Sadly, in the past week we lost three important characters in this play we call rock’n’roll. Leonard Cohen, Leon Russell and Billy Miller. Leonard and Leo need no description, but Billy Miller might not be well known to a casual rock consumer. Yet, he was one of the founders of Norton Records – a greatly influential label in the past 20 years or so that brought us many of the hidden rock gems. In addition to that we hear new music from Å tajner Bend in Zagreb, Croatia, Bad Beats, from Vancouver, Doyle Bramhall II and James McMurtry, both from Texas. Also we introduce The Mobbs in UK and Happiness – an offshoot of Deer Tick lead by brothers Chris and Dennis Ryan.
Kevin Gordon – Goodnight Brownie Ford;
(krnji) Å tajner Bend – Brzina sviranja;
Bad Beats – Love Has No Time;
Bad Luck Jonathan – Spider Zero Two;
Doyle Bramhall II – Hear My Train A Comin’;
James McMurtry – Bayou Tortous;
The Lyres – Shake It Some More;
Hasil Adkins – Sex Crazy Baby;
The Girls At Dawn – They’re Waiting;
The Rolling Stones – Live With Me;
Leon Russell – Roll Away the Stone;
The Bevis Frond – Longships;
The Mobbs – G-Type;
Happiness – The Game;
Connections – Month 2 Month;
Leonard Cohen – Lover Lover Lover;
Leonard Cohen – Steer Your Way.
Today’s show is on a quieter side. We have new music from Leonard Cohen, Suzanne Vega, Rachel Haden and one new tune from Amy Rigby played live in Cleveland. We finish the show with the new tune from the German film maker and guitarist Philipp Viruss. His band is called Wild Style Lion.
We have several new things this week. Daniel Kroha from Gories has a new solo ep in blues style called The Folk-Blues Stylings. The Sky Drops is a new band at the Little Lighthouse that comes from Delaware. Their new ep Making Mountains is exceptional. Natural Child is another new band that comes from Nashville. We introduce them here. Mark Lanegan’s new album Blues Funeral is just about to come out, so we sample it in this show with one new song. Holly Renee Allen is a folk/rock singer from Virginia with a wonderful voice. She teamed up with Martin Kearns on her new album Red Dirt Soul. Leonard Cohen also pulled out an excellent album called Old Friends. We also have a brand new song by the swam-pop zydeco musician Rosie Ledet.