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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 | 10:00 to 12:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
Wilco Jesus, etc. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Nonesuch R.I.P. Jay Bennett
Lambchop Each Time I Bring It Up It Seems To Bring You Down Awcmon Merge
* Allen Toussaint Solitude The Bright Mississippi Nonesuch Stellar new album from the N.O. master
Oscar Peterson Daahoud The Will To Swing Verve 1962
* Corey Wilkes & Abstrakt Pulse Chasin' LeRoy Cries From Tha Ghetto Pi Wilkes is widely considered the next great trumpet player
* Nomo Elijah Invisible Cities Ubiquity new
Madlib Mystic Bounce Shades of Blue Blue Note a fave from '03
Lee Hazlewood Shades These Boots Are Made For Walking: The Complete MGM Recordings Ace 1968
Patsy Cline He Called Me Baby The Patsy Cline Collection MCA Recorded Feb 7, 1963. Less than a month to live....
Connie Smith Ain't Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves) Miss Smith Goes To Nashville Westside 1966
* Wayne Hancock Midnight Stars and You Viper of Melody Bloodshot new
* Los Straitjackets Sasquatch The Further Adventures of Los Straitjackets Yep Roc new
* Sun Rock Rodeo Roundup Afternoon Breakdown (VA) Mindexpanders Vol. 1 Past & Present 60s instrumental psych fuzz rock woooooo!
The Loners Breakdown Blues Revolution! Churchkey Great new 2-piece rock!
Southern Culture On The Skids Make Mayan A Hawaiian Dirt Track Date Geffen
* The Mighty Gospel Inspirations Don't Give Up In Black and White self-relased Fine a cappella old-style gospel from RIGHT HERE IN DURHAM so GO BUY IT
The Chancey Brothers Mulberry Gap (VA) Art of Field Recording Vol. 2 Dust-to-Digital
Bill Monroe Bluegrass Breakdown The Music of Bill Monroe MCA ! this dude's hands were lightning ! Glad I saw him. He was still amazingly fast at 83 years old...
[radio broadcast collage] Radio International (VA) Radio Algeria Sublime Frequencies
X Plastaz Msimu Kwa Msimu (VA) Rough Guide to African Rap World Music Network Killer track from Tanzania
* Omar Souleyman Shift Al Mani (I've Seen Her) Dabke 2020 Sublime Frequencies Amazing Syrian musician. New. Dabke is a form of Syrian dance music. THIS is worth checking out on YouTube, my friends....
* Group Doueh Tazit Kalifa Treeg Salaam Sublime Frequencies Western Sahara music, recorded 15-20 years ago... newly released on LP. Had to play the 20-minute meditative jam....
* Mandrake Mandrake (VA) An Outbreak of Twangin': Phantom Guitars Vol. 2 Psychic Circle Mandrake was the stage name for guitarist Vic Rogers, thought to be from Australia...........
* Steve Earle Marie Townes New West New album from SE. It's all songs written by his idol & friend, Townes Van Zandt.