Today we start off with the new music from the Texan violin player Amanda Shires. Then we introduce the new blues singer Shemekia Copeland. A star studded line up helps her on the new record, including Steve Cropper, John Prine, Rhiannon Giddens and Emmylou Harris. Jon S. Williams from City of Cool has some new recordings that he sent to us, so we check that out too. Dan Stuart (ex Green On Red) is back with the new record and legendary songwriter and graphic novelist Peter Blegvad is also back with new music. Dot Dash from Washington are back with the new album Proto Retro. We introduce John Brodeur from New York with his Bird Streets and a duet featuring Lia Pamina and Dario Persi from Italy. Nicole Atkins is live in Cleveland.
Cross Brothers – Crashing Down;
Amanda Shires – Break Out the Champagne;
Shemekia Copeland – One I Love;
Kevin Gordon – One I Love;
Jon S Williams – Poor Ned;
Jon S Williams – In Group;
Bird Streets – Same Dream;
Nicole Atkins (Live in CLE);
Peter Blegvad – Karen;
Peter Blegvad – Had To Be Bad;
Dan Stuart – A Killer Now;
Dan Stuart – Expat. Blues;
Giant Sand – Curse Of A Thousand Flames;
Dot Dash – 10,000 Days;
Dot Dash – TV Radio;
Lia Pamina & Dario Persi – So Far Tonight.
Today we bring you the new music from Kelley Stoltz, Peter Holsapple, Willie Nile and Boz Scaggs. We also introduce Jack Torera and her Jackets from Switzerland, Nick Piunti from Detroit, Saucers from Cleveland and Ben De La Cour from Nashville, TN. Willie Nile is also in our Live in Cleveland segment.
Thalia Zedek and her most recent band E are back with some new tunes on a new album Negative Work. Looks like Oh Sees dropped Thee from their title permanently. Also we introduce new names for us: Pastor in Austria, Civic and Last Quokka from Australia and Mooner from Chicago (not to be confused with Mooner from Indonesia). Jonathon Robert Lindaberry is a one man band The Bones of J.R. Jones. Shilpa Ray comes from New York City and covers an Alice Cooper tune on her new single.
Today we check out the new tunes form Ben Vaughn. Kevin Gordon is back with a great new album Tilt And Shine and we also check him out in our Live in Cleveland segment. We introduce Tony Molina, out from California, with his new short masterpiece album Kill The Light. Vasko Atanasoski is back with a new project 21 Vek. Billie and The Kids, lead by Ana KlabuÄar come from Croatia. BBQT is lead by Gabbie Bam Bam out in Austin TX. Fan Fiction come from Cleveland.
Today we check out the new music from Don Howland (ex Gibson Bros and Bassholes), and Purling Hiss (out of Philadelphia). Howlin Rain also have a new album and they also visited Cleveland on their latest tour, so we also hear them in our Live in Cleveland segment. We also introduce Tiger Touch from Portland OR, Wild Eyes from San Francisco CA, Nude Party from Boone NC, and Wild Honey from Baltimore. No No Instigator from Croatia make a tribute to a great Yugoslav movie DeÄko koji obećava.
Today we have a somewhat acoustic oriented show. The mood is set by Julie Christensen and her Stone Cupid who are back with an acoustic but gritty new album. We also check out the new music from Kim Simpson over in Texas who has gone political on his new album. Judy Dyble who used to be Fairport Convention is back with a new album, actually second in a year. She’s very active recently. Ray Davies of The Kinks is also back with the second installment of his Americana series. We introduce Jill Jackson from Scotland and Lucy And The Rats from London, although Lucy Spazzy comes originally from Australia. Dead Rock West are on our live in Cleveland segment.
Today we have a bunch of new bands. We start off with Detrot Groove Gang (who actually come from Croatia) and continue with Older Sun from San Francisco, CA. All the way from Melbourne, we have three ladies Camp Cope. Also from Australia, in Sydney, we check out Mark Moldre and Michael Carpenter who joined forces as Supahip. From Cleveland, Cross brothers have a new project called simply Cross Brothers. In Portland OR, we check out Tiger Touch and Space Merchants from Brooklyn named themselves after a 1952 SF novel. We also introduce the new music from The Connection over in Rochester NH. Sheer Mag are in our Live in CLE segment.
We start off with Beechwood’s new album, continue with the new music from Sonny Landreth and Australian legends Scientists. New Australian force of nature is also represented with the new tune: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever. We introduce two new band from Who Can You Trust label: Supersonic Blues and Pushy. Also, Indian Goat from Spokane Washington debuts at the Little Lighthouse as well. Sarah Shook and The Disarmers are live in CLE.
Today we introduce the new power pop band Hawk, which features David Hawkins along with Ken Stringfellow and Gary Louris from Posies. Nick Lowe is back with an new EP and also Wilko Johnson, legendary Dr. Feelgood guitarist is back with the new record. We check out the new music from La Luz over in Seattle and we catch up with the recent music from Dot Dash, from Washington DC. Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore are in our live in Cleveland segment. We pay tributes to two drummers Knick Knox from the Cramps and D.J. Fontana, from Elvis’ band. Both of them passed away recently.
Today we check out the new music from Neko Case and Magnetix. Singer-songwriter from Canada Clara Engel is back with a new guitar oriented EP called In the Fog. We introduce new names at the show, Hot Lunch from San Francisco, Freezing Hands from Tucson AZ, Hanging Stars from London. Shannon Shaw is also back both as a solo artist and as a singer with her band Shannon and The Clams. All of that and more in the new episode of The Little Lighthouse.