Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – January 12-13, 2012
January 30, 2012
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – January 12-13, 2012
Catching up on a few releases that may have previously slipped through cracks in a prelude to my big double end of the year review show.
Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year
Paul Kelly – Nothing on My Mind – GREATEST HITS – SONGS FROM THE SOUTH Vol. 1-2 (Universal) – 1998/2011
David G. Smith – You’re the Reason God Made Tequila – NON-FICTION (Hey Dave) – 2011
Scotty Alan – Say Lately – WRECK AND THE MESS (Spinout) – 2011
Steven Casper & Cowboy August – Broken Hearts & Cadillacs – KINDNESS (Silent City) – 2011
Nick Moss – Candy Nation – HERE I AM (Blue Bella) – 2011
Sean Costello – T-Bone Boogie – AT HIS BEST-LIVE (Landslide) – 2011
Bronwynne Brent – Building a Wall – DEEP BLACK WATER (self) – 2011
Robyn Ludwick – Out of These Blues – OUT OF THESE BLUES (Late Show) – 2011
Jonell Mosser – Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day – FORTUNES LOST, FORTUNES FOUND (City Hall) – 2011
Carolyn Wonderland – Victory of Flying – PEACE MEAL (Bismeaux) – 2011
Nils Lofgren – Love Stumbles On – OLD SCHOOL (Vision Music) – 2011
Sam Roberts Band – Longitude – COLLIDER (Zoe) – 2011
Liam Finn – Real Late – FOMO (Yep Roc) – 2011
Kasey Anderson & The Honkies – Mercy – HEART OF A DOG (Red River) – 2011
Calamity Jane – A Boy and a Girl – CALAMITY JANE (South Hand) – 2011
Kevin Elliott – Prettiest Girl in A.A. – IT’S A CIRCUS HERE, DOLORES (Soona Songs) – 2011
Donal Hinely – Sweet Enabler – THE FAMOUS ROCKET CAGE (Atom) – 2011
Boca Chica – Afternoon Tea – GET OUT OF SIN CITY (www.bocachicamusic.com) – 2011
Marybeth D’Amico – Tiny Star – THE LIGHT INSIDE (LongMan) – 2011
Abbie Gardner – Bang Bang – HOPE (www.abbiegardner.com) – 2011
Mighty Popo – Gakondo – GAKONDO (Borealis) – 2011
Tom Waits – Last Leaf – BAD AS ME (Anti) – 2011
Levon Helm – You’ll Never Again Be Mine – THE LOST NOTEBOOKS OF HANK WILLIAMS (Egyptian/CMF/Columbia) – 2011
The Gourds – I Want It So Bad – OLD MAD JOY (Vanguard) – 2011
Mike Doughty – Day By Day By – YES AND ALSO YES (Snack Bar) – 2011
Ben Kweller – Gossip – FO FLY A KITE (The Noise Co.) – 2012
Girls – Saying I Love You – FATHER, SON, HOLY GHOST (True Panther Sounds) – 2011
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – December 22-23, 2011
January 22, 2012
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – December 22-23, 2011
I couldn’t quit hack a holiday show so this is what happened instead, ending with a weird Hall & Oates set not at all prompted by the Callin’ Oates phenomenon.
Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year
John Paul Keith – Anyone Can Do It – THE MAN THAT TIME FORGOT (Big Legal Mess) – 2011
Boris Garcia – Deaf Dumb & Blind – TODAY WE SAIL (Porchwerk) – 2011
The Duke & The King – No Easy Way Out – THE DUKE & THE KING (So) – 2011
Rebekah Pulley & The Reluctant Prophets – Hard Times – TALES OF HIGHWAYS & LOW ROADS (Baamo) – 2011
Amy Lavere – You Can’t Keep Me – STRANGER ME (Archer) – 2011
Ollabelle – Dirt Floor – NEON BLUE BIRD (Thirty Tigers) – 2011
Atlas Sound – Mona Lisa – PARALLAX (4AD) – 2011
Girls – Honey Bunny – FATHER, SON, HOLY GHOST (True Panther Sounds) – 2011
BoDeans – Paved in Gold – INDIGO DREAMS (Oar Fin) – 2011
The Jayhawks – Stand Out in the Rain – MOCKINGBIRD TIME (Rounder) – 2011
Drive-By Truckers – Cartoon Gold – GO-GO BOOTS (ATO) – 2011
Dawes – So Well – NOTHING IS WRONG (ATO) – 2011
Fiery Blue – Slow Down – OUR SECRET (Doubloom) – 2011
Dale Watson & The Texas Two – Elbow Grease, Spackle & Pine-Sol – THE SUN SESSIONS (Red House) – 2011
Chris Isaak – Miss Pearl – THE SUN SESSIONS (Vanguard) – 2011
Foster & Lloyd – That’s What She Said – IT’S ALREADY TOMORROW (Effin El) – 2011
Old 97’s – Visiting Hours – THE GRAND THEATRE, Volume 2 (New West) – 2011
The Gourds – Ink & Grief – OLD MAD JOY (Vanguard) – 2011
Charlie Wood & His Swamp Gang Revue Band – One of a Kind – KEEPIN IT REAL (Groove Gator) – 2011
Those Darlins – Fatty Needs a Fix – SCREWS GET LOOSE (Oh Wow Dang) – 2011
Susanna Choffel – Hold of the Night – STEADY EYE SHAKY BOW (self) – 2011
Stewart Francke – Sam Cooke’s on the Radio – HEARTLESS WORLD (Blue Boundary) – 2011
Daryl Hall – Laughing Down Crying – LAUGHING DOWN CRYING (Verve Forecast) – 2011
John Oates – It’s All Right – MISSISSIPPI MILE (PS) – 2011
Tom Waits – Chicago – BAD AS ME (Anti) – 2011
Sean Costello – T-Bone Boogie – AT HIS BEST-LIVE (Landslide) – 2011
Candye Kane – Down With the Blues – SISTER VAGABOND (Delta Groove) – 2011
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – December 15-16, 2011
January 22, 2012
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – December 15-16, 2011
Another crazy quilt of folk’n’roots’n’twang’n’blues.
Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year
Wilco – Born Alone – THE WHOLE LOVE (dBpm) – 2011
Mekons – Calling All Demons – ANCIENT & MODERN 1911-2011 (Bloodshot) – 2011
Tom Waits – Chicago – BAD AS ME (Anti) – 2011
John Hiatt – Don’t Wanna Leave You Now – DIRTY JEANS & MUDSLIDE MYMNS (New West) – 2011
Pegi Young & The Survivors – Trouble in a Bottle – BRACING FOR IMPACT (Vapor) – 2011
Tracy Nelson – You’ll Be Mine – VICTIM OF THE BLUES (Delta Groove) – 2011
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Some of These Days I’ll Be Gone – PEYTON ON PATTON (SideOneDummy) – 2011
Murray McLauchlan – Painting Floors – HUMAN WRITES (True North) – 2011
The Deep Dark Woods – I Just Can’t Lose – THE PLACE I LEFT BEHIND (Six Shooter) – 2011
Stan Rogers – Forty-Five Years – FOGARTY’S COVE (Borealis) – 1976/2011
Charlie Sizemore – Ashley Judd – HEARTACHE LOOKING FOR A HOME (Rounder) – 2011
Carolina Road – A Light in My Window Again – BACK TO MY ROOTS (Rural Rhythm) – 2011
Laurie Lewis – I Don’t Care Anymore – SKIPPIN’ AND FLYIN’ (Spruce & Maple) – 2011
Dan Crary & Thundernation – Tumbleweed Town – PERFECT STORM (Blue Night) – 2011
Folk Family Revival – Unfolding – UNFOLDING (Magnolia Red) – 2011
The Jayhawks – Closer to Your Side – MOCKINGBIRD TIME (Rounder) – 2011
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Got It Alone – HERE WE REST (Lightning Rod) – 2011
Ian Siegal & The Youngest Sons – Master Plan – THE SKINNY (Nugene) – 2011
Zoe Deschanel – It’s So Easy – LISTEN TO ME: BUDDY HOLLY (Verve Forecast) – 2011
Kate & Anna McGarrigle – Heart Like a Wheel – TELL MY SISTER (Nonesuch) – 1975/2011
Ryan Adams – Save Me – ASHES & FIRE (PaxAm) – 2011
Julian Velard – Another Guy’s Songs – MR. SATURDAY NIGHT (Planeteer) – 2010
Ron Sexsmith – Miracles – LONG PLAYER LATE BLOOMER (Thirty Tigers) – 2011
Matt the Electrician – Accidental Thief – ACCIDENTAL THIEF (self) – 2011
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis – I’m Going Back – SMOKING IN HEAVEN (Verve Forecast) – 2011
Candye Kane – I Love to Love You – SISTER VAGABOND (Delta Groove) – 2011
Etta James – Too Tired – THE DREAMER (Verve Forecast) – 2011
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – December 8-9, 2011
January 22, 2012
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – December 8-9, 2011
A good mix of newer Americana with some Canadiana sprinkled in for good measure.
Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year
Wilco – Whole Love – THE WHOLE LOVE (dBpm) – 2011
Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers – We Belong Here – GIFT HORSE (Vanguard) – 2011
Paul Brady – Rainbow – HOOBA DOOBA (Proper American) – 2011
Daryl Hall – Message to Ya – LAUGHING DOWN CRYING (Verve Forecast) – 2011
Susan Angeletti – Knock on My Door – WISDOM (www.susanangeletti.net) – 2011
Darryl Lee Rush – Broken Glass – DARRYL LEE RUSH (Coastal Bend) – 2011
Tom Russell – And God Created Border Towns – MESABI (Shout Factory) – 2011
Ry Cooder – John Lee Hooker for President – PULL UP SOME DUST AND SIT DOWN (Nonesuch) – 2011
Greg Brown – Freak Flag – FREAK FLAG (Yep Roc) – 2011
Kasey Anderson & The Honkies – Mercy – HEART OF A DOG (Red River) – 2011
John Doe – Handsome Devil – KEEPER (Yep Roc) – 2011
Tom Waits – Pay Me – BAD AS ME (Anti) – 2011
Dead Man Winter – A Long, Cold Night in Minneapolis – BRIGHT LIGHTS (Banjodad) – 2011
Gillian Welch – Down Along the Dixie Line – THE HARROW & THE HARVEST (Acony) – 2011
Whitehorse – Night Owls – WHITEHORSE (Six Shooter) – 2011
Lisa Hannigan – What’ll I Do – PASSENGER (ATO) – 2011
Glen Campbell – Any Trouble – GHOST ON THE CANVAS (Surfdog) – 2011
Bob Schneider – Hand Me Back My Life – A PERFECT DAY (Kirtland) – 2011
The Cash Box Kings – Off the Hook – HOLLER & STOMP (Blind Pig) – 2011
Semi-Twang – Nervous Energy – WAGES OF SIN (Faux Real) – 2011
Etta James – Boondocks – THE DREAMER (Verve Forecast) – 2011
Carolyn Wonderland – What Good Can Drinkin’ Do – PEACE MEAL (Bismeaux) – 2011
Slaid Cleaves – Lydia – SORROW & SMOKE (Music Road) – 2011
Robert Ellis – Comin’ Home – PHOTGRAPHS (New West) – 2011
Robert Earl Keen – Top Down – READY FOR CONFETTI (Lost Highway) – 2011
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – December 1-2, 2011
January 22, 2012
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – December 1-2, 2011
Some great and interesting covers on tonight’s show.
Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year
Wilco – Capitol City – THE WHOLE LOVE (dBpm) – 2011
Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers – 1993 – GIFT HORSE (Vanguard) – 2011
Sam Roberts Band – Without a Map – COLLIDER (Zoe) – 2011
The Jayhawks – Closer to Your Side – MOCKINGBIRD TIME (Rounder) – 2011
Etta James – Welcome to the Jungle – THE DREAMER (Verve Forecast) – 2011
Debbie Bond – I Like It Like That – HEARTS ARE WILD (Blues Root) – 2011
John Paul Keith – Anyone Can Do It – THE MAN THAT TIME FORGOT (Big Legal Mess) – 2011
Tom Russell with Lucinda Williams – A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall – MESABI (Shout Factory) – 2011
Bob Dylan – The Love That Faded – THE LOST NOTEBOOKS OF HANK WILLIAMS (Egyptian/CMF/Columbia) – 2011
Ry Cooder – Humpty Dumpty World – PULL UP SOME DUST AND SIT DOWN (Nonesuch) – 2011
Pegi Young & The Survivors – I Don’t Want to Talk About It – BRACING FOR IMPACT (Vapor) – 2011
Yael Meyer – Backbone – EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT (KLI) – 2011
Charlie Sizemore – Walking the Floor Over Me – HEARTACHE LOOKING FOR A HOME (Rounder) – 2011
Del McCoury Band – I’m Lonesome I’m Blue – OLD MEMORIES: THE SONGS OF BILL MONROE (McCoury Music) – 2011
Ralph Stanley II – I Think I Hear a Train – THE SONGS OF DIXIE & TOM T. HALL (Good Home Grown Music) – 2011
Jim Lauderdale – Tiger & The Monkey – REASON & RHYME (Vanguard) – 2011
The Sweetback Sisters – Texas Bluebonnets – LOOKING FOR A FIGHT (Signature Sounds) – 2011
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis – Will I Ever – SMOKING IN HEAVEN (Verve Forecast) – 2011
Dale Watson & The Texas Two – Down Down Down Down Down – THE SUN SESSIONS (Red House) – 2011
Chris Isaak – I Forgot to Remember to Forget – THE SUN SESSIONS (Vanguard) – 2011
Blackie & The Rodeo Kings with Rosanne Cash – Got You Covered – KINGS & QUEENS (File Under Music) – 2011
The Gourds – Two Sparrows – OLD MAD JOY (Vanguard) – 2011
Rich Robinson – Station Man – THROUGH A CROOKED SUN (Thirty Tigers) – 2011
Ian Siegal & The Youngest Sons – The Skinny – THE SKINNY (Nugene) – 2011
The Holy Goats – Something to Tell You – NEXT ROUND (CopyCat) – 2011
Boca Chica – Do Right Woman – GET OUT OF SIN CITY (www.bocachicamusic.com) – 2011
Laurie Lewis – American Chestnuts – SKIPPIN’ AND FLYIN’ (Spruce & Maple) – 2011
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