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PLAYLIST FOR MAY 17, 2015/ Brad Edmondson

6am

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band/ Flint Hill Special/ Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Hank Thompson & His Brazo Valley Boys/ Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love

Webb Pierce/ It's Been So Long

Carl Smith/ I Overlooked An Orchid (While Searching For A Rose)

Hank Snow/ The Gold Rush Is Over            

Ernest Tubb/ Tomorrow Never Comes

Hank Snow & His Rainbow Ranch Boys/ Let Me Go, Lover!

Ray Price/ Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me

Hank Locklin/ It's A Little More Like Heaven

Lefty Frizzell/ Look What Thoughts Will Do

Faron Young/ I Miss You Already

Hank Thompson/ The Blackboard Of My Heart

Leon Payne/ I Love You Because

Carl Smith/ Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way

Webb Pierce/ Love, Love, Love

Ernest Tubb/ Rainbow At Midnight

Hank Thompson/ Oklahoma Hills

Hank Snow/ Rhumba Boogie

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys/ Brain Cloudy Blues

Lefty Frizzell/ Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)

Stonewall Jackson/ A Wound Time Can't Erase

Webb Pierce/ I Don't Care

Ernest Tubb/ Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello 

7am

Kathleen Edwards/ Goodnight California

Neko Case/ Porchlight

Tex Owen/ Cattle Call

7:15 am

Chris Hillman & Herb Peterson/ ALBUM FEATURE/ Bakersfield Bound

Tim O Brien & Darryl Scott/ Keep Your Dirty Lights On/ Memories & Moments

8am

Richie Stearns & Rosie Newton/ Ribbons and Bows/ Tractor Beam

Robert Ellis/ TV Song/ Lights from the Chemical Plant

Gillian Welch/ One More Dollar

Dreadful Snakes/ Sally Ann

Southern Culture on the Skids/ Oh Lonesome Me

David Wax Museum/ Staggering and All/ Everything Is Saved

8:30am BLUEGRASS HALF HOUR

Alison Krauss/ The Lucky One

Andy Owen/ Porch Steps on Highway 29

Troublesome Hollow/ Five Pounds of Possum

Putnam County String Band/ Blackjack Davy

Richie and Rosie/ If I Needed You

Ralph Stanley/ Going Home to Live In Green Pastures

Rob McCoury/ Sugar Creek/ Five String Flamethrower

Kathy Kallick/ Life's Too Short

Hot Rize/ Sugarfoot Rag

9am

Red Knuckles/ Texas Hambone Blues

Asleep At The Wheel/ Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas

Elisabeth Cook/ El Camino

BB King/ Nothing But The Blues

Doc Watson/ Your Long Journey

Carolina Sunshine Trio/ Cornbread and Butterbeans

Lyle Lovett/ All Downhill From Here

Kathleen Edwards/ I Make The Dough...

Neko Case/ Guided By Voices

Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard/ Unfair Weather Friend

Nikki Lane/ Wild One

Bottle Rockets/ Indianapolis

Mavericks/ All Night Long

Dave Alvin/ On My Way Downtown

Valentine's Day Special

Here's what I played for my Valentine's Day special. Thanks to all of you who tuned in. Lots of stream listeners today, include a former student who is now in Prague.

Today's show featured a set of kickass truck drivin' country, and my featured album was Sao Paulo by The Deadstring Brothers, yet another fabulous Bloodshot Records release. 

Check out The Deadstring Brothers, and the playlist follows:

• Digging My Potatoes / Big Bill Broonzy / Trouble In Mind
• I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) / Brown's Musical Brownies / Doughboys, Playboys & Cowboys: The Golden Years of Western Swing: Playboy Stomp (Proper Box)
• I Love You Because / Ernest Tubb / Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
• I'll Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms / Carter Young / You Ain't Talkin' to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music - Disc No. 2
• Heartaches By The Numbers / George Jones / Cup Of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years, disc 2 (Polygram)
• I Love You More Today / Conway Twitty / Conway Twitty: The #1 Hits Collection, disc 1 (MCA/Decca)
• The Flame Of Love / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse - The Jim & Jesse Story (CMH)
• Treasure Of Love / George Jones / Cup Of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years, disc 1 (Polygram)
• I Love You Mostly / Lefty Frizzell / Look What Thoughts Will Do (Columbia/Legacy)
• My Love Is a Rider / Girls of the Golden West / Cattle Call: Early Cowboy Music & Its Roots
• Why Did You Give Me Your Love? / Jimmie Rodgers / Jimmie Rodgers - Riding High 1929-1930 (Rounder)
• Love, Love, Love / Webb Pierce / The Best Of Webb Pierce: Millenium Collection (MCA)
• I Love You A Thousand Ways / Lefty Frizzell / Look What Thoughts Will Do, disc 1 (Columbia/Legacy)
• I Love No One But You / The Stanley Brothers / The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers (1949-1952)
• Seasons Of My Heart / George Jones / Cup Of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years, disc 1 (Polygram)
• I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart / Patsy Montana / Cattle Call: Early Cowboy Music & Its Roots
• All Of Me Loves All Of You / Lefty Frizzell / Look What Thoughts Will Do (Columbia/Legacy)
• I Want To Be Loved / Jim & Jesse / Jim & Jesse - The Jim & Jesse Story (CMH)
• You Can't Break My Heart / Spade Cooley / Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley (Legacy/Columbia)
• Love, Love, Love Me Honey Do / Patsy Cline / Patsy Cline - 2 -
• Frankie and Johnny  / Jimmie Rodgers / The Essential Jimmie Rodgers (RCA)
• You Belong To Me / Patsy Cline
• Forsaken Love / The Carter Family / My Clinch Mountain Home: Their Complete Victor Recordings - 1928-1929 (Rounder Records)
• Please Break My Heart / Caitlin Cary / I'm Staying Out (Yep Roc Records)
• Straight A's In Love / Johnny Cash / 1955 To 1958 Recordings (Charly)
• Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine / Bill Monroe / Bill Monroe: Country Music Hall Of Fame Series (MCA)
• Nobody's Love Is Like Mine / Ricky Skaggs and Ralph Stanley / Clinch Mountain Country, disc 1 (Rebel)
• Cry, Cry, Cry / Robbie Fulks / Dressed in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash
• Without Love / The Meat Purveyors / All Relationships are Doomed to Fail
• Looking at the World Through a Windshield / Del Reeves / Road Music: 23 Truckin' Hits
• Girl On The Billboard / Del Reeves
• Holes in the Road (Dumptruck) / The Hollisters / Sweet Inspiration (Hightone)
• Mama Was A Rock (Daddy Was A Rolling Stone) / Kay Adams & BR5-49 / Rig Rock Deluxe: A Music Salute To The American Truck Driver (Diesel Only)
• The Highway Patrol / Red Simpson / Hello, I'm a Truck
• Two Six Packs Away (Single Version) / Dave Dudley / 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Dave Dudley
• There Ain't No Easy Run / Dave Dudley / Country Giants: 20 Alltime Great Country Hits (Mercury)
• Mother Trucker / Shaver / Rig Rock Deluxe: A Music Salute To The American Truck Driver (Diesel Only)
• Dump Road Yodel / The Legendary Shack-Shakers / Dump Road EP  (self-released)
• Exit 109 / Dale Watson / The Truckin' Sessions (Koch)
• The Emptiest Arms In The World / Merle Haggard / Merle Haggard: Capitol's Collectors Series (Capitol)
• I Don't Know Nothin' About Love / Mary Gauthier / Dixie Kitchen
• Take These Chains From My Heart / John Doe & The Sadies / Country Club
• Baby, We're Really In Love / Hank Williams / The Original Singles Collection Plus, disc 2 (Polygram)
• I'm Still In Love With You / Steve Earle & The Del McCoury Band with Iris Dement / The Mountain
• Aren't I True / Kelly Willis / Fading Fast (A&M)
• Hungry For Love / Patsy Cline / Patsy Cline - Honky Tonk Merry Go Round
• He Stopped Loving Her Today / George Jones / First Time Live (Sony)
• Adalee / Deadstring Brothers / São Paulo (Bloodshot)
• Can't Make It Through The Night / Deadstring Brothers / São Paulo (Bloodshot)
• Houston / Deadstring Brothers / São Paulo (Bloodshot)
• Always a Friend of Mine / Deadstring Brothers / São Paulo (Bloodshot)
• Sao Paulo / Deadstring Brothers / São Paulo (Bloodshot)
• Give Back The Key To My Heart / Uncle Tupelo / Anodyne (Sire)
• Find Love / Clem Snide / Soft Spot (SpinART)
• Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight / Whiskeytown / Strangers Almanac (Outpost)
• Sweet Kind Of Love / Jon Langford with the Pine Valley Cosmonauts / Salute the Majesty of Bob Wills (Bloodshot)
• That's How Strong My Love Is / Buddy Miller / Poison Love
• Warm & Tender Love / Caitlin Cary And Thad Cockrell / Begonias (Yep Rock)
• Today I Started Loving You Again / Merle Haggard / The Best Of The Best Of Merle Haggard
• If You're Gonna Love Me (C'est Le Moment) / Paul Burch / Fool For Love (Bloodshot)
• Blind Love / Tom Waits / Rain Dogs (Island)
• You Make Me / Freakwater / Feels Like The Third Time (Thrill Jockey)
• Too Much Love To Waste / Urban Horse Thieves / Won't Be Long
• She Loves Sunset / Old 97's / Blame It On Gravity
• (I'm Gonna) Love, Love, Love You / The Derailers / Full Western Dress (Sire)
• Hard Headed Woman / Wanda Jackson / Queen Of Rockabilly: The Very Best Of The Rock 'n' Roll Years (Ace)
• S.O.S. / The Meat Purveyors / All Relationships are Doomed to Fail
• Wavin' My Heart Goodbye / The Flatlanders / Now Again (New West)

Armin's Favorite alt country/Americana Releases of '09

There is so much wonderful music being released all the time that I'm reluctant to call this a best-of list. These twelve albums are some of the releases that really stood out to me this year, anyway. The artist that undoubtedly moved me the most this year is Ben Nichols (also the lead singer for Lucero). What a gritty and soulful voice, and such great songwriting. The Last Pale Light in the West is an EP, and all songs are about characters in Cormac McCarthy's brutal and brilliant novel Blood Meridian. Loudon Wainright's Charlie Poole project was a wonderful and fitting tribute to on of the early wild men of country before it had a name. New Son Volt certainly did not disappoint, with a terrific tribute to Keith Richards and Rosie Flores with the PVC on Bloodshot is filled with joy proves the value of great collaboration. Oh, and Chicken Tractor Deluxe's album (from Millstein, PA, featuring Kai Schafft, former Salt Creek host and Emelie Peine, former drummer for El Caminos) is a real boot stompin' joy ride.

Hopefully this will help if you're looking for holiday gift ideas!

• Ben Nichols—The Last Pale Light in the West
• Rosie Flores and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts—Girl of the Century
• Lucero—1372 Overton Park
• Son Volt—American Central Dust
• Loudon Wainright III—High Wide & Handsome - The Charlie Poole Project
• Handsome Family—Honey Moon
• Rhett Miller—Rhett Miller
• Exene Cervenka—Somewhere Gone
• Wayne Hancock—Viper of Melody
• John Doe & The Sadies—Country Club
• Chicken Tractor Deluxe—Tin Can Holler
• Samantha Crain & The Midnight Shivers—Songs in the Night

If your favorites don't appear, please comment! I'm always in search of new music.

Country Music is Dead?

Country music is dead! Long Live Country!

Ben Nichols—Last Pale Light in the West

This year Ben Nichols, the singer and songwriter at the helm of the alt country band Lucero, released a stunning solo EP called Last Pale Light in the West. Chuck Donovan and I were both pretty wowed by this recording, and it only continued to grow on us. (Chuck and I compare notes quite a bit!) Without a doubt my favorite recording of the year. Nichols wrote all of the songs based on the characters that appear in Cormac McCarthy's bleak and blood-soaked novel Blood Meridian about a group of scalp hunters responsible for massacres along the Mexico border in 1849 and 1850.

The songs are haunting mini-masterpieces, and Ben Nichols' gravelly voice along with the sparse accompaniment of pedal steel are the perfect match for the material.

Featured Artist - Band of Heathens

Just this past Sunday, I featured the new release by the Band of Heathens - "One Foot in the Ether". The BOH is a group I have been following for some time now, and have recently become the first Indie group to have two albums reach #1 on the Americana Charts. The group hails from Austin, TX, and has been compared to The Band, among others. I'm a big fan, and their new album is really terrific. Check them out at http://www.bandofheathens.com/ !





I will be posting a complete playlist from Sunday's show either tonight or tomorrow, for those interested. Thanks for listening!