Routes & Branches 6/23/12

This week I tried to play as much music and talk as little as I could. In addition to hosting my regular show I stayed overtime to cover our Acoustic Junction show which regularly follows mine. So you get 4 hours worth of play list this week featuring mostly performers who will be coming to Oregon this summer. I focused on three summer festivals starting with the Oregon Country Fair (July 13-15) followed by Pickathon (Aug 3-5) and NW String Summit (Aug 9-12). I also did a set featuring Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers along with Emmylou Harris who will be at The Cuthbert here in Eugene.

Either Acoustic or Electric I hope everyone catches some live music this Summer.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm.
Trailer Radio - Tune In / Football Widow - Trailer Radio
Trailer Radio - I'm Not Leavin', I'm Just Lookin' - Trailer Radio
Truckstop Honeymoon - Bargain Hunting - Homemade Haircut
The Sugar Beets - The Reason We Make Love - Secret To Happiness
Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons - The Road Home - Happy Book
Cory Chisel And The Wandering Sons - I've Been Accused - Old Believers
Bodeans - All The World - American Made
Lyle Lovett - White Boy Lost In The Blues - Release Me
New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Message In A Bottle - 17 Pine Avenue
7 Walkers - Sue From Bogalusa - 7 Walkers
Leftover Salmon - Here Comes The Night - Aquatic Hitchhiker
Scott Chism & Better Half - Long Haul Steady - Long Haul Steady
Delta Moon - Walk Out In The River - Black Cat Oil

4pm
Blitzen Trapper - Love The Way You Walk Away - American Goldwing
Todd Snider - Brenda - Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables
Langhorn Slim & The Law The Way We Move The Way We Move
Heartless Bastards - Parted Ways- Arrow
Todd Snider - Hill Country Rain - Time As We Know It
Nicki Blum - Stick With Me - Driftwood
Tara Stoncipher & The Tall Grass - Dogs - Recovery
Sara Watkins - You And Me - Sun Midnight Sun
The Shook Twins - Shine On - Window
Lewi Longmire Band - The Ballad Of Me And Sweet Marie - Tales Of The Left Coast Roasters
The Brothers Comatose - Modern Day Sinners - The Brothers Comatose
Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs - Like Rock & Roll and Radio - Live Fall 2010
The Brothers Comatose Pie For Breakfast The Brothers Comatose

5pm
Dear Calamity Jane - Me And My Dad - Dear Calamity Jane
Chris Smither - Hundred Dollar Valentine - Hundred Dollar Valentine
Marley's Ghost - This Old Road - Jubilee
Mary Flower - Goin' To Sit Down On The Banks Of The River - Misery Loves Company
Jerry Douglas - King Silkie - Traveler
Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys - Teardrops Turned To Snow - Long Lonesome Day
The Crow Quill Night Owls - Wake Up Sinners - Snake Liquor
Brown Chicken Brown Cow Stringband - She's Sexy When She Comes - ...It's A Deep Subject
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers - You - Rare Bird Alert
Emmylou Harris - My Name Is Emmett Till - Hard Bargain
The Steep Canyon Rangers - Between Midnight And The Dawn - Nobody Knows You
Townes Van Zandt - Buckskin Stallion Blues - At My Window

6pm
Greensky Bluegrass - Freeborn Man - All Access Vol. 2
Danny Barnes - Misty Swan - Pizza Box
Yonder Mountain String Band - Too Late Now - Mountain Tracks Vol. 3
The Two Man Gentlemen Band - Please Don't Water It Down - Two At A Time
The Cave Singers - Swim Club - No Witch
The Wood Brothers - Shoofly Pie - Smoke Ring Halo
Neko Case - Red Tide - Middle Cyclone
Beth Wood - Backroads - The Weather Inside
Brian Cutean - Mississippi John N Taj - Guitared & Feathered
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit - Lightning Bugs & Barflies/ Stand By Me - Matadors
Mississippi John Hurt - Nobody Cares For Me - Last Sessions
Steve Earle - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive

Routes & Branches 6/16/12
Our second Saturday of our Summer fundraiser here at KRVM. My thanks go out to all who donated this afternoon. The positive feedback of Routes & Branches was very encouraging. I will continue to bring "Our kind of Music" to the air each and every Satuday afternoon.
I'm looking forward to seeing Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks and their band tomorrow evening in Portland.  Although they cover a wide variety of music some of which doesn't fit in an Americana show, I can't get enough of Trucks guitar work and Susan has such a voice that ca't be beat. Together they make excellent harmony.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Rollin' & Tumblin' - Everybody's Talkin'

Great American Taxi - Olden Days - Paradise Lost
Leftover Salmon - Bayou Town - Aquatic Hitchhiker
Darrell Scott - No Use Living For Today - Long Ride Home
Tony Denikos  - High In The Low Country - Under The Church
James McMurtry - Just Us Kids - Just Us Kids
John Prine - Glory Of True Love - Fair And Square
Jerry Jeff Walker - Getting' By - Viva Terlingua!

4pm
Todd Snider - Jaded Lover - Time As We Know It
Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers - If I Can't Trust You With A Quarter - Starlight Hotel
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings - I'm Still Lovin' You - Kings & Queens
Rodney Crowell & Kris Kristopherson - My Father's Advice - Kin
Ryan Bingham - Hard Times - Mescalito
Willie Nelson - A horse Called Music - Heroes
Hayes Carll - Another Like You - KMAG YOYO
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Darling Be Home Soon - Everybody's Talkin'

Routes & Branches 6/9/12

Today was the start of KRVM's Summer Pledge drive and I want to thank all of the listeners who called in to pledge their support of KRVM and especially my show Routes & Branches. I also want to thank anyone who pledged on our website. When I was talking with Ray Wylie Hubbard last week about Americana music and how to define it, He said that it was you our listeners who define what Americana is by listening to and supporting the music with your support of this station and program. Radio worth listening to is worth supporting. Everyone can be a member supporter of KRVM by going to our web site: http://www.krvm.org/ clicking on the "Pledge Now" button.

As part of my fund drive show I pulled out a few more older and vintage tracks including John Hiat, Townes Van Zandt, John Prine, and James McMurtry. Of the new cuts this week I tried to put some connections together like playing Railroad Earth followed by Bovine Social Club since Tim Carbone of RR Earth was the producer for BSC, and I followed James McMurtry with John Fullbright because McMurtry said that Fullbright is one of the most interesting songwriters he has heard recently. I also like Neil Young and Crazy Horse's new CD "Americana". I like how they have put new life into some great old tunes.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Buddy Miller - Cattle Call - The Majestic Silver Strings

Ray Wylie Hubbard - Coochy Coochy - The Grifter's Hymnal
John Hiatt - Stolen Moments - Stolen Moments
Lewi Longmire - This Time - Fire 'neath The Still
Dave Alvin - What's Up With Your Brother - Eleven Eleven
Stagger & Sway - Rubber To The Road - Time Changes
Townes Van Zandt - Pancho & Lefty - Together At The Bluebird Café
John Prine - Spanish Pipedream - In Person & On Stage
Slaid Cleaves - Green Mountains And Me - Sorrow & Smoke

4pm
Railroad Earth - Lone Croft Farewell - Railroad Earth
Bovine Social Club - The Rayban Song - Bovine Social Club
Drive By Truckers - The Righteous Path - Brighter Than Creations Dark
Delta Moon - Blues In A Bottle - Black Cat Oil
James McMurtry - Bayou Tortus - Just Us Kids
John Fullbright - Gawd Above - From The Ground Up
Neil Young - Gallows Pole - Americana
Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers - Women Like To Slow Dance - Rare Bird Alert
Emmylou Harris - The Road - Hard Bargain

Routes & Branches 6/2/12

It was a pleasure to have Ray Wylie Hubbard on my show this past weekend and a joy to see him perform with his son Lucas Saturday evening at the WOW Hall in Eugene. Hubbard says that it is the folks that listen to Americana music are the ones who define it. Whether it is folk, rock, country, bluegrass, singer/songwriter, or guitar player oriented, Americana is defined by the integrity and quality of the music and the musicians who perform it. We also talked about Hubbard's new CD called "Grifter's Hymnal" which seems to be a more personal album than others with songs like "Coricidin Bottle" and "Mother Blues" which relate to Hubbard's own history. My new favorite quote is the last line of "Mother Blues" which says " The days that I keep my gratitudes higher than my expectations, I have really good days." Words to live by.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Willie Nelson - Come On Up To The House - Heroes

I See Hawks In L.A. - Bohemian Highway - New Kind Of Lonely
Marley's Ghost - Hank And Audrey - Jubilee
Sara Watkins - You And Me - Sun Midnight Sun
Doc Watson & Richard Watson - Walk On Boy - The Three Pickers
Doc Watson & Richard Watson  - Daybreak Blues - The Three Pickers
Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs with Alison Krauss - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - The Three Pickers
O'Brien Party Of 7 - Reincarnation - Reincarnation
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Count My Blessings - Live In The KRVM Studio
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Mother Blues - Live In The KRVM Studio
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Ask God - Grifter's Hymnal

4pm.
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Everybody's Talkin' - Everybody's Talkin'
Hank Williams III - A Good Hearted Woman - Long Gone Daddy
Langhorne Slim & The Law - The Way We Move - The Way We Move
Todd Snider - Jaded Lover - Time As We Know It
Alejandro Escovedo - San Antonio Rain - Big Station
Bodeans - American - American Made
Jason Eady - Sober On The Weekends - AM Country Heaven
Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs with Alison Krauss - The Banks Of The Ohio - The Three Pickers
Merchants Of Moonshine - Back Porch - More Than Whiskey
Leftover Salmon - Bayou Town - Aquatic Hitchhiker
Turnpike Troubadours - Before The Devil Knows We're Dead - Goodbye Normal Street

Routes & Branches 5/19/12

This week I had several personal distractions so there wasn't much focus on the show today. So here are some random notes on the playlist.
 I can say that I did see Roger Cline and the Peacemakers when they passed though town this week. They seemed a little more rock n roll than I had expected from their description but I liked their show and I played a track they did at the show. Nancy Griffith sure has some attitude with her song "Hell No (I'm Not Alright)", and Joe Goldmark has some excellent pedal steel work on his new CD "The Wham Of That Steel Man". I like the new version of "Oh Susana" done by Neil Young. It is the only song I have heard off his new CD "Americana" and I'm looking forward to listening to the rest of the disk. I just put my hands on a copy of the new live CD from the Tedeschi Trucks Band and although it is more Blues/Rock than Americana I sure do like it a lot and I'm looking forward to seeing them perform in Oregon next month. After reading an article in our local paper about Gregg Allman's new book which quoted Allman as saying that he believes in reincarnation with reference to Derek Trucks, I believe it too.



Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Dave Alvin - Ashgrove - Ashgrove
Roger Cline & The Peacemakers - Heaven On A Paper Plate - Unida Cantina
Loretta Hagen - No Until The Next Time - Mud And Stone
Deanna Cartea - Open Road - Open Road
Real Folk - In These Times - At The Brink
Nancy Griffith - Hell No (I'm Not Alright) - Intersection
Justin Townes Earle - Look The Other Way - Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Fell About Me Now
Willie Nelson - Roll Me - Up Heroes
Lukas Nelson - Golden Rule - Wasted
Sonny Landreth - For You And Forever - Elemental Journey
Joe Goldmark - Riptide Rock - The Wham Of That Steel Man
Joe Goldmark with Keta Bill - Long As I Can See The Light - The Wham Of That Steel Man
Neil Young - Oh Susana - Americana
JJ Cale & Eric Clapton - Ride The River - The Road To Escondido

4pm
The Flatlanders - South Wind Of Summer - New West Records World Cafe
New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Down For The Ride - 17 Pine Avenue
Levon Helm W/ Buddy Miller & Sam Bush - Wide River To Cross - Ramble At The Ryman
The Infamous String Dusters - Get It While You Can - We'll Do It Live
Hey Marseilles - Hold The Morning - To Travels & Trunks
Leftover Salmon - Bayou Town - Aquatic Hitchhiker
Grant Farm - I Come from The Country - Grant Farm
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Learn How to Love - Tedeschi Trucks Band Live
Yarn - Liquor Love - Almost Home
The Wandering - Mr. Spaceman - Go On Now, You Can't Stay Here
Mars Grass - Borderline - Mars Grass

Routes & Branches 5/12/12

This week I had the pleasure of having The Shook Twins into the KRVM studio on there way to play a show over at the Axe & Fiddle. The first thing one notices when listening to The Shook Twins is their amazing twin harmony vocals which come from a lifetime of singing together even though they are still in their 20's. Drawing from indie folk to 60's pop The Shook Twins create a unique blend of Americana music that is inspiring and uplifting. I also like their use of old and new technology in creating their sound, Katelyn with an old telephone receiver to give a low tech sound to her vocals and Laurie by using loops and other electronics to give her banjo a beat-boxing effect.  The Shook Twins are making their mark on the west coast music scene.


Artist-Song-Source

3pm
JJ Cale - Waymore's Blues - Rewind

Leftover Salmon - Here Comes The Night - Aquatic Hitchhiker
Yarn - The Loner - Almost Home
David Jacobs-Strain - Treetop Flyer - Live From The West Coast
Carrie Rodriguez - Got Your Name On It - Live In Louisville
Danny Barnes - Wine - Rocket
Merchants Of Moonshine - Whiskey And A Rose - More Than Whiskey
I See Hawks In L.A. - I Fell In Love With The Greatful Dead - New Kind Of Lonely
The Wood Brothers - One More Day (Live) - Southern Ground Artists Compilation Vol. 2
Railroad Earth - Mighty River - Elko

4pm
The Shook Twins - What We Do - Live In The KRVM Studio
The Shook Twins - Shine On - Live In The KRVM Studio
The Shook Twins - Time To Swim - Window
Sonia Liegh - Bar - Southern Ground Artists Compilation Vol. 2
Sonny Landreth - Congo Square - Grant Street
Lisa Biales - Gypsy Woman Blues - Just Like Honey
Turnpike Troubadours - Gin Smoke & Lies - Goodbye Normal Street
Robert Earl Keen - Black Baldy Stallion - Ready For Confetti
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried - Hag: The Best Of Merle Haggard

Routes & Branches 5/5/12

 It is Spring time and the new releases are blooming. This week I'm really liking new CD's from Grant Peeples, who's "Prior Convictions" have made some music that matters. Also on this week's favorites list is the new Hank Williams III album "Long Gone Daddy". The lead title track, a remake of his Grandfather's "I'm A Long Gone Daddy" makes me feel like he is channeling his Grandfathers ghost.
I'm also liking Portland artist Dan Weber who's "Hank & Jesus" tune is also related to Hank Williams Sr.

The press sheet that came with John Fullbright's new disc "From The Ground Up" had a recommendation on it from James McMurtry so I knew that this was going to be good. In the second hour I went into "Rehab" with New Country Rehab along with a track from  J P Harris & The Tough Choices who we number one on the FAR charts this month. And I finished up with Chelle Rose's new Cd "Ghost Of Browder Holler" which was produced by Ray Wylie Hubbard and one from Hubbard's latest "The Grifter's Hymnal".



 Artist-Song-Source

 3pm
Grant Peeples - Things Have Changed - Prior Convictions

Grant Peeples - Market Town - Prior Convictions
Aaron Davis - Pass It On - Rear Veiw Mirror
Great American Taxi - Olden Days - Paradise Lost
Todd Snider - Pissin' In The Wind - Time As We Know It
Hank Williams III - I'm A Long Gone Daddy Long Gone Daddy
Hank Williams III - This Ain't Montgomery - Long Gone Daddy
Dan Weber - Hank & Jesus - Ash & Bone
John Fullbright - Satan And St.Paul - From The Ground Up
The Wronglers with Jimmy Dale Gilmore - In The Pines - Heirloom Music
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Ruby, Are You Mad At Your Man - Leaving Eden
The James Low Western Front - Whiskey Farmer - Whiskey Farmer

4pm
Yarn - The Lone - Almost Home
Drew Emmitt - River's Risin' - Long Road
The Brothers Comatose - Modern Day Sinners - The Brothers Comatose
New Country Rehab - Ramblin' Man - New Country Rehab
Demolition String Band - Misfortune - Gracious Days
J P Harris & The Tough Choices - Badly Bent - I'll Keep Calling
Great Recession Orchestra - Sales Tax - Double Shot
Los Lonely Boys - Oye Mamcita - Keep On Giving: Acoustic Live
Los Lobos - West LA Fade Away - Tin Can Trust
Chelle Rose - Browder Holler Boy - Ghost Of Browder Holler
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Train Yard - The Grifter's Hymnal