THURSDAY MORNING MIX

April 28, 2011

Scott Foley

New stuff on this Episode from Emmylou Harris and Michael Fracasso. From Owen Temple and Eliza Gilkyson. I'll pause a sec to allow you to roam up and down your radio dial to find another station that plays this variety of americana, alt.country and roots music. But I know you won't find it.



Alright. There's a good chance you were regaled with a McDonald's breakfast ad, a Shane Club solicitation, 90 seconds singing the praises of the Black Eyed Pea. But no Quiet American. No Israel Nash Gripka or Kimmie Rhodes. King Soopers reminding you it's only ten days until Mother's Day, but no Amanda Shires.

Now turn to 88.9fm, or krfcfm.org Through next Saturday, KRFC will be giving you an opportunity to gauge what a station like ours means to you. Give me a call next Thursday, or head over to our website and join our community of music lovers.

* Michael Fracasso, "Ada OK" Saint Monday (Self, 11)
* Robyn Ludwick, "Out of These Blues" Out of These Blues (Late Show, 11)
* Owen Temple, "Mountain Home" Mountain Home (El Paisano, 11)
* Steeldrivers, "If it Hadn't Been For Love" Steeldrivers (Rounder, 08)
* Quiet American, "I Will Be the One" Quiet American Vol 2 (Boulder Acoustic Society, 11)
* Buddy Miller, "God's Wing'ed Horse" Majestic Silver Strings (New West, 11)
* kd lang, "Inglewood" Sing it Loud (Nonesuch, 11)
* Cahalen Morrison + Eli West, "My Bloody Heart" Holy Coming of the Storm (Self, 11)
* Fleet Foxes, "Montezuma" Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop, 11)
* Emmylou Harris, "Home Sweet Home" Hard Bargain (Nonesuch, 11)
* Chris Brecht, "Not Where You Are" Dead Flower Motel (Dead Leaf, 11)
* Eliza Gilkyson, "Death in Arkansas" Roses at the End of Time (Red House, 11)
* Israel Nash Gripka, "Red Dress" Barn Doors and Concrete Floors (Self, 11)
* Band of Heathens, "Gris Gris Satchel" Top Hat Crown ... (BoH, 11)
* Amanda Shires, "Swimmer" Carrying Lightning (Self, 11)
* Austin Lucas, "Darkness Out of Me" New Home in the Old World (Last Chance, 11)
* Bonnie & the Clydes, "Snake Mt Blues" Bonnie & the Clydes (Self, 11)
* Alela Diane, "Elijah" Wild Divine (Beggars Banquet, 11)
* Brian Wright, "Accordion" House on Fire (Sugar Hill, 11)
* Kimmie Rhodes w/Joe Ely, "Catch the Wind" Dreams of Flying (Sun Bird, 11)
* Rhett Miller, "Last Night Was a Big Rain" Best of Times: TX Artists Performing the Music of Sara Hickman (Sleeveless, 11)
* G Love, "Walk On" Fixin' to Die (Brushfire, 11)
* Slim Cessna's Auto Club, "One Fila Brasiliero" Unentitled (Alt Tentacles, 11)
* Lucinda Williams, "Buttercup" Blessed (Lost Hwy, 11)
* Wylie & the Wild West, "Raven On the Wind" Raven On the Wind (Hi-Line, 11)
* Amy Speace, "Vertigo" Land Like a Bird (Thirty Tigers, 11)
* Antsy McClain, "Everything's a Dollar" Heroes Last Forever (DPR, 11)

THURSDAY MORNING MIX

April 21, 2011

Scott Foley

* Black Lillies, "Two Hearts Down" 100 Miles of Wreckage (Attack Monkey, 11)
* The O's, "Tennessee Coalminer" Between the Two (Idol, 11)
* Natalia Zukerman, "Howard Hughes" Gas Station Roses (Weasel, 11)
* Dwight Yoakam, "Bury Me" Guitars Cadillacs etc etc (Reprise, 86)
* Middle Brother, "Thanks for Nothing" Middle Brother (Partisan, 11)
* Trout Steak Revival, "Ground Beneath You" Trout Steak Revival (Self, 11)
* Emmylou Harris, "The Road" Hard Bargain (Nonesuch, 11)
* Bridge, "Big Wheel" National Bohemian (Woodberry, 11)
* Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers, "All Over the Radio" Unida Cantina (Emma Java, 11)
* Blind Boys of Alabama, "Take the High Road" Take the High Road (Saguaro Rd, 11)
* Tara Nevins, "Wood and Stone" Wood and Stone (Sugar Hill, 11)
* Brian Wright, "Striking Matches" House on Fire (Sugar Hill, 11)
* Southern Culture on the Skids, "Muswell Hillbilly" Countrypolitan Favorites (Yep Roc, 07)
* Broken Spoke, "Vamps in the Valley" Before There Were Easy Riders (Self, 11)
* Fleet Foxes, "Lorelai" Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop, 11)
* Amanda Shires, "Detroit or Buffalo" Carrying Lightning (Self, 11)
* Israel Nash Gripka, "Drown" Barn Doors & Concrete Floors (Self, 11)
* kd lang, "Sugar Buzz" Sing it Loud (Nonesuch, 11)
* Neko Case, "John Saw That Number" Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (Anti, 06)
^ Michael Fracasso, "Saint Monday" Saint Monday (Self, 11)
* Sarah Jarosz, "Annabelle Lee" Follow Me Down (Sugar Hill, 11)
* Jason Isbell & 400 Unit, "Alabama Pines" Here We Rest (Lightning Rod, 11)
* Jeffrey Foucault, "Pretty Girl in a Small Town" Horse Latitudes (Signature Sounds, 11)
* Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers, "Let's Just Be Friends For Tonight" Starlight Hotel (Signature Sounds, 11)
* Owen Temple, "One Day Closer to Rain" Mountain Home (El Paisano, 11)
* Robin & Linda Williams, "Company of Strangers" In the Company of Strangers (Sugar Hill, 00)
* Jude Johnstone, "Quiet Girl" Quiet Girl (BoJak, 11)

THURSDAY MORNING MIX

April 14, 2011

Scott Foley

Colorado's own DeVotchKa blurbs (collectively, I assume), "If you don't like Amanda Shires, then you don't like America." Well, no matter your brand of patriotism, between solo albums, collaborations and her work with Thrift Store Cowboy, Shires is on a roll. On her new solo effort, Shires continues to show herself as a idiosyncratic writer with a faint quirky streak and a voice that quavers and breaks in all the right places. Her talents also extend to the violin and the ukelele, and she is backed by Will Kimbrough, Chris Scruggs, coproducer Rod Picott and more.

Also joining us on this Episode are the excellent Zoe Muth on her sophomore release, something new (and band-driven) by Jeffrey Foucault, and a fine effort by Owen Temple, aided by members of Band of Heathens.

* Jim Lauderdale, "Love's Voice" Reason & Rhyme (Self, 11)
* Flatlanders, "Comfort's Sigh" Best of Times: Texas Artists Performing the Music of Sara Hickman (Sleeveless, 11)
* Walt Wilkins, "Trains I Missed" Diamonds in the Sun (Palo Duro, 07)
* Dylan LeBlanc, "If Time Was For Wasting" Paupers Field (Rough Trade, 10)
* Aaron & Nicole Keim, "In the Pines" Born in the Country Raised in Town (Self, 06)
* Jeffrey Foucault, "Pretty Girl in a Small Town" Horse Latitudes (Signature Sounds, 11)
* Alela Diane, "Of Many Colors" Wild Divine (Beggars Banquet, 11)
* Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, "Codeine" Here We Rest (Lightning Rod, 11)
* Paul Thorn, "If You Can't Love Me 4-Ever" Are You With Me (Back Porch, 04)
* Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers, "Come Inside" Starlight Hotel (Signature Sounds, 11)
^ Amanda Shires, "When You Need a Train it Never Comes" Carrying Lightning (Self, 11)
* Steve Earle, "Waitin' on the Sky" I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (New West, 11)
* Elephant Revival, "Breathe" Break in the Clouds (Ruff Shod, 10)
* Surplus Cheaper Hands, "Dark Passenger" It's Your Parade (Self, 11)
* Owen Temple, "Mountain Home" Mountain Home (El Paisano, 11)
* Dolorean, "Unfazed" Unfazed (Fargo, 11)
* Head and the Heart, "Coeur d'Alene" Head and the Heart (Sub Pop, 11)
* Del McCoury & Preservation Hall Jazz Band, "I'll Fly Away" American Legacies (McCoury, 11)
* Broken Spoke, "Center of Dead and Alive" Before There Were Easy Riders (Self, 11)
* Lucinda Williams, "Convince Me" Blessed (Lost Hwy, 11)
* Old Crow Medicine Show, "Caroline" Tennessee Pusher (Nettwerk, 08)
* Caitlin Rose, "Sinful Wishing Well" Own Side Now (Theory 8, 11)
* Black Lillies, "Two Hearts Down" 100 Miles of Wreckage (Attack Monkey, 11)
* Split Lip Rayfield, "Rig or Cross" I'll Be Around (Self, 08)
* Fleet Foxes, "Grown Ocean" Internet Single (Sub Pop, 11)
* Matraca Berg, "Racing the Angels" Dreaming Fields (Dualtone, 11)
* Nathaniel Rateliff, "You Should've Seen the Other Guy" In Memory of Loss (Rounder, 10)

THURSDAY MORNING MIX

April 7, 2011

Scott Foley

Typically in this spot I'll highlight an artist or album which is receiving play on the current Episode of TMM. Here, I'll make an exception for Josh T Pearson. Formerly leader of TX psychedelic rock band Lift to Experience, Pearson's first solo album is a frustratingly beautiful collection of sprawling, rambling "country" songs, sung in the voice of a brokenhearted man. So, you might respond, if it's so great why don't you play it? Like another initial-user, J Tillman, Pearson's music is simply not radio-friendly, ranging from hushed, oh-is-the-song-over passages to profane howls. Not for everyone, Last of the Country Gentlemen has been as frequently damned by critics as it has been praised. For my part, I can't remove it from my player.

* Low Anthem, "Maybe So" Smart Flesh (Nonesuch, 11)
* Wilco, "One Hundred Years From Now" Return of the Grievous Angel (Almo, 99)
* Susan James, "Airstream Girl" Highways Ghosts Hearts & Home (Self, 10)
* Robyn Ludwick, "New Orleans" Out of These Blues (Late Show, 11)
* Israel Nash Gripka, "Fool's Gold" Barn Doors and Concrete Floors (Self, 11)
* Surplus Cheaper Hands, "Restless Heart" It's Your Parade (Self, 11)
* Band of Heathens, "Polaroid" Top Hat Crown ... (BoH, 11)
* Fistful of Mercy, "Father's Son" As I Call You Down (Hot, 10)
* Bob Schneider, "Honeypot" Perfect Day (Kirkland, 11)
* Sara Watkins, "Pony" Sara Watkins (Nonesuch, 09)
* Robbie Robertson, "Straight Down the Line" How to Become Clairvoyant (429, 11)
* Jeff Finlin, "Long Lonesome Death of the Traveling Man" Angels in Disguise (Korova, 06)
* Alison Krauss, "Lay My Burden Down" Paper Airplane (Rounder, 11)
* Drive-by Truckers, "Mercy Buckets" Go-Go Boots (ATO, 11)
* Arliss Nancy, "Paul Revere" Truck Stop Roses (Backbone, 10)
* Tara Nevins, "Wood and Stone" Wood and Stone (Sugar Hill, 11)
* Steve Earle, "Waitin' on the Sky" I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive (New West, 11)
* Richmond Fontaine, "You Can Move Back Here" We Used To Think the Freeway ... (El Cortez, 09)
* Peter Case, "Round Trip Stranger Blues" Case Files (Alive, 11)
* Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers, "If I Can't Trust You With a Quarter" Starlight Motel (Signature Sounds, 11)
* Shannon McNally, "Memory of a Ghost" Western Ballad (Sacred Sumac, 11)
* Bap Kennedy, "Elvis Hand & Me" Long Time a Comin' (Catfish, 02)
* Bright Wright, "Striking Machines" House on Fire (Sugar Hill, 11)
* Jude Johnstone, "Quiet Girl" Quiet Girl (BoJak, 11)
* JD McPherson, "North Side Gal" Signs and Signifiers (Self, 11)