Routes & Branches 1/25/14

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

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

Routes & Branches 1/18/14

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


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

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

Routes & Branches 1/11/14

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

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

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

Routes & Branches 1/4/14

 "The Best Of The Rest"

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

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

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

Routes & Branches 12/28/13

This being my last show for 2013 I am playing from my favorites of the year. The following list are my choices for this year's FAR & Away chart (Freeform American Routes best of the year).

ALBUMS OF THE YEAR

1) Steve Earle & The Dukes: The Low Highway (New West)
2) Bill Kirchen: Seeds & Stems (Proper)
3) Chicago Farmer: BackenForth, Il (self)
4) The Band Of Heathens: Sunday Morning Record (BOH)
5) Son Volt: Honky Tonk (Rounder)
6) Kristina Murray: Unravelin’ (self)

 DEBUT ALBUM

1) Kristina Murray: Unravelin’ (self)
2) Copper & Coal (self)
3) The Slide Brothers (Dare)
 
VARIOUS ARTISTS/TRIBUTE ALBUM
1) Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County (Hear Music)
2) Inside Llewyn Davis (Nonesuch)
3) Billie Joe & Norah: Foeverly (Reprise)

 REISSUE/HISTORIC ALBUM also covers vintage material appearing for the first time.

1) Duane Allman: Sky Dog (Rounder)
2) Dwight Yoakam: 21^st Century Hits (New West)
3)  Tim Easton: Before The Revolution (New West)
 
LIVE ALBUM
1) Ricky Scaggs & Bruce Hornsby: Cluck Ol’ Hen (Skaggs Family)
2) Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos (Nonesuch)
3) The Infamous Stringdusters: Road To Boulder (High Country)

 FEMALE ARTIST

1) Amanda Cevallos
2) Mary Gauthier
3) Patty Griffin

 MALE ARTIST

1) Rod Balch
2) Jason Isbell
3) Slaid Cleaves

 DUO/GROUP

1) Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale
2) The Wood Brothers
3) Steve Martin & Edie Brickell
 
INSTRUMENTALIST
1) Bill Kirchen
2) The Slide Brothers
3) Greg Leisz
 
SONGWRITER
1) Guy Clark
2) Amos Lee
3) Will Hoge
 

BEST IN THE INDUSTRY

1) Lori Kampa
2) Lynda A. Weingartz
3) Notorious Liz
 

Local NW

1) The Whiskey Chasers

2)The Fiddlin’ Big Sue Band

3) Fruition

Here what I was able to fit into Today's show.

Artist-Song-Source

3pm
The Allman Brothers Band - It's Not My Cross To Bear - Skydog
Dwight Yoakam - If Teardrops Were Diamonds - 21st Century Hits
Oscar Isaac & T Bone Burnett - Fare The Well (Dink's Song) - Inside Llewyn Davis
Billie Joe & Norah - I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail - Foreverly
Jason Isbell - Different Days - Southeastern
Slaid Cleaves - Without Her - Still Fighting The War
Rod Balch - Up The Road - Fort Worth 76102
Patty Griffin - Don't Let Me Die In Florida - American Kid
Mary Gauthier - I Drink - Live At Blue Rock
Amanda Cevallos - I'll Never Honky Tonk You - I'll Never Honky Tonk You
The Wood Brothers - The Muse - The Muse
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale - The Train That Carried My Gal From Town - Buddy & Jim
The Fiddlin' Big Sue Band - Wagon Wheel - The Fiddlin' Big Sue Band

4pm
The Whiskey Chasers - One More Pull Of Whiskey - Well For The Worse
Amos Lee - Tricksters, Hucksters, and Scamps - Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song
Guy Clark - My Favorite Picture Of You - My Favorite Picture Of You
Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos - Crazy 'Bout An Automobile - Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos Live
Ricky Scaggs & Bruce Hornsby - Bluegrass Breakdown - Cluck Ol' Hen
Copper & Coal - The Whole Damn Bottle - Copper & Coal
Kristina Murray - Smoke And Brown Whiskey - Unravelin'
Son Volt - Bakersfield - Honky Tonk
The Band Of Heathens - One More Trip - Sunday Morning Record
Chicago Farmer - Twenty Dollar Bill - BackenForth, Il.
Bill Kirchen - Hot Rod Lincoln - Seeds & Stems

Routes & Branches 12/21/13

 

I have been looking forward to listening to the debut album from the Hard Working Americans since I received their single "Down To The Well" last month, and due to popular demand they moved up their add date for radio stations and sent us a copy of the entire CD. I like the entire album with special appreciation for 'Blackland Farmer', Randy Newman's, 'Mr. President Have Pity On The Working Man' and Hayes Carll's, ' Stomp & Holler'. Snider has always enjoyed the jam band scene and now has his own band to jam with. I recommend checking out the following link to an interview with Snider by Blake Phillips. http://ourkindofmusic.com/tag/duane-trucks/

 

So along with the holiday tunes I had a set of John Prine music because we have a local Annual "John Prine Sing-A-Long" night at Sam Bond's Garage. Don't expect John Prine to be there, this is just a bunch of locals who like Prine and his songs and we all take turns singing lead with everyone in the place joining in. It is a fun evening and this year it will happen on Monday Dec 30th.

 

3pm
Paul Simmon - Getting Ready For Christmas Day - So Beautiful Or So What
Catherine Maclellan - Song Bird - Silhouette
Shawn Mullins - Tinsel Town - Light You Up
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys - Let Her Know - Night Tide
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys - Tequila Calling - Night Tide
Ry Cooder - Christmas Time This Year - Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down
Hard Working Americans - Mr. President Have Pity On The Working Man - Hard Working Americans
Steve Earle - Christmas In Washington - El Corazon
David Jacobs-Strain - Come On In My Kitchen - Live From The Left Coast
John Hiatt - Winter Time Blues - Master Of Disaster
Guy Clark - The Coat - Somedays The Song Writes You
Great American Taxi - Good Night To Boogie - Reckless Habits
Johnny Cash - Daddy Sang Bass - Ulitimate Gospel
Hard Working Americans - Blackland Farmer - Hard Working Americans

4pm
Robert Earl Keen - Happy Holidays Y'all - Walking Distance
Old Crow Medicine Show - Angel From Montgomery - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows
John Prine - Glory Of True Love - Fair & Square
Drive By Truckers - Daddy's Little Pumpkin - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows
John Prine - She Is My Everything - Fair & Square
The Avett Brothers - Spanish Pipedream - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows
Hayes Carll - Grateful For Christmas - KMAG YO-YO
Hard Working Americans - Stomp & Holler - Hard Working Americans
The Whopner County Country Allstars - Christmas In Prison - It's Too Loud
James McMurtry - Holiday - Childish Things
Dolly Parton - Hard Candy Christmas - The RCA Years 1967 - 1986
Robert Earl Keen - Merry Christmas From The Family - Live At The Ryman
Buddy & Julie Miller - The Selfishness Of Man - Written In Chalk

Routes & Branches 12/7/13

Well it seems to happen this time of year, when I'm starting to gather together all of my favorite CDs of the year, that I receive a new release that just catches my ear and immediately competes for a slot in my top ten. This time it's  Kristina Murray's debut CD "Unravelin'". Murray has been compared to Emmy Lou Harris, Tammy Wynette and Patsy Cline so I'm finding myself  liking every track which is unusual for a debut album. So we'll see where she lands in my 'Best Of the Year' list.


Artist-Song-Source

3pm
Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women - Hot Rocks
Nicki Blum & The Gramblers - Little Too Late - Nicki Blum & The Gramblers
The Show Ponies - Whiskey & Wine - We're Not Lost
Kristina Murray - The Year Georgia Ran Dry - Unravelin
Kristina Murray - Half Empty - Unravelin
Will Hoge - Daddy Was a Gambling Man - Never Give In
Brothers Comatose - 120 East - Respect The Van
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys - Missouri Gal - What A Dream It's Been
Billy Joe & Norah - Roving Gambler - Foreverly
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks - Savin' My Lovin' - Tangled Tales
Len Chandler & Robert Kaufman - Green Green Rocky Road - Inside Llewyn Davis
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell - When You Get To Ashville - Love Has Come For You
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Whiskey Legs - Made Up Mind

4pm
Beth Lee & The Breakups - One More Time Again - One More Time Again
Donna The Buffalo - Tonight, Tomorrow And Yesterday - Tonight, Tomorrow And Yesterday
Great American Taxi - Olden Days - Paradise Lost
Hard Working Americans - Down To The Well - Down To The Well
I See Hawks I LA - Oklahoma's Going Dry - Mystery Drug
Yonder Mountain String Band - All The Time - EP 13
The Flannel Attractions - Better Part Of Me - The Flannel Attractions
Copper & Coal - The Whole Damn Bottle - Copper & Coal
Fruition - Just One Of Them Nights - Just One Of Them Nights
The Devil Makes Three - Stranger - I'm A Stranger Here
The Howlin' Brothers - Dixie Fried - The Sun Studio Session
Tom Waits - Goin Out West - Glitter & Doom
Misner & Smith - Lost & Found - Seven Hour Storm