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Flashlite #553

Katie Von Schleicher

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).

Flashlite #547

Team Dresch

Today we have a new single from Needles//Pins from Vancouver in Canada, new albums for Galileo 7. On the songwriter’s front, Tony Molina and Andy Gabbard have their beautifully personal new albums. Giant Sand continue re-recording their opus, so now they are announcing a new version of their second album The Ballads of Thin Line Men. In Belgrade, we have a new jam band called Nas and from Portland OR, we have a new singersongwriter Kyle Craft. We pay a tribute to a poet Maja Perfiljeva who left an important mark on the Yugoslav pop scene and who passed away recently at the age of 79. Live in CLE segment brings a recording of the charismatic Pharlee.

Giant Sand – A Hard Man To Get To Know (original version);
Needles//Pins – Heaven’s on the Hillside;
Kyle Craft – 2 Ugly 4 NY;
Pat Todd and the Rankoutsiders – Somewhere Down The Line;
Steve Gunn – Ancient Juliet;
The Galileo 7 – There is Only Now;
Tony Molina – Can’t Find My Way;
Tony Molina – Here We Go Again;
Pharlee (Live in CLE);
Andy Gabbard – Floating;
Indexi – Da sam ja netko;
Shadows – I Can’t Forget;
Pankrti – Totalna revolucija;
Nas – Druga stvar;
Giant Sand – A Hard Man To Get To Know.

Flashlite #544

Sofia Bolt

We start off with a new name for us, a duet of Chris Turpin and Stephanie Jean, that goes under Ida Mae, from London UK. Another new name for today is Cromm Fallon from Las Vegas, Darenda Weaver from Houston and Sofia Bolt from Los Angeles. Over in Nashville, Buddy Miller and his wife Julie Miller have a new record and Buddy’s buddy, Jim Lauderdale also has a new one out. Speaking of duets, Carla Olson joined forces with Todd Wolfe in a new project. Finally, we pay a tribute to the New Orleans songwriter Dave Bartholomew, who passed away recently at the age of 100.

The Brooms – Don’t Burn The Fires
Ida Mae – Boom Boom Boom;
Buddy & Julie Miller – I’m Gonna Make You Love Me;
Buddy & Julie Miller – Memphis Jane;
Jim Lauderdale and Buddy Miller – Looking for a Heartache Like You;
Jim Lauderdale – Are You Trying to Make a Song Out of Us;
Cromm Fallon – The Next One (with Darenda Weaver);
Darenda Weaver & Derek Lynn – Cryin’ Inside;
Sofia Bolt – Metamorphosis;
Sofia Bolt – Ojai;
Carla Olson & Todd Wolfe – Gave It All I Got;
Textones – Clean Cut Kid;
Todd Wolfe Band – Gone;
Helen Rose – Trouble Holdin’ Back;
Fats Domino – Ain’t That A Shame;
Smiley Lewis – I Hear You Knockin’.

Flashlite #540

Roky

Two guys that sang most beautifully about demons, zombies, werewolves and voodoo were Roky Erickson and Dr. John. By a cruel game of coincidence we lost both of them in the past two weeks. While Roky arguably was always more on the other side of life than here, Dr. John’s playful usage of voodoo, zombies and werewolves was drenched in the superstitions of his native New Orleans and South Louisiana wetlands, rather than his belonging to the beyond. Who will now speak to demons for us?

The Spades – We Sell Soul;
The 13th Floor Elevators – You’re Gonna Miss Me;
Roky Erickson – Two Headed Dog;
Roky Erickson – If You Have Ghosts;
Roky Erickson – Don’t Slender Me;
Roky Erickson – Burn The Flames
Roky Erickson – I Have Always Been Here Before;
The 13th Floor Elevators – I Had To Tell You;
The 13th Floor Elevators – She Lives In A Time Of Her Own;
Dr. John – Gris Gris;
Dr. John – Walk On Gilded Splinters;
Dr. John – Black Widow Spider;
Dr. John – Loop Garoo;
Dr. John – Zu Zu Mamou.

Flashlite #534

Manja - Disciplin A KitchmeToday we have the new music from Mark Lanegan. His band just published the newest single. Zerodent from Perth Australia are preparing their first European tour and they put together a new EP specifically to promote their work at the tour. Also in Europe, from France, Automatic City hails with their brand new album. Then back to Australia, Datura4 has a new album as well and features Dom Mariani of The Stems and Greg Hitchcock of You Am I. Clara Engel has a new record out and you can pick it up at bandcamp. On Burger Records, we present the new singles from The Dates and Those Pretty Wrongs. Today’s show is dedicated to Manja from Disciplin A Kitchme who passed away last week. DuÅ¡an Đukić who played goč in Disciplina Kičme in the late eighties passed away also, about a year ago. We pay tribute to both of them.

Kinks – Mindless Child of Motherhood;
Mark Lanegan Band – Stitch It Up;
Zerodent – Not Good For Me;
Stonefield – Far From Earth;
Lonesome Shack – Too Bad;
Automatic City – Tiger Man;
Datura4 – Cat On A Roof;
Kerri Powers – Can’t Find My Way Home;
Swans – Can’t Find My Way Home;
Clara Engel – Open a Door;
The Dates – Any Other Nite;
Those Pretty Wrongs – A Day In The Park;
Luther Russel – Sad Lady;
Disciplina Kičme – Goč, skreč + bubanj;
Disciplin a Kitchme – No One;
Disciplin a Kitchme – ÄŒovek koji ne nosi sat;
Disciplin a Kitchme – Nepokolebljivost pokazi ti uz neophodnu dozu neozbiljnosti.

Flashlite #532

Crystal & Runnin WildToday we start off with the retro 50s sound of Crystal & Runnin’ Wild from Belgium. We follow that up with another retro band, Fever Feel lead by two brothers from Canada Landon Franklin and Logan Gabert. They are inspired by the 70s sound. Luther Russel is probably the most faithful keeper of Big Star fire. After his excellent project with Jody Stephens, Those Pretty Wrongs, he is back with te new solo record. Hedvig Mollestad is a guitar virtuoso from Norway and Crows are a new band from London. Two old-timers are back. Legendary Robin Trower has an excellent new record and so does the legendary psychedelic magicians Chocolate Watchband. Today’s show is dedicated to Boris Popović, the leader of Croatian band Running Party who passed away recently.

Boz Scaggs – Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered;
Crystal & Runnin Wild – Recipe For Agony;
Fever Feel – Come to Me;
John Wesley Coleman III – Baby I Like Your Style;
Guided By Voices – Windshield Wiper Rex;
Luther Russel – Talking to Myself;
Robin Trower – Little Girl Blue;
Red Devil Ryders (Live in CLE);
CFM – Wolf Behind My Eyes;
Shagg – Rustbelt Reject;
Hedvig Mollestad Trio – Bewitched, Dwarfed and Defeathered;
Running Party – Memories;
ESC Life – Say You Will;
The Long Ryders – Walls;
Gorilla – Mary Anne;
Chocolate Watchband – Bombay Pipeline;
Crows – Dysphoria.

Flashlite #531

Ex HexAgain, we bring a show with new music almost exclusively arranged from the new female artists. Ex Hex from Washington DC are back with the new record It’s Real. Last Daze from Nashville TN have a new single. Also from Nashville, we have Dawn Landes. We introduce Exbats from Arizona. Phoebe Bridges and Conor Oberst (from Bright Eyes) have a new band called Better Oblivion Community Center. Stumpwater is an old band from Saginaw MI. Their vintage, unreleased material has been discovered and published by Drag City Records. At the end of the show, we say goodbye to Dick Dale and Andre Williams who passed away within a day from each other, both in their early 80s.

Steve Gunn – Chance;
The Exbats – I Got Fights;
Ex Hex – Another Dimension;
Skid Row – Go, I’m Never Gonna Let You;
Stumpwater – Sister of Mine;
Last Daze – Too Little, Too Late;
Thin White Rope – Macy’s Window;
Better Oblivion Community Center – Big Black Heart;
Dawn Landes – Wind and Rain;
Meat Puppets – Nightcap;
Dick Dale (Live in CLE);
Andre Williams – Gimme.

Flashlite #530

Kerri PowersToday we have an excellent selection of new songs that come from some amazing ladies. Solvej Schou comes from Pasadena CA, and she just announced her new album. Katarina Pejak is from Belgrade, Serbia and has her first US release out. Then we take a short train ride West, to a nearby town of Vinkovci, Croatia where we catch the new Punčke single. Kerri Powers comes travels between Massachusetts and Connecticut and there she is at The Little Lighthouse too. We also introduce Lonesome Shack from Bellingham, WA and Vandoliers from Dallas, TX. Baby Spiders may be a new name for us, but two members of Lotion are hiding behind it: Tony Zajkowski and Rob Youngberg. Robert Forster, the legendary Go-Between is back with the new record too. We wrap things up with a live in Cleveland recording of All Them Witches. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Scott Walker.

Leyla McCalla – Heavy As Lead;
Lonesome Shack – The City Is a Desert;
Solvej Schou – Cruel Hearted Woman;
Nikki Hill – Get Down, Crawl;
Katarina Pejak – Chasing Summer;
Kerri Powers – Bicycle Man;
Boz Scaggs – Jump;
All Them Witches – Manic Depression (Live in CLE);
Lotion – Switch;
Baby Spiders – Knockout Gas;
Punčke – Ako se rumenim;
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Talking Straight;
The Go-Betweens – Stop Before You Say It;
Robert Forster – No Fame;
Vandoliers – Nowhere Fast;
Walker Brothers – The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore;
Scott Walker – Angelica.

Flashlite #529

Mary BraggToday we start with two american singer-songwriters: Gurf Morlix and Steve Gunn. We also end with two ladies with the same first name: Mary Bragg from Nashville and Mary-Elaine Jenkins from New York City. Right in the middle, we check out the new tunes from the legendary Meat Puppets and the Memphis supergroup Motel Mirrors. We also pay respects to Hal Blaine, a phenomenal drummer and a Wrecking Crewman that played on a lot of hits, and very inventively so.

Wayne Toups – Tupelo Honey;
Gurf Morlix – Turpentine;
Steve Gunn – Old Strange;
The Long Ryders – You Just Can’t Ride the Boxcars Anymore;
The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations;
The Ronettes – Be My Baby;
Tanya Tucker – Lizzie And The Rain Man;
Džentlmeni – Slomljena srca;
Meat Puppets – Sea of Heartbreak;
Motel Mirrors – Funnel of Love;
Tav Falco – Funnel of Love (Live in CLE);
Mary Bragg – Runaway Town;
Mary-Elaine Jenkins – Tupelo Honey;
Van Morrison – Tupelo Honey.

Flashlite #528

Sara RomweberToday’s show kicks off with the new single for John Petkovic (Cobra Verde) and Pat Carney (Black Keys), together as Sad Planets. We also introduce the new releases from Motorpsycho and Specials who reunited after many years. We introduce Low Life from Sydney Australia and Katla from Iceland. Shagg is a new quartet from Cleveland and we also hear one of their songs recorded live. Sara Romweber, drummer of Let’s Active, Snatches of Pink and Dex Romweber Duo passed away at the age of 55 on March 4th, and today’s show is dedicated to her memory.

Nikki Hill – Take The Ride (It Don’t Matter);
Sad Planets – Not of This World;
Specials – Breaking Point;
Specials – Ghost Town;
Sunwatchers – New Dad Blues;
Motorpsycho – Psychotzar;
Katla – I Will Hunt You.;
Outrageous Cherry – Last Nice Guy In Detroit;
Coldcock – I Wanna Be Rich;
Low Life – Lust Forevermore;
Shagg – Switchblade Baby;
Shagg (Live in CLE);
Dex Romweber Duo – Jungle Drums;
Snatches of Pink – Thing of the Past;
Let’s Active – Ring True;
The Lemonheads – Magnet;
NRBQ – Magnet.