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Wednesday, November 29, 2006 | 10:30 to 12:00 | Playlist
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New Artist Song Album Label Comments
* Eilen Jewell Fourth Degree Boundary County self-released
Okkervil River Kansas City Don't Fall In Love With Everyone You See Jagjaguwar Caller requested "Red" from the same album, but it has a bad word I can't play on the air. This is a good one, though...
* Willie Nelson Ride 'Em Jewboy (VA) Why The Hell Not? The Songs of Kinky Friedman Sustain He ran for Governor of Texas, Kinky did... lost though.
John Prine Pretty Good John Prine Atlantic 1971 debut LP
Ruth Brown Ever Since My Baby's Been Gone Miss Rhythm: Greatest Hits And More Atlantic RIP -- she passed away recently at age 78
Velvelettes Needle In A Haystack (VA) One Kiss Can Lead To Another: Girl Group Sounds, Lost & Found Rhino Sept. 1964
Marion Harris I'm A Jazz Vampire (VA) R.E.S.P.E.C.T.: A Century of Women In Music Rhino Feb. 1921
Mahavishnu Orchestra Can't Stand Your Funk Visions Of The Emerald Beyond Columbia 1975
The New Haven Women's Liberation Rock Band Shotgun Papa Don't Lay That Shit On Me Rounder 1972 split album with The Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band
* Quetzal Candil Candelario Die Cowboy Die self-released East L.A. band fusing rock, trad. Mexican, some soul, and socially aware lyrics.
* Marisa Monte Aquela Infinito Particular EMI
* Jenny Dalton Circles Fleur de Lily Glossy Shoebox Productions
* Bossanova I'll Leave Of My Heart Hey, Sugar Teenbeat features members of the New Pornographers and Black Mountain.
New Pornographers Loose Translation Electric Version Matador
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 (A Man's Gotta Know His Limitations) Briggs Olé! Tarantula Yep Roc
Billy Bragg Upfield William Bloke Yep Roc 2006 Reissue on CD
* Bobby Bare Jr.'s Young Criminals Starvation League Mayonaise Brain The Longest Meow Bloodshot
* Benjy Ferree In The Countryside Leaving The Nest Domino
* Langhorne Slim Honey Pie Engine EP V2
Muddy Waters Diamonds At Your Feet The Anthology MCA/Chess
* Miho Hatori Sweet Samsara Part II Ecdysis Rykodisc
Miss Leslie & Her Juke-Jointers Bobo's Boogie Honky Tonk Revival Zero Label instr. feat. Randy Lindley on guitar
Loretta Lynn Yesterday Will Come Again Entertainer Of The Year -- Loretta MCA