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.
Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan’s Dream;
Ray Davies with Karen Grotberg – The Take;
Lucy & The Rats – Night Comes;
Patsy’s Rats – More Than This;
Eamon McGrath – The World Is A Cold Dark Place;
Shawna Russel – The Only One;
Dead Rock West – More Love (Live in CLE);
Judy Dyble and Andy Lewis – He Said I Said;
Judy Dyble – Newborn Creatures;
Jill Jackson – Worries;
Mike Watt – Drove Up From Pedro;
Tom Waits – Hold On;
Julie Christensen’s Stone Cupid – Hold On;
Kim Simpson – Here Come the Goblins;
Simon And Garfunkel – Kathy’s Song.
Today we start off by checking out the new music for two legends: first Robyn Hitchcock and a song from his untitled new record and a new single from Mark Lanegan and his band. Also, two of the Kinks brothers are here with new records. Ray Davies joined forces with The Jayhawks and Dave Davies has a record with his son Ross. We introduce The Wooden Sky from Toronto in Canada and two new bands from Cleveland. First four ladies in Goldmines, among which Roseanna Safos and Mandy Look also joined forces with Jason Look in another Cleveland band Part-Time Lover. We also hear a tune from Part-Time Lover performed live at The Blue Arrow Records on the Record Store Day. Speaking of the Record Store Day, an interesting seven inch showed up with Mike Watt collaborating with three bands from The Balkans. Today we check out what Koja and Disciplin A Kitchme did to a Minutemen song!
Today we have three new records and four obituaries. We say goodbye to Pete Quaife, former bass player of Kinks and a Memphis musician Tommy Hoehn. We also have a small tribute to Tom Gotovac, a conceptual artist from Zagreb who influenced the local punk scene greatly and who also died recently. I did not find any musical tribute, but another Yugoslav actor, possibly the greatest one from over there Bekim Fehmiu committed suicide a few days ago. Today’s show is dedicated to Pete, Tommy, Tom and Bekim. Alejandro Escovedo has a new album out, it’s called Street Songs of Love and it’s again a collaboration between him and Chuck Prophet, just like the previous one Real Animal. Marah is now basically only one of the Bielanko brothers and he put out a new album called Life is a Problem. Melvins came straight out of nowhere to #200 on Billboard new albums list with a new release called The Bride Screamed Murder. Check it all out here: