Taproot Radio News #193

Rotation #193 – June 1, 2009
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Howdy,

The juggernaut known as the Taproot Media Empire rolls in into new territory this week. Thanks to recent announcements from live365.com, you can now listen to Taproot Radio on your Blackberry, Windows Media Player and, wait for it…….., the iPhone! Check out the Live365 Smartphone page for more information on how to down load the app for your device. Add Taproot Radio to youe live365 presets and then you’re good to go. Enjoy.

If you haven’t already heard, I’ve published the second episode of the podcast, rechristened as “The Taproot Music Feed”. This episode features music and interviews with The Sleepless Nights, a Chapel Hill-based Gram Parson’s tribute band and Nashville-based Judy Wright. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Thanks to the Famous Johnny Mambo at WCOM, I heard about Snoop Dogg’s Johnny Cash tribute song. I’ve linked to the video here. I also ran across a cover of “I Walk The Line” by Edward Kowalczyk of Live. Good to see Cash gettin’ some respeck, as they say.

One of the best surprises I’ve gotten in the mail recently is the new CD Already Gone from The Kieran Ridge Band. I’m loving the Irish folk influence in his music. Kinda sounds like a cross between Bruce Springsteen and Flogging Molly. I’m going to have a Kieran Ridge interview on a future podcast episode.

I also recently received Days On Their Side from Gina Villalobos. She’s based in California and has an LA heavy rock vibe going for her and her gritty lyrics make me think of her as a female version of Patterson Hood. Chills the blood to think of it, I know. But there ya go.

Closer to home, be sure to check out Dehlia Low’s latest CD Tellico. They are based out of Asheville and have that old time string music down pat. Lead singers Anya and Stacy will be featured on an upcoming podcast.

But wait there’s more. Dap Tone records, the same folks who brought us Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings as well as The Budos Band has a released a soul/gospel cross over CD from Naomi Shlton and The Gospel Queens that will make you say “amen” over and over again.

There’s two additions to the library this week from Blood Shot Records, Ha Ha Tonka’s CD. Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South. And finally, the other noteworthy addition to the music library is the latest CD from Scott H Biram, Something’s Wrong/Lost Forever. He’s still doing that barn-burning backwoods visionary thing and it sounds great. I’ve also posted a video of his song, “Hit The Road.”

Dig Deep,
Calvin

This Week’s Rotation

Taproot Rotation 193 on iTunes

Can You Deal With It / Andre Williams and the New Orleans Hellhounds / Can You Deal With It? / 2:34
If I Work My Thing On You / Ann Sexton / You’re Gonna Miss Me / 3:42
Living on the Road Again / Arty Hill & The Long Gone Daddys / Back On The Rail / 3:06
Time Is a Thief / B.B. King / Love Me Tender / 5:28
He Made A Woman Out Of Me / Bettye LaVette / Do Your Duty / 2:36
Know What I’m Sayin’ / Big Shanty / Ride With The Wind / 4:27
Heart Of Gold / Bill Kirchen / Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods / 3:44
Goodbye Daughters Of The Revolution / The Black Crowes / Warpaint / 5:03
Natural Blues / Bob Margolin / In North Carolina / 2:28
Can’t Lose You / Bourgeois Gypsies / Faulty Fairytales / 4:36
Hotel Happiness / Captain Luke and Cool John / Outsider Lounge Music / 3:00
Passin’ My Days / Choosy Beggars / See The Lovers Right On Time / 3:46
Sunday Morning / Damion Suomi / Damion Suomi / 3:54
Heavy Load / Deadstring Brothers / Silver Mountain / 3:29
Lord Won’t You Help Me / Dehlia Low / Tellico / 2:49
Falling Off The Edge Of The World / Don Chambers / Zebulon / 4:02
I’m Gonna Dress In Black / Eilen Jewell / Sea Of Tears / 4:04
Mortified / Gina Villalobos / Days On Their Side / 3:23
Queen Of Compromise / Graham Parker / Your Country / 3:42
Walking On The Devils Backbone / Ha Ha Tonka / Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South / 3:53
Before The Sun Goes Down / Ian Thomas / Live At The Grey Eagle / 3:25
Another Man Done Gone / Irma Thomas / After The Rain / 3:50
Oh Mary / J.J. Cale / Roll On / 3:35
See Him On The Street / The Jayhawks / Tomorrow The Green Grass / 3:09
‘Til I Get It Right / John Doe & The Sadies / Country Club / 3:19
Big Legs Tight Shirt / John Lee Hooker / Anthology: 50 Years / 2:16
Life is Hard & Love’s Unfair / Kieran Ridge Band / Already Gone / 4:17
Restless / Langhorne Slim / Langhorne Slim / 2:18
Leaving Texas / Leaving, TX / Late Gettin’ Started / 3:07
The Weight / Lee Ann Womack / Endless Highway: The Music Of The Band / 4:48
Cass / Lucero / Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers / 4:00
Come On And Gettit / Marion Black / Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label / 2:16
Eyes On The Prize / Mavis Staples / We’ll Never Turn Back / 4:06
Bootleg Flyer / Mudcrutch / Mudcrutch / 3:49
Get Right / The Mystix / Down To The Shore / 3:50
On The Bus / Nakia / Water To Wine / 4:19
What More Can I Do? / Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens / What Have You Done, My Brother? / 4:23
Double Sunglasses Sunday / New Town Drunks / The Ballad Of Stayed And Gone / 4:55
Get Hip / Omar and The Howlers / Muddy Springs Road / 3:11
Just One More Day / Otis Redding / Stax 1959-1968 #5 / 3:31
Truckin’ Song / Pure Grain / Out Of The Storm / 4:27
Lonely Hearts / Raul Malo / Lucky One / 3:18
Wildside (RADIO EDIT) / Scott H. Biram / Somethings Wrong/Lost Forever Radio Edits / 4:51
Say Ho / Scott Miller / Citation / 3:00
Nuevo Laredo / Sir Douglas Quintet / The Prime of Sir Douglas Quintet / 2:43
Hickory Wind / Sleepless Nights / Sleepless Nights Rehersal Recordings / 3:47
Tonight’s Gonna Bury You / Sodajerk / Sodajerk / 3:37
The Struggle / Stone River Boys / Stone River Boys / 4:26
Just Go South / Ted Russell Kamp / Poor Man’s Paradise / 4:03
High Rolling Train / Wayne Hancock / Viper of Melody / 4:04

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