Amazing music from wonderful new female singers and songwriters today. We open up with new tune from Beth Bombara over in St. Louis. Next, Lilly Hiatt has a new album called Lately. We introduce a wonderful new trio, Chapel Hart with roots in Southern Mississippi and New Orleans. Sierra Ferrel from Charleston is a new name and so is Nellen Dryden is from Nashville. Speaking of Nashville, Yola’s new album is an active item on our playlist and a deeper look into it reveals three songwriters that she collaborated with her on the record. Ruby Amanfu, Liz Rose and Natalie Hemby, who also has a new album. Coming Up Roses come from Singapore but fit perfectly in this otherwise heavy American playlist.
Shaye Zadravec – The Slider;
Beth Bombara – Space Junk;
Lilly Hiatt – Better;
Kelly McFarling – Delicate;
Dori Freeman – Nobody Nothing;
Coming Up Roses – All Our Time;
Nellen Dryden – Elusive;
Rosali – Bones;
Emily Duff – Razor Blade Smile;
Chapel Heart – Just Say I Love You;
Sierra Ferrell – Silver Dollar;
Yola – Stand For Myself;
Natalie Hemby – Pins and Needles;
Ruby Amanfu – Where You Going;
Liz Rose – Five & Dime;
Caitlin Rose – Shanghai Cigarettes.
We of with two new interesting records form two ladies. Hayley Thompson-King kicks off with a surprising mixture of americana and europeana, and Lilly Hiatt who steadily provides great sounding records. Tall Juan is a new name from Queens, New York City, and in some ways, it does pay a tribute to the original pride of Queens, The Ramones. Lost Baloons come from Wisconsin and they had an excellent show in Cleveland, so we hear them in our live segment and we also check out their new album. Smog Veil record label mailed me a big box of records, and sifting through them, I picked The Prisoners and The Robert Besnick Band for this show. And, as an exclusive preview, we hear a brand new track from Cheese Borger and his Cleveland Steamers. Today’s show is dedicated to Holger Czukay of Can and Walter Becker of Steely Dan, to guys that indebted rock’n’roll in great, although very different ways. They died within two days from one another in early September.
Today we start off with the new record for Cheap Trick. We also introduce new bands: Music Band from Nashville, Vaguess from Long Beach, Terminal Lovers from Cleveland, Rocket Bureau from Wisconsin and Australian Rolling Blackouts. ne of my favorite albums in the last couple of months is Lilly Hiatt’s Royal Blue along with its b-sides, so as a part of my experiment to see what it makes so good, I dug out some past work from the producer and keyboardist Adam Landry and drummer Jon Radford. We also have Jonathan Richman live in CLE, courtesy of our good sponsor Blue Arrow Records.
Today we start off with Sheer Mag from Philadelphia with their new, third EP. Then we go to Australia and check the new album for The Murlocs, lead by Ambrose Kenny Smith from King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard. Then we visit Moscow, Russia and their new quartet Nikola Tesla and Thee Coils. All Them Witches from Nashville have a new album called Lightning At The Door. Bob Mould from Hüsker Dü also has a new record, called Patch The Sky. We are still very excited by Lilly Hiatt’s new record Royal Blue, and she surprised us pleasantly with four previously unavailable songs. We pay respect to Keith Emerson and George Martin. And, we also have a special announcement, my sister Snežana Žabić has a new book out on Punctum – get it! There’s a lot of incriminating stories involving yours truly inside the book.
Today we check out the new album from Thee Melomen from Zagreb called Chinatown. Also, we have new music from the legendary Pretty Things, All Them Witches and Kropotkins. Lilly Hiatt, daughter of John Hiatt is back with a very good new album (great drum sound and lovely songs on it!). Bernays Propaganda from Skopje also have a new record called Politika and looks at the politics from a female view point. Royal Headache is a new band for us from Australia and their latest album called High rocks. Finally, a tribute to Lemmy.
The central piece today is our large block in which we compare the music of famous rockers and their children. We paired up Ethan and Glyn Johns, Ambrose Kenny and Broderick Smith, Lilly and John Hiat and Trixie and Chris Whitley. We also listen to the Cynics live in Cleveland, new music for Jimbo Mathus and we have one new name – Diemonds from Toronto in Canada.