Singer-songwriter special today with new music from Beth Lee in Austin, Fiver from Toronto, Elizabeth Moen from Chicago, Shemekia Copeland from New York, Helen Rose from New Orleans, Sophie Gault from New York, Mo Kenney from Dartmouth in Canada, Michelle Malone and Rosali. Carla Torgensen of Walkabouts is back with a new record as well.
Jim Spencer – Second Look
Beth Lee – Only You
Fiver – Spinning Out and Going Nowhere
Fiver – Why Do I Have To Choose
Suzy Sigurenza – Someone Else
Elizabeth Moen – Purple Flowers
Shemekia Copeland – Broken High Heels
Shemekia Copeland – The Wrong Idea
Kim Richey – Joy Rider
Helen Rose – Wolf Tones
Sophie Gault – Kick the Devil Away
Caroline Peyton – Still With You
The Walkabouts – Loom Of The Land
Carla Torgerson – Happy
Mo Kenney – Signs of Life
Cathy Harmer – Lady Full Of Dreams
Sally Colahan – Framed
Michelle Malone – Like Mother Like Daughter
Rosali – Hey Heron
Country Spice – Clouds
Roots rock and blues rock update today with the new music by Joe Ely, Steve Cropper and Duke Garwood. Also, returning to our show we have Shemekia Copeland from New York, Emily Duff, Bywater Call from Toronto and Amy Helm – daughter of Levon Helm of the Band. Introducing for the first time at the Little Lighthouse we have Erin Ross from Calgary, Grace Bowers from Nashville and Emma Donovan from Australia.
Booker T and the MG’s – Tic-Tac-Toe
Amy Helm – Baby Come Back
Emily Duff – She Never Loved You
The Mystery Lights – Mighty Fine & All Mine
Joe Ely – Gulf Coast Blues
Duke Garwood – Satin Warrior
Kyshona – Heaven is a Beautiful Place
Erin Ross – Grease and Gasoline
Bywater Call – As If
Delta 21 – Passion Killer
Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge – Dance To The Music
Steve Cropper and The Midnight Hour – Hurry Up Sundown
The Reverend Shawn Amos – Revelation
Emma Donovan – Blak Nation
Shemekia Copeland – Tell The Devil
The War and Treaty – Blank Page
Time for our annual Cajun and zydeco review, music either inspired by Louisiana or made over there. We check out the new tunes from Rose & The Bros from Ithaca, Shemekia Copeland and Leyla McCalla. We introduce Le Winston Band from Montreal, Seth James from Texas, David Donar from Toronto, Zydeco Soul Shakerz from France, Andy Baylor from Australia and Rodney The Cajun Spur Morgan from Austin. We close our show with a delightful classical music piece inspired by zydeco by Californian composer William Susman.
Kat Eaton – Dreaming About You;
Le Winston Band – Fais-moi tien;
Rose & The Bros – You and Me;
Jack Broadbent – New Orleans;
Seth James – Mamarita;
David Donar – Johnny Can’t Dance;
Delbert McClinton – Two Step Too;
Zydeco Soul Shakerz – The Whiskey River;
Shemekia Copeland – Fried Catfish And Bibles;
Martha Fields – J’entends Siffler Le Train 500 Miles;
Andy Baylor – Kipps Horn’s Favourite Two-Step;
Rodney The Cajun Spur Morgan – Cowboy Skies;
Michael Tarbox – Louisiana Dream;
Josh Hyde – So Long;
Leyla McCalla – Artibonite;
William Susman – Zydeco Madness.
Good songwriting today! We have new music by Sarah Harmer and Eamon McGrath, both from Canada, Adam Weiner and his Low Cut Connie on a new album. We also have one of the most legendary ones: Bruce Springsteen. Talking about legends, John Mayall has just celebrated his 86th birthday with a new single, collaborating with Buddy Miller. Willie Nile had a good record this year and there’s also a tribute organized in his honor. Shemekia Copeland has a lovely new feminist cover of Under My Thumb. Finally, Templo Diez is a new band from Netherlands that we introduce in today’s show.
Daniel Romano – Natural Lover;
Sarah Harmer – New Low;
Low Cut Connie – Help Me;
Swampmeat Family Band – Mother’s Lies;
Molly Tuttle – She’s a Rainbow;
The Rolling Stones – Under my Thumb;
Shemekia Copeland – Under My Thumb;
John Mayall – I’m as Good as Gone (Feat. Buddy Miller);
John Mayall – Curly;
Bette Smith – I Felt It Too;
Boomtown Rats – Rat Trap;
Any Trouble – Growing Up;
Bruce Springsteen – Last Man Standing;
Eamon McGrath – Sparkle & Bleed;
Dan Penn – Edge of Love;
Templo Diez – 305 South;
Graham Parker – One Guitar;
Willie Nile – the Fool Who Drank the Ocean.
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.
Podcast made in Cleveland, Ohio. Syndicated by Prvi Prvi na Skali in Kragujevac, Serbia. Sponsored by Blue Arrow Records and Baby Next.