Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – July 28-29, 2011
August 31, 2011
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – July 28-29, 2011
Bottle Rockets have a new, live acoustic greatest hits package. They open and play with Marshall Crenshaw this week at the Palms in Winters.
Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year:
R.E.M. – Begin the Begin – LIFE’S RICH PAGEANT (The Athens Demos) – (Capitol) 1986/2011
Robert Earl Keen – I Gotta Go – READY FOR CONFETTI (Lost Highway) – 2011
Guy Clark – The Cape – SONGS AND STORIES (Dualtone) – 2011
Bottle Rockets – Smokin’ 100’s Alone – NOT SO LOUD (Bloodshot) – 2011
Ollabelle – Record Needle – NEON BLUE BIRD (Thirty Tigers) – 2011
Jonell Mosser – Beautiful World – FORTUNES LOST, FORTUNES FOUND (City Hall) – 2011
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Shake It and Break It – PEYTON ON PATTON (SideOneDummy) – 2011
Greg Brown – Mercy Mercy Mercy – FREAK FLAG (Yep Roc) – 2011
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings with Holly Cole – Brave – KINGS & QUEENS (File Under Music) – 2011
Tedeschi-Trucks Band – Come See About Me – REVELATOR (Masterworks) – 2011
The Waifs – Beautiful Night – TEMPTATION (Compass) – 2011
The Little Stevies – History Like Mine – ATTENTION SHOPPERS (45) – 2011
Kasey Chambers – Beautiful Mess – LITTLE BIRD (Sugar Hill) – 2011
Disappear Fear – I Ain’t Marching – GET YOUR PHIL (Disappear Fear) – 2011
Folk Family Revival – Holding You Now – UNFOLDING (Magnolia Red) – 2011
Houston Jones – Three Things – QUEEN OF YESTERDAY (Summerhill) – 2011
Chadwick Stokes – Rainsong – SIMMERKANE II (Ruff Shod) – 2011
Gomez – Just As Lost As You – WHATEVER’S ON YOUR MIND (ATO) – 2011
Catherine MacLellan – Eastern Girl – SILHOUETTE (True North) – 2011
Paul Brady – Money to Burn – HOOBA DOOBA (Proper American) – 2011
Dead Man Winter – Nicotine – BRIGHT LIGHTS (Banjodad) – 2011
Buffalo Killers Everyone Knows It But You – 3 (Alive Records) – 2011
Sondre Lerche – Go Right Ahead – SONDRE LERCHE (Mona) – 2011
Ron Sexsmith – Eye Candy – LONG PLAYER LATE BLOOMER (Thirty Tigers) – 2011
Lipbone Redding – Talkin’ to Your Picture – UNBROKEN (BeBop) – 2011
Semi Twang – Move It or Lose It – WAGES OF SIN (Faux Real) – 2011
Wagons – Willie Nelson – RUMBLE, SHAKE & TUMBLE Lipbone Redding – UNBROKEN (30 Tigers) – 2011
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – July 21-22, 2011
August 17, 2011
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – July 21-22, 2011
A fairly rootsy show with a little rockabilly and even some folkabilly.
Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year:
Dave Alvin – Run Conejo Run – ELEVEN ELEVEN (Yep Roc) – 2011
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings with Lucinda Williams – If I Can’t Have You – KINGS & QUEENS (File Under Music) – 2011
Lucinda Williams – Seeing Black – BLESSED (Lost Highway) – 2011
Tedeschi-Trucks Band – Ball & Chain – REVELATOR (Masterworks) – 2011
Mike Zito – Motel Blues – GREYHOUND (Eclecto Groove) – 2011
Lloyd Jones – Last Fair Deal Gone Down – HIGHWAY BOUND (Underworld) – 2011
Dex Romweber Duo – Nowhere – IS THAT YOU IN THE BLUE? (Bloodshot) – 2011
Tracy K. Houston – Stupid Cupid – ROCKIN’ LITTLE ANGEL (Songbird) – 2010
Marti Brom – Finders Keepers – NOT FOR NOTHIN’ (Goofin/Ripsaw) – 2010
Wanda Jackson – Rip It Up – THE PARTY AIN’T OVER (Nonesuch) – 2011
Eilen Jewel – Warning Signs – QUEEN OF THE MINOR KEY (Signature Sounds) – 2011
Buffalo Killers – Take Your Place – 3 (Alive Records) – 2011
Folk Family Revival – Fallin’ – UNFOLDING (Magnolia Red) – 2011
Dan Hubbard & The Humadors – Stay Away – THE LOVE SHOW (www.danhubbard.net) – 2011
Dawes – Million Dollar Bill – NOTHING IS WRONG (ATO) – 2011
The Little Stevies – Accidentally – ATTENTION SHOPPERS (45) – 2011
Suzie Brown – I’ll Be Gone – HEARTSTRINGS (Freshie) – 2011
Kasey Chambers – This Story – LITTLE BIRD (Sugar Hill) – 2011
Ron Sexsmith – The Reason Why – LONG PLAYER LATE BLOOMER (Thirty Tigers) – 2011
The Rural Alberta Advantage – The Breakup – DEPARTING (Saddle Creek) – 2011
Amy Lavere – Candle Mambo – STRANGER ME (Archer) – 2011
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit – Looking for a Brand New World – STRICTLY WHATEVER (Stony Plain) – 2011
The Twilite Broadcasters – I Can’t Keep You in Love with Me – THE TRAIL OF TIME (www.thetwilitebroadcasters.com) – 2011
Nu-Blu – That’s Who I’m Supposed to Be – THE BLU-DISC (Pinecastle) – 2011
Carolann Solebello – Downtown – THRESHOLD (Elizabeth) – 2011
The Waifs – Day Dreamer – TEMPTATION (Compass) – 2011
Catherine MacLellan – Stealin’ – SILHOUETTE (True North) – 2011
Emmylou Harris – Six White Cadillacs – HARD BARGAIN (Nonesuch) – 2011
R.E.M. – Alligator-Aviator-Autopilot – COLLAPSE (Warner Bros.) – 2011
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – July 7-8, 2011
August 11, 2011
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – July 7-8, 2011
A little bluesier show than normal but still plenty of other tasty genres in the mix.
Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year:
George Thorogood & The Destroyers with Charlie Musselwhite – My Babe – 2120 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE (Capitol) – 2011
Robbie Robertson – Axman – HOW TO BECOME CLAIRVOYANT (429) – 2011
Tedeschi-Trucks Band – Come See About Me – REVELATOR (Masterworks) – 2011
My Morning Jacket – Wonderful (The Way I Feel) – 2011 – CIRCUITAL (ATO) – 2011
David Olney – $20 Serenade – PRESENTS FILM NOIR (Deadbeet) – 2011
Johnny Flynn – Agnes – BEEN LISTENING (Transgressive) – 2011
Dave Alvin with Chris Gaffney – Two Lucky Bums – ELEVEN ELEVEN (Yep Roc) – 2011
Old Californio – Learn to Cheat – SUNDRUNK ANGELS (Californio) – 2011
Michael Thomason Band – Ringing My Bell – 100% CHANCE OF TEARS (Beegum Creek) – 2011
Eilen Jewel – Warning Signs – QUEEN OF THE MINOR KEY (Signature Sounds) – 2011
Ruby Dee & The Snakehandlers – Alcohol Hall of Fame – LIVE FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS (Dionysus) – 2010
Town Mountain – Sugar Mama – STEADY OPERATOR (Pinecastle) – 2011
Jim Lauderdale – Doin’ It on My Own – REASON & RHYME (Sugar Hill) – 2011
Art Gomperz Band – Love is Just for Fools – A DIFFERENT STORY TO TELL (All About Murray) – 2011
Gibson Brothers – Singing As We Rise – HELP MY BROTHER (Compass) – 2011
Amy Lavere – Lucky Boy – STRANGER ME (Archer) – 2011
Bravo Johnson – Hopper/Fonda – COME TASTE THE SUN (Stone Junction) – 2010
Sky Keegan – White Trash Sophistication – SKY KEEGAN (self) – 2010
Wheeler Brothers – Long, Hard Ride – PORTRAITS (self) – 2011
Fences – Girls with Accents – FENCES (Onto Entertainment) – 2011
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter – Marble Son – MARBLE SON (Station Grey) – 2011
Ben Hall – Guitar Rag – BEN HALL! (Tompkins Square) – 2011
The Twilite Broadcasters – There Stands the Glass – THE TRAIL OF TIME (www.thetwilitebroadcasters.com) – 2011
Carolann Solebello – Bury Me Beneath the Willow – THRESHOLD (Elizabeth) – 2011
Lauren Sheehan – Honey Baby Blues – ROSE CITY RAMBLE (www.laurensheehanmusic.com) – 2011
Ron Sexsmith – No Help At All – LONG PLAYER LATE BLOOMER (Thirty Tigers) – 2011
Paul McCartney – Hot As Sun/Sunglasses – McCARTNEY (Hear) – 1970/2011
Noah & The Whale – LIFEGOESON – LAST NIGHT ON EARTH (Island) – 2011
The Smithereens – As Long As You Are Near Me – 2011 (E One) – 2011
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – June 30-July 1, 2011
August 4, 2011
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – June 30-July 1, 2011
The show started rootsy and ended on a poppier note.
Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year:
Dave Alvin with Christy McWilson– Manzanita – ELEVEN ELEVEN (Yep Roc) – 2011
Too Slim & The Taildraggers – Everybody’s Got Something – SHIVER (Underworld) – 2011
Solomon Burke & De Dijk – Hold on Tight – HOLD ON TIGHT (Verve Forecast) – 2010
George Thorogood & The Destroyers – Spoonful – 2120 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE (Capitol) – 2011
Lauren Sheehan – Oh, My Stars – ROSE CITY RAMBLE (www.laurensheehanmusic.com) – 2011
Lloyd Jones – Lazybones – HIGHWAY BOUND (Underworld) – 2011
k.d. lang & The Siss Boom Band – Habit of Mind – SING IT LOUD (Nonesuch) – 2011
Eliza Gilkyson – Death in Arkansas – ROSES AT THE END OF TIME (Red House) – 2011
Carolann Solebello – Black Jack Davey – THRESHOLD (Elizabeth) – 2011
Tara Nevins – Wood & stone – WOOD AND STONE (Sugar Hill) – 2011
Eric Hanke – Gotta Little – FACTORY MAN (www.erichanke.com) – 2010
Jim Lauderdale – Fields of the Lord – REASON & RHYME (Sugar Hill) – 2011
The Grascals with Darrell Worley – White Lightning– THE GRASCALS & FRIENDS (Blugrascal) – 2011
Neil Young – Soul of a Woman – A TREASURE (Reprise) – 2011
Luke Doucet – Monkey – STEEL CITY TRWALER (Six Shooter) – 2010
Tim Hus – Country Music Lament – 35 YEARS OF STONY PLAINS (Stony Plain) – 2010/2011
Michael Thomason Band – Mobile Phone Blues – 100% CHANCE OF TEARS (Beegum Creek) – 2011
Carrie Rodriguez & Ben Kyle – Your Lonely Heart – WE STILL LOVE OUR COUNTRY (Ninth Street Opus) – 2010
Caitlin Rose – Spare Me (Fetzer’s Blues) – 2011 – OWN SIDE NOW (Theory 8) – 2011
The Lost Pines – Cherry Pie – SWEET HONEY (www.lostpinesband.com) – 2011
Tedeschi-Trucks Band – Simple Things – REVELATOR (Masterworks) – 2011
Ziggy Marley – Reggae in My Head – WILD & FREE (Tuff Gong) – 2011
Paul Simon – The Afterlife – SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT (Hear) – 2011
Paul McCartney – Mr. H. Atom/You Know I’ll Get You Baby – McCARTNEY II (Hear) – 1980/2011
Ron Sexsmith – Get in Line – LONG PLAYER LATE BLOOMER (Thirty Tigers) – 2011
Fountains of Wayne – Ritchie & Rueben – SKY FULL OF HOLES (Yep Roc) – 2011
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – June 23-24, 2011
August 4, 2011
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – June 23-24, 2011
Business as usual on Semi-Twang featuring Milwaukee’s own Semi-Twang!
Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year:
Dave Alvin with Phil Alvin – What’s Up With Your Brother? – ELEVEN ELEVEN (Yep Roc) – 2011
Jim Lauderdale – Love’s Voice – REASON & RHYME (Sugar Hill) – 2011
The Steel Wheels – With It All Stripped Away – LIVE AT GOOSE CREEK (Goose Creek) – 2011
Kasey Chambers – Devil on Your Back – LITTLE BIRD (Sugar Hill) – 2011
Susanna Choffel – Raincloud – STEADY EYE SHAKY BOW (self) – 2011
Paul Simon – Get Ready for Christmas Day – SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT (Hear) – 2011
Harry Manx & Kevin Breit – There Was a Girl – STRICTLY WHATEVER (Stony Plain) – 2011
Greg Brown – Remember the Sun – FREAK FLAG (Yep Roc) – 2011
Ben Hall – King of the Road – BEN HALL! (Tompkins Square) – 2011
Neil Young – It Might Have Been – A TREASURE (Reprise) – 1984/2011
Claude “Butch” Morgan – Gone Gone Gone – TALK ABOUT (self) – 2011
Old Californio – Better Yet – SUNDRUNK ANGELS (Californio) – 2011
Dan Hubbard & The Humadors – Don’t Take Me Now – THE LOVE SHOW (www.danhubbard.net) – 2011
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Heart on a String – HERE WE REST (Lightning Rod) – 2011
Dave Stewart – Stevie Baby – THE BLACKBIRD DIARIES (Surfdog) – 2011
Semi-Twang – The Wages of Sin – WAGES OF SIN (Faux Real) – 2011
Mark Newman – Don’t Get Me Wrong – WALLS OF JERICHO (www.marknewman.us) – 2010
Elvin Bishop – The Night Time is the Right Time – RAISIN HELL REVUE (Delta Groove) – 2011
Emmylou Harris – The Road – HARD BARGAIN (Nonesuch) – 2011
Lynn Miles – Little Bird – FALL FOR BEAUTY (True North) – 2010
My Morning Jacket – You Wanna Freak Out – CIRCUITAL (ATO) – 2011
Warren Haynes – River’s Gonna Rise – MAN IN MOTION (Stax) – 2011
Booker T. Jones with Yim Yames – Progress – THE ROAD FROM MEMPHIS (Anti) – 2011
Grady Champion – Cross That Bridge – DREAMIN’ (GSM) – 2011
Steve Earle – Waitin’ on the Sky – I’LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE (New West) – 2011
Wanda Jackson – You Know I’m No Good – THE PARTY AIN’T OVER (Nonesuch) – 2011
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