Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – February 16-17, 2012
March 6, 2012
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – February 16-17, 2012
Some great new stuff by Otis Gibbs, Chuck Mead, Springsteen, and others.
Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year
Sankofa – What’s the Use of Getting Sober – THE UPTOWN STRUT (Kingswood) – 2011
Otis Gibbs – Detroit Steel – HARDER THAN HAMMER HELL (Wanamaker) – 2012
Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys – You Better Treat Your Man Right – BACK AT THE QUONSET HUT (Ramseur) – 2012
Dale Watson & The Texas Two – If You Know What’s Good for You – THE SUN SESSIONS (Red House) – 2011
The Gourds – Your Benefit – OLD MAD JOY (Vanguard) – 2011
Joe Ely – Dublin Blues – THIS ONE’S FOR HIM: A TRIBUTE TO GUY CLARK (Icehouse) – 2011
Patty Loveless – You’re Through Fooling Me – THE LOST NOTEBOOKS OF HANK WILLIAMS(Egyptian/CMF/Columbia) – 2011
Connie Smith – I Don’t Believe That’s How You Feel – LONG LIFE OF HEARTACHES (Sugar Hill) – 2011
The Saw Doctors with Petula Clark – Downtown – DOWNTOWN (Shamtown) – 2011
Ben Kweller – Jealous Girl – FO FLY A KAITE (The Noise Co.) – 2012
Craig Finn – Balcony – CLEAR HEART FULL EYES (Full Time Hobby) – 2012
Bears – Eleven – GREATER LAKES (Misra) – 2012
Nick Lowe – Sensitive Man – THE OLD MAGIC (Yep Roc) – 2011
Ringo Starr – Step Lightly – RINGO 2012 (Hip-O) – 2012
Mason Jennings – Hearts Stop Beating – MINNESOTA (Stats & Brackets) – 2011
Bruce Springsteen – We Take Care of Our Own (Columbia) – 2012
Drew Nelson – Hallelujah Morning – TILT-A-WHIRL (Red House) – 2012
Ronnie Fauss – Wish – MULLIGAN (FTG) – 2010
Dead Man Winter – Nicotine – BRIGHT LIGHTS (Banjodad) – 2011
Sam Llanas – Janey – 4 A.M. (Inner Knot) – 2011
Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer – Hard to Make It – LITTLE BLUE EGG (Red House) – 2012
Carolann Solebello – Empty House – THRESHOLD (Elizabeth) – 2011
Hadden Sayers – Take Me Back to Texas – HARD DOLLAR (Blue Corn) – 2011
The Cash Box Kings – Holler & Stomp – HOLLER & STOMP (Blind Pig) – 2011
Microwave Dave & The Nukes – Jesus Was Smart – LAST TIME I SAW YOU (www.microwavedave.com) – 2012
Michael Williams Band – Hey Baby – FIRE RED (True Blue) – 2011
Rose Cousins – What I See – WE HAVE MADE A SPARK (OFPR) – 2012
Kathleen Edwards – Mint – VOYAGEUR (Zoe) – 2012
Garrison Starr – Slow Crawl – AMATEUR (Radtown) – 2012
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – February 9-10, 2012
March 5, 2012
Playlist – SEMI-TWANG – February 9-10, 2012
From Texas to Australia and points in between.
Artist – “Track” – RELEASE – Label – Year
Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys – Sittin’ & Thinkin’ – BACK AT THE QUONSET HUT (Ramseur) – 2012
Nick 13 – Nashville Winter – NICK 13 (Sugar Hill) – 2011
Joel Henderson – Growing Up (Is Hard to Do) – 2012 – LOCKED DOORS & PRETTY FENCES (Trouble Cure) – 2012
Jon Byrd – Easy to Be Free – DOWN AT THE WELL WISHES (Longleaf Pine) – 2011
Kathleen Edwards – Change the Sheets – VOYAGEUR (Zoe) – 2012
Girl in a Coma – Rubber Ring – PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE: A TRIBUTE TO THE SMITHS (American Laundromat) -2011
Houston Jones – Lone Star Smile – QUEEN OF YESTERDAY (Summerhill) – 2011
Patrice Webb – Something You Got – PHOTOGRAPHS (www.patricewebb.com) – 2011
Laurie Lewis – Old Ten Broeck – SKIPPIN’ AND FLYIN’ (Spruce & Maple) – 2011
The Happen-Ins – Just the Way It Always Was – THE HAPPEN-INS (Avenue West) – 2011
Seth Sherman – Floor of the Ocean – WHEN THE MOMENT IS TRUE (NMR) – 2011
Matt the Electrician – Daydreamer – ACCIDENTAL THIEF (self) – 2011
Sam Llanas – Cherry O – 4 A.M. (Inner Knot) – 2011
Winterpills – Amazing Sky – ALL MY LOVELY GONERS (Signature Sounds) – 2012
The James Low Western Front – The Stars Don’t Care – WHISKEY FARMER (Union Made) – 2012
Drew Nelson – Dust – TILT-A-WHIRL (Red House) – 2012
Pristine – Whipping Post – DETOXING (Blues News) – 2011
The Pines – Moonrise, Iowa – DARK SO GOLD (Red House) – 2012
Paul Kelly – From St. Kilda to King’s Cross – SONGS FROM THE SOUTH Volumes 1-2 (Universal) – 1985/2012
Icehouse – Crazy – WHITE HEAT: 30 HITS (Universal) – 1987/2012
Ben Kweller – Out the Door – FO FLY A KAITE (The Noise Co.) – 2012
The Dunwells – I Could Be King – BLIND SIGHTED FAITH (Playing in Traffic) – 2012
Mary Bridget Davies – Wonderwall – WANNA FEEL SOMETHIN’ (www.marybridgetdavies.com) – 2012
Contino – Dog Days – BACK PORCH DOGMA (Blind Pig) – 2012
Semi-Twang’s Top 50 of 2011:
March 4, 2012
Semi-Twang’s Top 50 of 2011:
Reissues:
The Jayhawks – TOMORROW THE GREEN GRASS (Legacy/American)
The Jayhawks – HOLLYWOOD TOWN HALL (Legacy/American)
Drive-By Truckers – UGLY BUILDINGS, WHORES & POLITICIANS (New West)
The V-Roys – SOONER OR LATER (F.A.Y.)
Jazz:
Pat Metheny – WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT (Nonesuch)
Tributes:
Various – THE ONE’S FOR HIM: A TRIBUTE TO GUY CLARK (Icehouse)
Kris Delmhorst – CARS
Live:
Neil Young – A TREASURE
Slaid Cleaves – SORROW & SMOKE (Music Road)
Bottle Rockets – NOT SO LOUD (Bloodshot)
Guy Clark – SONGS AND STORIES (Dualtone)
Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton – PLAY THE BLUES (Reprise)
e.p.
Whitehorse – WHITEHORSE (Six Shooter)
The List:
- Gillian Welch – THE HARROW & THE HARVEST (Acony)
- Wilco – THE WHOLE LOVE (dBpm)
- Tedeschi-Trucks Band – REVELATOR (Masterworks)
- John Paul Martin – THE MAN THAT TIME FORGOT (Big Legal Mess)
- Kasey Chambers – LITTLE BIRD (Sugar Hill)
- Semi-Twang – WAGES OF SIN (Faux Real)
- Ron Sexsmith – LONG PLAYER LATE BLOOMER (Thirty Tigers)
- The Gourds – OLD MAD JOY (Vanguard)
- Drive-By Truckers – GO-GO BOOTS (ATO)
- The Jayhawks – MOCKINGBIRD TIME (Rounder)
- Fountains of Wayne – SKY FULL OF HOLES (Yep Roc)
- Girls – FATHER, SON, HOLY GHOST (True Panther Sounds)
- Dave Alvin – ELEVEN ELEVEN (Yep Roc)
- Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – HERE WE REST (Lightning Rod)
- Greg Brown – FREAK FLAG (Yep Roc)
- Kurt Vile – SMOKE RING FOR MY HALO (Matador)
- Nick Lowe – THE OLD MAGIC (Yep Roc)
- Kitty, Daisy & Lewis – SMOKING IN HEAVEN (Verve Forecast)
- Bob Schneider – A PERFECT DAY (Kirtland)
- Lori McKenna – LORRAINE (Signature Sounds)
- Sloan – THE DOUBLE CROSS (Yep Roc)
- Matt the Electrician – ACCIDENTAL THIEF (self)
- Robert Earl Keen – READY FOR CONFETTI (Lost Highway)
- Tom Waits – BAD AS ME (Anti)
- Foster & Lloyd – IT’S ALREADY TOMORROW (Effin El)
- Ryan Adams – ASHES & FIRE (PaxAm)
- Glen Campbell – GHOST ON THE CANVAS (Surfdog)
- Yuck – YUCK (Fat Possum)
- Booker T. Jones – THE ROAD FROM MEMPHIS (Anti)
- Wanda Jackson – THE PARTY AIN’T OVER (Nonesuch)
- Mike Doughty – YES AND ALSO YES (Snack Bar)
- Candye Kane – SISTER VAGABOND (Delta Groove)
- Charlie Wood & His Swamp Gang Revue Band – KEEPIN IT REAL (Groove Gator)
- The Band of Heathens – TOP HAT CROWN & THE CLAPMASTER’S SON (BOH)
- Dawes – NOTHING IS WRONG (ATO)
- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – BELONG (Slumberland/Collective Sounds)
- Gregg Allman – LOW COUNTRY BLUES (Rounder)
- Blackie & The Rodeo Kings – KINGS & QUEENS (File Under Music)
- BoDeans – INDIGO DREAMS (Oar Fin)
- R.E.M. – COLLAPSE INTO NOW (Warner Bros.)
- North Mississippi Allstars – KEYS TO THE KINGDOM (Songs of the South)
- Kenny Vaughan – V (Sugar Hill)
- Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers – STARLIGHT HOTEL (Signature Sounds)
- Old 97’s – THE GRAND THEATRE, Volume 2 (New West)
- Paul Simon – SO BEAUTIFUL OR SO WHAT (Hear)
- The Black Keys – EL CAMINO (Nonesuch)
- Noah & The Whale – LAST NIGHT ON EARTH
- Robert Ellis – PHOTOGRAPHS (New West)
- Steve Earle – I’LL NEVER GET OUT OF THIS WORLD ALIVE (New West)
- Eliza Gilkyson – ROSES AT THE END OF TIME (Red House)
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