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Routes and Branches Play List 1/21/12

2012-01-21T18:47:00.000-08:00

I just had a good visit with my wife's brother "J" who used to live here in Eugene and returned to Oregon this week to be part of the Renegade Saints 20th Reunion party happening tonight in Portland. J was the band's road manager back in the 90's when the band had a strong following throughout the northwest. A little more on the rock side of Americana, the Renegade Saints were good song writers who played with a lot of feeling.

A few new female artists in the the list this week starting with Katya Chorover and her CD "Big Big Love" which is much more Americana sounding than her name is. Jean Synodines, (another fun to pronounce name) has an interesting CD called "Girls, Good & Otherwise" which is for me one of those disc that has couple of tunes I think are good and the rest I think otherwise. And the third new CD was from Daphne Lee Martin & Raise The Rent called "Dig & Be Dug" which has a little south of the boarder sound on the tune "Rosalita". I'm also liking the Pegi Young & The Survivors debut release "Bracing For Impact". I think its great that she is putting out some of her own music after years taking care of family priorities that Neil couldn't.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Hot Tuna - Angel Of Darkness - Steady As She Goes
Renegade Saints - Delivered - Fear Of The Sky
Renegade Saints - A Letter Home - Mercy Saints Alive
Wilco - The Whole Love - The Whole Love
JJ Grey & Mofro - The Sweetest Thing - Brighter Days
Katya Chorover - Movin' On - Big Big Love
Jean Synodines - The Perfect Crime - Girls, Good & Otherwise
Daphne Lee Martin & Raise The Rent - Rosalita - Dig & Be Dug
Kasey Anderson & The Honkies - Your Side Of Town - Heart Of A Dog
Great American Taxi - Olden Days - Paradise Lost

4pm
James McMurtry - Ruby And Carlos - Just Us Kids
Pegi Young & The Survivors - Number 9 Train - Bracing For Impact
Neil Young - Southern Pacific - A Treasure
The Wood Brothers - When I Was Young - Smoke Ring Halo
Poor Man's Whiskey - Angeline - Goodbye California
Devil Makes Three - Old Number 7 - Stomp And Smash
Slaid Cleaves - Breakfast In Hell - Sorrow & Smoke
Drive By Truckers - Used To Be A Cop - Go-Go Boots
Robert Earl Keen - I Gotta Go - Ready For Confetti

Routes and Branches Play List 01/14/12

2012-01-14T19:14:00.000-08:00

You don't need to give me much of a reason for me to play some Steve Earle, so the fact that he will be celebrating another trip around the sun this week is plenty of reason to make him this week's feature artist. The last couple of times I have seen Steve perform he seems to be doing well and even enjoying life and performing. Maybe starting another family has given him more to live for. Happy Birthday Steve.

3pm
Steve Earle - Pancho & Lefty - Townes
Steve Earle - The Devil's Right Hand - Copperhead Road
Steve Earle - Six Days On The Road - Essential Steve Earle
Wilco - I Might - The Whole Love
JJ Grey & Mofro - Country Ghetto - Brighter Days
Pegi Young & the Survivors - Med Line - Bracing For Impact
The Great Unknowns - Dead River, Lake County - Homefront
Shoebox Letters - One Minute More - You Or Someone Like You
Steve Earle - Transcendental Blues - Transcendental Blues
Steve Earle - Ashes To Ashes - Jerusalem
Steve Earle - The Galway Girl - Transcendental Blues
Drive By Truckers - Gravity's Gone - A Blessing and A Curse
Blitzen Trapper - American Goldwing - American Goldwing
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Alabama Pines - Here We Rest

4pm
Joan Osborne - Shake Your Hips - Bring It On Home
Steve Earle - The Last Gun Fighter Ballad - This One's For Him
Steve Earle - Mr. Mudd And Mr. Gold - Townes
Steve Earle - Down Here Below - Washington Town Square
Steve Earle - Waitin' On The Sky - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Hugh Laurie - Tipitina - Let Them Talk
Sons Of Fathers - Flatland - Sons Of Fathers
The Band Of Heathens - Gris Gris Satchel - Top Hat Crown & The Clapmaster's Son
Chris Chandler & Paul Beniot - Freedom Is…/ Bird On A Wire - Matadors
Darrell Scott - No Use Living For Today - Long Ride Home
Steve Earle & Alison Moorer - Days Aren't Long Enough - Washington Town Square
Steve Earle - Copperhead Road - Together At The Bluebird Café

Routes and Branches Play List 01/07/12

2012-01-07T17:46:00.000-08:00

I call this show "The Best Of The Rest". There was so much good new music released last year that it couldn't all fit into a single 2-hour show. So this show is another bunch of my favorite releases of 2011 with a few Townes Van Zandt tunes thrown in to honor the anniversary of his passing. We still miss you Townes. At least we have your music.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Townes Van Zandt - Pancho & Lefty - Together At The Bluebird Café
Greg Brown - Freak Flag - Freak Flag
Tyler Fortier - Come Back Home - Fear Of The Unknown
Lucinda Williams - I'm So Happy I Found You - Hank: The Lost Notebooks
Lucinda Williams - Butter Cup - Blessed
The Little Willies - Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves - For The Good Times
The Decemberists - Rox In The Box - The King Is Dead
Brown Bird - Fingers To The Bone - Salt For Salt
Rodney Crowell - That Old Time Feeling - This One's For Him
Townes Van Zandt - Tecumseh Valley - A Gentle Evening With Townes Van Zandt
Low Tide Drifters - New Hard Time Blues - New Hard Time Blues
Poor Man's Whiskey - Goodbye California - Goodbye California
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers - Women Like To Slow Dance - Rare Bird Alert
Devil Makes Three - Never Learn - Stomp And Smash

4pm
The Infamous String Dusters - Get It While You Can - We'll Do It Live
Steve Earle - Little Emperor - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Greg Allman - Little By Little - Low Country Blues
David Bromberg w/ Levon Helm - Tongue - Use Me
Shoebox Letters - Ain't Enough Tears - Raise A Ruckus
The Jayhawks - Last Cigarette - Tomorrow The Green Grass Legacy Division
Imelda May - Eternity - Mayhem
John Lilly - Come And Go - Cold Comfort
Hugh Laurie - Six Cold Feet - Let Them Talk
Ray Bonneville - Bad Man's Blood - Bad Man's Blood
Ry Cooder - No Banker Left Behind - Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down
Merle Haggard - Workin' Man Blues - Working In Tennessee
Townes Van Zandt - Dollar Bill Blues - A Far Cry From Dead

Routes and Branches Play List 12/31/11

2012-01-01T12:17:00.000-08:00

On the eve of a new year I played some of my favorite releases of 2011. This year since I am now a contributor to The Freeform American Roots Chart I put together my favorites show from the list I posted to the chart with a few additions like I extended my top Album list to 11(for 2011) from 6, and I added a NW Local category for artists from the northwest. Of course my list is longer than what I can fit into a two hour radio show, so first is the play list of this week's show followed by my entire list of favorites from 2011. You can find the Freeform American Roots Chart at: http://www.tcmnradio.com/far/

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Buddy Miller - Cattle Call - The Majestic Silver Strings
The Wronglers with Jimmy Dale Gilmore - Columbus Stockade Blues - Heirloom Music
Slaid Cleaves - Horseshoe Lounge - Sorrow & Smoke
Lewi Longmire Band - Ballad Of Me & Sweet Marie - Tales Of The Left Coast Roasters
Jack White - You Know That I Know - Hank: The Lost Notebooks
Betty Soo & Doug Cox - Lie To Me - Across The Borderline
Lydia Loveless - How Many Women - Indestructible Machine
Eilen Jewell - Warning Signs - Queen Of The Minor Key
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Come See About Me - Revelator
Ollabelle - You're Gonna Miss Me - Neon Blue Bird
Neil Young/International Harvesters - Southern Pacific - A Treasure

4pm
Robert Earl Keen - Play A Train Song - Ready For Confetti
Guy Clark - Maybe I Can Paint Over That - Songs And Stories
Drive By Truckers - Cartoon Gold - Go-Go Boots
John Hiatt - Adios To California - Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings w/ Amy Helm - I'm Still Loving You - Kings And Queens
Catherine Maclellan - Stealin' - Silhouette
Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - If I Can't Trust You With A Quarter - Starlight Hotel
Buddy Miller & Duane Eddy - Sneaky Snake - I Love: Tom T. Hall's Songs Of Fox Hollow
Dave Alvin - Johnny Ace Is Dead - Eleven Eleven
Kasey Anderson - Kasey Anderson's Dream - Heart Of A Dog
Hayes Carll - Another Like You - KMAG YOYO
Great American Taxi - Poor House - Paradise Lost

Routes & Branches Best of 2011

Artist - Album
Best Album
1 - Great American Taxi - Paradise Lost
2 - Hayes Carll - KMAG YOYO
3 - Kasey Anderson and The Honkies - Heart Of A Dog
4 - Dave Alvin - Eleven Eleven
5 - John Hiatt - Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns
6 - Lydia Loveless - Indestructible Machine
7 - Drive By Truckers - Go-Go Boots
8 - Robert Earl Keen - Ready For Confetti
9 - Tedeschi Trucks Band - Revelator
10 - Blackie & The Rodeo Kings - Kings And Queens
11 - Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - Starlight Hotel

Debut Album
1 - The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Heirloom Music
2 - Ollabelle - Neon Blue Bird
3 - Hugh Laurie - Let Them Talk

Various Artists/Tribute Album
1 - V.A. - Hank: The Lost Notebooks
2 - V.A. - Note Of Hope
3 - V.A. - I Love:Tom T. Hall's Songs Of Fox Hollow

REISSUE/HISTORIC ALBUM
1 - Neil Young & International Harvesters - A Treasure
2 - The Jayhawks - Tomorrow The Green Grass Legacy Division

Live Album
1 - Slaid Cleaves - Sorrow & Smoke
2 - Devil Makes Three - Stomp & Smash
3 - The Infamous Stringdusters - We'll Do It Live

NW Local
1 - Kasey Anderson and The Honkies
2 - The Lewi Longmire Band
3 - Tyle Fortier

Female Artist
1 - Eilen Jewell
2 - Lydia Loveless
3 - Catherine Maclellan

Male Artist
1 - Hayes Carll
2 - Dave Alvin
3 - John Hiatt

Duo/Group
1 - Betty Soo & Doug Cox
2 - Brown Bird
3 - Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion

Instrumentalist
1 - Buddy Miller
2 - Derek Trucks
3 - Greg Leisz

Songwriter
1 - Guy Clark
2 - Robert Earl Keen
3 - Ry Cooder

Best In The Industry
1 - Buddy Miller - Producer
2 - Todd Snider - Producer
3 - Jenni Finlay - Promoter

Routes and Branches Play List 12/24/11

2011-12-25T15:45:00.001-08:00

Well it being Christmas Eve it is time again for our annual Ameriacana Christmas show.

But first, I had to pay tribute to Warren Helman who passed away this past week. For the past two years my wife and I have attended and thoroughly enjoyed The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival which Hellman completely financed each year. This past year we saw Hellman perform with his band The Wronglers. We had no idea that it would be the last time we would hear Hellman play the banjo. The festival will carry on but we will all miss Warren and all he did for the artists and the fans alike.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
The Wronglers with Jimmy Dale Gilmore - Deep Ellum Blues - Heirloom Music
The Wronglers with Jimmy Dale Gilmore - If I Should Wander Back - Heirloom Music
Paul Simmon - Getting Ready For Christmas Day - So Beautiful Or So What
Dolly Parton - Hard Candy Christmas - The RCA Years 1967 - 1986
Mandy Barnett - All I Want For Christmas Is You - Winter Wonderland
Ry Cooder - Christmas Time This Year - Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Last Night (I Went Out With Santa Claus)- Everything You Want For Christmas
Sonny Landreth - Got To Get You Under My Tree - Christmas Gumbo
Drive By Truckers - The Thanksgiving Filter - Go-Go Boots
Jill Sobule - Merry Christmas From The Family - You Sleigh Me
Robert Earl Keen - Happy Holidays Y'all - Walking Distance
Alison Krauss - Shimmy Down The Chimney - Shimmy Down The Chimney: A Country Christmas
Brian Cutean - Call Me A Cab - Guitarred & Feathered

4pm
New Grange - While Roving On A Winter's Night - A Christmas Heritage
Catherine Maclellan - Snowbird - Silhouette
Last Train Home - Home For Christmas - Holiday Limited
Martin Sexton - Holly Jolly Christmas - A Family Christmas
Indigo Girls - The Wonder Song - Holly Happy Days
Chris Smither - Time To Go Home - Small Revelations
A Skaggs Family Christmas - Christmas Time's A Coming - A Skaggs Family Christmas Vol. 2
Mikki Brisk - Cowgirl Christmas - single
Mike Aiken - Here Comes Santa Claus - Almost Christmas
The Gypsy Hombres - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Django Bells
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer - Giddyup Said Santa Claus - American Noel
The Christmas Jug Band - Santa's Going Crazy This Year - The Christmas Jug Band On The Christmas Highway
The Boxmasters - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Christmas Cheer
Chuck Cannon - Money Don't Matter - Love And Money

Routes and Branches Play List 12/17/11

2011-12-18T12:07:00.000-08:00

This has been a year of a lot of emotional ups and downs. A year for a lot of great new music by so many fine musicians that I'm having trouble narrowing down my favorites to fit into one show. But it has also been a year of loss. For me it was the first time that a close friend and former business partner passed away. In our local music community, one of my favorite bands, The Whopner County Country Allstars, lost their bass player JP Scofield. I did not know JP outside of seeing him perform with the band, but listening to his songs this week I found JP's songs often evolved from his personal life and the difficulties he had getting through each day. I will remember him more for his great performances with the Allstars in which he always seemed to give 110% to putting on a good show and having a good time doing it. We will miss you JP.

This week being the solstice I asked local guitarist Brian Cutean to stop by and play us a couple of tunes and tell us some stories. Brian's guitar work is some of the best instrumental playing around. Even though I consider him more as a folk musician/story teller, his wordless guitar work rivals that of any classical guitarist and is perfect for reflecting on the season and the past year. Check out the concert calendar for Brian's performances this week.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Barracuda Moon - Where I Come From
David Lindley & Wally Ingram - Minglewood Blues aka. New Minglewood Blues - Twango Bango Deluxe
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - Winter Song / Girl From The North Country - Matadors
The Whopner County Country Allstars - Gallon Of Gals - Always A Pleasure
The Whopner County Country Allstars - Fallin' Bird - It's Too Loud!
The Whopner County Country Allstars - Daisy - 7 - 10 Split
The Whopner County Country Allstars - Kick For Christmas - Always A Pleasure
Lewi Longmire Band - Vanport 1948 - Tales Of The Left Coast Roasters
John Prine - In Spite Of Ourselves - In Person & On Stage
The Avett Brothers - Spanish Pipedream - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows
Railroad Earth - Old Man and The Land - Elko

4pm
Brian Cutean - Moon In Your Guitar - Live In The KRVM Studio
Brian Cutean - Look Ma No Hands - Live In The KRVM Studio
Brian Cutean - Day Brought Love - Live In The KRVM Studio
Keb Mo - The Whole Enchilada - The Reflection
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings - I'm Still Loving You - Kings And Queens
Michelle McAfee - Going Home - Up In The Air
David Jacobs-Strain - Rainbow Junkies - Live From The Left Coast
Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs - Beg Steal Or Borrow - Live Fall 2010
Melissa Ruth & The Likely Stories - Ain't No Whiskey - Ain't No Whiskey
Mandy Barnett - I'll Be Home For Christmas - Winter Wonderland

Routes and Branches Play List 12/10/11

2011-12-11T10:53:00.000-08:00

No theme to this week's show. A couple of new discs this week were Pegi Young's "Bracing For Impact" and Lynn Drury's "Sugar On The Floor". My thanks to Shotgun Majors for turning me onto Lynn Drury. She will probably end up in my favorites of the year, the list of which I am currently putting together.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Tom Waits - Back In the Crowd - Bad As Me
Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - If I Can't Trust You With A Quarter - Starlight Hotel
The Little Willies - If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time - For The Good Times
The Little Willies - Jolene - For The Good Times
Buddy Miller - Worry Too Much - Universal United House Of Prayer
Dave McGraw & Mandy Fer - Forget The Diamonds - Seed Of A Pine
Jimmie Dale Gilmor - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive - Come On Back
Big Daddy Love - Southern Hospitality - Let It Grow
Pegi Young - Med Line - Bracing For Impact
Lynn Drury - Sugar On The Floor - Sugar On The Floor
Willie Nelson with Patty Griffin - Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground - Stars & Guitars
Paul Thorn - A Long Way From Tupelo - A Long Way From Tupelo

4pm.
Blitzen Trapper - Love The Way You Walk Away - American Goldwing
Assembly Of Dust - Cabin John - Found Sound
Jon Pousette-Dart - Better Everyday - Anti Gravity
JJ Grey & Mofo - Brighter Days - Brighter Days
Drive By Truckers - Everybody Needs Love - Sometimes Late At Night
Mary Flower - Hard Day Blues - Misery Loves Company
John Doe - Walkin' Out The Door - Keeper
Caleb Klauder - Hard Times - DANGEROUS Mes & POISONOUS YOUs
Corb Lund - A Game In Town Like This - Losin' Lately Gambler
Brian Cutean - Mississippi John n Taj - Guitarred & Feathered

Routes and Branches Play List 12/03/11

2011-12-04T11:12:00.000-08:00

This week's show was mostly influenced by the announcement of the Grammy nominations this week. There were 4 main categories, Best Americana Album, Best Folk Album, Best Bluegrass Album and Best Blues Album, which I found albums in my collection. What surprised me was that I had all five nominees in the Blues category while all I had in the Americana and Folk groups was 3 of the 5. The only album to catch my attention in the Rock Album category was Wilco's new one "The Whole Love" and I was surprised to see the Decemberists nominated for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance for their song "Down By The Water". I never really thought they were rock, but everyone wants to be called rock because that sells better than Americana.

3pm
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Juanita - The Definitive Collection
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Wheels - The Definitive Collection
John Lilly - Done, Done It - Cold Comfort
Lydia Loveless - Steve Earle - Indestructible Machine
Steve Earle - Waitin' On The Sky - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Gillian Welch - The Way It Goes - The Harrow & The Harvest
The Decemberists - Down By The Water - The King Is Dead
Wilco - I Might - The Whole Love
The Kenneth Brian Band - Holdin' On - Welcome To Alabama
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Go It Alone - Here We Rest
Drive By Truckers - Carl Perkins Cadillac - Ugly Buildings, Whores & Politicians
Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers - Let's Just Be Friends Tonight - Starlight Hotel
Pert Near Sandstone - Give The Fiddler A Dram - Out On A Spree

4pm
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers - Go Away, Stop, Turn Around, Come Back - Rare Bird Alert
Alison Krauss & Union Station - My Love Follows You Where You go - Paper Airplane
Emmylou Harris - Hard Bargain - Hard Bargain
Lucinda Williams - Seeing Black - Blessed
Ry Cooder - No Banker Left Behind - Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down
Halden Wofford & The Hi Beams - Pill Poppin' Country Weirdo - Sinners & Saints
Charlie Daniels Band - Uneasy Rider - The Ultimate CDB
Marcia Ball - That's How It Goes - Roadside Attractions
Keb Mo - Just Lookin' - The Reflection
Warren Haynes - Everyday Will Be Like A Holiday - Man In Motion
Gregg Allman - I Can't Be Satisfied - Low Country Blues
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Love Has Something Else To Say - Revelator

Routes and Branches Play List 11/26/11

2011-11-26T18:43:00.000-08:00

I have recently started submitting my favorite albums of each month to "The Freeform American Roots Chart". This chart is made up of contributions from DJs from all over the world who play Americana music and have control over what they play on their shows. In other words, "Real Music Played for Real People by Real DJs". I feel it is an honor to be a member who contributes to this chart and I now plan on playing my six picks for the month on the last Saturday of each month. This month's picks start at the beginning of my 4 o'clock hour with my number six choice "Devil Makes Three" and concludes with my top pick of the month "Great American Taxi's" album "Paradise Lost".

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Robbie Robertson - This Is Where I Get Off - How To Become Clairvoyant
Hot Tuna - Mourning Interrupted - Steady As She Goes
Paul Simon - The Afterlife - So Beautiful Or So What
Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real - Four Letter Word - Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real
Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers - I've Been Gone - Starlight Hotel
jim Lusk - Diesel Smoke And Lace - Rockin' Away The Blues
J. D. Bauman and The Boot Band - Bad Mother Trucker - J. D. Bauman and The Boot Band
The Deep Dark Woods - Back Alley Blues - The Place I Left Behind
Ollabelle - You're Gonna Miss Me - Neon Blue Bird
Pert Near Sandstone - John Henry - Out On A Spree
Will Quinlan & The Diviners - Cuyahoga River Blues - Tales Of Highways & Low Roads

4pm
Devil Makes Three - Never Learn - Stomp and Smash
Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers - Gravity - Gift Horse
Kasey Anderson & The Honkies - My Baby's A Wrecking Ball - Heart Of A Dog
Will Hoge - American Dream - Number Seven
Lydia Loveless - How Many Women - Indestructible Machine
Great American Taxi - Poor House - Paradise Lost
David Bromberg - Ride On Out A Ways - Use Me
John Hiatt - I Love That Girl - Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns
The Infamous Stringdusters - No More To Leave You Behind - We'll Do It Live
The Little Willies - Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves - For The Good Times
Shane Dwight - Love That's True - A Hundred White Lies
Drive By Truckers - The Thanksgiving Filter - Go-Go Boots

Routes and Branches Play List 11/19/11

2011-11-19T18:31:00.000-08:00

What a week for live music of our kind here in Eugene. There were so many bands here that I felt like I was at a music festival having to choose between bands performing at the same time on differrent stages. Of the four nights I made it out three of them I had to choose between two to three bands that I would all have liked to see. The bands that I did see were Dawes who opened for Blitzen Trapper, Lucinda Williams who's back up band Buick 6 warmed up the audience with an excellent set of instrumentals, a night of new grass from Hot Buttered Rum and Greensky Bluegrass, finishing up the week with a ride on the Great American Taxi.

Great American Taxi were nice enough to stop by the station and play a couple of tunes on my show before they headed off to Portland for another gig. The Taxi have recorded a new CD called "Paradise Lost" which was produced by Todd Snider and recorded earlier this year in Nashville. Snider helped the members of GAT to focuss on song writing for this album which is reflected in tracks like "Poor House" and " Blair Mountain" which they played in our studios this afternoon. The album may be more focussed on the song writing, but get them on stage and the Taxi does a great job of streatching out the jam in a tune. Sorta like a mix of The Byrds, New Riders of The Purple Sage and the Grateful Dead. I certainly can't wait for my next ride on the Great American Taxi.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Buick 6 - Black Dog - Buick 6
Lucinda Williams - Ugly Truth - Blessed
Lydia Loveless - Steve Earle - Indestructible Machine
Mary Flower - Way Down In The Bottom - Misery Loves Company
Blackie And The Rodeo Kings - Made Of Love - Kings And Queens
Greensky Bluegrass - China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider - All Access Vol. 2
Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers - 1993 - Gift Horse
Slaid Cleaves - Horses - Sorrow & Smoke
Brown Bird - Fingers to The Bone - Salt For Salt
Devil Makes Three - Statesboro Blues - Stomp and Smash

4pm
Great American Taxi - Poor House - Live In The KRVM Studio
Great American Taxi - Blair Mountain - Live In The KRVM Studio
Great American Taxi - A.M.Radio - Paradise Lost
Kasey Anderson & The Honkies - Save It For Later - Heart Of A Dog
Kasey Anderson & The Honkies - Kasey Anderson''s Dream - Heart Of A Dog
Drew Emmitt - Take The Long Way Home - Long Road
Dave Alvin - Dynamite Woman - Keep Your Soul
Zoe Muth and The Lost High Rollers - Let's Just Be Friends Tonight - Starlight Hotel
Hot Tuna - Mama Let Me Lay It On You - Steady As She Goes
The Infamous Stringdusters - Fork In The Road - We'll Do It Live
James McMurtry - We Can't Make It Here Anymore - Childish Things

Routes and Branches Play List 11/12/11

2011-11-12T17:44:00.000-08:00

Today's show evolved around birthdays and of acts that are coming to Eugene in the next couple of weeks. There are so many good bands coming that on some nights we have to make hard choices as to who to go see. Tomorrow you have to choose between John McCutcheon who is in town for a benefit for Food For Lane County, Blitzen Trapper and a show with The Drew Emmitt Band and The Infamous Stringdusters. So I guess one just has to choose what flavor of Americana you want for the evening.

This week's birthday artists include Dave Alvin, Chris Smither, and Neil Young.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Neil Young & The International Harvesters - Are You Ready For The Country - A Treasure
Neil Young - Hank To Hendrix - Dreamin' Man Live '92
Lucinda Williams - I'm So Happy I Found You - Hank: The Lost Notebooks
Lucinda Williams - Seeing Black - Blessed
Dave Alvin - Harlan County Line - Eleven Eleven
Blitzen Trapper - Silver Moon - Black River Killer
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - Lightning Bugs & Barflies/ Stand By Me - Matadors
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Tour Of Duty - Here We Rest
Lucinda Williams - Soldier's Song - Blessed
Neil Young - Love And War - Le Noise
Drew Emmitt - River's Risin' - Long Road

4pm
The Infamous Stringdusters - No More To Leave You Behind - We'll Do It Live
Low Tide Drifters - New Hard Time Blues - New Hard Time Blues
Chris Smither - Surprise Surprise - Time Stands Still
Great American Taxi - One Of These Days - Reckless Habits
Devil Makes Three - Old Number 7 - Stomp and Smash
Pert Near Sandstone - Give The Fiddler A Dram - Out On A Spree
Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - If I Can't Trust You With A Quarter - Starlight Hotel
Neil Young & The International Harvesters - Southern Pacific - A Treasure
Dave Alvin - Murrietta's Head - Eleven Eleven
John McCutcheon - Ghosts Of The Good Old Days - The Greatest Story Never Told

Routes and Branches Play List 11/05/11

2011-11-06T10:52:00.000-08:00

Gram Parsons birthday landing on a Saturday was enough of a reason to make him this week's feature artist. Although he never gained what one would call commercial success with his music, Parsons is known for how he blended country music with rock to create the beginning of what we now call "Americana" music. Thank you Gram!!

To balance the vintage music of Gram Parsons on this week's show I had the band Stereotyped from southern Oregon into the studio to play a couple of their new songs. Stereotyped call their music "Blackgrass", a mixture of all that life has to offer from their lyrics about life's hard side to the uplifting feel of the music behind the stories. Along with using banjo, guitar, fiddle, bass and drums to create their music, Stereotyped also makes use of megaphones to sing and play harmonica through giving the vocals a sound hearkening back to what old AM radio sounded like.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Gram Parsons - Return Of The Grievous Angel - Grievous Angel
Emmylou Harris - The Road - Hard Bargain
Gram Parsons - She - GP
Wilco - One Hundred Years From Now - Return Of The Grievous Angel
Wilco - I Might - The Whole Love
Delbert McClinton - People Just Love To talk - Acquired Taste
Lyle Lovett - My Baby Don't Tolerate - My Baby Don't Tolerate
Great American Taxi - Reckless Habits - Reckless Habits
The Byrds - Hickory Wind - Sweet Heart Of The Rodeo
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Sin City - The Definitive Collection
Gram Parsons - $1000 Wedding - Grievous Angel
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - So, Where Ya Headed? Pancho and Lefty - So, Where Ya Headed?

4pm.
Stereotyped - Six Gun - Live in the KRVM Studio
Stereotyped - Blue Sky's Grey - Live in the KRVM Studio
Stereotyped - A Roll In The Hay - Stereotyped
Devil Makes Three - Never Learn - Stomp and Smash
Guy Clark - Maybe I Can Paint Over That - Songs & Stories
Shawn Sahm - Mendocino - Save your Soul
Cowboy Junkies - Ooh Las Vegas - Return Of The Grievous Angel
The Byrds - You Don't Miss Your Water - Sweet Heart Of The Rodeo
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Wild Horses - The Definitive Collection
Jon Sundell - The Eagle And The Sparrow - The Eagle And The Sparrow

Routes and Branches Play List 10/29/11

2011-10-30T10:14:00.000-07:00

This week's transition song (from Magical Mystery Tour) was Danny Barnes new version of the T-Rex classic "Bang A Gong". A song that I lost a "name that band" contest to a friend when I was 18. I had heard the song on the radio all the time but I never knew who the band was. That was my first lesson in music knowledge humility. I am reminded every day that there is always more to learn about both old and new musicians and their craft. I love it when someone turns me onto something I haven't heard before which is why I play so many new releases on my show.

Being the end of October and what many consider Halloween weekend, I had a show mostly made up of songs about devils, Spooks, Haunted Houses and of course a couple about Zombies. But, along with all the spooky fun the season brings for many, this week has also been a solemn one for me with the death of a close friend and former business partner. As Hank Williams said "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive".

Artist-Song Source

3pm
Danny Barnes - Bang A Gong (Get It On)- Rocket
Danny Barnes - Rich Boy Blues - Rocket
Fred Eaglesmith - Spookin' The Horses - Lipstick Lies & Gasoline
John Hiatt - Homeland - The Open Road
Charlie Daniels Band - Devil Went Down To Georgia - Million Mile Reflections
John Fogerty & The Blue Ridge Rangers - Haunted House - Rides Again
Bill Kirchen - Devil With The Blue Dress On - Hammer of The Honky-Tonk Gods
Brett Detar - The Devil's Gotta Earn - Bird in The Tangle
Devil Makes Three - Old Number 7 - Stomp And Smash
Stereotyped - Black To Our Grassroots - Stereotyped
Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer - Black River Killer
Ray Bonneville - Bad Man's Blood - Bad Man's Blood
Southern Culture On The Skids - Undertaker - Zombified

4pm
Elam McKnight & Bob Bogdal - Zombiefication - Zombie Nation
Dave Alvin - The Man In The Bed - Ashgrove
Willie Nelson - Gravedigger - Moment Of Forever
Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Tony Rice - Knockin' On Heaven's Door - The Pizza Tapes
Head for The Hills - One Foot In The Grave - Head for The Hills
Lewi Longmire Band - The Ballad of Me & Sweet Marie - Tales Of The Left Coast Roasters
Guy Clark - The Guitar - Somedays The Song Writes You
Head for The Hills - Robbers Roost - Robbers Roost
Eilen Jewell - This Haunted House - Butcher Holler
Steve Earle - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive - Single
John Lilly - Haunted Honky Tonk - Haunted Honky Tonk
Dave Alvin - Murrietta's Head - Eleven Eleven

Routes and Branches Play List 10/22/11

2011-10-22T21:04:00.000-07:00

The Far West Folk alliance conference has attracted the attention of our Acoustic Junction DJ's this weekend so I had lots of room to spread out and play some long tracks and some tracks that I would not play on Routes and Branches.I started by featuring artists who had won awards recently from the Americana Music Association, followed by several tracks of both national and local female artists. I then played some seasonal music from Southern Culture On The Skids and Kasey Anderson followed by a set about Hurricanes and high water in New Orleans.

The highlight of my first acoustic hour was playing one of my favorite classical jazz guitar albums "Friday Night In San Francisco" featuring the amazing guitar playing of Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin,and Paco DeLucia. Although I am not what you call a big jazz listener, I find the intricate guitar work on this album to be absolutely incredible and it was my pleasure to turn listeners who called on to this music.

During my second hour of "Acoustic Junction" I had the pleasure of having David Nigel Lloyd into to the studio to tell some tales and sing some songs. Lloyd is a Celtic folk balladeer in the true sense, a quote on his website says "He sings of pumpkin kings, fairy queens, East African juju men, idiot presidents, divine drunkards, eternal wanderers, prisoners both great and small, and ancient Irish warriors in dusty oil towns. “A strongly individual musical and poetic mind is at work here” (beGlad, UK)." Lloyd is known for playing a variety of guitars with various tunings as well as his "Octar" which is an 8- stringed guitar, but set with the strings in pairs like a mandolin. It had a great sound on the song "The Poor Little Englishman".

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Atlanta Rhythm Section - Midnight Rider - With All Due Respect
Greg Allman - Just Another Rider - Low Country Blues
Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues - Harlem River Blues
Robert Plant - Harms Swift Way - Band Of Joy
Buddy Miller - That's The Way Love Goes - The Majestic Silver Strings
Buddy & Julie Miller - One Part, Two Part - Written In Chalk
Emmylou Harris - Hard Bargain - Hard Bargain
Lucinda Williams - Tears Of Joy - Little Honey
Rosanne Cash - She's Got You - The List
Melissa Ruth & The Likely Stories - No One Said Nothin 'Bout Dancin - Ain't No Whiskey
Star Anna & The Laughing Dogs - Where I Come From - The Only Thing That Matters
Sons Of Fathers - Flatland - Sons Of Fathers
Nick 13 - Carry My Body Down - Nick 13

4pm
Southern Culture On The Skids - Sinister Purpose - Zombified
Kasey Anderson And The Honkies - Exit Ghost - Heart Of A Dog
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit - Go It Alone - Here We Rest
The Band Of Heathens - You're Gonna Miss Me - One Foot In The Ether
The Band Of Heathens - Hurricane - Top Hat Crown & The Clapmaster's Son
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - 9th Ward New Orleans #5/ Swimming Back Home - So, Where Ya Headed?
The Jayhawks - High Water Blues - Mockingbird Time
Stereotyped - A Roll In The Hay - Stereotyped
Freebo - She Loves My Dog More Than Me - Something To Believe
Ray Bonneville - Funny 'Bout Love - Bad Man's Blood
John Hiatt - I Love That Girl - Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns

5pm
John Prine - She Is My Everything - In Person & On Stage
Guy Clark - L.A. Freeway - Songs And Stories
David Jacobs Strain - Ocean Or A Teardrop - Live From The Left Coast
Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon - Sweet Emotion -
Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, Paco DeLucia - Mediterranean Sundance / Rio Ancho - Friday Night In San Francisco
The String Cheese Incident - Just Passin' Through - Untying The Knot
Low Tide Drifters - New Hard Times Blues - New Hard Times Blues
Emmitt Nershi Band - Surfing The Red Sea - New Country Blues
Gillian Welch - The Way It Goes - The Harrow & The Harvest

6pm
Crooked Still - The Peace Of Wild Things / Dayblind - Friends Of Fall
The Infamous Stringdusters - No More To Leave You Behind - We'll Do It Live
David Nigel Lloyd - The Poor Little Englishman - Live In The KRVM Studio
David Nigel Lloyd - The Son Of Old Rosin The Bow - Live In The KRVM Studio
David Nigel Lloyd - The Fall Of Jack O'Lantern - Rivers Kings And Curses
Robert Wynia - Firefly - Iron By Water
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show
Greg Brown - Freak Flag - Freak Flag
Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club - Buena Vista Social Club

Routes and Branches Play List 10/15/11

2011-10-16T12:34:00.000-07:00

This week's show was a mix of what has been happening in my life lately including artists I saw a couple of weeks ago at The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, to the death of my dog, and finished with a request from my daughter who was born and raised in the house we still live in.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Robert Plant - Angel Dance - Band Of Joy
John Hiatt & The Goners - My Dog And Me - Beneath This Gruff Exterior
Ollabelle - You're Gonna Miss Me - Neon Blue Bird
Ryan Adams - Lucky Now - Ashes & Fire
Lewi Longmire - Vanport 1948 - Tales Of The Left Coast Roasters
Merle Haggard - Cocaine Blues - Working In Tennessee
Merle Haggard - Workin' Man Blues - Working In Tennessee
The Wronglers with Jimmy Dale Gilmore - Deep Ellum Blues - Heirloom Music
Jeffery Foucault - Horse Latitudes - Horse Latitudes
Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs - Like Rock & Roll And Radio - Live Fall 2010
Bill Kirchen - Hammer Of The Honky-Tonk Gods - Hammer Of The Honky-Tonk Gods
Dale Watson & The Texas Two - Jonny At The Door - The Sun Sessions
Dale Watson & The Texas Two - My Baby Makes Me Gravy - The Sun Sessions

4pm
Johnny Cash - Like The 309 - American V: A Hundred Highways
David Bromberg - Ride On Out A Ways - Use Me
Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit - Alabama Pines - Here We Rest
Alison Krauss & Union Station - My Love Follows You Where You Go - Paper Airplane
Old & In The Way - Midnight Moonlight - Breakdown
Crooked Still - We Can Work It Out - Friends Of Fall
The Infamous Stringdusters - Get It While You Can - We'll Do It Live
Lucinda Williams - It's A Real Love - Little Honey
Lucinda Williams - It's A Long Way To The Top - Little Honey
Blackie And The Rodeo Kings - I'm Still Loving You - Kings And Queens
Lydia Loveless - How Many Women - Indestructible Machine
Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me - Revolution

Routes and Branches Play List 10/8/11

2011-10-09T09:22:00.000-07:00

Posted by Shotgun Majors:

Song - Artist - Album

3pm
Girl From Southern Illinois - The Real Macaws - Standing Alone
Learn to Cheat - Old Californio - Sundrunk Angels
Fräulein O. - James McMurtry - Live In Europe
Cave Country - Quiet Life - Big Green
Castanets - Alejandro Escovedo - A Man Under the Influence
Beer Run - Todd Snider - Near Truths and Hotel Rooms Live
Rexroth's Daughter - Greg Brown - Dream City
Ashes & Fire - Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire
Question - Old 97's - Satellite Rides
Billy And Bonnie - Steve Earle - I Feel Alright

4pm
Portland - Middle Brother - Middle Brother
Pouring Rain At Dawn - The Jayhawks - Mockingbird Time
Kingpin - Wilco - Being There
Frankie Lee - Mulehead - Finer Things
Crescent City - Lucinda Williams - Lucinda Williams
I Want It So Bad - The Gourds - Old Mad Joy
Golden - Dead Man Winter - Bright Lights
The Road Goes On And On - Robert Earl Keen - Ready For Confetti
Girl with the Dirty Hair - Adam Carroll - Lookin' Out the Screen Door
Chemical Road - Lynn Drury - Sugar On the Floor
Gypsy Woman - Cam Penner - Gypsy Summer
Gone, Gone, Gone - Nikki Lane - Gone, Gone, Gone

Routes and Branches Play List 10/01/11

2011-10-05T21:48:00.000-07:00

This week is the beginning of KRVM's Fall Pledge Drive so I put together a show with some classics like Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and Gram Parsons along with other people doing their tunes, along with some of my other favorites new and old. If you listened to the show or are a regular listener of KRVM I urge you to make your contribution to our fall fundraiser. Go online to www.KRVM.ORG or call 1-800-285-2895. We appreciate your support.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Johnny Cash - Rock Island Line - The Legend
Rosanne Cash - 500 Miles - The List
Rodney Crowell - Dancin' Circles Round The Sun - The Outsider
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings w/Rosanne Cash - Got You Covered - Kings & Queens
Jake Payne & Dixie Creek - They Don't Play Enough Haggard On The Radio - What The Folk Is Roots Music?
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried - The Best Of Merle Haggard
Dave Alvin - Kern River - Tulare Dust
Merle Haggard - Honky Tonk Night Time Man - The Best Of Merle Haggard
Stacy Earle & Mark Stuart - Boss Is Watchin' - Town Square
Kasey Anderson & The Honkies - Kasey Anderson's Dream - Heart Of A Dog
Steve Earle - Ashes To Ashes - Jerusalem
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Rich Woman - Raising Sand

4pm.
Buddy & Julie Miller - What You Gonna Do Leroy - Written In Chalk
Alison Krauss & Union Station - My Love Follows Where You Go - Paper Airplane
The Wronglers with Jimmy Dale Gilmore - Deep Ellum Blues - Heirloom Music
Emmitt Nershi Band - I Come From The Country - New Country Blues
Emmylou Harris - The Road - Hard Bargain
Gram Parsons - Return Of The Grievous Angel - Grievous Angel
Great American Taxi - Reckless Habits - Reckless Habits
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Come See About Me - Revelator
Sonny Landreth - Broken Hearted Road - Levee Town
Wilco - I Might - The Whole Love

Routes and Branches Play List 09/24/11

2011-09-24T17:48:00.000-07:00

The number of new releases that I have listened to this year has already outpaced last year and we are just beginning to see the fall swell before the holidays. With so many new releases each week it is hard to keep up with them in just two hours of programing, so this week I tried to play some of the new discs that hadn't made it into a show yet. They include Will Hoge, Pieta Brown, Jason Boland & The Stragglers, Ruth Hill, Lydia Loveless and Wilco, all of which have great new tunes that deserve airplay. I'm looking forward to seeing what else arrives in the mail box!!

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Gone, Gone, Gone - Raising Sand
Wilco - Born Alone - The Whole Love
Kasey Anderson & The Honkies - My Baby's A Wrecking Ball - Heart Of A Dog
JJ Grey & Mofro - Orange Blossoms - Brighter Days
Jason & The Scorchers - Land Of The Free - Halcyon Times
Pieta Brown - Mercury - Mercury
Flatbed Honeymoon - Sweet Chicago - The Traveler
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - River Under The Road - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women
The Band Of Heathens - LA County Blues - One Foot In The Ether
Jason Boland & The Stragglers - Farmer's Luck - Rancho Alto
Drive By Truckers - Perfect Timing - Brighter Than Creations Dark
Steve Spurgin - Fire On The Kettle - Past Perfect

4pm
The Holy Goats - Next Round - Next Round
Ry Cooder - El Corrido De Jesse James - Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down
Bearfoot - Midnight In Montana - American Story
New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Barracuda Moon - Where I Come From
Ruth Hill - Larry's Guitar - The River Beneath Me
Lydia Loveless - How Many Women - Indestructible Machine
Nikki Lane - Can't Be Satisfied - Walk Of Shame
Kasey Chambers - Devil On Your Back - Little Bird
Greg Brown - I Don't Know Anybody In This Town - Freak Flag
Robert Earl Keen - Play A Train Song - Ready For Confetti
Robert Rolfe Feddersen - Get A Rope - Get A Rope
Will Hoge - Too Old To Die Young - Number Seven
Catherine Maclellan - Snowbird - Silhouette

Routes and Branches Play List 09/17/11

2011-09-17T19:13:00.000-07:00

I had two new CDs that really stood out this week. First I was surprised to see Hugh Laurie's face on the cover of a CD in my mail box. I, like many others, would more readily associate Laurie as the main character on the TV show "House" not a musician releasing a new CD. As he writes in the liner notes of his new album "Let Them Talk" Laurie says "Let this record show that I am a white, middle-class Englishman, openly trespassing on the music and myth of the American south." He may be a white Englishman trespassing on the music of the American south, but he is not the first Englishman to do so and I'm sure he won't be the last and like the ones before Laurie comes through with the chops. A Piano player from the age of 6 Laurie was truly moved to have played piano for one of his idols, Dr. John. Laurie asked Joe Henry to produce this album and he collected an all star cast of musicians to play on it including Jay Bellerose-drums, Kevin Breit-guitars, Mandolin & Mandocello, Greg Leisz- guitar, Lap-steel, Weissenborn, & Mandola, David Piltch-Upright Bass, and Patrick Warren-Field Organ, Autoharp, Accordion and Keys. What an excellent album that I'm sure I will enjoy for years to come.

The second artist to catch my ear this week comes from closer to home,Portland, Oregon. I'm referring to Kasey Anderson and The Honkies new CD "Heart Of A Dog". I was a fan of Anderson's last album "Nowhere Nights" and I feel that this new disc picks up where that album left off with several strong new songs two of which I played on the show today.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Hot Tuna - Mama Let Me Lay It On You - Steady As She Goes
Robert Earl Keen - Ready For Confetti - Ready For Confetti
Ray Bonneville - Good Times - Bad Man's Blood
The Band Of Heathens - Hurricane - Top Hat Crown & The Clapmaster's Son
Payton & Crazywater - I Come From Texas - I Come From Texas
Sarah Pierce - Cowgirls Ride - Bring It On
James McMurtry - Just Us Kids - Just Us Kids
Catherine Maclellan - Stealin' - Silhouette
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion - Never Too Far From My Heart - Bright Examples
Dan Zanes And Friends w/ Joan Osborne - Everybody's Going To Be Happy - Little Nut Tree
Dan Zanes And Friends - The Farmer Is The One - Little Nut Tree
Guy Clark - If I Needed You - Songs And Stories
John Doe- Walking Out The Door - Keeper

4pm
Hugh Laurie - St. James Infirmary - Let Them Talk
Hugh Laurie w/Dr. John - After Your Gone - Let Them Talk
Marcia Ball - That's How It Goes - Roadside Attractions
The Dirt Daubers - Trucks, Tractors & Trains - Wake Up Sinners
Ry Cooder - John Lee Hooker For President - Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down
Lewi Longmire Band - Save Yourself - Tales Of The Left Coast Roasters
Kasey Anderson & The Honkies - Mercy - Heart Of A Dog
Kasey Anderson & The Honkies - Kasey Anderson's Dream - Heart Of A Dog
Southern Culture On The Skids - Undertaker - Zombified
Blitzen Trapper - Taking It Easy Too Long - American Goldwing
Whitehorse - I'm On Fire - Whitehorse
Robert Earl Keen - I Gotta Go - Ready For Confetti

Routes and Branches Play List 09/10/11

2011-09-10T18:11:00.001-07:00

One of my favorite songwriters, John Prine, is coming to town this week to play a sold out show, so I choose to make his new album "In Person & On Stage" my feature disc on this afternoon's show. It is a great recording of John doing what he does best, sing songs and tell stories. If you are planning on attending John's show then this disc is a must have as a memento.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
John Prine - Spanish Pipedream - In Person & On Stage
John Prine w/Iris Dement - In Spite Of Ourselves - In Person & On Stage
Jonell Mosser - When He Gets Home - Fortunes Lost, Fortunes Told
Imelda May - Eternity - Mayhem
Ollabelle - One More Time - Neon Bluebird
Slaid Cleaves - Horseshoe Lounge - Sorrow & Smoke
Slaid Cleaves - Green Mountains & Me - Sorrow & Smoke
Blitzen Trapper - Love The Way You Walk Away - American Goldwing
John Prine - Bear Creek Blues - In Person & On Stage
John Prine - Saddle In The Rain - In Person & On Stage
Gary Nicholson - Lone Star Blues - Texas Songbook

4pm
Steve Forbert - Stolen Identity - Place And The Time
Matt The Electrician - All I Know - Accidental Thief
Hoots & Hellmouth - Returning To Pieces - Face First In The Dirt
Mary Gauthier - Sideshow - The Foundling
Dave Alvin - Manzanita - Eleven Eleven
John Prine - Paradise - In Person & On Stage
Neil Young - Are You Ready For The Country - A Treasure
The Band Of Heathens - Hurricane - Top Hat Crown & The Clapmaster's Son
Dar Williams - The Easy way - Promised Land
Joan Osborne - Sweeter Than The Rest - Little Wild One
The Jayhawks - High Water Blues - Mockingbird Time
Drive By Truckers - Gavity's Gone - Ugly Buildings, Whores & Politicians
John Prine - Angel From Montgomery - In Person & On Stage

Routes and Branches Play List 09/03/11

2011-09-03T18:34:00.000-07:00

Labor day weekend so it's time for our annual show dedicated to the working man and related Americana songs. There are of course many songs that would fit into this show and I'm always looking to add to my collection of tunes, so If I didn't play a good tune that you would recommend for next year please let me know about it. With that said, here is this year's list.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Dave Insley - God Loves The Working Man - Here With You Tonight
Dave Alvin - Gary Indiana - Eleven Eleven
Tom Russell - Tulare Dust/They're Tearin' The Labor Camps Down - Tulare Dust
Merle Haggard - Workin' Man Blues - The Best Of Merle Haggard
Levon Helm - Growin' Trade - Electric Dirt
James McMurtry - We Can't Make It Here - Childish Things
John Hiatt - Detroit Made - Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns
Tim O'Brien - Workin' - Chicken & Egg
David Lindley - Do You Want My Job - Twango Bango Deluxe
Mark Stuart & Stacy Earle - Boss Is Watchin' - Town Square
The Holmes Brothers- Edge Of The Ledge - Feed My Soul
Ry Cooder - No Banker Left Behind - Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down

4pm
Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust - Tin Can Trust
Ryan Bingham - Hard Times - Mescalito
Caleb Klauder - Satisfied Mind - Western Country
Nanci Griffith - Cotton's All We Got - The Loving Kind
Johnny Cash - Cotton Fields - The Legend
Old & In The Way - Muleskinner Blues - Breakdown
Keb Mo - We Don't Need It - The Reflection
Grant Peeples - Better Jobs Down In Richmond - Pawnshop
Wayne Hancock - Working At Working - Viper Of Melody
Hank III - Workin' Man - Damn Right Rebel Proud
Dale Watson - Truckin' Man - Best Of The Hightone Years
Steve Earle - Six Days On The Road - Essential Steve Earle
Railroad Earth - Elko - Elko
Merle Haggard - Are The Good Times Really Over - Country Legends: The Working Man

Routes and Branches Play List 08/27/11

2011-08-27T18:06:00.000-07:00

I had Shoebox Letters a band from Portland into the studio this afternoon to play some live music on the radio. The have a classic Americana/singer/songwriter groove and it was a pleasure to have them stop by and play us a few of their tunes. Dennis Winslow creates interesting songs which tell stories of life as he sees it. Their sound has a warm inviting feel with lovely harmonies.

This is also the weekend of our big downtown block party called the Eugene Celebration. I spent most of the first hour this afternoon featuring artists who have played or are going to play at the Celebration this year. I am looking forward to many of the acts that are scheduled to perform on Sunday including The Stagger & Sway, The Whopner County Country Allstars, Poor Man's Whiskey and Dave Alvin. It will be interesting to see who Dave Alvin has touring with him this time around. He's calling the band "The Guilty Ones" leaving the genders of the band out this time around.

It's a fun weekend and I hope that all of my listeners found some live music to enjoy, I know I have.

3pm.
Dave Alvin - Murrietta's Head - Eleven Eleven
Hillstomp - Poor Black Mattie - After Two But Before Five
The Whopner County Country Allstars - City Limits - It's Too Loud
Indigenous - Things We Do - The Acoustic Sessions
The Stagger & Sway - River Road - Break Til You Bend
W J McEachern - Way After Dark - Knee Deep
Michael Kevin Daly - Love Is The Best Recipe - Boundless
Sassparilla - Devil - Ramshackle
Poor Man's Whiskey - Mexico - Roadside Attraction
Eilen Jewell - I Remember You - Queen Of The Minor Key
Amos Lee - Buenos Tardes Amigo - Live From SoHo

4pm.
Shoebox Letters - Looking For Lightning - Live in The KRVM Studio
Shoebox Letters - Ain't Enough Tears - Live in The KRVM Studio
Shoebox Letters - Tell Me - Live in The KRVM Studio
Buddy Miller - Cattle Call - The Majestic Silver Strings
Holmes Brothers - You're The Kind Of Trouble - Feed My Soul
Moreland & Arbuckle - White Lightnin' - Just A Dream
Hayes Carll - Stomp And Holler - KMAG YOYO
Drive By Truckers - Bob - Brighter Than Creations Dark
Ray Bonneville - Bad Man's Blood - Bad Man's Blood
Mark Alan Stansberry - Journey Of Life - Americana: The Journey Of Life
James McMurtry - Dry River - Saint Mary Of The Woods
Dave Alvin - Two Lucky Bums - Eleven Eleven

Routes and Branches Play List 08/20/11

2011-08-20T17:51:00.000-07:00

Most weeks my show is made up of what I have been listening to during the past week which is the case with today's show. I started with Poor Man's Whiskey because I'm looking forward to seeing them next week at the Eugene Celebration. Calexico and Amos Lee put on a great show here in Eugene this past week so I had to include them. Fast Rattler was also in town this past week and although they didn't care for the sound system mix and ended up playing without it, they performed great and it end up a wonderful evening of acoustic music.
Eilen Jewel and Misner & Smith will both be coming to town in this next week so I previewed a couple of their tunes as well. Misner & Smith will be performing live in the KRVM studio on Thursday afternoon. Be sure to tune in.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Poor Man's Whiskey - Brain Damage/Eclipse - Darkside Of The Moonshine
Poor Man's Whiskey - Whiskey In Heaven - Darkside Of The Moonshine
Water Tower Bucket Boys - Goatheads - Sole Kitchen
Fast Rattler - Wolverine Talking Blues No.14 - Linger On
James McMurtry - We Can't Make It Here - Childish Things
Gary Nicholson - A woman In Texas, A woman In Tennessee - Texas Songbook
Gary Nicholson - Fallin' & Flyin' - Texas Songbook
Rob Wasserman & Tom Morello - Ease My Evolutionary Mind - Note Of Hope: A Celebration of Woody Guthrie
Calexico - Two Silver Trees - Carried To Dust
Amos Lee - Windows Are Rolled Down - Mission Bell
Guy Clark - Maybe I Can Paint Over That - Songs And Stories

4pm
John Doe - Don't Forget How Much I Love You - Keeper
John Hiatt - I Love That Girl - Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns
Misner & Smith - Greyhound Days - Live At The Freight & Salvage
Misner & Smith - Poor Player - Live At The Freight & Salvage
Shoebox Letters - Commotion - Raise A Ruckus
Nell Robinson - Red Clay Creek - On The Brooklyn Road
Ollabelle - Record Needle - Neon Blue Bird
Eilen Jewell - Warning Signs - Queen Of The Minor Key
Eilen Jewell - Queen Of The Minor Key - Queen Of The Minor Key
Jonell Mosser - When He Gets Home - Fortunes Lost, Fortunes Told
Nikki Lane - Gone, Gone, Gone - Gone, Gone, Gone
Ana Egge - Driving With No Hands - Bad Blood
Steve Earle - Waitin' On The Sky - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Drive By Truckers - Carl Perkins' Cadillac - Ugly Buildings, Whores & Politicians

Routes and Branches Play List 08/13/11

2011-08-14T12:10:00.000-07:00

What a year for new releases. It seems that every week I'm listening to another album that I want to add to my favorites for the year list and this week I had two albums to add.
Guy Clark's new album called "Songs And Stories" is an excellent recording of a perfomance at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, with Clark warmly surrounded by his musical family -- his longtime sidekick and co-writer Verlon Thompson, along with Shawn Camp, Bryn Davies and Kenny Malone. I saw Clark and Thompson perform together last year at The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Fransisco and this recording takes me right back to that day. Releasing just months prior to his 70th birthday, "Songs and Stories" is further evidence why Clark is a member of The Songwriters Hall of Fame, with craftsmanship that young writers study and seasoned writers admire.

The second album that I totally fell in love with this week is also a live recording, this time from the Horseshoe Lounge in Austin, Texas with Slaid Cleaves and friends performing two discs worth of Cleaves' songs. I have never seen Cleaves perform, but I'm sure that each show is a very special evening if it is anything like what this album presents.

There is nothing that compares with seeing your favorite musician perform their songs live, but these two performers have found a way to capture as much of that live performance feeling and save it for eternity.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
James Lee Stanley & Cliff Eberhardt - Love Me Two Times - All Wood And Doors
Guy Clark - L.A. Freeway - Songs And Stories
Slaid Cleaves - Drinkin' Days - Sorrow & Smoke
John Prine - Saddle In The Rain - In Person & On Stage
Jeff Bridges - What A Little Bit Of Love Can Do - Jeff Bridges
Shoebox Letters - This Ain't Gonna Be Like That - Raise A Ruckus
Poor Man's Whiskey - Three Years Gone - Darkside Of The Moonshine
Indigenous - Now That Your Gone - The Acoustic Sessions
The Whopner County Country Allstars - Another Time, Another Place - 7 - 10 Split
Dave Alvin - Harlin County Line - Eleven Eleven
Old & In The Way - Pig In A Pen - Breakdown

4pm
Railroad Earth - Old Man And The Land - Elko
Fast Rattler - Rocksalt And Nails - Linger On
Fast Rattler - Linger On - Linger On
Emmylou Harris - The Road - Hard Bargain
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Simple Things - Revelator
Joe Ely - Circumstance - Satisfied At Last
Kasey Chambers - Train Wreck - Little Bird
Gillian Welch - The Way It Goes - The Harrow & The Harvest
John Hiatt - Don't Wanna Leave You Now - Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns
Neil Young - Southern Pacific - A Treasure

Routes and Branches Play List 08/06/11

2011-08-06T17:42:00.000-07:00

Amongst my friends and I this is Jerry Garcia week, the week between the anniversary of his birth and death. In honor of Jerry's contributions to the folk music scene I started and ended my show featuring music mostly from the band "Old & In The Way" which Jerry was a member. Thank you Jerry for all the great music you left us...

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Old & In The Way - Introduction - Breakdown
Old & In The Way - Home Is Where The Heart Is - Breakdown
Old & In The Way - Catfish John - The Very Best Of Jerry Garcia
Old & In The Way - Panama Red - Breakdown
Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Friend Of The Devil - Grisman / Garcia
Old & In The Way - Deep Elem Blues - The Very Best Of Jerry Garcia
Jayme Stone - Ways Of The World - Room Of Wonders
The Wronglers with Jimmy Dale Gilmore - Columbus stockade Blues - Heirloom Music
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers - Best Love - Rare Bird Alert
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings - If I Can't Have You - Kings And Queens
Paul Thorn - Pimps & Preachers - Pimps & Preachers
Robert Earl Keen - I Gotta Go - Ready For Confetti
Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart - Boss Is Watchin' - Town Square
Chuck Cannon - The Ghost Of Johnny Cash - God Shaped Hole

4pm.
Chuck Cannon - The Devil Is A Woman - Love & Money
Mark Stuart - Left Of Nashville - Left Of Nashville
Calexico - Crystal Frontier - Even My Sure Things Fall Through
Amos Lee - Behind Me Now - Mission Bell
Amos Lee w/ willie Nelson - El Camino - Mission Bell
Dave Alvin - What's Up With Your Brother - Eleven Eleven
Wilco - I Might - The Whole Love
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Love Has Something Else To Say - Revelator
Gregg Allman - Just Another Rider - Low Country Blues
Old & In The Way - Mule Skinner Blues - Breakdown
Old & In The Way - Ripple - The Very Best Of Jerry Garcia
Old & In The Way - Midnight Moonlight - Breakdown

Routes and Branches Play List 07/30/11

2011-07-30T18:14:00.000-07:00

I had an itch to mix it up a bit more on the show today.
I wanted to play some vinyl so I brought in my older Lynyrd Skynyrd "One More From The Road", and some Charlie Daniels Band and a couple of new records, Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs "Live Fall 2010" and Steve Earle's single "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive", that I picked up back on "National Record Store Day" this past spring.
On the other side of the technology spectrum I had a couple of new albums,the Lewie Longmire Band's "Tales Of The Left Coast Roasters" and Sunday Valley's "To The Wind And On To Heaven", which I only had downloads from the artists themselves. A great mix of media to choose from which was a lot of fun.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me The Breeze - One More From The Road
JJ Cale & Eric Clapton - Anyway The Wind Blows - The Road To Escondido
JJ Cale - Cajun Moon - Okie
Lewie Longmire Band - Vanport 1948 - Tales Of The Left Coast Roasters
Lewie Longmire Band - Ballad Of Sweet Marie - Tales Of The Left Coast Roasters
Old Californio - Better Yet - Sundrunk Angels
Stacy Earle and Mark Stuart - Never Gonna Let You Go - Never Gonna Let You Go
Steve Earle - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Michael Kevin Daly - The Memory Of Sweet Angeline - Boundless
Sunday Valley - Sometimes Wine - To The Wind And On To Heaven
Sunday Valley - Oh Sarah - To The Wind And On To Heaven
Justin Townes Earle - Move Over Mama
Burlap To Cashmere - The Other Country - Burlap To Cashmere

4pm.
Edwin McCain - Mercy Bound - Mercy Bound
Joe Ely - The Highway Is My Home - Satisfied At Last
Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs - For The Summer - Live Fall 2010
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings - 49 Tons - The Best Of Swing From The Chains Of Love
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings - Water Or Gasoline - The Best Of Swing From The Chains Of Love
Chet Vincent and The Big Bend - Dead Kings - For Everyone
The Black Lillies - Three In The Mornin' - 100 Miles Of Wreckage
Chris Thile & Michael Daves - Rain And Snow - Sleep With One Eye Open
Charlie Daniels Band - Rainbow Ride - Million Mile Reflections
Mojo Rizin - Falling - Keep On Rizin'
Pokey LaFarge and The South City Three - Drinkin' Whiskey Tonight - Middle Of Nowhere
Folk Family Revival - Unfolding - Unfolding
The Wronglers with Jimmy Dale Gilmore - Deep Ellum Blues - Heirloom Music

Routes and Branches Play List 07/23/11

2011-07-24T12:11:00.000-07:00

Another lazy summer afternoon here in the Willamette valley. A lot of great summer concerts are coming to the area so I decided to feature some of the artists who will be appearing in Oregon in the coming weeks along with some of the new releases I have been listening to.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Jerry Jeff Walker - Up Against The Wall Red Neck - Viva Terlingua!
David Bromberg with John Hiatt - Ride On Out Aways - Use Me
John Hiatt - All The Way Under - Dirty Jeans & Mudslide Hymns
Greg Brown - Freak Flag - Freak Flag
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers - Go Away, Stop, Turn Around, Come Back - Rare Bird Alert
Railroad Earth - Spring-Heeled Jack - Railroad Earth
Los Lonely Boys - Change The World - Rockpango
Los Lobos - The Road To Gila Bend - The Town and The City
Blackie and The Rodeo Kings w/ Lucinda Williams - If I Can't Have You - Kings & Queens
Lucinda Williams - Seeing Black - Blessed

4pm.
Steve Earle - Waitin' On The Sky - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Stacy Earle and Mark Stuart - Lookin' For Fool's Gold - Never Gonna Let You Go
Jill Sobule & John Doe - Walking Out The Door - A Day At The Pass
Betty Soo & Doug Cox - Louis Riel - Across The Boarderline: Lie To Me
Dave Alvin - Dynamite Woman - Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm
Dave Alvin - Gary, Indiana 1959 - Eleven Eleven
Gregg Allman - I Can't Be Satisified - Low Country Blues
Warren Hayes - River's Gonna Rise - Man In Motion
Amos Lee - El Camino - Mission Bell
Calexico - Bisbee Blue - Garden Ruin
Townes Van Zandt - Waitin' For The Day - In The Beginning
Shoebox Letters - This Ain't Gonna Be Like That - Raise A Ruckus
Whopner County Country Allstars - City Limits - It's Too Loud

Routes and Branches Play List 07/16/11

2011-07-16T18:56:00.000-07:00

After being away for a week and then out at the Oregon Country Fair last week, I had a lot of new tunes to share with my listeners today. Here is what I played.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Atlanta Rhythm Section - Midnight Rider - With All Due Respect
Robbie Robertson - When The Night Was Young - How To Become Clairvoyant
Rodney Crowell - Don't Get Me Started - The Outsider
Folk Family Revival - Chasing A Rabbit - Unfolding
Folk Family Revival - Addicted To The Road - Unfolding
Joe Ely - The Highway Is My Home - Satisfied At Last
Greg Brown - I Don't Know Anybody In This Town - Freak Flag
Jeff Bridges - Blue Car
John Hiatt - Detroit Made - Dirty Jeans & Mudslide Hymns
Hot Tuna - A Little Faster - Steady As She Goes
Ruby Dee And The Snakehandlers - Alcohol Of Fame - Live From Austin Texas
Paul Thorn - Tequila Is Good For The Heart - Pimps And Preachers

4pm.
Hayes Carll - Bottle In My Hand - KMAG YO YO
Betty Soo & Doug Cox - Dublin Blues - Across The Boarderline: Lie To Me
David Bromberg with Vince Gill - Lookout Mountain Girl - Use Me
JJ Cale & Eric Clapton - Missing Person - The Road To Escondido
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Come See About Me - Revelator
Jerry Jeff Walker - Up Against The Wall Red Neck - Viva Terlingua!
Drive By Truckers - Go-Go Boots - Go-Go Boots
Dave Alvin - Johnny Ace Is Dead - Eleven Eleven
Gillian Welch - The Way It Goes - The Harrow & The Harvest
Kasey Chambers - Devil On Your Back - Little Bird
Emmylou Harris - Hard Bargain - Hard Bargain
Eilen Jewell - Warning Signs - Queen Of The Minor Key
Great American Taxi - American Beauty - Reckless Habits

Routes and Branches Play List 7/2/11

2011-07-03T08:48:00.000-07:00

Shotgun Majors here filling in for Tim this week. Tim will be back at the helm next Saturday.

Song - Artist - Album

3pm
Devils In Boston - Samantha Crain & The Midnight Shivers - Songs In The Night
Ragamuffin - Graham Wilkinson And The Underground Township - Yearbook
Another Free Woman Gets To Walk Away - Blackie & The Rodeo Kings (w/ Sara Watkins) - Kings And Queens
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) - Dierks Bentley & The Punch Brothers Feat. Chris Thile - Up On The Ridge
Long Hot Summer Days - Sara Watkins - Sara Watkins
No Excuses - Aunt Martha - No Excuses - Single
Six White Cadillacs - Emmylou Harris - Hard Bargain
If You're Ever In Oklahoma - Cody Canada & The Departed - This Is Indian Land
Dynamite - Son Volt - American Central Dust
Hard Times - Rebecca Pronsky - Viewfinder
Miss Amphetamine - Michael Dean Damron - A Perfect Day for a Funeral
Bread and Water - Railroad Earth - The Good Life
Hooked - Eilen Jewell - Queen of the Minor Key
Roll Again - Joe Ely - Satisfied At Last

4pm
Lone Ranger - Johanna Divine - Mile-High Rodeo
Rattlesnake - American Aquarium - Small Town Hymns
Aces & Eights - Jimbo Mathus - Confederate Buddha
Medicine Man - Owen Temple - Mountain Home
Caddy - The Harmed Brothers - All The Lies You Wanna Hear
Burn the Honeysuckle - The Gourds - Heavy Ornamentals
Fourth of July - Dave Alvin - Dave Alvin: The Best of the Hightone Years
It Was Late - Lynn Drury - Sugar On the Floor
Weeping Willow - Trevor Alguire - Now Before Us
Come Inside - Zoe Muth And The Lost High Rollers - Starlight Hotel
A Cockroach After the Bomb - Tommy Womack - There I Said It!
Party Dolls and Wine - Eddie Spaghetti - Sundowner
Goodbye to the Blues - Hot Tuna - Steady As She Goes

Routes and Branches Play List 06/25/11

2011-06-26T17:20:00.000-07:00

The summer music season is upon us so most of today's show featured some of the artists who will be playing in Oregon this next month along with a couple of new releases which I had to play.

The first new release featured this week was David Bromberg's new album called "Use Me" in which he not only asked other artists to write him a song to play but then to also produce the track. With artists from John Hiatt, Tim O'Brien and Keb' Mo' to Los Lobos, Vince Gill and Widespread Panic "Use Me" shows off Bromberg's versatility and adaptability to other people's music.

My second featured new release was Neil Young's latest "A Treasure" which is an archive release of his time playing with the International Harvesters in the 1980's. I think this was one of the best bands that Young ever played with. I was fortunate enough to see them perform live in Atlanta, GA. before I moved to Oregon. If you want to find out more information about this album go to neilyoung.com and he will tell you all about it in a video on his opening page.

My final featured release this week is Dave Alvin's latest "Eleven Eleven". Some of the tunes take me back to his "Ashgrove" album like "Harlan County Line" and "Black Rose Of Texas", while his duets with his brother and former band mates Chris Gaffney and Christy McWilson reflect more of the sound that they contributed to Dave's songs and the band.

All three albums are sure to make it onto this year's favorites list which is already getting a fair number of albums and we're only half way through the year. You gotta love good music.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
7 Walkers - 7 Walkers - 7 Walkers
David Jacobs Strain - Hurricane Railroad - Terraplane Angel
Mark Growden - `Killing Time - Lose Me In The Sand
Elephant Revival - Jet Lag Blues - Elephant Revival
Brown Chicken Brown Cow Stringband - She's Sexy When She Comes - It's A Deep Subject
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - Thoughts On Fabric #2 / Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat - So, Where Ya Headed?
Widespread Panic - Blue Indian - Till The Medicine Takes
David Bromberg W/ Widespread Panic - Old Neighborhood - Use Me
David Bromberg W/ Keb' Mo' - Diggin' In The Deep Blue Sea - Use Me
Philip Gibbs - The Petroleum Age - The Petroleum Age

4pm
Neil Young International Harvesters - Motor City - A Treasure
Neil Young International Harvesters - Southern Pacific - A Treasure
Pert' Near Sandstone - Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss - Needle & Thread
Keller & The Keels - Don't Cuss The Fiddle - Thief
Emmitt Nershi Band - I Come From The Country - New Country Blues
Railroad Earth - Lone Craft Farewell - Railroad Earth
Great American Taxi - One Of These Days - Reckless Habits
Steve Earle - Heaven Or Hell - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Dave Alvin - Johnny Ace Is Dead - Eleven Eleven
Dave Alvin - What's Up With Your Brother - Eleven Eleven
Paul Thorn - I Don't Like Half The Folks I Love - Pimps And Preachers

Routes and Branches Play List 06/18/11

2011-06-19T14:55:00.000-07:00

We are in the middle of our Summer pledge drive at KRVM. I want to thank all of my listeners for their support of KRVM and Routes and Branches in particular. I also want to thank Patrick Kavaney for stopping by the station to help talk about the importance of community radio like KRVM to local musicians like himself. If you listen to KRVM please visit our web-site http://www.krvm.org and become a member at whatever level you can afford.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Poor Man's Whiskey - Whiskey - Dark Side Of The Moonshine
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Don't Let Me Slide - Revelator
Gregg Allman - I Can't Be Satisfied - Low Country Blues
Patrick Kavaney & The Last Draggs - Eliza Blue - Darning Socks For The Apocalypse
John Shipe - Hard To Believe - Villain
Patrick Kavaney & The Last Draggs - Waking Song - Darning Socks For The Apocalypse
Robert Plant - You Can't Buy My Love - Band Of Joy
Robbie Robertson - How To Become Clairvoyant - How To Become Clairvoyant

4pm.
Neil Young & The International Harvesters - Nothing Is Perfect - A Treasure
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers - Jubilation Day - Rare Bird Alert
Railroad Earth - Been Down This Road - Railroad Earth
Buddy Miller - Cattle Call - The Majestic Silver Strings
Buddy & Julie Miller - Ellis County - Written In Chalk
Chuck Cannon - Money - Love And Money
Imelda May - Eternity - Mayhem
The Sweetback Sisters - It Won't Hurt When I Fall Down From This Bar Stool - Looking For A Fight
The Mother Truckers - Broke, Not Broken - Broke, Not Broken
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Simple Things - Revelator

Routes and Branches Play List 06/04/11

2011-06-05T20:11:00.000-07:00

Saturday was the first day this year that felt like summer was on it's way so I started the show with the song "Summertime" done by Jerry Garcia, David Grissman and Tony Rice. It is a lovely version full of improvisation.

The Water Tower Bucket Boys stopped by the studio and played a couple of tunes from their latest album "Sole Kitchen". I really appreciate young musicians like the Water Tower Bucket Boys taking traditional styles of music and making it their own. "Sole Kitchen" is their first album of all original music created equally among the band members. After seeing their show at the WOW Hall last night I think The Water Tower Bucket Boys are ready to make a career out of being a band. Good Luck guys.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Tony Rice - Summertime - The Pizza Tapes
The Farewell Drifters - We Go Together - Echo Boom
Crow Quill Night Owls - Wake Up Sinners - Snake Liquor
Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three - Hard Times Come And Go - Riverboat Soul
Matt The Electrician - All I Know - Accidental Thief
Keven Beadles - Mrs. Jones Cadillac - You Can't Argue With Water
Steve Dawson - Gulf Coast - Night Shade
Michael Kevin Daly - Love Is The Best Recipe - Boundless
Sideroads - Cool June Night - Destinations
W J McEachern - Way After Dark - Knee Deep
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - Stone Mountain/ Georgia - So, Where Ya Headed

4pm.
Water Tower Bucket Boys - Crooked Road - Live In the KRVM Studio
Water Tower Bucket Boys - Fromage - Live In the KRVM Studio
Water Tower Bucket Boys - Heaven - Sole Kitchen
Conjugal Visitors - Ain't Got Jack - The Gang's All Here
Buddy Miller & Duane Eddy - Sneaky Snake - I Love (Tom T. Hall's Songs Of Fox Hollow)
Jerry Jeff Walker - Desperados Waiting For A Train - Viva Terlingua
Steve Earle - Ashes To Ashes - Jerusalem
Steve Earle - Meet Me In The Alleyway - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
The Mother Truckers - Nothing There - Broke, Not Broken
Emmylou Harris - The Road - Hard Bargain
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - California's Burning - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women

Routes and Branches Play List 05/28/11

2011-05-28T18:33:00.000-07:00

I started this week's show with the new CD from Playing For Change called "PFC2". Although this new disc explores much more music than what I call Americana, I really appreciate what they are doing sharing music all over the globe including artists that I do play on my show like Grandpa Elliot who was also on the first PFC album.

My in-studio guest today was local musician and photographer Michael Kevin Daly. He has a new self produced album of original songs called "Boundless". Most listeners will recognize Daly's lyrical song writing from his work with the band "Sideroads" which has evolved into just a trio called "Dreamdog". Daly will be featuring songs from his new CD "Boundless" at upcoming Dreamdog shows this summer.

Since it is Memorial Day weekend I closed the show with James McMurtry's ode to the holiday.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Playing For Change - Gimme Shelter - PFC2
Grandpa Elliott - We're Gonna Make It - Sugar Sweet
Chris Thile & Michael Daves - Rain And Snow - Sleep With One Eye Open
Jimmy Lafave - Not Dark Yet - A Nod to Bob 2
Tom Breiding - Six Silver Strings - Beauty In Paradise
Janiva Magness - Walkin' In The Sun - The Devil Is An Angel Too
Blackie and The Rodeo Kings - How Come You Treat Me So Bad - Kings And Queens
Delbert McClinton - Lone Star Blues - Six Silver Strings
Hayes Carll - King Of The Road - The Imus Ranch Record II
Steve Earle - The Gulf Of Mexico - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Bill Eli - Down On The Boarder - Hell Yeah!
Steve Earle - Molly-O - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Gretchen Peters & Tom Russell - Guadalupe - One To The Heart, One To The Head

4pm.
Sideroads - Sideroads - Destinations
Michael Kevin Daly - The Memory Of Sweet Angeline - Boundless
Michael Kevin Daly - Shelter Me - Boundless
Michael Kevin Daly - Dreaming Of Susanna - Boundless
Water Tower Bucket Boys - Southbound Train - Catfish On The Line
Bad Mitten Orchestre - Blue Skies - Garden Of Eve
Conjugal Visitors - Whiskey - The Gang's All Here
The Mother Truckers - Broke, Not Broken - Broke, Not Broken
Red Bird - Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me - Live At The Café Carpe
Hal Cannon - That's How It Is On The Range - Hal Cannon
James McMurtry - Memorial Day - Childish Things

Routes and Branches Play List 05/21/11

2011-05-22T12:36:00.000-07:00

Well after last week's Hayes Carll dominated show I decided to go back to a more varied mix of music this week. I must say that Carll's show over at the WOW Hall this past week was still an excellent performance from the band even if we all were not throwing back whiskeys as we have at other Hayes Carll shows. The highlight of the evening was when Hayes sang "Downtown Girl" to a young woman who was attending the all ages show that night. So all in all it was a great evening of music.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Greg Allman - Just Another Rider - Low Country Blues
Warren Haynes - Man In Motion - Man In Motion
Hot Tuna - Angel Of Darkness - Steady As She Goes
Elvin Bishop - Callin' All Cows - Elvin Bishop's Raisin' Hell Revue
Blackie and The Rodeo Kings - Got You Covered - Kings And Queens
The Band Of Heathens - Medicine Man - Top Hat Crown & The Clapmaster's Son
Hayes Carll - Girl Downtown - Trouble In Mind
Rose's Pawn Shop - Danger Behind The Wheel - Dancing On The Gallows
Wynn Taylor - Blood On The Road - Wynn Taylor & The Working Poor
Drive By Truckers - Pulaski - GO-GO Boots

4pm.
Pete Sinjin - Times Like These - Better Angels Radio
Railroad Earth - Lone Craft Farewell - Railroad Earth
Eilen Jewell - Queen Of The Minor Key - Queen Of The Minor Key
Eliza Gilkyson - Death In Arkansas - Roses At The End Of Time
Susan Cattaneo - Shave - Heaven To Heartache
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs - River Of Tears - No Help Coming
Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - If I Can't Trust You With A Quarter - Starlight Hotel
Susan Tedeschi - Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever - Hope And Desire
Tom Breiding - Born Again - Beauty In Paradise
Paul Thorn - Pimps And Preachers - Pimps And Preachers
The Alternate Routes - Just The Same - Lately
Crow Quill Night Owls - Nancy Jane - Snake Liquor
Quiet Life - Cave Country - Big Green
The Farewell Drifters - I've Had Enough - Echo Boom

Routes and Branches Play List 05/14/11

2011-05-14T21:11:00.000-07:00

I first saw Hayes Carll 3 years ago in 2008 when he was touring behind his just released 3rd album "Trouble In Mind". Carll played Sam Bond's Garge that night with opener Cobb Lund and by the end of the evening Hayes had us all knockin' over Whiskeys. It was a night of great Texas honky tonk barroom music.

Since then I have seen Carll a few more times including being the opening solo act for Steve Earle when Earle was on tour behind his "Tones" album. This was a different side of Carll that I had not seen before, the singer song writer, which is where Carll started out in the bars of SE Texas. That performance Showed me how well rounded Carll was as a performer whether he has a band behind him or not.

So, now I'm looking forward to seeing Hayes Carll with his band he calls "The Poor Choices" when they perform at the WOW Hall this Tuesday evening. I'm happy to see Carll's success bring him to a larger venue in town, but I'm not sure that the WOW Hall will lend it's ambiance to the show like Sam Bond's does. The Poor Choices have been Carll's touring band for a couple of years now and it is the band that he took into the studio to record his most recent album "KMAG YO YO". I really like this new record and I had a hard time choosing which cuts to play since the whole disc is great. Definitely one of my top albums of the year.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Hayes Carll - Drunk Poet's Dream - Trouble In Mind
Hayes Carll - Arkansas Blues - Flowers And Liquor
Hayes Carll - Little Rock - Little Rock
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Tornado Ripe - A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment
Marcia Ball - This Used To Be Paradise - Roadside Attractions
The Band Of Heathens - Hurricane - Top Hat Crown & The Clapmaster's Son
James McMurtry - Hurricane Party - Just Us Kids
Steve Earle - This City - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Sonny Landreth - Congo Square - Grant Street
Hayes Carll - A Lover Like You - Trouble In Mind
Hayes Carll - Another Like You - KMAG YO YO

4pm
Hayes Carll - Perfect Lover - Flowers And Liquor
Hayes Carll - She Left Me For Jesus - Trouble In Mind
Greg Allman - Devil got My Woman - Low Country Blues
Blackie And The Rodeo Kings - If I Can't Have you - Kings And Queens
Blackie And The Rodeo Kings - How Come You Treat Me So Bad - Kings And Queens
John Prine - She Is My Everything - Fair And Square
Guy Clark - The Guitar - Somedays The Song Writes You
Knut Bell - Skagit Days - Wicked, Ornry, Mean and Nasty
Hayes Carll - Liver And A Broken Heart - Trouble in Mind
Hayes Carll -Bottle In My Hand - KMAG YO YO
Hayes Carll - Knokin' Over Whiskes - Trouble In Mind
Hayes Carll - Flowers And Liquor - Flowers And Liquor
Hayes Carll - Hard Out Here - KMAG YO YO
Hayes Carll - KMAG YO YO - KMAG YO YO

Routes and Branches Play List 05/07/11

2011-05-07T17:50:00.001-07:00

One of my all time favorite and most respected Americana artists Pete Seeger turn 92 this week. My earliest memory of seeing anyone perform live is of a Pete Seeger concert that my parents took me to when I was 6. Ever since I have enjoyed folk music along with many other types of music. I'm not the only American that Seeger has inspired with his music and at 92 he contiues to inspire me.
Thank you Pete!!

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Hot Tuna - Angel Of Darkness - Steady As She Goes
Brown Bird - Danger And Dread - The Devil Dancing
The Crow Quill Night Owls - Wake Up Sinners - Snake Liquor
Pete Seeger - Summertime - American Favorite Ballads #4
Pete Seeger - Banks Of The Ohio - American Favorite Ballads #4
David Bromberg - It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry - Try Me One More time
Townes Van Zandt - Waitin' For The Day - In the Beginning
Billy Brag & Wilco - Walt Whitman's Niece - Mermaid Avenue
Shawn Mullins - Light You Up - Light You Up
Drive By Truckers - Used To Be A Cop - Go-Go Boots
Steve Earle - Meet Me In The Alleyway - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive

4pm
Hayes Carll - Another Like You - KMAG YO YO
The Von Ehrics - Down The Road Tonight - Two Foot Stomp
The Von Ehrics - Texas (When I Die) - Two Foot Stomp
Bradley Winfield Parker - Road To Adventure - Done Turned On
The Whopner County Country Allstars - I'll Be With You Tonight - It's Too Loud!
The Asylum Street Spankers - Asylum Street Blues - What? And Give Up Show Biz
Sassparilla - Devil - Ramshackle
The Felice Brothers - Ponzi - Celebration, Florida
Rod Picott - Welding Burns - Welding Burns
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - So, Where Ya Headed?/Pancho And Lefty - So, Where Ya Headed?
John Hiatt - Like A Freight Train - The Open Road
Jackson Brown & David Lindley - Mercury Blues - Love Is Strange

Routes and Branches Play List 04/30/11

2011-05-01T10:17:00.000-07:00

A busy week here on Routes & Branches. I had two musical guests into the studio this week,first local musician Tyler Fortier who is releasing his second CD of this year titled "Fear Of The Unknown". Fortier says this album is totally unlike his last album which was recorded in his parents garage, "Fear Of The Unknown" was a major production bringing in multiple other musicians including but not limited to his regular band mates as well as getting some help from the University of Oregon's School of Music on horns and percussion. I have not had a chance to listen to the entire album yet, but what I have heard sounds really good.

My second guest today was Mark Growden who is on tour behind his 10th album called "Lose Me In The Sand" which he recorded with his Tucson String band. My first encounter with Growden's music was his previous album "St Judas", which he recorded with his Oakland band and has a more urban blues feel to it and is a totally different sound from the Tucson String band. I find that I like the sound on "Lose Me In The Sand" more than "St Judas" which I'm sure comes from my preference to the sound of the string band. Growden says that he is captivated with old American music, mainly African-American, recorded by ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax in the 1930s and 1940s.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
The Bridge - Rosie - National Bohemian
Eric Bibb - Troubador - Troubador Live
Tyler Fortier - Come Back Home - Fear Of The Unknown
Tyler Fortier - Sing For Our Fellowman - Fear Of The Unknown
Willie Nelson - Crazy - Crazy: The Demo Sessions
Willie Nelson - Pick Me Up On Your Way Down - Last of The Breed
Willie Nelson - Whiskey River - Willie Nelson & Friends
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers - Atheist's Don't Have No Songs - Rare Bird Alert
Brian Wright's - Striking Matches - House On Fire
Grant Peeples - Down Here In The Country - Okra And Ecclesiastes
Tara Nevins - You're Still Driving That Truck - Wood & Stone
Susan Cattaneo - Girls Night Out - Heavens To Heartache

4pm
Eliza Gilkyson - Looking For A Place - Roses At The End Of Time
Mark Growden - You Ain't Never Been Loved - Live In The KRVM Studio
Mark Growden - Settle In A Little While - Live In The KRVM Studio
Mark Growden - St. Judas - St. Judas
Tokyo Rosenthal - San Antone - Who Was That Man
Doc Dailey & Magnolia Devil - The Only Reason That I Know - Victims, Enemies, & Old Friends
Head For The Hills - One Foot In The Grave - Head For The Hills
Pert' Near Sandstone - No Rest - Needle & Thread
Buddy Miller - Dang Me - The Majestic Silver Strings
Emmylou Harris - New Orleans - Hard Bargain
Sarah Jarosz - Run Away - Follow Me Down
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion - Never Too Far From My Heart - Bright Examples

Routes and Branches Play List 04/23/11

2011-04-23T10:46:00.000-07:00

My guests on the show today was the folk duo Brown Bird who are in town and performing over at the WOW hall tonight. David Lamb started Brown Bird in 2003 and MorganEve Swain joined in 2008. They are now working their fifth album due out later this year and have just released an EP called "The Sounds Of Ghosts". From their performance in our studios today to the tunes I've heard so far I like what I hear from this multi-talented duo. One of the things I really like about Brown Bird is their unique harmonies which evolve from singing their lyrics in a round style.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Allman Brothers - Blue Sky - Eat A Peach
Greg Allman - Floating Bridge - Low Country Blues
Brown Bird - Danger And Dread - Live in the KRVM Studio
Brown Bird - Blood Of Angels - Live in the KRVM Studio
Brown Bird - Bilgewater - The Sound Of Ghosts
Chris Smither - Surprise Surprise - Time Stands Still
The Gourds - Country Love - Haymaker
Diana Jones - Appalachia - Coal Country Music
Jason & The Scorchers - Beat On The Mountain - Coal Country Music
John Prine - Paradise - Coal Country Music
JJ Cale Anyway - The Wind Blows - Okie

4pm
Dave Murphy - I'm Alright - Yellow Moon
Dave Murphy - You're Still Standing There - Yellow Moon
Steve Earle - Waitin' On The Sky - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Cory Mon & The Starlight Gospel - Step - Cory Mon & The Starlight Gospel
The Decemberists - Down By The Water - Live At Bull Moose
Greezy Wheels - Hard Scrabble - Gone Greezy
John Hiatt - Drive South - Slow Turning
Little Village - Do You Want My Job - Little Village
Jill Sobule & John Doe - Walking Out The Door - A Day At The Pass
Ian McFeron - Summer Nights - Summer Nights
Warren Haynes - Man In Motion - Man In Motion
Los Lonely Boys - Change The World - Rockpango
Ted Russell Kamp - Get Back To The Land - Get Back To The Land

Routes and Branches Play List 04/16/11

2011-04-16T17:42:00.000-07:00

I had the pleasure of speaking with Marcia Ball this week. She is on tour behind her latest album "Roadside Attractions" with a performance to a packed house at Cosmic Pizza last night. "Roadside Attractions" has climbed rapidly up the Americana radio charts reaching #9 this week after only three weeks of being on the charts. Ball says that this album is a bunch of stories from her years on the road with some of the tunes written while riding in the car from here to there. Her New Orleans Piano Blues is infectious and will have everyone tapping their toes and dancing.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Brian Cutean - Everywhere I Need To Be - Hearthearthearth
The Shinkle Band - Roadside Blues - The Shinkle Band
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel - OCMS
Ryan Bingham - Southside Of Heaven - Mescalito
Justin Townes Earle - Move Over Mama - Record Store Day Single
Hoots & Hellmouth - Picked By The Root - Face First In The Dirt
Coyote Grace - Man In The Moon - Ear To The Ground
Ray Lamontagne and The Pariah Dogs - Like Rock & Roll Radio - Live Fall 2010
Buddy Miller with Shawn Colvin - That's The Way Love Goes - The Majestic Silver Strings
Bill Frisell - Mother Daughter - Sign Of Life
Steve Earle - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive - Record Store Day Single
Zoe Muth And The Lost High Rollers - I've Been Gone - Starlight Hotel

4pm.
Antsy McClain and The Trailer Park Troubadours - Everything's A Dollar - Heroes Last Forever
Hot Buttered Rum - Sexy Bakery Girl - Limbs Akimbo
Hot Tuna - Goodbye To The Blues - Steady As She Goes
Chuck Cannon - Money Don't Matter - Love And Money
Drive By Truckers - Used To Be A Cop - Go-Go Boots
The Bridge - Big Wheel - National Bohemian
Marcia Ball - We Fell Hard - Roadside Attractions
Marcia Ball - Look Before you Leap - Roadside Attractions
Dave Alvin - Everett Ruess - Ashgrove
Railroad Earth - Black Elk Speaks - Railroad Earth

Routes and Branches Play List 04/09/11

2011-04-10T09:04:00.000-07:00

I have been a little under the weather this week and didn't have much of a chance to plan a show, so I started off with playing the top 11 albums on the Americana Charts for this week. They're all really good albums with Lucinda Williams sitting at number one for the past several weeks. I'm also happy to see Hayes Carll up at number 2 on the charts. His album "KMAG YOYO" has to be his best work yet. I'm looking forward to seeing Carll next month when he rolls through Eugene again.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Wanda Jackson - Shakin' All Over - The Party Ain't Over
Gurf Morlix - Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream - Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream
The Cival Wars - Barton Hollow - Barton Hollow
G-Love - You've Got To Die - Fixin' To Die
North Mississippi Allstars - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again -Keys To The Kingdom
Robie Robertson - This Is Where I Get Off - How To Become Clairvoyant
The Band Of Heathens - Free Again - Top Hat Crown & The Clapmaster's Son
Buddy Miller - Why Baby Why - The Majestic Silver Strings
Greg Allman - Devil Got My Woman - Low Country Blues
Hayes Carll - KMAG YOYO - KMAG YOYO
Lucinda Williams - Seeing Black - Blessed
Robert Plant - Get Along Home Cindy - Band Of Joy

4pm.
Holly Golightly And The Brokeoffs - River Of Tears - No Help Coming
Blame Sally - Bird In Hand - Speeding Ticket And A Valentine
Zoe Muth And The Lost High Rollers - If I Can't Trust You With A Quarter (how Can I Trust You With My Heart)- Starlight Hotel
Eric Hanke - Factory Man - Factory Man
The Shinkle Band - California Stars - The Shinkle Band
Hot Buttered Rum - Honkytonk Tequila - Limbs Akimbo
Pert Near Sandstone - Give The Fiddler A Dram - Out On A Spree
Jack Grace Band - Drinkin' And Gamblin' - Drinking Songs For Lovers
Yonder Mountain String Band - Kentucky Mandolin - Mountain Tracks Vol. 5
Great American Taxi - Reckless Habits - Reckless Habits
Drive By Truckers - Everybody Needs Love - Go-Go Boots
Patty Griffin - Never Grow Old - Downtown Church

Routes and Branches Play List 04/02/11

2011-04-03T09:34:00.000-07:00

I have been anticipating the new Steve Earle album for over a year now and I'm so glad that it is finally here. I saw Steve perform at least 4 times last year starting with his "Townes" tour at the beginning of 2010 which is when he told the audience that he was planning on going into the studio with T Bone Burnett to produce this new album "I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive". I also saw Earle at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival last fall where he performed some of the tunes on this disc. I like every tune on this album and it will certainly make it into my favorites for 2011.
This is the second album of Steve's that Burnett has a hand in producing (The other was Earle's 2000 release "Transcendental Blues"). From the first track on the album to the last it is classic Steve Earle but I can also hear Burnett's influence on the tracks. T Bone has produced several artists that I play on my show from Robert Plant and Alison Krauss' "Raising Sand" album to Greg Allman's new album "Low Country Blues" and I'm beginning to hear similarities that are the result of Burnett's influence. In fact I like what T Bone contributes to other artist's work more than I have ever liked his own albums.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Steve Earle - Waitin' On The Sky - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Steve Earle - Meet Me In The Alleyway - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Bill Bourne - Open Up Your Hand - Boon Tang
Alison Krauss & Union Station - Lay My Burden Down - Paper Airplane
Neil Getz - Not In Love, Just Falling - Factory Second
Elephant Revival - Barefoot Friend - Break In The Clouds
Head For The Hills - One Foot In The Grave - Head For The Hills
Pert Near Sandstone - Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss - Needle & Thread
The Black Lillies - Peach Pickin' - 100 Miles Of Wreckage
Steve Earle - The Gulf Of Mexico - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
Chuck Cannon - Money - Love And Money
The Decemberists - Down By The River - The King Is Dead
Pete Sinjin - Broken Radios - Better Angels Radio

4pm.
G-Love - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Fixin' To Die
Chris Smither - Surprise Surprise - Time Stands Still
Peter Case - Dig What Your Puttin' Down - Wig
Dave Alvin - Ashgrove - Ashgrove
Steve Earle - God Is God - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
American Babies - Dance All Night - Flawed Logic
Phil Ayoub - Flowers At work - Arrivals And Departures
Yonder Mountain String Band - Night Out - Mountain Tracks Vol. 5
Tommy Shaw - Shadows In The Moonlight - The Great Divide
Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real - Four Letter Word - Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real
The Bridge - Rosie - National Bohemian
Steve Earle - This City - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive

Routes and Branches Play List 03/26/11

2011-03-26T18:29:00.000-07:00

This week I featured Buddy Miller's new album The Majestic Silver Strings. this is an excellent representation of what Americana music is today. As buddy says on the DVD that comes with the CD, "It just seemed natural, Mark, Me and Bill messing up old country songs. It just felt like a natural progression. You guys want to come over to the house and make a record". And that's what they did, set up in the living room and made a record. With some help from a number of guest artists including Emmylou Harris, Shawn Colvin, Patty Giffin, Lee Ann Womack, Ann McCrary and Marc Anthony Thompson helping out on the vocals, Buddy and crew put together a great album of covers from artists like Tex Owens, Lefty Frizzell, Roger Miller, Darrell Edwards and George Jones among others. Now that's Americana!!!

I had two other focus sets in the show, the first featuring the music of John Hiatt. We have a new show on KRVM called "In The Spotlight" (Monday's 9-10 pm.)which features a different artist each week and is hosted by different KRVM DJ's. I will be hosting the show on Monday, April 25th featuring John Hiatt and his many years of making music. Today's set was just a sampling of what I might play that evening.

The other focus set was a last minuet addition to the show featuring the music of Pinetop Perkins who passed away this week at the age of 97. One of the legendary Mississippi blues men Perkins had a major influence on today's American music. May he live on in his music.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Buddy Miller - I Want To Be With You Always - The Majestic Silver Strings
Buddy Miller - Cattle Call - The Majestic Silver Strings
Paul Marshall - The Blackboard In Bakersfield And The Palomino - Weed And Water
Great American Taxi - Get No Better - Reckless Habits
Bill Edwards - Your Presence Is Requested - That's What I'm Talkin' About
John Hiatt - Thing Called Love - Bring The Family
John Hiatt - Seven Little Indians - Stolen Moments
John Hiatt - Pirate Radio - Little Head
Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real - Pali Gap / Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)- Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real
Robert Randolf & The Family Band - Traveling Shoes - We Walk This Road
The Steven L. Smith Band - Big Boss Man - Pieces
D.B. Rielly - Loving You Again - Love Potions And Snake Oil
Buddy Miller - Dang Me - The Majestic Silver Strings

4pm.
Buddy Miller - Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie - The Majestic Silver Strings
Pinetop Perkins - Meanest Woman
Pinetop Perkins - Since I Lost My Baby
Pinetop Perkins - Trouble In Mind
The Shinkle Band - Simple Conversation - The Shinkle Band
Merle Haggard - The Road to My Heart - I Am What I Am
G-Love - You've Got To Die - Fixin' To Die
Buddy Miller - Frieght Train - The Majestic Silver Strings
Buddy Miller - That's The Way Love Goes - The Majestic Silver Strings
Amy Speace - It's Too Late To Call It A Night - Land Like A Bird
Hotels And Highways - Train Whistle - Lost River
Buddy Miller - God's Wing'ed Horse - The Majestic Silver Strings

Routes and Branches Play List 03/19/11

2011-03-19T17:49:00.000-07:00

It was good to be back on the air this week. My thanks go out to Shotgun Majors for sitting in for me last week while I was taking care of business.

Back in February I had Tom Russell on my show and I asked him about Americana Radio and his Merle Haggard Tribute Album "Tulare Dust" 1994. At the time of it's release "Tulare Dust" was considered the definition of the Americana Radio format, alternative singer/songwriters doing classic country tunes. Although it is now out of print, a friend of mine had a copy of it and made it available to me to feature on today's show.
I have been listening to it all this past week and I like every cut on it, 15 artists each interpreting Haggard in their own way. Russell opens the album with a wonderful medley of the title track "Tulare Dust/They're Tearin' The Labor Camps Down" and Co-producer Dave Alvin closes it out with his version of "Kern River". In between you have artists like Iris Dement, Peter Case, Dwight Yoakam, Robert Earl Keen....among several more doing a great job with Haggard's songs.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Tom Russell - Tulare Dust/ They're Tearin' The Labor Camps Down - Tulare Dust
Iris Dement - Big City - Tulare Dust
Merle Haggard - I've Seen It Go Away - I Am What I Am
Lucinda Williams - You Don't Have Very Far To Go - Tulare Dust
Lucinda Williams - Butter Cup - Blessed
Drive By Truckers - Cartoon Gold - GO-GO Boots
Punch Brothers - Don't Need No - Antifogmatic
The Apache Relay - American Nomad - American Nomad
The Bridge - Big Wheel - National Bohemian
Peter Case - A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today - Tulare Dust
Chris Smither - Don't Call Me Stranger - Time Stands Still
Dave Alvin - Kern River - Tulare Dust
Hayes Carll - Hard Out Here - KMAG YOYO
G-Love - The Road - Fixin' To Die

4pm.
Pete Sijin - Funeral Train - Better Angels Radio
The Shinkle Band - California Stars - The Shinkle Band
The Shinkle Band - Roadside Blues - The Shinkle Band
Robert Earl Keen & The Sunshine Boys - Daddy Frank - Tulare Dust
Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real - Four Letter Word - Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real
Robert Plant - You Can't Buy My Love - Band Of Joy
Buddy Miller - Why Baby Why - The Majestic Silver Strings
Mason Porter - Dark Hollow - Story Of The Rifle
Robbie Robertson - How To Become Clairvoyant - How To Become Clairvoyant
Danny Schmidt - Man Of Many Moons - Man Of Many Moons
Joe Ely - White Line Fever - Tulare Dust
Billy Joe Shaver - Ramblin' Fever - Tulare Dust
Merle Haggard - I Am What I Am - I Am What I Am

Routes and Branches 3/12/11

2011-03-12T18:07:00.000-08:00

Shotgun Majors here filling in for Tim Little this week. Thanks for tuning in, here's what I played:

Song - Artist - Source

3pm
Northern Train - The Hobo Nephews Of Uncle Frank - The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank
River Callin' - Musketeer Gripweed - Dyin' Day
No Good Lover - Buddy Miller;Ann McCrary - The Majestic Silver Strings
Welfare Music - The Bottle Rockets - The Brooklyn Side
The Road - G. Love & Special Sauce - Fixin' To Die
Busy Road - Southern Culture On the Skids - The Kudzu Ranch
Girl Of The North Country - Sam Bush - Ice Caps, Peaks of Telluride
Used To Be A Cop - Drive-By Truckers - Go-Go Boots
Nothing You Can't Lose - The Steel Wheels - Red Wing
Movie Loves A Screen - April Smith & The Great Picture Show - Songs For A Sinking Ship
Me and Billy the Kid - Joe Ely - Live at Antone's
Crow In Oklahoma - Nathan Bell - Black Crow Blue
No Excuses - Aunt Martha - No Excuses, Single

4pm
Mission Of My Soul - Peter Himmelman - Mission Of My Soul: The Best Of Peter Himmelman
Down By the Water - The Decemberists - The King Is Dead
Man Over - Robinella and the CCstringband - Robinella and the CCstringband
Baby Don't Go - Jim Faddis - One More Ride
Mighty River- Railroad Earth - Elko
Alabama Daydream - Doc Dailey & Magnolia Devil - Victims, Enemies & Old Friends
How I Wish My Train Would Come - North Mississippi Allstars - Keys to the Kingdom
Cypress In The Pines - Damon Fowler - Devil Got His Way
No Sense In Lovin' - Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
Stolen From Them - Jeff Martin - Gold In The Water
Santa Rosa Plums - Boris McCutcheon - When We Were Big
On a Monday - Ry Cooder - The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed

Routes and Branches Play List 03/05/11

2011-03-06T16:20:00.000-08:00

The Drive By Truckers are coming to Eugene this week so I decided to make them the featured artist for this week's show. I first saw DBT about 3 years ago in Portland and the show was great with a lot energy from both the band and the crowd. I'm so glad that they are performing in Eugene this time through Oregon. I have read some reviews that say DBT's latest album "Go-Go Boots" is not as good as their past material, but I have to disagree. I think it is some of their best work ever and as a whole I like "Go-Go Boots" better than some of their earlier albums in which I only liked one or two tunes. I also really like how Mike Cooley sounds on this album. His voice has a classic country feel to it on songs like "Pulaski" and "The Weakest Man".

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Drive By Truckers - Gravity's Gone - A Blessing And A Curse
Drive By Truckers - Pulaski - Go-Go Boots
Drive By Truckers - Two Daughters And A Beautiful Wife - Brighter Than Creations Dark
David Jacob Strain - Halfway To The Coast - Terraplane Angel
The Punch Brothers - Rye Whiskey - Antifogmatic
The Stagger And Sway - Wyoming - Break Til You Bend
Nanci Griffith - This Heart - Flyer
Drive By Truckers - Carl Perkins' Cadillac - The Dirty South
Drive By Truckers - When I Ran Off And Left Her - Sometimes Late At Night
Patterson Hood - I Understand Now - Murdering Oscar
Buddy Miller - Cattle Call - The Majestic Silver Strings

4pm.
Robert Plant - Silver Rider - Band Of Joy
Los Lobos - West L.A.Fadeaway - Tin Can Trust
Heartless Bastards - The Mountain - The Mountain
Drive By Truckers - Sandwiches For The Road - Gangstbilly
Hayes Carll - Another Like You - KMAG YO-YO
Jason & The Scorchers - Land Of The Free - Halcyon Times
Drive By Truckers - Used To Be A Cop - Go-Go Boots
Drive By Truckers - Dancin' Ricky - Go-Go Boots
Drive By Truckers - Working This Job - The Big To-Do
Drive By Truckers - Everybody Needs Love - Go-Go Boots

Routes and Branches Play List 02/26/11

2011-02-26T17:52:00.000-08:00

We received a new Johnny Cash CD into the station this week called "From Memphis To Hollywood Bootleg Vol. II" which has the first radio show (KWEM, Memphis) which Johnny performed on back in 1955 as well as a bunch of early demos which were recorded in the 50's and 60's. And then I went out last night to hear The Whopner county Country Allstars perform at their annual Johnny Cash tribute show at John Henry's. So listening to a bunch of Johnny Cash I thought that I would make him my featured artist for this week's show. Thanks for all the great phone calls saying you liked the Johnny Cash.

I also featured some new Lucinda Williams and some new Tyler Fortier from his new project "And They Rode Like Wildfire Snaking Through The Hills 'Neath The Scarlet Sun" which you can down load for free from Fortier's profile at bandcamp.com.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line - Cash The Legend
Johnny Cash - Wide Open Road - From Memphis To Hollywood Bootleg Vol. II
Johnny Cash - Man In Black - Cash The Legend
Greg Allman - Devil Got My Women - Low Country Blues
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whiskey River - Mean Old Man
Lucinda Williams - Seeing Black - Blessed
Lucinda Williams - Soldier's Song - Blessed
The Bridge - Sanctuary - National Bohemian
Paul Marshall - Work To Do - Weed And Water
Reckless Kelly - Idaho Cowboy - Somewhere In Time
Johnny Cash - Big River - From Memphis To Hollywood Bootleg Vol. II
Johnny Cash - Girl In Saskatoon - From Memphis To Hollywood Bootleg Vol. II

4pm.
Johnny Cash - Jackson - The Essential Johnny Cash
Tyler Fortier - Dead Man's Hand - And They Rode Like Wildfire Snaking Through The Hills 'Neath The Scarlet Sun
Tyler Fortier - When Time Stands Still - This Love Is Fleating
Tyler Fortier - How'd They Know I done It - And They Rode Like Wildfire Snaking Through The Hills 'Neath The Scarlet Sun
Drive By Truckers - The Weakest Man - Go-Go Boots
David Jacob Strain - West County Rain - Terraplane Angel
Hayes Carll - Chances Are - KMAG YOYO
Malcome Holcombe - Mountains Of Home - To Drink The Rain
Johnny Cash - Highwayman - The Essential Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash - The Losing Kind - From Memphis To Hollywood Bootleg Vol. II
Pete Sinjin - Funeral Train
The Stagger & Sway - Sam Bond's Garage - Break Til' You Bend
The Jayhawks - Neveda California - Hollywood Town Hall
Johnny Cash - Goodnight Irene - From Memphis To Hollywood Bootleg Vol. II

Routes and Branches Play List 02/19/11

2011-02-19T20:36:00.000-08:00

I started today's show with a group of Grammy Award winners. It is good to see a variety of Americana Artists earning Grammy's for their good work. Ryan Bingham who was in Eugene this week won his second award for his song "The Weary Kind". Mavis Staples won the award for Best Americana album which is a fairly new catagory at the Grammys.
This week I did my first interview in a motor home that the Evangenitals were traveling in for their Northwest tour. The Evangenitals are an alt.country band from southern California founded by Juli Crocket and Lisa Dee when they were working together. They started at an open mic night and received such a great response that they decided to keep writting songs and performing. Their infectious and inspiring music will keep you tappin' your toes.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Marty Stuart - Hummingbyrd - Ghost Train
Mavis Staples - Last Train - You Are Not Alone
Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs - Like Rock & Roll Radio - God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise
Ryan Bingham - The Weary Kind - Crazy Heart
Jeff Bridges - Somebody Else - Crazy Heart
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Cornbread And Butterbeans - Genuine Negro Jig
Guy Clark - Hemmingway's Whiskey - Somedays The Song Writes You
John Prine - This Guitar Is For Sale - Twistable Turnable Man
Drive By Truckers - Daddy's Little Pumpkin - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows
John Prine - Angel From Montgomery - In Person & On Stage
Punch Brothers - Rye Whiskey - Antifogmatic
Shawn Mullins - Catoosa County - Light You Up

4pm.
Evangenitals - Bad Town - Evangenitals
Evangenitals - How Can I Choose - Live in a RV
Evangenitals - Hard Luck - Evangenitals
David Jacobs-Strain - Hurricane Railroad - Terraplane Angel
Hayes Carll - Hard Out Here - KMAG YO YO
Danny Schmidt - Buckets Of Rain - Man Of Many Moons
Sassparilla - Devil - Ramshackle
Kelly Hunt - Gravity Loves You - Gravity Loves You
Patty Griffin - If I Had My Way - Down Town Church
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel - O. C. M. S.

Routes and Branches Play List 02/12/11

2011-02-12T18:27:00.000-08:00

At KRVM we are in the midst of our Winter Pledge drive. KRVM is true community radio and we depend on our loyal listeners to help keep the bills paid so that we can continue to bring you the variety of music you have become accustom to hearing on KRVM. Please call the station at 800-285-2895 or 541-790-5786 or go on-line to krvm.org to contribute to KRVM.

With Valentines day around the corner I put together a bunch of love songs for today's show. There is no shortage of songs about romance in Americana music but I only had two hours to fill, so this is what I played.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Robbie Robertson - This Is Where I get Off - How To Become Clairvoyant
Drive By Truckers - FEB 14 - A Blessing And a Curse
Paul Thorn - Tequila Is Good For The Heart - Pimps And Preachers
Carrie Rodriguez - Big Love - Love And Circumstance
John Hiatt - My Baby - The Open Road
Cowboy Junkies - Flirted With You All My Life - Demong
Martin Sexton - Boom Sh-Boom - Sugarcoating
Tom Russell - Finding You - Blood And Candle Smoke
Steve Earle - Colorado Girl - Townes
D.B. Rielly - Loving You Again - Love Potions And Snake Oil
Robert Plant - You Can't Buy My Love - Band Of Joy

4pm.
The Shinkle Band - Long Since Over You - The Shinkle Band
James McMurtry - Ruby And Carlos - Just Us Kids
Evangenitals - So Sweet - Evangenitals
W J McEachern - Fog Of Love - Knee Deep
Hayes Carll - Another Like You - KMAG YO YO
John Prine - Spanish Pipedream - In Person & On Stage
Buddy & Julie Miller - Gasoline & Matches - Written In Chalk
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion - Target On Your Heart - Bright Examples
Robbie Robertson - Fear Of Falling - How To Become Clairvoyant
Drive By Truckers - Everybody Needs Love - Go-Go Boots

Routes and Branches Play List 02/05/11

2011-02-06T09:52:00.000-08:00

I had the great pleasure and honor to have Americana Legend Tom Russell into the KRVM studio this week. Russell is credited along with Dave Alvin with creating the Americana Radio format when they released their tribute to Merle Haggard 'Tulare Dust' in 1994. I have not heard 'Tulare Dust' my self but Russell described it as an acoustic album with Lucinda Williams, Dwight Yokum and Steve Young along with himself and Dave Alvin performing Haggard songs and that it did really start the 'Americana Radio' format at the time. Russell says that we have always needed a box to put in song writers and their music which don't fit into mainstream radio format and 'Americana' was it at the time. Today he acknowledged that 'Americana' has been used very liberally to describe many artists. This is reflected in the variety of music that you can hear on the variety of 'Americana' shows on the radio.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Dave Alvin - Redneck Friend - West Of The West
Peter Case - Dig What You're Puttin' Down - Wig
Cowboy Junkies - Ladle - Demong
The Shinkle Band - Some Heads Are Gonna Roll - The Shinkle Band
Ryan Bingham - The Weary Kind - Crazy Heart
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Dylan's Hard Rain - Roadhouse Sun
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Southside Of Heaven - Mescalito
Hayes Carll - Hard Out Here - KMAG YOYO
Matt Bunsen And The Burners - Life On The Road 2.0 - Greatest Hits
Boris McCutcheon & The Saltlicks - California - Wheel Of Life
The Mother Truckers - Nothing There - Broke, Not Broken
Janiva Magness - The Devil Is An Angel Too - The Devil Is An Angel Too

4pm.
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion - Never Too Far From My Heart - Bright Examples
Greg Allman - Devil Got My Woman - Low Country Blues
Buddy Miller - Lonesome For You - Poison Love
The Jayhawks - Last Cigarette - Tomorrow The Green Grass
The Jayhawks - Blue From Now On (take 2)- The Mystery Demos
David Wilcox - Cast Off - Reverie
Carrie Rodriguez And Ben Kyle - If I Needed You - We Still Love Our Country
Drive By Truckers - Everybody Needs Love - Go-Go Boots
Carolina Chocolate Drops/ Luminescent Orchestrii - Knockin' - Carolina Chocolate Drops/ Luminescent Orchestrii
Tom Russell - The Rose Of The San Joquin - The Rose Of The San Joquin
Tom Russell - Nina Simone - Live In The KRVM Studio
Tom Russell - Goodnight Juarez - Live In The KRVM Studio
Tom Russell - East Of Woodstock, West Of Viet Nam - Blood And Candle Smoke

Routes and Branches Play List 01/29/11

2011-01-29T17:54:00.000-08:00

This week I had The Shinkle Band into the KRVM studio to play us some live music on the air. The Shinkle Band is made up of brothers Aaron(vocals, guitar, Harmonica) and Byron(Vocals & Percussion) Shinkle, Albert Fitisemanu(Vocals, Guitars, Bass) and Scott Eastburn(Mando, Banjo, Fiddle). Their self titled debut album is available on their website: http://www.shinklemusic.com
Although this is their debut album, The Shinkle Brothers have been making music for years and their music has been compared to the Eagles and The Band. I also think they have some pretty good harmonies like CSN too.

The other special part of today's show was being able to feature Greg Allman's new CD "Low Country Blues". I haven't seen a CD shoot to number one on the Americana Charts since Robert Plant released "Band Of Joy" last fall. Now we will have to see if Allman can stay at the top for as long as Plant who was there until Allman knocked him out. I suppose you got to be a heavy weight to beat a heavy weight. "Low Country Blues" is co-produced by Greg Allman and T-Bone Burnette who brought in a great cast of musicians including Mac(Dr.John)Rebennack. I think the great cast helped inspire Greg to be as good as he has ever been.

Artist-Song-Source
3pm.
Greg Allman - Floating Bridge - Low Country Blues
The Shinkle Band - Roadside Blues - The Shinkle Band
The Shinkle Band - Maya May - Live In The KRVM Studio
The Shinkle Band - Meet Me In New Orleans - Live In The KRVM Studio
The Shinkle Band - California Stars - The Shinkle Band
Jacob Dylan - Truth For A Truth - Women & Country
John Shipe - Hard To believe - Villain
Greg Allman - Just Another Rider - Low Country Blues
Old 97's - Please Hold On While The Train Is Moving - The Grand Theater
Drive By Truckers - Gravity's Gone - A Blessing And a Curse
Jason & The Scorchers - Twang Town Blues - Halcyon Times

4pm.
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Direction Of The Wind - Junky Star
Jackie Greene - 1961 - Till The Light Comes
John Hiatt - The Open Road - The Open Road
Gurf Morlix - Baby Can I Crawl Back To You - Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream
Girlyman - Somewhere Different Now - Everything's Easy
Whiskey Puppy - The Devil Comes On Tuesday - Unleashed
The Wood Brothers - Buckets Of Rain - Loaded
North Mississippi Allstars - Jellyrollin' All Over Heaven - Keys To The Kingdom
Greg Allman - I Believe I'll Go Back Home - Low Country Blues
Tom Russell - The Most Dangerous Woman In America - Blood And Candle Smoke
Rodey Crowell - Sex & Gasoline - Sex & Gasoline
Greg Allman - Please Accept My Love - Low Country Blues

Routes and Branches Play List 01/22/11

2011-01-22T19:28:00.000-08:00

I put together this week's show mostly around groups that have played recently in our area or will be coming in the near future.
Robert Plant and his "Band Of Joy" just announced a show at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland on April 19th. Plant's album "Band Of Joy" which came out last September is still sitting at #1 on the Americana Music Association's chart. Besides Plant the band has a stellar line-up which includes Patty Griffin, Byron House, Marco Giovino, Darrell Scott and Buddy Miller who also co-produces the album with Plant.
Other artists playing in our area soon include Amos Lee who is playing in Eugene tonight, The Asylum Street Spankers who are playing their last show this week at the WOW hall, Tom Russell who stops by Tsunami Books on Feb. 5th. and Drive By Truckers who will be making their 1st Eugene appearance in March. Speaking of the Drive By Truckers every time I play their new track "Used To Be A Cop", I get a lot of phone calls asking about it. It is one of two tracks from the new album Go-Go Boots that the Truckers released on a 10" vinyl 45. Go-Go Boots is due out on Feb. 15th.
2011 is shaping up to be a good year for live music. Get out and see your favorite artist or group.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Robert Plant - Get Along Home Cindy - Band Of Joy
Patty Griffin - Move Up - Down Town Church
Green Whiskey - One Phone Call - Triple Shot High
JJ Grey & Mofro - Georgia Warhorse - Georgia Warhorse
Amos Lee - Windows Are Rolled Down - Mission Bell
Asylum Street Spankers - My Baby in the CIA - God's Favorite Sampler
Wayne Hancock - Midnight Stars And You - Viper Of Melody
Boris McCutcheon & The Saltlicks - Bad Road, Good People - Wheel Of Life
Bow Thayer & Perfect Trainwreck - Bottom Of The Sky - Bottom Of The Sky
Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust - Tin Can Trust
Eric Clapton - Everything Will Be Alright - Clapton
Little Sue - Pictures Are Perfect - Baby Knows Better
Miss Lana Rebel - Road Song - All I Need

4pm.
Kate Jacobs - Jesus Has Been Drinking - Home Game
Hayes Carll - KMAG YOYO
Jason & The Scorchers - Land Of The Free - Halcyon Times
Drive By Truckers - Used To Be A Cop - Go-Go Boots
The Wood Brothers - Postcards From Hell - Loaded
Rodey Crowell - The Rise And Fall Of intelligent Design - Sex & Gasoline
Rodey Crowell - I Walk The Line (Revisited) - The Essential Rodney Crowell
Tom Russell - East Of Woodstock, West Of Viet Nam - Blood And Candle Smoke
The Shinkle Band - Roadside Blues - The Shinkle Band
Peter Case - Dig What You're Puttin' Down - Wig
Dave Alvin - Sonora's Death Row - West Of The West

Routes and Branches Play List 01/15/11

2011-01-15T19:41:00.000-08:00

Well the new year is under way and we're beginning to see some good new arrivals to the station. Gurf Morlix has a good new CD called "Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream". I like several cuts on it including the two that I featured on today's show.
This week I also received a new CD from my buddy Scott Eastburn who is now playing with a band called "The Shinkle Band". They have a great sound which includes intricate instrumentation and excellent harmonies. We'll find out more about "The Shinkle Band" in a couple weeks (Jan 29) when I'll have them into the KRVM studio for some music and conversation.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
John Prine - She Is My Everything - In Person & On Stage
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - 9th Ward New Orleans #5 / Swimming Back Home - So, Where Ya Headed?
Halden Wofford & The Hi Beams - Pill Poppin' Country Weirdo - Sinners & Saints
Ivan & Alyosha - Living For Someone - Fathers Be Kind
Shawn Mullins - Catoosa County - Light You Up
Los Lobos - All My Bridges Burning - Tin Can Trust
Paul Thorn - Buckskin Jones - Pimps And Preachers
Shawn Colvin - Tuff Kid - These Four Walls
Gurf Morlix - No Goodwill Stores In Waikiki - Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream
Gurf Morlix - In The Misty Garden / I Shoulda Been Home With You - Blaze Foley's 113th Wet Dream
Robert Earl Keen - The Man Behind The Drums - The Rose Hotel
Last Train Home - Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You - Bound Away
Tyler Fortier - Blue Sky And Sunshine Again - This Love Is Fleeting

4pm.
Wynn Taylor - Blood On The Road - Wynn Taylor & The Working Poor
The Shinkle Band - Simple Conversation - The Shinkle Band
The Shinkle Band - California Stars - The Shinkle Band
Brian QTN - Mississippi John N Taj - Guitared And Feathered
Lewi Longmire - Girl On My Mind - If I Live To Be 100
Drive By Truckers - Two Daughters And A Beautiful Wife - Brighter Than Creations Dark
Amos Lee - Street Corner Preacher - Last Days At The Lodge
Railroad Earth - Black Elk Speaks - Railroad Earth
Wayne Hancock - That's What Daddy Wants - That's What Daddy Wants
Drew Landry - 90 Proof - Sharecropper's Whine
John Prine - Angel From Montgomery - In Person & On Stage

Routes and Branches Play List 01/08/11

2011-01-09T15:09:00.000-08:00

Dave Alvin was in Oregon Friday night at the River City Music Festival which is going on in Portland this weekend. Since I couldn't make it to his show I decided I would make Dave Alvin my feature artist on this week's show.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - Nana & Jim - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women
Stan Ridgway - Desert Of Dreams - Neon Mirage
Ry Cooder - Can I Smoke In Here? - I Flathead
Tom Waits - Get Behind The Mule - Glitter And Doom Live
Miss Lana Rebel and The Broken Promises - Money On Booze - Mistakes We Can Live With
Carrie Rodriguez and Ben Kyle - If I Needed You - We Still Love Our Country
Samantha Crain - Santa Fe - You (Understood)
Hayes Carll - A Lover Like You - Trouble In Mind
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men - Look Out (It Must Be Love)- Interstate City
Lewi Longmire - Find Me A Women - If I Live To Be 100
Brian Cutean - Everywhere I Need To Be - Hearthearthearth
Johanna Divine - Used To Losin' - Mile High Rodeo

4pm.
Coyote Grace - Heaven Dog - Ear To The Ground
Drive By Truckers - Used To Be A Cop - Go-Go Boots
Old 97's - Please hold On While The Train Is Moving - The Grand Theater Vol.1
Wayne Hancock - Throwin' Away My Money - Viper Of Melody
Dave Alvin - Mother Earth - King Of California
Chris Smither - Don't Call Me Stranger - Time Stands Still
Wayne Hancock - Working At Working - Viper Of Melody
Jackson Brown & David Lindley - Love Is Strange / Stay - Love Is Strange
Imelda May - Love Tattoo - Love Tattoo
Kasey Anderson - Nowhere Nights - Nowhere Nights
Dave Alvin - Out Of Control - Ashgrove

Routes and Branches Play List 01/01/11

2011-01-01T17:45:00.000-08:00

I had so many favorite new discs from this past year that I couldn't fit them all into one show which I played two weeks ago, so today I tried to fit as many of the rest into another short 2-hours. I started with Jason and The Scorchers recent album "Halcyon Times" which I would have fit into the earlier show had I received it before then. Not only is "Halcyon Times" the first album in years from JATS, but in my opp ion it is one of their best albums ever. The JATS tune that I played, "Beat On The Mountain" was also released on the album "Coal Country Music" which is a compilation of several artists in support of the effort to reduce the mountain top mining of coal in the Appalachian mountains, so I played Tom T. Hall singing "I'm A Coal Mining Man".
This lead me into the other compilation CDs which I liked this year, including "Crazy Heart", "Twistable Turnable Man" and "East Nashville Vol. 3 More Music from The Other Side". It is a shame that I only had time to feature a single track from each of these discs since there are many artists and songs worth playing on each.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Jason And The Scorchers - Beat On The Mountain - Halcyon Times
Tom T. Hall - I'm A Coal Mining Man - Coal Country Music
Ryan Bingham - The Weary Kind - Crazy Heart
Kris Kristofferson - The Winner - Twistable Turnable Man
Chuck Mead - I Wish It Was Friday - East Nashville Vol. 3 More Music from The Other
Side
Elizabeth Cook - El Camino - Welder
Sahara Smith - The Real Thing - Myth Of The Heart
John Francis - Johnny Cash On The Radio - The Better Angels
Paul Thorn - I Don't Like Half The Folks I Love - Pimps and Preachers
Wynn Taylor - Don't Think It Matters - Wynn Taylor & The Working Poor
Jim Lauderdale - Patchwork River - Patchwork River
7 Walkers - 7 Walkers - 7 Walkers

4pm.
Otis Gibbs - Outdated, Frustrated and Blue - Joe Hill's Ashes
John Mellencamp - No Better Than This - No Better Than This
WJ McEachern - Way After Dark - Knee Deep
Martin Sexton - Long Haul - Sugarcoating
Stan Ridgeway - Big Green Tree - Neon Mirage
JJ Grey & Mofro - The Sweetest Thing - Georgia Warhorse
Eric Clapton - River Runs Deep - Clapton
Elliot Randall & The Dead Men - Caffeine & Gasoline - Caffeine & Gasoline
Elvis Costello - National Ransom - National Ransom
Alejandro Escovedo - Anchor - Street Songs Of Love
Marty Stuart - Country Boy Rock & Roll - Ghost Train
Railroad Earth - The Jupiter & The 119 - Railroad Earth

Routes and Branches Play List 12/25/10

2010-12-26T09:59:00.000-08:00

This was the first year since I started hosting Routes & Branches that I have had a show on Christmas,so of course I had to play my annual holiday show this week. Each year I try to find new tunes to add to this show and this year I had new tunes from the Mynabirds, Drive By Truckers and The Indigo Girls.

I hope that all of my listeners have a joyous holiday season and a prosperous new year.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Martin Sexton - Welcome To The Camp - Camp Holiday
Robert Earl Keen - Merry Christmas From The Family - The Party Never Ends
Last Train Home - Home For Christmas - Holiday Limited
Marah - New York is A Christmas Kind Of Town - A Christmas Kind Of Town
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Last Night(I Went Out With Santa Claus)- Everything You Want For Christmas
Beausoleil - Papa St. Nick - Christmas Gumbo
Nora Jones & Willie Nelson - Baby It's Cold Outside - …Featuring
Alison Krauss - Shimmy Down The Chimney
Robin & Linda Williams - Together All Alone - The First Christmas Gift
Mynabirds - All I Want Is Truth (For Christmas)
Lyle Lovett - Christmas Morning - The Road To Ensenada
John Prine - Christmas In Prison - Live
The Christmas Jug Band Feat: Angela Strehli & Maria Muldar - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - A Family Christmas
The Christmas Jug Band - Santa's Going Crazy This Year - The Christmas Jug Band On The Holiday Highway

4pm.
Los Lonely Boys - Feliz Navidad - Christmas Spirit
Jerry Jeff Walker - Here Comes Santa Claus/Up On The Roof Top - Christmas Gonzo Style
Jerry Jeff Walker - Rudolf The Red-Noised Reindeer - Christmas Gonzo Style
Chris Smither - Coventry Carol
Drive By Truckers - The Thanksgiving Filter - Go-Go Boots
Reverend Horton Heat - Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy - We Three Kings
Jefferson Pepper - Christmas In Fallujah - Christmas In Fallujah
The Whopner County Country Allstars - Kick For Christmas - Always A Pleasure
Go Jimmy Go - The Twevle Days Of Christmas Local Style - Holiday Hell Yeah
The Boxmasters - Silver Bells - Christmas Cheer
Indigo Girls - It Really Is A wonderful Life - Holly Happy Days
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer - Giddyup Said Santa Claus - American Noel
The Fleshtones - You're All I Want For Christmas - Stocking Stuffer
Sonny Landreth - Got To Get you Under My Tree - Christmas Gumbo

Routes and Branches Play List 12/18/10

2010-12-18T18:11:00.000-08:00

This week I played my favorite new CDs of 2010. Trying to choose two hours worth of music from over the over 250 CDs that I have collected over the year was difficult at best. After the first couple of times through the collection I had narrowed it done to about 60, still too many for one show. I then narrowed the field by choosing the discs that had the most tracks marked as ones that I would play on the air. This is the list that I played today. In two weeks I will feature the discs that were left over from the final cut.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Keller & The Keels - Don't Cuss The Fiddle - Thief
One Horse Shy - Old Muddy River - Better Life
Delta Moon - Ghost In My Guitar - Hell Bound Train
Tim O'Brien - Workin' - Chicken & Egg
Jacob Dylan - Truth For A Truth - Women & Country
Merle Haggard - I've Seen It Go Away - I Am What I Am
Eric Brace & Peter Cooper - I Flew Over Your House Last Night - Master Sessions
Great American Taxi - Reckless Habits - Reckless Habits
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - So, Where Ya Headed?/ Pancho & Lefty - So, Where Ya Headed?
Marty Stuart - Ghost Train Four-Oh-Ten - Ghost Train
Eric Bibb - Rocking Chair - Booker's Guitar

4pm.
Tyler Fortier - Blue Sky And Sunshine - This Love Is Fleeting
David Jacobs-Strain - Hurricane Railroad - Terraplane Angel
Stagger & Sway - Wyoming - Break Til You Bend
The Whopner County Country Allstars - Another Time, Another Place - 7 - 10 Split
Ray Lamotagne & The Pariah Dogs - Devil's In The Jukebox - God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise
Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust - Tin Can Trust
Reckless Kelly - Somewhere In Time - Somewhere In Time
Halden Wofford & The Hi Beams - Sinners & Saints - Sinners & Saints
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Down Home Country Blues - A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint There Is No C)
Ryan Bingham - Direction Of The Wind - Junky Star
Shawn Mullins - Light You Up - Light You Up
Robert Plant - You Can't Buy My Love - Band Of Joy
John Hiatt - The Open Road - The Open Road

Routes and Branches Play List 12/11/10

2010-12-12T11:58:00.000-08:00

This week I had the pleasure of having John Shipe and The Stagger And Sway in to the KRVM studio.
Shipe's new disc is called "Villain" and represents a move towards a more cinematic approach to his music, a reflection of his now living in Hollywood. He says that his song writing has become more refined as a storyteller and less about rocking out. Shipe says that as a songwriter he tries to tell clear specific stories with characters involved.
The Stagger And Sway, a local Eugene band that features the song writing of Mike Last. Last mostly writes about what is happening around him in an easy going Americana style which is evident in songs like "River Road" and "Sam Bond's Garage". The Stagger And Sway's current line up includes Jerry Abelin on bass, Brian Patrick on guitar and Kenny Howe on drums, all of which have been playing music around Eugene in a variety of groups for many years. As a local paper said about their music, The Stagger and Sway play "unassuming blue jeans music, untucked shirt lyrics and comfortable shoe rhythms".
Both CDs were produced by Ehren Ebbage who has collaborated with both Shipe and Last over the past several years. Shipe says that Ebbage is a fine musician that he really helps in the production by knowing which sounds and instruments are going to help tell the story. Last said that Ebbage was very instrumental in helping create the overall feel for the new album which had been recorded very quickly over two days in Portland. He said that Ebbage really got what their music is trying to do.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Allman Brothers - Ain't Wasting Time No More - Eat A Peach
The Renegade Saints - Deep End - Fear Of The Sky
Black Prairie - Across The Black Prairie - Feast Of The Hunter's Moon
Joey & Rory - All You Need Is Me - Album Number Two
Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez - The New Bye & Bye - The New Bye & Bye
Old 97's - Let The Whiskey Take The Reins - The Grand Theatre
Marty Stuart - Little Heartbreaker - Ghost Train
Raul Malo - 'Til I Gain Control Again - Sinners & Saints
Ryan Bingham - Strange Feelin' In The Air - Junky Star
Ray Lamotagne - Beg Steal Or Borrow - God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise
Elvis Costello - National Ransom - National Ransom
John Shipe - Hard To believe - Villain
Stagger & Sway - River Road - Live In The KRVM Studio
John Shipe - Some Hidden Things - Live In The KRVM Studio
Stagger & Sway - Sam Bond's Garage - Break Til You Bend
Robert Plant - Angel Dance - Band Of Joy
Blue Giant - Gone For Good - Blue Giant
Shawn Mullins - The Ghost Of Johnny Cash - Light You Up
Halden Wofford & The Hi Beams - Pill Poppin' Country Weirdo - Sinners & Saints
Trevor Alguire - Back Roads - Now Before Us
Steve Earle - Christmas In Washington - El Corazon

Routes and Branches Play List 12/04/10

2010-12-04T18:44:00.000-08:00

Today's show was a tribute to one of my favorite DJ's, Mr. Felton Pruitt and his "Fat Music Show".
Years ago before Routes & Branches ever was a program, KRVM broadcasted the "Fat Music Show". I'm not sure when the show ended, but while I was going through some old cassette tapes I came across a show featuring Priutt's top 20 count down for the year 1997. I was able to put together the show list and went about trying to obtain a copy of the album (or at least song) to play on today's show. 20 Cds, 13 years old, how hard can it be to put this together? I must tell you it was harder that it looked. First of all not all of Pruitt's choices were big commercial hits, not that I mind, good music is good music. I started with the KRVM record libraries and found about a third of the list, followed by searching the local record stores and the library for a few more. I then looked on I-tunes to find the last songs and still came up short of the entire list. So deciding that this was all that I could give to this experiment, I have put together the following show with notes where I missed the list.
Along with researching the music for this show I looked up Felton Pruitt up on the Internet and I did find that he is on the air at KVMR (Are these call letters only a coincident?) in California every Monday afternoon. You can find more information at: http://www.kvmr.org/programs/fms/index.html

I started the show with A Danny Barnes tune by Keller and The Keels, because Barnes is playing in the area tonight and the album is named "Thief" which seemed to me a good title for today's show. What can I say, I was playing a cover show.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Keller Williams - Get It While You Can - Thief
20-Dale Watson - Hey Driver - I Hate These Songs
19-Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers - Blue Skies - One Hour Mama
18-Wayne Hancock - Life On The Road - That's What Daddy Wants
17-Jack Ingram - Picture On My Wall - Livin' or Dyin'
16-James McMurtry - For all I Know - It Had To Happen
15-Whiskey Town - 16 Days - Strangers Almanac
14-Etta James - Don't Touch Me - Love's been Rough on Me
Note: Pruitt originally play the song "The Rock" from this same CD.
13-Buddy Miller - 100 Million Little Bombs - Poison Love
12-John Fogerty - A Hundred and Ten In The Shade - Blue Moon Swamp
Note: the next tune by Neal Coty was on Pruitt's list, but I was unable to obtain a copy of the song before airing this show and was not played on today's show.
11-Neal Coty - Lost & Driftin' - Chance & Circumstance
10-Tim O'Brien - Kick Me When I'm Down - When No One's Around
9-Toni Price - Freeway - Sol Power

4pm.
8-Jamie Hartford - Somebody's Gonna Pay - What About Yes
Note:I really wish I had been able to get a good copy of that Jamie Hartford song because it is great. Instead I played "Back In The Goodle Days" from Hartford's album "Part of Your History: The Songs of John Hartford"
7-Bottle Rockets - Indianapolis - 24 Hours a Day
6-William Topley - (I Don't Wanna Go) Uptown - Black River
5-Fred Eaglesmith - 105 - Lipstick, Lies & Gasoline
4-Robert Earl Keen - Shades Of Gray - Picnic
3-Delbert McClinton - You Were Never Mine - One Of The Fortunate Few
2-Paul McCartney - The Song We Were Singing - Flaming Pie
1-Steve Earle - Telephone Road - El Corazon
Jerry Jeff Walker - Desperados Waiting For A Train - Viva Terlingua
Buddy Miller - That's How Strong My Love Is - Poison Love
Black Prairie - Across The Black Prairie - Feast Of The Hunter's Moon
John Shipe - Villain - Villain

Routes and Branches Play List 11/27/10

2010-11-28T08:47:00.000-08:00

Well with Thanksgiving over and Christmas around the corner, I had to play the new song from The Drive By Truckers called "The Thanksgiving Filter". I picked up their new 10" vinyl disc as birthday gift to myself this week. The B-side has the single "Used To Be A Cop". Both songs will be on the new DBT CD "Go-Go Boots" due in stores on February 15, 2011.

The other notable CD this week is the one from Shawn Camp which was recorded 16 years ago and shelved by his record company because they didn't think it would sell. Well after all these years and with help from new management at the top of the record company, Camp finally released his record and has called it "1994" the year that it was recorded. That's the way it goes in the music industry.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - Nana & Jim - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women
The Drive By Truckers - The Thanksgiving Filter - Go-Go Boots
Jimmy Baldwin - Coffin For A Boat - Vivador
David Bromberg - Summer Wages - Live October, 2009
Black Crowes - Wiser Time - Croweology
Danny Barnes - Pizza Box - Pizza Box
Rodney Crowell - Dancin' Circles Round The Sun - The Outsider
Stan Ridgeway - Scavenger Hunt - Neon Mirage
Robert Earl Keen - 10,000 Chinese Walk Into A Bar - The Rose Hotel
Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart - Lookin' For Fool's Gold - Never Gonna Let You Go
Eilen Jewell - Don't Come Home A Drikin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)- Butcher Holler

4pm.
The Civil Wars - Birds Of A Feather - Barton Hollow
Wayne Hancock - Freight Line Blues - That's What Daddy Wants
Dale Watson - Honkiest Tonkiest Beer Joint - Best Of The HighTone Years
Jerry Jeff Walker - London Homesick Blues - Viva Terlingua
Shawn Camp - Little Bitty Crack In Her Heart - 1994
Shawn Mullins - Light You Up - Light You Up
Chuck Cannon - Money - Love And Money
Railroad Earth - Lone Craft Farewell - Railroad Earth
The Drive By Truckers - Used To Be a Cop - Go-Go Boots
Bill Eli - If You'd Try Looking At Me Again - Hell Yeah!
Dave Alvin - Ashgrove - Ashgrove

Routes and Branches Play List 11/20/10

2010-11-20T17:43:00.000-08:00

I had social justice activist and songwriter Patrick Dodd into the KRVM studio this afternoon. Following in the footsteps of Woody Guthrie, Dodd writes modern day folk tunes that relate to current events and social issues like his tunes "Patriot Act Blues" and "Call Me A Tree Hugger". Like Guthrie, Dodd is more interested in people hearing his music than making a dollar from it and has all of his music available for free download from his website: http://www.patrickdodd.com/

Patrick Dodd is in town tonight as part of an annual fundraiser for the Civil Liberties Defense Center. The Civil Liberties Defense Center has represented over 300 social justice activists for free including Dodd's daughter who was protesting a timber sale in southern Oregon. They also hold "Know your rights" training workshops in our community. You can find more information about the CLDC at their website: http://www.cldc.org/

On a final note I opened and closed the show this week with the Lewi Longmire Band. I took My wife up to Portland to see Lewi's regular Thursday night gig at the Laurelthirst Public House on her birthday this year and we are planning to catch Lewi's Thanksgiving show this coming Wednesday to celebrate my birthday. Sounds like Our Kind Of Music.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Lewi Longmire Band - Allegheny County - If I Live to Be 100
Patrick Dodd - Patriot Act Blues - Live in The KRVM Studio
Patrick Dodd - Call Me A Tree Hugger - Live in The KRVM Studio
Railroad Earth - Black Elk Speaks - Railroad Earth
Nora Jones & Willie Nelson - Baby It's Cold Outside -….Featuring
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks - Savin' My Lovin' - Tangled Tales
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow - Barton Hollow
Rodney Crowell - Dancin' Circles Round The Sun - The Outsider
John Francis - Johnny Cash On The Radio - The Better Angels
Chuck Cannon - The Ghost Of Johnny Cash - God Shaped Hole
Johnny Cash W/ June Carter Cash - Jackson - The Legend

4pm.
April Smith & The Great Picture Show - Wow & Flutter - Songs For A Sinking Ship
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Strange Feelin' In The Air - Junky Star
Robert Plant - Central Two O Nine - Band Of Joy
Jimmy Lafave - Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Cimarron Manifesto
The Stagger & Sway - Up And Go - Break Til You Bend
John Shipe - Villain - Villain
John Shipe - Hard To Believe - Villain
The Stagger & Sway - Sam Bond's Garage - Break Til You Bend
7 Walkers - New Orleans Crawl - 7 Walkers
Sonny Landreth - Levee Town - Levee Town
Lewi Longmire Band - This Time - Fire 'Neath The Still

Routes and Branches Play List 11/13/10

2010-11-13T19:13:00.000-08:00

I had several calls this week when I played "Evangeline" by the band 7 Walkers including one from CD World asking about it for a listener/customer who was wanting buy it. Now if that is not the power of community radio like KRVM, I don't know what is.
7 Walkers is a fairly new band with an all star line-up including Bill Kreutzman, Papa Mali, Matt Hubbard and George Porter Jr. Most of the songs on the self-titled CD were co-written by Robert Hunter and Papa Mali. It is a great mix of Bay area rock and New Orleans Funk. It is what Kreutzman calls "Swampadelic."

We also played a couple of artists who had major birthdays this week. Susan Tedeschi turn 40 this past Tuesday and Neil Young turned 65 on Friday. Neil Young's new CD "Le Noise" is growing on me. I must say that the first time that I listened to it I felt like it was mostly a bunch of guitar noise. But as I've had time to check it out more cut by cut I find that I do like a couple of the more "folk song" sounding cuts like "Love and War" and "Peaceful Valley Boulevard."

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
James McMurtry - Too Long In The Waste Land - Too Long In The Waste Land
Kevin Brown - Medicine Bow - The County Primaries
Railroad Earth - Black Elk Speaks - Railroad Earth
7 Walkers - Evangeline - 7 Walkers
Jimmy Baldwin - Dust Devil - Vivador
The Derek Trucks Band w/Susan Tedeschi - Back Where I Started - Already Free
Eric Clapton - That's No Way To Get Along - Clapton
JJ Cale & Eric Clapton - Danger - The Road To Escondido
Robert Plant - Falling In Love Again - Band Of Joy
Chuck Cannon - Money Don't Matter - Love And Money

4pm.
Neil Young - Hank To Hendrix - Dreamin' Man Live '92
Neil Young - Peaceful Valley Boulevard - Le Noise
Sara Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion - Never Too Far From My Heart - Bright Examples
Jerry Jeff Walker - It's A Good Nigh For Singing - Ultimate Collection
Jessica Shepherd - Honky Tonk Angel - You're Country Now
Great American Taxi - Good Night To Boogie - Reckless Habits
Ray LaMontagne & The Pariah Dogs - Devil's In The Jukebox - God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise
Black Crowes - Girl From A Pawn Shop - Croweology
Tom Waits - Going Out West - Glitter and Doom Live
Justin Townes Earle - Harlem River Blues - Harlem River Blues
Jimmy Lafave - Hideaway Girl - Cimarron Manifesto

Routes and Branches Play List 11/06/10

2010-11-06T17:45:00.000-07:00

For such a short life, Gram Parsons sure has had a major influence on the Alt.Country music in this country. Parsons would have been 64 years old yesterday. Since The Americana Association is holding it's 4 annual Birthday Hoot for Parsons tomorrow at Threadgrill's in Austin, I thought that I would do a birthday tribute to start today's show.

Beyond that we have some great live music playing town this weekend. Tomorrow at the WOW hall we have the Harvest Hoedown featuring Danny Barnes, The Emmitt Nershi Band and Great American Taxi. This is bound to be a great show since all of these musicians have played with each other in the past, so I looking forward to some group jams.
Tonight, we have Brown Chicken Brown Cow String Band opening for the Blackberry Bushes over at Sam Bond's Garage. When I saw that BCBCSB was coming back to town I contacted them and asked if they would come in and perform on my show this afternoon. They are touring behind their 3rd album "...It's A Deep Subject" which I have yet to listen to, and I sure I will play on future Routes & Branches.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
The Byrds - Hickory Wind - Sweet Heart of The Rodeo
The Byrds - One Hundred Years From Now - Sweet Heart of The Rodeo
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Sin City - Live at The Avalon Ballroom
The Flying Burrito Brothers - You're Still On My Mind - Live at The Avalon Ballroom
Gram Parsons - Return Of The Grievous Angel - Grievous Angel
Cowboy Junkies - Ooh Las Vegas - Return Of The Grievous Angel
The Mother Truckers - Nothing There - Broke, Not Broken
John Francis - War Register Blues - The Better Angels
Danny Barnes - Caveman - Pizza Box
Emmitt Nershi Band - I Come From The Country - New Country Blues
Great American Taxi - Reckless Habits - Reckless Habits
Jake Payne - They Don't Play Enough Haggard On The Radio - What The Folk Is Roots Music?
Merle Haggard - I've Seen It Go Away - I Am What I Am
The Coal Porters - One Is Way too Many - Durango

4pm.
Brown Chicken Brown Cow - Arizona - Live in the KRVM Studio
Brown Chicken Brown Cow - Fire Dragon - Live in the KRVM Studio
Brown Chicken Brown Cow - Gypsy Jig - Live in the KRVM Studio
The Blackberry Bushes - Salt Creek - Little Bit Of Grace
Kevin Brown - The County Primaries - The County Primaries
Elvis Costello - I Lost You - National Ransom
Robert Plant - Central Two O Nine - Band Of Joy
Head For The Hills - One Foot In The Grave - Head For The Hills
Railroad Earth - Spring-Heeled Jack - Railroad Earth
7 Walkers - 7 Walkers - 7 Walkers
Gram Parsons - A Song For You - GP

Routes and Branches Play List 10/30/10

2010-10-31T10:35:00.000-07:00

Some ghost stories and murder ballads mixed in with some regular tunes for a seasonal music mix this week. Happy Halloween!!!

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
John Fogerty - Bad Moon Rising - The Long Road Home
John Francis - The Way The Empire Fell - The Better Angels
John Francis - Johnny Cash On The Radio - The Better Angels
Shawn Mullins - The Ghost Of Johnny Cash - Light You Up
Johnny Cash - The Long Black Veil - The Legend
Wynn Taylor & The Working Poor - Blood On The Road - Wynn Taylor & The Working Poor
James McMurtry - Where'd You Hide The Body - Where'd You Hide The Body
Kites & Crows - She Hangs The Moon - Golden Room
One Horse Shy - Better Life - Better Life
Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer - Black River Killer
Bobby Bare Jr. - Rock and Roll Halloween - A Storm - A Tree - My Mother's Head
Los Lonely Boys - Evil Ways - 1969

4pm.
Steve Earle - Devil's Right Hand - Essential Steve Earle
Backyard Tire Fire - Hell And Back - Good To Be
Guy Clark - The Guitar - Somedays The Song Writes You
John Hiat - Homeland - The Open Road
Bob Dylan - Tombstone Blues - The Best Of The Original MONO Recordings
Great American Taxi - Unpromised Land - Reckless Habits
Corb Lund - Devil's Best Dress - Losin' Lately Gambler
Ryan Bingham - Ghost Of Travelin'Jones - Mescalito
Drew Emmitt - River's Risin'- Long Road
Robert Plant - Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down - Band Of Joy
Dave Alvin - Everett Ruess - Ashgrove
John Fogerty & The Blue Ridge Rangers - Haunted House - Rides Again

Routes and Branches Play List 10/23/10

2010-10-24T12:03:00.000-07:00

I want to give a big KRVM Thank You to all of our listeners who contributed to our recent radiothon. You are the listeners in "Listener Powered". We wouldn't be able to bring you shows like Routes & Branches without your support. Thank you.

After a couple of weeks off and then radiothon, my stack of new un-aired CDs was getting pretty tall. One of my favorites was the new disc from Stan Ridgway. Listening to his distinct voice took me back to my college radio days when I played his band Wall Of Voodoo and their hit tune "Mexican Radio" on my show. Ridgway's new album "Neon Mirage" has a depth of feeling that comes from a seasoned songwriter.
I also liked the new CD "Break Til You Bend" from local band The Stagger & Sway. Anyone who has been to Sam Bond's Garage will appreciate the Sway's song about the local watering hole. Produced by Ehren Ebbage "Break Til You Bend" is Stagger & Sway's first full length CD following their debut EP "Time Changes". They call it Americana with a Rock and Roll temper. I call it Our Kind of Music. The Stagger & Sway will hold their official CD release party at (where else) Sam Bond's Garage on Saturday December 11th.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Patty Griffin - I Smell A Rat - Down Town Church
Rockin Jason D. Williams - You Look Like I Could Use A Drink - Killer Instincts
Elliot Randall & The Dead Men - Caffeine & Gasoline - Caffeine & Gasoline
Old 97's - Let The Whiskey Take The Reins - The Grand Theatre
Chris Gates & Gatesville - Devil's On My Trail - Welcome To Gatesville
Justin Townes Earle - Move Over Mama - Harlem River Blues
Frank Hannon - The Hills Of California - Gypsy Highway
Neil Young - Love & War - Le Noise
Sassparilla - Devil - Ramshackle
The Blackberry Bushes - Salt Creek - Little Bit Of Grace
Brown Chicken Brown Cow Stringband - She Comes And She Goes - Brown Chicken Brown Cow Stringband
Marty Stuart - Branded - Ghost Train
Raul Malo - Living For Today - Sinners & Saints

4pm.
Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band - I'm Still In Love With You - The Mountain
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Direction Of The Wind - Junky Star
Los Lobos - West L.A. Fadeaway - Tin Can Trust
Stan Ridgway - Big Green Tree - Neon Mirage
Stan Ridgway - Desert Of Dreams - Neon Mirage
Shawn Mullins - California - Light You Up
Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs - Beg Steal Or Borrow - God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise
The Defibulators - Your Hearty Laugh - Corn Money
Emmitt Nershi Band - New Country Blues - New Country Blues
Great American Taxi - Reckless Habits - Reckless Habits
The Stagger & Sway - Sam Bond's Garage - Break Til You Bend
Robert Plant - Falling In Love Again - Band Of Joy

Routes and Branches Play List 10/16/10

2010-10-17T11:47:00.000-07:00

After two weeks away it was good to get back to my show this week. With it being the week of our Fall Membership drive at KRVM, I had to trade telling stories about the artists and songs I was playing for talking about how fortunate we are to have a radio station like KRVM.

We are a MUSIC station, which makes us unique even in the public radio community. Because of our diverse community of volunteer DJ's, our listeners can experience a wide variety of musical styles each week. But it takes the whole community to keep a station like KRVM alive and well and that is where our listener members come in. KRVM like any other business or organization depends on those who use the service to help pay for it. If you are a regular reader of this blog or listen to my show on Saturday, please consider becoming a contributing member of KRVM. Go to: http://www.krvm.org/ and click the Pledge Now button. If everyone gives a little we all can receive a lot.

Tim Little

This week I played some of my favorites who were at HSB a couple of weeks ago with the exception of Robert Plant who was not at HSB.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Jerry Jeff Walker - L.A. Freeway - Ultimate Collection
Guy Clark - The Guitar - Somedays The Song Writes You
Guy Clark - Dublin Blues - Together at The Bluebird Café
Steve Earle - I Ain't Ever Satisfied - Together at The Bluebird Café
Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band - Long, Lonesome Highway Blues - The Mountain
Yonder Mountain String Band - Deep Pockets - Mountain Tracks: Volume 3
John Doe & The Sadies - Are The Good Times Really Over For Good - Country Club
Robert Earl Keen - On And On - The Rose Hotel
David Olney - Avery County - Through A Glass Darkly

4pm.
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion - Never To Far From My Heart - Bright Examples
Indigo Girls - Second Time Around - Poseidon And The Bitter Bug
Patty Griffin - If I Had My Way - Down Town Church
Keller & The Keels - Get It While You Can - Thief
Martin Sexton - Long Haul - Sugarcoating
The Band Of Heathens - Cornbread - The Band Of Heathens
Rosanne Cash - She's Got You - The List
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - Que Sera Sera - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women
Robert Plant - Central Two O Nine - Band Of Joy
James McMurtry - Ruby and Carlos - Just Us Kids

Routes and Branches Play List 10/09/10

2010-10-09T16:24:00.000-07:00

I would first like to thank Shotgun Majors for sitting in for me last week while I was at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Fransico and this week to Mike Meyer for covering me while I'm at our local home improvement show for my business.

Last weekend's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass show in Golden Gate park was everything I had hoped it would be. With over 80 performances throughout the weekend it was hard to see everyone we wanted to, but my wife and I did catch 21 different performances over the course of the weekend. Highlights for us include Patty Griffin with Buddy Miller on guitar, The Dukes of September which featured Boz Scaggs, Donald Fagen and Micheal McDonald (Friday night's closer), Band Of Heathens, Guy Clark, A songwriter circle which included Steve Earle, Robert Earl Keen, John Doe & David Onley, then on to Jerry Jeff Walker, Buddy Miller and closing Saturday evening with Steve Earle and the Dukes. Sunday's acts included The Felice Brothers, Martin Sexton, James McMurtry, Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women (Dave's brother Phil was there and played a tune with Dave), Rosanne Cash and Yonder Mountain Stringband. We closed the weekend catching the end of Del McCory's set followed by Emmylou Harris backed up by Buddy Miller and friends.

It was an increadible weekend of music free to the public thanks to the generosity of Warren Hellman. Thanks Warren for throwing the best party in the country.

Routes and Branches Play List 10/3/10

2010-10-03T21:08:00.000-07:00

Tim,
Hope you had a good time at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Thanks for letting me fill-in for your show
XO
Shotgun

Song - Artist - Album

3pm
Dharma Lady - The Donkeys - Dharma Lady - Single
All Across America - Reverend Freakchild - God Shaped Hole
More And More And More - Ryan Montbleau Band - Heavy On The Vine
My Wicked, Wicked Ways - Blue Mountain - Tales of a Traveler
The Earth and Air - Tether Horse - In The House That Took Me
Bring Back My Heart - Kasey Chambers - Little Bird
New Madrid - Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
Spring is Here - Shannon Whitworth - Water Bound
Champaign, Illinois - Old 97's - The Grand Theatre Volume One
Personality Disorder - Graham Wilkinson And The Underground Township - Yearbook
Travelin' - The Starlings - Songbook
Candy - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Mojo
Got A Mind - D.B. Rielly - Love Potions and Snake Oil

4pm
If Time Was For Wasting - Dylan LeBlanc - If Time Was For Wasting
Santa Fe - Samantha Crain - You (Understood)
My Heart Is Broken - Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Jacksonville City Nights
O Lord - Amy Correia - You Go Your Way
Feltpicker - El Capitan - Stickeen
Lone Croft Farewell - Railroad Earth - Railroad Earth
Every Kinda Everything - The Bottle Rockets - Bottle Rockets
Mexican Candy - The Iguanas - Plastic Silver 9 Volt Heart
Don't Cry Maria - AJ Downing And The Buick6 - Way Back Home
Late The Other Night - Sam Quinn - The Fake That Sunk A Thousand Ships
Lonely Is A Town - Glossary - Feral Fire
Catfish and Color TVs - Wrinkle Neck Mules - Let the Lead Fly

Routes and Branches Play List 09/25/10

2010-09-25T18:22:00.000-07:00

As usual this week was a mix of what I have been listening to lately and what I'm looking forward to hearing in the coming week. I had a listener send me a copy of the Moonlighters' 1977 self titled album and another listener send me the Brothers Comatose new disc. I found some great music on both and played a cut form each today. I also saw Ryan Bingham, Willie Nelson and The Conjugal Visitors this past week.

In the coming week I'm looking forward to seeing Hayes Carll when he stops by Sam Bond's Garage this week and then all of the artists who are attending next weekend's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. At the top of my list are Jerry Jeff Walker and Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women. Thanks to Shotgun Majors who will be filling in for me while I'm at HSB.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Railroad Earth - Black Elk Speaks - Railroad Earth
Conjugal Visitors - Ain't Got Jack - The Gang's All Here
Moonlighters - Sonora's Death Row - Moonlighters
Los Lonely Boys - Beast Of Burden - Keep On Giving: Acoustic Live
Brothers Comatose - Dead Flowers - Songs From The Stoop
Poor Man's Whiskey - Easy Come - Dark Side Of The Moonshine
James Hyland & The Joint Chiefs - Girls From Lake Pontchartrain - Celestial Navigation
Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust - Tin Can Trust
Jim Lauderdale - Alligator Alley - Patchwork River
Hayes Carll - Bad Liver and a Broken Heart - Trouble In Mind

4pm.
Reckless Kelly - Idaho Cowboy - Somewhere In Time
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Strange Feelin' In The Air - Junky Star
Willie Nelson & Friends - Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground - Stars & Guitars
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - Don't Make Promises - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Direction Of The Wind - Junky Star
Tony Joe White - Ain't Doing Nobody No Good - The Shine
The Band Of Heathens - You're Gonna Miss Me - One Foot In The Ether
Stacy Earle & Mark Stuart - Our World - Never Gonna Let You Go
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Sugar Creek - The Wages
John Mellencamp - Save Some Time To Dream - No Better Than This
Justin Townes Earle - Far From Me - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows
Railroad Earth - Lone Craft Farewell - Railroad Earth

Routes and Branches Play List 09/18/10

2010-09-18T17:44:00.000-07:00

I had an itch to hear some Jerry Jeff Walker this week and all of my JJW is on old cassette tapes which you can hardly listen to anymore. So I went looking for some of Walker's music in our station's library but I came up empty there. It seems that it has been some time since Jerry Jeff was last played on KRVM. So, I had to correct this situation by purchasing a "best of" CD at the store today.

Jerry Jeff Walker is scheduled to perform at The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Fransisco's Golden Gate Park the first weekend in October. I think that I saw him years ago before I moved out here to Oregon, but I'm not completely sure. I am totally looking forward to catching his show at HSB in a couple of weeks.

My other feature artist today was Ryan Bingham since he will be in town tomorrow night opening for Willie Nelson. Bingham has come along way in the short amount of time since he was last here playing John Henry's. At this rate he will be the headliner the next time he comes to town.

3pm.
Jerry Jeff Walker - It's A Good Night For Singing - Ultimate Collection
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Bread & Water - Mescalito
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Tell My Mother I Miss Her So - Roadhouse Sun
Willie Nelson - Gotta Serve Somebody - Moment Of Forever
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Born Bred Corn Fed - The Wages
Whiskey Puppy - The Whiskey Is Gone - Unleashed
Green Whiskey - One Phone Call - Triple Shot High
Conjugal Visitors - Whiskey - The Gang's All Here
Willie McEachern - You & Me Tonight - Knee Deep
Sideroads - Sideroads - Destinations
Jerry Jeff Walker - LA Freeway - Ultimate Collection
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Direction Of The Wind - Junky Star
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Rollin' Highway Blues - Roadhouse Sun

4pm.
Jerry Lee Lewis - Bad Moon Rising - Mean Old Man
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whiskey River - Mean Old Man
Kevin Beadles - Mrs. Jones Cadillac - You Can't Argue With Water
Sahara Smith - The Real Thing - Myth Of The Heart
Stacy Earle & Mark Stuart - Lookin' For Fool's Gold - Never Gonna Let You Go
Railroad Earth - Black Elk Speaks - Railroad Earth
Hayes Carll - A Lover Like You - Trouble In Mind
JustinTownes Earle - Harlem River Blues - Harlem River Blues
Railroad Earth - The Jupiter & The 119 - Railroad Earth
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Ghost Of Travelin' Jones - Mescalito
Jerry Jeff Walker - London Homesick Blues - Viva Terlingua

Routes and Branches Play List 09/11/10

2010-09-11T17:51:00.000-07:00

This week I had local musician Willie McEachern into the studio to share a couple of tracks from his forthcoming solo album Knee Deep. Listeners to my show may be more familiar with Willie's bass playing for the band Sideroads. Willie wrote 3 of the tunes on the Sideroads album Destinations which was released in 2009. This solo project he says he created mostly by him in his home studio with some help from other local musicians including some of his Sideroadsbuddys. Look for Willie to feature some of his new tunes when he plays with Sideroads at Cosmic Pizza on Saturday, September 18th.

The Americana Music Awards were held in Nashville this week and I was happy to see Hayes Carll take home the award for new/emerging artist this year. He had been nominated for it before so I not sure if he is all that new but at least he is gaining some national recognition now. He will be at Sam Bond's Garage on Sept. 29.
I was also impressed to see Ryan Bingham get Artist of the Year this time around. He had some pretty good musicians to beat this year including Patty Griffin, Levon Helm, Steve Earle and Ray Wylie Hubbard. Bingham also picked up "Song of the Year" with his tune The Weary Kind which he wrote with T Bone Burnett for the movie, Crazy Heart.
You can find all the award information at: http://americanamusic.org/

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Avett Brothers - I And Love And You - I And Love And You
Avett Brothers - Head Full Of Doubt/ Road Full Of Promise - I And Love And You
Willie McEachern - Way After Dark - Knee Deep
Willie McEachern - Idn't It A Shame - Knee Deep
Sideroads - Cool June Night - Destinations
Conjugal Visitors - Goodlife - The Gang's All Here
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - The Weary Kind - Crazy Heart
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Depression - Junky Star
Willie Nelson - You Don't Think I'm Funny Anymore - Moment of Forever
Justin Townes Earle - Move Over Mama - Harlem River blues
Slaid Cleaves - Green Mountains And Me - Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away
Matt Ellis - River Too Wide - Births, Deaths & Marriages

4pm.
One Horse Shy - Monkey's Paw - Better Life
Betty Soo - Next Big Thing - Heat Sin Water Skin
Railroad Earth - Old Man And The Land - Elko
Elton John / Leon Russell - If It Wasn't For Bad - The Union
Shawn Mullins - Light You Up - Light You Up
Jackson Brown & David Lindley - Mercury Blues - Love Is Strange
JJ Grey & Mofro - Georgia Warhorse - Georgia Warhorse
Buddy Miller - Gasoline & Matches - Written In Chalk
Rosanne Cash - I'm Movin' On - The List
Hayes Carll - Bad Liver And A Broken Heart - Trouble In Mind
Poor Man's Whiskey - Brain Damage / Eclipse - Darkside Of The Moonshine

Routes and Branches Play List 09/04/10

2010-09-04T19:04:00.000-07:00

Inspiration for this week's show came from 3 sources; The Americana Music Association's upcoming awards, The Sister's Folk Festival and Labor Day. Last year I played a whole show of labor day oriented songs. This year I had to narrow it down to a couple of sets.

The Sister's Folk Festival next weekend has a great line-up on the schedule. I tried to pick out my favorites which I have played on past shows. That way I left plenty of artists for Karen to play on Acoustic Junction which follows my show.

If I could go to any and every Americana event or festival that I wanted to, I would be going to Nashville this week for the Americana Music Association's Music Festival. I started off the show with 3 of the 4 songs which are nominated for "Song of the year". Yes, I played both Ray Willie Hubbard's and Hayes Carll's versions of Drunken Poets Dream. They wrote the song together but it is Hubbard's version that is up for song of the year. I first heard it when Hayes Carll played it at Sam Bond's Garage and ever since I've had a preference for the way he does it. I hope that they play it together for the awards show.
Look for me to feature the winners on next week's show.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Ryan Bingham - The Weary Kind - Crazy Heart
Ray Willie Hubbard - Drunken Poet's Dream - A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint There Is No C)
Hayes Carll - Drunken Poet's Dream - Trouble In Mind
Dave Rawlings Machine - Ruby - A Friend Of A Friend
Little Feat - Willin' - Sailin' Shoes
Merle Haggard - Workin' Man's Blues - Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
Marty Stuart - Hard Working Man - Ghost Train (The Studio B Sessions)
Dave Insley - God Loves The Working Man - Here With You Tonight
Ryan Bingham - Hard Times - Mescalito
Hank Williams III - Workin' Man - Damn Right Rebel Proud
Blue Rodeo - One More Night - The Things We Left Behind
Bobby Bare Jr. - Don't Go To Chattanooga - A Storm-A Tree-My Mother's Head
The Stagger & Sway - Stagger & Sway - Time Changes

4pm.
Sideroads - Spirit Highway - Destinations
Slaid Cleaves - Hard To Believe - Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away
Eilen Jewel - I'm A Honky Tonk Girl - Butcher Holler (A Tribute To Loretta Lynn)
Eilen Jewel - Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) - Butcher Holler (A Tribute To Loretta Lynn)
Hot Club Of Cow Town - One Step Closer - Wishfull Thinking
Betty Soo - Never Knew No Love - Heat Sin Water Skin
One Horse Shy - Old Muddy River - Better Life
Ray Willie Hubbard - Down Home Country Blues - A. Elightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint There Is No C)
Will Kimbrough - Eden Prairie - EP
Steve Earle - Pancho & Lefty - Townes
Corb Lund - A Game In Town Like This - Losin' Lately Gambler
Patty Griffin - Move Up - Down Town Church
Rosanne Cash - Long Black Veil - The List
Railroad Earth - Mighty River - Elko

Routes and Branches Play List 08/28/10

2010-08-29T19:46:00.000-07:00

Having too much fun at the Eugene Celebration this weekend to post much. This is what I played this week.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Patrick Kavaney & The Last Drags - Spanish Nightmare - Darning Socks For The Apocalypse
Lewi Longmire Band - When Your Time Comes A Callin' - If I Live To Be 100
Danny Barnes - Overdue - Pizza Box
D. B. Rielly - I Got A Girlfriend - Love Potions And Snake Oil
Sideroads - River - Destinations
David Jacobs-Strain - Hurricane Railroad - Terraplane Angel
Robert Earl Keen - The Man Behind The Drums - The Rose Hotel
Caleb Klauder Country Band - My Time Is Gonna Come - Western Country
Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer - Black River Killer
Dierks Bently - Senor - Up On The Ridge
Earl Pickens & Family - The Storm That Never Was - Gathering
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - 9th Ward New Orleans #5 / Swimming Back Home - So, Where Ya Headed?

4pm.
Darryl Holter - One Hundred Years From Now - West Bank Gone
Darryl Holter - West Bank Gone - West Bank Gone
Marty Stuart - Ghost Train Four-Oh-Ten - Ghost Train The Studio B Sessions
Ruth Purves Smith & The 581 - Here Comes That Train - Out In The Strom
Evangenitals - Hard Luck Song - Evangenitals
Angel Band - Boots Of Guadalupe - Bless My Sole
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - Don't Make Promises - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses Rollin' Highway Blues Roadhouse Sun
Willie Nelson - Over You Again - Moment Of Forever
Davis Coen - Long Lost Friend - Jukebox Classic
Yvette Landry - 120 Proof - Should Have Known
Roy Joy Fatal - Mistake - Fairfax Avenue
Lewi Longmire Band - Whatchoo Gonna Do About…? - Fire 'neath The Still

Routes and Branches Play List 08/21/10

2010-08-21T17:48:00.000-07:00

I started today's show with a couple of artists who had birthdays this week. Robert Plant turned 62 and John Hiat turned 58 on Friday.

I threw in some ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd into the mix since they are both coming to the Oregon State Fair in the next couple of weeks. I followed them with some Direks Bently since he is also coming to the state fair.

Robert Earl Keen is performing a couple of shows in Oregon this week. On Tuesday he is Roseburg at their Music on the Half shell series, and the following night in Portland. Blake Phillips recently had a chance to talk with Robert and has done a good job writing up their conversation on his blog http://ourkindofmusic.wordpress.com/. If you're a Robert Earl Keen fan, I totally recommend checking it out.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Fortune Teller - Raising Sand
John Hiat - Like A Freight Train - The Open Road
The Steepwater Band - The Stars Look Good Tonight - The Stars Look Good Tonight
Wilco - You Never Know - Wilco (The Album)
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses - Depression - Junky Star
Gavin Wahl-Stephens & The New Americans - Got A Heart - No Keys / No Gold
Buzz Cason - Working Without A Net - Working Without A Net
ZZ Top - I Thank You - Deguello
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Honky Tonk Night Time Man - Street Survivors
Dierks Bently - Bottle To The Bottom - Up On The Ridge
Jerry Lee Lewis - You Can Have Her - Mean Old Man
Lucinda Williams - Real Love - Little Honey

4pm.
Los Lobos - On Main Street - Tin Can Trust
Robert Earl Keen - Feelin' Good Again - Live At The Ryman
Robert Earl Keen - Something That I Do - The Rose Hotel
Robert Earl Keen - Corpus Cristi Bay - Live At The Ryman
I See Hawks In L.A. - Raised By Hippies - Shoulda Been Gold
Mike & Ruthy - Covered - Million To One
Lewi Longmire Band - This Time - Fire 'neath The Still
Great American Taxi - One Of These Days - Reckless Habits
Reckless Kelly - You Cared Enough To Lie - Somewhere In Time
Reverend Freakchild - A Day Late And A $ Short - God Shaped hole
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Get Behind Me - Hawk
Lewi Longmire Band - One Thing At A Time - Fire 'neath The Still

Routes and Branches Play List 08/14/10

2010-08-15T10:45:00.000-07:00

Well I have been so busy with everything else in my life right now that I had no time this week to plan my show. Arriving at the station armed with a full box of CD's I just picked out the tracks as I went. Here is what I played.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Railroad Earth - Elko - Elko
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - So Where Ya Headed?/ Pancho And Lefty - So Where Ya Headed?
Steve Earle - Colorado Girl - Townes
Stacy Earle & Mark Stewart - Up In Annie's Room - S&M Communion Bread
Lucinda Williams - If Wishes Were Horses - Little Honey
John Hiatt - The Open Road - The Open Road
Robert Earl Keen - Wireless In Heaven - The Rose Hotel
Chuck Prophet - Hot Talk - Let Freedom Ring
Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust - Tin Can Trust
Black Prairie - Across The Black Prairie - Feast Of The Hunter's Moon

4pm.
Hank Williams Jr. - Outdoor Lovin' Man - Almeria Club
Black Prairie - Red Rocking Chair - Feast Of The Hunter's Moon
Dave Rawlings Machine - To Be Young - A Friend Of A Friend
One Horse Shy - Old Muddy River - Better Life
Cracker - Darling One Sunrise - In The Land Of Milk And Honey
Jay Hawks - Waiting For The Sun - Hollywood Town Hall
James McMurtry - Bayou Tortous - Just Us Kids
Dierks Bently - Pride (In The Name Of Love)- Up On The Ridge
Cherryholmes IV - How Far Will You Go - Common Threads
Dangermuffin - Moonscapes - Moonscapes
John Mellencamp - Thinking About you - No Better Than This
Drive By Truckers - Daddy's Little Pumkin - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows

Routes and Branches Play List 08/07/10

2010-08-07T17:42:00.000-07:00

The Band Of Heathens rolled through Eugene this past week and despite the small size of the stage at Sam Bond's Garage they put on a great show. Normally I try to play more of a band before they appear in town, but with my busy summer their show snuck up on me, so I tried to make it up this week by making them my feature artist on this week's show.

The second half of my show, I counted down the top ten albums on this week's Americana charts. The list starts at 4pm. with Jim Lauderdale and finishes with Paul Thorn sitting at number 1 for the past 3 weeks.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Band Of Heathens - Maple Tears - The Band Of Heathens
Band Of Heathens - L.A. County Blues - One Foot In The Ether
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Loose - A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment
Drive By Truckers - Working This Job - The Big To-Do
Ryan Bingham - Southside Of Heaven - Mescalito
Dierks Bently - Bottle To The Bottom - Up On The Ridge
Danny Barnes - Caveman - Pizza Box
Tim O'Brien - You Ate The Apple - Chicken & Egg
Band Of Heathens - Odysseus - Live From Momo's
Band Of Heathens - Jackson Station - The Band Of Heathens
Los Lobos - On Main Street - Tin Can Trust
I See Hawks In L.A. - Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulet - Shoulda Been Gold
Chuck Cannon - Ghost Of Johnny Cash - God Shaped Hole

4pm.
Jim Lauderdale - Patchwork River - Patchwork River
Merle Haggard - I've Seen It Go Away - I Am What I Am
Kevin Welch - Midnight And Noon - A Patch Of Blue Sky
Yarn - Alone On The Weekend - Come On In
Darrell Scott - A Crooked Road - A Crooked Road
John Prine - Bear Creek Blues - In Person & On Stage
John Mellencamp - Don't Forget About Me - No Better Than This
Lucinda Williams - The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan - Twistable Turnable Man
Kris Kristofferson - The Winner - Twistable Turnable Man
Alejandro Escovedo - Down In The Bowery - Street Songs Of Love
Paul Thorn - Pimps And Preachers - Pimps And Preachers
Band Of Heathens - Cornbread - The Band Of Heathens

Routes and Branches Play List 07/31/10

2010-07-31T17:34:00.000-07:00

My thanks go out to Shotgun Majors for filling in for me last week. With all of the summer festivals going on it has been hard to keep up with the new releases coming into the station. I tried to catch up on as many as I could this week with a couple of older tunes sprinkled in.

A favorite of mine is the new Los Lobos album Tin Can Trust. Wouldn't you know that it would take a band from East L.A. to do a good cover of the song West L.A. Fadeaway. Los Lobos new album is mostly new original music mixing up the sound like they usually do between traditionally sounding tracks to their own style of Rock 'n' Roll. Lots of good tunes which I'm sure that will make it onto my "best of list" this year.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Los Lobos - West L.A. Fadeaway - Tin Can Trust
Los Lobos - Burn It Down - Tin Can Trust
Alejandro Escovedo - This Bed Is Getting Crowded - Street Songs Of Love
Chuck Prophet - Leave The Windows Open - Let Freedom Ring!!
Yarn - Strikes & Gutters - Come On In
Wynn Taylor & The Working Poor - Blood On The Road - Wynn Taylor & The Working Poor
Paul Thorn - Buckskin Jones - Pimps And Preachers
Dierks Bentley - Senor - Up On The Ridge
Chatham County Line - Ghost Of Woody Guthrie - Wildwood
Adam Carroll & Michael O'Connor - Billy Gibbons' Beard - Hard Times
Ryan Bingham - Hard Times - Mescalito
Sahara Smith - The Real Thing - Myth Of The Heart

4pm.
Dangermuffin - Jezebel - Moonscapes
Jimmy Pizzitola - Fresh Water - Poet On The Run
Jason Spooner - Big Fork - Sea Monster
Brian Langlinals - Don't Shoot The Snake In The Bottom Of The Boat - Tonight I Might
Mike & Ruthy - Covered - Million To One
Eilen Jewel - I'm A Honky Tonk Girl - Butcher Holler
Eilen Jewel - Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) - Butcher Holler
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - Don't Make Promises - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women
Anne McCue - Motorcycle Dream - Broken Promise Land
Luke Doucet & The White Falcon - Sundown - Steel City Trawler
The Beauties - You And Me - The Beauties
Los Lobos - Tin Can Trust - Tin Can Trust

Routes and Branches Play List 7/24/10

2010-07-24T17:39:00.000-07:00

Thanks Tim for letting me fill in for you this week.
XO
Shotgun

Song - Artist - Album

5pm
A Cockroach After the Bomb - Tommy Womack - There I Said It!
East TX Rust - Shinyribs - Well After Awhile
Mighty River - Railroad Earth - Elko
Cruel - The Black Lillies - Whiskey Angel
Sao Paulo - Deadstring Brothers - Sao Paulo
One Of These Days - Great American Taxi - Reckless Habits
Letters From Home - Anders Osborne & Monk Boudreaux - Bury The Hatchet
Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show - O.C.M.S.
Why Do Lonely Men and Woman Want to Break Each Other's Hearts? - The Star Room Boys
Not Afraid O' Dyin' - Tim O'Brien - Chicken & Egg
Shelling Rain - Alejandro Escovedo - Street Songs Of Love

6pm
A Graceful Fall - John Mellencamp - No Better Than This
Goin' to Acapulco - Calexico & Jim James - I'm Not There
She Took a Lot of Pills (And Died) - Robbie Fulks - Country Love Songs
Blood On My Shirt - Band Of Annuals - Let Me Live
Carolina Rail - Amy Correia - You Go Your Way
Black Star - Gillian Welch - Black Star EP
Lay of the Sunflower - Gov't Mule - The Deep End, Vol. 2
Hymn #101 - Joe Pug - Nation of Heat EP
Welcome To L.A. - Truth & Salvage Co. - Truth & Salvage Co.
Bye Bye Montreal - Amelia Curran - Hunter, Hunter

Routes and Branches Play List 07/17/10

2010-07-17T20:38:00.000-07:00

I had the pleasure of having Chris Chandler and Paul Benoit stop by the KRVM studios this afternoon before their show at Sam Bond's Garage this evening. Although Chris has been a regular at the Oregon Country Fair for years, he just recently came to my attention with his new CD with Paul called So, Where Ya Headed?.
I caught their performance last weekend at the fair and this evening and I must say that I love how they mix Chris' poetry with original and contemporary songs played and sung by Paul. This is the next generation of folk music/storytelling in America.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Steve Earle - Satellite Radio - Washington Square Serenade
Robert Randolph & The Family Band - If I had My Way - We Walk This Road
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On) - Raising Sand
Great American Taxi - Reckless Habits - Reckless Habits
Great American Taxi - Appalachian Soul - Coal Country (The Movie)
Jason & The Scorchers - Beat On The Mountain - Coal Country Music
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - Thoughts On Fabric #2/ Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat - So Where Ya Headed
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - American Idle/ Fame - So Where Ya Headed

4pm.
Danger Muffin - What's In A Bottle - Beermuda
I See Hawks In L.A. - Humbolt - Shoulda Been Gold
Dave Alvin - King Of California - King Of California
Black Prairie - Annie Mcguire - Feast Of The Hunter's Moon
Lyle Lovett - That's Right (You're Not From Texas)- The Road To Ensenada
Lyle Lovett - Natural Forces - Natural Forces
Lyle Lovett - My Baby Don't Tolerate - My Baby Don't Tolerate
Neil Young - This Old Guitar - Prairie Wind
Truckstop Honeymoon - Childhood Memories - Homemade Haircut
Keller & The Keels - Get It While You Can - Thief
Jackson Brown & David Lindley - Love Is Strange/Stay - Love Is Strange

Routes and Branches Play List 07/03/10

2010-07-03T18:04:00.000-07:00

All of the music I played this afternoon featured bands playing around town tonight, next week at the Oregon Country Fair, or the following weekend at the Northwest String Summit. I wouldn't normally play Moe on my show even though I like their music a lot, most of it doesn't fit, but they are one of the bands performing at the Northwest String Summit and so it sent me looking for a country flavoured tune and "Can't Seem To Find" had enough twang and some Neil Young style harmonica to it for me. Other artists performing at the Northwest String Summit include Darol Anger, Danny Barnes, Crooked Still, The Infamous Stringdusters, The Urban Monroes and of course The Yonder Mountain String Band. You can find all the details to this weekend of music at: www.stringsummit.com

I had my new favorite band into the studio this afternoon. Shotgun Majors turn me onto I See Hawks In L.A. and I happened to catch their show at Sam Bond's Garage this week. They had me hooked with the first tune they performed "Raised By Hippies". Anyone who knows me and listens to this song will know why. Then when I found out that Dave Alvin said that they were "one of California's unique treasures" I was totally on board. Their most recent album Shoulda Been Gold is a mix of tracks from their previous albums with 5 new previously unreleased tracks. I find the whole album a joy to listen to and I will be bringing you more them on my show in the future.

The rest of the tunes on today's list are of performers appearing at next week's Oregon Country Fair. KRVM will be broadcasting Live from the Blue Moon Stage of the fair all 3 days next weekend. Appearing during my show will be Opal Creek and Casey Neil and friends. If you can't be at the fair be sure to tune in to KRVM to listen to the fair.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Moe - Can't Seem To Find - L
Hot Buttered Rum - Summertime Gal - Limbs Akimbo
Great American Taxi - Fuzzy Little Hippie Girl - Reckless Habits
The Gourds - Country Gal - Haymaker
Darol Anger & Mike Marshall - Coal Burnin' Grease Fire - Brand New Can
Danny Barnes - Caveman - Pizza Box
Crooked Still - The Golden Vanity - Some Strange Country
I See Hawks In L.A. - Raised By Hippies - Live In The KRVM Studio
I See Hawks In L.A. - Dear Flash - Live In The KRVM Studio
I See Hawks In L.A. - Byrd From West Virginia - Shoulda Been Gold

4pm.
Shinnyribs - East TX Rust - Well After Awhile
Truckstop Honeymoon - Homemade Haircut - Homemade Haircut
The Sugar Beets - The Reason We Make Love - Secret To Happiness
The Infamous Stringdusters - Fork In The Road - Fork In The Road
The Urban Monroes - My Window Faces The South/ Wheel Hoss - When The Aspens Turn
Brian Cutean - Mississippi John n Taj - Guitared & Feathered
Ashleigh Flynn - The 7th Sea - American Dream
Casey Neill - Memory Against Forgetting - Memory Against Forgetting
Jim Page - More Than Anything Else In The World - Head Full Of Pictures
Sarah Jarosz with Black Prairie - Queen Of The Silver Dollar - Twistable Turnable Man
Yonder Mountain String Band - Kentucky Mandolin - Mountain Tracks: Vol. 5
Lewi Longmire Band - Allegheny County - If I Live To Be 100

Routes and Branches Play List 06/26/10

2010-06-26T19:33:00.000-07:00

Summer has finally come to the area and the summer music season is getting under way. There is a lot of good music coming to our area. Check out our concert calendar to find your favorite Americana artists. Next week I will feature music coming to the Oregon Country Fair and NW String Summit.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Jackson Brown & David Lindley - El Rayo X - Love Is Strange
Truckstop Honeymoon - Homemade Haircut - Homemade Haircut
Kris Kristofferson - The Winner - Twistable Turnable Man
Merle Haggard - I Am What I Am - I Am What I Am
The Avett Brothers - Spanish Pipedream - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows
John Prine - Glory Of True Love - In Person & On Stage
Ernie Hedrickson - Hold On To Hope - Walking With Angels
Tyler Fortier - When Time Stands Still - This Love Is Fleeting
Margo Valiante - I Can't Pray - I Can't Pray
JJ Cale & Eric Clapton - Ride The River - The Road To Escondido
Dave McGraw & Crow Wing - Western Sky - Coyotes Came Around
Dylan LeBlanc - If Time Was For Wasting - Paupers Field

4pm.
Dierks Bently - Bottle To The Bottom - Up On The Ridge
Shinnyribs - Country Cool - Well After Awhile
Molasses - Nobody knows You When Your Down And Out - Greenback Dolla
Cort Armstrong - Me & Casey Jones - Chicken Picken
Pokey LaFarge - Hard Times Come And Go - Riverboat Soul
Brown Chicken Brown Cow - I Gotta Go - Gallop On You
Yonder Mountain String Band - Night Out - Mountain Tracks: Vol.5
Pert Near Sandstone - Stay All Night - Out On A Spree
Poor Man's Whiskey - Whiskey In Heaven - Darkside Of The Moonshine
Robert Earl Keen - Something That I Do - The Rose Hotel
Chuck Prophet - Leave The Windows Open - Let Freedom Ring!!
Buddy & Julie Miller - What You Gonna Do Leroy - Written In Chalk
Levon Helm - Tennessee Jed - Electric Dirt

Routes and Branches Play List 06/19/10

2010-06-20T21:12:00.000-07:00

All the way from Folly Beach, South Carolina Dangermuffin brought their Organic, sand-blasted roots rock, with a sweet jam spread music to the KRVM studio. Dangermuffin is a trio made up of songwriter, guitarist and lead vocalist Dan Lotti, lead guitarist Mike Sivilli, and percussionist Steven Sandifer. With one foot rooted in southern Americana and the other hangin' out with the jam band sound, Dangermuffin has the groove for a good time.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Alejandro Escovedo - Anchor - Street Songs Of Love
Brown Chicken Brown Cow - She Comes and She Goes - Gallop On You
One Horse Shy - Better Life - Better Life
Elizabeth Cook - El Camino - Welder
Paul Thorn - Better Days Ahead - Pimps And Preachers
Dierks Bently - Up On The Ridge - Up On The Ridge
Wynn Taylor - Blood On The Road - Wynn Taylor & The Working Poor
Dangermuffin - Seafoam Tumbles - Live in Studio
Dangermuffin - Walk Into The Wind - Live in Studio
Dangermuffin - Moonscapes - Moonscapes
Poor Man's Whiskey - Brain Damage/Eclipse - Dark Side Of The Moonshine

4pm.
18 Switchbacks - Goin' Down The Mountain - 18 Switchbacks
Drive By Truckers - Daddy's Little Pumpkin - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows
John Prine - Spanish Pipedream - In Person & On Stage
Old Crow Medicine Show - Angel From Montgomery - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows
Sarah Jarosz with Black Prairie - Queen Of The Silver Dollar - Twistable, Turnable Man
Diana Catherine And The Thrusty Tweeters - Travelin' Man - The Spirit Ranch Sessions
Jerry Castle - Back Side Of Down - Don't Even Ask
Doctor G & The Mudcats - My Daddy's Blues - My Daddy's Blues
Janiva Magness - Walkin' In The Sun - The Devil Is An Angel Too
Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks - Song For My Father - Tangled Tales
Chuck Cannon - The Ghost Of Johnny Cash - God Shaped Hole

Routes and Branches Play List 06/12/10

2010-06-12T19:35:00.000-07:00

The Ashland based band One Horse Shy will be in town this next week touring behind their new CD Better Life. I had the chance to talk with Bob Evoniuk this past week about the new album which I featured on today's show along with some tracks from both of their albums. For a band who has members living 300 miles apart these days, they sound more together on this second album. Manda Bryn and Cris Kelly are still the primary song writers for the band with the rest of the band adding their parts as they develop each song. One Horse Shy's high energy shows are bound to get you up and dancing.

A new band coming to our area that was highly recommended to me is the group 18 Switchbacks. They are a new bluegrass (and more) band from Boulder, Colorado. Their self titled debut EP has seven smoking cuts on it and I featured the lead track "Goin' Down The Mountain" and a second called "Big Creek Ranch".

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Eilen Jewel - Shakin' All Over - Sea Of Tears
Eilen Jewel - Back To Dallas - Boundary County
Janiva Magness - The Devil Is An Angel - The Devil Is An Angel Too
The Whopner County Country Allstars - Life's Taken A Turn - 7-10 Split
Shinnyribs - East TX Rust - Well After Awhile
Kasey Anderson - Bellingham Blues - Nowhere Nights
Steve Earle - Down Here Below - Washington Park Serenade
18 Switchbacks - Goin' Down The Mountain - 18 Switchbacks
18 Switchbacks - Big Creek Ranch - 18 Switchbacks
Dangermuffin - Moonscapes - Moonscapes
Indigenous - Now That You're Gone - The Acoustic Sessions
Chuck Prophet - Leave The Windows Open - Let Freedom Ring
Paul Thorn - I Don't Like Half The Folks I Love - Pimps And Preachers
Dickie Lee Erwin - Barnyard Stomp - Swan

4pm.
One Horse Shy - Better Life - Better Life
One Horse Shy - Honey In My Tea - One Horse Shy
One Horse Shy - Monkey's Paw - Better Life
One Horse Shy - Grey Paper - Better Life
Robert Earl Keen - 10,000 Chinese Walk Into A Bar - The Rose Hotel
The Easy Leaves - One Flask (In The Pocket) - The Easy Leaves
Hillstomp - Old Plank Road - Darker The Night
Dar Williams - House On Fire - Songs Of The Spectrum
Jackie Greene - 1961 - Till The Light Comes
Jennie Arnau - For The Winter - Chasing Giants
Eilen Jewel - Nowhere In No Time - Sea Of Tears

Routes and Branches Play List 06/05/10

2010-06-06T12:54:00.000-07:00

I took my wife up to Portland for her birthday on Thursday to see Lewi Longmire and his band for their regular (6-8pm.)Thursday gig at the Laurelthirst pub. We managed to get the last table before the place completely filled up as the band started. From the first song to the end the dance floor was completely filled with everyone having a great time. Lewi and band mixed it up doing both originals and covers from the likes of Jimi Hendrix to Bob Dylan. We asked folks around us, Is it like this every Thursday night? They replied with a resounding YES!! I suppose it is a good thing that I live so far away, otherwise I would become a regular too. Sorta like church.

This week I also had the Whopner County Country Alstars into the KRVM studio. They have recently released their 3rd album called 7-10 Split. Ten more great Whopner County originals about everyday life from "Deception" to "The Whiskey Wins Again" with that great Whopner Country sound backing them up. In the studio they played one of my favorite Gregg Vollstedt songs called "I'll Be With You Tonight".

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Lewi Longmire Band - One Thing At A Time - Fire 'Neath The Still
Tyler Fortier - Blue Sky And Sunshine Again - This Love Is Fleeting
David Jacobs-Strain - Hurricane Railroad - Terraplane Angel
Adam Carroll - Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler - Adam Carroll Live At Flipnotics
Deadstring Brothers - The River Song - Sao Paulo
Drive By Truckers - Working This Job - The Big To-Do
Kasey Anderson - Nowhere Nights - Nowhere Nights
Paul Thorn - Tequila Is Good For The Heart - Pimps And Preachers
One Horse Shy - Old Muddy River - Better Life
Mother Truckers - Broke, Not Broken - Broke, Not Broken
A J Downing & The Buick 6 - Don't Cry Maria - Way Back Home
Lyle Lovett - Bohemia - Natural Forces
Samantha Crain - Holdin' That Wheel - You (Understand)

4pm.
Eilen Jewell - Rain Roll In - Sea Of Tears
The Whopner County Country Allstars - Deception - Live in the Studio
The Whopner County Country Allstars - I'll Be With You Tonight - Live in the Studio
The Whopner County Country Allstars - Daisy - 7-10 Split
Screen Door Porch - Firewater - Screen Door Porch
Molasses - Frankie & Johnny - Greenback Dolla
South Memphis String Band - Jesse James - Home Sweet Home
Mulebone - Steady Rollin' Man - New Morning
Hillstomp - Crawdad Hole - Darker The Night
Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three - Hard Times Come And Go - Riverboat Soul
The Low Tide Drifters - Vagabond Wind - Progress & Porchlights
Neil Young - Hank To Hendrix - Dreamin' Man Live '92
Lewi Longmire Band - Baby Take Me Home - Fire 'Neath The Still

Routes and Branches Play List 05/29/10

2010-05-30T11:10:00.000-07:00

Some really good "Roots Music" has been coming out lately. Some of the groups playing that old time sound are; The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, South Memphis String Band and Mulebone. They are all really good, but my favorite has to be the new Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three's new disc Riverboat Soul. It's a good title for the juke-joint style music that Pokey and the band play. Pokey's song writing has the soul of an Old-Time band with the freshness of today's electric music. I like several of the tunes on this album, but my favorite has to be "Won't Make Love At All". Expect to hear more from Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three in the coming weeks on Routes & Branches. They will be in Eugene on June 20th.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Barracuda Moon - Where I Come From
Cowboy Junkies - (You've Got To Get) A Good Heart - Renmin Park
Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - You Only Believe Me When I'm Lying - Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers
Keller & The Keels - Mountains Of The Moon - Thief
Mark Knopfler - The Trawlermans Song - Shangri-La
Sideroads - Cool June Night - Destinations
The Band Of Heathens - What's This World - One Foot In The Ether
Dangermuffin - Moonscapes - Moonscapes
The Low Tide Drifters - Vagabond Wind - Progress & Porchlights
Grandpa Elliott - Another Saturday Night - Sugar Sweet
Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three - Won't Make Love At All - Riverboat Soul
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - Everything's Raising - "The Wages"
South Memphis String Band - Things Is 'bout Coming My Way - Home Sweet Home

4pm.
Mulebone - Steady Rollin' Man - New Morning
Cherryholmes IV - How Far Will You Go - Common Threads
Cadillac Sky - Human Cannonball - Letters In The Deep
Railroad Earth - Old Man And The Land - Elko
Joe West - $300 Car - The Human Cannonball
Whopner County Country Allstars - The Whiskey Wins Again - 7-10 Split
Deadstring Brothers - Sao Paulo - Sao Paulo
John Prine - Angel From Montgomery - In Person & On Stage
Tyler Fortier - When Time Stands Still - This Love Is Fleeting
Chuck Cannon - The Devil Is a Woman - Love And Money
Marley's Ghost - Got Leavin' On Her Mind - Ghost Town
The Mother Truckers - Nothing There - Broke, Not Broken

Routes and Branches Play List 05/22/10

2010-05-22T18:57:00.000-07:00

I had the pleasure to have Wynn Taylor into the KRVM studio this afternoon. Taylor is an emerging Austin artist who is out on a mini tour of the Oregon. Local Austin transplant Scott Eastburn met Taylor on a tour back to Austin with Jake Payne who now owns the Dixie Creek Saloon up in Tangent, Oregon. They immediately
formed a friendship playing music together.
Taylor found his musical beginnings in the church where his father was a pastor. He wanted to be the cool guy singing songs to the youth group around the camp fire. For a young emerging artist Taylor has the sound of a musician who has been around many camp fires. On this mini tour of Oregon Taylor will be backed up by Jake Payne and Scott Eastburn and their band Dixie Creek. Scott says that he and Jake are working on completing their second album together. I'm looking forward to hearing more from them.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Jake Payne - Colorado - What The Folk Is Roots Music
Wynn Taylor & Scott Eastburn - Girl Don't Lie - Live In the Studio of KRVM
Wynn Taylor & Scott Eastburn - Water Line - Live In the Studio of KRVM
Wynn Taylor & The Working Poor - Blood On The Road - Wynn Taylor & The Working Poor
Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks - Song for My Father - Tangled Tales
Bill Kirchen - Word To The Wise - Word To The Wise
Bill Kirchen - I Don't work That Cheap - Word To The Wise
Comander Cody - It's Gonna Be One Of those Nights - Dopers, Drunks and Everyday Losers
David Jacobs-Strain - Treetop Flyer - Terraplane Angel
Jackson Brown & David Lindley - Mercury Blues - Love Is Strange
Jackie Greene - Till The Light Comes - Till The Light Comes

4pm.
Mars Arizona - Alabama Bound - High Desert
One Horse Shy - Radio - Better Life
Chely Wright w/ Rodney Crowell - Heavenly Days - Lifted Off The Ground
Rodney Crowell - Shame On the Moon - The Essential Rodney Crowell
Timothy B. Schmit - A Good Day - Expando
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - California's Burning - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women
Kasey Anderson - Nowhere Nights - Nowhere Nights
Reckless Kelly - I Hold The Bottle, You Hold The Wheel - Somewhere In Time
Whopner County Country Allstars - Another Time, Another Place - 7-10 Split
Deadstring Brothers - Can't Make It Through The Night - Sao Paulo
Otis Taylor - Rain So Hard - Clovis People
Johnny Cash - Cool Water - American VI: Ain't No Grave

Routes and Branches Play List 05/15/10

2010-05-15T17:54:00.000-07:00

Dan Hicks was my feature artist today since he and his Hot Licks are playing in Eugene tonight. I had a chance to talk with him on the phone this week which I mixed in with songs from his various albums. His new album Tangled Tales is being released on both vinyl and CD and is some of his best work to date. Along with the Hot Licks, Hicks brought in several additional musicians to play on this release including David Grissman, Roy Rogers and Charlie Musselwhite to name a few. Most of the songs are Hick's originals with a few covers including a good version Bob Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
The Charlatans - How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away - The Amazing Charlatans
Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks - Canned Music - Original Recordings
Shoebox Letters - Small Favors - Damaged Goods
Martin Sexton - Surgarcoating - Surgarcoating
Joy Kills Sorrow - You Make Me Feel Drunk - Darkness Sure Becomes This City
The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra - Home On The Water - The Blanche Album
Vassar Clements and The Little Big Band - Hillbilly Jazz - Back Porch Swing
Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks - Savin' My Lovin' - Tangled Tales
John Hiat - The Open Road - The Open Road
The Sadies - Another year Again - Darker circles

4pm.
Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks - Milk Shake Mama - Original Recordings
Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks - Who Are You - Tangled Tales
Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks - Subterranean Homesick Blues - Tangled Tales
David Brozza - Southern Cross - Night Dawn
Tyler Fortier - When Time Stands Still - This Love Is Fleeting
Jacob Dylan - Smile When You Call Me That - Women & Country
Maria Muldar - The Diplomat - Good time Music For Hard Times
Maria Muldar w/ Dan Hicks - Medley: Life's Too Short/ When Elephants Roost In Bamboo Trees - Good time Music For Hard Times
Shelby Lynne - Old #7 - Tears Lies And Alibis
Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks - Let It Simmer - Tangled Tales

Routes and Branches Play List 05/08/10

2010-05-09T11:37:00.000-07:00

Merle Haggard did perform this past Monday at the Hult Center. It was a great show featuring many old classics and a few songs off his new album at the end of his show.
At this point in his life I think the title track of his new album I am What I am describes him the best. Since Sunday is Mother's Day this week I had to close my show with Haggard's Classic Mama Tried.

This week's show also had Gavin Wahl-Stephens and The New Americans in to the station to play a couple of songs live for us including an as yet unrecorded song entitled Overdraft Protection . Wahl-Stephens and The New Americans have a great northwest feel to their mix of Americana/Rock. Gavin's song writing is strong and he is backed up by the excellent musicianship of The New Americans. I'm sure that we will be listening to more of their music in the future.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Merle Haggard - I Am What I Am - I Am What I Am
Colin Farrell & Jeff Bridges - Fallin' & Flyin'- Crazy Heart
Reckless Kelly - I Hold The Bottle, You Hold The Wheel - Somewhere In Time
The Whopner County Country Allstars - Another Time, Another Place - 7-10 Split
Deadstring Brothers - Adalee - Sao Paulo
Kasey Anderson - Sooner Or Later - Nowhere Nights
Diana Catherine & The Thrusty Tweeters - Travelin' Man - The Spirit Ranch
Son Volt - Jukebox Of Steel - American Central Dust
Drive By Truckers - Drag The Lake Charlie - The Big To-Do
Dereck Trucks Band - Down In The Flood - Already Free
Mark Karan - Walk Through The Fire - Walk Through The Fire
Levon Helm - Kingfish - Electric Dirt
Bow Thayer w/ Levon Helm - Got My Attention - Spend It All
Sonny Landreth - Broken Hearted Road - Levee Town

4pm.
Gavin Wahl-Stephens & The New Americans - Good Thing - Live @ KRVM
Gavin Wahl-Stephens & The New Americans - Overdraft Protection - Live @ KRVM
Gavin Wahl-Stephens & The New Americans - Ballad Of The Yes Man - No Keys/No Gold
Cross Canadian Ragweed - To Find My Love - Happiness And All The Other Things
Griffin House - She Likes Girls - The Learner
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks - Savin' My Lovin' - Tangled Tales
Assembly Of Dust W/ Jerry Douglas & Alison Krauss - Leadbelly - Some Assembly Required
Corb Lund - A Game In A Town Like This - Losin' Lately Gambler
Lincoln Durham - Living This Hard - EP
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried - Hag: The Best Of Merle Haggard

Routes and Branches Play List 05/01/10

2010-05-02T09:46:00.000-07:00

I saw some great music this past week. It started with the Lewi Longmire band at Sam Bond's garage last Saturday night. Lewi and the band were in fine form and started the show with his tune "When Your Time Comes A-Callin'" so I started my show this week with the same tune.

Merle Haggard was suppose to play in town last Wednesday evening but had to postpone the show till Monday. I'm still looking forward to seeing him and I hope that this little bit of rest has helped him recover.

Arlo Guthrie has had his family out on tour since the fall and came through Corvallis this past week. They have an wonderful family oriented show which even has the youngest in the family on stage. Arlo is at his best as the story telling grandfather offering great tales of his father and his own experiences throughout the evening.

This show also had a set of Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett music in it since I was giving away tickets for their shows here in Eugene this summer. We also want to wish Willie a Happy birthday.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Lewi Longmire - When Your Time Comes A-Callin'- If I Live To Be 100
Arlo Guthrie - Road To Everywhere - Tales Of '69
Michael Johnathon - Ballad Of Bojangles - Ravenwood
Eric Bibb - Booker's Guitar - Booker's Guitar
Guy Clark - The Guitar - Somedays The Song Writes You
Jim Lauderdale - Alligator Alley - Patchwork River
New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Them Old Minglewood Blues - Where I Come From
Cherryholmes IV - The Harder I Fall - Common Threads
Willie Nelson - Whiskey River - Stars & Guitars
Willie Nelson - Sunday Morning Coming Down - Naked Willie
Nelson, Haggard & Price - Pick Me Up ON Your Way Down - Last Of A Breed
Merle Haggard - The Road To My Heart - I Am What I Am
Steve Earle - Delta Mama Blues - Townes

4pm.
Allison Moorer - The Broken Girl - Crowes
Mary Chapin Carpenter - I Put My Ring Back On - The Age Of Miracles
Elizabeth Cook - El Camino - Welder
Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez - Love You Right - The Deep End
Buddy & Julie Miller - Gasoline And Matches - Written In Chalk
Patty Griffin - If I Had My Way - Downtown Church
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Whoop And Hollar - A. Enlightenment, B. Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C)
Elliot Randall & The Deadmen - Good Love - Caffeine & Gasoline
Jacob Dylan - We don't Live Here Anymore - Women & Country
The Sadies - Tell Her What I Said - Darker Circles
Lyle Lovett - My Baby Don't Tolerate - My Baby Don't Tolerate
Lyle Lovett - Natural Forces - Natural Forces
Band Of Horses - Laredo - Infinite Arms
The Whopner County Country Allstars - The Whiskey Wins Again - 7-10 Split
Lewi Longmire - Baby Would you Take Me Home - Fire 'Neath The Still

Routes and Branches Play List 04/24/10

2010-04-24T17:53:00.000-07:00

I started today's show featuring Roky Erickson and Okkervil River. They have a new record together. Roky Erickson is an Austin Artist better known for his Psychedelic music with the 13th Floor Elevators. After many years of struggling with personal issues Erickson sent Will Sheff of Okkervil River a bunch of material he had written and asked Sheff to pick out tunes for an album together. True love Cast Out All Evil is the result of that collaboration.

Lewi Longmire stopped by the KRVM studios this afternoon to talk and play a couple of tunes. He is working on a new EP of songs that he is going to record on tape and release on vinyl. Trying to get that warm sound you get from records. He gave us a preview of one of the tunes (solo acoustic version)called "Save Yourself". The Lewi Longmire band plays Sam Bond's Garage here in Eugene tonight.

I also played a fair amount of Merle Haggard since he is coming to town this coming Wednesday. At 73 years old Haggard may be doing his best work ever.His new CD I Am What I Am released just this week is excellent. I have not seen Haggard in over 30 years and I'm very much looking forward to his show this week.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Roky Erickson w/ Okkervil River - Bring Back The Past - True love Cast Out All Evil
Roky Erickson w/ Okkervil River - True Love Cast Out All Evil - True Love Cast Out All Evil
Okkervil River - Lost Coastlines - The Stand Ins
Roky Erickson w/ Okkervil River - Ain't Blues Too Sad - True Love Cast Out All Evil
Merle Haggard - Down At The End Of The Road - I Am What I Am
John Hiatt - Like A Freight Train - The Open Road
Truth & Salvage Co. - 101 - Truth & Salvage Co.
Joy Kills Sorrow - You Make Me Feel Drunk - Darkness Sure Becomes You
Shoebox Letters - Something Didn't Stick - Damaged Goods
Arlo Guthrie - The Unbelievable Motorcycle Tale - Tales Of '69
Matt Urmy - Renaissance Rodeo - East Nashville Vol. 3
Eric Brace & Last Train Home - Autumn Leaves - Six Songs

4pm.
Lewi Longmire - Disappear - Live @ KRVM
Lewi Longmire - Save Yourself - Live @ KRVM
Lewi Longmire - This Time - Fire 'Neath The Still
Kasey Anderson - Leaving Kind - Nowhere Nights
Chuck Cannon - Heaven - God Shaped Hole
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried - Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard - We're Falling In Love Again - I Am What I Am
Merle Haggard - The Okie From Muskogee's Comin' Home - The Essential Merle Haggard
Drive By Truckers - Daddy Learned To Fly - The Big To-Do
Have Gun Will Travel - Sons & Daughters Of The Guilded Age - Postcards From The Friendly City

Routes and Branches Play List 04/17/10

2010-04-18T10:31:00.000-07:00

Five new discs to the playlist this week. The first one is the Evangenitals EP released last year. They are a band from the Los angles area whom I had never heard of before. Besides liking their name, I like their country, rockabilly, punk sound. Looking them up on-line I found that they have a couple of earlier releases as well as the new EP.
Another band who was new to me this week was Shoebox Letters who are from the Portland area. Their recent release Damaged Goods is a mix of Americana and Alt-country songs about everyday life from the heartaches to the joys. I liked several tunes on the disc.
Jakob Dylan has a new release called Women & Country that is produced by T Bone Burnett and also features Neko Case and Kelly Hogan on vocals. I like this CD a lot more than Dylan's last album. It has more of an Americana sound to it than his previous releases.
Otis Gibbs has a new CD Joe Hill's Ashes which reflects the real experiences Gibbs has had. Done in more of a roots style the CD has the sound of a real troubadour. Also done in the roots style is my final new disc New Morning, by Mulebone. Mulebone is mix of Hugh Pool's excellent blues/roots guitar and John Ragusa's incredible mix of conch shell, Jews harp, cornet, all manner of flutes, tin whistle and back-up vocals. I find John's tasteful additions give Hugh's traditional sounds a sense of evolution. Their CD is a mix of tunes written by Pool and covers from the likes of Fred McDowell,Rev Gary Davis and Merle Travis.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
John Hiatt - My Baby - The Open Road
The Mother Truckers - Daiquiris & Dice - Something Worth Dying For
Evangenitals - Hard Luck Song - Evangenitals
One Horse Shy - Just Me And You - One Horse Shy
Dave Rawlings Machine - Monkey And The Engineer - A Friend Of A Friend
Jacob Dylan - Truth For A Truth - Women & Country
Kasey Anderson - From Now On - Nowhere Nights
Tyler Fortier - When Time Stands Still - This Love Is Fleeting
Ryan Bingham - The Weary Kind - Crazy Heart
Otis Gibbs - Where Only The Graves Are Real - Joe Hill's Ashes
Eric Bibb - Rocking Chair - Booker's Guitar
Trampled By Turtles - Wait So Long - Palomino
Delta Moon - Take The Back Road Home - Hell Bound Train

4pm.
Blue Rodeo - One More Night - The Things We Left Behind
Johnny Cash - Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound - American VI: Ain't No Grave
Merle Haggard w/ Johnny Cash - I'm Leaving Now - Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Ray Price - Pick Me Up On Your Way Down - Last Of A Breed
Merle Haggard - Workin' Man Blues - Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
Alejandro Escovedo - 1968 - Man Of Somebody's Dreams
Amy Cook - Moonrise - Let The Light In
Jimmy LaFave - Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Cimarron Manifesto
Lewi Longmire - Find Me A Women - If I Live To Be 100
Shoebox Letters - Our Love's Gonna Survive - Damaged Goods
Mulebone - Steady Rollin' Man - New Morning
Marley's Ghost - My Love Will Not Change - Ghost Town
John Hiatt - Carry You Back Home - The Open Road

Routes and Branches Play List 04/10/10

2010-04-10T17:39:00.000-07:00

This week was just what I have been listening to lately. I did have a few threads connecting some of the songs together. Like, Jimmy LaFave had Carrie Rodriguez playing fiddle and vocals on his song "Hideaway Girl" so I followed it with Carrie doing a Lucinda Williams song "Steal Your Love". Lucinda finished the set doing her own tune "Righteously".
The second hour got into some Bluegrass since I had tickets to give away to Trampled By Turtles. Besides the Turtles the set included Pert Near Sandstone and Green Mountain Bluegrass Band. I had bluegrass in my head since I had filled in for Ramblin' Robert on Miles of Bluegrass last Monday evening.

I'm also looking forward to the Lewi Longmire Band's return to Eugene two weeks from now on April 24. Hopefully, He will be able to stop by KRVM for a chat that Saturday afternoon.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Guy Clark - Dublin Blues - Together At The Bluebird Café
Stagger & Sway - Three Bar Town - Time Changes
Martin Sexton - Long Haul - Sugarcoating
Patrick Park - The Lucky Ones - Come What Will
Son Volt - Dust Of Daylight - American Central Dust
Horse Feathers - Vernonia Blues - Thistled Spring
John Prine - Paradise - Coal Country Music
Jason & The Scorchers - Beat On The Mountain - Coal Country Music
Jimmy LaFave - Hideaway Girl - Cimarron Manifesto
Carrie Rodriguez - Steal Your Love - Love & Circumstance
Lucinda Williams - Righteously - World Without Tears
Kasey Anderson - Nowhere Nights - Nowhere Nights

4pm.
Lewi Longmire Band - Baby, Would You Take Me Home - Fire 'Neath The Still
Lewi Longmire Band - Girl On My Mind - If I Live To Be 100
Ken Will Morton - Restless Heart - True Grit
Bob Cheevers - One Good Rib - Tall Texas Tales
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - This Is Us - Real Live Roadrunning
Trampled By Turtles - Shenandoah - Duluth
Pert Near Sandstone - Little Maggie - Out On a Spree
Green Mountain Bluegrass Band - Country Blues - Live At Sprout City Studios
Trampled By Turtles - New Son/ Burnt Iron - Palomino
Derek Trucks Band - Our Love - Already Free
Black Prairie - Annie McGuire - Feast Of The Hunter's Moon
Mary Gauthier - Sideshow - The Foundling

Routes and Branches Play List 04/03/10

2010-04-03T20:22:00.000-07:00

This was the second weekend of our Spring pledge drive. I want to send out a big Thank you to all of the listeners who have made their financial contribution to KRVM.

Since Money is what the pledge drive is all about I choose Chuck Cannon's Song "Money" to start the show. The first line in the song is "Money, I ain't got enough." and the last line is "Money, You can't take it with you when you go." What falls in between is our never ending struggle to acquire more money. I ended the show with Cannon's other song about money called "Money Don't Matter". This song starts with the fact that we spend most of our lives trying to make money and evolves into what our world might be like if money didn't matter any more. He says "I wish Love was a coin of the realm. Where everyone is rich and nobody is poor."

Both songs talk to me during this time when we reach out to our listening community for the financial support to continue broadcasting. If Love were money KRVM would never have to worry about how to keep the bills paid to stay on the air, because this community has shown us a lot of love over the years. However, KRVM has to earn money to pay the bills which allow us to continue bring "Real Variety In Music" to the airwaves of western Oregon. Please share a little love by donating generously to KRVM today! Thank you.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Chuck Cannon - Money - Love And Money
Chris Smither - Don't Call Me Stranger - Time Stands Still
Hayes Carll - Drunk Poet's Dream - Trouble In Mind
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Down Home Country Blues - A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C)
Martin Sexton - Livin' The Life - Sugarcoating
Kasey Anderson - Sooner/Later - Nowhere Nights
Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris - Red Dirt Girl - Real Live Roadrunning
Carrie Rodriguez - I Started Loving You Again - Love & Circumstance
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried - The Best of Merle Haggard
Hank Williams III - Me & My Friends - Damn Right Rebel Proud

4pm.
Reckless Kelly - Idaho Cowboy - Somewhere In Time
James McMurtry - Freeway View - Just Us Kids
Lewi Longmire - This Time - Crazy Coyote
The Stagger & Sway - Rubber To The Road - Time Changes
Elliot Randall & The Deadmen - Good Love - Caffeine & Gasoline
Johnny Cash - Satisfied Mind - American VI: Ain't No Grave
Rosanne Cash - Motherless Children - Motherless Children
Hank Williams Jr - Last Pork Chop - Almeria Club
Townes Van Zandt - Ain't Leavin' Your Love - Together At The Bluebird Café
David Broza - Jeanene - Night Dawn
Chuck Cannon - Money Don't Matter - Love And Money

Routes and Branches Play List 03/27/10

2010-03-27T19:54:00.000-07:00

This was the first weekend of our annual Spring Membership drive at KRVM. I had the opportunity to offer Yonder Mountain String Band tickets as membership premiums so I made them the feature artist for today's show. I want to thank all of the listeners who called in and made their contribution to KRVM. Listener support is what makes the music happen on KRVM. Help us reach our goal by making your pledge on line at http://www.krvm.org/

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
John Hiatt - The Open Road - The Open Road
Yonder Mountain String Band - Boatman's Dance - Mountain Tracks Vol. 5
Hoots And Hellmouth - This Hand Is A Mighty Hand - Hoots And Hellmouth
South Memphis String Band - Things Is "Bout Coming My Way - Home Sweet Home
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Trouble In Your Mind - Genuine Negro Jig
Delta Moon - Ghost In My Guitar - Hell Bound Train
Kasey Anderson - All Lit Up - Nowhere Nights
Lyle Lovett - Farmer Brown/ Chicken Reel - Natural Forces
Yonder Mountain String Band - If There's Still Ramblin' In The Rambler > Steep Grade, Sharp Curves > Ramblin' Reprise - Mountain Tracks Vol. 3

4pm.
Elephant Revival - Jet Lag Blues - Elephant Revival
Emmitt Nershi Band - Restless Wind - New Country Blues
Have Gun, Will Travel - Sons & Daughters Of The Gilded Age - Postcards From The Friendly City
Buddy & Julie Miller - What You Gonna Do Leroy - Written In Chalk
Brandon Jenkins - White Van Blues - Brothers Of The Dirt
Yonder Mountain String Band - Deep Pockets - Mountain Tracks Vol. 3
Railroad Earth - Hard Livin' - Amen Corner
Chuck Cannon - The Ghost Of Johnny Cash - God Shaped Hole

Routes and Branches Play List 03/20/10

2010-03-21T10:28:00.000-07:00

For the first day of spring I played a whole show of recently released material with one exception, a Townes Van Zandt tune at the end of a set of songs which were either about Townes or that he had a part in the writing. The most unusual of these was the David Broza tune which was an unpublished Townes poem put to music by David. David and Townes played together once at a song pull hosted by Linda Lowe back in 1994 and everyone including Townes' family were surprised that he left Broza a bunch of unpublished poetry. Long story short, Broza has now released a new album Night Dawn of 11 tunes based on Townes poetry and one instrumental which he wrote in Townes honor called "Too Old To Die Young". You can find the entire story at: http://nightdawn.davidbroza.net/.

Also featured on today's show was the disc East Nashville Vol.3 More Music From The Other Side. It is a disc of various artists who come from Nashville's lesser known east side and have recorded with Red Beet Records. of the 19 tracks on the disc I found over half of them to be really good tunes performed by artists that I had never heard of before.

I ended my show with a couple of tracks from the disc Coal Country Music. Coal mining is still a major industry in Appalachia and the CD is a companion to the film Coal Country, which documents the devastation wrought by mountaintop removal and the cycle of coal mining and combustion. 100% of the net proceeds from the sale of the CD go to the Alliance for Appalachia to STOP MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL. You can go to http://www.coalcountrymusic.com/ to find out more about the film and CD.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Kieran Kane - Way Down Below - East Nashville Vol.3 More Music From The Other Side
Ryan Bingham - I Don't Know - Crazy Hearty Sound Track
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine - Genuine Negro Jig
Patty Griffin - If I Had My Way - Down Town Church
Reckless Kelly - I Hold The Bottle, You Hold The Wheel - Somewhere In Time
Carrie Rodriguez - Big Love - Love & Circumstance
Anne McCue - Broken Promise Land - East Nashville Vol. 3 More Music From The Other Side
Leslie & The Badgers - Roomful Of Smoke - Roomful Of Smoke
Diana Catherine & The Thrusty Tweeters - Travelin Man - The Spirit Ranch Sessions
Drive By Truckers - Daddy Learned To Fly - The Big To-Do
Elliot Randall & The Deadmen - Caffeine & Gasoline - Caffeine & Gasoline
Chuck Mead - I Wish It Was Friday - East Nashville Vol. 3 More Music From The Other Side
Kasey Anderson - All Lit Up - Nowhere Nights
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Down Home Country Blues - A.Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint There Is No C.)

4pm.
Great American Taxi - Reckless Habits - Reckless Habits
David Broza - Southern Cross - Night Dawn (The Unpublished Poetry of Townes Van Zandt
Steve Earll - White Freightliner Blues - Townes
Townes Van Zandt - Ain't Leavin' Your Love - Far Cry From Dead
Matt Urmy - Renaissance Rodeo - East Nashville Vol. 3 More Music From The Other Side
Jack Grace Band - Morning Margaritas - Drinking Songs For Lovers
Texas Tornados - Who's To Blame Senorita? - Esta Bueno!
The Texas Sapphires - Stunt Double - As He Wanders
Will Kimbrough - It Ain't Cool - Wings
Elephant Revival - Ring Around The Moon - Elephant Revival
Cedar Hills Refugees w/ Ralph Stanley - Keys To The Kingdom - Coal Country Music
Jason & The Scorchers - Beat On The Mountain - Coal Country Music

Routes and Branches Play List 03/13/10

2010-03-15T08:45:00.000-07:00

I had a schedule conflict this week between my radio show and our local spring home improvement show which I attend for my business. So this week's radio show was put together and canned from the music files on our station's computer. Fortunately many of the artists that I like to play on Routes & Branches also show up in our weekday music mix.

I'm still catching up on all of the new CDs that have come into the station while I was on vacation. Next week I will have a whole crop of new releases to play for you.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
John Hiatt - The Open Road - The Open Road
Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women - Nana & Jimi - Dave Alvin & The Guilty Women
Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning - I Misunderstood
Yonder Mountain String Band - Complicated - The Show
Brandi Carlile - Throw It All Away - Connect Set
String Cheese Incident - Valley Of The Jig - Untying The Not
Bonnie Raitt - Love Letter - Nick Of Time
Buddy & Julie Miller - The Rivers Gonna Run - Buddy & Julie Miller
Chuck Prophet - Hot Talk - Let Freedom Ring
Edwin McCain - Gramercy Park Hotel - Lost In America
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Rich Women - Raising Sand
Robert Earl Keen - Corpus Christi Bay - A Bigger Piece Of Sky
Bob Dylan - The Ballad OF Frankie Lee & Judas Priest - John Wesley Harding
JJ Cale - Down To Memphis - Roll On

4pm.
James McMurtry - Just Us Kids - Just Us Kids
Jeffery Foucault - Ghost Repeater - Ghost Repeater
Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard - These Roads Don't Move - One Fast Move Or I'm Gone
Greg Brown - Eugene - The Evening Call
Hot Buttered Rum - Two Loose Cannons - Limbs Akimbo
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks - That's Where I Am - Selected Shorts
David Jacobs-Strain - Rainbow Junkies - Liar's Day
Martin Sexton - Livin' The Life - Sugarcoating
Railroad Earth - Long Way To Go - The Good Life
Little Feat - Old Folks Boogie - Time Loves A Hero
Ry Cooder - Poor Man's Shangi La - Peter Buck Presents: The REM Collection Vol.3
Roseanne Cash - Black Cadillac - Black Cadillac

Routes and Branches Play List 03/06/10

2010-03-06T13:27:00.000-08:00

I want to thank Shotgun Majors for sitting in for me while I was gone.
I have recently returned from Cayamo 2010 and I must say that it has to be one of my favorite vacations ever. Cayamo was a music festival cruise with artists like Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, and Brandie Calile for the headliners along with several other artists and bands to fill out the schedule. We saw over 25 shows in the 5 days we were on board.
Every artist on today's play list except Ryan Bingham and Hot Buttered Rum were on the cruise. I opened the show with Ryan Bingham's The Weary Kind since he is up for the Oscar with it this weekend. He certainly gets my vote. I played the Hot Buttered Rum cut because I was giving tickets away to their upcoming show next weekend at the WOW hall.

Artist-Song-Source
3pm.
Ryan Bingham - The Weary Kind - Crazy Heart Soundtrack
Lyle Lovett - If I Had A Boat - Live In Texas
Lyle Lovett - My Baby Don't Tolerate - My Baby Don't Tolerate
John Hiatt - My Baby - The Open Road
John Hiatt - The Open Road - The Open Road
Emmylou Harris - Return Of The Grievous Angel - Last Date
Buddy Miller W/ Emmylou Harris - The Selfishness Of Man - Written In Chalk
Buddy & Julie Miller - Gasoline & Matches - Written In Chalk
Works Progress Administration - Always Have My Love - WPA
Darrell Scott - Hank Williams Ghost - The Invisible Man
Shawn Mullins - Beautiful Wreck - 9th Ward Pickin' Parlor
Shawn Mullins - All In My Head - Honeydew
Edwin McCain - Welcome To Struggleville - Lost In America

4pm.
Edwin McCain - Alive - Honor Among Thieves
Steve Earle - Down Here Below - Washington Square Serenade
Steve Earle - Ashes To Ashes - Jerusalem
Steve Earle - White Freightliner Blues - Townes
Brandie Carlile - The Story - The Story
Brandie Carlile - What Can I Say - Live From Neumo's
The Lovell Sisters - Paulita Maxwell - Time To Grow
Hot Buttered Rum - Summertime Gal - Limbs Akimbo
Chuck Cannon - Money Don't Matter - Love And Money
Robert Earl Keen - Laughing River - The Rose Hotel
Hoots & Hellmouth - Want On Nothing - Hoots & Hellmouth
Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers - Blue Jean - Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers

Routes and Branches Play List 2/27/10

2010-02-27T17:39:00.000-08:00

Song - Artist - Source

3pm

4 & 20 Blues - Jeffrey Foucault - Stripping Cane

I Smell A Rat - Patty Griffin - Downtown Church

Ready or Not - Backyard Tire Fire - Good To Be

Seven Long Years - The Whipsaws - 60 Watt Avenue

Oppenheimer - Old 97's - Fight Songs

Baby, Baby, Don't Tell Me That - James Hand - The Truth Will Set You Free

Let the Lead Fly - Wrinkle Neck Mules - Let the Lead Fly

Take A Break - Catherine MacLellan - Water In The Ground

Like a Cannonball - Honey Gitters - Barrel Sniffer's Holiday

These Roads Don't Move - Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard - One Fast Move Or I'm Gone

Don't Spill The Sugar - The Wiyos - Broken Land Bell

Not Again - Slimfit - The Path

Dance All Night - Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses

Tennesse Rose - The Deep Vibration - Veracruz

4pm

As Fast As You Can - Mark Wehner - Wait...I Wasn't Finished

Alfred - Gordie Tentrees - Mercy Or Sin

Devil Talks - Gordie Tentrees - Mercy Or Sin

Mercy Or Sin - Gordie Tentrees - Mercy Or Sin

Tulsa Sounds Like Trouble To Me - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Speed Of Life

Fried Chicken And Gasoline - Southern Culture On The Skids - Dirt Track Date

Jesus & James Dean - Charlie Shafter Band - 17th & Chicago

Walken - Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

Stunt Double - The Texas Saphires - As He Wanders

Speak Plainly, Diana - Joe Pug - Messenger

Hard Livin' Life - Matthew Dean Herman - Blackbird

Shake Your Party Dress - Boca Chica - Lace Up Your Work Boots

Dark Autumn Hour - Frontier Ruckus - The Orion Songbook

Routes and Branches Play List 2/20/10

2010-02-20T20:14:00.000-08:00

Song - Artist - Source

3pm

Desdemona (Featuring Patty Griffin) - The Alternate Routes - A Sucker's Dream

Care - Austin Collins & The Rainbirds - Wrong Control

Something Less Than Something More - Caitlin Cary - Begonias

360 - Heath Haynes & the Hi-Dollars - Ain't With Bein' Broke

Breaking Honey's Heart - Supersuckers - Get It Together

Take My Hand - David Hidalgo & Louie Pérez - The Long Goodbye

Let'em Run - Rita Hosking - Come Sunrise

Sounds Of The City - Lucero - 1372 Overton Park

Copathetic - Fragile Jack - Thirsty Work

I Hold The Bottle, You Hold The Wheel (w/Micky Braun) - Reckless Kelly - Somewhere In Time

Nobody from Nowhere - Daddy - For a Second Time

Silently Mine - Gavin GLass And The Holy Shakers - Gavin Glass & The Holy Shakers

4pm

Blackbirds - Jonathan Terrell - Trials And Stimulations

Never Be Fooled Again - Zoe Muth - Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers

Follow You - Trevor Alguire - Thirty Year Run

Can't Lose You - Bourgeois Gypsies - Faulty Fairytales

Larosse - Bruce Robison - The New World

Passing Dream - Carolyn Mark & NQ Arbuckle - Let's Just Stay Here

Alfred - Gordie Tentrees - Mercy Or Sin

The Gates Of Liberty - Bow Thayer And Perfect Trainwreck - Bow Thayer And Perfect Trainwreck

New Shoes - Joy Kills Sorrow - Darkness Sure Becomes This City

Car Outside - Jimmy LaFave - Cimarron Manifesto

House Of Gold - Patty Griffin - Downtown Church

Right Here With Me - The Band Of Heathens - Voices of a Grateful Nation Vol. 1

Routes and Branches Play List 02/13/10

2010-02-14T13:26:00.000-08:00

With James McMurtry coming back to Eugene next week, I had the opportunity to talk with him on the phone this past week. Our conversation included highlights about recording his Live In Europe album, performing on Michael Nesmith's Videoranch and what songs that he is enjoying playing right now. I mixed this conversation in with his music during the second hour of my show.

Following the McMurtry set I played a set featuring tunes from the Crazy Heart soundtrack. The movie has finally come to Eugene and I'm looking forward to seeing it this afternoon.

Shotgun Majors will be filling in for me while my wife and I join John Hiatt, Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Robert Earl Keen, Buddy Miller, along with many other artists on the 2010 Cayamo Cruise to Belize and Mexico. "Party Time"

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
The Drive By Truckers - Feb. 14 - A Blessing and A Curse
Dave Rawlings Machine - Sweet Tooth - A Friend Of A Friend
Grandpa Elliott - Sugar Is Sweet - Sugar Sweet
Dereck Trucks Band - Our Love - Already Free
Carrie Rodriguez - Got Your Name On It - Live In Louisville
Los Lonely Boys - Loving You Always - Forgiven
Will Kimbrough - Big Big Love - Wings
Emmitt Nershi Band - Mango Tango - New Country Blues
Emmylou Harris - Beyond The Great Divide - All I Intended To Be
Lyle Lovett - Pantry (Acoustic)- Natural Forces
John Hiatt - Let's Give This Love A Try - Same Old Man
Buddy And Julie Miller - Ellis County - Written In Chalk

4pm.
James McMurtry - Hurricane Party - Live In Europe
James McMurtry - Lobo Town - Saint Mary Of The Woods
James McMurtry - Bayou Tortous - Just Us Kids
Ryan Bingham - The Weary Kind - Crazy Heart
Townes Van Zandt - If I Needed You - Crazy Heart
Jeff Bridges - Somebody Else - Crazy Heart
Richard Thompson - Dad's Gonna Kill Me - Sweet Warrior
Hayes Carll - A Lover Like You - Trouble In Mind

Routes and Branches Play List 02/06/10

2010-02-07T13:15:00.000-08:00

I was surprised and pleased this week when I took a look at the Americana Chart.

Pleased by seeing Ray Wylie Hubbard sitting at the top with his CD A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C). I have been listening to Hubbard's music for so many years that I can't remember when I started. His new CD has some great song writing and deserves to be at the top of the charts.

I was surprised to see Allison Moorer's new CD Crows sitting at number nine on the chart. When I first listened to it, nothing really jumped out at me saying "I'm Americana music". Instead it felt more main stream to pop type songs. Now that it is getting so much air play on "Americana Stations" I think that I will have to give it a closer listen.

A number of good concerts are on our concert calendar in the next few weeks. I featured several up coming performers on this week's show.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Richard Thompson - Needle & Thread - Sweet Warrior
JJ Cale - Roll On - Roll On
Blue Rodeo - One More Night - The Things We Left Behind
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Down Home Country Blues - A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There Is No C)
Joe Pug - Messenger - Messenger
Jeff Bridges - Somebody Else - Crazy Heart
James McMurtry - Freeway View - Live In Europe
Carrie Rodriguez - She Ain't Me - She Ain't Me
Los Lonely Boys - Loving You Always - Forgiven
Patty Griffin - Wade In The Water - Down Town Church
Allison Moorer - The Broken Girl - Crows
Maria Muldar & Her Garden Of Joy - Bank Failure Blues - Good Time Music For Hard Times

4pm.
South Memphis String Band - Jesse James - Home Sweet Home
Phoebe Blume - Hot And Sweet - The Homing Beasts
Eric Bibb - Booker's Guitar - Booker's Guitar
Head For The Hills - Nooks And Crannies - Head For The Hills
Pert' Near Sandstone - No Rest - Needle & Thread
Asylum Street Spankers - My Baby In The CIA - God's Favorite Sampler
Swamp Cabbage - Dixieland - Squeal
Joy Kills Sorrow - New Shoes - Darkness Sure Becomes This City
Buddy & Julie Miller - You Make My Heart Beat Too Fast - Love Snuck Up
Slimfit - More Than Wrong - The Path
Robert Earl Keen - On And On - The Rose Hotel
The Wailin' Jennys - Deeper Well - Live At The Mauch Chunk Opera House