Tune in on Sunday, December 6 when my pal Robin Adams, who has a great WSPN show on Wednesday mornings, joins me for a alt/indie song duel. He'll bring in a few of his most offbeat indie songs and I'll counter him with a few artists he might never have heard.....We plan on doing it again on Wednesday morning (8AM to 10AM) 12/9 for his listeners......I'm eager to hear what he's gonna come up with! Knowing Robin - this is going to be fun!

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Artist - Song/CD

Cosy Sheridan - Grand Design/Grand Design

Christopher Shaw & Bridget Ball - At Our House on Christmas/Mountain Snow and Mistle Two

Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum - The Snowy Road/Winter's Grace

Dolly Parton - Love is Like a Butterfly/Dolly Sample Box Set

Alison Krauss - Get Me Through December/A Hundred Miles or More

The McGarrigles - Green Green Rocky Road/The McGarrigle Hour

Salamander Crossing - Light in the Window

Dana & Susan Robinson - Delta Queen/Big Mystery

Return to the Dream - Can't Find My Way Home/Return to the Dream

Wailin' Jennys - Driving/Live from the Mauch Chunk Opera House

Mary Chapin Carpenter - Thanksgiving Song/12 Songs of Christmas

Anne Hills - The Moon's Song/Points of View

Tracy Grammer - This Dirty Little Town/Verdant Mile

Diane Zeigler - December in Vermont/December in Vermont

Jerry Douglas - New Year's Eve/Jerry Christmas

Heather Masse - Bird Song/Bird Song

Holly Near with Emma's Revolution - Sail Away Lady/We Came to Sing

Greg Brown - Lull it By/Dream City

Beth Wood - New Orleans Train/From the Heart

Ruthie & the Wranglers - Songs of Christmas/Hudson Harding Sampler Vol. 2

The Bobs - Come Here Often?/Get Your Monkey Off My Dog

The Nields - Ain't That Good News/Sister Holler

Bruce Cockburn - Mary Had a Baby/Christmas

Al Stewart with Dave Nachmanoff - Princess Olivia/Uncorked

Sometymes Why - Cold Feet Blues/Your Heart is a Glorious Machine

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer - Gentle Arms of Eden/Drum Hat Buddha

The Subdudes - The Blacksmith Song/Flower Petals

Diana Jones - The Day I Die/Better Times Will Come

The Subdudes - Wedding Rites/Flower Petal

Diana Jones - My Remembrance of You/My Remembrance of You

Vienna Teng - Grandmother Song/Inland Territory

Over the Rhine - Don't Wait for Tom/The Trumpet Child

Vienna Teng - In Another Life/Inland Territory

Over the Rhine - If a Song Could be President/The Trumpet Child

Christine Lavin - Not Me Not Me Not Me/Cold Pizza for Breakfast

Mike Agranoff - The Dream/Ain't Never Been Plugged

Jody Marshall - Gower Wassail/Gloucestershire Wassail/Coral of the Bells

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer - American Noel/Wonderland

Danny Schmidt - Better off Broke/Instead the Forest Rose to Sing

Chris Smither - It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry/Time Stands Still

Beaucoup Blue - Free to Fall/Free to Fall

Bela Fleck - Jingle Bells/Jingle All the Way

Daniel Moore - Winter Wonderland/Yosemite Wonderland

Music for Sunday, November 22!!

Artist - Song/CD

Cosy Sheridan - Grand Design/Grand Design

Robin & Linda Williams - Going Going Gone/Buena Vista

Zoe Mulford - One Day the Sun's Gonna Shine/Bonfires

Pete Seeger - All Mixed Up/Live in '65

Woods Tea Company - Reuben James/The Passage

Lee Murdock - Ashokan Farewell/Wordless

Jakob's Hollow - Edge of a Chasm/The Legend of Bobby the Kid

Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family - Brush Your Teeth Blues #57/Go Waggaloo

Emma's Revolution - Mountain Song/We Came to Sing

David Mallett - End of the Day/Alright Now

Hardy & Massengill - Losers/Partners in Crime

Adrienne Young - I Cannot Justify/Plow to the End of the Row

Jerry Douglas - Maui Christmas/Jerry Christmas

Mustard's Retreat - Part of me Remembers/5 Miles or 50,000 Years

Caroline Herring - Cactus Tree/Golden Apples of the Sun

David Rawlings Machine - Bells of Harlem/A Friend of a Friend

Peter Mulvey - Lila Blue/The Knuckleball Suite

Ben Lee - Into the Dark

Jay Linden - Baltimore/Under the Radar

The Subdudes - Flower Petals/Flower Petals

Brooks Williams - The Time I Spend with you/The Time I Spend with You

Ben Murray & Siobhan Quinn - Geronimo's Cadillac/Two Rivers

Neal & Leandra - Catch a Falling Star/A Dreamer's Holiday

Brooks Williams - Goodby Walker Percy/Little Lion

Over the Rhine - Desperate for Love/The Trumpet Child

Vienna Teng - Saint Stephen's Cross/Inland Territory

Anna Nalick - Catalyst/Wreck of the Day

Kasey Chambers - On a Bad Day/Barricades & Brickwalls

Beatles - Blackbird/White Album

Joni Mitchell - California/Blue

Bob Dylan - Meet Me in the Morning/Blood on the Tracks

Laura Nyro - And When I Die/Stone Soul Picnic

Jesse Winchester - Club Manhattan/Gentleman of Leisure

Jack Williams - Sucker for Love/Laughing in the Face of the Blues

Alistair Moock - Own Way to Heaven/Fortune Street

Larry Murante - I Still Think of You/Point of Entry

Cris Williamson - Murder of Crows/Fringe

John Gorka - Trouble in Mind/So Dark You See

James Taylor - It's Growing/Covers

Van Morrison - Days Like This

Linda Thompson - Do Your Best for Rock 'n Roll/Versatile Heart

Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning/Best of Capital Years

Jorma Kaukonen - Fur Peace Rag/Stars in my Crown

Christmas music!

I'm always excited for new music at Christmas. Even though those old standards are sure to bring back childhood memories, I long to see what my favorite folkie or country artists will do each holiday. And it's not the traditional carols I long to hear, it's sometimes original songs that bring a new and different perspective to the Christmas season. I LOVE the quirky songs just as much as some of the more traditional types.

I vow never to play a Christmas tune until the Sunday AFTER Thanksgiving....but this year I may make an exception. Jerry Douglas has just come out with a wonderful Christmas cd entitled, Jerry Christmas! He shines!! Jerry will be appearing at The Egg with John Oates and Maura O'Connell on December 11th!! I can't wait to share it with my listeners and will begin doing that this Sunday - yes, the Sunday BEFORE Thanksgiving!! It's only for Jerry that I do this!!

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Photo is Greg Klyma who stopped by for an in-studio interview to plug his upcoming Caffe Lena gig on 11/20/09!!

Artist - Song/CD

Cosy Sheridan - Grand Design/Grand Design

Krista Detor - Pretty Horses Run/Cover Their Eyes

Susan Werner - Heaven So Small

Cosy Sheridan - George & His 88 Keys/Grand Design

Erica Wheeler - Lucky in Love/Good Summer Rain

Heather Masse - Time is a Hoax/Bird Song

Bop Ensemble - Husbands & Wives/Between Trains

Liz Longley - Ain't Too Good to be True/Somewhere in the Middle

Dido - Quiet Times

Regina Spektor - One More Time with Feeling/Far

Berggren, Kirk & Shaw - Denmark/North River North Woods

Anne Hills - I'm Nobody/Points of View

Dana & Susan Robinson - Sycamore Tea/Big Mystery

Susan Trump - Screen Porch Door/Live at Caffe Lena

Jack Hardy & David Massengill - Saint James Infirmary Blues/Partners in Crime

Barbara Garriel - Saturday Night Lady/Ample Patience

McCoury & Grisman - B Natural/Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza

Dolly Parton - Everything is Beautiful/Box Set Sampler

David Rawlings - I Hear Them All/A Friend of a Friend

Ryan Adams - Pearls on a Strong/Easy Tiger

Jory Nash - Soul Kid/New Blue Day

Chuck Suchy - Hold On/Unraveling Heart

Martin Simpson - Stagolee/True Stories

Murali Coryell - Music Sets You Free/Sugar Lips

Willie Murphy - Life is But a Dream/A Shot of Love in a Time of Need

Sam Cooke - You Send Me/Greatest Hits

Leslie Ritter & Scott Petito - A Million Stars/Circles in Sand

Janis Ian - Today You're Mine/The Essential Janis Ian

Sons of the Never Wrong - Leona/On a Good Day...I Am

Jon Shain - Driving Them Crazy/Times Right Now

Helen Avakian - Bird Flying/I Love the Moon

James Keelaghan - Circle of Stone/House of Cards

In-studio interview with Greg Klyma who will be performing at Caffe Lena on Friday, November 20th. Great interview and nice music both live and from 2 of his most recent cds, KlymaLive and Rust Belt Vagabond.

Jorma Kaukonen - Fur Peace Rag/Stars in My Crown

I took last Sunday off and had a student take over the controls for me. He did a great job and offered up an eclectic blend of folk/indie music! Sometimes change is good.

I've been listening to a new cd which was given to me by a good friend as a birthday gift. It's been out for 10 years, so is not new....but is still wonderful nonetheless. If you like a great mandolin sound, check out the Bluegrass Mandolin Extravaganza!

ALSO, be sure and check out the show on Sunday the 15th when I'll have Greg Klyma joining me to plug his upcoming Caffe Lena appearance. Greg will be coming from the NERFA conference so I'm eager to talk with him about his experiences there. Each year I put the NERFA conference on my calendar with hopes that I'll be able to attend....and every year something else comes along $$$$....if only there was always enough money for all of the music we want to hear!!

Read today that James Taylor is going to tour with Carole King....check out their websites for a schedule!!

Great show on Sunday with a visit from Nancy Walker, Michael Jerling, Rick Rourke & Larry Clyman to sing and talk about their upcoming show at the Saratoga Arts Center on Saturday, November 7!! Don't miss "The Right Mix"!

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Artist - Song/CD

Cosy Sheridan - Grand Design/Grand Design

Neal & Leandra - Someone Been Praying/Dancing With a Ghost

Greg Greenway - What Must Be Done/Weightless

Pat Wictor - Well Well Well/Sunset Waltz

Jon Shain - Song for Dara/Times Right Now

Joe Jencks - White Buffalo/Links in a Chain

Jory Nash - The Getaway/New Blue Day

Lynn Miles - Sacre Coeur/Night in a Strange Town

Greg Klyma - Add a Little Love/Rust Belt Vagabond

Tracy Grammer - Solitary Man/The Verdant Mile

Brooks Williams - Johnny's Farewell/The Time I Spend With You

Miss Tess - Saving All My Love/Darling Oh Darling

Chuck Suchy - Down in the Water/Unraveling Heart

The Whippersnappers - Way Down the Old Plank Road/Up Against It

Janet Bates - How Deep is the Water/The Little Spinner

Return to the Dream - Can't Find My Way Home/Return to the Dream

Eilen Jewell - One of Those Days/Sea of Tears

Berggren, Kirk & Shaw - Be Thou My Vision/North River North Woods

Guy Clark - Eamon/Somedays the Song Writes You

Lyle Lovett - She's No Lady/Pontiac

John Prine - Mornin' Train/Fair & Square

Guy Clark - Wrong Side of the Tracks/Somedays the Song Writes You

Peggy Lynn - Earned These Lines/Earned These Lines

Donna Hughes - Too Many/Gaining Wisdom

Euphonia - I'm Going Away/The Old Jawbone

Matt & Shannon Heaton - Bay of Biscay/Lover's Well

Kat Eggleston - Some Kind of Wondering/Speak

John Gorka - Fret One/So Dark You See

Chris Smither - Don't Call Me Stranger/Time Stands Still

Hans York - Never Been in Love/Young Amelia

Colin Hay - Me & My Imaginary Friend/Are You Lookin' At Me?

chuck e. costa - Better or Worse/Where the Songs Come From

In-studio interview with Michael Jerling, Rick Rourke, Larry Clyman & Nancy Walker to plug their upcoming show at the Saratoga Arts Center, November 7th!

Songs played from their cds:

Jim Gaudet - So Far So Good/So Far So Good

Michael Jerling - My Evil Twin/Live Here Tonight - Live at Caffe Lena

Rick Rourke - Fortune & Fame/Lost Wages

Jim Gaudet - Railroad Kill Bill/So Far So Good

Yarn - Lies I've Told/Empty Pockets

Jorma Kaukonen - Fur Peace Rag/Stars in My Crown