There’s so much new music going into the library this week I don’t hardly know where to start. Willie Nelson has a CD out called simply Country Music and that’s exactly what it is. The thing I like about this CD is that it reminds me of the “jamborees” my grandparents used to take me to when I was a kid and I’d visit them in Texas. The songs are simple, easy to sing along with, and usually have clean catchy lyrics. Good fun.

And whoa! Janiva Magness has a new CD out which makes me want to throw myself on the ground and start speaking in tongues. She has a voice that goes straight into my brain and there’s not a single weak track on the entire CD.

I’m loving the new Shelby Lynn CD as well. As I understand it, this CD is self produced. I’m always glad to see artists self-producing their music. Gives them absolute freedom to experiment or do what they love. While the new SHelby Lynn CD doesn’t break any new territory, you do get the sense that this collection of songs are here because they are the ones she likes best.

The new Yarn CD is well, about what you would expect from Yarn which is to say some twangy roots music but not over the top. Very feel good, easy going with lyrics and vocals that remind me of early Paul Simon. A very good listen indeed.

I shelled out relatively big buck for a compilation of Jimmy Donley songs. His prime years were around ’55-’57 and the songs reflect the attitudes of the era. It seems to me that his producers burdened him with crappy song structures and backing bands. But there’s a few cuts on the CD that feel like he’s really enjoying himself and it was worth every penny.

This week’s happy surprise in the mail came from a guy named Caleb Klauder. I’d not heard of him before. The opening track of his CD, “Dangerous Mes and Poisonous Yous.” blew me away. Funny thing is, I can’t say why. Sometimes the simplest songs perfectly executed are the ones that are so powerul.

rotation 225 on iTunes

(alphabeticaly by artist)
Old Ways / AJ Downing And The Buick / Way Back Home / 4:50
Velvet Guitar / Alejandro Escovedo / A Man Under The Influence / 4:23
Sleep to Dream / Bettye LaVette / I’ve Got My Own Hell to Raise / 3:46
American Sycamore / Big Daddy Love / To The Mountain / 4:37
Turn It Up / Black Bone Child / Alligator / 2:26
The Dirty Boogie / The Brian Setzer Orchestra / The Dirty Boogie / 3:14
Can I Go Home With You / Caleb Klauder / Dangerous Mes And Poisonous Yous / 3:05
Sweet Feeling / Candi Staton / The Ultimate Fame Years Collection / 2:42
Why Don’t You Do Right? / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Genuine Negro Jig / 3:37
Steal Your Love / Carrie Rodriguez / Love and Circumstance / 4:17
Can’t Give It To Me / Choosy Beggars / See The Lovers Right On Time / 3:26
No Pool Hall / David Childers and The Modern Don Juans / Jailhouse Religion / 2:30
Friday XIII / Deer Tick / Born On Flag Day / 2:41
Prime Time / Don McLean / The Best Of Don McLean / 5:00
Birthday Boy / Drive-By Truckers / The Big To-Do / 3:36
Shoot The Moon / Eddie Hinton / Very Extremely Dangerous / 4:08
Either Side Of The Same Town / Elvis Costello & The Imposters / The Delivery Man / 4:00
Nature Of The Blues / Eric Hisaw / Nature Of The Blues / 3:36
Jesus Will Help Me / Gospel Comforters / Eccentric Soul: Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal / 3:01
Caledonia / The Gourds / Dem’s Good Beeble / 3:21
All the Labor / The Gourds / Dem’s Good Beeble / 3:21
What’s That Say About Love / Honky Tonk Disciples / Kickin’ Up Dust / 2:56
Shoulda Been Gold / I See Hawks In L.A. / Shoulda Been Gold / 4:27
When Love Has Come And Gone / Ian McFeron / Love Me Blue / 3:52
Machete y Maiz / The Iguanas / Plastic Silver 9 Volt Heart / 4:27
Don’t Do Me No Favours / James Hunter / KGSR Broadcasts Vol. 16 (Disc 2) / 3:17
Slipped, Tripped and Fell In Love / Janiva Magness / The Devil Is An Angel Too / 4:15
Come Along / Jimmy Donley / The Shape You Left Me In 57-59 / 2:10
Orange Blossoms / JJ Grey & Mofro / Orange Blossoms / 4:41
Little Blossom / Joe Ely / Happy Songs From Rattlesnake Gulch (P) 2007 / 3:40
Satisfied Mind / Johnny Cash / American VI: Ain’t No Grave / 2:48
That’s All / Kelley Ryan / Twist / 2:34
Found Love / Kirk Fletcher / My Turn / 3:53
Lovin’ On My Mind / Levert Allison / Bullet/Sur-Speed Soul:Music City Blues & Soul 1960′s / 2:36
Fly / Little Country Giants / Fists Of Foam And Fury / 4:06
The Devil And Maggie Chascarillo / Lucero / 1372 Overton Park / 3:46
Memphis Midnight/Memphis Morning / Lyle Lovett / Step Inside This House (Disc 1) / 4:24
Sparrows and Sparrows / Malcolm Holcombe / Not Forgotten / 2:47
Reconsider Ruby / The Mannish Boys / Shake For Me / 3:09
This Little Light / Mavis Staples / We’ll Never Turn Back / 3:23
Behind That Locked Door / My Morning Jacket / For A Decade Of Sin: 11 Years Of Bloodshot Records / 4:15
You’ve Got A Way / The Mystiqueros / Agave / 3:22
Ain’t No Good / Nick Curran And The Lowlifes / Reform School Girl / 2:19
Angola / Overmountain Men / Glorious Day / 4:34
Virgen De Guadalupe (Feat. Raul Malo) / Patty Griffin / Downtown Church / 3:33
Down Home Country Blues (Radio Edit) / Ray Wylie Hubbard / A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is no C) / 3:02
I’ve Done Everything I Could Do Wrong / Reckless Kelly / Somewhere In Time / 4:14
Better Slow Down / Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers / Live from Austin, Texas / 3:32
This Ain’t My Home / Shannon McNally / Coldwater / 4:34
She Ain’t a Child No More / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kin… / I Learned the Hard Way (Bonus Version) / 2:35
Feelin’ kind of lonely tonight / Shelby Lynne / Definitive Collection / 2:59
Rains Came / Shelby Lynne / Tears, Lies, And Alibis / 2:26
Nothing’s Impossible / Solomon Burke / Nothing’s Impossible / 3:18
Engine Engine #9 / Southern Culture On The Skids / Countrypolitan Favorites / 2:35
Living On The Streets / Steve Palmer Band / Apparition / 4:03
Fred’S Dollar Store / Super Chikan / Chikadelic / 3:29
Bring The Heartbreak / Two Dollar Pistols / Step Right Up / 2:21
Night Walker / The Tygers / Second Album / 3:28
Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way / Waylon Jennings / Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / 2:55
Freight Train Boogie / Willie Nelson / Country Music / 2:41
Alone On The Weekend / Yarn / Come On In / 4:05

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Rains Came / Tears, Lies, And Alibis / Shelby Lynne / 2:26
Why Didn’t You Call Me / Tears, Lies, And Alibis / Shelby Lynne / 1:40
Something To Be Said / Tears, Lies, And Alibis / Shelby Lynne / 3:54
Old #7 / Tears, Lies, And Alibis / Shelby Lynne / 3:32
The Devil Is An Angel Too / The Devil Is An Angel Too / Janiva Magness / 3:09
Slipped, Tripped and Fell In Love / The Devil Is An Angel Too / Janiva Magness / 4:15
Walkin’ In The Sun / The Devil Is An Angel Too / Janiva Magness / 3:56
I Want To Do Everything For You / The Devil Is An Angel Too / Janiva Magness / 3:28
Come Along / The Shape You Left Me In 57-59 / Jimmy Donley / 2:10
I’m Alone / The Shape You Left Me In 57-59 / Jimmy Donley / 2:26
The Shape You Left Me In / The Shape You Left Me In 57-59 / Jimmy Donley / 2:43
Arleeta 2 / The Shape You Left Me In 57-59 / Jimmy Donley / 2:37
Man With the Blues / Country Music / Willie Nelson / 2:23
Freight Train Boogie / Country Music / Willie Nelson / 2:41
Satisfied Mind / Country Music / Willie Nelson / 3:54
Nobody’s Fault but Mine / Country Music / Willie Nelson / 4:27
Alone On The Weekend / Come On In / Yarn / 4:05
New York City Found / Come On In / Yarn / 3:28
These Bars Don’t Look Too Friendly / Come On In / Yarn / 3:42
Who Is She / Live from Austin, Texas / Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers / 3:04
I Told You So / Live from Austin, Texas / Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers / 3:29
Better Slow Down / Live from Austin, Texas / Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers / 3:32
When Love Has Come And Gone / Love Me Blue / Ian McFeron / 3:52
Life Goes On / Love Me Blue / Ian McFeron / 3:29
Can I Go Home With You / Dangerous Mes And Poisonous Yous / Caleb Klauder / 3:05
New Shoes / Dangerous Mes And Poisonous Yous / Caleb Klauder / 3:11
The Pain Of Loving You / Dangerous Mes And Poisonous Yous / Caleb Klauder / 3:23
You’ve Got A Way / Agave / The Mystiqueros / 3:22
Worry / Agave / The Mystiqueros / 3:24

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Looks like it’s soul week on Taproot Radio. I added the new Sharon Jones CD, I Learned The Hard Way into rotation. The grooves on this one are a lot more sultry and smoky on this CD than in her previous CDs giving her a chance to put more emotional oomph into her songs. By the way, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings are coming to the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro on May 11. That’s a show not to miss. 

Also this week, I added the new Solomon Burke CD, Nothing’s Impossible, into rotation. As others have said before, it’s almost impossible not to make a great CD with Solomon Burke. Having said that, I’ll say that this one feels quite a bit different than many of his previous CDs. This CD has more of a 70′s and 80′s R&B feel to it than  a50′s/60′s classic country/soul feel that we get from most of his CDs. But, it’s good. Just different.

Speaking of shows not to miss. I also saw that Junior Brown is coming to the Cat’s Cradle on April 29th.

Rotation 223 on iTunes

(Alphabetically by Artist)
Sno Cone Man / Adam Carroll / Live At Flipnotics / 5:42
Down By The Riverside / Asylum Street Spankers / God’s Favorite Band / 4:06
Colorshow / The Avett Brothers / Four Thieves Gone / 3:58
Baby Baby / Black Bone Child / Take You Blind / 2:43
Under A Mountain / The Black Crowes / Three Snakes And One Charm / 4:11
One More Night / Blue Rodeo / The Things We Left Behind / 5:34
Cindy Gal / Carolina Chocolate Drops / Genuine Negro Jig / 2:28
I Started Loving You Again / Carrie Rodriguez / Love and Circumstance / 3:40
Jungle Fever / Charlie Feathers / Get With It: Essential Recordings (1954-69) [Disc 1] / 2:41
Lodi / Creedence Clearwater Revival / Chronicle, Vol. 1 / 3:11
To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High) / Dave Rawlings Machine / A Friend Of A Friend / 3:48
Houston / Deadstring Brothers / Sao Paulo / 3:49
You’ll Never Change / The Detroit Cobras / Tied & True / 2:51
Mercy, Mercy / Don Covay / Mercy/See-Saw / 2:27
After the Scene Dies / Drive-By Truckers / The Big To-Do / 4:07
Accidents Will Happen / Elvis Costello & The Attractions / Best Of / 3:03
This I’d Do / Greg Trooper / Make It Through This World / 3:52
Worth Dyin’ For / Gurf Morlix / Diamonds To Dust / 4:42
Sweet Petunia / The Hackensaw Boys / Look Out / 2:35
Moanin’ The Blues / Hank Williams / 40 Greatest Hits [Disc 1] / 2:26
Gee, I Really Love You / Heavy Trash / Midnight Soul Serenade / 3:18
Come Back / J. Geils Band / Love Stinks / 5:12
Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag – Pt. 1 / James Brown / The Best Of James Brown / 2:09
Higher You Climb / JJ Grey & Mofro / Orange Blossoms / 4:09
Chill Out (Things Gonna Change) / John Lee Hooker (w/ Carlos Santana) / Red Blooded Blues / 4:39
Ain’t No Grave / Johnny Cash / American VI: Ain’t No Grave / 2:53
About A Girl / Kelley Ryan / Twist / 3:08
Bed Of You / Little Country Giants / Fists Of Foam And Fury / 3:58
Track My Baby’s Gone / The Louvin Brothers / Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / 2:47
Last Night / The Mannish Boys / Shake For Me / 5:04
I’d Rather Go Blind / Mickey Thomas / The Bluesmasters Featuring Mickey Thomas / 2:46
Lamp Down Low / The Mountain Firework Company / Samurai / 5:57
Good Old Friends / Nancy K Dillon / Roses Guide To Time Travel / 3:41
What Have You Done / Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens / What Have You Done, My Brother? / 3:46
Crybaby / New Heathens / Hello Disaster / 2:41
Baby You Crazy / Nick Curran And The Lowlifes / Reform School Girl / 2:13
I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock & Roll) / Nick Lowe / Basher -The Best of Nick Lowe / 4:27
Some Place Along The River / Overmountain Men / Glorious Day / 4:59
Move Up (Feat. Ann McCrary, Regina McCrary, Jim Lauderdale, And Buddy Miller) / Patty Griffin / Downtown Church / 2:45
Drunken Poet’s Dream / Ray Wylie Hubbard / A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is no C) / 4:21
I’ve Done Everything I Could Do Wrong / Reckless Kelly / Somewhere In Time / 4:14
Where There’s A Road / Robbie Fulks / Georgia Hard / 3:55
A Simple Aspiration / The Sadies / New Seasons / 2:34
I Thank You / Sam & Dave / Stax 1959-1968 #9 / 2:47
Paint Creek / The Service Company / Calm Down / 2:42
Better Things / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kin… / I Learned the Hard Way (Bonus Version) / 3:40
You’re Not Alone / Solomon Burke / Nothing’s Impossible / 4:03
Never Gonna See Her Again / Steve Palmer Band / Apparition / 3:55
No Such Thing / Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers / Pandelirium / 3:34
Goin’ On Saturday / Tokyo Rosenthal / Ghosts / 3:16
The Waiting / Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers / Greatest Hits / 3:59
Lost Highway / Willie Nelson & Ray Price / Last Of The Breed [Disc 1] / 2:54

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Better Things / I Learned the Hard Way (Bonus Version) / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kin… / 3:40
Money / I Learned the Hard Way (Bonus Version) / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kin… / 3:22
She Ain’t a Child No More / I Learned the Hard Way (Bonus Version) / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kin… / 2:35
I’ll Still Be True / I Learned the Hard Way (Bonus Version) / Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kin… / 3:48
Oh What A Feeling / Nothing’s Impossible / Solomon Burke / 3:56
Everything About You / Nothing’s Impossible / Solomon Burke / 3:39
Nothing’s Impossible / Nothing’s Impossible / Solomon Burke / 3:18
You’re Not Alone / Nothing’s Impossible / Solomon Burke / 4:03
Ramblin’ (Wo)Man / Jukebox / Cat Power / 3:47
Silver Stallion / Jukebox / Cat Power / 2:53
Aretha, Sing One For Me / Jukebox / Cat Power / 3:12
I Believe In You / Jukebox / Cat Power / 4:07
Unsung / To The Mountain / Big Daddy Love / 6:02
American Sycamore / To The Mountain / Big Daddy Love / 4:37
Voo Doo / Second Album / The Tygers / 4:44
You Know Where To Reach Me / Second Album / The Tygers / 2:26
Night Walker / Second Album / The Tygers / 3:28

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