THURSDAY MORNING MIX

September 23, 2010

Scott Foley

Last Friday, I joined host JoAnn in-studio for her Friday Morning Mix, as we set sail for KRFC's Fall Membership Drive.

My turn will come Thursday, Sept 30, when JoAnn (of Friday Morning Mix fame) will return the favor and ... well, you get it.

Meantimes, try a strong new Boulder Acoustic Society EP, or Arliss Nancy's (free!) downloadable EP. This week also brought a new album (alas, full-length) from half-Colorado band Travel By Sea, marking a Big Step Forward in their sound.

* Supersuckers, "Image of Me" Live at Bart's CD Cellar (Mid-Fi, 06)
* Alela Diane, "There's Only One" Be Yourself: Tribute to Songs for Beginners (Grassroots, 10)
* Justin Townes Earle, "One More Night in Brooklyn" Harlem River Blues (Bloodshot, 10)
* Finders & Youngberg, "Old Shine Crow" Keep Your Suitcase Packed (Neighborly, 08)
* Jerry Lee Lewis w/Gillian Welch, "Please Release Me" Mean Old Man (Vanguard, 10)
* Southern Culture on the Skids, "Busy Road" Kudzu Ranch (Kudzu, 10)
* Boulder Acoustic Society, "Shelter" Champion of Disaster (Self, 10)
* Terry Allen, "Flatland Boogie" Human Remains (Sugar Hill, 96)
* Old 97s, "State of Texas" Grand Theatre Vol 1 (New West, 10)
* Kim Richey, "Wreck Your Wheels" Wreck Your Wheels (Thirty Tigers, 10)
* Jeff Finlin, "Barefoot in the Snow" Tao of Motor Oil (Bent Wheel, 10)
* Possessed By Paul James, "Old Man Souls" Feed the Family (Hillgrass Bluebilly, 10)
* Johnny Cash, "God's Gonna Cut You Down" American V: Hundred Highways (American, 06)
* Kasey Chambers, "Devil On Your Back" Little Bird (Essence, 10)
* Robert Plant, "You Can't Buy My Love" Band of Joy (Rounder, 10)
* Arliss Nancy, "Stella Lovely" Truck Stop Roses (Backbone, 10)
* Asylum St Spankers, "Jesus Walking on the Water" God's Favorite Band (Yellow Dog, 09)
* Bobby Bare Jr, "Don't Go to Chattanooga" A Storm A Tree My Mother's Head (Naked Albino, 10)
* James McMurtry, "Childish Things" Childish Things (Compadre, 06)
^ Travel By Sea, "Even the Sunrise" Two States & the Blindness That Follows (Autumn Tone, 10)
* Amelia Curran, "Bye Bye Montreal" Hunter Hunter (Six Shooter, 10)
* Chapin Sisters, "Palm Tree" Two (Lake Bottom, 10)
* Graham Wilkinson, "Water Towers & Windmills" Yearbook (Township, 10)
* Sara Petite, "Doghouse Rose" Doghouse Rose (Self, 10)
* Doghouse Roses, "Blue Moon on the Mountain" This Broken Key (Yellowroom, 10)
* Jayhawks, "Settle Down Like Rain" Hollywood Town Hall (American, 92)
* Hello Kavita, "Sunday (Like a Chrome Tide)" To a Loved One (Self, 09)
* Mavis Staples, "Losing You" You Are Not Alone (Anti, 10)
* Chase Fifty Six, "Goodbye Princess" Allatoona Rising (Dirt Leg, 10)

THURSDAY MORNING MIX

September 16, 2010

Scott Foley

As anyone who has been listening to Our Fair Station for a bit has perceived, changes are a'comin' at KRFC. The station's News on the Range programs have been set aside to make room for more music programming. A good deal of thought is being put into what listeners want to hear and when. This is all in an effort to be increasingly more responsive to you, in hopes of deepening our roots in our extended community. Consistency and professionalism: two key terms.

KRFC's twice-yearly Membership Drive sets sail next Friday, September 24, and we trust we'll hear from fans of the Thursday Morning Mix. Of course, your ears are always welcome at 88.9fm. At times like these, we need to hear your voices as well.

This week's Episode features a mix of the new and the less new, the big and the small names. It's just how we roll at TMM ... Altho I have to admit I never thought I'd play Springsteen and Plant back-to-back on my show. It's been a generous month for Big Label americana, alt.country and roots releases, blessing us with top notch work from Ryan Bingham, Justin Townes Earle, Robert Plant and Kim Richey.


* Carrie Rodriguez, "Big Love" Love & Circumstance (9th St Opus, 10)
* Mike & Ruthy, "Covered" Million to One (Humble Abode, 10)
* Jon Snodgrass, "Remember My Name" Visitor's Band (Suburban Home, 09)
* Dale Watson, "Carryin' On This Way" Carryin' On (E1, 10)
* Ryan Bingham, "Hallelujah" Junky Star (Lost Hwy, 10)
* Justin Townes Earle, "Harlem River Blues" Harlem River Blues (Bloodshot, 10)
* Slim Cessna's Auto Club, "Viceroy Filter King" Always Say Please and Thank You (Alternative Tentacles, 00)
* David Wax Museum, "Jalopy Heart" Carpenter Bird (Self, 10)
* Todd Snider, "Tillamook County Jail" East Nashville Skyline (Oh Boy, 04)
^ Kim Richey, "Leaving 49" Wreck Your Wheels (Thirty Tigers, 10)
* John Mellencamp, "Save Some Time To Dream" No Better Than This (Rounder, 10)
* J J Grey & Mofro, "King Hummingbird" Georgia Warhorse (Alligator, 10)
* Frazey Ford, "If You Gonna Go" Obadiah (Nettwerk, 10)
* Railbenders, "Whiskey Rain" Segundo (Big Bender, 03)
* Southern Culture on the Skids, "Bone Dry Dirt" Kudzu Ranch (Kudzu, 10)
* Chapin Sisters, "Trouble" Two (Lake Bottom, 10)
* Possessed By Paul James, "Shoulda' Known Better" Feed the Family (Hillgrass Bluebilly, 10)
* Rosanne Cash w/Bruce Springsteen, "Sea of Heartbreak" The List (Manhattan, 09)
* Robert Plant, "House of Cards" Band of Joy (Rounder, 10)
* Casey James Prestwood, "I Still Miss Someone" All Aboard: Tribute to Johnny Cash (Anchorless, 08)
* Kasey Chambers, "Little Bird" Little Bird (Essence, 10)
* Caleb Klauder, "My Baby Came Back" Western Country (Quicksilver, 10)
* Sons of Bill, "Life In Shambles" Take a Shower ... (Self, 10)
* Tony Joe White, "Season Man" The Shine (Swamp, 10)
* Jenny & Johnny, "Animal" I'm Having Fun Now (Warner, 10)
* Band of Heathens, "Sin City" Ether Sessions (Self, 10)
* Devotchka, "Hot Burrito #1 (I'm Your Toy)" Sweetheart #3 (Starbucks, 09)

THURSDAY MORNING MIX

September 9, 2010

Scott Foley

* Phosphorescent, "Heaven Sittin' Down" Here's to Taking It Easy (Dead Oceans, 10)
* Anne McCue, "Lonely One" Broken Promise Land (Flying Machine, 10)
* Jeff Finlin, "La Luna" Tao of Motor Oil (Bent Wheel, 10)
* Mike Farris, "Night the Cumberland Came Alive" Night the Cumberland ... (Self, 10)
* Ryan Bingham, "Hard Worn Trail" Junky Star (Lost Hwy, 10)
* Leftover Salmon, "Woody Guthrie" Leftover Salmon (Compendia, 04)
* Powder Mill, "Another Mile" Money Marbles & Chalk (Self, 10)
* Mavis Staples, "Last Train" You Are Not Alone (Anti, 10)
* Trampled By Turtles, "Wait So Long" Palomino (Banjodad, 10)
* Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams, "Mauvais Song" Sinners & Saints (Self, 10)
* Kim Richey, "Once in Your Life" Wreck Your Wheels (Thirty Tigers, 10)
* Starlings, "Apple Tree" Bright Light (Self, 10)
* Kingsley Flood, "Cul de Sac" Dust Windows (Self, 10)
* Hollyfields, "How to Be Gone" Lo Bueno Lo Malo Lo Feo (Self, 10)
^ Possessed By Paul James, "Four Men From the Row" Feed the Family (Hillgrass Bluebilly, 10)
* Justin Townes Earle, "Ain't Waitin" Harlem River Blues (Bloodshot, 10)j
* Bobby Bare Jr, "But I Do" A Storm A Tree My Mother's Head (Naked Albino, 10)
* Jerry Lee Lewis w/Keith Richards, "Sweet Virginia" Mean Old Man (Vanguard, 10)
* Reckless Kelly, "Love In Her Eyes" Bulletproof (Yep Roc, 08)
* Todd Adelman & the Love Handles, "Goin' through the Motions" Todd Adelman (Porch Lantern, 09)
* Robert Plant, "Central Two-O-Nine" Band of Joy (Rounder, 10)
* Jim Lauderdale, "Ginger Peach" Wait Til Spring (Dualtone, 03)
* Raul Malo, "Living For Today" Sinner & Saints (Fantasy, 10)
* Barefoot Surrender, "Warrants in TX" Barefoot Surrender (Self, 10)
* Tallest Man on Earth, "Tangle in This Trampled Wheat" Sometimes the Blues is Just a Passing Bird (Dead Oceans, 10)
* Ray Lamontagne, "Devil's in the Jukebox" God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise (RCA, 10)
* Joe Pug, "Unsophisticated Heart" Messenger (Lightning Rod, 10)

THURSDAY MORNING MIX

September 2, 2010

Scott Foley

My wife has been feeling down of late. In a temporary funk. Because she's a good friend of mine, I decided to use my radio pulpit as a way of cheering her up. I wanted to express my concern and my care.

I texted her from the KRFC parking lot, "First two songs are for you this morning."

First song: REM's "You Are the Everything," as administered by Redbird, a singer-songwriter supergroup boasting the talents of Kris Delmhorst, Jeffrey Foucault and Peter Mulvey. The song has been in our repertoire since our early years together. "The stars are the greatest thing you've ever seen / And they're there for you / For you alone you are the everything."

Imagining my wife driving to work, wiping away a tear, I slipped my second CD into the player and dialed up the track. I wanted her to hear Bob Schneider's tremendous "40 Dogs (Romeo and Juliet)." I wanted her to hear Schneider's brilliant lyric, "You're the color of the colored part of the Wizard of Oz movie." Or, "I can tell you where we're gonna be / When the whole world falls into the sea / We'll be livin' ever after happily."

I'm not a bad husband. Maybe just a careless programmer. Instead of Schneider's mile-a-minute ode to the impossible dream, the button I chose gave me, "And me / I cried when I told the truth / I cried when there was no use / 'Cause I still had to leave." Larkin Poe's "Long Hard Fall" is a heartwarming song. One of the best of the year. Nevertheless, I didn't want my wife to think this packing-my-ol'-suitcase song was my message to her.

Of course, I grabbed my cell, texting her that no, this second song wasn't for her (unless she liked it), but that the third song would be (I hope).

Anyhow, all three great songs, indelibly etched into my music mind after listening to them repeatedly on my drive home. My work is done here ...

* Redbird, "You Are the Everything" Redbird (Signature Sounds, 05)
^ Larkin Poe, "Long Hard Fall" Spring an EP (DefPig, 10)
* Bob Schneider, "40 Dogs (Romeo & Juliet)" Lovely Creatures (Kirtland, 09)
* Doug & Telisha Williams, "Kitchen Light" Ghost of the Knoxville Girl (No Evil, 09)
* Jeff Black, "Noah's Ark" Birmingham Road (Arista, 98)
* Dovekins, "Walks So High" Assemble the Aviary (Self, 10)
* Carl Broemel, "Life Leftover" All Birds Say (ATO, 10)
* Ryan Bingham, "Direction of the Wind" Junky Star (Lost Hwy, 10)
* Kingsley Flood, "Stoop Cats" Dust Windows (Self, 10)
* David Wax Museum, "Donkey In My Soul" Carpenter Bird (Self, 10)
* Kim Richey, "Wreck Your Wheels" Wreck Your Wheels (Thirty Tigers, 10)
* Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore, "Only a Song" Dear Companion (Sub Pop, 10)
* Iguanas, "If You Should Ever Fall On Hard Times" If You Should Ever ... (Yep Roc, 08)
* Chase Fifty Six, "Ready Tonight" Allatoona Rising (Dirt Leg, 10)
* Infamous Stringdusters, "In God's Country" Things That Fly (Sugar Hill, 10)
* Barefoot Surrender, "Raven" Barefoot Surrender (Self, 10)
* Reed Foehl, "Stoned Beautiful" Stoned Beautiful (Red Parlor, 07)
* Robert Plant & Band of Joy, "Harm's Swift Way" Band of Joy (Rounder, 10)
* Caleb Klauder, "Worn Out Shoes" Western Country (Quicksilver, 10)
* Nathaniel Rateliff, "Once in a Great While" In Memory of Loss (Rounder, 10)j
* Sahara Smith, "Are You Lonely" Myth of the Heart (Playing in Traffic, 10)
* Mic Harrison, "Glass Bones" Great Commotion (Real Much, 10)
* My Morning Jacket, "Lullabys Legends & Lies" Twistable Turnable Man (Sugar Hill, 10)j
* Max Stalling, "Saddest Song Ever" Home To You (Self, 10)
* Reckless Kelly, " Pure Quill" Somewhere in Time (Yep Roc, 10)
* 30Db, "Susanah" One Man Show (SCI Fidelity, 10)