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Wednesday, October 8, 2008 | 10:00 to 12:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
* Growing Green Flag All The Way Social Registry new from Brooklyn
John Hartford Emanuel Cant Steam Powered Aerio-Takes Rounder outtakes from the sessions that yielded Hartford's 1971 album Aereo-Plain
John Hartford Up On The Hill Where They Do The Boogie Aereo-Plain Warner Bros.
John Hartford Boogie Aereo-Plain Warner Bros.
* Darrell Scott Nobody Eats At Linebaugh's Anymore Modern Hymns Appleseed New covers album from Mr. Scott. This is a John Hartford tune.
* Marnie Stern Prime This Is It... Kill Rock Stars Nice 'n' loud.
* Wire One Of Us Object 47 Pink Flag New. First Wire record without founding member/guitarist Bruce Gilbert.
* Charlie Pickett A. On Horseback Bar Band Americanus: The Best of Charlie Pickett and... Bloodshot new collections of 80's recordings from Miami
Faces Flags And Banners Ooh La La Warner Bros. 1973 classic
The Fakes New Wave Song Real Fiction Chainsaw 1995
* Khan Jamal Six Plus Seven Cool Porter propulsive vibes-driven jazz from 1989
* Economics Kicking Stones Economics self-released Economics is basically Dean Summach of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. New.
* Calexico Red Blooms Carried To Dust Quarterstick new from AZ
* Hotel Lights Your Choices Firecracker People Bar/None 2nd CD from ex-Ben Folds Five drummer Darren Jessee
Joe Simon The Chokin' Kind (VA) Dirty Laundry: The Soul of Black Country Trikont Awesome comp from 2004. The sequel, out recently, is also dynamite.
* The Moondoggies Long Time Coming Don't Be A Stranger Hardly Art debut CD from this young group from Seattle. It's really nice soulful 70s-ish soul/pop/rock
Seth Kauffman Now's Not The Time Research self-released From the Asheville area. One of my favorite things this year. Sometimes when I listen to the Moondoggies disc (prev. song), I thought of this one.
Fleet Foxes Blue Ridge Mountains Fleet Foxes Sub Pop Also from Seattle. The Moondoggies are sometimes compared to them, but I'm not so sure... Like it though.
Clarence Greene Little Bunch Of Roses (VA) In The Pines -- Tar Heel Folk Songs & Fiddle Tunes: Old-Time Music of North Carolina 1926-1936 Old Hat from Cranberry Gap, NC (Avery Co.). October, 1928.
Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers Honeysuckle Rag (VA) In The Pines -- Tar Heel Folk Songs & Fiddle Tunes: Old-Time Music of North Carolina 1926-1936 Old Hat "Super-group" with Clarence Greene on fiddle & others. December 1931.
* Eden & John's East River String Band I Had To Give Up Gin Some Cold Rainy Day East River new from NYC
Blind Boy Fuller Funny Feeling Blues Truckin' My Blues Away Yazoo famous Durham player. 1938.
Big Bill Broonzy Banker's Blues The Young Big Bill Broonzy 1928-1935 Yazoo 1930
* Magik Markers There Is No Path Which Is Not Straight Gucci Rapidshare Download Three Lobed new... the final release in the label's Oscillation III series.
* Dianogah a breaks b QHNNNL Southern new from Chicago
* Chips Earth (VA) Cosmarama: 20 Top Prog/Psych Behemoths from the UK and Europe Psychic Circle
Glen Campbell Gentle On My Mind Gentle On My Mind Capitol John Hartford song made famous by Glen.
Loretta Lynn I'm Lonesome For Trouble Tonight Woman Of The World / To Make A Man Decca