Routes & Branches 1/3/15

I continued this week with my recap of the albums I choose for the Freeform American Roots Chart during 2014 . Listening to these albums again is helping me put together my favorites for the end of the year picks for the FAR & Away chart. I will play those albums next week.

3pm
Karen & The Sorrows - Just a Little Heartbreak - The Names of Things
Suzette Lawrence & The Neon Angels - Texas State Line - Tear Up The Honky Tonk
The Mastersons - I Found You - Good Luck Charm
Jim Lauderdale - Doin' Time In Bakersfield - I'm A Song 
John Hiatt - Long Time Comin' - Terms Of My Surrender
Miss Laurie Ann & The SaddleTones - Know - Ease My Mind
Sunny Sweeney - You Don't Know Your Husband - Provoked
Kenny Butterill - Hocus Pocus - Troubadour Tales
Paul Thorn - I Backslide on Friday - Too Blessed To Be Stressed
Curtis McMurtry - Ghost in My Bed - Respectable Enemy
Old Crow Medicine Show - Doc's Day - Remedy
Justin Townes Earle - My Baby Drives - Single Mothers
Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen - Better Days - Cold Spell 
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives - Talking to the Wall - Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives - That Gospel Music - Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
4pm
Jorma Kaukonen - Leave The Light On - Link of Chain: A Songwriters Tribute to Chris Smither
Melissa Ruth & The Likely Stories - What I got - Riding Mercury
Lucinda Williams - West Memphis - Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone
Katie Garibaldi - Lock the Door, Lose the Key - Follow Your Heart 
Angeleena Presley - Dry County Blues - American Middle Class
Keith Greeninger - Hop in the Truck - Soul Connection
Sarah Levecque - Just You - Beautiful Defeat
Trigger Hippy - Rise Up Singin' - Trigger Hippy
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn - Railroad - Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn
Marcia Ball - Human Kindness - The Tattooed Lady And The Alligator Man
JP Harris and the Tough Choices - Give a Little Lovin' - Home Is Where the Hurt Is
Peggy Young & The Survivors - Lonely Women Make Good Lovers - Lonely In a Crowded Room
Doug Seegers - Going Down to the River - Going Down To the River

Routes & Branches 12/27/14

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

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

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

Routes & Branches 12/20/14

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

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

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

Routes & Branches 12/13/14

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

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

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

Routes & Branches 12/6/14

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

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

Routes & Branches 11/29/14

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

Artist-Song-Source

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

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

Routes & Branches 11/22/14

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


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