Welcome to "Bring It On Home" - MUSIC WITH ROCKS IN - Soul and jazz, blues and rock and folk and country music. Alternate Mondays @ 11.00 - 12.00 a.m.
** My e-mail address is alan.anderton@bcbradio.co.uk**
Monday 12th July, 2010 - this time there`s Walter Trout, there`s Tom Petty, there`s Vieux Farka Toure, and there`s Los Lobos (yes, Los Lobos)
Keegan McInroe - "Revolution" (this number`s off "From The Wall And In the City", which has been out since May)
Red Clay River - "Rattlesnake Mountain" (a song off their album, released in April "Cover Our Faces With Soot And Dreams")
The Gaslight Anthem - "Orphans" (from "American Slang" in the shops since June 15th)
Los Lobos - "West La Fadeaway" (track off their soon-to-be-released album "Tin Can Trust")
Caitlin Rose - "Own Side" (preview from her yet to be released and as yet untitled new album)
Rose`s Pawn Shop - "Pine Box" (from "Dancing On The Gallows", which will be available in August)
John Mellencamp - "Rain On the Scarecrow" (off his retrospective collection "On The Rural Route 7609", June 15th)
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - "Takin` My Time" (from "Mojo" out June 15th)
Vieux Farka Toure - "Diaraby Magni" (a number from his live album "Live", released 29th June)
Walter Trout - "Wrapped Up In Blues" (off "Common Ground", which came out on July 5th)
Paul Thorn - "Pimps And Preachers" (the title track off his new album, released on 22nd June)
Did you enjoy that lot? Let me know, and please tune in for my next programme, on Monday 26th July.
Monday 28th June, 2010 - featuring Derek Trucks, Alejandro Escovedo and Jim Moray. Oh, and Hollowbelly too!
Jim Lauderdale - "Patchwork River" (title track from his album, out since May 11th)
Derek Trucks - "Down Don`t Bother Me" (off "Roadsongs", disc 2, released on June 21st)
Derek Trucks - "Down In The Flood" (off disc 1 of the same album)
Pernice Brothers - "Newport News" (chosen from "Goodbye Killer", also available since June 21st)
Alejandro Escovedo - "This Bed Is Getting Crowded" (from "Street Songs Of Love", yet another June 21st release)
Jim Moray - "William Taylor" ("In Modern History", out since, you`ve guessed it, June 21st! Popular date this, something to do with Midsummer`s Day?)
Hollowbelly - "Long Road" (from his debut album "Punk, Northern and Blue", around since March)
Chely Wright - "Broken" (a number from the album she brought out on May 4th, "Lifted off The Ground")
Against Me! - "I Was A Teenage Anarchist" ("White Crosses" in the shops since mid June, possibly the 21st)
Samantha Crain - "Equinox" (taken off "You{Understood}" released early July)
Moreland and arbuckle - "18 Counties" (from "Flood" (around since February)
Legendary Shack Shakers - "Hammer & Tongs" (off "Agri-Dustrial", which they released on May 17th)
Monday 14th June, 2010 - Infamous String Dusters, Megson and the Legendary Shack Shakers are amongst those featured this time.
The Sadies - "Tell Her What I Said" (off "Darker Circles", out 27th May)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Shake `Em On Down" (one from "Dirty Shirt Rock `N` Roll: The First Ten Years", available since 30th March)
Th` Legendary Shack Shakers - "Hoboes Are My Heroes" (a number on their May 17th release "Agri-Dustrial")
Grace Potter And The Nocturnals - "Medicine" (taken from their self-titled album, out 7th June)
Megson - "The Cabman" ("The Longshot" is the title of their 4th album, released on June 7th)
Southern Tenant Folk Union - "The New Farming Scene" (the title track from their latest - out June 10th)
Donovan - "The War Drags On"
Spike Flynn - "Silver Nitrate Serenade" (off his debut "It`s Alright", whish has been around from April 26th)
Moreland And Arbuckle - "Hate To See You Go" (from "Flood" - which came out in February)
Infamous Stringdusters - "All The Same" (taken off "Things That Fly", released April 20th)
Nicole Simone - "Melt" (from her EP of the same name, out since early June)
Burning Bridget Cleary - "Ah Tusa Shi / Killavil Jig" (off "Everything Is Alright" - released last year)
Monday 31st May, 2010 - Americana, punk blues, folk and Polish rock all contribute to the melting pot this time.
Cowboy Junkies - "Stranger Here" (from "Renmin Park" due for relaese on June 15th, and the first of four albums in a collection to be called "The Nomad Series")
Crooked Still - "Locust In The Willow" (this one`s on their latest, "Some Strange Country", out on May 18th)
Sandi Thom - "Runaway Train" (a number off "Merchants and Thieves", released May 17th)
The Black Keys - "Unknown Brothers" (one from their new CD "Brothers", another May 18th release)
Mark Growden Quartet - "Undertaker" (off their live album "Saint Judas", out since March 16th)
Fraser Anderson - "Rag and Bones" (this one`s from 2008, but he has a new album coming out in July, it`s to be called "151")
J Shogren - "My Remedy" (a song off "Bird Bones and Muscle", which has been available since April)
Mary Gauthier - "Walk In The Water" (taken off her new album "The Foundling", in the shops since May 18th)
The Chapin Sisters - "Digging A Hole" (a number from their new EP "Oh, Hear The Wind Blow" which came out in early May)
Przepraszam - "Czarownica" (this was on their "Demo II" album from 2008)
Black Prairie - "Crooked little Heart" (their album "Feast Of The Hunter`s Moon", from whence this track came, has been around since April 5th)
Alejandro Escovedo - "Street Songs" (off "Street Songs Of Love", which is coming out at the end of June)
Monday 17th May, 2010 - new albums from Johnny Dowd, The Dead Weather and The National, amongst others.
Téada - "Poitin March/Devlin`s Polka/Basket of Oysters/Crotty`s Glory" (from "Ceol agus Cuimhne" {Music And Memory} - out at the end of March)
Jesse Malin & The St Mark`s Social - "Low Life In A High Rise" (released on 25th April, the new album is called "Love It To Life")
Peter Karp & Sue Foley - "Treat Me Right" (a number of their album "He Said, She Said", out from March 16th)
Emily Portman - "Hide" (one off her solo debut "The Glamoury", released March 22nd)
Carrie Newcomer - "Coy Dogs" (a song on her latest, "Before And After", which has been out since February)
Gogol Bordello - "Rebellious Love" (another track from "Trans-Continental Hustle", April 26th release)
Johnny Dowd - "Demons And Goats" (from the brand new "Wake Up the Snakes", which came out on May 10th)
The National - "Bloodbuzz Ohio" (one off "High Violet" - another May 10th release)
Janiva Magnessa - "Slipped, Tripped and Fell In Love" (this one`s from her album "The Devil Is An Angel Too", out since 12th April)
The Dead Weather - "Hustle And Cuss" (a track off "Sea Of Cowards", out on May 10th)
The Brook Lee Catastrophe - "Shades Of Grey" ("American Hotel" is the album this came from, out since April)
Kyle Swartzwelder - "Our Home In Yonder Field" (title track from his new EP,out in May)
Monday 3rd May, 2010 - Lots of blues, and Gogol Bordello - can`t be bad!!
Betsy Franck and The Bareknuckle Band - "Only A Man" (off "Still Waiting", out since March)
Shannon Curfman - "Strange" (from her February release "What You`re Getting Into")
Ana Popovic - "More Real" (taken from "Blind For Love", available since Dec 2009)
Shakura S`Aida - "Mr Right" (off her second album "Brown Sugar", out since February)
Joe Bonamassa - "When The Fire Hits The Sea" (a number on his latest album "Black Rock", released on March 22nd)
Walter Trout - "So Afraid Of The Darkness" (from "Unspoiled By Progress: 20 Years Of Hardcore Blues")
Oli Brown - "Keeping My Options Open" (off his second album "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose" - out on 26th April)
Gogol Bordello - "Pala Tute" (taken from "Trans-Continental Hustle", released on 27th April)
The Barnetti Bros Band - "Sante Y Girardengo" (from "Chupadero", out since January)
Jackie Leven - "John Paul Getty`s Silver Cadillac" (off "Gothic Road", available since 5th April)
John Prine - "She Is My Everything" (one off the new album "John Prine In Person And On Stage" - to be released on May 25th)
Monday 19th April, 2010 - Holly Golightly, Carrie Rodriguez and Po`Girl are amongst the featured artists on the programme this time.
Graham Parker - "You`re Not Where You Think You Are" (from "Imaginary Television", out March 16th)
Catherine Howe / Vo Fletcher - "Nothing Love Does Surprises Me" (off the EP "Going Home", April)
Aislinn - "Moorlough Shore" (of their self-titled album, released in November 2009)
Donovan Woods - "Phone" (one from his EP "Widowmaker" due to be released later this year)
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs - "Murder In My Mind" (one of the songs from the new album, out since March 30th)
Jon Dee Graham & The Fighting Cocks - "God`s Gonna Give You What You Want" (from "It`s Not As Bad As It Looks", released last December)
Jimmy Bowskill - "Walk In My Shadow" (a number off the debut album "Jimmy Bowskill Band Live", being released on 3rd May)
Po`Girl - "Bloom" (from "Deer In The Night")
Slim Cessna`s Auto Club - "Jackson" (from "Buried Behind The Barn", which came out on March 16th)
Carrie Rodriguez - "Big Love" (taken off "Love And Circumstance", out on April 13th)
The Pack AD - "Crazy" (one of the tracks on "We Kill Computers" - out earlier this year)
Red Molly - "Lookin` For Trouble" (off "James" - in the shops since the end of March)
The Wakes - "No Irish Need Apply" (title track of their album, released last year)
Monday 5th April 2010
Robin Grey - "Younger Looking Skin" ("Strangers With Shoes", Jan)
Chewing On Tin Foil - "I Rarely Relate" ("Get Rich Or Try Dyin`", free download)
Jimi Hendrix - "Bleeding Heart" ("Valleys Of Neptune" March 2010, studios recordings from 1969)
The Chieftains And Ry Cooder - "March To Battle {Across The Rio Grande}" ("San Patricio", March 8th 2010)
Four Men And A Dog - "Wallop The Spot" (title track from 2007 album)
Brain McGrath - "Reels: The Liffey Banks / The Shaskeen" ("Pure Banjo", March 23rd)
Notting Hillbillies - "Railroad Worksong" (live at Swan Hunter Shipyard, 1993)
Dirt Music - "Lives We Did Not Live" ("BKO" to be released April 19th)
Otis Gibbs - "Joe Hill`s Ashes" (title track from album to be released on May 4th)
Raina Rose - "If You`re Gonna Go" ("When May Came", Feb 10th)
Allison Crowe - "Oceans" ("Spiral", March 17th)
Monday 22nd March 2010
Ray Wylie Hubbard - "Loose" (A - Enlightenment, B-Endarkenment, Hint-There Is No C", Jan 12th)
Allison Moorer - "Goodbye To The Ground" ("Crows" Feb 9th)
Anna Shannon - "Yorkshire Song {Song With No Words}" ("Over Land", Feb 15th)
Reckless Kelly - "I Hold The Bottle, You Hold The Wheel" (Somewhere In Time", Feb)
Carolina Chocolate Drops - "Hit `Em Up Style" ("Genuine Negro Jig", March)
Eric Bibb - "Nobody`s Fault But Mine" ("Booker`s Guitar", March)
Eric Bibb - "Everyday`s Been Sunday" (bonus downlaod track)
Seasick Steve - "Ready For Love" ("Love Songs For Elisabeth" Feb 14th)
Hayseed Dixie - "Norfolk Girl" ("Killer Grass", March)
Legendary Shack Shakers - "Sin Eater" ("Agri-Dustrial" to be released April 13th)
Kathryn Williams - "50 White Lines" ("The Quickening", Feb 22nd)
The Coal Porters - "Moonlight Midnight" ("Durango", Jan)
Tift Merritt - "Your Love Made A U-Turn" ("Home Is Loud" Dec 2009, re-release)
Cumbawamba - "Dance Idiot Dance" ("ABCDEFG", March 1st)
Monday 8th February 2010 - mainly women artists, including new releases from Patty Griffin, Basia Bulat and The Watson Twins
Lucy Schwartz - "Help Me, Help Me"(title track off her EP, out on Jan 26th)
Carolina Chocolate Drops - "Cornbread and Butterbeans" (from their new album "Genuine Negro Jig", coming out Feb 16th)
Bob Cheevers - "Texas is An Only Child" (off "Tall Texas Tales", Nov 2009)
The Watson Twins - "Midnight" (taken from "Talking To You, Talking To Me", Feb 16th)
Jack Rose - "Woodpiles On The Side Of The Road" (off "Luck In The Valley", coming out on Feb 23rd)
Kate and Anna McGarrigle - "Sugarbaby"
Drive-By Truckers - "This F*****g Job" (single, released in January, which will be on their album "The Big To Do", due for release on March 16th)
Patty Griffin - "If I Had My Way" (a song featured on "Downtown Church", out since the end of January)
K.D.Lang & The Recliners - "Mercy" (off "A Truly western Experience - 25th Anniversary Edition", which has been available since Feb 2nd)
Basia Bulat - "Go On" (from "A Heart Of My Own", in the shops since Jan 26th)
Red Molly - "Honey On My Grave"
Slobberbone - "Pinball Song" (live version, taken from a recording on their last gig, 2005)
Monday 25th January 2010 - dedicated to the victims of the Haitian earthquake. I hope they get all the aid and assistance they need
Boukman Eksperyans - "Mizere Re" (from "Vodou Adjae" 1991)
The Imagined Village - "Space Girl" (off their second album "Empire and Love", released on Jan 11th)
Anna Kashfi - "Red Rag Doll" (off "Survival", out Jan 18th)
Clint Clymer & The Outlaw Gypsies - "Big City Blues" (a track from their live album "Still Alive", released Jan 12th)
Joey Kneiser - "Bruised Ribs" (from "The All Night Bedroom Revival", free download www.glossary.us)
Blue Highway - "Sycamore Hollow" (off "Some Day", out Jan 18th)
Tamikrest - "Outamachek" (from their debut album "Adagh", coming out on Feb 22nd)
Jon Boden - "Beating The Bounds" (off the Bellowhead compilation "Umbrellowhead", which came out in November last year)
The Cadets - "I Want You" (off the Keb Darge and Paul Weller compilation "Real R`n`B and Soul: Lost and Found Vol 2")
Moreland and Arbuckle - "Legend Of John Henry" (from "Flood" - to be released on Feb 23rd)
Lottie Kimborough - "Rolling Log Blues" (off the compilation "Cowgirls: Classic Country Hits", out Jan 10th)
Allison Moorer - "Broken Girl" (a song off her new album "Crows" coming out on Feb 9th)
Eric Bibb - "With My Maker I Am One" (from his latest album "Booker`s Guitar", out Jan 26th)
Monday 11th January 2010 The first "Bring It On Home" of 2010. There’s some preview tracks, a couple of tributes and several tracks from compilations released at the end of 2009.
Anaïs Mitchell - "Way Down" (“Hadestown” her new album will be out in March)
Sam Doores - "When I’m Out In The Wind" (demo)
The Watson Twins - "U N Me" (“Talking To You, Talking To Me”, the new album will be out on February 9th )
Davy Graham - "The Fakir" (from volume 2 of a new compilation “A Scholar And A Gentleman”, out since October 2009)
Woody Guthrie - "Tear The Fascists Down" (from “Woody The Agitator” Vol 3 of the new “My Dusty Road” anthology, released in October)
Woody Guthrie - "Guitar Rag" (from Vol 4 “Woody, Cisco and Sonny”of the same anthology)
Ewan MacColl – "Jock The Leg” (off “Ballads: Murder Intrigue Love Discord” a new compilation, also available since October)
Two tributes now:
Vic Chesnutt (who died on Christmas Day, aged 45) – “Rustic City Fathers”
Tim Hart (who died on Christmas Eve, aged 61) – “Dancing At Whitsun”
Melotone Sisters and The Amalogo Band – "I Sivenoe" (from the 1st Volume of a very special collection of South African underground music of the 60s and 70s, called “Next Stop Soweto”, this Volume will be released on February 2nd)
Frank Fairfield - "Call Me A Dog When I’m Gone" (from his self-titled album, which has been available since October)
Sam Baker – "Mennonite" (a song from “Cotton” the 3rd and final album in his trilogy about mercy, this volume was released in August)
Dazie Mae - "Drink Beer (Till The Day I Die)" (off their debut album “Velvet Dress And Stockings”, out last November)
Geoff Muldaur & The Texas Sheiks - "The World Is Going Wrong" (taken from “Texas Sheiks”, out since September)
Monday 28th December, 2009 - Yes, it`s "Bring Bag" time - the badly named and jointly presented 2 hour special programme, bringing you a selection of album tracks from 2009, chosen by John Gill (from "Mixed Bag") and Alan Anderton (from "Bring It On Home")
Album titles and the month of release are in brackets.
William Elliott Whitmore - "Johnny Law" (Animals In The Dark, Feb)
Joanne Shaw Taylor - "Time Has Come" (White Sugar, Feb)
Cara Dillon - "Hill Of Thieves" (Hill Of Thieves, Jan)
Neko Case - "The Pharoahs" (Middle Cyclone, March)
Baka Beyond - "An T-Olghr’Og" (Baka Beyond The Forest, May)
Ramblin` Jack Elliott - "Rising High Water Blues" (A Stranger Here, April)
Tinariwen - "Imadiwan Afrik Temdam" (Imadiwan{Companions, Oct)
Christy Moore - "The Disappeared (Los Desaparecidos)" (Listen, April)
Bob Dylan - "I Feel a Change Coming On" (Together Through Life, April)
Mawkin Causley - "Jolly Broom Man" (The Awkward Recruit, April)
Levon Helm - "You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had" (Electric Dirt, June)
Felice Brothers - "Cooper`s Town" (Yonder Is The Clock,April)
Lonesome Wyatt & Rachel Brooke - "Give Up And Die" (A Bad Harvest, July)
Helen Humes - "Be-baba-leba" (The History of Rhythm & Blues, 1942-1952, compilation, May)
Cross Canadian Ragweed - "51 Pieces" (Happiness And All Other Things, Sept)
The Gourds - "All The Way To Jericho" (Haymaker, Jan)
Left Lane Cruiser - "Hillgrass Bluebilly" (All You Can Eat, Sept)
New Model Army - "Bad Harvest" (Today Is A Good Day, Sept)
Mark Knopfler - "You Can`t Beat The House" (Get Lucky, Sept)
Seasick Steve - "Happy (To Have A Job)" (Man From Another Time, Sept)
Chip Taylor - "Saw Mill River Road" (Yonkers, NY, Oct)
Thea Gilmore - "Drunken Angel" (Strange Communion, Nov)
Tom Waits - "Goin` Out West" (Glitter And Doom Live, Nov)
Uiscedwr - The Dirty Nine Steps (Fish Cat Door, May)
We had to miss out lots of other good music, because we just didn`t have the time to play `em, but we hope you liked our choices. We`ll be back on Monday 11th January with our own programmes - 10.00pm for "Mixed Bag" with John Gill, and 11.00pm for "Bring It on Home" with Alan Anderton. Join us then. Happy New Year!!
Monday 14th December, 2009 - A mini feature - catching up with blues, plus some new and newish releases
Eileen Rose - "All These Pretty Things" (from her new album "Luna Turista", out since September)
Jesca Hoop - "Feast Of The Heart" ("Hunting My Dress" is the title of her latest offering, released Nov 30th)
Blues Catch UP
Otis Taylor - "Looking For Some Heat" (a number off "Pentatonic Wars And Love Songs", around since August)
Duke Robillard & Jumpin; Blues Revue - "Three Hours After Midnight" (taken from his live album "Stomp! The Blues Tonight" - a June release)
Nick Moss & The Flip Tops - "I Got All Kinds Of Love" (off "Live At Chan`s - Combo Platter No.2" (this one`s been out since April)
Dave Perkins - "Bottles And Knives" (another June album "Pistol City Holiness")
Jonny Burke - "El Paso" (from a free, downloadable EP "The Long Haul")
The Battlefield Band - "Baile An Or" (this comes from their "Zama, Zama: Try Your Luck" album,released in September)
Molina & Johnson - "Almost Let You In" (collaboration album, available since November 9th)
Cabinet Of Natural Curiosities - "Sun" (from "Searchlight Needles", out early 2009)
Slow Rollin` Lows - "Hippies, Drunks and Rednecks" (off "Erie Street", out since way back in February)
T-Model Ford - "Two Trains" (a preview track from "The Ladies Man" - due out in January)
Monday 30th November, 2009 - Starting with 3 tracks from the new albums of 3 women artists, plus Tom Waits, Chip Taylor and Kris Drever - who could ask for more?!
Thea Gilmore - "Cold Coming" (from "Strange Communion", her new album, released on Nov 1st)
Joss Stone (with Nas) - "Governmentalist" (off "Colour Me Free", out Nov 2nd)
Norah Jones - "Man Of The Hour" (one of 13 tracks on "The Fall", her new album in the shops since Nov 16th)
Tom Waits - "Dirt In The Ground" (taken off his double album "Glitter and Doom Live", out Nov 20th)
Tindersticks - "Black Smoke" (a preview track that will feature on "Falling Down A Mountain", to be released in January)
Billy Wallace - "Wrecking Ball Blues" (one from "The Road Spit Me Out", which has been available since June)
Daniel Knox - "I Make Enemies" (this will be on "Evryman For Himself" - yes, without the "e", soon to be released)
Grayson Capps - Washboard Lisa" (off his album "Live At The Paradiso", which will be out on Dec 8th)
Chip Taylor - "No Dice" (on "Yonkers NY, Songs and Stories", available since Oct 26th)
Kris Drever - "Mark the Hard Earth" (title track off the album he`ll be bringing out early 2010)
Bobby "Blue" Bland - "Cry, Cry, Cry"
Eric Bogle - "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda"
Monday 16th November, 2009 - New music from Seasick Steve, Julie Fowlis and Show Of Hands plus a whole load more.
Show Of Hands - "The Keys Of Canterbury" (off their new one "Arrogance, Igborance and Greed", out since Sept 26th)
Secondstar - "The Great Machine" (a song from Laim Carey`s EP "Teeth", released in September)
Julie Fowlis - "M`Fhearann Saidhbhair / Nellie Garvey`s Favourite / `G Ioman Nan Gamhan`s Mi Muladach / Jerry`s Pipe Jig" (a set off her brand new album "Uam" - in the shops since Oct 26th)
Seasick Steve - "Big Green and Yeller" (from "Man From Another Time", released Sept 29th)
Mat D and The Profane Saints - "Dead in New Orleans" (one of the tracks on "Dirt Town City Limits" which has been available since August)
Gov`t Mule - "Inside Ouside Woman Blues #3" (taken from "By A Thread" released on Oct 26th)
The Magpies - "Blueberry Wine" ("Strangers", from which this one`s taken has been out since August)
Devine`s Jug Band - "The Dallas Rag" (thier debut album "Terrible Operation Blues" was due out on Nov 17th)
Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers - "Devils In Boston" (off "Songs In the Night" - another debut, out way back in April)
Greenland Is Melting - "Blood On The Banjo" (this song`s from "Our Hearts Are Gold, Our Grass Is Blue" another earlier release)
Truckstop Coffee - "Laredo Skies" (from For Dear Life", around since Sept)
Cliff Eberhardt - 500 Miles (off "500 Miles: The Blue Rock Sessions" another September release)
Monday 2nd November, 2009 - flooding stopped play!! However, It was Raise Your Banners Festival week - Monday 2nd November to Sunday 8th November - featuring Chumbawamba, Tracey Curtis, Leon Rosselson, Martin Carthy, Claire Mooney, Jo Baker and The Dole Queue, Sex Patels and a lot more - I hope you got to it.
Monday 19th October, 2009 - This time a feature with 3 Scottish artists, plus a selection of new releases
Mumford and Sons - Winter Winds (from their eagerly anticipated debut "Sigh No More", which came out on 6th October)
A.A.Bondy - I Can See The Pines Dancing (off "When The Devil`s Loose", released on 26th October)
Pete Molinari - Black Town (one of the artists featured on the compilation "Ballad Of Britain", which serves as a companion to the book of the same name by Will Hodgkinson out last month)
Adam Steffey - One More For The Road (title track from his latest - in the shops since 22nd Setember)
J Tillman - Barter Blues (0ne of the songs from a recording of his gig in Sacramento, which took place in August)
Nell Bryden - Second Time Around (the second single released from her album "What Does It Take")
Billy Walton Band - Neon City (another title track, the album was released earlier this month)
Emily Loizeau - Fais Battre Ton Tambour (a song from "Pays Sauvage" - out since 12th October)
Here`s my Scottish feature:
McIntosh Ross - Oh The Dark (a number off their debut collaboration "The Great Lakes" - which came out on 5th October)
Breabach - George White`s Favourite (a set from their 2007 debut "The Big Spree")
Ishbel MacAskill - Canan nan Gaidheal (off the compilation "Coig: Now We Are Five", celebrating the fifth anniversary of Two Lochs Radio 106.6fm, serving the communities of Loch Gairloch and Loch Ewe in Wester Ross)
Left Lane Cruiser - Crackalacka (from their album "All You Can Eat", which has been available since 15th September)
Robert Earl Keen - The Man Behind The Drums (off "The Rose Hotel", released on 29th September)
I hope you enjoyed the programme - I`m back with another selection on Monday 2nd November, join me then.
Monday 5th October, 2009 - a different programme this time - a random pick of albums from my collection, and all the selections (except one) are first tracks.
Eliza Carthy - Turpin Hero ("Rough Music")
The Doors - Riders On The Storm ("The Best Of The Doors")
Josh Ritter - The Girl In The War ("The Animal Years")
Richard Thompson - Grizzly Man (main title) ("Grizzly Man" soundtrack - track two)
Ian Moore - To Be Loved (title track)
Connemara Stone Company - Wild West Wind ("Birds and Beasts")
John Lisi and Delta Funk - Dead Cat Bounce (title track)
Carol King - I Feel The Earth Move ("Tapestry")
Kris Heaton Blues Band - Walk On ("Runaway Train")
Townes Van Zandt - For The Sake Of The Song ("Drama Falls Like Teardrops")
Derrin Nauendorf - Shipwrecked (title track - EP)
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Monday 12th July, 2010 - this time there`s Walter Trout, there`s Tom Petty, there`s Vieux Farka Toure, and there`s Los Lobos (yes, Los Lobos)
Keegan McInroe - "Revolution" (this number`s off "From The Wall And In the City", which has been out since May)
Red Clay River - "Rattlesnake Mountain" (a song off their album, released in April "Cover Our Faces With Soot And Dreams")
The Gaslight Anthem - "Orphans" (from "American Slang" in the shops since June 15th)
Los Lobos - "West La Fadeaway" (track off their soon-to-be-released album "Tin Can Trust")
Caitlin Rose - "Own Side" (preview from her yet to be released and as yet untitled new album)
Rose`s Pawn Shop - "Pine Box" (from "Dancing On The Gallows", which will be available in August)
John Mellencamp - "Rain On the Scarecrow" (off his retrospective collection "On The Rural Route 7609", June 15th)
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - "Takin` My Time" (from "Mojo" out June 15th)
Vieux Farka Toure - "Diaraby Magni" (a number from his live album "Live", released 29th June)
Walter Trout - "Wrapped Up In Blues" (off "Common Ground", which came out on July 5th)
Paul Thorn - "Pimps And Preachers" (the title track off his new album, released on 22nd June)
Did you enjoy that lot? Let me know, and please tune in for my next programme, on Monday 26th July.
Monday 28th June, 2010 - featuring Derek Trucks, Alejandro Escovedo and Jim Moray. Oh, and Hollowbelly too!
Jim Lauderdale - "Patchwork River" (title track from his album, out since May 11th)
Derek Trucks - "Down Don`t Bother Me" (off "Roadsongs", disc 2, released on June 21st)
Derek Trucks - "Down In The Flood" (off disc 1 of the same album)
Pernice Brothers - "Newport News" (chosen from "Goodbye Killer", also available since June 21st)
Alejandro Escovedo - "This Bed Is Getting Crowded" (from "Street Songs Of Love", yet another June 21st release)
Jim Moray - "William Taylor" ("In Modern History", out since, you`ve guessed it, June 21st! Popular date this, something to do with Midsummer`s Day?)
Hollowbelly - "Long Road" (from his debut album "Punk, Northern and Blue", around since March)
Chely Wright - "Broken" (a number from the album she brought out on May 4th, "Lifted off The Ground")
Against Me! - "I Was A Teenage Anarchist" ("White Crosses" in the shops since mid June, possibly the 21st)
Samantha Crain - "Equinox" (taken off "You{Understood}" released early July)
Moreland and arbuckle - "18 Counties" (from "Flood" (around since February)
Legendary Shack Shakers - "Hammer & Tongs" (off "Agri-Dustrial", which they released on May 17th)
Monday 14th June, 2010 - Infamous String Dusters, Megson and the Legendary Shack Shakers are amongst those featured this time.
The Sadies - "Tell Her What I Said" (off "Darker Circles", out 27th May)
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Shake `Em On Down" (one from "Dirty Shirt Rock `N` Roll: The First Ten Years", available since 30th March)
Th` Legendary Shack Shakers - "Hoboes Are My Heroes" (a number on their May 17th release "Agri-Dustrial")
Grace Potter And The Nocturnals - "Medicine" (taken from their self-titled album, out 7th June)
Megson - "The Cabman" ("The Longshot" is the title of their 4th album, released on June 7th)
Southern Tenant Folk Union - "The New Farming Scene" (the title track from their latest - out June 10th)
Donovan - "The War Drags On"
Spike Flynn - "Silver Nitrate Serenade" (off his debut "It`s Alright", whish has been around from April 26th)
Moreland And Arbuckle - "Hate To See You Go" (from "Flood" - which came out in February)
Infamous Stringdusters - "All The Same" (taken off "Things That Fly", released April 20th)
Nicole Simone - "Melt" (from her EP of the same name, out since early June)
Burning Bridget Cleary - "Ah Tusa Shi / Killavil Jig" (off "Everything Is Alright" - released last year)
Monday 31st May, 2010 - Americana, punk blues, folk and Polish rock all contribute to the melting pot this time.
Cowboy Junkies - "Stranger Here" (from "Renmin Park" due for relaese on June 15th, and the first of four albums in a collection to be called "The Nomad Series")
Crooked Still - "Locust In The Willow" (this one`s on their latest, "Some Strange Country", out on May 18th)
Sandi Thom - "Runaway Train" (a number off "Merchants and Thieves", released May 17th)
The Black Keys - "Unknown Brothers" (one from their new CD "Brothers", another May 18th release)
Mark Growden Quartet - "Undertaker" (off their live album "Saint Judas", out since March 16th)
Fraser Anderson - "Rag and Bones" (this one`s from 2008, but he has a new album coming out in July, it`s to be called "151")
J Shogren - "My Remedy" (a song off "Bird Bones and Muscle", which has been available since April)
Mary Gauthier - "Walk In The Water" (taken off her new album "The Foundling", in the shops since May 18th)
The Chapin Sisters - "Digging A Hole" (a number from their new EP "Oh, Hear The Wind Blow" which came out in early May)
Przepraszam - "Czarownica" (this was on their "Demo II" album from 2008)
Black Prairie - "Crooked little Heart" (their album "Feast Of The Hunter`s Moon", from whence this track came, has been around since April 5th)
Alejandro Escovedo - "Street Songs" (off "Street Songs Of Love", which is coming out at the end of June)
Monday 17th May, 2010 - new albums from Johnny Dowd, The Dead Weather and The National, amongst others.
Téada - "Poitin March/Devlin`s Polka/Basket of Oysters/Crotty`s Glory" (from "Ceol agus Cuimhne" {Music And Memory} - out at the end of March)
Jesse Malin & The St Mark`s Social - "Low Life In A High Rise" (released on 25th April, the new album is called "Love It To Life")
Peter Karp & Sue Foley - "Treat Me Right" (a number of their album "He Said, She Said", out from March 16th)
Emily Portman - "Hide" (one off her solo debut "The Glamoury", released March 22nd)
Carrie Newcomer - "Coy Dogs" (a song on her latest, "Before And After", which has been out since February)
Gogol Bordello - "Rebellious Love" (another track from "Trans-Continental Hustle", April 26th release)
Johnny Dowd - "Demons And Goats" (from the brand new "Wake Up the Snakes", which came out on May 10th)
The National - "Bloodbuzz Ohio" (one off "High Violet" - another May 10th release)
Janiva Magnessa - "Slipped, Tripped and Fell In Love" (this one`s from her album "The Devil Is An Angel Too", out since 12th April)
The Dead Weather - "Hustle And Cuss" (a track off "Sea Of Cowards", out on May 10th)
The Brook Lee Catastrophe - "Shades Of Grey" ("American Hotel" is the album this came from, out since April)
Kyle Swartzwelder - "Our Home In Yonder Field" (title track from his new EP,out in May)
Monday 3rd May, 2010 - Lots of blues, and Gogol Bordello - can`t be bad!!
Betsy Franck and The Bareknuckle Band - "Only A Man" (off "Still Waiting", out since March)
Shannon Curfman - "Strange" (from her February release "What You`re Getting Into")
Ana Popovic - "More Real" (taken from "Blind For Love", available since Dec 2009)
Shakura S`Aida - "Mr Right" (off her second album "Brown Sugar", out since February)
Joe Bonamassa - "When The Fire Hits The Sea" (a number on his latest album "Black Rock", released on March 22nd)
Walter Trout - "So Afraid Of The Darkness" (from "Unspoiled By Progress: 20 Years Of Hardcore Blues")
Oli Brown - "Keeping My Options Open" (off his second album "Heads I Win, Tails You Lose" - out on 26th April)
Gogol Bordello - "Pala Tute" (taken from "Trans-Continental Hustle", released on 27th April)
The Barnetti Bros Band - "Sante Y Girardengo" (from "Chupadero", out since January)
Jackie Leven - "John Paul Getty`s Silver Cadillac" (off "Gothic Road", available since 5th April)
John Prine - "She Is My Everything" (one off the new album "John Prine In Person And On Stage" - to be released on May 25th)
Monday 19th April, 2010 - Holly Golightly, Carrie Rodriguez and Po`Girl are amongst the featured artists on the programme this time.
Graham Parker - "You`re Not Where You Think You Are" (from "Imaginary Television", out March 16th)
Catherine Howe / Vo Fletcher - "Nothing Love Does Surprises Me" (off the EP "Going Home", April)
Aislinn - "Moorlough Shore" (of their self-titled album, released in November 2009)
Donovan Woods - "Phone" (one from his EP "Widowmaker" due to be released later this year)
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs - "Murder In My Mind" (one of the songs from the new album, out since March 30th)
Jon Dee Graham & The Fighting Cocks - "God`s Gonna Give You What You Want" (from "It`s Not As Bad As It Looks", released last December)
Jimmy Bowskill - "Walk In My Shadow" (a number off the debut album "Jimmy Bowskill Band Live", being released on 3rd May)
Po`Girl - "Bloom" (from "Deer In The Night")
Slim Cessna`s Auto Club - "Jackson" (from "Buried Behind The Barn", which came out on March 16th)
Carrie Rodriguez - "Big Love" (taken off "Love And Circumstance", out on April 13th)
The Pack AD - "Crazy" (one of the tracks on "We Kill Computers" - out earlier this year)
Red Molly - "Lookin` For Trouble" (off "James" - in the shops since the end of March)
The Wakes - "No Irish Need Apply" (title track of their album, released last year)
Monday 5th April 2010
Robin Grey - "Younger Looking Skin" ("Strangers With Shoes", Jan)
Chewing On Tin Foil - "I Rarely Relate" ("Get Rich Or Try Dyin`", free download)
Jimi Hendrix - "Bleeding Heart" ("Valleys Of Neptune" March 2010, studios recordings from 1969)
The Chieftains And Ry Cooder - "March To Battle {Across The Rio Grande}" ("San Patricio", March 8th 2010)
Four Men And A Dog - "Wallop The Spot" (title track from 2007 album)
Brain McGrath - "Reels: The Liffey Banks / The Shaskeen" ("Pure Banjo", March 23rd)
Notting Hillbillies - "Railroad Worksong" (live at Swan Hunter Shipyard, 1993)
Dirt Music - "Lives We Did Not Live" ("BKO" to be released April 19th)
Otis Gibbs - "Joe Hill`s Ashes" (title track from album to be released on May 4th)
Raina Rose - "If You`re Gonna Go" ("When May Came", Feb 10th)
Allison Crowe - "Oceans" ("Spiral", March 17th)
Monday 22nd March 2010
Ray Wylie Hubbard - "Loose" (A - Enlightenment, B-Endarkenment, Hint-There Is No C", Jan 12th)
Allison Moorer - "Goodbye To The Ground" ("Crows" Feb 9th)
Anna Shannon - "Yorkshire Song {Song With No Words}" ("Over Land", Feb 15th)
Reckless Kelly - "I Hold The Bottle, You Hold The Wheel" (Somewhere In Time", Feb)
Carolina Chocolate Drops - "Hit `Em Up Style" ("Genuine Negro Jig", March)
Eric Bibb - "Nobody`s Fault But Mine" ("Booker`s Guitar", March)
Eric Bibb - "Everyday`s Been Sunday" (bonus downlaod track)
Seasick Steve - "Ready For Love" ("Love Songs For Elisabeth" Feb 14th)
Hayseed Dixie - "Norfolk Girl" ("Killer Grass", March)
Legendary Shack Shakers - "Sin Eater" ("Agri-Dustrial" to be released April 13th)
Kathryn Williams - "50 White Lines" ("The Quickening", Feb 22nd)
The Coal Porters - "Moonlight Midnight" ("Durango", Jan)
Tift Merritt - "Your Love Made A U-Turn" ("Home Is Loud" Dec 2009, re-release)
Cumbawamba - "Dance Idiot Dance" ("ABCDEFG", March 1st)
Monday 8th February 2010 - mainly women artists, including new releases from Patty Griffin, Basia Bulat and The Watson Twins
Lucy Schwartz - "Help Me, Help Me"(title track off her EP, out on Jan 26th)
Carolina Chocolate Drops - "Cornbread and Butterbeans" (from their new album "Genuine Negro Jig", coming out Feb 16th)
Bob Cheevers - "Texas is An Only Child" (off "Tall Texas Tales", Nov 2009)
The Watson Twins - "Midnight" (taken from "Talking To You, Talking To Me", Feb 16th)
Jack Rose - "Woodpiles On The Side Of The Road" (off "Luck In The Valley", coming out on Feb 23rd)
Kate and Anna McGarrigle - "Sugarbaby"
Drive-By Truckers - "This F*****g Job" (single, released in January, which will be on their album "The Big To Do", due for release on March 16th)
Patty Griffin - "If I Had My Way" (a song featured on "Downtown Church", out since the end of January)
K.D.Lang & The Recliners - "Mercy" (off "A Truly western Experience - 25th Anniversary Edition", which has been available since Feb 2nd)
Basia Bulat - "Go On" (from "A Heart Of My Own", in the shops since Jan 26th)
Red Molly - "Honey On My Grave"
Slobberbone - "Pinball Song" (live version, taken from a recording on their last gig, 2005)
Monday 25th January 2010 - dedicated to the victims of the Haitian earthquake. I hope they get all the aid and assistance they need
Boukman Eksperyans - "Mizere Re" (from "Vodou Adjae" 1991)
The Imagined Village - "Space Girl" (off their second album "Empire and Love", released on Jan 11th)
Anna Kashfi - "Red Rag Doll" (off "Survival", out Jan 18th)
Clint Clymer & The Outlaw Gypsies - "Big City Blues" (a track from their live album "Still Alive", released Jan 12th)
Joey Kneiser - "Bruised Ribs" (from "The All Night Bedroom Revival", free download www.glossary.us)
Blue Highway - "Sycamore Hollow" (off "Some Day", out Jan 18th)
Tamikrest - "Outamachek" (from their debut album "Adagh", coming out on Feb 22nd)
Jon Boden - "Beating The Bounds" (off the Bellowhead compilation "Umbrellowhead", which came out in November last year)
The Cadets - "I Want You" (off the Keb Darge and Paul Weller compilation "Real R`n`B and Soul: Lost and Found Vol 2")
Moreland and Arbuckle - "Legend Of John Henry" (from "Flood" - to be released on Feb 23rd)
Lottie Kimborough - "Rolling Log Blues" (off the compilation "Cowgirls: Classic Country Hits", out Jan 10th)
Allison Moorer - "Broken Girl" (a song off her new album "Crows" coming out on Feb 9th)
Eric Bibb - "With My Maker I Am One" (from his latest album "Booker`s Guitar", out Jan 26th)
Monday 11th January 2010 The first "Bring It On Home" of 2010. There’s some preview tracks, a couple of tributes and several tracks from compilations released at the end of 2009.
Anaïs Mitchell - "Way Down" (“Hadestown” her new album will be out in March)
Sam Doores - "When I’m Out In The Wind" (demo)
The Watson Twins - "U N Me" (“Talking To You, Talking To Me”, the new album will be out on February 9th )
Davy Graham - "The Fakir" (from volume 2 of a new compilation “A Scholar And A Gentleman”, out since October 2009)
Woody Guthrie - "Tear The Fascists Down" (from “Woody The Agitator” Vol 3 of the new “My Dusty Road” anthology, released in October)
Woody Guthrie - "Guitar Rag" (from Vol 4 “Woody, Cisco and Sonny”of the same anthology)
Ewan MacColl – "Jock The Leg” (off “Ballads: Murder Intrigue Love Discord” a new compilation, also available since October)
Two tributes now:
Vic Chesnutt (who died on Christmas Day, aged 45) – “Rustic City Fathers”
Tim Hart (who died on Christmas Eve, aged 61) – “Dancing At Whitsun”
Melotone Sisters and The Amalogo Band – "I Sivenoe" (from the 1st Volume of a very special collection of South African underground music of the 60s and 70s, called “Next Stop Soweto”, this Volume will be released on February 2nd)
Frank Fairfield - "Call Me A Dog When I’m Gone" (from his self-titled album, which has been available since October)
Sam Baker – "Mennonite" (a song from “Cotton” the 3rd and final album in his trilogy about mercy, this volume was released in August)
Dazie Mae - "Drink Beer (Till The Day I Die)" (off their debut album “Velvet Dress And Stockings”, out last November)
Geoff Muldaur & The Texas Sheiks - "The World Is Going Wrong" (taken from “Texas Sheiks”, out since September)
Monday 28th December, 2009 - Yes, it`s "Bring Bag" time - the badly named and jointly presented 2 hour special programme, bringing you a selection of album tracks from 2009, chosen by John Gill (from "Mixed Bag") and Alan Anderton (from "Bring It On Home")
Album titles and the month of release are in brackets.
William Elliott Whitmore - "Johnny Law" (Animals In The Dark, Feb)
Joanne Shaw Taylor - "Time Has Come" (White Sugar, Feb)
Cara Dillon - "Hill Of Thieves" (Hill Of Thieves, Jan)
Neko Case - "The Pharoahs" (Middle Cyclone, March)
Baka Beyond - "An T-Olghr’Og" (Baka Beyond The Forest, May)
Ramblin` Jack Elliott - "Rising High Water Blues" (A Stranger Here, April)
Tinariwen - "Imadiwan Afrik Temdam" (Imadiwan{Companions, Oct)
Christy Moore - "The Disappeared (Los Desaparecidos)" (Listen, April)
Bob Dylan - "I Feel a Change Coming On" (Together Through Life, April)
Mawkin Causley - "Jolly Broom Man" (The Awkward Recruit, April)
Levon Helm - "You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had" (Electric Dirt, June)
Felice Brothers - "Cooper`s Town" (Yonder Is The Clock,April)
Lonesome Wyatt & Rachel Brooke - "Give Up And Die" (A Bad Harvest, July)
Helen Humes - "Be-baba-leba" (The History of Rhythm & Blues, 1942-1952, compilation, May)
Cross Canadian Ragweed - "51 Pieces" (Happiness And All Other Things, Sept)
The Gourds - "All The Way To Jericho" (Haymaker, Jan)
Left Lane Cruiser - "Hillgrass Bluebilly" (All You Can Eat, Sept)
New Model Army - "Bad Harvest" (Today Is A Good Day, Sept)
Mark Knopfler - "You Can`t Beat The House" (Get Lucky, Sept)
Seasick Steve - "Happy (To Have A Job)" (Man From Another Time, Sept)
Chip Taylor - "Saw Mill River Road" (Yonkers, NY, Oct)
Thea Gilmore - "Drunken Angel" (Strange Communion, Nov)
Tom Waits - "Goin` Out West" (Glitter And Doom Live, Nov)
Uiscedwr - The Dirty Nine Steps (Fish Cat Door, May)
We had to miss out lots of other good music, because we just didn`t have the time to play `em, but we hope you liked our choices. We`ll be back on Monday 11th January with our own programmes - 10.00pm for "Mixed Bag" with John Gill, and 11.00pm for "Bring It on Home" with Alan Anderton. Join us then. Happy New Year!!
Monday 14th December, 2009 - A mini feature - catching up with blues, plus some new and newish releases
Eileen Rose - "All These Pretty Things" (from her new album "Luna Turista", out since September)
Jesca Hoop - "Feast Of The Heart" ("Hunting My Dress" is the title of her latest offering, released Nov 30th)
Blues Catch UP
Otis Taylor - "Looking For Some Heat" (a number off "Pentatonic Wars And Love Songs", around since August)
Duke Robillard & Jumpin; Blues Revue - "Three Hours After Midnight" (taken from his live album "Stomp! The Blues Tonight" - a June release)
Nick Moss & The Flip Tops - "I Got All Kinds Of Love" (off "Live At Chan`s - Combo Platter No.2" (this one`s been out since April)
Dave Perkins - "Bottles And Knives" (another June album "Pistol City Holiness")
Jonny Burke - "El Paso" (from a free, downloadable EP "The Long Haul")
The Battlefield Band - "Baile An Or" (this comes from their "Zama, Zama: Try Your Luck" album,released in September)
Molina & Johnson - "Almost Let You In" (collaboration album, available since November 9th)
Cabinet Of Natural Curiosities - "Sun" (from "Searchlight Needles", out early 2009)
Slow Rollin` Lows - "Hippies, Drunks and Rednecks" (off "Erie Street", out since way back in February)
T-Model Ford - "Two Trains" (a preview track from "The Ladies Man" - due out in January)
Monday 30th November, 2009 - Starting with 3 tracks from the new albums of 3 women artists, plus Tom Waits, Chip Taylor and Kris Drever - who could ask for more?!
Thea Gilmore - "Cold Coming" (from "Strange Communion", her new album, released on Nov 1st)
Joss Stone (with Nas) - "Governmentalist" (off "Colour Me Free", out Nov 2nd)
Norah Jones - "Man Of The Hour" (one of 13 tracks on "The Fall", her new album in the shops since Nov 16th)
Tom Waits - "Dirt In The Ground" (taken off his double album "Glitter and Doom Live", out Nov 20th)
Tindersticks - "Black Smoke" (a preview track that will feature on "Falling Down A Mountain", to be released in January)
Billy Wallace - "Wrecking Ball Blues" (one from "The Road Spit Me Out", which has been available since June)
Daniel Knox - "I Make Enemies" (this will be on "Evryman For Himself" - yes, without the "e", soon to be released)
Grayson Capps - Washboard Lisa" (off his album "Live At The Paradiso", which will be out on Dec 8th)
Chip Taylor - "No Dice" (on "Yonkers NY, Songs and Stories", available since Oct 26th)
Kris Drever - "Mark the Hard Earth" (title track off the album he`ll be bringing out early 2010)
Bobby "Blue" Bland - "Cry, Cry, Cry"
Eric Bogle - "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda"
Monday 16th November, 2009 - New music from Seasick Steve, Julie Fowlis and Show Of Hands plus a whole load more.
Show Of Hands - "The Keys Of Canterbury" (off their new one "Arrogance, Igborance and Greed", out since Sept 26th)
Secondstar - "The Great Machine" (a song from Laim Carey`s EP "Teeth", released in September)
Julie Fowlis - "M`Fhearann Saidhbhair / Nellie Garvey`s Favourite / `G Ioman Nan Gamhan`s Mi Muladach / Jerry`s Pipe Jig" (a set off her brand new album "Uam" - in the shops since Oct 26th)
Seasick Steve - "Big Green and Yeller" (from "Man From Another Time", released Sept 29th)
Mat D and The Profane Saints - "Dead in New Orleans" (one of the tracks on "Dirt Town City Limits" which has been available since August)
Gov`t Mule - "Inside Ouside Woman Blues #3" (taken from "By A Thread" released on Oct 26th)
The Magpies - "Blueberry Wine" ("Strangers", from which this one`s taken has been out since August)
Devine`s Jug Band - "The Dallas Rag" (thier debut album "Terrible Operation Blues" was due out on Nov 17th)
Samantha Crain & the Midnight Shivers - "Devils In Boston" (off "Songs In the Night" - another debut, out way back in April)
Greenland Is Melting - "Blood On The Banjo" (this song`s from "Our Hearts Are Gold, Our Grass Is Blue" another earlier release)
Truckstop Coffee - "Laredo Skies" (from For Dear Life", around since Sept)
Cliff Eberhardt - 500 Miles (off "500 Miles: The Blue Rock Sessions" another September release)
Monday 2nd November, 2009 - flooding stopped play!! However, It was Raise Your Banners Festival week - Monday 2nd November to Sunday 8th November - featuring Chumbawamba, Tracey Curtis, Leon Rosselson, Martin Carthy, Claire Mooney, Jo Baker and The Dole Queue, Sex Patels and a lot more - I hope you got to it.
Monday 19th October, 2009 - This time a feature with 3 Scottish artists, plus a selection of new releases
Mumford and Sons - Winter Winds (from their eagerly anticipated debut "Sigh No More", which came out on 6th October)
A.A.Bondy - I Can See The Pines Dancing (off "When The Devil`s Loose", released on 26th October)
Pete Molinari - Black Town (one of the artists featured on the compilation "Ballad Of Britain", which serves as a companion to the book of the same name by Will Hodgkinson out last month)
Adam Steffey - One More For The Road (title track from his latest - in the shops since 22nd Setember)
J Tillman - Barter Blues (0ne of the songs from a recording of his gig in Sacramento, which took place in August)
Nell Bryden - Second Time Around (the second single released from her album "What Does It Take")
Billy Walton Band - Neon City (another title track, the album was released earlier this month)
Emily Loizeau - Fais Battre Ton Tambour (a song from "Pays Sauvage" - out since 12th October)
Here`s my Scottish feature:
McIntosh Ross - Oh The Dark (a number off their debut collaboration "The Great Lakes" - which came out on 5th October)
Breabach - George White`s Favourite (a set from their 2007 debut "The Big Spree")
Ishbel MacAskill - Canan nan Gaidheal (off the compilation "Coig: Now We Are Five", celebrating the fifth anniversary of Two Lochs Radio 106.6fm, serving the communities of Loch Gairloch and Loch Ewe in Wester Ross)
Left Lane Cruiser - Crackalacka (from their album "All You Can Eat", which has been available since 15th September)
Robert Earl Keen - The Man Behind The Drums (off "The Rose Hotel", released on 29th September)
I hope you enjoyed the programme - I`m back with another selection on Monday 2nd November, join me then.
Monday 5th October, 2009 - a different programme this time - a random pick of albums from my collection, and all the selections (except one) are first tracks.
Eliza Carthy - Turpin Hero ("Rough Music")
The Doors - Riders On The Storm ("The Best Of The Doors")
Josh Ritter - The Girl In The War ("The Animal Years")
Richard Thompson - Grizzly Man (main title) ("Grizzly Man" soundtrack - track two)
Ian Moore - To Be Loved (title track)
Connemara Stone Company - Wild West Wind ("Birds and Beasts")
John Lisi and Delta Funk - Dead Cat Bounce (title track)
Carol King - I Feel The Earth Move ("Tapestry")
Kris Heaton Blues Band - Walk On ("Runaway Train")
Townes Van Zandt - For The Sake Of The Song ("Drama Falls Like Teardrops")
Derrin Nauendorf - Shipwrecked (title track - EP)