SEMI-TWANG – Playlist for February 3-4, 2011
February 28, 2011
SEMI-TWANG – Playlist for February 3-4, 2011
Business as usual on Semi-Twang.
Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year:
Elvis Costello – 5 Small Words – NATIONAL RANSOM (Hear) – 2010
Drive-By Truckers – Mercy Buckets – GO-GO BOOTS (ATO) – 2011
Gregg Allman – Little By Little – LOW COUNTRY BLUES (Rounder) – 2011
John Hiatt – Fireball Roberts – THE OPEN ROAD (New West) – 2010
Carrie Rodriguez & Ben Kyle – Big Kiss – WE STILL LOVE OUR COUNTRY (Ninth Street Opus) – 2011
Tracy K. Houston – Knockin’ on the Backside of Your Heart – ROCKIN’ LITTLE ANGEL (Songbird) – 2010
Malcolm Holcombe – To Drink the Rain – TO DRINK THE RAIN (Music Road) – 2011
John-Alex Mason with Cody Burnside – Gone So Long – JOOK JOINT THUNDERCLAP (Naked Jaybird) – 2011
Damon Fowler – Once in Awhile – DEVIL GOT HIS WAY (Blind Pig) – 2011
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears – Booty City – BOOTY CITY (Lost Highway) – 2011
The Whiptails – Same Old Unsatisfied – THE WHIPTAILS (Basilhead) – 2010
Eddie Spaghetti – Everybody’s Girl – SUNDOWNER (Bloodshot) – 2011
Patrick Sweany – Leave Ohio – THAT OLD SOUTHERN DRAG (NMR) – 2011
Bright Littlefield – Swingin’ Party – TREATMENT BOUND (self) – 2010
Greg Trooper – Everything Will Be Just Fine – UPSIDE-DOWN TOWN (52 Shakes) – 2010
The O’s – Wrecking Ball – BETWEEN THE TWO (Idol) – 2011
Jackie Bristow – Hightail It Outta Here – FREEDOM (self) – 2010
Lori McKenna – American Revolver – LORRAINE (Signature Sounds) – 2011
Storyhill – Pieces of Love – SHADE OF THE TRESS (Red House) – 2010
Prefab Sprout – Falling in Love – LET’S CHANGE THE WORLD WITH MUSIC (Tompkins Square) – 2010
Peter Cooper – Dumb Luck – THE LLOYD GREEN ALBUM (Red Beet) – 2010
Luke Doucet & The White Falcon – Love & a Steady Hand – STEEL CITY TRAWLER (Six Shooter) – 2010
The Jayhawks – Tomorrow the Green Grass – TOMORROW THE GREEN GRASS (Legacy/American) – 1995/2011
Bobby Long – In the Frost – A WINTER TALE (ATO) – 2011
Broken Records – A Leaving Song – LET ME COME HOME (4AD) – 2011
SEMI-TWANG – Playlist for January 27-28, 2011
February 22, 2011
SEMI-TWANG – Playlist for January 27-28, 2011
New DBT, a great new Lori McKenna CD, fantastic Jayhawks reissues, some Bob Dylan, and the Replacements on ukulele courtesy Bright Littlefield. Who could ask for more?
Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year:
Drive-By Truckers – Everybody Needs Love – GO-GO BOOTS (ATO) – 2011
Eddie Spaghetti – Girl on the Billboard – SUNDOWNER (Bloodshot) – 2011
The Grascals with Darryl Worley – White Lightning – THE GRASCALS & FRIENDS (Cracker Barrel) – 2010
Hot Club of Cowtown – Big Ball in Cowtown – WHAT MAKES BOB HOLLER (Proper American) – 2010
The Civil Wars – Forget Me Not – BARTON HOLLOW (Sensibility) – 2011
Carrie Rodriguez & Ben Kyle – If I Needed You – WE STILL LOVE OUR COUNTRY (Ninth Street Opus) – 2011
Lori McKenna – Buy This Town – LORRAINE (Signature Sounds) – 2011
Gregg Allman – Floating Bridge – LOW COUNTRY BLUES (Rounder) – 2011
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – The Trip to Pirates Coves – MOJO (Reprise) – 2010
Popa Chubby – Daddy Played the Guitar & Mama Was a Disco Queen – THE ESSENTIAL POP CHUBBY (Blind Pig) – 2010
Reverend Raven & The Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys – Bricks in My Pillow – SHAKE YOUR BOOGIE (Nevermore) – 2010
Tony Furtado – Angels We Know – GOLDEN (Funzalo) – 2010
Jim Patton & Sherry Brokus – End of a Dream – RAY OF HOPE (Berkalin) – 2010
Neema – Romeo & Juliet – WATCHING YOU THINK (Sony) – 2010
Jakob Dylan – Down on Our Own Shield – WOMEN + COUNTRY (Columbia) – 2010
Danny Schmidt – Buckets of Rain – MAN OF MANY MOODS (Red House) – 2011
Bob Dylan – Hard Times in New York City – THE WHITMARK DEMOS 1962-1964 – Bootleg Volume 9 (Columbia) – 2010
The Jayhawks – Turn Your Pretty Name Around – THE MYSTERY DEMOS (Legacy/American) – 1992/2011
The Jayhawks – Up Above Your Head – HOLLYWOOD TOWN HALL (Legacy/American) – 1992/2011
Loreena McKennitt – The Star of County Down – THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY (Verve) – 2010
Lynn Miles – Something Beautiful – FALL FOR BEAUTY (True North) – 2010
Brenda Jean – He Kept a Goin’ – JOE PYE WEED (Butch Bunny) – 2009
The Wailin’ Jennys – Last Goodbye – BRIGHT MORNING STARS (Red House) – 2011
Nicole Atkins – Cry Cry Cry – MONDO AMORE (Razor & Tie) – 2011
Deborah Iyall – Tell Me Why – STAY STRONG (Dottie) – 2010
Bright Littlefield – Skyway – TREATMENT BOUND (self) – 2010
SEMI-TWANG – Playlist for January 20-21, 2011
February 14, 2011
SEMI-TWANG – Playlist for January 20-21, 2011
The first show of the New Year getting back into new releases. David Lindley and Pieta Brown play this weekend at Harlow’s.
Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year:
Lucinda Williams – Buttercup – BUTTERCUP (Lost Highway) – 2011
Lori McKenna – Sweet Disposition – LORRAINE (Signature Sounds) – 2011
Edie Brickell – Waiting for Me – EDIE BRICKELL (RaceCarlotta) – 2011
Abigail Washburn – Corner Girl – CITY OF REFUGE (Rounder) – 2011
David Wilcox – Little Fish – REVERIE (WAR?) – 2011
Malcolm Holcombe – One Man Singin’ – TO DRINK THE RAIN (Music Road) – 2011
Bennett Brier – Scorpio and Me – SCORPIO AND ME (www.bennettsongs.com) – 2010
Jackson Browne & David Lindley – Mercury Blues – LOVE IS STRANGE (Inside) – 2010
Pieta Brown – El Guero – ONE AND ALL (Red House) – 2010
Patrick Sweany – Corner Closet – THAT OLD SOUTHERN DRAG (NMR) – 2011
Damon Fowler – Cypress in the Trees – DEVIL GOT HIS WAY (Blind Pig) – 2011
The Jayhawks – Poor Michael’s Boat – THE MYSTERY DEMOS (Legacy/American) – 1992/2011
The Jayhawks – Mother Trust You to Walk to the Store – HOLLYWOOD TOWN HALL (Legacy/American) – 1992/2011
Mark Olson – King Snake – MANY COLORED KITE (Rykodsic) – 2010
Bruce Springsteen – London Calling – LONDON CALLING: LIVE IN HYDE PARK) (Columbia) – 2010
Bright Littlefield – Kiss Me on the Bus – TREATMENT BOUND (self) – 2010
Prefab Sprout – Sweet Gospel Music – LET’S CHANGE THE WORLD WITH MUSIC (Tompkins Square) – 2010
British Sea Power – Georgie Ray – VALHALLA DANCEHALL (Rough Trade) – 2011
The Autumn Defense – Back of My Mind – ONCE AROUND (Yep Roc) – 2010
Philip Selway – A Simple Life – FAMILIAL (Nonesuch) – 2010
Hot Club of Cowtown – Stay a Little Longer – WHAT MAKES BOB HOLLER (Proper American) – 2011
The Grascals with Brad Paisley – Tiger By the Tail – THE GRASCALS & FRIENDS (Cracker Barrel) – 2010
Marti Brom – Feelin’ Right Tonight – NOT FOR NOTHIN’ (Ripsaw) – 2010
Sabrina Weeks & Swing Cat Bounce – Thinkin’ of You – TALES FROM LENNY’S DINER (www.swingcatbounce.com) – 2010
The O’s – We’ll Go to Walkin’ – BETWEEN THE TWO (Idol) – 2011
The Stagger & Sway – Sam Bond’s Garage – BREAK TIL YOU BEND (Working Stiff) – 2010
Lawn Chair Kings – After What We’ve Been Thru – II (www.lawnchairkings.com) – 2011
SEMI-TWANG – Playlist for January 13-14, 2011
February 1, 2011
SEMI-TWANG – Playlist for January 13-14, 2011
The second of two shows dedicated to some of my favorite music from 2010. Rounded out by fav CD of the year, Shinyribs’ WELL AFTER AWHILE.
Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year:
The Boxmasters – Sylvia’s Mother – TWISTABLE, TURNABLE MAN: A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO SHEL SILVERSTEIN (Sugar Hill) – 2010
Honeywagon – Black or White – SONGS FROM NEVERLAND (Nashville to You) – 2010
The Jayhawks – Tried and True Love – THE BUNKHOUSE ALBUM (Lost Highway) – 1986/2010
Old 97’s – Driver 8 – MIMEOGRAPH (New West) – 2010
Bruce Springsteen – The Little Things (My Baby Does) – THE PROMISE (Columbia) – 1978/2010
The John Henrys – Little One – WHITE LINEN (Linus) – 2010
Freedy Johnston – Livin’ Too Close to the Rio Grande – RAIN ON THE CITY (Bar/None) – 2010
Max Eider – Can’t Touch Me Now – DISAFFECTION (Tundraducks) – 2010
Eli ‘Paperboy’ Reed – I Found You Out – COME AND GET IT (Capitol) – 2010
Elvis Costello – I Lost You – NATIONAL RANSOM (Hear) – 2010
Joey + Rory – All You Need is Me – ALBUM NUMBER TWO (Sugar Hill) – 2010
Cuff the Duke – Listen to Your Heart – WAY DOWN HERE (Ernest Jenning Record Co.) – 2010
Justin Townes Earle – One More Night in Brooklyn – HARLEM RIVER BLUES (Bloodshot) – 2010
John Mellencamp – Each Day of Sorrow – NO BETTER THAN THIS (Rounder) – 2010
Carrie Rodriguez – I Started Loving You Again – LOVE AND CIRCUMSTANCE (Ninth Street Opus) – 2010
Willie Nelson – Pistol Packin’ Mama – COUNTRY MUSIC (Rounder) – 2010
Harlem – Someday Soon – HIPPIES (Matador) – 2010
Trash – Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight – COME AND GET IT: THE BEST OF APPLE RECORDS (Apple) – 1969/2010
Jesse McReynolds & Friends – Franklin’s Tower – SONGS OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD (Woodstock) – 2010
Drive-By Truckers – Get Downtown – THE BIG TO-DO (ATO) – 2010
Jamey Johnson – Lonely at the Top – THE GUITAR SONG (Mercury) – 2010
Magic Kids – Phone – MEMPHIS (True Panther Sounds) – 2010
Butch Walker & The Black Widows – She Likes Hair Bands – I LIKED IT BETTER WHEN YOU HAD NO HEART (One Haven) – 2010
The Weepies – Be My Thrill – BE MY THRILL (Nettwerk) – 2010
Elizabeth Cook – Rock’n’Roll Man – WELDER (31 Tigers) – 2010
Reckless Kelly – Pure Quill – SOMEWHERE IN TIME (Yep Roc) – 2010
Ben Folds/Nick Hornby – Saskia Hamilton – LONELY AVENUE (Nonesuch) – 2010
Truth & Salvage Co. – 101 – TRUTH & SALVAGE CO. (Mega) – 2010
Shinyribs – Country Cool – WELL AFTER AWHILE (Nine Mile) – 2010
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