Routes & Branches 12/30/17

 This week I played some more of my favorites from this year with one from 2016 that snuck into my stack and then some tunes of folks who will be in town this week.

3pm
John Craigie - Tumbling Dice (feat. Jay Cobb Anderson & Shook Twins) - No Rain, No Rose
Greg Allman - Black Muddy River - Southern Blood
Blind Boys Of Alabama - Live Forever - Almost Home
The Dustbowl Revival - Call My Name - The Dustbowl Revival
Nikki Lane - Jackpot - Highway Queen
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Cumberland Gap - The Nashville Sound
Alison Krauss - Poison Love - Windy City
Old 97's - Irish Whiskey Drinking Girls - Graveyard Whistling
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats - I Need Never Get Old - Live at Red Rocks
Whopner County - Tattoos, Fast Cars and Whiskey - Everything Matters Very Little
Dwight Yoakam - Purple Rain - Swimming Pools, Movie Stars
The Mavericks - Brand New Day - Brand New Day
4pm
Brent Cobb - Country Bound - Shine On Rainy Day
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' - She Knows How to Rock Me - Taj Mahal & Keb Mo
Brigette DeMeyer & Will Kimbrough - The Juke - Mockingbird Soul
Shannon McNally - Roll Away the Stone - Black Irish
Margo Price - Learning to Lose (feat. Willie Nelson) - All American Made
The Secret Sisters - King Cotton - You Don't Own Me Anymore
Emi Sunshine - Johnny, June And Jesus - Ragged Dreams
The Sweetback Sisters - Trouble - King of Killing Time
Hillstomp - The Cuckoo - Portland, Ore
World's Finest - Song Through June - Chromatophores
Fiddlin' Big Sue Band - Wagon Wheel - The Fiddlin' Big Sue Band
John Craigie - I Am California (feat. Gregory Alan Isakov) - No Rain, No Rose

Routes & Branches 12/23/17

I had a busy week so I mixed some holiday music along with a historical tune and a new tune. You can guess which is which.

3pm
Drive-By Truckers - The Thanksgiving Filter - Go-Go Boots
Paul Simon - Getting Ready for Christmas Day - So Beautiful or So What
Dolly Parton - Hard Candy Christmas - The RCA Years 1967-1986
Robert Earl Keen - Footprints in the Snow - Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions
Mark O'Connor - Sleigh Ride - An Appalachain Christmas
Railroad Earth - Peace on Earth - Bird in the House
John Hiatt - Seven Little Indians - Stolen Moments
Joe Bonamassa - Christmas Boogie (One Little Kiss) - Rockin' Christmas Blues
Shawn Mullins - Tinseltown - Light You Up
Dave Alvin - Johnny Ace is Dead - Eleven Eleven
Session Americana w/ Jefferson Hammer - One Skinner - Great Shakes
Catherine MacLellan - Snowbird - Silhouette

4pm
Mark O'Connor - Winter Wonderland - An Appalachain Christmas
Steve Earle - Christmas in Washington - El Corazon
Elvis Presley - (There'll Be) Peace In THe Valley (For Me) - I Am An Elvis Fan
The Krüger Brothers - The Lights In Our Village - Best Of The Kruger Brothers
Buddy & Julie Miller - The Selfishness in Man - Written In Chalk
Joe Bonamassa - Merry Christmas, Baby - Rockin' Christmas Blues
James McMurtry - Holiday - Childish Things
Mark O'Connor - Appalachia Waltz - An Appalachain Christmas
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Bayou Jubilee - Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2
Robert Earl Keen - Merry Christmas from the Family - Live At the Ryman
Mark O'Connor - We Wish You A Merry Christmas - An Appalachain Christmas
World's Finest - Postcards - Chromatophores

Routes & Branches 12/16/17

This time of year I start to go through what I have collected and try to play my favorites. Of course I still have far too many to play in one 2 hour show. So this week is many of them and in 2 weeks I will play another bunch of them.

3pm
Louisana Love Act - Magic Bus/ Monna/ Love Will Not Fade Away - Live at WOW Hall
Old Crow Medicine Show - Rainy Day Women #12 &35 - 50 Years of Blonde on Blonde
Joan Osborne - Highway 61 Revisited - Songs of Bob Dylan
The Elders - Change The Ways Of Now - True
Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives - Way out West - Way Out West
Justin Townes Earle - Champagne Corolla - Kids in the Street
Steve Earle & The Dukes - So You Wannabe an Outlaw - So You Wannabe an Outlaw
David Rawlings - Come On Over My House - Poor David's Almanack
Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams - When I Stop Loving You - Contraband Love
Eric Bibb - With a Dolla' In My Pocket - Migration Blues
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Tell the Devil I'm Gettin' There as Fast as I Can (with Lucinda Williams and Eric Church) - Tell the Devil I'm Gettin' There as Fast as I Can

4pm
Pi Jacobs - Weed and Wine - A Little Blue
Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line - Let's Get The Day Started Right - Champion
Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real - Find Yourself - Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real
Jeremy Pinnell - Ballad of 1892 - Ties of Blood and Affection
Willie Nelson - Still Not Dead - God's Problem Child
North Mississippi Allstars - Deep Ellum - Prayer for Peace
Sonny Landreth - Creole Angel - Recorded Live in Lafayette
Chris Stapleton - Hard Livin' - From A Room: Vol. 2
Chris Stapleton - Them Stems - From A Room: Vol. 1
Tedeschi Trucks Band - I Pity the Fool - Live at the Fox Oakland
Rodney Crowell - East Houston Blues - Close Ties
Old Crow Medicine Show - Caroline - Best of

Routes & Branches 12/9/17

I had Nora Jane Struthers & Joe Overton into the KRVM studio this week as they came through Eugene supporting their new CD "Champion". Struthers says that it is the most personal album she has ever written. That along with 4 years of working with the same band really makes this album shine.

Artist-Song-Source
3pm
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - California's Burning - Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women
Steve Earle & The Dukes - The Firebreak Line - So You Wannabe an Outlaw
Kasey Anderson & The Honkies - Kasey Anderson's Dream - Heart of a Dog
Kasey Anderson - Nowhere Nights - Nowhere Nights
Nora Jane Struthers & Joe Overton - Each Season - Live in The KRVM Studio
Nora Jane Struthers & Joe Overton  - Wonderful Home - Live in The KRVM Studio
Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line - Champion - Champion
John Craigie - Savannah - No Rain, No Rose
Shook Twins - Shake - 2 - Ep
Chip Cohen with the Cascadia Folk Quartet - Friday The 13th - 2017 KRVM Local Music Sampler
4pm
The Talbott Brothers - We Got Love - Gray
Dierks Bently & The Travelin' McCourys - From The Bottle To The Bottom - The Life & Songs of Kris Kristofferson
The Blind Owl Band - Waterhole - Skeezy Patty
The Austin Lounge Lizards - He's Just a Friend - Lizard Vision
Ragged Union - Moonshine Boogie - Time Captain
Mary Battiata & Little Pink - Can't Take My Mind off You - The Heart, Regardless
Kasey Chambers - Shackle & Chain - Dragonfly
Lilly Hiatt - The Night David Bowie Died - Trinity Lane
Jim Lauderdale - We've Only Got So Much Time Here - London Southern
Old 97's - Irish Whiskey Drinking Girls - Graveyard Whistling
King Leg - Walking Again - Meet King Leg
Session Americana w/ Jefferson Hammer - One Skinner - Great Shakes
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - Don't Make Promises - Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women

Routes & Branches 12/2/17

I started this week's show with Chris Robinson Brotherhood since they were in town last night starting out a tour. Since this was the second time that I saw Neil Casal play in the last month,I had to follow with his other project: The Hard Working Americans.
With Grammy nomination announcements I played several of the Americana  nominations along with a couple of tracks from the NEW 2017 KRVM Local Music Sampler. You can help support this community radio station by picking up a copy today!!
I finished the show with a couple of tracks from Nora Jane Struthers and The Party Line who will be on my show next week!!! Be sure to tune in!

3pm
Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Ain't It Hard but Fair - Any Way You Love, We Know How You Feel
Hard Working Americans - Stomp and Holler - We're All in This Together
Wilco - Passenger Side (Live At the Troubadour 11/12/96) - Being There (Deluxe Edition)
Blind Boys Of Alabama - Let My Mother Live - Almost Home
Glen Campbell - Arkansas Farm Boy - Adios
Whopner County - Oregon Farm Boy - 2017 KRVM Local Music Sampler
Father John Misty - Ballad of the Dying Man - Pure Comedy
David Rawlings - Cumberland Gap - Poor David's Almanack
Alison Krauss - Losing You - Windy City
Chuck Cannon - Gentle On My Mind - Machine
Brent Cobb - Let the Rain Come Down - Shine On Rainy Day
4pm
The Mavericks - I Wish You Well - Brand New Day
Iron & Wine - Thomas County Law - Beast Epic
Butterchuck - 900 Miles - 2017 KRVM Local Music Sampler
The Jerry Douglas Band - 2:19 - What If
The Secret Sisters - King Cotton - You Don't Own Me Anymore
Taj Mahal & Keb Mo - She Knows How to Rock Me - Taj Mahal & Keb Mo
Robert Randolph & The Family Band - Love Do What it Do (feat. Darius Rucker) - Got Soul
Sonny Landreth - Key To The Highway - Recorded Live in Lafayette
Greg Allman - My Only True Friend - Southern Blood
Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit - If We Were Vampires - The Nashville Sound
Chris Stapleton - Broken Halos - From A Room: Vol. 1
Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line - (Til') I Kissed You - Country EP No.1
Nora Jane Struthers & The Party Line - The Same Road - Wake