Friday, June 18, 2010


THURSDAY MORNING MIX
June 17, 2010
Scott Foley

Been airing tunes from Elizabeth Cook's Welder for almost two months now. Started off with the refreshingly clever "El Camino," and have stopped down on at least four other tracks over the weeks. And everytime I play something, I am taken by surprise how much I am taken by Cook's voice, her writing and the clean, tasteful production of Don Was. That's the way a good album works, just sneaking up on me rather than returning to the disc in hopes it'll catch.

By the way, save next Thursday morning on your appointment book for one of the more promising debuts of the year: The Beauties' self-titled debut CD. Just need to find a track sans profanity ... We'll also dig further into The Second Best Colorado CD of the Year by Chris McGarry.

* Deer Tick, "Twenty Miles" Black Dirt Sessions (Partisan, 10)
* Nathaniel Rateliff, "Wimper and Wail" In Memory of Loss (Rounder, 10)
* Michael Perry & the Long Beds, "Somewhere South of Sunday" Tiny Pilot (Amble Down, 10)
* Gina Villalobos, "What I'd Give" Rock 'n' Roll Pony (Kick, 04)
* Stone River Boys, "Love's Gonna Make It" Love On the Dial (Cow Island, 10)
* Fred Eaglesmith, "I Would" Cha Cha Cha (Lonesome Day, 10)
* Avett Brothers, "Spanish Pipedream" Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine (Oh Boy, 10)
* Kevin Welch, "Marysville" Patch of Blue Sky (Music Road, 10)
* Old 97s, "Four Leaf Clover" Too Far To Care (Elektra, 97)
* Drag the River, "Trainwreck" Bad at Breaking Up (Suburban Home, 09)
* Trapper Haskins & the Bitter Swill, "Comes a Darkness" Alluvium (Self, 10)
* Deadstring Brothers, "Adalee" Sao Paulo (Bloodshot, 10)
* Shinyribs, "East TX Rust" Well After Awhile (Nine Mile, 10)
* Ray Wylie Hubbard, "The Messenger" Crusades of the Restless Knights (Philo, 99)
^ Elizabeth Cook, "I'll Never Know" Welder (31 Tigers, 10)
* Chris McGarry, "This Heathen City" And the Weary Eyes Reply (Self, 10)
* Johnny Cash, "Ain't No Grave" American VI: Ain't No Grave (American, 10)
* Sara Petite, "Magnolia" Doghouse Rose (Self, 10)
* Alejandro Escovedo, "Shelling Rain" Street Songs of Love (Fantasy, 10)
* Lori McKenna, "Bible Song" Bittertown (Signature Sounds, 04)
* Joe Pug, "Bury Me Far (From My Uniform)" internet single (Self, 10)
* Yarn, "These Bars Don't Look Too Friendly" Come On In (UFO, 10)
* Blitzen Trapper, "The Man Who Would Speak True" Destroyer of the Void (Sub Pop, 10)
* Peter Case, "The Words In Red" Wig! (Yep Roc, 10)
* Les Sampou, "My My My" Lonesomeville (Self, 10)
* Rev Peyton's Big Damn Band, "Redbuds" The Wages (Side One Dummy, 10)
* Sarah Jarosz w/Black Prairie, "Queen of the Silver Dollar" Twistable Turnable Man: Tribute to Shel Silverstein (Sugar Hill, 10)
* Mark Erelli & Jeffrey Foucault, "Wyoming Wind" Seven Curses (Self, 10)


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