Song
Artist
Album
Start Your Own Goddam Band
Two-Minute Miracles
Vol. IV: The Lions of Love
Death Letter Blues
Ken Whiteley
One World Dance
Opera House Stomp
Harrison Newman
Decorated
Hard On Equipment (Tool for the Job)
Corb Lund
Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!
Brian Jones
Andy Swan’s Ottawa
S/T
Pensacola
Jolene
In the Gloaming
Wolf River
Slider Pines
Road Avenue Railroad
Sister Mercy
Katy Mae
The Sweetheart Deal
The Day We Met
Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles
Diamonds in the Dust
Sugar Baby
Michael Jerome Browne
Double
Say Something Say Anything
The Pine Hill Haints
Ghost Dance
St. Louis Blues
The Pine Hill Haints
Ghost Dance
Looking for a Good Place to Land
Jim Lauderdale
The Bluegrass Diaries
Long Walk Back to San Antone
Junior Brown
Long Walk Back
Blue Wing
Dave Alvin
Wounded Heart of America: The Songs of Tom Russell
Riverside 1
Orillia Opry
Lighthouse for Straggler’s Eyes
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Steel Belted Radio Playlist #145 (November 20, 2007)
Song
Artist
Album
Companions on the Carpet
Stacy Lloyd Brown
Who is the Mother of the Sun
I Wanna Be in the Cavalry
Corb Lund
Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!
I Wanna Be in the Cavalry: Reprise
Corb Lund
Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!
If Daddy Could See Me Now
Andy Swan’s Ottawa
S/T
By the Touch of Her Hand
Robin and Linda Williams
Radio Songs
Rapture (Sweet Rapture)
A. A. Bondy
American Hearts
Around Nine
Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles
Diamonds in the Dust
Let It Be So
Southeast Engine
A Wheel within a Wheel
Born Again
Macon Greyson
20th Century Accidents
Devil’s Bed
The Earps
Here Come the Earps
I Bought Some Books
Black Boot Trio
Eternal Return
Ray Charles
Old 97’s
Early Tracks
For Every Glass That’s Empty
The Pine Hill Haints
Ghost Dance
Wagon Wheel
Old Crow Medicine Show
S/T
Days Aren’t Long Enough
Steve Earle and Allison Moorer
Washington Square Serenade
Falling Slowly
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
Once Soundtrack
Artist
Album
Companions on the Carpet
Stacy Lloyd Brown
Who is the Mother of the Sun
I Wanna Be in the Cavalry
Corb Lund
Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!
I Wanna Be in the Cavalry: Reprise
Corb Lund
Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!
If Daddy Could See Me Now
Andy Swan’s Ottawa
S/T
By the Touch of Her Hand
Robin and Linda Williams
Radio Songs
Rapture (Sweet Rapture)
A. A. Bondy
American Hearts
Around Nine
Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles
Diamonds in the Dust
Let It Be So
Southeast Engine
A Wheel within a Wheel
Born Again
Macon Greyson
20th Century Accidents
Devil’s Bed
The Earps
Here Come the Earps
I Bought Some Books
Black Boot Trio
Eternal Return
Ray Charles
Old 97’s
Early Tracks
For Every Glass That’s Empty
The Pine Hill Haints
Ghost Dance
Wagon Wheel
Old Crow Medicine Show
S/T
Days Aren’t Long Enough
Steve Earle and Allison Moorer
Washington Square Serenade
Falling Slowly
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
Once Soundtrack
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Steel Belted Radio Playlist #144 (November 13, 2007)
Song
Artist
Album
Remember the Good Times
Cuff the Duke
Sidelines of the City
Spirit of 1812
The Pine Hill Haints
Ghost Dance
I Often Long for Home
The Lonesome Valley Singers
Corpse Circus Revue
The Way It Rolls
Kent McAlister and The Iron Choir
The Way It Rolls
Rusty Pail Blues
Bob Snider
Amaze in Greys
You Look Like the Devil
Deadstring Brothers
Silver Mountain
Blood River
Doop and The Inside Outlaws
Blood River
Classic Cars
Bright Eyes
Casadega
Happy Ending
Chuck Prophet
Soap and Water
20th Century Accidents
Macon Greyson
20th Century Accidents
Naïve Melody
Macon Greyson
20th Century Accidents
Careless Love
The Pines
Sparrows in the Bell
St. Olav’s Gate
Doug Sahm
Wounded Heart of America: Songs of Tom Russell
Get Me Gone
Walt Wilkins and The Mystiqueros
Diamonds in the Sun
Rolling Stone
Billy Joe Shaver
Everybody’s Brother
Artist
Album
Remember the Good Times
Cuff the Duke
Sidelines of the City
Spirit of 1812
The Pine Hill Haints
Ghost Dance
I Often Long for Home
The Lonesome Valley Singers
Corpse Circus Revue
The Way It Rolls
Kent McAlister and The Iron Choir
The Way It Rolls
Rusty Pail Blues
Bob Snider
Amaze in Greys
You Look Like the Devil
Deadstring Brothers
Silver Mountain
Blood River
Doop and The Inside Outlaws
Blood River
Classic Cars
Bright Eyes
Casadega
Happy Ending
Chuck Prophet
Soap and Water
20th Century Accidents
Macon Greyson
20th Century Accidents
Naïve Melody
Macon Greyson
20th Century Accidents
Careless Love
The Pines
Sparrows in the Bell
St. Olav’s Gate
Doug Sahm
Wounded Heart of America: Songs of Tom Russell
Get Me Gone
Walt Wilkins and The Mystiqueros
Diamonds in the Sun
Rolling Stone
Billy Joe Shaver
Everybody’s Brother
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Home
Switching over to A.M.
Searching for a truer sound
Can't recall the call letters
Steel guitar and settle down.
-- Son Volt, "Windfall"
When I was in Alberta last weekend visiting my parents, my mom asked me to see if I could get CFCW to come in on her kitchen radio. I was surprised it wasn't coming in since it had always had a very strong signal that you could pick up all over the province, but, try as I might, I couldn't get it to come in either. We never did figure it out.
As we sat and had coffee on the mornings of that weekend, it always felt like there was something missing. No steel guitar. No stories about heartache and loss, about living through what life throws at you. No farm reports. No birthday greetings to people in the rural communities around where I grew up. No CFCW.
Even now, it's hard for me to imagine them getting up to have their breakfast, sitting down to toast and coffee without CFCW on in the background. Mom said she occasionally tried another station, but she didn't like the music or the hosts. For her, and for me as I grew up, CFCW was the truer sound.
I spent countless mornings listening to the legendary Bev Munro play singers like Faron Young, Ray Price, Kitty Wells, Patsy Cline, Lefty Frizzell, and other country greats. Even though I didn't really appreciate it at the time, that music worked its way deep into my musical sensibilities. Even though I enjoy a vast spectrum of music, I always keep coming back to country, back to the music of my mother's kitchen.
When I was going to graduate school in Lincoln, Nebraska, some friends and I often met at Duffy's Tavern for conversation over a few drinks. For about a year around late 1995-early 1996, one of us would inevitably get up and put enough money in the juke box to play all of Son Volt's Trace, the album on which "Windfall" appears. No one ever said anything, just put the quarters in the machine. We always stayed until the last note faded, no one ever grabbing a coat until then. Sitting in that bar, talking about writing and books and grad school politics, we were all a long way from where we'd grown up -- rural Nebraska, rural Tennessee, rural Alberta -- but I think Jay Farrar's mournful voice made us all feel a little closer to home.
Searching for a truer sound
Can't recall the call letters
Steel guitar and settle down.
-- Son Volt, "Windfall"
When I was in Alberta last weekend visiting my parents, my mom asked me to see if I could get CFCW to come in on her kitchen radio. I was surprised it wasn't coming in since it had always had a very strong signal that you could pick up all over the province, but, try as I might, I couldn't get it to come in either. We never did figure it out.
As we sat and had coffee on the mornings of that weekend, it always felt like there was something missing. No steel guitar. No stories about heartache and loss, about living through what life throws at you. No farm reports. No birthday greetings to people in the rural communities around where I grew up. No CFCW.
Even now, it's hard for me to imagine them getting up to have their breakfast, sitting down to toast and coffee without CFCW on in the background. Mom said she occasionally tried another station, but she didn't like the music or the hosts. For her, and for me as I grew up, CFCW was the truer sound.
I spent countless mornings listening to the legendary Bev Munro play singers like Faron Young, Ray Price, Kitty Wells, Patsy Cline, Lefty Frizzell, and other country greats. Even though I didn't really appreciate it at the time, that music worked its way deep into my musical sensibilities. Even though I enjoy a vast spectrum of music, I always keep coming back to country, back to the music of my mother's kitchen.
When I was going to graduate school in Lincoln, Nebraska, some friends and I often met at Duffy's Tavern for conversation over a few drinks. For about a year around late 1995-early 1996, one of us would inevitably get up and put enough money in the juke box to play all of Son Volt's Trace, the album on which "Windfall" appears. No one ever said anything, just put the quarters in the machine. We always stayed until the last note faded, no one ever grabbing a coat until then. Sitting in that bar, talking about writing and books and grad school politics, we were all a long way from where we'd grown up -- rural Nebraska, rural Tennessee, rural Alberta -- but I think Jay Farrar's mournful voice made us all feel a little closer to home.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Steel Belted Radio Playlist #143 (November 6, 2007)
Song
Artist
Album
What’s Left Behind
The Sadies
New Seasons
Gotta Move
The Mannish Boys
Big Plans
Eveybody Gets the Blues
Harrison Kennedy
High Country Blues
It’s All Good
Fruteland Jackson
Tell Me What You Say
No Rolling Back
Jay Farrar
Terroir Blues
FBD
The Wheat Pool
Township
Blue House
Blue Rodeo
Small Miracles
High Life
Whiskey & Co.
S/T
Doin’ My Time
Johnny Cash
Sun Recordings
Dixie Queen
Lost Immigrants
Waiting on Judgement Day
Step Back and Fade
Darrek Anderson
Places You Used to Go
Kick Me When I’m Down
Eleven Hundred Springs
Texas Unplugged Vol. 1
Boy with a Coin
Iron and Wine
The Shepherd’s Dog
California Stars
Wilco/Billy Bragg
Mermaid Avenue
The Fizzy and the Still
Mark Knopfler
Kill to Get Crimson
Artist
Album
What’s Left Behind
The Sadies
New Seasons
Gotta Move
The Mannish Boys
Big Plans
Eveybody Gets the Blues
Harrison Kennedy
High Country Blues
It’s All Good
Fruteland Jackson
Tell Me What You Say
No Rolling Back
Jay Farrar
Terroir Blues
FBD
The Wheat Pool
Township
Blue House
Blue Rodeo
Small Miracles
High Life
Whiskey & Co.
S/T
Doin’ My Time
Johnny Cash
Sun Recordings
Dixie Queen
Lost Immigrants
Waiting on Judgement Day
Step Back and Fade
Darrek Anderson
Places You Used to Go
Kick Me When I’m Down
Eleven Hundred Springs
Texas Unplugged Vol. 1
Boy with a Coin
Iron and Wine
The Shepherd’s Dog
California Stars
Wilco/Billy Bragg
Mermaid Avenue
The Fizzy and the Still
Mark Knopfler
Kill to Get Crimson
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Steel Belted Radio Playlist #142 (October 30, 2007)
Song
Artist
Album
Night of Rain
Two-Minute Miracles
Vol. IV: The Lions of Love
River of Love
T-Bone Burnett
Twenty Twenty: The Essential T-Bone Burnett
Mystic River
Blue Rodeo
Small Miracles
Luke Doucet
Broken One
Broken (and other rogue states)
You Should Tell Me So
Orillia Opry
Lighthouse for Straggler’s Eyes
Resurrection Fern
Iron and Wine
The Shepherd’s Dog
No Earthly Good
Billy Joe Shaver
Everybody’s Brother
St. James Infirmary
Pete Seeger
American Favorite Ballads Vol. 5
Red-Eyed and Blue
Wilco
Being There
I’ve Got You (At the End of the Century)
Wilco
Being There
True Love Will Never Fade
Mark Knopfler
Kill to Get Crimson
Lover’s Waltz
A.A. Bondy
American Hearts
Broken Front Teeth
The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
S/T
If I Live or If I Die
Cuff the Duke
Sidelines of the City
I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail
The Derailers
Under the Influence of Buck
Artist
Album
Night of Rain
Two-Minute Miracles
Vol. IV: The Lions of Love
River of Love
T-Bone Burnett
Twenty Twenty: The Essential T-Bone Burnett
Mystic River
Blue Rodeo
Small Miracles
Luke Doucet
Broken One
Broken (and other rogue states)
You Should Tell Me So
Orillia Opry
Lighthouse for Straggler’s Eyes
Resurrection Fern
Iron and Wine
The Shepherd’s Dog
No Earthly Good
Billy Joe Shaver
Everybody’s Brother
St. James Infirmary
Pete Seeger
American Favorite Ballads Vol. 5
Red-Eyed and Blue
Wilco
Being There
I’ve Got You (At the End of the Century)
Wilco
Being There
True Love Will Never Fade
Mark Knopfler
Kill to Get Crimson
Lover’s Waltz
A.A. Bondy
American Hearts
Broken Front Teeth
The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
S/T
If I Live or If I Die
Cuff the Duke
Sidelines of the City
I’ve Got a Tiger by the Tail
The Derailers
Under the Influence of Buck
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Blue Rodeo and Friends
Last Sunday night, H and I headed north to Ferndale for the Blue Rodeo show. What better way to start the week than a couple of lovely pints and some dinner at the Woodward Avenue Brewery, followed by getting reacquainted with Jim and Greg and the boys.
Now, I have to admit, Blue Rodeo has never been my favourite band, but they put on a good live show (at least they did when I saw them 15 years ago) and their new cd, Small Miracles, has been getting some good reviews. And, as an added bonus, Oh Susanna, Luke Doucet, and Ron Sexsmith were going to be warming up. At least, that's what I assumed.
It turns out that something very different was happening at the Blue Rodeo and Friends shows. Instead of having an opening act, Blue Rodeo came out and launched right into their set, playing mostly material from the new cd (check out "C'Mon," "It Makes Me Wonder," and "This Town" here). After a few songs, they brought out Oh Susanna (Susie Ungerleider) who played a few of her songs. Some more Blue Rodeo and then out came Luke Doucet for a few of his songs. You get the picture.
Watching the show, I could see that all of the musicians were genuinely having fun with each other on stage and I could hear it in the music they made that night. There was an energy in that collaboration that was special to see and reminded me again of why I love live music so much, especially when the musicians aren't playing the same twenty songs for an entire tour (or career).
The highlight of the evening for me was Luke Doucet's "Broken One" with Blue Rodeo acting as an amazing backing band. As Doucet finished his three songs, I heard a couple of guys behind me say, "Well, there's someone else for us to check out." I couldn't help but smile.
That night I was impressed with Blue Rodeo as musicians, but I think I was more impressed with their generosity in helping to showcase a couple of younger artists like Oh Susanna and Luke Doucet for a new group of listeners. The music sounded great and people were taking notice. Turns out it was a great way to start my week.
Now, I have to admit, Blue Rodeo has never been my favourite band, but they put on a good live show (at least they did when I saw them 15 years ago) and their new cd, Small Miracles, has been getting some good reviews. And, as an added bonus, Oh Susanna, Luke Doucet, and Ron Sexsmith were going to be warming up. At least, that's what I assumed.
It turns out that something very different was happening at the Blue Rodeo and Friends shows. Instead of having an opening act, Blue Rodeo came out and launched right into their set, playing mostly material from the new cd (check out "C'Mon," "It Makes Me Wonder," and "This Town" here). After a few songs, they brought out Oh Susanna (Susie Ungerleider) who played a few of her songs. Some more Blue Rodeo and then out came Luke Doucet for a few of his songs. You get the picture.
Watching the show, I could see that all of the musicians were genuinely having fun with each other on stage and I could hear it in the music they made that night. There was an energy in that collaboration that was special to see and reminded me again of why I love live music so much, especially when the musicians aren't playing the same twenty songs for an entire tour (or career).
The highlight of the evening for me was Luke Doucet's "Broken One" with Blue Rodeo acting as an amazing backing band. As Doucet finished his three songs, I heard a couple of guys behind me say, "Well, there's someone else for us to check out." I couldn't help but smile.
That night I was impressed with Blue Rodeo as musicians, but I think I was more impressed with their generosity in helping to showcase a couple of younger artists like Oh Susanna and Luke Doucet for a new group of listeners. The music sounded great and people were taking notice. Turns out it was a great way to start my week.
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