country Blues
Trampled By Turtles - Nobody Knows - Wild Animals
Great American Taxi - Reckless Habits - Reckless Habits
David Bromberg - Drivin' Wheel - Only Slightly Mad
Bill Kirchen - Hot Rod Lincoln - Seeds And Stems
John Hiatt - Long Time Comin' - Terms Of My Surrender

Routes & Branches 10/18/14

I have a  new favorite band and they are called Trigger Hippy!!! They are all great musicians who can write and perform on their own and when combined produce a sound that mixes Americana roots with rock, soul and blues. What more can you ask for.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Los Lobos - On Main Street - Tin Can Trust
Keith Greeninger - Hop in the Truck - Soul Connection
Dave Alvin - Two Lucky Bums - Eleven Eleven
Loudon Wainwright III - Older Than My Old Man Now - Older Than My Old Man Now
Chris Smither - Train Home (feat. Allen Toussaint) - Still On The Levee
The Stray Birds - Simple Man - Best Medicine
Melissa Ruth & The Likely Stories - Summer Nights in New Orleans - Riding Mercury
Angaleena Presley - Dry County Blues - American Middle Class
Gillian Welch - The Way It Goes - The Harrow & The Harvest
Bruce Robinson and Kelly Willis - Motor City Man - Our Year
Alejandro Escovedo - San Antonio Rain - Big Station
John Prine & Emmylou Harris - Angel From Mongomery - In Person & On Stage 
Trigger Hippy - Rise Up Singin' - Trigger Hippy
4pm
Trigger Hippy - Dry County - Trigger Hippy
Ronnie Fauss - Eighteen Wheels - Built To Break
Duffy Kane - Truck Drivin' Man - Dead Man Walkin'
The Two Man Gentlemen Band - Time Changes Everything - Enthusiastic Attempts At Hot Swing & String Band Favorites
Wanda Jackson - California Stars - Unfinished Buisness 
The California Honeydrops - When It Was Wrong (Live) - Honeydrops Live
The Pine Hearts - Heartache or the Whiskey - Distant Lights
The Dirty River Boys - Down By The River - The Dirty River Boys
Dwight Yoakam - Long Way To Go - 3 Pears
Lachlan Bryan And The Wildes - Black Coffee - Black Coffee

Routes & Branches 10/4/14

This week was the beginning of our Fall fundraiser here at KRVM and I decided to recap the albums I have chosen throughout this year for the Freeform American Roots Chart (FAR Charts). With a couple of exceptions all of the albums played came from these lists. You find the Far Chart at: http://www.tcmnradio.com/far/
At the last minuet I was asked to cover our Acoustic Junction show which follows Routes & Branches so I was able to play most of the albums I had submitted so far this year. Here is what I played.
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Artist-Song-Album
3pm
Lucinda Williams - The Night's Too Long - 25th Anniversary Live 
Hard Working Americans - Down To the Well - Hard Working Americans 
Railroad Earth - One More Night On The Road - Last of the Outlaws
Rosanne Cash - Modern Blue - The River & The Thread
Shoebox Letters - AnyTime - Better Times
Blackie And The Rodeo - Kings Gotta Stay Young - South
Drive-By Truckers - Primer Coat - English Oceans
Grant Peeples - Who Woulda Thunk It? - Punishing The Myth
Wink Keziah - When I Get Paid - Cowbilly
Chuck Cannon - The Ghost of Johnny Cash - God Shaped Hole
4pm
Johnny Cash - I'm Movin' On - Out Amoung The Stars
Rodney Crowell - Fever On The Bayou - Tarpaper Sky
Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim - Greatest Hits
Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue - She's A Killer - Last To Leave
Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks - Stand Back - All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin - Stuff They Call Money - Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy
The Howlin' Brothers - Monroe - Trouble
Yvette Landry - Can I Go Home With You - Me & T-Coe's Country
Leftover Salmon - Bayou Town - Aquatic Hitchhiker
John Fullbright - Until You Were Gone - Songs
Zoe Muth - Mama Needs A Margarite - World of Strangers
Willie Nelson - Wives and Girlfriends - Band Of Brothers
5pm
Bruce Robinson and Kelly Willis - Harper Valley PTA - Our Year
Sunny Sweeny - Sunday Dress - Provoked
Kenny Butterill - Gaia Blues (feat. Donovan Leitch) - Troubadour Tales
Curtis McMurtry - Whiskey Sweat - Respectable Enemy
Old Crow Medicine Show - Doc's Day - Remedy
Karen & The Sorrows - Just a Little Heartbreak - The Names of Things
Suzette Lawrence & The Neon Angels - Texas State Line - Tear Up The Honky Tonk
The Mastersons - I Found You - Good Luck Charm
Jim Lauderdale - Doin' Time In Bakersfield - I'm A Song
6pm
John Hiatt - Long Time Comin' - Terms Of My Surrender
Corb Lund - Big Butch Bass Bull Fiddle - Counterfeit Blues
Shook Twins - Shake - What We Do
The String Cheese Incident - Colorado Bluebird Sky - Song in My Head
Justin Townes Earle - My Baby Drives - Single Mothers
Keith Greeninger - Hop In The Truck - Soul Connection
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen - Better (Days Go By) - Cold Spell
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives - Jailhouse - Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
Melissa Ruth & The Likely Stories - What I Got - Riding Mercury 
Eilen Jewell - Can't Shake These Blues - Link Of Chain: A Songwriters Tribute To Chris Smither
Lucinda Williams - Stand Right By Each Other - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone

Routes & Branches 9/27/14

For a long time now I have been a fan of Chris Smither. I like his song writing and his guitar playing style. Last month I received a copy of his latest CD "Still On The Levee" which is a recently recorded retrospective of his career, and then last week I received the new songwriter tribute to Smither called "Link Of Chain", so I decided to make Smither my feature artist today and play a couple of sets of his music by both him and some of the artists on the tribute album. 

3pm
Little Feat - One Breath At A Time - Rooster Rag
Dave Alvin - Link Of Chain - Link Of Chain: A Songwriter Tribute To Chris Smither
Chris Smither - Love You Like A Man - Still On The Levee 
Mary Gauthier - I Feel The Same - Link Of Chain: A Songwriter Tribute To Chris Smither
Mary Gauthier - When a Woman Goes Cold - Trouble & Love 
Lucinda Williams - West Memphis - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone
Tony Joe White - Willie And Laura Mae Jones - Deep Cuts
Jesse Winchester - She Makes It Easy Now - A Reasonable Amount Of Trouble
Dave Rawlings Machine - How's About You - A Friend of a Friend
Hot Rize - Blue Is Fallin' - When I'm Free
David Bromberg - The Fields Have Turned Brown - Only Slightly Mad
Jonny Two Bags - One Foot In The Gutter - Salvation Town
Finnegan Bell - Carolina Line - I Was Gone
4pm
Andrew Delaney - Wine & Roses - Stricken, Smitten, & Afflicted
Tim O'Brien - Origin Of Species - Link Of Chain: A Songwriter Tribute To Chris Smither
Chris Smither - Up On the Lowdown - Still On The Levee
Bonnie Raitt - Love Me Like A Man - Link Of Chain: A Songwriter Tribute To Chris Smither
Melissa Ruth and the Likely Stories - High Brow Blues - Riding Mercury
Joy B Band - Up Down and Sideways - Just Livin'
Hard Working Americans - Come from the Heart (with Rosanne Cash) - The First Waltz
Luke Winslow-King - Domino Sugar - Everlasting Arms
Lewi Longmire - Find Me A Woman - If I Live to Be 100
Rockin' Jason D. Williams - Hillbillies and Holy Rollers - Hillbillies and Holy Rollers
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives - That Gospel Music - Saturday Night / Sunday Morning 
Los Lobos - On Main Street - Tin Can Trust 
Jorma Kaukonen - Leave The Light - On Link Of Chain: A Songwriter Tribute To Chris Smither 

Routes & Branches 9/20/14

I watched the American Music Awards on Wednesday this week and since I wasn't Able to attend and many of my listeners were also stuck here in Eugene, I decided to feature the artists celebrated there on my show today. Also in the mix were some new releases as always.

Artist-Song-Source
3pm
Lucinda Williams - Burning Bridges - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bridge
The Band of Heathens - Maple Tears - Live @ The WOW Hall 2014
Rodney Crowell Fever On The Bayou Tarpaper Sky New West Records
Robert Ellis - Only Lies - The Lights From the Chemical Plant
Rosanne Cash - A Feather's Not A Bird - The River & The Thread
Jason Isbell - Cover Me Up - Southeastern
Ryan Adams - My Wrecking Ball - Ryan Adams Blue Note
Shakey Graves - Dearly Departed (feat. Esmé Patterson) - And the War Came 
Taj Mahal - I Pity the Poor Immigrant - The Hidden Treasures of Taj Mahal
Wayne Haught - Guitar Player - Fingers
Blitzen Trapper - Love the Way You Walk Away - American Goldwing
4pm
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives - Jailhouse - Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives - Boogie Woogie Down the Jericho Road - Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
Dave Rawlings Machine - It's Too Easy - A Friend of a Friend 
Old Crow Medicine Show - Brushy Mountain Conjugal Trailer - Remedy
Patty Griffin - Ohio - American Kid
Sarah Jarosz - Fuel The Fire - Build Me Up From Bones
Douglass County Daughters - Let's Elope Baby - Going Home
The Milk Carton Kids - Honey, Honey - The Ash & Clay
Hard Working Americans - Blackland Farmer - Hard Working Americans
Hurray For The Riff Raff - I Know It's Wrong (But That's Alright) - Small Town Heroes
Rod MacDonald - That's Why You Play the Game - Later That Night Blue
Jason Isbell - Super 8 - Southeastern
Lucinda Williams - Everything But The Truth - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bridge

Routes & Branches 9/13/14

It is always a pleasure to have Mare Wakefield stop by the station and catch us up with her and Nomad's life and work. Formerly from Eugene Wakefield has now lived with Nomad in Nashville for Ten years and says it feels like her home now. She says that East Nashville feels a lot like Eugene.
Their new CD "Poet On The Moon" is an example of what living in Nashville has done for the couple. With help from a Kickstarter campaign they were able to hire Mitch Dane to produce this new album which allowed Nomad to focus on being a musician without the worries of producer too. He says that it really helps to get a few more ears listening to what your doing. With strong song writing "Poet On The Moon" is well worth taking a listen to.


Artist-Song-Source
3pm
The Band of Heathens - Mississippi Halfstep - Live @ Sam Bond's Garage 2012
Jonathan Warren and The Billy Goats - Angeline - On This Very Evening
Cahalen Morrison & Eli West - Natural Thing To Do - I'll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands
Steve Poltz - Giving Thanks - Noineen Noiny Noin
Bill Wence - 555-2109 - Songs That Make Me Think About You
Lipbone Redding - Cowgirls Meet (On Guadalupe St.) - Esmeralda
Blackie And The Rodeo Kings - Gotta Stay Young - South
Hot Buttered Rum - Ramblin' Girl - Live In the Sierra
The Howlin' Brothers - Pack Up Joe - Trouble
Greensky Bluegrass - In Control - If Sorrows Swim
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen - Country Song - Cold Spell

4pm.
Mare Wakefield & Nomad - The First Poet On the Moon - Live In The KRVM Studio 
Mare Wakefield & Nomad - Little Blueflowers and Butterflies - Live In The KRVM Studio 
Mare Wakefield & Nomad - Empty - Poet On The Moon Mare 
John Hiatt - Long Time Comin' - Terms Of My Surrender
Justin Townes Earle - Burning Pictures - Single Mothers
Waylon Speed - Smooth the Grain - KIN 
Nelson Wright - Ten O'Clock Blues - Orphans & Relics
Gavin Sutherlund - Down To The River - Tango At The Lost Cafe' 
The Bus Driver Tour - Truck Driver's Queen - Halfway Between
The Band of Heathens - Medicine Man - Live @ Sam Bond's Garage 2012

Routes & Branches 8/30/14

Celebrating the workers of America this Labor Day weekend.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Dave Insley - God Love's the Working Man - Here With You Tonight
David Lindley & Wally Ingram - Do You Want My Job - Twango Bango Deluxe
Woody Guthrie - Pastures Of Plenty - The Live Wire
Miss Laurie Ann & The SaddleTones - Saddletone Boogie - Ease My Mind
Sunny Sweeny - You Don't Know Your Husband - Provoked
The Black Lillies - Ramblin' Boy - Runaway Freeway Blues 
Cahalen Morrison & Eli West - Livin' In America - I'll Swing My Hammer With Both My Hands
Tom Russell - Tulare Dust/ They're Tearing The Labor Camps Down - Tulare Dust
Merle Haggard - Working Man's Blues - Working In Tennessee 
Bill Kirchen - I Don't Work That Cheap - Word To the Wise
Steve Earle - Six Days On The Road - Essential Steve Earle
Kenny Butterill - Hocus Pocus - Troubadour Tales
Eric Bibb - Troubadour - Troubadour 

4pm
Sam Baker - Road Crew - Say Grace
James Luther Dickinson & North Mississippi Allstars - Truck Drivin' Man - I'm Just Dead, I'm Not Gone
Lyle Lovett - White Freightliner Blues - Release Me .
JP Harris and the Tough Choices - Gear Jammin' Daddy - I'll Keep Calling
Paul Thorn - Everythings's Gonna Be Alright - Too Blessed To Be Stressed
Jalapeño Compadres - China Made - The Ride 
James McMurtry - We Can't Make It Here - Childish Things
Curtis McMurtry - Whiskey Sweat - Respectable Enemy
Screen Door Porch - Shift Work - The Fate & The Fruit 
Grant Farm - The Nine Pound Hammer - Grant Farm
Old Crow Medicine Show - Brushy Mountain Conjugal Trailer - Remedy

Routes & Branches 8/23/14

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Taj Mahal & Gregg Allman - Statesboro Blues - All My Friends Tribute to Gregg Allman
Joe Ely - What's Shakin' Tonight - B4 84
Drive-By Truckers - Primer Coat - English Oceans
Chuck Prophet - Countrified Inner City Technological Man - Night Surfer
Chuck Prophet - Ford Econoline - Night Surfer
Jonny Two Bags - Avenues - Salvation Town
Paul Thorn - I Backslide on Friday - Too Blessed To Be Stressed
Roger Cline & The Peacemakers - California Breakdown - The Independent 
Zoe Muth - Make Me Change My Mind - World of Strangers
Suzette Lawrence & The Neon Angels - Tear Up The Honky Tonk - Tear Up The Honky Tonk
Lynne Hanson - Whiskey And Tears - River Of Sand
John Hiatt - Long Time Comin' - Terms Of My Surrender
Cahalen Morrison & Country Hammer - Nighttime Is Here on the Valley - The Flower of Muscle Shoals
Willie Nelson - Hard to Be an Outlaw - Band Of Brothers

4pm
The Hot Nut Riveters - It's A Sin To Tell A Lie - Moustashe Girl 
The Brothers Comatose - Modern Day Sinners - Respect the Van
Black Prairie - Nowhere, Massachusetts - A Tear In the Eye Is a Wound In the Heart
Eric Bibb - Get On Board - Spirit I Am
The Black Lillies - The Fall - Runaway Freeway Blues
Old Crow Medicine Show - Sweet Home - Remedy
The Paperboys - Good Thing - Callithump 
Lindsay Lou & The Flatbelly's - Pass The Whiskey - Release Your Shrouds
Locust Honey String Band - When the Whiskey's Gone - Never Let Me Cross Your Mind
Old 97's - Nashville - Most Messed Up
Curtis McMurtry - Sparks In the Wind - Respectable Enemy
Blackie And The Rodeo Kings - Gotta Stay Young - South
Fred Eaglesmith - Can't Dance - Tambourine
Red Molly - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - The Red Album

Routes & Branches 8/16/14

Artist-Song-Source
3pm
Gram Parsons - She - GP/Grievous Angel
Willie Nelson - Come On Up To The House - Heroes
Old & In the Way - Pig In A Pen - Breakdown 
Robert Earl Keen - Barbeque - The Party Never Ends 
Bennett Jackson - Broken Hearted Dude - Texana
Max Gomez - Love Will Find A Way - Rule the World New
Paul Thorn - No Place I'd Rather Be - Too Blessed To Be Stressed 
Ellis Paul - Kick Out The Lights (Johnny Cash) - Chasing Beauty
Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line - Essential
Johnny Cash - Baby Ride Easy - Out Among The Stars
Curtis McMurtry - Ghost In My Bed - Respectable Enemy
James McMurtry - Dry River - Saint Mary Of The Woods
Kurtis Shaver - Curves - Long Road - EP
Hank Williams III - I'm the Only Hell My Mamma Ever Raised - Ramblin' Man
4pm
Merle Haggard - Honky Tonkin' - Roots Vol. 1
The Howlin' Brothers - Monroe - Trouble
Old Crow Medicine Show - Tennessee Bound - Tennessee Bound
Todd Snider - Hill Country Rain - Time As We Know It
Hard Working Americans - Down To the Well - Hard Working Americans 
Susan Tedeschi - Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever - Hope and Desire
Sunny Sweeney - Sunday Dress - Provoked
Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart - Boss Is Watchin' - Town Square
Sam Baker Say Grace - Say Grace
The Mastersons - Closer To You - Good Luck Charm
Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters - I Do Believe - 45 Single 
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will The Circle Be Unbroken - Will the Circle Be Unbroken Vol. 2 

Routes & Branches 8/9/14

This week I received a copy of the latest Levon Helm Band's "The Midnight Ramble Sessions, Vol. 3" which was my favorite of the many new CD's I listened to this week so I made it my feature album on today's show. The 13 tracks all recorded between 2005 and 2010 feature great tunes from the spectrum of Americana.

Other new music worth mentioning are: Kenny Butterill  who has nailed the JJ Cale sound on his new CD "Troubadour Tales", local Eugene band The Stagger & Sway and their new CD "Fun And Games" and Old Crow Medicine Show (who is at the top of the Americana chart this week) with their CD "Remedy".


Artist-Song-Source
3pm
The Levon Helm Band - Ain’t That Good News - The Midnight Ramble Sessions, Vol. 3
The Levon Helm Band - I’m a Jealous Man - The Midnight Ramble Sessions, Vol. 3
Whitey Morgan and The 78's - Bad News - Whitey Morgan and the 78's 
Paul Thorn - Everything's Gonna Be Alright -  Too Blessed To Be Stressed 
Kenny Butterill - Hocus Pocus (feat. John Lee Sanders & Ray Bonneville) -Troubadour Tales 
Kenny Butterill - Gaia Blues (feat. Donovan Leitch) - Troubadour Tales
Zoe Muth - Mama Needs a Margarita - World of Strangers
The Stagger and Sway - Fun And Games - Fun And Games
The Levon Helm Band - Drivin’ Wheel - The Midnight Ramble Sessions, Vol. 3
Rodney Crowell - The Long Journey Home - Tarpaper Sky
Jim Lauderdale - End Of The World Rag - I'm A Song 
The Strumbellas - Home Sweet Home - We Still Move On Dance Floors
The Whiskey Chasers - One More Pull of Whiskey - Well for the Worse 

4pm
Old Crow Medicine Show - 8 Dogs 8 Banjos - Remedy
Old Crow Medicine Show - Doc's Day - Remedy
Cahalen Morrison Nighttime Is Here In The Valley The Flower Of Muscle Shoals Free Dirt
Yvette Landry - Misery Loves Company - Me & T-Coe's Country
Douglas County Daughters - When You're Next To Me - Goin' Home
The Levon Helm Band - Turn Around - The Midnight Ramble Sessions, Vol. 3
Carrie Clark & the Lonesome Lovers - The Night Before  -Between the Bed Sheets & Turpentine 
Melissa Ruth & The Likely Stories - What I Got - Riding Mercury 
Br'er Rabbit - Distant Lands - The Wild North
Philip Gibbs - Honky Tonking Tonight - Box Canyon Blues 
Curtis McMurtry - Whiskey Sweat - Respectable Enemy 
The Levon Helm Band - Shake Your Money Maker - The Midnight Ramble Sessions, Vol. 3

Routes & Branches 8/2/14

This week Jeffrey Martin, a singer songwriter from Portland and who was a Kerrville Folk Festival finalist this year, stopped by the KRVM studios and shared some of his new songs with my listeners. I was unfamiliar with Jeffrey and his music and found myself really enjoying the songs he played. I'm sure that I will be playing more of his music on future shows. You can find more information at: http://www.jeffreymartinmusic.com/


Artist-Song-Source
3pm
The Byrds - You Don't Miss Your Water - Sweetheart of the Rodeo 
David Grisman, Jerry Garcia, Tony Rice - Summertime - The Pizza Tapes 
Uncle Tupelo - Suzy Q - The Long Cut +Five Live
Karen & The Sorrows - Just a Little Heartbreak - The Names of Things
Shoebox Letters - Crash - Honest Truth
Jeffrey Martin - Dogs In The Daylight - Live In The KRVM Studio 
Jeffrey Martin - Coal Fire - Live In The KRVM Studio 
Jeffrey Martin - The Middle - Dogs In The Daylight
 Michael Wade - Wrong Way Down a One Way Road - The Door Is Wide Open
Rodney Crowell - I Wouldn't Be Me Without You - Tarpaper Sky
4pm
Hayes Carll - Little Rock - Little Rock
Suzette Lawrence & The Neon Angels - Tear Up The Honky - Tonk Tear Up The Honky Tonk 
The Mastersons - Good Luck Charm - Good Luck Charm
Miss Laurie Ann & The SaddleTones - Good Time Charlie - Ease My Mind
Shooter Jennings - If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me - Don't Wait Up (For George)
Shooter Jennings - Don't Wait Up - Don't Wait Up (For George)
The Stagger and Sway - Siskiyou - Fun And Games
JJ Cale and Eric Clapton - Anyway The Wind Blows - The Road to Escondido
Jim Lauderdale - Doin' Time In Bakersfield - I'm A Song
Slaid Cleaves - Drinkin' Days - Sorrow & Smoke
Otis Gibbs - No Rust On My Spade - Souvenirs of a Misspent Youth
Corb Lund - Truck Got Stuck - Counterfeit Blues
John Hiatt - Marlene - Terms Of My Surrender

Routes & Branches 7/26/14

Artist-Song-Source
3pm
Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin - Key To The Highway - Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy
Jim Lauderdale - Makin' Honey - I'm A Song
Michael Wade - Wrong Way Down A One Way Road - The Door Is Wide Open 
Grant Farm - Song of the Wayword Son - Plowin' Time
The Stagger and Sway - Rubber to the Road - Fun And Games
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Big Blue Chevy '72 - Between the Ditches
The Ben Miller Band - You Don't Know - Any Way Shape Or Form
The Howlin' Brothers - Pack Up Joe - Trouble
Jimmy LaFave - Hard Tavelin' - Woody Guthrie at 100
Jimmy LaFave - Land Of Hope And Dreams - Depending On the Distance
Gurf Morlix - Blaze Foley's 113Th Wet Dream - Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - Lighting Bugs & Bar Flies/ Stand By Me - Matadors
The Hello Strangers - What It Takes to Break a Heart  -The Hello Strangers
Suzette Lawrence & The Neon Angels - Texas State Line - Tear Up The Honky Tonk
4pm
Dulcie Taylor & Friends - Take A Chance - Only Worn One Time
John Cowan - Devil Woman (feat. John McFee) - Sixty 
Fred Eaglesmith - Alcohol and Pills - Lipstick, Lies and Gasoline
Davis Coen - Moonshine In the Morning - Get Back In
Nanci Griffith - Cotton - The Loving Kind
Carrie Rodriguez - Whiskey Runs Thicker Than Blood - Give Me All You Got
Karen & the Sorrows - Around The Bend - The Names of Things 
Chatham County Line - Ghost of Woody Guthrie - Wildwood
Shoebox Letters - Battling the Bottle - Honest Truth
Willie Nelson - Hard to Be an Outlaw - Band Of Brothers
Jim Lauderdale - I Lost You - I'm A Song 
The Stagger and Sway - Fun And Games - Fun And Games
Rodney Crowell - Frankie Please - Tarpaper Sky
Commander Cody And His Lost Planet Airmen - Tennessee Saturday Night - Aces High

Routes & Branches 7/19/14

Artist-Song-Source
3 pm
Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin - Key To The Highway - Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy
Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters - I Do Believe - 45 Single
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - Matadors/ Flyer Girl - Matadors
Bakersfield Dozen - I Only Wish I Had You With Me Last Night - Bakersfield Dozen
Chris Smither - Up On The Lowdown - Still On The Levee
The Mastersons - Closer To You - Good Luck Charm
Grifters & Shills - Devil's On My Side - Watershed
Corb Lund - (Gonna) Shine Up My Boots - Counterfeit Blues
Tammy Lynn & Myles High - Turn My Music On - Turn My Music On
Absynth Quintet - Wrecking Ball - Telepathy With Glowbugs
Billy Joe Shaver - Hard To Be An Outlaw - Long In The Tooth
The J.Miller Band - Horns to Halos - One More High One More Low

4 pm
Sturgill Simpson - Long White Line - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
John Hiatt - Long Time Comin' - Terms Of My Surrender 
BettySoo - Summertime - When We're Gone
Dolly Parton - Don’t Think Twice - Blue Smoke
Samantha Harlow - The Way It Goes - Give & Take
Chatham County Line - Saturdays & Sundays - Wildwood
Shovels & Rope - The Devil Is All Around - Swimmin' Time
Seth Walker - Easy Come, Easy Go - Sky Still Blue
Roger Cline & The Peacemakers - California Breakdown - The Independent
Terry Brown - Old Coyote - Party On The Prairie
Lee Sims - Texas Girl - Deep in the Heart of Me
Lew Card - Low Country High (feat. Cindy Cashdollar) - Low Country Hi-Fi
Will Hastings - (This Ain't) The Last Time - My Human Condition
The Far West - On The Road - Any Day Now

Routes & Branches 7/5/14

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Neil Young - Girl From The North Country - A Letter Home
Bruce Robinson and Kelly Willis - Motor City Man - Our Year
Truckstop Honeymoon - List of Chores - The Madness of Happiness
David Jacobs-Strain - Tree Top Flyer - Terraplane Angel
Shook Twins - Shake -  What We Do
Great American Taxi - Olden Days - Paradise Lost
The Wood Brothers - I Got Loaded - The Muse
Rodney Crowell - Fever On The Bayou - Tarpaper Sky
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit  - So, Where Ya Headed?/ Pancho and Lefty - So, Where Ya Headed?
The Infamous Stringdusters - Summercamp - Let It Go 
Greensky Bluegrass - 200 Miles from Montana - All Access, Vol. 1

 4pm
Railroad Earth - One More Night On the Road - Last of the Outlaws
Zoe Muth - Make Me Change My Mind - World of Strangers 
Red Molly - Clinch River Blues - The Red Album
Claudia Schmidt - Already - New Whirled Order
Shoebox Letters - Battling the Bottle - Honest Truth
Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters - I Do Believe - 45 Single
Willie Nelson - Wives and Girlfriends - Band Of Brothers
Grant Farm - Song of The Wayword Son - Plowin' Time
Yonder Mountain String Band - All The Time - EP 13 
Steep Canyon Rangers - Camellia - Tell the Ones I Love
Corb Lund - (Gonna) Shine Up My Boots - Counterfeit Blues
The Last Hombres - Mae West - Odd Fellows Rest
Yvette Landry - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Me & T-Coe's Country

Routes & Branches 6/28/14

Bill Kirchen  was my feature artist today since his birthday is tomorrow. Keep on rockin' it Bill!!!


Artist-Song-Source
3pm
Neil Young - If You Could Read My Mind - A Letter Home
Willie Nelson - Hard To Be An Outlaw - Band Of Brothers
Guy Clark - L.A. Freeway - Songs And Stories
Yvette Landry - Misery Loves Company - Me & T-Coe's Country
Bill Kichen - Hammer Of The Honky-Tonk Gods - Hammer Of The Honky-Tonk Gods
Rodney Crowell - It's Only Rock 'N' Roll -But What Will The Neighbors Think
Corb Lund - Counterfeiters' Blues - Counterfeit Blues
David Allen Coe - Willie, Waylon And Me - If That Ain't Contry
Waylon Jennings - Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way - Ultimate Waylon Jennings
Paul Dougherty - River Pearl - River Pearl
Troubadour Kings - Ghost of Juarez - Ghost of Juarez
Bill Kirchen - I Don't Work That Cheap (feat. Commander Cody) - Word To the Wise
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Honky Tonk Night Time Man - Street Survivors

4pm
Hard Working Americans - Blackland Farmer - Hard Working Americans
James McMurtry - Hurricane Party (Live) - Live In Europe
Douglass County Daughters - The Fourth Day of July - Going Home
Brigette DeMeyer - Big Man's Shoes - Savannah Road
Trampled By Turtles - Are You Behind the Shining Star? - Wild Animals
Railroad Earth - Monkey - Last of The Outlaws
Old & In the Way - Wild Horses - Breakdown
Terry Brown - Party On The Prairie - Party On The Prairie
Bill Kirchen - Down to Seeds and Stems Again - Seeds And Stems
Lew Card - Low Country High (feat. Cindy Cashdollar)  - Low Country Hi-Fi
Son Volt - Down The Highway - Honky Tonk
Bill Kirchen - Hot Rod Lincoln - Seeds And Stems

Routes & Branches 6/21/14

I had the chance to catch Dave & Phil Alvin at the Aladdin Theatre last night and they put on a great show. I never did see them play together as The Blasters, in fact I never had heard of either of them until I was working on my brother's house in Sacramento several years ago and heard a live broadcast of a concert by Dave and his Guilty Men. I immediately had to get my hands on some of Alvin's music. Ever since I have been a big fan and I'm glad to see the brothers performing together again even though I never saw them together back in their early years.
Although last night's show revolved around their new album of Big Bill Broonzy music, they mixed in several of Dave's tunes along with a few old Blasters Hits. An enjoyable evening was had by all.

Artist-Song-Source
3pm
Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin - I Feel So Good -  Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy 
Dave Alvin - King Of California - King Of California
Roger Cline & The Peacemakers - California Breakdown - The Independent
The California Honeydrops - Carolina Peach - Like You Mean It
The Brutal Bridges Band - More Than Your Best - Circlest
Truckstop Honeymoon - Sunday in Ponca City - The Madness of Happiness
Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin - Saturday Night Rub - Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy
Bruce Robinson and Kelly Willis - Harper Valley PTA - Our Year
Shoebox Letters - Crash - Honest Truth
Rodney Crowell - The Long Journey Home - Tarpaper Sky 
Jerry Jeff Walker - Gettin' By - !Viva Terlingua!
Jerry Jeff Walker - It's A Good Night For Singing - Ultimate Jerry Jeff Walker
4pm
Jerry Jeff Walker - Up Against The Wall Red Neck - !Viva Terlingua! 
Eight Dollar Mountain - Tied To The Tracks - Tied To The Tracks
Great American Taxi - Poor House - Paridise Lost
The Band of Heathens - Jackson Station - The Band of Heathens: Live at Antone's
Kris Kristofferson - Ramblin' Jack - Feeling Mortal
John Hiatt - Stolen Moments - Stolen Moments
Buford Pope - She's Gotta Country Mouth - Sticks In the Throat
Zoe Muth - Mama Needs a Margarita - World of Strangers
Amy LaVere - Where I Lead Me - Runaway's Diary 
Jess Klein - Surrender - Learning Faith
Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin - Key To The Highway - Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy 
Great Elk - Give Up -  Autogeography
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - Marie Marie - Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women

Routes & Branches 6/14/14

I want to thank all of the listeners who have contributed to our current pledge drive. Whether you are local or somewhere streaming on line around the world, you are all part of the KRVM community. We are almost to our goal and with your help you can be sure that KRVM will be around for your listening enjoyment. You can support KRVM by going to http://www.krvm.org/ clicking on the Pledge Now!! button. Be sure to mention Routes & Branches in the comment section.

Artist-Song-Source
3pm
The Outlaws - There Goes Another Love Song - Green Grass and High Tides Forever (Live)
Waylon Jennings - Good Hearted Woman - Ultimate Waylon Jennings
Willie Nelson - Wives And Girlfriends - Band Of Brothers
Willie Nelson - Bring It On - Band Of Brothers
The Railsplitters - Boarding Pass (That's the Way It Is) - The Railsplitters 
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - When I Get My Rewards - Will the Circle Be Unbroken Vol. 2
Levon Helm - Tennessee Jed - Electric Dirt
Yvette Landry - Can I Go Home With You - Me & T-Coe's Country
Beth Wood - Backroads - The Weather Inside
Slaid Cleaves - Horseshoe Lounge - Sorrow & Smoke

4pm
Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs - Like Rock & Roll and Radio (Live) Live - Fall 2010 
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - So, Where Ya Headed?/ Pancho and Lefty - So, Where Ya Headed?
David G Smith - Give Your Love Away - One House
Bill Kirchen - Truck Stop At The End Of The World - Seeds & Stems
Drive-By Truckers - Perfect Timing - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Mother Blues - The Grifter's Hymnal
James McMurtry - Hurricane Party - Live In Europe
Dave Alvin - What's Up With Your Brother? - Eleven Eleven

Routes & Branches 6/7/14

Today's show was a true mix of what I play on Routes & Branches, some brand new tracks, some favorites and some vintage tracks. Please join me in supporting KRVM right now during our membership drive. You can support KRVM by going to http://www.krvm.org/ clicking on the Pledge Now!! button. Be sure to mention Routes & Branches in the comment section.

Thanks, Tim

Artist-Song-Source
3pm
Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin - Stuff They Call Money - Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy
The Railsplitters - Jackson Town - The Railsplitters 
Red Molly - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - The Red Album
The Last Hombres - Save The Farm - Odd Fellows Rest Louisiana
Hezekiah Goode - Go Easy On the Ethanol - Two Billion Acres of Salt
Johnny Cash - Baby Ride Easy - Out Amoung The Stars
John Prine - Spanish Pipedream - In Person & On Stage
Merle Haggard - Honky Tonk Night Time Man - Hag: The Best Of Merle Haggard
Hard Working Americans - Down To the Well - Hard Working Americans

4pm
Walter Trout - The Bottom of the River - The Blues Came Callin'
Beth Wood - Doing This Dance - The Weather Inside
The Fiddlin' Big Sue Band - Wagon Wheel - The Fiddlin' Big Sue Band
The Whiskey Chasers - One More Pull of Whiskey - Well for the Worse
Jackson Brown & David Lindley - Mercury Blues - Love Is Strange 
John Fullbright - Until You Were Gone - Songs
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Rich Woman - Raising Sand
Rosanne Cash - Money Road - The River & The Thread
Zoe Muth - Make Me Change My Mind - World of Strangers 
Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust (Live) - Disconnected In New York City

Routes & Branches 5/31/14

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Everybody's Talkin' (Live) - Everybody's Talkin' (Live)
The Mother Truckers - Nothing There - Broke, Not Broken
Elizabeth Cook - If I Had My Way, I'd Tear This Building Down - Gospel Plow
Levi Lowrey - That Is All - Levi Lowrey
The Fiddlin' Big Sue Band - Bob Wills Medley - The Fiddlin' Big Sue Band
The Whiskey Chasers - Banks Of The Ohio - Well for the Worse
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel - O.C.M.S. 
Grant Farm - Can't You See - Plowin' Time 
Lewi Longmire Band - Kept a Picture - Tales of the Left Coast Roasters
Corb Lund - Devil's Best Dress - Losin' Lately Gambler
Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks - Stand Back - All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman 
The Whiskey Sisters - The Whiskey Song - The Whiskey Sisters

4pm
Hayes Carll - Another Like You - KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories)
John Hiatt - Real Fine Love - Stolen Moments
Matt Andersen - Alberta Gold - Weightless
Guy Clark - Dublin Blues - Songs And Stories
The Howlin' Brothers - Monroe - Trouble
James McMurtry - Ruby & Carlos - Just Us Kids
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Count My Blessings - The Grifter's Hymnal
John Fullbright - She Knows -  Songs
Rodney Crowell - The Rise & Fall Of Intelligent Design - Sex & Gasoline
The Band of Heathens - Medicine Man - Top Hat Crown & the Clapmaster's Son
Drive-By Truckers - The Righteous Path - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin - Southern Flood Blues - Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy
The Krüger Brothers - Carolina In The Fall - Best Of The Kruger Brothers

Routes & Branches 5/24/14

A mix of birthdays (Dylan, Cash & Helm), various artists tribute to Gregg Allman and songs honoring our service men and women this memorial day weekend along with a few new releases.

Artist-Song-Source
3pm
Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - The Whitmark Demos 
Bob Dylan - Masters Of War - The Whitmark Demos -
Rosanne Cash - When The Master Calls The Roll - The River & The Thread
Beth Wood - Backroads - The Weather Inside
Travis Whitelaw - Shootin' Beer Cans Off My Fence - Beer & Booty
Grant Farm - Song of the Wayword Son - Plowin' Time
Bill Kirchen - Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods - Hammer of the Honky-Tonk Gods 
Dwight Yoakam - The Late Great Golden State - 21st Century Hits: Best of 2000-2012
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Dress Blues - Live From Alabama
Drive-By Truckers - That Man I Shot - Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Grant Peeples and the Peeples Republik - Aunt Lou - Punishing the Myth 
John Fullbright - When You'Re Here - Songs

4pm
Rod Melancon - South Louisian' - Parish Lines
John Hiatt - One Way Out - All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
Jackson Brown & Gregg Allman - Melissa - All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman
Vince Gill, Zac Brown & Gregg Allman - Midnight Rider - All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman 
Levon Helm & Buddy Miller - Wide River to Cross - Ramble At the Ryman 
Asylum Street Spankers - I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water - The Last Laugh
The California Honeydrops - Carolina Peach - Like You Mean It
John Lafave - Wrong Side Of The World - Wrong Side of the World
Del Barber - Walking In a Straight Line - Prairieography
Matt Andersen - Round and Round - Live From the Phoenix Theatre
James McMurtry - Memorial Day - Childish Things 

Routes & Branches 5/17/14

Artist-Song-Source
3pm
Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - JB 
Brigitte Demeyer - Savannah Road - Savannah Road
Jessi Colter - You Can Pick 'em Baby - Live From Cain's Ballroom
Rosanne Cash - World of Strange Design - The River & The Thread 
Indigo Girls - Midnight Train To Georgia - 1200 Curfews
Shooter Jennings - A Hard Lesson To Learn - The Other Live
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band feat Joe Walsh and Kim Wilson -I Love The Life I Live - Goin' Home
Steve Earle - Hillbilly Highway - Essential Steve Earle
John Fullbright - She Knows - Songs - Blue Dirt Records
Parker Millsap - Truck Stop Gospel - Parker Millsap
Levi Lowrey - Picket Fences - Levi Lowrey
Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin - Key To The Highway - Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy 
Peter Mulvey - Lies You Forgot You Told - Silver Ladder
4pm
Lewi Longmire Band - I Do Believe
Poor Man's Whiskey - Here In California - Like A River
Railroad Earth - Chasin' a Rainbow - Last of the Outlaws
Lindsey Lou & The Flatbellys - Pass Me the Whiskey - Release Your Shrouds
6 East - If You Can't Lift Me Up - Rising
Matt Andersen - Working Man Blues - Live From the Phoenix Theatre 
Grant Peeples - Who Woulda Thunk It? - Punishing The Myth
New Riders of the Purple Sage - Barracuda Moon - Where I Come From
Chuck Cannon - Bet Yo Mama - Love And Money 
Wicked Saints - Roll With the Changes - Don't Kill the Blackbird

Routes & Branches 5/10/14

Artist-Song-Source
3pm
The Outlaws - Green Grass & High Tides - Best of the Outlaws Green Grass & High Tides
Rattletrap Ruckus - Redlight Rag - Redlight Rag
The Howlin' Brothers - Night And Day - Trouble
The Whiskey Chasers - One More Pull of Whiskey - Well for the Worse
The Infamous Stringdusters - Where The Rivers Run Cold - Let It Go
Run Boy Run - Get Up Jake - So Sang The Whippoorwill
Blackie And The Rodeo Kings - Reinventing the Wheel of Love - South 
Lewi Longmire Band - Vanport 1948 - Tales Of The Left Coast Roasters
Roger Cline & The Peacemakers - California Breakdown - The Independent 
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Beggar's Moon - Phosphorescent Harvest

4pm
Buddy and Julie Miller - Ellis County - Written In Chalk
Poor Man's Whiskey - Brain Damage/Eclipse - Dark Side Of The Moonshine
Joseph Huber - Goin' Far On Little(Just A Little Too Long) - The Hanging Road
Chuck Prophet - Willie Mays Is Up At Bat - Temple Beautiful 
American Nomad - Country Mile - Country Mile
John Fullbright - Moving - From The Ground Up
The Brutal Bridges Band - More Than Your Best - Circles
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band - South Texas Girl - It's Not Big It's Large
Steve Earle - White Freightliner Blues - Townes
Bruce Robinson and Kelly Willis - Harper Valley PTA - Our Year

Routes & Branches 5/3/14

Artist-Song-Source
3pm
Holmes Brothers - Stayed At the Party - Botherhood 
Edward David Anderson - Nothing Lasts Forever - Lies & Wishes 
Girls Guns and Glory - Be Your Man - Good Luck
Old 97's - Let's Get Drunk & Get It On - Most Messed Up 
Wayne Hancock - That's What Daddy Wants - That's What Daddy Wants
Black Prairie - For the Love of John Hartford - A Tear In the Eye Is a Wound In the Heart 
Black Prairie - Trask - Fortune 
The Stagger and Sway - Up and Go - Break Til You Bend 
Lewi Longmire Band - At Least in My Mind - Tales of the Left Coast Roasters
Pete Seeger and Lorre Wyatt - God's Counting On Me… God's Counting On You - A More Perfect Union 
The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Time Changes Everything - Heirloom Music
Steve Earle - I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive - I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive 
Willie Watson - Mother Earth - Folk Singer, Vol. 1
Matt Andersen - Let's Go To Bed - Weightless True

4pm 
Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue - She's A Killer - Last to Leave
Ben Harper & Ellen Harper - A House Is A Home - Childhood Home 
Justin Townes Earle - Move Over Mama - Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now
String Cheese Incident - Song In My Head - Song in My Head 
Richard Thompson Band - Haul Me Up (Live) - Live At Celtic Connections
Shook Twins - What We Do - What We Do 
Libby Koch - Burden - Tennessee Colony
Steve Martin and Edie Brickell - Who gonna Take? - Love Has Come For You
Steep Canyon Rangers - Come Dance - Tell the Ones I Love
Johnny Cash - Out Amoung The Stars - Out Amoung The Stars
Rodney Crowell  - The Long Journey Home - Tarpaper Sky
Moot Davis - Midnight Train - Goin' in Hot (feat. Bill Corvino, Joe Mekler & Michael Massimino)
Corb Lund - A Game In Town Like This - Losin' Lately Gambler
Corb Lund  - Bible On the Dash (feat. Hayes Carll) - Cabin Fever

Routes & Branches 4/26/14

An extra long show today since I covered for Acoustic Junction which follows my show each week.

I'm loving the new Rodney Crowell CD "Tarpaper Sky". Although I like some tracks better than others, every song on this album is good. Crowell's song writing is as strong as ever and I'm looking forward to playing more of this album on future shows.


3pm
Lucinda Williams - Nothing In Rambling - 25th Anniversary
Lindsey Lou & The Flatbelly's - Pass Me The Whiskey - Release Your Shrouds
Eliza Gylkyson - Midnight Oil - The Nocturne Diaries
Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - If I Can't Trust You With A Quarter - Starlight Hotel
Black Prairie - For The Love Of John Hartford - A Tear In The Eye Is A Wound In The Heart
Rodney Crowell - The Long Journey Home - Tarpaper Sky
Rodney Crowell - Fever On The Bayou - Tarpaper Sky
Willie Nelson & Family - South Of The Border - Let's Face The Music And Dance
Shooter Jennings - A Hard Lesson To Learn - The Other Life
Hank Williams III - I'm The Only Hell My Mama Raised - Ramblin' Man
Moot Davis - Just Left Home - Goin' In Hot
Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Live

4pm
Corb Lund - Bible On The Dash - Cabin Fever
Drive By Truckers - Hearing Jimmy Loud - English Oceans
Allman Brothers - Whipping Post - Selections From: Play All Night (Recorded Live at The Beacon Theatre 1992)
Matt Andersen - Better Man Blues - Live From The Phoenix Theatre
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings - Gotta Stay Young - South
Fruition - Mountain Annie - Just One Of Them Nights
Shook Twins - Shake - What We Do
Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters - Remedy - 45 single
Grant Peeples - Who Woulda Thunk It? - Punishing The Myth

5pm 
The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore - In The Pines - Heirloom Music
Arlo Guthrie - Ukulele Lady - Hobo's Lullaby
Greg Brown - Freak Flag - Freak Flag
Jon Sundell - The Eagle & The Sparrow - The Eagle & The Sparrow
Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust - Disconnected In New York City
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell - Sun's Gonna Shine - Love Has Come For You
Steep Canyon Rangers - Camellia - Tell The Ones I Love
The Infamous Stringdusters - Where The Rivers Run Cold - Let It Go
Matt Andersen - Coal Mining Blues - Coal Mining Blues
Rich Kirby & Mike Kline - Coal Tattoo - They Can't Put It Back
Jackson Brown & David Lindley - Tu Tranquilo - Love Is Strange
Will Brown The Road Home Guitar Sketchbook

6pm
Mississippi John Hurt Trouble, I've Had It All My Days Last Sessions
Shawn Mullins The Ghost Of Johnny Cash Light You Up
Johnny Cash - Out Amoung The Stars - Out Amoung The Stars
Townes Van Zandt - At My Window - At My Window
Norton Buffalo & George Kahumoku - Another Day - From Paradise
The Sugar Beets - Swing That Music - Sweet Ride Home
Old & In The Way - Down Where The River Bends - Breakdown
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Stealin' - Shady Grove
Widespread Panic - Good Morning Little School Girl - 2012 Wood Tour
Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott - Early Morning Rain - We're Usually A Lot Better Than This
String Cheese Incident - Colorado Bluebird Sky - Song In My Head

Routes & Branches 4/19/14

Today is RECORD STORE DAY!!!

I have been a supporter of Record Store Day for several years now and it just keeps getting better every year. So in honor of  Record Store Day  everything I played today was on vinyl except for 2 tracks which I only had on *CD.
This type of show brings out more of my roots since I have been collecting records since they were the only way to collect music, but it also gives me a chance to play some of the music that I don't normally play because I only bring CD's to the show.

I did buy a few new releases today, the first I played is actually a rerelease of some old Creedence Crearwater Revival hits from 1969.This was a sentimental purchase because I listened to all these tunes at my local bowling alley in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa when I was 8 years old, and it has a great cover photo of the band playing on a street corner. The white vinyl is pretty cool too.
 The second new release I played was from the Drive By Truckers,  called  "Dragon Pants". This EP appears to be extra tracks that did not make it onto their recent album "English Oceans". I played  "Grandpa Rock City" which I liked more than most of the tracks on "English Oceans". The final new track that I played was the entire side C (In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed) of the Allman Brothers  contribution to Record Store Day. It is the only side I have listened to so far and I looking forward to listening to the other 3 sides later this evening. If they are anything like side C, I am in for a treat. I will let you know next week.


Artist-Song-Source
3pm
Neil Young - Cowgirl In The Sand - Crazy Horse At The Fillmore 1970
JJ Cale - Any Way The Wind Blows - Okie
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me The Breeze - One More From The Road
Creedence Crearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou - The 1969 Singles (new release)
Back In The Country - Proud Mary - Back In The Country
Buddy & Julie Miller - Gasoline & Matches - Written In Chalk
Charlie Daniels Band - Rainbow Ride - Million Mile Reflections
Widespread Panic - Tall Boy - 2012 Wood Tour
Drive By Truckers - Grandpa Rock City - Dragon Pants (new release)

4pm
Allman Brothers - In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed - Selections From Play All Night (Recorded Live at The Beacon Theatre 1992) (new release)
John Hiatt - Memphis In The Meantime - Bring The Family
Lewi Longmire Band - Vanport 1948 - Tales Of The Left Coast Roasters
Rodney Crowell - Shame On The Moon - Rodney Crowell
The Sugar Beets - Sweet Ride Home - Sweet Ride Home *CD
Jerry Jeff Walker - Night Rider's Lament - Ridin' High
Ray LaMontange And The Pariah Dogs - Like Rock & Roll Radio - Live Fall 2010
Dave Alvin & Chris Gaffney - Two Lucky Bums - Eleven Eleven *CD

Routes & Branches 4/12/14

Artist-Song-Source
3pm
Little Feat - Easy To Slip - Sailin' Shoes
Eilen Jewell - You're Lookin' At Country - Butcher Holler
Dwight Yoakam w/ Willie Nelson - If Teardrops Were Diamonds - 21st Century Hits
Moot Davis - Midnight Train - Goin' In Hot
RJV & Hell County Revival - As Fast As I Drink Whiskey - Three Ways From Sunday
The Whiskey Chasers - Darlin Corey - Well For The Worse
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell - When You Get To Ashville - Love Has Come For You
Steep Canyon Rangers - Come Dance - Tell The Ones I Love
Fruition - Just One Of Them Nights - Just One Of Them Nights
Peter Mulvey - Lies You Forgot You Told - Silver Ladder
Truckstop Honeymoon - List Of Chores - The Madness Of Happiness
Robert Earl Keen - 10,000 Chinese Walk Into A Bar - The Rose Hotel
Richard Thompson - Stuck On The Treadmill - Electric
Gal Holiday & The Honky Tonk Review - She's A Killer - Last To Leave
Girls Guns And Glory - Be Your Man - Good Luck

4pm
Hank Williams III - Okie From Muskogee - Ramblin' Man
Son Volt - Down The Highway - Honky Tonk
The Blushin' Roulettes - Ballad To Biker Joe - Old Mill Sessions
Col. Bruce Hampton - Pharaoh's Kitchen - Pharaoh's Kitchen
Leon Russell - Come On Into My Kitchen - Life Journey
Steve Earle - I Ain't Ever Satisfied - Essential Steve Earle
Wayne Hancock - Ride - Ride
Johnny Cash - I Drove Her Out Of My Mind - Out Amoung The Stars
Bill Kirchen - Hot Rod Lincoln - Seeds & Stems
Matt Andersen - Let You Down - Weightless
Shook Twins - Shake - What We Do
The Stagger & Sway - Sam Bond's Garage - Break Til You Bend
Lewi Longmire & The Left Coast Roasters - At Least In My Mind - Tales Of The Left Coast Roasters
Little Feat - Willin' - Sailin' Shoes

Routes & Branches 4/5/14

It is not surprising that there are many unreleased recordings from Johnny Cash and if this new CD "Out Amoung The Stars" is any indication of what may come then we will have many more years of great new Cash. Johnny's daughter Rosanne is not doing too bad either with her CD  "The River & The Thread" sitting at #1 on the Americana charts for several weeks now. I was hoping that the Hard Working Americans would knock her off the top spot, but they dropped a notch to the Jackson Brown tribute album this last week so that idea seems to have disappeared.

I found it interesting that I had new CDs from Jessi Colter, Shooter Jennings and Waylon Jennings all show up in my mail box at the same time. After listening to Jesse and Shooter's albums I could understand the timing, but I don't think Waylon was in on the release date and that his disk was just a coincident. Either way they made a nice family set of new tunes for the show.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Johnny Cash w/ June Carter Cash - Baby Ride Easy - Out Amoung The Stars
Johnny Cash w/ Waylon Jennings - I'm Movin' On - Out Amoung The Stars
Rosanne Cash - Modern Blue - The River & The Thread
Sara Jean Kelley - I Got A Man - The Waiting Place
Emmylou Harris - The Road - Hard Bargain
Richard Thompson - Take Care The Road You Choose - Sweet Warrior
Wink Keziah - Faithful Son - Cowbilly
Honey Don't - Rock And a Hard Place - Heart Like A Wheel
Del Barber - Walking In A Straight Line - Prairieography
Stugill Simpson - Life Of Sin - Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
Moot Davis - Just Left Home - Goin' In Hot
Hezekiah Goode - Go Easy On The Ethanol - Two Billion Acres Of Salt

4pm
The Holmes Brothers - Stayed At The Party - Brotherhood
Jessi Colter - You Can Pick 'em Baby - Live From Cain's Ballroom
Waylon Jennings - Hittin' The Bottle Again - Right For The Time
Shooter Jennings - A Hard Lesson To Learn - The Other Live
Yonder Mountain String Band - All The Time - EP 13
String Chees Incident - Song In My Head - Song In My Head
Drive By Truckers - Primer Coat - English Oceans
Eilen Jewell - Nowhere In No Time - Sea Of Tears
Shook Twins - What We Do - What We Do
Matt Andersen - Alberta Gold - Weightless
Merle Haggard - Honky Tonk Night Time Man - Hag: The Best Of Merle Haggard
Grant Peeples - Who Woulda Thunk It? - Punishing The Myth

Routes & Branches 3/22/14

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
David Olney - Death, True Love, Lonesome Blues & Me - Real Lies
Fred Eaglesmith - What It Takes - Tambourine
Buzz Cason - Troubadour Heart - Troubadour Heart
Wink Keziah - When I Get Paid - Cowbilly
Carrie Rodriguez - Got Your Name On It - Live In Lousville
Janis Martin - Long White Cadillac - The Blanco Sessions
Lydia Loveless - Wine Lips - Somewhere Else
Will Brown Down - The Highway - Down The Highway
Yonder Mountain String Band - All The Time - EP 13
Steve Martin & Eddie Brickell - Who You Gonna Take? - Love Has Come For You
Steep Canyon Rangers - Come Dance - Tell The Ones I Love
Max Gomez - Ball & Chain - Rule The World
Clay McClinton - Beer Joint - Bittin' At The Bit

4pm
Damon Fowler - Old Fools, Bar Stools, And Me - Sounds Of Home
Matt Andersen - Weightless - Weightless
Rod Picott - 65 Falcon - Hang Your Hopes On A Crooked Nail
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Mother Blues - The Grifter's Hymnal
Annie Ford Band - Calloused Hands - Annie Ford Band
Sarah Jarosz - Fuel The Fire - Build Me Up From Bones
Eli Barsi - Country Music Was Made For Saturday Night - Portrait Of A Cowgirl
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen - I Fell Short - On The Edge
Railroad Earth - One More Night On The Road - Last Of The Outlaws
Hezekiah Goode - Good Old Mountain Dew - Two Billion Acres Of Salt
Honey Don't - Playing In The Devil's Electric Band - Heart Like A Wheel
Grant Peeples - It's Too Late To Live In Austin - Punishing The Myth

Routes & Branches 3/15/14

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Townes Van Zandt - Pancho & Lefty - Live At McCabe's
Jonny Two Bags - Clay Wheels - Salvation Town
Drive By Truckers - Primer Coat - English Oceans
Hard Working Americans - Stomp & Holler - Hard Working Americans
Saucytown - In My Company - The First Album
Shoebox Letters - Anytime - Better Times
Lewi Longmire - When Your Time Comes A Callin' - If I Live To Be 100
Carlene Carter - Me And The Wildwood Rose - Carter Girl
Mary Gauthier - Last Of The Hobo Kings - Live At Blue Rock
Kruger Brothers - A Man And His Story - Spirit Of The Rockies
The Infamous Stringdusters - Where The Rivers Run Cold - Let It Go

4pm
Steep Canyon Rangers - Between Midnight and The Dawn - Nobody Knows You
Luther Dickinson - Yard Man - Rock 'n Roll Blues
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings - Gotta Stay Young - South
Drive By Truckers - Pauline Hawkins - English Oceans
Jerry Jeff Walker - London Homesick Blues - !Viva Terlingua!
David Bromberg - Keep On Drinkin' - Only Slightly Mad
Hank Williams III - Ramblin' Man - Ramblin' Man
Patty Griffin - If I Had My Way - Down Town Church
Rose Ann Fino - Boxed Wine - Story Of Tomorrow
Marcia Ball - The Party's Still Going On - Roadside Attractions
Mare Wakefield & Nomad - Rattlesnake - Poet On The Moon
John Gorka - Holed Up Mason City - Bright Side Down
James McMurtry - Just Us Kids - Just Us Kids

Routes & Branches 3/1/14

Lots of new music on today's show. I hope everyone enjoyed it.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
The Band - Life Is A Carnival - Anthology Vol. II
Levon Helm - Growing Trade - Electric Dirt
Great American Taxi - Poor House - Paradise Lost
Les Claypool's Duo De Twang - Battle Of New Orleans - Four Foot Shack
Grant Peeples - Who Woulda Thunk It? - Punishing The Myth
Lydia Loveless - To Love Somebody - Somewhere Else
Wendy Colonna - Dirty Things - Nectar
Jim Lauderdale - When Jones Came Home - Black Roses
Matt Andersen - Alberta Gold - Weightless
Martin Sexton - Long Haul - Sugarcoating
Carrie Ann Carroll - Call Me Darlin' - You Should Know
Danni Nicholls - Beautiful Game - A Little Redemption

4pm
Holly Williams - Drinkin' - The Highway
Hezekiah Goode - Good Old Mountain Dew - Two Billion Acres Of Salt
Wylie And The Wild West - 21st Century Blues - Relic
Girls Guns And Glory - Be Your Man - Good Luck
Merle Haggard - Working Man's Blues - Working In Tennessee
Elephant Revival - Willing And Able - These Changing Skies
Hen House Prowlers - Ain't Too Proud To Beg - Breaking Ground
Steep Canyon Rangers - Tell The Ones I Love - Tell The Ones I Love
The Kruger Brothers - Long Black Veil - Best Of The Kruger Brothers
Chuck Cannon - You Let The Fox Watch The Henhouse - Symphony Of Scars
Dave Ellis - Where You're Going - Everything In Between
The Amigos - Anyway You Want Me - Diner In The Sky
Dan Tedesco - Fire In The Tumbleweed - Death In The Valley

Routes & Branches 2/22/14

Anyone who knows me would say that I have a strong passion for live music, from local artists to national performers, which explains my absence for the past couple of weeks and how local guitarist Will Brown all ended up on today's show.
I saw Will perform over at Cosmic sometime last fall and totally enjoyed his finger style guitar playing. After completing his second CD of original tracks I suggested that he stop by and play some tunes for my listeners. You can find out more about Will and his music at: http://www.willbrownmusic.com/

The past couple of weeks filled me with so much music that I just had to share some of my favorite highlights today and I know that I did not get to all of them. Most notably absent from today's list are The Steep Canyon Rangers who were the host band on Mountain Song At Sea, but I will have plenty of more opportunity to feature them on future shows since they will be coming to Eugene in May. Cayamo has so much going on at one time that there are always some shows that I don't get to and two hours on the radio is not enough time to feature all the artists.
One of the best things about Mountain Song and Cayamo is hearing performers that I have never heard before. My first day on Cayamo I met some folks from New Mexico and I asked them who they suggest I check out and they said Max Gomez. I caught his first show on the boat and picked up his cd the next day. On Mountain Song my favorite new discovery was The Kruger Brothers. They made playing well look easy.
There are many memories that are special from this journey but I have to say that my highlight was sharing a beer with Dave Bromberg on the pool deck while watching John Fullbright preform.


Artist-Song-Source

3pm
John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar - The Best Of John Hiatt
Kris Kristofferson - Ramblin' Jack - Feeling Mortal
Max Gomez - Ball And Chain - Rule The World
Chuck Cannon - The Ghost Of Johnny Cash - God Shaped Hole
David Grisman, Jerry Garcia, Tony Rice - Shady Grove - The Pizza Tapes
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Country Girl - Leaving Eden
Trampled By Turtles - Shenandoah - Duluth
Shawn Mullins - Light You Up - Light You Up
Elephant Revival - Grace Of A Woman - These Changing Skies
Brandi Carlile - Raise Hell - Bear Creek
Lyle Lovett - White Frieghtliner Blues - Release Me

4pm 
Will Brown - Down The Highway - Live In The KRVM Studio
Will Brown - Reflections - Live In The KRVM Studio
Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby - Darling Corey - Cluck Ol' Hen
Greensky Bluegrass - 200 Miles From Montana - Live All Access Vol. 1
Hen House Prowlers - Drunk Again - Breaking Ground
Della Mae - Empire - This World Oft Can Be
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale - The Train That Carried My Gal From Town - Buddy & Jim
David Bromberg - Tongue - Use Me
John Fullbright - Gawd Above - From The Ground Up
The Kruger Brothers - People Get Ready - Best Of The Kruger Brothers

Routes & Branches 2/1/14

 

It was sad news this week when I heard about the passing of Pete Seeger. I was only 5 years old when my parents took me to my first Pete Seeger concert. I can remember the whole audience singing along with Pete which was his favorite part of performing. Pete was an inspiration to me because he made music that was accessible to everyone and often spoke of the struggles we all go through in this life. I learned several of his songs when I started playing guitar in high school. He is still an inspiration since he kept living his songs right up to the day he passed. God is counting on us now to continue Pete's work by keeping his music alive and well.


Today's show also had a guest appearance from Lindsay Lou Rilko who is better known as Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys. She stopped by without the Flatbellys this afternoon and shared with me some of her family history and how she became a member of the Flatbellys. She sang a beautiful a cappella tune she wrote called "Smooth & Groovy" with so much feeling that she filled our studio with the sound of her voice. 


Artist-Song-Source
3pm
Pete Seeger - God's Counting On Me… God's Counting On you - A More Perfect Union
Pete Seeger - You Are My Sunshine - American Favorite Ballads
Pete Seeger - Keep The Flame Alive - A More Perfect Union
Pete Seeger - Banks Of The Ohio - American Favorite Ballads
Pete Seeger - This Old Man Revisited - A More Perfect Union
Fred Eaglesmith - What It Takes - Tambourine
Hard Working Americans - Black Land Farmer - Hard Working Americans
Parker Millsap - Truck Stop Gospel - Parker Millsap
Shoebox Letters - Anytime - Better Times
Hurray For The Riff Raff - Blue Ridge Mountain - Small Town Heroes
Irene Kelly - Rattlesnake Rattler - Pennsylvania Coal
Rosanne Cash - World Of Strange Design - The River & The Thread
Jason Eady - Ok Whiskey - Daylight Dark
Railroad Earth - One More Night On The Road - Last Of The Outlaws
4pm 
Lindsay Lou & Flatbellys - The Fix - Here Between EP
Lindsay Lou Rilko - Smooth & Groovy - Live In The KRVM Studio
Lindsay Lou & Flatbellys - Here Between - Here Between EP
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings - Reinventing The Wheel Of Love - South
The Wood Brothers - The Muse - The Muse
John Moreland - Oh Julia - In The Throes
David Bromberg - Keep On Drinkin' - Only Slightly Mad
Will Kimbrough - Dance Like Grownups Dance - Sideshow Love
Annie Ford Band - Calloused Hands - Annie Ford Band
Lucinda Williams - The Night'sToo Long - Lucinda Williams

Routes & Branches 1/25/14

My wife was the one who turned me on to Matt Andersen over a year ago when she was searching for versions of "Wagon Wheel" on youtube, but until last night we had never seen him perform. And what a performer he is, an incredible guitarist, getting more out of an acoustic guitar than most of artists I have seen. He also has an amazing vocal range and sings with such feeling. Since I finally have some of his music to play for my listeners, I decided to make him my feature artist for today's show.
 
3pm
Lucinda Williams - Big Red Sun Blues - 25th Anniversary Live May 1989
Matt Andersen - Better Man Blues - Live From The Phoenix Theatre
Matt Andersen - Coal Mining Blues - Coal Mining Blues
Wild Ponies - Things That Used To Shine - The Americana Agency Sampler 2014
Alejandro Escovedo - San Antonio Rain - Big Station
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings - Gotta Stay Young - South
Steve Earle - The Week Of Living Dangerously - Essential Steve Earle
Gerald Smith - To The Grave - Out Standing In My Field
Matt Andersen - I Don't Wanna Give In - Coal Mining Blues
Matt Andersen - I Play The Fool For You - Live From The Phoenix Theatre
Gann Brewer - Moanin' Santa Rosa Jail Blues - Peddlers & Ghosts
Billie Joe & Norah - I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail - Foreverly

4pm
David Bromberg - Nobody's Fault But Mine - Only Slightly Mad
Lindsay Lou & The Flatbelly's - Lemon Squeezy - Release Your Shrouds
Shoebox Letters - There's A Cowboy - Better Times
Susan Cattaneo - Worth The Whiskey - Haunted Heart
The Devil Makes Three - Mr. Midnight - I'm a Stranger Here
Steep Ravine - No.37 - Trampin' On
Yonder Mountain String Band - Stright Line - EP 13
Matt Andersen - Home Sweet Home - Coal Mining Blues
Matt Andersen - If I Can't Have You - Live From The Phoenix Theatre
Ocean Carolina - Drink You Back Again - All The Way Home
Hard Working Americans - Welfare Music - Hard Working Americans
Matt Andersen - Workin' Man Blues - Live From The Phoenix Theatre

Routes & Branches 1/18/14

I have been listening to Lucinda Williams 25th anniversary release of her self titled Rough Trade album and decided to make it my feature disc for today's show. Although this was her 3rd album, this was the first of Williams' albums to make radio air-play and for many of us, myself included, was the first time that we even heard of Williams. Listening back to the whole album again I was surprised as to how many of the tunes I not only recognized but had a strong appreciation for. If I was listening to this album as a new record today, over half of the tracks would be marked to be played on my show and it would be on my 'best of the year' list too.


Artist-Song-Source
3pm
Janis Joplin - Me & Bobby McGee - The Pearl Sessions
Lucinda Williams - I Just Want To See You So Bad - 25th Anniversary
Rosanne Cash - Modern Blue - The River & The Thread
Sugar In The Gourd - Honky Tonkin' - Sugar In The Gourd
Lindsay Lou & The Flatbelly's - Pass Me The Whiskey - Release Your Shrouds
Danny Schmidt -Better Off Broke - Instead The Forest Rose To Sing
Will Kimbrough - Dance Like Grownups Dance - Sideshow Love
Del Barber - The Sparrow And The Crow - Prairieography
Lucinda Williams - Big Red Sun Blues - 25th Anniversary Live May 1989
Reagan Boggs - Come To Me - Quicksand
Shantell Ogden - Looking For My Last - Better At Goodbye
Irene Kelly - Rattlesnake Rattler - Pennsylvania Coal
Oscar Isaac & T Bone Burnett - Hang Me, Oh Hang Me - Inside

4pm
Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore - Don't Let The Devil Ride - Love Runner
Alejandro Escovedo - Always A Friend - Real Animal
Red Wanting Blue - Walking Shoes - From The Vanishing Point
Lucinda Williams - Nothing In Rambling - 25th Anniversary Live May 1989
The Devil Makes Three - Stranger - I'm A Stranger Here
Hot Buttered Rum - Limbs Akimbo - Limbs Akimbo
Robert Earl Keen - Something That I Do - The Rose Hotel
Hard Working Americans - I Don't Have A Gun - Hard Working Americans
Railroad Earth - One More Night On The Road - The Last Of The Outlaws
Gann Brewer - Dogrunner (Craigslist Ad) - Peddlers & Ghosts
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings - Driftin' Snow - South
Steve Earle - Guitar Town - Essential Steve Earle
Lucinda Williams - The Nights Too Long - 25th Anniversary

Routes & Branches 1/11/14

I started today's show with the Allman Brothers since news this week said that Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes would be leaving the band at the end of the year. This may mean the end of the band since Greg is getting on in years and may not want to continue performing.
I saw a great show by Red Molly last night and had to play their version of Robert Johnson's "Come On Into My Kitchen". They also performed "Coal Tattoo which I first heard on Rich Kirby  and Michael Kline's 1977 June Appal recording "They Can't Put It Back" when I was in high school so I had to dig out the album and play the track today.
I also had the opportunity to see Del Barber perform last week and was very impressed with his songs. I picked up both of his CD's and played a track off each.
The rest of the mix was mostly between new releases and artists coming to our area in the near future.

3pm.
Allman Brothers Band - It's Not My Cross To Bear - SkyDog
Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan & Stark Sands - Five Hundred Miles - Inside Llewyn Davis
Rosanne Cash - A Feather's Not a Bird - The River & The Thread
Red Molly - Come On Into My Kitchen - Light In The Sky
Rich Kirby & Michael Kline - Coal Tattoo - They Can't Put It Back
Shoebox Letters - Anytime - Better Times
Tim Easton - Help Me find My Space Girl - Before The Revolution
Buddy & Julie Miller - Gasoline & Matches - Written In Chalk
Grant Peeples - Things Have Changed - Prior Convictions
Doug Paisley - Radio Girl - Strong Feelings
Del Barber - Country Girl - Prairieography
Del Barber - Right Side Of Wrong - Headwaters
Hot Buttered Rum - Honkytonk Tequila - Limbs Akimbo

4pm
Steep Canyon Rangers - Tell The Ones I Love - Tell The Ones I Love
Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore - Love Runner - Love Runner
Lindsay Lou & The Flatbelly's - My Side Of The Mountain - Release Your Shrouds
Susan Cattaneo - Worth The Whiskey - Haunted Heart
Merle Haggard & The Strangers - Medley: Swinging Doors, I'm A Lonesome Fugitive, Sing Me Back Home, Branded Man - Okie From Muskogee
Whitey Morgan & The 78's - Turn Up The Bottle - Whitey Morgan & The 78's
Railroad Earth - The Last Of The Outlaws - The Last Of The Outlaws
The California Honeydrops - When It Was Wrong - The California Honeydrops Live
Will Kimbrough - When Your Loving Comes Around - Sideshow Love

Routes & Branches 1/4/14

 "The Best Of The Rest"

It is so hard to narrow down a whole year's worth of new music to fit into a 2 hour show. With that said, there are still many CD's from last year that I like and still could not get to on today's show. With a couple of exceptions all of the discs I played were released last year. The first exception was the Whitey Morgan track which was released in 2010 but was added to my collection in 2013 when I saw him perform at Sam Bond's where he will be again next week. My second exception is the "Hard Working Americans" which is not even in stores till later this month but was released to radio in December and was my number one choice for last month's FAR Chart. 

3pm
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Made Up Mind - Made Up Mind
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell - When You Get To Ashville - Love Has Come For You
The Infamous Stringdusters - The Place I Call Home - Road To Boulder
Fruition - Just One Of Them Nights - Just One Of Them Nights
Neko Case - That's Who I Am - Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County
The Slide Brothers - Motherless Children - The Slide Brothers
Will Hoge - Home Is Where The Heart Breaks - Never Give In
The Stray Birds - Loretta - Echo Sessions
The Railsplitters - Jackson Town - The Railsplitters
Donna The Buffalo - Tonight, Tomorrow And Yesterday - Tonight, Tomorrow And Yesterday
Elephant Revival - Grace Of A Woman - These Changing Skies
The Howlin' Brothers - Dixie Fried - The Sun Studio Sessions
The Devil Makes Three - Stranger - I'm A Stranger Here
The Whiskey Sisters - So Close To The Sun - The Whiskey Sisters

4pm
Beth Lee & The Breakups - One More Time Again - One More Time Again
Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers - Little Too Late - Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers
Wells The Traveler - Manchester - One For The Dreamers
Yarn - Shine The Light On - Shine The Light On
Whitey Morgan & The 78's - Honky Tonk Queen - Whitey Morgan & The 78's
David Bromberg - Nobody's Fault But Mine - Only Slightly Mad
Hobo Nephews Of Uncle Frank - When We Were Smokin' - Number One Contender
I See Hawks In L.A. Oklahoma's Going Dry - Mystery Drug
Los Lobos - La Bamba / Good Lovin' - Disconnected
Kristina Murray - The Year Georgia Ran Dry - Unravelin'
Della Mae - This World Oft Can Be - This World Oft Can Be
Hard Working Americans - Stomp & Holler - Hard Working Americans