Modern scene is overflown with excellent new releases in country rock and ladies are taking the lead big time. Today we check out newest music from Samantha Fish, Dori Freeman, Marianne Dissard and we introduce Emily Duff, Leah Blevins, Hannah Juanita and Hello Darlins. In the end, we pay a tribute to the originator of the musical genre covered today… To Nanci Griffith who passed away on August 13th at the age of 68. The rest of the show also features recent music from exciting new country rock female artists.
Nobody’s Child – Kansas;
Emily Duff – Gimme Back My Love;
Samantha Fish – Twisted Ambition;
Rosali – Pour Over Ice;
Yola – Whatever You Want;
Shemekia Copeland – She Don’t Wear Pink;
Leah Blevins – Afraid;
Hannah Juanita – Call Yourself My Man;
Shannon McNally – Only Daddy That’ll Walk The Line;
BettySoo – Ain’t Living Long Like This;
Dori Freeman – The Storm;
Marianne Dissard & Raphael Mann – If I Needed You;
Kelly McFarling – Follow Me Down;
Martha Fields – In My Garden;
The Hello Darlins – Catch That Train;
Nanci Griffith – Outbound Plane;
Nanci Griffith – Ford Econoline;
Kelly Willis – They’re Blind;
Shaye Zadravec – Skyway.
Charlie Watts was a steady backbone of the greatest rock’n’roll band in the entire history of the world. This is a little tribute to him. It consists of a playlist that several Internet sources quote as his best performances with The Rolling Stones. I also mixed in some of the rare things that perhaps better illustrate Charlie’s personal tastes outside of the band as well. Charlie Watts wasn’t just influential. He was inimitable.
The Rolling Stones – Start Me Up;
The Rolling Stones – Get off of my Cloud;
The Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar;
The Rolling Stones – Can’t You Hear Me Knocking;
The Rolling Stones – Gimme shelter;
Charlie Watts Jim Keltner Project – Art Blakey;
The End – Shades of Orange;
The Rolling Stones – Neighbors;
The Rolling Stones – Beast of Burden;
The Rolling Stones – Tumbling Dice;
Nicky Hopkins, Ry Cooder, Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman – Edward’s Thrump Up;
Rocket 88 – St Louis Blues;
The Charlie Watts Orchestra – Stomping at the Savoy;
The Rolling Stones – Paint It Black;
The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women;
The Rolling Stones – Stray cat Blues;
Deluxe Blues Band – The Stumble;
The Blues Band – Bad Penny Blues;
The Rolling Stones – I Can’t Get No Satisfaction;
The Rolling Stones – Street Fighting Man;
The Rolling Stones – Undercover Of The Night;
The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil;
The Rolling Stones – Little Queenie;
The Rolling Stones – Miss You.
Today we kick off with Hickoids and their new song. A Place to Bury Strangers is back with the new EP and Jackson Browne has a new tune, which is all about getting a new heart in Cleveland. We introduce new awesome quartet from Paris France, four classy ladies by the name of Alvilda. We check out new music from Monnone Alone from Melbourne and Andy Bopp from Baltimore. We say goodbye to Chuck E. Weiss and Dusty Hill of ZZ Top who passed away recently.
Petrified Max – Year Gone By;
Hickoids – Almost Nearly Nancy;
Alvilda – Negatif;
KRGA – Countryslide;
Guided By Voices – The Batman Sees The Ball;
Monnone Alone – Pepper Jar;
Andy Bopp – The Beginning;
The Murlocs – Eating At You;
Wilding – Swipe Right;
Outtacontroller – Too Soon;
Radio Days – I Got a Love;
A Place to Bury Strangers – Playing the Part;
Chuck E. Weiss – Novade Nada;
Rickie Lee Jones – Chuck E.’s in Love;
Jackson Browne – My Cleveland Heart;
ZZ Top – Backdoor Medley;
ZZ Top – I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide.
Trippy show today with two Canadian bands: Possum from Toronto and Elevator To Hell from New Brunswick. Two tributes, one to Roky Erickson and the other one to Bubble Puppy. In particular, we hear the new version of Don’t Fall Down by Black Angels and Hot Smoke and Sassafras by Deniz Tek and newly reformed Rittenhouse Square, featuring Mitch Easter, Peter Holsapple, Will Rigby, Chris Stamey and Don Dixon. We also introduce Fuzzy Lights from UK, Ribbons of Euphoria from Greece and hear new music from La Luz and The Shivas. We end the show with an obit to Sarajevo musician and master of ceremonies Zvonimir Altarac ÄŒiÄak who passed away in March this year.
Grand Union – She Said, She Said;
Possum – Gala at the Universe City;
Deniz Tek & the Mortmen – Hot Smoke & Sassafrass;
Rittenhouse Square – Hot Smoke & Sassafras;
Bubble Puppy – Hot Smoke and Sassafras;
The Fingers – I Hear The Sun;
13th Floor Elevators – Don’t Fall Down;
All The Saints – Don’t Fall Down;
The Black Angels – Don’t Fall Down;
Elevator to Hell – I’ve Gone for a Ride;
The Barrier – Dawn Breaks Through;
The Goatdancers – Eat Me Alive;
Dave Davies – Creeping Jam;
Fuzzy Lights – Maiden’s Call;
La Luz – In the Country;
The Drag Set – Day And Night;
The Shivas – If I Could Choose;
Ribbons of Euphoria – 3 4ers;
Indexi – Negdje u kraju, u zatiÅ¡ju;
ÄŒiÄak – Moj drug.
Today we have a couple of new releases from the States. From Milwaukee, we have the new band for us, Rexxx, over in Texas, Night Beats released a new album. Poison Boys from Chicago have a new single for Madd in Chico, CA. Now, the latter artists creates troubles for tracking them down, because we had them previously as Madde and as The Viles, but we’re still keeping an eye on them. In Australia, we check out Brenton Manser and The Disciples of Zen. Over in Italy, Radio Days has a new recrod. And lastly, in Slovenia, Lelee has just released probably the strongest album in Yugoslavia since the breakup of the country. Period! We finish the show with a tribute to Zoran Simjanovic, one of the pioneers of Yugo Rock and an important movie score composer who passed away on April 11 this year.
Elipse – Signal Evrovizije;
Rexxx – Can’t Help It;
Radio Days – Lose Control;
Reigning Sound – I Don’t Need That Kind of Lovin’;
Paul Westerberg – High Time;
Cool Ghouls – To You I’m Bound;
Night Beats – Stuck In The Morning;
Poison Boys – Can’t Get You Out of My Mind;
The Reflectors – Desert Crusader;
Supercrush – On the Telephone;
Daniel Romano – Don’t Turn Around Janet;
Petrified Max – Year Gone By;
Madde – CALVARY;
Lelee & Blaž – Kopnež;
La Luz – Lonely Dozer;
Jay Gonzalez – Back to the Hive;
The Z-Boys – Dog’s Hind Leg;
Brenton Manser And The Disciples Of Zen – Dirty Window;
Zoran Simjanovic – Floyd.
Nice new tunes today from Guided By Voices, Rat Columns, Jay Gonzalez and Autogramm. Leigh Gregory of The Dispossessed and Mellow Drunk is back with a solo record and opening tune on it bears a tribute to Lemonheads in its title. Speaking of Lemonheads, PA musician Fred Mascherino teamed up with Evan Dando co-writing a song together for his band The Color Fred. We introduce Wilding from Melbourne and Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs from Toronto. We close the show today with a small tribute to Zafir Hadzimanov, one of the most interesting early pop and rock singers of Yugoslavia who passed away recently.
Lemonheads – Alison’s starting to happen;
Guided By Voices – Margaret Middle School;
Autogramm – Bad Day;
Chris Church – Removed;
Rote Kapelle – You Don’t Know;
The Dispossessed – Sister Mary;
Leigh Gregory – Allison’s Not Happenin’ Anymore;
Jay Gonzalez – Need You Round;
Shocking Blue – Oh Lord;
Bonnie St. Claire – Catch Me Driver;
Velvet Underground – I’m Waiting for the Man;
Wilding – Burning Up Inside;
Rat Columns – Athens;
Audacity – Umbrellas;
The Numner Ones – Sharon Shouldn’t;
Scott Reynolds – The Truth About Tuesday;
Sam Coffey & the Iron Lungs – What This City Needs;
The Color Fred – Everwrite;
John Paul Keith – Ain’t Done Loving You Yet;
Ally Venable – Heart of Fire;
Zdenka Vuckovic – Cemu istina;
Zafir Hadzimanov – Momci.
Dirty garage rock selection today. Two hottest new releases is the collaboration between New York writer Mike Edison with the Spanish band Guadalupe Plata. Other hot release is quintet from LA, Richard Rose. We also have new music from all over the globe: Clamm from Melbourne, Robbing Banks from Utrecht in Netherlands, Japanese/UK combo The Routes, School Damage from Toronto and the London band Embrooks. Last block of today’s show are left for a tribute to Alabama musician Dan Sartain who passed away on March 19 at the age of 39.
Jarvis Humby – Hollywood;
Clamm – Repress;
Robbing Banks – Super Glue;
Robbing Banks – Change Your Mind;
The Routes – I Never Learn;
The Routes – Two Steps Ahead;
Mike Edison, Guadalupe Plata – John Henry;
Guadalupe Plata – Oh Mama;
Demon’s Claws – Put On My Sunday Dress;
John Wesley Coleman – Come On Cops;
Marked Men -A little Time;
Crusaders of Love – Realm of Death;
School Damage – Critical Excess;
Richard Rose – Red Telephone;
True Sons of Thunder – Jet Set;
Red Devil Ryders – Soaked Blunt Blues;
X – Strange Life, featuring Robby Krieger;
The Embrooks – Human Living Vampire;
Dan Sartain – In Death;
Dan Sartain – Voodoo;
Kamo Sutra – Setao bih tvoga psa;
King Khan Unlimited – Modern Frankenstein.
Today we begin with the new single from Gyasi. Then we check out the new supergruop with ex members of The Inbreds, Sloan and The Super Friendz: Tuns. Cool Ghouls have a fantastic new record At George’s Zoo. Israel Nash Gripka is back with the new record and so is Daniel Romano (yes again!). Sculpture Club from Salt Lake City announces new album and we have a new tune from Vlatko Stefanovski (former boss of the legendary Yugo rock act Leb i Sol). Speaking of Leb i sol, their late period drummer and a beloved character from the Yugo rock scene, Dragoljub Djuricic passed away and we pay respect to him at the tail end of the show.
King Khan Unlimited – Crime Don’t Pay;
Gyasi – Feed Your Face;
Tuns – Double Down;
Pushups – So Let Down;
Dale Crover – Shark Like Overbite;
Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds – Sean Delear;
Cool Ghouls – Brown Bag;
Cool Ghouls – The Way I Made You Cry;
Israel Nash – Dividing Lines;
Nazz – Hello It’s Me;
Todd Rundgren – Hello It’s Me;
Daniel Romano’s Oufit – Union Sundown;
Daniel Romano – The Divine Reveal;
Sculpture Club – Just One More;
Petrified Max – Contracupid;
Vlatko Stefanovski – Garaza;
Leb i Sol – Kalabalak;
Yu Grupa – NeÅ¡to si mi umorna i bleda.
Today we bring you the new music from King Khan and Detroit band Tin Foil. Speaking of Detroit, Danny Kroha is back with his second strictly acoustic blues album. Billy Childish has been active recently with several releases and the latest one is with his William Loveday Intention under the title Blud Under The Bridge. David Nance is also super active recently, with two new digital releases, one being a live show and the other one being a tribute to Devo. We also check out Dirtiest, punks from Italy. Towards the end of the show we pay respect to fallen heros, Hilton Valentine of Animals and Sean Tyla of Ducks Deluxe.
Little Bob Story – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood;
King Khan Unlimited – Magpie Eyes;
The William Loveday Intention – Exuberant Me;
CTFM – Pretend;
Tin Foil – Give A Try;
Tin Foil – Wax and Hash;
The Dirtiest – Ti Piscio Sul Presepe;
Fixed Up – Things Get Better;
Demolition Doll Rods – We Are One;
Danny Kroha – Leavin’ Blues;
David Nance – The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize;
David Nance Group – Down Where The Drunkards Roll;
David Nance – This Side Of The Moon;
Animals – House of the Rising Sun;
Animals – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood;
Animals – We Gotta Get Out of This Place;
Ducks Deluxe – Fireball;
Ducks Deluxe – Paris 9;
King Khan And The Shrines – I See Lights.
We start today with new music from Palmyra Delran and continue with new stuff from Chris Church. Continuing the theme of nice songwriting, we check out the new tune from Andy Gabbard. Then we check out music from another Andy, Andy Lewis who we know from his recent collaborations with Judy Dyble. Fernando Perdomo continues his weekly new releases with another new album. Armories is a new name for us, they participate on the recent tribute to 20 20. Than we go to the remains of Yugoslavia and we hear the new Steve Wynn cover from Zvonka Obajdin and Svemir . Also, we hear a brand new tune from Dino Santaleza and Pridjevi. Staying on the same ground, but covering different times, we pay a tribute to Branko MaruÅ¡ić ÄŒutura and ÄorÄ‘e BalaÅ¡ević, both of them passed away within a day from each other recently.
Dinosaur JR – Hide Another Round;
Palmyra Delran and the Doppel Gang – Who’s Been Sleeping Here;
Chris Church – Know;
Chris Church – Coulda Fooled Me;
Andy Gabbard – DDS;
Andy Gabbard – Instant Trancer;
Andy Lewis – Pipeline;
Plastic Penny – Baby You’re Not To Blame;
Chad and Jill – The Cruel War;
Fernando Perdomo – Class of 98;
The Armoires – The Night I Heard a Scream;
20 20 – The Night I Heard a Scream;
Petrified Max – Get the Guitar;
Dream Syndicate – Whatever You Please;
Svemir – Whatever you please;
Pridjevi – Scarab;
Pridjevi – Pozuri polako;
Yu Grupa – Noć je moja;
Rani Mraz – Mnogo mi znaÄi to;
ÄorÄ‘e BalaÅ¡ević – Lunjo.
Podcasting from Cleveland, Ohio. Broadcasting on Radio Kragujevac, every Sunday from 4-5pm (Central European Time). Streaming on Rock XS every Thursday at Midnight (Eastern European Time).
