THURSDAY MORNING MIX

November 25, 2010

Scott Foley

This time of year typically sees very little new music. It's generally about wrapping up, holiday music and year-end best of lists. I'll debut my Favorite Songs list on Thursday, December 9. This week, I did manage a handful of debuts, including a nice collection of Band covers by Garth Hudson and several special guests. Rachel Harrington's Celilo Falls revisits the promise of her debut CD. And I'll listen to anything Lambchop frontman Kurt Wagner puts out, especially if it's as good as his new album of duets with Cortney Tidwell, KORT.

* Norman, "Bellfountain Stars" Hay Hay Make a Wish (Timber Carnival, 10)
* John Mellencamp, "Save Some Time To Dream" No Better Than This (Rounder, 10)
* Matthew & the Atlas, "Come Out of the Woods" Kingdom of Your Own (Communion, 10)
* Sadies w/Garth Hudson, "Shape I'm In" Canadian Celebration of the Band (Curve, 10)
* Whitey Morgan, "Bad News" Whitey Morgan & the 78s (Bloodshot, 10)
* Cross Canadian Ragweed, "Blue Bonnets" Happiness and All the Other Things (Universal South, 09)
* Great American Taxi, "One of These Days" Reckless Habits (Thirty Tigers, 10)
* Fabulous Ginn Sisters, "Heart and Bones" You Can't Take a Bad Girl Home (Self, 10)
* Adam Haworth Stephens, "Cities That You've Burned" We Live On Cliffs (Saddle Creek, 10)
* Joe Ely, "Mockingbird Hill" internet single (Rack'em, 10)
* Lucky Peterson, "Atonement" You Can Always Turn Around (Dreyfus, 10)
* Rachel Harrington, "House of Cards" Celilo Falls (Skinny Dennis, 10)
* Leftover Salmon, "Better" Euphoria (Hollywood, 97)
* Marshall Chapman, "Falling Through the Trees" Big Lonesome (TallGirl, 10)
* Ryan Bingham, "Hard Worn Trail" Junky Star (Lost Highway, 10)
* Sons of Bill, "Broken Bottles" One Town Away (Gray Fox, 09)
* Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams, "Mauvais Sang" Sinners & Saints (Self, 10)
^ KORT, "Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries" Invariable Heartache (City Slang, 10)
* Marty Stuart, "Branded" Ghost Train (Sugar Hill, 10)
* Ray Lamontagne, "Beg Steal or Borrow" God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise (RCA, 10)
* Magnolia Electric Co, "O! Grace" Josephine (Secretly Canadian, 09)
* Possessed by Paul James, "Shoulda Known Better" Feed the Family (Hillgrass Bluebilly, 10)
* Coal Porters, "Lookin' for a Soft Place to Fall" Durango (Prima, 10)
* Susan Cowsill, "River of Love" Lighthouse (Threadhead, 10)

THURSDAY MORNING MIX

November 18, 2010

Scott Foley

I suppose I understand Kasey Chambers waiting to release her excellent Little Bird in the US until she finishes touring in her native Australia. It's about economics. Since it has disappeared from iTunes, I assume she's found a label for 2011 distribution. Somewhat similarly, Mumford & Sons and Laura Marling released an innovative Dharohar Project EP, but only overseas.

One of the better recent releases along these lines comes from Caitlin Rose, who hails from Nashville, but chose to release her Own Side Now in England months before it will see the light of day here in the US. Seems silly in these days of seamless internet to draw lines between one country and another in terms of music release. I'm grateful that I have been able to share cuts from Chambers and Rose, finding them as legal downloads here and there. Still haven't been able to track down a legal cut from Mumford & Marling.

* Hayes Carll, "King of the Road" Imus Ranch Record 2 (New West, 10)
* Coal Porters, "Like a Hurricane" Durango (Prima, 10)
* Zoe Muth, "Hard Luck Love" Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers (Self, 09)
* Kasey Chambers, "Devil On Your Back" Little Bird (Essence, 10)
* Boulder Acoustic Society, "Shelter" Champion of Disaster (Self, 10)
* Daniel Lanois, "Under a Stormy Sky" Acadie (Warner, 89)
* Derailers, "Guaranteed to Satisfy (live)" Live From Texas (Varese Saraband, 10)
^ Caitlin Rose, "Sinful Wishing Well" Own Side Now (Names, 10)
* Autumn Defense, "Back of My Mind" Once Around (Yep Roc, 10)
* Yvette Landry, "120 Proof" Should Have Known (Soko, 10)
* Fistful of Mercy, "Father's Son" As I Call You Down (Hot, 10)
* Travel By Sea, "Glimpse of Day" Two States and the Blindness That Follows (Autumn Tone, 10)
* Todd Snider, "I Spoke as a Child (live)" Near Truths & Hotel Rooms (Oh Boy, 03)
* Jason D Williams, "You Look Like I Could Use a Drink" Killer Instincts (Rockabilly, 10)
* Arliss Nancy, "Abacus" Truck Stop Roses (Backbone, 10)
* Kasey Anderson, "Bellingham Blues" Nowhere Nights (Red River, 09)
* Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, "Never Far From My Heart" Bright Examples (9th St Opus, 11)
* Big Smith, "Cicada" Roots Shoots & Wings (Mayapple, 10)
* Abby Owens, "Last Man" Indiantown (Self, 10)
* Jeffrey Foucault, "Voices Talking" Cold Satellite (Self, 10)
* Bobby Bare Jr, "Sad Smile" A Storm A Tree ... (Naked Albino, 10)
* Kim Richey, "Leaving 49" Wreck Your Wheels (30 Tigers, 10)
* Avett Bros, "Kick Drum Heart (live)" Live Vol 3 (American, 10)
* Larkin Poe, "Memories" Fall an EP (Self, 10)
* Musketeer Gripweed, "Bossman" Dyin' Day (Self, 10)
* Gary Bennett, "While You Were Gone" My Ol' Guitar (Raucous, 10)
* Pat Anderson, "Hometown Blues" Magnolia Road (Cross Country, 10)
* Hot Rize, "Diamond Joe" internet single (Self, 10)
* Robert Plant, "Angel Dance" Band of Joy (Rounder, 10)

THURSDAY MORNING MIX

November 11, 2010

Scott Foley

Lucky Peterson was a child prodigy, having recorded his first song at age 6. 39 years later, "Little" Lucky Peterson isn't so little anymore. Renowned for his keyboard skills, Peterson is also a strong guitarist, as he proves on his new CD, You Can Always Turn Around. The collection is rooted in trad blues, as evidenced by covers of classics from Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell and Rev Gary Davis. But throw into the mix covers of tunes by Ray Lamontagne, Lucinda Williams and Tom Waits, and Peterson's recorded himself a crossover album. This Episode features a stellar take on Bill Callahan's "I'm New Here".

This weekend, I plan to gather all my TMM playlists from the year and begin to compile my Year End Favorites list for songs and albums of 2010. Grab your Peanuts calendar, and put a Schroeder stamp on Thursdays, December 9 and December 30. The former will feature my favorite tunes, and the latter my favorite discs. Feel free to comment or email me your own favorites of the year.

^ Lucky Peterson, "I'm New Here" You Can Always Turn Around (Dreyfus, 10)
* Trishas, "Trouble About My Soul" They Call Us the Trishas (Fatty Four, 10)
* James Hyland & the Joint Chiefs, "Radio City" Celestial Navigation (Ananaki, 10)
* Golden Smog, "Long Time Ago" Another Fine Day (Universal, 06)
* Crooked Fingers, "Shelly's Winter Love" Reservoir Songs Vol 2 (Foreign Leisure, 10)
* Gary Bennett, "Life Ain't Killed Me Yet" My Ol' Guitar (Raucous, 10)
* Sahara Smith, "Real Thing" Myth of the Heart (Playing in Traffic, 10)
* Joe Ely, "You Can Bet I'm Gone" internet single (Rack 'Em, 10)
* Reckless Kelly, "Think it Over One Time" Undone: a MusicFest Tribute to Robert Earl Keen (30 Tigers, 08)
* Thrift Store Cowboys, "Lean Into the Sway" Light Fighter (Self, 10)
* The Congress, "Loretta" The Congress (Self, 10)
* Decemberists, "Down By the Water" King is Dead (Capitol, 11)
* Dylan LeBlanc, "If Time Was For Wasting" Paupers Field (Rough Trade, 10)
* Railroad Earth, "Black Elk Speaks" Railroad Earth (One Haven, 10)
* Marshall Chapman, "Riding With Willie" Big Lonesome (TallGirl, 10)
* Allison Moorer & Steve Earle, "After the Fire is Gone" Coal Miner's Daughter: Tribute to Loretta Lynn (Sony, 10)
* Levon Helm, "It Takes a Lot to Laugh" Imus Ranch Record II (New West, 10)
* Raul Malo, "Saint Behind the Glass" Sinners & Saints (Fantasy, 10)
* Derailers, "Hey Valerie" (live) Live From Texas (Varese Saraband, 10)
* Railbenders, "Drive Away" Like a Wheel (Self, 09)
* Kelly Joe Phelps, "Roll Away the Stone" Roll Away the Stone (Ryko, 97)
* Amos Lee, "Windows Are Rolled Down" Mission Bell (Blue Note, 11)
* Fabulous Ginn Sisters, "Fireworks" You Can't Take a Bad Girl Home (Self, 10)
* Old 97s, "Every Night is Friday Night" Grand Theatre Vol 1 (New West, 10)
* Darden Smith, "Sierra Diablo" Marathon (Self, 10)

Thursday Morning Mix

November 4, 2010

Scott Foley

* Elvis Costello, "National Ransom" National Ransom (Hear, 2010)
* Caleb Klauder, "My Time is Gonna Come" Western Country (Quicksilver, 10)
* Audra Mae, "Lightning in a Bottle" Happiest Lamb (Side One Dummy, 10)
* Musketeer Gripweed, "Bossman" Dyin' Day (Self, 10)
* Railroad Earth, "Long Walk Home" Railroad Earth (One Haven, 10)
* Brennen Leigh, "Rolling Green Hills" The Box (Self, 10)
* Ryan Adams, "Oh My Sweet Carolina" Heartbreaker (Bloodshot, 00)
* Decemberists, "Down By the Water" King is Dead (Capitol, 11)
* Halden Wofford & the High Beams, "Mission Avenue" Sinners & Saints (Self, 10)
* Tired Pony, "Dead American Writers" Place We Ran From (Mom & Pop, 10)
* Autumn Defense, "Tell Me What You Want" Once Around (Yep Roc, 10)
^ Marshall Chapman, "Big Lonesome" Big Lonesome (TallGirl, 10)
* Reed Foehl, "Wolves" Once an Ocean (Never Foehl, 09)
* Graham Wilkinson, "Ragamuffin" Yearbook (Township, 10)
* Matthew & the Atlas, "Come Out of the Woods" Kingdom of Your Own (Communion, 10)
* Blue Rodeo, "Four Strong Winds" Gift: Tribute to Ian Tyson (Stony Plain, 07)
* Uncle Earl, "Last Goodbye" Waterloo Tennessee (Rounder, 07)
* Justin Townes Earle, "Ain't Waitin" Harlem River Blues (Bloodshot, 10)
* Sarah Jarosz, "My Muse" New 45 (Sugar Hill, 10)
* Kingsley Flood, "Stoop Cats" Dust Windows (Self, 10)
* David Wax Museum, "Beatrice" Carpenter Bird (Self, 10)
* Shelby Lynne, "Lonesome" Identity Crisis (Capitol, 03)
* Drag the River, "History With History" 2010 Demons (SuburbanHome, 10)
* Secret Sisters, "Waste the Day" Secret Sisters (Beladroit, 10)
* Robert Plant, "Only Sound That Matters" Band of Joy (Rounder, 10)
* Dylan LeBlanc, "If the Creek Don't Rise" Paupers Field (Rough Trade, 10)
* Coal Porters, "No More Chains" Durango (Prima, 10)
* Steve Earle, "Telephone Road" El Corazon (Warner, 97)