The archive for today's Ear to the Ground radio show is not yet available, but here is the playlist:
6:02am Sonny Boy by Owsley on Owsley (Giant)
6:02am Thank God They Closed the Honky Tonks (feat. Timbo) by Mick Mullin on Mullin’ It Over (Mick Mullin)
6:05am Room To Breathe by Zach Russell on In Between – EP (Oso Amarillo Records)
6:10am Out of the Ether by Golden and Rust on Golden and Rust (Golden and Rust)
6:15am Blue, Blue, Blue by Noel McKay on Blue Blue Blue (Noel McKay)
6:19am Smoke and Mirrors by Stash on Stash (Walk the Walk) (Ted Russell Kamp / PoMo Records)
6:23am Walk to the River (feat. Hannah Halford) by Jeffrey Halford and The Healers on Walk to the River (feat. Hannah Halford) – Single (Floating Records)
6:30am ROMP Theme by Tramp on ROMP Theme – Single (Tramp Camp)
6:31am Klara Stjärnor by Georg Nielsen on Klara Stjärnor – Single (Georg Nielsen)
6:32am Wash by Calexico on Luz de Vida II: A Compilation to Benefit Homicide Survivors (Fort Lowell Records)
6:35am False Positive by The Acharis on Blue Sky / Grey Heaven (Zum)
6:39am Walk in the Park by Inca Babies on Walk in the Park – Single (Black Lagoon Records)
6:45am Memory Box by Rodney Cromwell on Memory Box – Single (Happy Robots Records)
6:48am Never Less Than Lonely by Lusitanian Ghosts on Never Less Than Lonely – EP (European Phonographic)
6:51am Hammered in an Airport by Spray on AnalogueTrash: Label Sampler, Vol. 5 (AnalogueTrash Records)
6:56am Nagu by Sam Redmore on Nagu – Single (Jalapeno Records)
Reminder - please check out this week's Featured Friday Playlist...
Show alert! Two time E2TG Artist of the Year Darrin Bradbury will be at 3rd and Lindsley Sunday Night for a show hosted by a radio station that is not the one I am associated with... Excited every time I get to see Darrin perform live...
It is Friday, and time for another edition of the Featured Friday Playlist on Spotify. See below. 17 songs in the playlist this week. This week's playlist includes new and recent music by Nashville artists Evan P. Donohue (a founding member of Diarrhea Planet), The Singing Butcher, Party of Shine, Kyshona Armstrong, Irene Kelley, and Victoria Woodworth, Plus music from E2TG favorites Joe Goodkin, DateMonthYear, Sammy Brue, Tiny Fighter, and Christopher Paul Stelling. Plus, some newer "discoveries" like Kat Hamilton, Emily Zuzik, Chicago Farmer, Surrija, Wynnm, and HMS Morris. Check it out and give the playlist a follow on Spotify.
Featured Friday Playlist Brand New List Today!
Friday Shuffle:
Time to close out the week. It was a snowy morning commute. As usual, a delightfully eclectic mix of music.
"One Wish" by Habit of Mine (from Habit of Mind)
A first listen to this Los Angeles based alternative rock band. This came to us via a direct inquiry last month. Great sounding tune.
"Peggy Gordon" by Ricko Donovan (from Full On)
One-time Nashville resident, hammer dulcimer player, songwriter, and birthday brother Ricko Donovan is up next. Hope he makes it back to Nashville soon.
"Unfortunately" by Warming (from Warming)
"Horizon part.2" by Lions'Den (from Songbird)
"Sunken Aspects" by Claudio Conti (from Garnet Dusk)
"Rambling" by Moonshine Booze (from Desert Road)
"Trouble and Time" by Chris Carroll (from Trouble and Time)
I think there are over 5,000 songs saved in my phone memory, and a random shuffle brought up two songs this week from this 2014 album by the Texas singer-songwriter. We have been featuring her latest album Good Farmer (a collaboration with her husband Adam) recently.
"Remember the Love" by Heather Powell (from A Haze of Grays and Blues)
Speaking of defying the odds. Apparently, this song was save to my phone twice and came up on two consecutive days. The album was released in 2015, and yes, this track features Kevin Jenkins (for some reason he was credited on the track that came up yesterday but not on the track that came up today - I am sure they are the same track).
"Miles of Broadway" by Maynard and the Musties (from Cheap Cigar)
Nashville by way of Brooklyn band - with a track from an album released while they were living in New York.
"Salvation Jane" by INXS (The Best of INXS)
"Let the Four Winds Blow" by Warren Storm (from Taking the World, By Storm)
A cover of a 1961 Dave Bartholomew and Fats Domino by legendary swamp pop pioneers Warren storm - on a album produced by Yvette Landry.
VIDEO PLAYLIST
Recent and Upcoming Releases:
Recent: 11/20 Brock Zeman - Hey Tom (a collection of Tom House Songs) (LP)(E2TG First Impression) 12/2 - Terry Klein - Live at KOOP (LP) 12/29 - Them Jones - "The Woman is a Poor Child" (single) 12/31 - Blackfoot Gypsies - Live at The Basement (LP) 1/06 - Francesco Mariano - "Room 107" (single) 1/07 - The Singing Butcher - "Top 40" (single) 1/08 - Luis Mojica- Shaman Food (LP) 1/10 - Palm Ghosts - "Wide Awake and Waiting" (single)(E2TG First Impression) 1/10 - Mary Bragg and Drivin' N Cryin' - "Don't Walk Away" (cover) (single) 1/10 - Them Airs - "Food Pyramid" (single) 1/10 - Lilly Hiatt - "Brightest Star" (single) 1/10 - Strange Majik - "Lo-Fi Hi" (single) (E2TG First Impression) 1/10 - Dean Fields - "Armadillo" (single) 1/10- Chicago Farmer - "All in One Place" (single) 1/10 - Surrija - "Nothing Love" (single) 1/10 - RB Morris - Going Back to the Sky (LP) 1/10 - Guided By Voices - "Volcano" (single) 1/10 - Sunshine Boys - "Infinity Girl" (single) 1/11 - Dolour (Shane Tutmarc) - "The Snake Eye" (single) 1/12 - Francesco Mariano - "Nine Lives" (single) 1/13 - Lauren Anderson - "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" (cover) (single) 1/14 - Drive-By Truckers - "Thoughts and Prayers" (single) 1/16 - Margo Price - Stone Me (single) 1/17 - Mark Hummel - Wayback Machine (LP) 1/17 - Jonny Polonsky - "The Weeping Souls" (single) 1/17 - Them Airs - Union Suit XL (LP)(E2TG First Impression) 1/17 - Innocence Mission - See You Tomorrow (LP) 1/17 - David Dondero - The Filter Bubble Blues (LP) 1/17 - MONO INC. - "Warriors" (single) 1/17 - Damen - "Americana" (single) 1/17 - The Singing Butcher - "Circus Girl" (single) 1/19 - Merrill Beach - "Geen"/"Marimba" (single)(E2TG First Impression) 1/21 - Broads and Milly Hirst - "Happisburgh" (single) 1/22 - Davis Raines - Turquoise and Silver (LP) (E2TG First Impression) 1/24 - Kailey Nicole - Kailey Nicole (LP) 1/24 - Mrs. Henry - Live at the Casbah (LP) 1/24 - Aeronautical Pioneer - "Hop High" (single) 1/24 - Three Rivers Project - Confluence (LP) 1/24 - MONO INC. - The Book of Fire (LP) 1/24 - Dispel - Lore (LP) 1/24 - The New Nostalgia - "Nothing is New" (single) 1/24 - The Heliocentrics - "Burning Wooden Ship" (single) 1/24 - Electric High - "Harder to Justify" (single) 1/24 - J. Luke Cloutier - Drown (LP) 1/26 - Nik West - "Tears" (single) 1/28 - Motihari Brigade - Power from Below (LP) 1/29 - Remington Super 60 - NEW EP (EP) 1/31 - Eric Brace and Last Train Home - Daytime Highs and Overnight Lows (LP) 1/31 - Nick Pagliari - Midway (LP) 1/31 - Black Paisley - "Dreams" (single) 1/31 - Jolie Holland - Esconidida (Vinyl Reissue) (LP) 1/31 - John Dennis - Mortal Flames (LP) (E2TG First Impression) 1/31 - Emma Hill - How Could I Have Been So Wrong (EP) 1/31 - Ryan Sobb and the Dead Mall - Concrete Feelings (LP) (E2TG First Impression) 1/31 - Alexander Hacke (Einsturzende Neubauten) + Danielle de Picciotto (Crime and The City Solution) - The Current (LP) 1/31 - Drive-By Truckers - The Unraveling (LP) 1/31 - Kristen Englenz - "Rebound" (single) 1/31 - Damen - "Disco" (single) 1/31 - Tinsley Ellis - Ice Cream in Hell (LP) 1/31 - The Singing Butcher - "Coming Home" (single) 2/01 - Glenn Jones - Ready for the Good Times (LP)
2/02 - Karabas Barabas - Degenerate National Anthem (LP) 2/04 - Mayflower Madame - "Vultures" (single) 2/05 - Joseph Mooradian - "We all Work Too Much"/"Dash My Dreams" (single)
Out Today!: 2/07 - Palm Ghosts - Wide Awake and Waiting (EP) 2/07 - Emily Zuzik - "Trouble" (single) 2/07 - Chicago Farmer - Flyover Country (LP) 2/07 - Surrija - "Barcelona" (single) 2/07 - The Flyin' A's - No Holds Barred (LP) 2/07 - Harry Stafford - "She Just Blew Me Away" (single) 2/07 - Christopher Paul Stelling - Best of Luck (LP) 2/07 - HMS Morris - "Babanod" (single) 2/07 - Tiny Fighter- "Strangest Thing" (single) 2/07 - Wynnm - "Fire on the Moon" (single) 2/07 - The Golden Cage Society - Mira (Mini EP) 2/07 - Alienbaby Collective - "Degenerate Moon" (single) 2/07 - Eric and the Anti-Vaxxers - Timeshare Girlfriend (EP) 2/07 - Sammy Brue - "Teenage Mayhem" and "Crash Test Kid" (singles) 2/07 - Lucille - "Kerikeri" (single)
Upcoming: 2/14 - Grant Peeples - Bad Wife (LP) 2/14 - The Heliocentrics - Infinity of Now (LP) 2/14 - Johanna Kuvaja - "Back for Good" (single) 2/14 - Sarah Reynolds - "I Need Love" (single) 2/14 - Afterimage - "Six Seconds" (single) 2/14 - Kalee Smyth - "Bring Our Love Down" (single) 2/16 - Kas Havoc - "Light'em Up" (single) 2/21 - Sarah Morris - All Mine (LP) 2/21 - Kindergarten - Iphigenia (Reissue) (LP) 2/21 - Hot Club of L.A.- Cinema Swing (LP) 2/21 - MUUK - Balbuceo (LP) 2/21 - Aaron Beckum - Songs from a Triangle Room (EP) 2/21 - Every 13 Days - Étant Donnés (Reissue) (LP) 2/21 - Seablight - High-Rise Mannequins (EP) 2/21 - Various Artists -Typical Girls Vol. 5 (LP) 2/21 - 12xPretty - 12xPretty (LP) 2/21 - Arkane Skye - "Don't Ask Me Out" (single) 2/28 - Kristen Englenz - Ingenue (LP) 2/28 - Close Lobsters - Post Neo Anti... (LP) 2/28 - The Heliocentrics - Infinity of Now (LP) 3/?? - Strange Majik - 20/20 (LP) 3/04 - Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion - Chameleon (LP) 3/06 - Surrija - "Sylvette" (single)\ 3/06 - Dean Fields - While the Baby Was Sleeping (LP) 3/06 - Broads and Milly Hirst - Ollust (LP) 3/06 - The Mastersons - No Time for Love Songs (LP) 3/06 - Ghostwood Development Project (Feat. Kool Keith) - "Gulley" (single) 3/13 - The Flatmates - The Flatmates (LP) 3/13 - Kleenex Girl Wonder - Ponyoak (20th Anniversary Edition) + BLP (demos and out-takes) (LP) 3/13 - Sandwick - Reconstruct (LP) 3/13 - Foley and the Fire - "Springsteen on the Radio" (single) 3/13 - Kalee Smyth - The Ceiling (EP) 3/20 - Matt Wilson and His Orchestra - When I Was a Writer (LP) 3/20 - Chris Moyse - Bitter Ballads and Cynical Prayers (LP) 3/27 - Lilly Hiatt - Walking Proof (LP) 3/27 - Mayflower Madame - Prepared for a Nightmare (LP) 3/27 - Alienbaby Collective - F I S H B O W L / T E R R E S T R I A L (Double EP) 3/27 - Mairena - "Weird All the Time" (single) 3/27 - Lucille - Come on,Fly (LP) 4/03 - Surrija - Surrija (LP) 4/10 - Eliza Gilkyson - 2020 (LP) 4/10 - Dan Montgomery - Smoke and Mirrors (a phonographic memory) (LP) 4/10 - Pokey LaFarge - Rock Bottom Rhapsody (LP) 4/17 - Paul Burch and WPA Ballclub - Light Sensitive (LP) 6/12 - Sammy Brue - Crash Test Kid (LP)
Okay - I'm even more rushed than usual. So let me get right it.
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Tonight is the CD release show for Meghan Hayes excellent album - Seen Enough Leavers - at the 5 Spot at 6pm. She has a great band backing her and some cool songwriters opening the show. Seen Enough Leavers is a remarkable album.
Now Wednesday - the day we get wild and wacky! Well, I guess we do that every day... but we call it Wild Wednesday for good reason - as you will soon see.
"My Only True Friend" by Gregg Allman
We start things off with the lead single and only original song from the posthumously released final album by the great Gregg Allman. The album was produced by Don Was and recorded at FAME studios in Muscle Shoals.
"The River (Instrumental)" by Martha Reich
Next up, we have an instrumental track from Brave Bird by New Mexico based singer-songwriter Martha Reich. The album was one we featured a lot last year.
"The Four Corners" by Danny Sandock
Next up, we have our old friend California (by way of Indiana - with a stop in Tennessee) singer-songwriter Danny Sandock with a track from his 2014 album Breakin' New Ground. The song is about that point where four states meet.
"Must Be Nice" by Rat Fancy
Next up, we have California twee pop punk rockers Rat Fancy with a track from their upcoming debut album Stay Cool.
"Resistance" by Lions'Den
Next up, we have a track from Songbird by Lions'Den - a project of guitarist Rhy Dongju - it is guitar driven electronic music. Cool stuff.
"I Wouldn't Buy a Used Car from Him" by Norma Jean
Next up, we have a 1965 single from country music artist Norma Jean - taken from her album Pretty Miss Norma Jean - released while she was appearing on the Porter Wagoner Show.
"Kitty Wells Dresses" by Laura Cantrell
Next up - a lovely song about another country legend - this by Nashville native Laura Cantrell. J Mar played a Laura Cantrell song Monday night while I was working the WXNA Pledge Drive, so it is really cool this came up today.
"Losing Heart" by The Secret Sisters
How about The Secret Sisters covering a modern country legend - Brandi Carlile. This is from the anniversary tribute to her album The Story - called Cover Stories which was released 2017 - 10 years after the release of the original album.
"Help Me Remember" by Suzette Lawrence and The Neon Angels
Nashville (by way of L.A.)' honky tonk angel - Suzette Lawrence is up next with a track from her album Tear Up the Honky Tonk.
"Black Flag Blues" by Adam Carroll (feat. Scott Nolan)
More Adam Carroll - this time it's one of my favorite songs of his - from his 2008 album Old Town Rock N Roll. Featuring Canadian singer-songwriter Scott Nolan. A wonderful track.
"Lightning" by Grumsling
Next up - our old friends from California - Grumsling with a track from their album A Church, On a Boat, In the Sea. It's been a little while since we've heard from them. I loved their cinematic take on rock and roll.
"Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" by Arcade Fire
And we close with Arcade Fire with a track from their 2007 album Funeral. A great track to close out the day.
I am back. I had an extra extended long weekend - to recuperate from whatever it is I need to recuperate from. I am back and it is Wild Wednesday. We have a pretty wild one today.
By the way, some behind the scenes technical information. I got a new phone over the long weekend, and so this was officially the first shuffle off the new phone. I did have to recreate my playlist. So the Trending Thursday shuffle tomorrow will be the first from the new Trending playlist. I had to recreate it from memory.
I have not tried to recreate the Featured Friday playlist, and I am thinking of taking a different approach with that one. More on that later.
Let's get right to the shuffle!
Tim Henderson @ Kerrville Folk Festival Photo: Bill Nash
Time is short, so I am going to get right to it. It is Tuesday - let's check out our Trending Tuesday shuffle! Sorry to have to be so short-winded today.
