Today we have a roots oriented episodes mostly based around several new releases. Amy LaVere has a new album and so does Rodney Crowell. He is backed by a slew of friends with big names on the music scene. We also introduce music by Katie Von Schleicher from Brooklyn and Karen Jones from Fredericksburg Virginia. We also have some high quality zydeco by Dwayne Dopsie and Tom Heyman is in our Live in CLE segment. Today’s show is dedicated to Neal Casal and Donnie Fritts who we lost recently.
Buddy & Julie Miller – Underneath the Sky;
Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers – Louisiana Morning;
Tom Heyman – Handshake Deal;
Tom Heyman (Live in CLE);
Tony Molina – Don’t See Me Now;
Amy LaVere – I Don’t Wanna Know;
Katie Von Schleicher – Party Dawn;
Carla Olson and Todd Wolfe – If You Want Me;
The Long Ryders – What The Eagle Sees;
The Byrds – Chimes Of Freedom;
Johnny Wrom – The Ringing of Revolution;
Hazy Malaze – Dirty Summer;
Neal Casal – I Will Weep No More;
Donnie Fritts – Prone To Lean;
Dusty Springfield – Breakfast In Bed;
Eamon McGrath – In Like a Lion;
Karen Jones – It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train To Cry;
Rodney Crowell – I’ll Show Me;
Kris Kristofferson – Epitaph (Black and Blue).
The best news for this show is that Jody Stephens from Big Star and Luther Russel of Freewheelers formed a new band called Those Pretty Wrongs (after a Shakespeare’s poem). Their new record is made in Memphis Ardent Studios with the old Big Star equipment and while it definitely draws on that sound, it’s definitely not a cheap nostalgic take on a beloved band. It underlines on just how much Jody was integral to this band. We also have new music from Fort Wayne’s Left Lane Cruiser, and Pat Todd. We have no less than two supergroups today. Hard Working Americans are Todd Snider and Dave Schools from Widespread Panic together with and Neal Casal. Hard working Canadians are Tuns with Chris Murphy of Sloan, Matt Murphy of Super Friendz and Mike O’Neill of The Inbreds. We also check out Fifty Foot Combo from Belgium and The Hunches from Portland OR.
The first block in today’s show is dedicated to the three (fake) brothers – Eric, Greg and Jack Oblivian. We know Jack has a new album Rat City, but the other two brothers are shaking the rock’n’roll scene with new records as well. Greg’s Reigning Sound has a new digital record called Abdication For Your Love and Eric has a really exceptional new record with his band True Sons of Thunder. Their older colleague from Memphis, legendary Steve Cropper has a tribute record, dedicated to Lowman Pete Pauling of The “5” Royales fame. New Jersey singer songwriter Neal Casal is back also with the new record. Canadian lady Kathleen Edwards is a new name for us, but we really like what she’s doing.
Very fresh show today at The Little Lighthouse! We have the new Billy Childish project The Chatham Singers which he founded together with his wife Julie. We also have new album for Neal Casal, Roots and Wings. Madeleine Peyroux, our favorite Billie Holiday sound-alike is also back with her third album so far Bare Bones. Detroit band Outrageous Cherry announced the new album with a fantastic mp3 single Get Out While You Can. Italian band Afterhours came up with a new album last year, but I just discovered it recently – so we check that out. The new LP is called I Milanesi Ammazzano Il Sabato. And we finish our new album list for this show with Black Lips’ 200 Million Thousand. Also, I played some songs by Cleveland Bill fox who I saw live last week and who blew me away with his talented performance.