Taproot Radio News #292

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Dec 242011
 

Rotation #292, December 26, 2011

read: http://www.taprootradio.com

listen: http://www.live365.com/stations/cspowers?play=1
live: Monday nights at 9pm eastern on WCOM: http://www.wcomfm.org

Howdy,

I’m excited to be putting into rotation this week a new band, well new to me anyway, called The Far West. They remind me of Charlotte’s Lou Ford quite a bit. Not a lot of flash and bling with these guys, but some fine heart-breaking twang. Several good sing-a-long tracks.

On episode 67 of the Taproot Podcast, Jonathan Harkham from the band Paladino, talks about trying to capture the textures of the southern California landscape and latino culture, listening to his mother’s country music while growing up in Los Angeles, and why he chose to cover “Green Green Grass of Home.”

Y’all have a Happy New Year and I’ll see ya in January. Lots of great podcast interviews lined up and I’m gonna be starting a new regular feature on the site. Stay tuned!

Dig Deep,
Calvin

Recent Podcast Episodes

Episode 63 – Scotty Alan talks about living in the wilds of Michigan, his punk rock days, making music at home, how he found himself in Los Angeles to record his CD, Wreck and the Mess, and his “Irish roots.”

Episode 64 – Todd Jagger and JR Harrell from The Border Blasters talk about listening to border radio stations when they were kids, their own radio show, the joys of Texas swing, and their experience recording in Sun Studios with ghosts looking over their shoulder.

Episode 65 – Mary Flower talks about the Piedmont blues as “band in a hand,” how she met Elizabeth Cotten, her square-necked Gibson and when she works it into her shows, playing everywhere from bars to Merlefest, and talks about three tracks from her Misery Loves Company CD.

Episode 66 – Ted Hefko talks about the extremely competitive music scene in NYC and how that’s a positive influence on artists, how Dylan’s early work was a huge inspiration for him, riding the Greyhound Bus to move to New Orleans when he was just out of high school, and learning to “fix his face.”

Episode 67 – Jonathan Harkham from the band Paladino, talks about trying to capture the textures of the southern California landscape and latino culture, listening to his mother’s country music while growing up in Los Angeles, and why he chose to cover “Green Green Grass of Home.”

This Week’s Rotation

Taproot Play Lists on iTunes

This week’s play list on Live365

This week’s play list on Spotify

Singing With The Birds / Downtown Ramblers / On The Other Side Of The City / 3:04
This Ain’t Love / Shoestring Strap / Mudgrass / 4:23
Hearts On Fire / Gram Parsons / Sacred Hearts And Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology (Disc 2) / 3:50
Cold Comfort / John Lilly / Cold Comfort / 3:00
Fighting / R. Mutt / Leash On Life / 3:04
Midnight Dream / Boz Skaggs / The Man Of Somebody’s Dreams: A Tribute to the Songs of Chris Gaffney / 4:14
Ruby Elizabeth / Parker Roads / Youngblood / 2:18
Lucky Break / The Bottle Rockets / Not So Loud: An Acoustic Evening With … / 2:56
Rosalee / Don Gallardo / When The Daylight Whispers Darling… / 3:28
Sweet Home Chicago / Robert Johnson / The Centennial Collection / 2:59
Angel / Danny Barnes / Rocket / 3:36
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind / Red Molly / Light In The Sky / 3:21
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (Live) / Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham / Moments From This Theatre / 4:48
How Many Women / Lydia Loveless / Indestructible Machine – CLEAN / 3:45
Hold On! I’m Comin’ / Sam & Dave / Stax 1959-1968 #5 / 2:35
Let’s Roll / Reed Turner / Side One: See How Far I Get / 3:20
You Got a Man Like Me Loving You / Dave Sutherland / On The Waiting List / 4:16
Bury Me Far (From My Uniform) / Joe Pug / Americana Music Awards Sampler / 4:08
If I Ever Needed Love(I Sure Do Need It Now) / Ruby Johnson / Stax 1959-1968 #7 / 2:24
Have You Ever Been Lonely / Paladino / Paladino / 2:16
Oh My Darling / Good Intentions / Someone Else’s Time / 4:29
Photograph / The Woodpickers / Down The Line / 3:01
Before The Next Teardrop Falls / Big John Hamilton / How Much Can A Man Take / 2:18
Empty Spaces / Mary Gauthier / Mercy Now / 3:44
Lonely Hearts / Raul Malo / Lucky One / 3:18
Peroxide Blonde In A Hopped Model Ford / Brian Setzer And The Nashvillains / Red Hot & Live! / 3:16
She Baby / Heavy Trash / Going Way Out / 2:58
Water Or Gasoline / Kevin Gordon / Down To The Well / 4:16
Blue Is My Heart / Holly Williams / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / 2:43
C’mon / Hymn For Her / Lucy & Wayne And The American Stream / 3:13
Memories of You Sweetheart (Album) / Scott H. Biram / Bad Ingredients / 2:03
Outlaw’s Prayer / Mike McClure / 50 Billion / 3:05
Whiskey Town / Biscuit Kings / Hambones & Trombones / 3:56
Say It / Steve Cropper & Bettye LaVette / Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales / 2:25
Sister Ray Charles / JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound / Want More / 3:25
Fistwhistle Boogie / Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers / Believe / 2:22
I Don’t Like Half The Folks I Love / Paul Thorn / Pimps & Preachers / 4:21
Lisa’s Birthday / Drive-By Truckers / Brighter Than Creation’s Dark / 3:20
Midnight Communion / Delbert McClinton / Cost Of Living / 4:11
She’s Lookin’ Good / Wilson Pickett / Greatest Hits / 2:23
Stop&Go / Mark Lennon / Home Of The Wheel / 3:09
Mabellene / Johnny Paycheck / 16 Biggest Hits / 2:19
So Many Miles / Pieta Brown / Mercury / 3:03
Your Benefit / The Gourds / Old Mad Joy / 4:15
Reflecting Light / Sam Phillips / Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / 3:22
You Can’t Lose What You Ain’t Never Had / Muddy Waters / His Best, 1956 To 1964 / 2:56
Someone To Love Me / Solomon Burke / If You Need Me – Rock ‘n’ Soul / 3:05
Work / Jeff Gates Band / You Make Me / 3:26
Sheba / Blue Rodeo / The Things We Left Behind / 4:19
Bad Man’s Blood / Ray Bonneville / Bad Man’s Blood / 4:20
Bitter, Drunk & Cold. mp3 / The Far West / The Far West / 2:32
By the Riverside / Mark Viator & Susan Maxey / These Arms / 4:10
Good-Bye / Scotty Alan / Wreck And The Mess / 2:33
Let’s Get Shakin’ / Dave Fields / Time’s A Wastin’ / 3:52
New Love / Sassparilla / The Darndest Thing / 3:53

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Taproot Radio News #291

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Dec 162011
 

Rotation #291, December 19, 2011

read: http://www.taprootradio.com

listen: http://www.live365.com/stations/cspowers?play=1
live: Monday nights at 9pm eastern on WCOM: http://www.wcomfm.org

Howdy,

I’m happy to announce the Taproot Radio Best of 2011. This marks the best of what’s been submitted to Taproot Radio and I’m very happy to share these CDs with you. I can honestly say every one of them is worth the money in their own way. There’s quite a few new and emerging artists as well as a few familiar names.

I’ll be playing music from the Best Of 2011 list on this week’s show. So it’s gonna be a good one.

On episode 66 of the Taproot Podcast, Ted Hefko talks about the extremely competitive music scene in NYC and how that’s a positive influence on artists, how Dylan’s early work was a huge inspiration for him, riding the Greyhound Bus to move to New Orleans when he was just out of high school, and learning to “fix his face.”

Dig Deep,
Calvin

Recent Podcast Episodes

Episode 61 –  Tilford Sellers talks about his roots music inspirations on his most recent release, What You’re Doing To Me, how he writes smooth sounding lyrics, and shares a cut from his most recent recording session.

Episode 62 – Ernie Hawkins talks about the influence The Rev Gary Davis’s early days in Durham, the influence Davis has had on his own music, the technique of playing guitar riffs as if they are piano or horm lines, and his upcoming show at the University of North Carolina’s Southern Folklife Center.

Episode 63 – Scotty Alan talks about living in the wilds of Michigan, his punk rock days, making music at home, how he found himself in Los Angeles to record his CD, Wreck and the Mess, and his “Irish roots.”

Episode 64 – Todd Jagger and JR Harrell from The Border Blasters talk about listening to border radio stations when they were kids, their own radio show, the joys of Texas swing, and their experience recording in Sun Studios with ghosts looking over their shoulder.

Episode 65 – Mary Flower talks about the Piedmont blues as “band in a hand,” how she met Elizabeth Cotten, her square-necked Gibson and when she works it into her shows, playing everywhere from bars to Merlefest, and talks about three tracks from her Misery Loves Company CD.

Episode 66 – Ted Hefko talks about the extremely competitive music scene in NYC and how that’s a positive influence on artists, how Dylan’s early work was a huge inspiration for him, riding the Greyhound Bus to move to New Orleans when he was just out of high school, and learning to “fix his face.”

This Week’s Rotation

Taproot Play Lists on iTunes

This week’s play list on Live365

This week’s play list on Spotify

Poison / Danny Barnes / Rocket / 4:39
That’s How I Got To Memphis / Solomon Burke / Nashville / 3:20
How Much I’ve Lied / Gram Parsons / Sacred Hearts And Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology (Disc 2) / 2:29
Song Of The Old Rake / Paul Kelly / Paul Kelly’s Greatest Hits: Songs From The South: Volume 1 & 2 / 2:49
Black Diamond / Mike McClure / 50 Billion / 4:24
Everything Will Be Fine / JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound / Want More / 3:30
Home / Don Gallardo / When The Daylight Whispers Darling… / 3:09
Hot Barbecue / Biscuit Kings / Hambones & Trombones / 4:14
Lost John (Live) / Van Morrison, Lonnie Donegan & Chris Barber / The Skiffle Sessions: Live In Belfast 1998 / 3:33
Sing Like Mary Sang / Ryan Delmore / The Spirit, The Water, And The Blood / 7:18
Snow Deer / Paladino / Paladino / 2:29
What Can a Mother Do / Chuck Prophet / ¡Let Freedom Ring! / 3:08
You Better Pray / Marquise Knox / Here I Am / 4:45
California Calling / Mark Lennon / Home Of The Wheel / 3:02
Come On In My Kitchen / Red Molly / Light In The Sky / 3:24
Double Line / Heavy Trash / Going Way Out / 3:03
I Want To Go / Fiona Boyes / Blues Woman / 2:46
Long Ways From Laughin’ / Scotty Alan / Wreck And The Mess / 3:55
Sounds Of The City / Lucero / 1372 Overton Park / 3:13
Perfect Far Away / The Bottle Rockets / Not So Loud: An Acoustic Evening With … / 5:21
Somebody’s Been Using That Thing / The Great Recession Orchestra / Have You Ever Even Heard Of Milton Brown / 2:36
You Know That I Know / Jack White / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / 3:53
Big Things / R. Mutt / Leash On Life / 4:03
Haunted / The Gourds / Old Mad Joy / 3:49
I Never Planned / Downtown Ramblers / On The Other Side Of The City / 2:56
I’m Gone / Pieta Brown / Mercury / 2:21
Inside Out / Blue Moon Harem / Finland / 3:22
One More Dollar / Gillian Welch / Revival / 4:35
SSA / Javelinas / Seven Sisters / 3:38
Can´t Be Satisfied / Asie Payton / Worried / 3:09
Cleaning House / Grandpaboy / Dead Man Shake / 2:32
Kept My Soul / The Black Crowes / Before The Frost…Until The Freeze / 5:21
Montana / Hymn For Her / Lucy & Wayne And The American Stream / 3:37
Milk And Honey / Gene And Gayla Mills / If Stones Could Talk / 3:05
People Just Love To Talk / Delbert McClinton / Acquired Taste / 3:17
Step By Step / John Lilly / Cold Comfort / 2:32
Terraplane Blues / Robert Johnson / The Centennial Collection / 3:01
Blonde Of Mine / Ray Bonneville / Bad Man’s Blood / 4:36
Do Right / Lydia Loveless / Indestructible Machine – CLEAN / 3:51
For a Time / Deadstring Brothers / Deadstring Brothers (2001) / 3:58
Staring Back At Blue / Parker Roads / Youngblood / 2:44
Devil’s Night Auction / Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers / Cockadoodledon’t / 2:12
Higher You Climb / JJ Grey & Mofro / Orange Blossoms / 4:09
It Ain’t Right / John Fogerty / Revival / 1:50
Two Clouds / Angela Easterling / Beguiler / 3:44
A Hundred Proof Heartache / Loretta Lynn / Sings LP / 2:27
In My Heart I Love You Yet / Caleb Klauder / Western Country / 2:52
Black Creek Risin’ (Album) / Scott H. Biram / Bad Ingredients / 2:53
White Lines / T Jarrad Banta / White Lines / 3:25
Reflecting Light / Sam Phillips / Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / 3:22
A Man And A Half / Wilson Pickett / Greatest Hits / 2:52
When I Get Like This / Steve Cropper & Lucinda Williams / Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales / 2:29
Smokey Joe’s Cafe / The V-Roys / Sooner Or Later / 2:34
I’m Depending On You / Otis Redding / Live On The Sunset Strip / 4:47
I Can’t Sleep / Tejas Brothers / Tejas Brothers / 2:55

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Taproot Radio News #290

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Dec 112011
 

Taproot Radio News #290

Rotation #290, December 12, 2011

read: http://www.taprootradio.com

listen: http://www.live365.com/stations/cspowers?play=1
live: Monday nights at 9pm eastern on WCOM: http://www.wcomfm.org

Howdy,

Hymn For Her took the Americana Music Fest by storm, exploring new corners of the trailer park southern rock territory. Crowds love their live show and their songs have a vision and sense of music that goes way beyond the usual three chord rock and roll. Glad to be adding them into rotation this week.

Also glad to be adding John Lilly’s Cold Comfort CD. He’s pretty much dominated the FAR charts recently. His particular brand of honky tonk is amazingly heartfelt and bittersweet for two-step music.

On episode 65 of the Taproot Radio Podcast, Mary Flower talks about the Piedmont blues as “band in a hand,” how she met Elizabeth Cotten, her square-necked Gibson and when she works it into her shows, playing everywhere from bars to Merlefest, and talks about three tracks from her Misery Loves Company CD.

Finally, by popular request, I have started publishing the weekly rotation as a Spotify play list. See the link in This Week’s Rotation section. Drop me a line if you have any trouble accessing it. As always the week’s rotation can also be listened to on Live 365 and can be viewed and previewed on iTunes.

Dig Deep,
Calvin

Recent Podcast Episodes

Episode 61 –  Tilford Sellers talks about his roots music inspirations on his most recent release, What You’re Doing To Me, how he writes smooth sounding lyrics, and shares a cut from his most recent recording session.

Episode 62 – Ernie Hawkins talks about the influence The Rev Gary Davis’s early days in Durham, the influence Davis has had on his own music, the technique of playing guitar riffs as if they are piano or horm lines, and his upcoming show at the University of North Carolina’s Southern Folklife Center.

Episode 63 – Scotty Alan talks about living in the wilds of Michigan, his punk rock days, making music at home, how he found himself in Los Angeles to record his CD, Wreck and the Mess, and his “Irish roots.”

Episode 64 – Todd Jagger and JR Harrell from The Border Blasters talk about listening to border radio stations when they were kids, their own radio show, the joys of Texas swing, and their experience recording in Sun Studios with ghosts looking over their shoulder.

Episode 65 – Mary Flower talks about the Piedmont blues as “band in a hand,” how she met Elizabeth Cotten, her square-necked Gibson and when she works it into her shows, playing everywhere from bars to Merlefest, and talks about three tracks from her Misery Loves Company CD.

This Week’s Rotation

Signs / The Avett Brothers / Mignonette / 3:45
Jealousy / Bettye LaVette / The Scene Of The Crime / 5:36
And The Band Played Om / The Black Crowes / Before The Frost…Until The Freeze / 4:11
The Way It Used To Be / The Bottle Rockets / Lean Forward / 2:47
Gypsy Woman / Cam Penner / Cam Penner – Gypsy Summer / 4:17
The Man In Love / Charlie Feathers / Get With It: Essential Recordings (1954-69) [Disc 2] / 1:54
No More Chains / The Coal Porters / Durango / 4:02
Everytime I Try / Copper Box / People Change / 2:58
Wine / Danny Barnes / Rocket / 5:08
Time Pass By / Don Gallardo / When The Daylight Whispers Darling… / 4:09
The Famous Rocket Cage / DPHinely / The Famous Rocket Cage / 3:50
Aftermath USA / Drive-By Truckers / A Blessing And A Curse / 3:16
Stranger In The House / Elvis Costello / My Aim Is True / 3:07
Cody, Cody / The Flying Burrito Brothers / Sacred Hearts And Fallen Angels: The Gram Parsons Anthology (Disc 1) / 2:47
River, Railway, Road / Gene And Gayla Mills / If Stones Could Talk / 3:27
Melchert / The Gourds / Old Mad Joy / 2:55
Slips / Hymn For Her / Lucy & Wayne And The American Stream / 2:41
Oh, Mama, Come Home / Jakob Dylan / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / 2:26
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart / JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound / Want More / 3:34
Tuesday Afternoon / John Cowan / Moody Bluegrass TWO…Much Love / 4:45
Come And Go / John Lilly / Cold Comfort / 4:23
Man of Somebody’s Dreams / Los Lobos / The Man Of Somebody’s Dreams: A Tribute to the Songs of Chris Gaffney / 3:59
Blue / Lucinda Williams / Live @ The Fillmore [Disc 1] / 4:23
More Like Them / Lydia Loveless / Indestructible Machine – CLEAN / 4:06
The River Stays The Same / Mark Lennon / Home Of The Wheel / 3:15
These Arms / Mark Viator & Susan Maxey / These Arms / 4:07
Ain’t Going Back / Mark Viator & Susan Maxey / These Arms / 3:13
Jordan River / Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens / What Have You Done, My Brother? / 2:31
Respect / Otis Redding / Live On The Sunset Strip (disc 2) / 2:13
Lonely Mountain / Paladino / Paladino / 4:01
Be Careful What You Pray For / Paul Kelly / Paul Kelly’s Greatest Hits: Songs From The South: Volume 1 & 2 / 3:02
Six Nights a Week / Peter Case / The Man Of Somebody’s Dreams: A Tribute to the Songs of Chris Gaffney / 3:27
Blue Rider / Pieta Brown / Mercury / 2:57
I Hope You Know / R. Mutt / Leash On Life / 3:56
Mississippi / Ray Bonneville / Bad Man’s Blood / 2:33
Busted / Ray Charles / Anthology / 2:10
Henry Nearly Killed Me (It’s A Shame) / Ray LaMontagne / Gossip In The Grain / 4:25
One False Move / Reckless Kelly / Bulletproof / 3:55
Does My Ring Burn Your Finger / Red Molly / Light In The Sky / 3:09
The Great Hank / Robert Earl Keen / This Is Americana Volume 2 / 4:52
Phonograph Blues / Robert Johnson / The Centennial Collection / 2:40
Stars On The Water / Rodney Crowell / The Essential Rodney Crowell / 3:44
The Story In Your Eyes / Ronnie Bowman / Moody Bluegrass TWO…Much Love / 3:11
Hang Your Head and Cry (Album) / Scott H. Biram / Bad Ingredients / 3:48
Good-Bye / Scotty Alan / Wreck And The Mess / 2:33
Jukebox Of Steel / Son Volt / American Central Dust (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version) / 2:57
Think / Steve Cropper / Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales / 4:02
I Miss The Mississippi & You / T Jarrad Banta / White Lines / 3:32
It’s Cold In Here / Ted Hefko And The Thousandaires / If I Walked on Water / 3:18
Bramble Rose / Tift Merritt / Bramble Rose / 4:30
Burned / The V-Roys / Sooner Or Later / 2:21
Arlington / The Wailin’ Jennys / These Times We’re Living In / 4:51
Hate It Here / Wilco / Sky Blue Sky / 4:34
If You Could Touch Her At All / Willie Nelson / Willie & Family Live / 2:59
You Keep Me Hangin’ On / Wilson Pickett / Greatest Hits / 4:56

 

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I-95 / John Lilly / Cold Comfort / 3:10
Step By Step / John Lilly / Cold Comfort / 2:32
Slips / Hymn For Her / Lucy & Wayne And The American Stream / 2:41
Montana / Hymn For Her / Lucy & Wayne And The American Stream / 3:37
Cave / Hymn For Her / Lucy & Wayne And The American Stream / 2:28
C’mon / Hymn For Her / Lucy & Wayne And The American Stream / 3:13

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Taproot Radio News #289

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Dec 032011
 

Taproot Radio News #289

Rotation #289, December 5, 2011

read: http://www.taprootradio.com

listen: http://www.live365.com/stations/cspowers?play=1
live: Monday nights at 9pm eastern on WCOM: http://www.wcomfm.org

Howdy,

This week’s big add is Lydia Loveless’ CD, Indestructible Machine. She surprised my by raising the prude in me with her foul mouth, but thankfully Bloodshot has distributed a cleaned up version of her CD for radio airplay. Funny thing. The CD doesn’t come across as any “less” for having been bleeped. Explicit language issues aside, I have to say haven’t heard charged up cowpunk like this in a good long while. Enjoying it very much.

Thanks to those who have inquired about why the rotations are no longer being published on the iTunes store. Well, I keep trying. But it never works. Not sure if the problem is on my side or on the iTunes side. Will get those playlists published if/when I’m able. And if anyone knows how to get the attention of Apple support, please let me know!

My current sponsors’ engagement is winding up this week, which means the primo spot on the web site and podcast messaging is open. So if you know anyone that needs to reach out to hard core americana fans, get in touch with me.

On episode 64 of the Taproot Podcast, Todd Jagger and JR Harrell from The Border Blasters talk about listening to border radio stations when they were kids, their own radio show, the joys of Texas swing, and their experience recording in Sun Studios with ghosts looking over their shoulder.

Dig Deep,
Calvin

Recent Podcast Episodes

Episode 60 – Arty Hill talks about changing the name of his most recent CD, his theory of what makes a song great, getting preloaded on a Ford, and why he had to write a song about drinking charcoal.

Episode 61 –  Tilford Sellers talks about his roots music inspirations on his most recent release, What You’re Doing To Me, how he writes smooth sounding lyrics, and shares a cut from his most recent recording session.

Episode 62 – Ernie Hawkins talks about the influence The Rev Gary Davis’s early days in Durham, the influence Davis has had on his own music, the technique of playing guitar riffs as if they are piano or horm lines, and his upcoming show at the University of North Carolina’s Southern Folklife Center.

Episode 63 – Scotty Alan talks about living in the wilds of Michigan, his punk rock days, making music at home, how he found himself in Los Angeles to record his CD, Wreck and the Mess, and his “Irish roots.”

Episode 64 – Todd Jagger and JR Harrell from The Border Blasters talk about listening to border radio stations when they were kids, their own radio show, the joys of Texas swing, and their experience recording in Sun Studios with ghosts looking over their shoulder.

This Week’s Rotation

Taproot Play Lists on iTunes
Ain’t That A Shame / John Lennon / Goin’ Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino (Disc 1) / 2:31
She Once Lived Here / Gram Parsons / Under Your Spell Again [Disc I] / 4:01
Bad Way To Go / Lydia Loveless / Indestructible Machine – CLEAN / 2:59
By the Riverside / Mark Viator & Susan Maxey / These Arms / 4:10
Dear Someone / Red Molly / Light In The Sky / 2:01
Declineometer / The Gourds / Heavy Ornamentals / 3:09
Down Down Down Down Down / Dale Watson / The Sun Sessions / 2:37
Madison Blues / George Thorogood & The Destroyers / Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock / 4:28
Piss & Moan Blues / The Gourds / Dem’s Good Beeble / 3:16
We’ll Go Walkin’ / The O’s / Between The Two / 3:25
Youngblood / Parker Roads / Youngblood / 2:04
634-5789 (Soulsville U.S.A.) / Wilson Pickett / The Very Best Of Wilson Pickett / 3:00
Circles And X’s / Lucinda Williams / Little Honey / 3:41
Everything Will Be Fine / JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound / Want More / 3:30
Love Train / Big Shanty / Sold Out / 4:17
Must Be The Moon / Greg Humphreys / People You May Know / 3:35
Sugar And Riley / Ray Bonneville / Bad Man’s Blood / 3:34
Your Hero? / Scotty Alan / Wreck And The Mess / 3:07
Baby Love / The Supremes / The Ultimate Collection / 2:36
How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart? / Norah Jones / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / 3:32
Unbreak My Heart / Jo Serrapere / Love Going South / 4:13
White Limo / The Felice Brothers / Mix Tape / 2:46
Angel / Danny Barnes / Rocket / 3:36
Bread / Water Tower Bucket Boys / Sole Kitchen / 3:40
Drop What I’m Doing / The Gourds / Old Mad Joy / 4:17
Love My Stuff / Paul Geremia / Love My Stuff / 2:56
Six Days On The Road / Mudcrutch / Mudcrutch / 3:28
(If You Need the) 442 / Shinyribs / Well After Awhile / 3:19
Another Lost Highway / Arty Hill And The Long Gone Daddys / Another Lost Highway / 4:30
Big Things / R. Mutt / Leash On Life / 4:03
Dry River / Knitters / The Modern Sounds of … The Knitters / 3:23
Manhattan / Kings Of Leon / Only By The Night / 3:24
Mexicali Rainsong / Paladino / Paladino / 3:44
(Sometimes You Got To Be) Gentle / Heavy Trash / Midnight Soul Serenade / 3:28
Corrido#1 / Copper Box / People Change / 2:44
Five Bucks / DPHinely / The Famous Rocket Cage / 3:19
Hotel Happiness / Captain Luke and Cool John / Outsider Lounge Music / 3:00
I Was Born Blue / Swamp Dogg / The Excellent Sides of Swamp Dogg, Vol. 1 / 3:02
Sirena / Calexico / Convict Pool / 3:40
Walkin’ In The Sun / Janiva Magness / The Devil Is An Angel Too / 3:56
Close Your Good Eye / Gaston Light / Peel / 3:33
Frank’s Tavern / Calexico / The Man Of Somebody’s Dreams: A Tribute to the Songs of Chris Gaffney / 4:28
It Ain’t Worth It After Awhile / Bettye LaVette / A Woman Like Me / 5:22
Look For The Walls / Mark Lennon / Home Of The Wheel / 2:34
Last Train To Memphis / Beth McKee / I’m That Way / 4:14
Memories of You Sweetheart (Album) / Scott H. Biram / Bad Ingredients / 2:03
Snake Skin Belt / Girls Guns And Glory / Sweet Nothings / 3:32
Spiders Web / Mulebone / Bluesville Sessions / 3:52
Throw Your Hands Up / Cam Penner / Cam Penner – Gypsy Summer / 3:55
Day Dreamin’ / Ivan Rosenberg & The Foggy Hogtown Boys / The Hogtown Sessions / 3:51
The Slummer The Slum / Steve Cropper & Buddy Miller / Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales / 3:12
So Many Miles / Pieta Brown / Mercury / 3:03
Little Queen Of Spades / Robert Johnson / The Centennial Collection / 2:21
How I Got To Memphis / The V-Roys / Sooner Or Later / 4:39
Pouring Petrol On A Burning Man / Paul Kelly / Songs From The South: Paul Kelly’s Greatest Hits / 2:56

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Taproot Radio News #288

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Nov 272011
 

Rotation #288, November 28, 2011
read: http://www.taprootradio.com
listen: http://www.live365.com/stations/cspowers?play=1
live: Monday nights at 9pm eastern on WCOM: http://www.wcomfm.org

Howdy,

Between visiting friends and family, and eating massive amounts of Thanksgiving dinner, not much happened this week in the way of music auditions. I blame the turkey. And the cranberry sauce (with Amaretto), and stuffing. and chocolate pie. You get the idea. Not a single one of the football teams I root for won this past week. grrrr. But it was good to visit with various branches of my extended family and I got to see new new Muppet movie with a five year old which made it new and fun. Good Thanksgiving all around. I’ll be back on schedule with auditions next week.

I’ve begun working on the Best of 2011 show which will be broadcast on the  live show and the 24×7 webcast. But due to the unfair laws regarding podcasting, I won’t be able to put the Best of 2011 show on the podcast. Write your congressional reps and complain.

On episode 63 of the Taproot Podcast, Scotty Alan talks about living in the wilds of Michigan, his punk rock days, making music at home, how he found himself in Los Angeles to record his CD, Wreck and the Mess, and his “Irish roots.”

I’m boking sponsors and interviews for December shows. So if you have an event you’d like to market to hard core roots audiences, let me know.

Dig Deep,
Calvin

Recent Podcast Episodes

Episode 59 – Parker Roads talks about getting back to his roots after his indie rock days, his latest CD, Youngblood, and how is missionary father taught him to appreciate life on the road.

Episode 60 – Arty Hill talks about changing the name of his most recent CD, his theory of what makes a song great, getting preloaded on a Ford, and why he had to write a song about drinking charcoal.

Episode 61 –  Tilford Sellers talks about his roots music inspirations on his most recent release, What You’re Doing To Me, how he writes smooth sounding lyrics, and shares a cut from his most recent recording session.

Episode 62 – Ernie Hawkins talks about the influence The Rev Gary Davis’s early days in Durham, the influence Davis has had on his own music, the technique of playing guitar riffs as if they are piano or horm lines, and his upcoming show at the University of North Carolina’s Southern Folklife Center.

Episode 63 – Scotty Alan talks about living in the wilds of Michigan, his punk rock days, making music at home, how he found himself in Los Angeles to record his CD, Wreck and the Mess, and his “Irish roots.”

This Week’s Rotation

Taproot Play Lists on iTunes

Pardon Me (I’ve Got Someone To Kill) / Andre Williams / More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country / 2:42
Long White Cadillac / The Blasters / Trouble Bound / 3:34
Hey My My My / Cam Penner / Cam Penner – Gypsy Summer / 4:30
Army Of The Lord / Choosy Beggars / Bring It Back Alive / 4:08
My Baby Makes Me Gravy / Dale Watson / The Sun Sessions / 2:45
S.O.T. / Danny Barnes / Rocket / 3:15
In A Casket / Gaston Light / Peel / 3:56
Everybody Has Their Turn / Gatemouth Moore / Royal Blues / 3:25
Haunted / The Gourds / Old Mad Joy / 3:49
Call Your Bluff (Swamp Version) / Grant Langston / Stand Up Man / 4:07
Only One Of Me / Greg Humphreys / People You May Know / 2:50
Cold Creek / Ivan Rosenberg & The Foggy Hogtown Boys / The Hogtown Sessions / 2:22
Simple Love / James Justin & Co / Dark Country / 3:48
To Love Someone (That Don’t Love You) / JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound / Want More / 4:04
Love Going South / Jo Serrapere / Love Going South / 4:16
You Can’t Run Away From Your Heart / Judy Clay / Stax 1959-1968 #8 / 2:57
Words Fell / Lucinda Williams / Live @ The Fillmore [Disc 2] / 4:34
Record Lady / Lyle Lovett / I Love Everybody / 4:12
Leonard’s Pigpen / Malcolm Holcombe / For The Mission Baby / 4:50
California Calling / Mark Lennon / Home Of The Wheel / 3:02
Queen of the Bayou / Mark Viator & Susan Maxey / These Arms / 3:52
The Doors Are All Open / Mulebone / Bluesville Sessions / 4:49
Sheena’s Back / Nick Curran And The Lowlifes / Reform School Girl / 2:59
It’s My Life / Nora Jean / Good Blues [ Untouchable Prod ] / 4:22
Everything’s Alright / The O’s / Between The Two / 2:21
Chained And Bound / Otis Redding / Live On The Sunset Strip / 7:32
Ole Man Trouble / Otis Redding / The Ultimate Otis Redding / 2:38
Have You Ever Been Lonely / Paladino / Paladino / 2:16
My Mortal Sin / Parker Roads / Youngblood / 2:24
Sweet Guy / Paul Kelly / Songs From The South: Paul Kelly’s Greatest Hits / 3:30
Blue Rider / Pieta Brown / Mercury / 2:57
I Hope You Know / R. Mutt / Leash On Life / 3:56
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind / Red Molly / Light In The Sky / 3:21
You And Me / Ricky Skaggs / Moody Bluegrass TWO…Much Love / 3:48
Love In Vain Blues / Robert Johnson / The Centennial Collection / 2:18
A Little Hungover You / Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers / ¡Americano! / 3:54
Hey Hey Hurray / Ryan Bingham / Roadhouse Sun / 3:13
Dontcha Lie to Me Baby (Album) / Scott H. Biram / Bad Ingredients / 1:54
Run You Raged / Scott MacLeod / Old Soul / 3:34
Ain’t Much / Scotty Alan / Wreck And The Mess / 1:24
Old #7 / Shelby Lynne / Tears, Lies, And Alibis / 3:32
Angel Mine / Sheryl Crow / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / 3:36
Mt Man And I / Sister Rosetta Tharpe / The Gospel Of The Blues / 2:58
I Walk A Lonely Road / The Slow Poisoners / Days Of The Soft Break / 1:51
Strangest Ways / Southern Culture On The Skids / Plastic Seat Sweat / 3:59
Best Ex I Ever Had / Stephen David Austin / A Bakersfield Dozen / 3:59
Help Me Somebody / Steve Cropper / Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales / 3:08
You’ve Gotta Take Steps / Ted Hefko And The Thousandaires / If I Walked on Water / 5:28
Bullfrog Blues / Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers / Cockadoodledon’t / 3:05
16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought Six / Tom Waits / Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years / 4:33
Fade Away / The V-Roys / Sooner Or Later / 3:38
Healing Hands Of Time / Willie Nelson / Wanted: The Outlaws / 2:20
Hey Jude / Wilson Pickett / The Very Best Of Wilson Pickett / 4:09
Tonight (The Night Of Our Lives) / Zack Walther Band / Into The Fray / 3:23
I’ve Been Gone / Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers / Starlight Hotel / 4:28

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Taproot Radio News #287

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Nov 202011
 

Rotation #287, November 21, 2011

read: http://www.taprootradio.com
listen: http://www.live365.com/stations/cspowers?play=1
live: Monday nights at 9pm eastern on WCOM: http://www.wcomfm.org

Howdy,

Red Molly is going into rotation this week. Given that Taproot Radio is based in Chapel Hill, NC, I can’t help but compare them to our local legendary female trio, Tres Chicas. I think Red Molly compares favorably to Tres Chicas and there’s room enough for them both on the twangy landscape. I especially like Red Molly’s cover of Bddy Miller’s  “Does My Ring Burn Your Finger” on their latest CD, Light In The Sky.

I’m also adding the band, R. Mutt into rotation this week. I believe they are based out of Wisconsin but they would fit right into any southern rock music festival. heavy hitting straight up rock and roll from these guys. It feels good listening to this in the car.

On Episode 62 of the Taproot Podcast, Ernie Hawkins talks about the influence The Rev Gary Davis’s early days in Durham, the influence Davis has had on his own music, the technique of playing guitar riffs as if they are piano or horm lines, and his upcoming show at the University of North Carolina’s Southern Folklife Center.

Dig Deep,
Calvin

Recent Podcast Episodes

Episode 58 – Rick Miller from Southern Culture On The Skids talks about their new CD, Zombiefied, his foray into horror movie video making, his 5 year old son’s band, life at Kudzu Ranch, and the band’s

Episode 59 – Parker Roads talks about getting back to his roots after his indie rock days, his latest CD, Youngblood, and how is missionary father taught him to appreciate life on the road.

Episode 60 – Arty Hill talks about changing the name of his most recent CD, his theory of what makes a song great, getting preloaded on a Ford, and why he had to write a song about drinking charcoal.

Episode 61 –  Tilford Sellers talks about his roots music inspirations on his most recent release, What You’re Doing To Me, how he writes smooth sounding lyrics, and shares a cut from his most recent recording session.

Episode 62 – Ernie Hawkins talks about the influence The Rev Gary Davis’s early days in Durham, the influence Davis has had on his own music, the technique of playing guitar riffs as if they are piano or horm lines, and his upcoming show at the University of North Carolina’s Southern Folklife Center.

This Week’s Rotation

Wayward Son / Adam Klein / Wounded Electric Youth / 4:05
Muddy Water / Aretha Franklin / Aretha Sings The Blues / 2:32
Cross Your Heart / The Backsliders / Southern Lines / 3:58
A Little Blues / The Be Good Tanyas / Hello Love / 2:42
Black Cat Bone / The Bluerunners / Honey Slides / 3:55
Perfect Far Away / The Bottle Rockets / Not So Loud: An Acoustic Evening With … / 5:21
Satisfied Mind / Caleb Klauder / Western Country / 3:30
Throw Your Hands Up / Cam Penner / Cam Penner – Gypsy Summer / 3:55
Down Down Down Down Down / Dale Watson / The Sun Sessions / 2:37
Poison / Danny Barnes / Rocket / 4:39
Roads And Rails / Dave Sutherland / On The Waiting List / 3:32
Muddy Bottom / David Childers / Blessed In An Unusual Way / 2:52
Come Back / Dexter Romweber / Blues That Defy My Soul / 2:02
Go-Go Boots / Drive-By Truckers / Go-Go Boots / 5:36
Athens, TX / Gaston Light / Peel / 5:42
Your Benefit / The Gourds / Old Mad Joy / 4:15
Peace is Lonely, Love is War / HalleyAnna / The Country / 2:57
Meanwhile / Harley Allen / Moody Bluegrass TWO…Much Love / 3:58
Kissy Baby / Heavy Trash / Going Way Out / 3:23
(Sometimes You Got To Be) Gentle / Heavy Trash / Midnight Soul Serenade / 3:28
Blue Is My Heart / Holly Williams / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / 2:43
Lost / Ivan Rosenberg & The Foggy Hogtown Boys / The Hogtown Sessions / 2:54
Johnny Roslyn / James Justin & Co / Dark Country / 3:28
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart / JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound / Want More / 3:34
Heaven Only Knows / Jim Armstrong / Mudtown / 4:28
Stop&Go / Mark Lennon / Home Of The Wheel / 3:09
Still A Fool / Muddy Waters / His Best: 1947 To 1955 / 3:20
In My Time Of Dying / Mulebone / Bluesville Sessions / 2:58
Good Blues / Nora Jean / Good Blues [ Untouchable Prod ] / 3:45
Ole Man Trouble / Otis Redding / The Ultimate Otis Redding / 2:38
Ode To Misery / Paladino / Paladino / 2:27
My Mortal Sin / Parker Roads / Youngblood / 2:24
Lay Down In Sorrow / Pharis & Jason Romero / A Passing Glimpse / 4:03
I Want It Back / Pieta Brown / Mercury / 4:57
Fighting / R. Mutt / Leash On Life / 3:04
Again / Randy Rogers / Rollercoaster / 3:21
Mississippi / Ray Bonneville / Bad Man’s Blood / 2:33
Trouble / Ray LaMontagne / Trouble / 4:04
The Beauty Way / Ray Wylie Hubbard / Delirium Tremolos / 3:30
Does My Ring Burn Your Finger / Red Molly / Light In The Sky / 3:09
Malted Milk / Robert Johnson / The Centennial Collection / 2:22
Another Year Again / The Sadies / Darker Circles / 3:18
Black Creek Risin’ (Album) / Scott H. Biram / Bad Ingredients / 2:53
Your lies / Shelby Lynne / Definitive Collection / 2:54
Electric Rodeo / Shooter Jennings / Electric Rodeo / 4:34
Rolling Stone From Texas / Slaid Cleaves / Sorrow And Smoke [Disc 2] / 3:54
Dance With No Pants / Stephen David Austin / A Bakersfield Dozen / 3:14
Baby Don’t Do It / Steve Cropper, B.B. King & Shemekia Copleland / Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales / 2:51
My World Is Empty Without You / The Supremes / The Ultimate Collection / 2:33
You’ve Gotta Take Steps / Ted Hefko And The Thousandaires / If I Walked on Water / 5:28
Did I Tell You / The Texas Tornados / Zone Of Our Own / 3:48
Smokey Joe’s Cafe / The V-Roys / Sooner Or Later / 2:34
Where Do Ya Want It? / Whitey Morgan / Whitey Morgan & The 78s / 2:45
Fire And Water / Wilson Pickett / The Very Best Of Wilson Pickett / 3:19
It Comes Out At Night / Zack Walther Band / Into The Fray / 3:25

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Queen of the Bayou / Mark Viator & Susan Maxey / These Arms / 3:52
Fighting / R. Mutt / Leash On Life / 3:04
Big Things / R. Mutt / Leash On Life / 4:03
I Hope You Know / R. Mutt / Leash On Life / 3:56
Rain Crow Bill / Grant Dermody / Lay Down My Burden / 2:17
Girl Who Cried Love / Charlie Faye / Travels With Charlie / 2:55
Dear Someone / Red Molly / Light In The Sky / 2:01
Come On In My Kitchen / Red Molly / Light In The Sky / 3:24
Do I Ever Cross Your Mind / Red Molly / Light In The Sky / 3:21
Does My Ring Burn Your Finger / Red Molly / Light In The Sky / 3:09

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Taproot News #286

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Nov 132011
 

Rotation #286, November 14, 2011
read: http://www.taprootradio.com
listen: http://www.live365.com/stations/cspowers?play=1
live: Monday nights at 9pm eastern on WCOM: http://www.wcomfm.org

Howdy,

Mandoln Orange played at the Berkeley Cafe this past week. I’m proud to say I got their first real interview on an early episode of the podcast. Hayes Carll was also in town this past week, playing at the Cat’s Cradle. So it was good week for music in Carrboro!

In new music news this week, The Elders have a new CD out that’s going into rotation which you should check out. They have a big dramatic sound you don’t often get in roots music.

On Episode 61 of the Taproot Podcast, Tilford Sellers talks about his roots music inspirations on his most recent release, What You’re Doing To Me, how he writes smooth sounding lyrics, and shares a cut from his most recent recording session.

On Episode 62 of the Taproot Podcast, Ernie Hawkins talks about the influence The Rev Gary Davis’s early days in Durham, the influence Davis has had on his own music, the technique of playing guitar riffs as if they are piano or horm lines, and his upcoming show at the University of North Carolina’s Southern Folklife Center.

Dig Deep,
Calvin

Recent Podcast Episodes

Episode 58 – Rick Miller from Southern Culture On The Skids talks about their new CD, Zombiefied, his foray into horror movie video making, his 5 year old son’s band, life at Kudzu Ranch, and the band’s

Episode 59 – Parker Roads talks about getting back to his roots after his indie rock days, his latest CD, Youngblood, and how is missionary father taught him to appreciate life on the road.

Episode 60 – Arty Hill talks about changing the name of his most recent CD, his theory of what makes a song great, getting preloaded on a Ford, and why he had to write a song about drinking charcoal.

Episode 61 –  Tilford Sellers talks about his roots music inspirations on his most recent release, What You’re Doing To Me, how he writes smooth sounding lyrics, and shares a cut from his most recent recording session.

Episode 62 – Ernie Hawkins talks about the influence The Rev Gary Davis’s early days in Durham, the influence Davis has had on his own music, the technique of playing guitar riffs as if they are piano or horm lines, and his upcoming show at the University of North Carolina’s Southern Folklife Center.

This Week’s Rotation

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You’ve Been Lonesome, Too / Alan Jackson / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / 3:23
Guide Me Home / April Verch / That’s How We Run / 2:35
By And By / Asylum Street Spankers / God’s Favorite Band / 4:17
We Got To Slip Around / Bettye LaVette / Do Your Duty / 3:02
Please Dont Go / Both Feet / Both Feet / 4:57
Lucky Break / The Bottle Rockets / Not So Loud: An Acoustic Evening With … / 2:56
Family Man / Buffalo Nickel / Noise And Conversation / 2:40
Please Break My Heart / Caitlin Cary And Thad Cockrell / Begonias / 4:11
Hey My My My / Cam Penner / Cam Penner – Gypsy Summer / 4:30
Even The Dogs / Choosy Beggars / Choosy Beggars / 4:48
I Watched The Devil Die / Chris Cotton / I Watched The Devil Die / 5:13
Can O’ Worms / Churchwood / Churchwood / 3:54
Her Love / Dale Watson / The Sun Sessions / 2:42
Wine / Danny Barnes / Rocket / 5:08
American Made / George Thorogood & The Destroyers / Greatest Hits: 30 Years of Rock / 4:07
Smoke Bend / The Gourds / Cow Fish Fowl Or Pig / 8:36
Drop What I’m Doing / The Gourds / Old Mad Joy / 4:17
Dooley / The Gourds / Shinebox / 1:57
Take A Message To Mary / Gram Parsons / Under Your Spell Again [Disc I] / 3:29
Another Place, Another Time / Gram Parsons / Under Your Spell Again [Disc I] / 3:51
Shake A Leg / Gwendolyn / Bright Light final master / 2:30
Fast Train / HalleyAnna / The Country / 2:41
Move It On Over / Hank Williams / 40 Greatest Hits [Disc 1] / 2:45
Fight (Tonight’s the Night) / James McMurtry / The Man Of Somebody’s Dreams: A Tribute to the Songs of Chris Gaffney / 3:15
Sister Ray Charles / JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound / Want More / 3:25
Wylf / JJ Grey & Mofro / Orange Blossoms / 4:17
Success / Loretta Lynn / Sings LP / 2:39
The Part Of You / Lou Ford / Sad, But Familiar / 3:34
Johnny Davis / Lucero / 1372 Overton Park / 3:07
The River Stays The Same / Mark Lennon / Home Of The Wheel / 3:15
Goin’ To Sit Down On The Banks Of The River / Mary Flower / Misery Loves Company / 3:14
My Guy / Mary Wells / The Ultimate collection / 2:48
Into The Mystic / Mike McClure Band / Camelot Falling / 4:46
Satisfaction / Otis Redding / Live On The Sunset Strip (disc 2) / 5:02
Snow Deer / Paladino / Paladino / 2:29
Youngblood / Parker Roads / Youngblood / 2:04
Glory to Glory / Pieta Brown / Mercury / 3:23
Sugar And Riley / Ray Bonneville / Bad Man’s Blood / 3:34
Something You Got / Rita Hosking / Burn / 3:20
Me And The Devil Blues / Robert Johnson / The Centennial Collection / 2:35
Free Advice / Sam Baylor / Life On Trouble Street / 4:46
Memories of You Sweetheart (Album) / Scott H. Biram / Bad Ingredients / 2:03
Do It Alone / Scotty Alan / Wreck And The Mess / 1:39
Back To Bakersfield / Stephen David Austin / A Bakersfield Dozen / 3:34
Dedicated To The One I Love / Steve Cropper, Lucinda Williams & Steve Winwood / Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales / 3:15
It’s Cold In Here / Ted Hefko And The Thousandaires / If I Walked on Water / 3:18
Jack / Tom Petty / Highway Companion / 2:29
Burned / The V-Roys / Sooner Or Later / 2:21
Crooked Road / Water Tower Bucket Boys / Sole Kitchen / 4:07
If You Need Me / Wilson Pickett / Greatest Hits / 2:34

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Taproot Radio News #285

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Nov 062011
 

Rotation #285, November 6, 2011

read: http://www.taprootradio.com
listen: http://www.live365.com/stations/cspowers?play=1
live: Monday nights at 9pm eastern on WCOM: http://www.wcomfm.org

Howdy,
Got some twangy indie rock going into rotation this week from Paladino. They’ve got that deep woods visionary thing down pat. Very interesting and enjoyable music.

Cam Penner’s new CD, Gypsy Summer also going into rotation this week. Kinda reminds me of Ray La Montagne in his songwriting style. Good stuff.

No new podcast eps this week. But I’ve been working on lining up interviews and looks like I’ve got a full plate for the rest of the year! Stay tuned.

Dig Deep,
Calvin

Recent Podcast Episodes

Episode 56 – Andrew Adkins talks about life after his previous band, Mellow Down Easy, his trippy influences, and how he locked himself in his studio for 9 months to make Troublesome, My Love.

Episode 57 – Dale Watson talks about the CB craze in the 70′s, his debut on the theatrical stage, how to write songs while driving a bus, videos from his upcoming CD, and the inspiration he got from recording in Sun Studios.

Episode 58 – Rick Miller from Southern Culture On The Skids talks about their new CD, Zombiefied, his foray into horror movie video making, his 5 year old son’s band, life at Kudzu Ranch, and the band’s

Episode 59 – Parker Roads talks about getting back to his roots after his indie rock days, his latest CD, Youngblood, and how is missionary father taught him to appreciate life on the road.

On Episode 60 of the Taproot Podcast, Arty Hill talks about changing the name of his most recent CD, his theory of what makes a song great, getting preloaded on a Ford, and why he had to write a song about drinking charcoal.

This Week’s Rotation

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Mardi Gras – Trailer Bride / Trailer Bride / Revival: Brunswick Stew & Pig Pickin’ / 3:32
Ruby Elizabeth / Parker Roads / Youngblood / 2:18
Square One / Tom Petty / Highway Companion / 3:26
When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again / Nell Robinson / Loango / 4:35
How Many Times Have You Broken My Heart? / Norah Jones / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / 3:32
Kiss the Eight Ball / Big Shanty / Sold Out / 4:08
Like the 309 / Johnny Cash / American V: A Hundred Highways / 4:35
Long Ways From Laughin’ / Scotty Alan / Wreck And The Mess / 3:55
You’ve Gotta Take Steps / Ted Hefko And The Thousandaires / If I Walked on Water / 5:28
30 Days / Grant Langston / Stand Up Man / 3:25
Good Intentions / Lyle Lovett / Lyle Lovett and his Large Band / 3:16
Tryin’ To Have A Good Time / The O’s / Between The Two / 3:18
Back To Bakersfield / Stephen David Austin / A Bakersfield Dozen / 3:34
Take Me Back To Birmingham / Country Boy Rolling Stone / Hitchhiking From Memphis To Mars / 2:08
When I Stop Dreaming / The Louvin Brothers / Their Very Best / 2:26
Jockey Full Of Bourbon / Tom Waits / Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years / 2:47
Jordan / The Believers / Crashyertown / 4:44
My Baby Makes Me Gravy / Dale Watson / The Sun Sessions / 2:45
S.O.T. / Danny Barnes / Rocket / 3:15
To Love Someone (That Don’t Love You) / JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound / Want More / 4:04
Whoop and Hollar / Ray Wylie Hubbard / A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is no C) / 2:51
Devil With The Blue Dress / Bill Kirchen / Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods / 3:23
I’m Dreaming Of Your Demise / Mary Flower / Misery Loves Company / 4:05
Look For The Walls / Mark Lennon / Home Of The Wheel / 2:34
Runaway Train / Eliza Gilkyson / Beautiful World / 4:21
You Only Call Me When You’re Drunk / Jubal Lee Young / Take It Home / 3:13
Marginalized / The Gourds / Old Mad Joy / 5:31
Still Trying / April Verch / That’s How We Run / 3:28
Wishbones / Slaid Cleaves / Sorrow And Smoke [Disc 1] / 5:50
Gun Shy / Paul Westerberg / Folker / 3:14
Someone Made You For Me / Steve Cropper & Dan Penn / Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales / 3:38
Waitin’ By The Railroad Tracks / Joey Allcorn / All Alone Again / 4:28
Drinkin’ and Smokin’ Cigarettes / Reverend Horton Heat / Best Of Yep Roc Singles / 4:05
Hang Your Head and Cry (Album) / Scott H. Biram / Bad Ingredients / 3:48
Milkcow’s Calf Blues / Robert Johnson / The Centennial Collection / 2:22
There is a Table in Heaven / Ernie Hawkins / Whinin’ Boy / 4:45
How I Got To Memphis / The V-Roys / Sooner Or Later / 4:39
Young Fashioned Ways / Muddy Waters / His Best: 1947 To 1955 / 3:02
Before The Revolution / Tim Easton / New Music From New West / 2:42
Be With You / Pieta Brown / Mercury / 2:28
Lovesick Blues / Hank Williams / 40 Greatest Hits [Disc 1] / 2:45
Another Year Again / The Sadies / Darker Circles / 3:18
Begging Sweetly / Hurricane Doyle / Hurricane Doyle / 4:01
Discover Me / Gwendolyn / Bright Light final master / 3:58
Lonely Mountain / Paladino / Paladino / 4:01
Lower 48 / The Gourds / Blood Of The Ram / 4:31
Rains Came / Shelby Lynne / Tears, Lies, And Alibis / 2:26
So Heavy / HalleyAnna / The Country / 3:32
Dandelion / Claire Holley / Dandelion / 4:26
Gypsy Woman / Cam Penner / Cam Penner – Gypsy Summer / 4:17

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Snow Deer / Paladino / Paladino / 2:29
Photograph / The Woodpickers / Down The Line  / 3:01
Oh My Darling / Good Intentions / Someone Else’s Time / 4:29
Let’s Roll / Reed Turner / Side One: See How Far I Get / 3:20
Gypsy Woman / Cam Penner / Cam Penner – Gypsy Summer / 4:17
Hey My My My / Cam Penner / Cam Penner – Gypsy Summer / 4:30
Throw Your Hands Up / Cam Penner / Cam Penner – Gypsy Summer / 3:55
About You and Me / Lin McEwan / When I Wake… / 3:09
Rubber Chicken Rag / Booka and the Flaming Geckos / The Not So Meaningful Songs In The Life Of Jeremy Fink / 1:47

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Taproot Radio News #284

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Oct 302011
 

Rotation #284, October 31, 2011

read: http://www.taprootradio.com
listen: http://www.live365.com/stations/cspowers?play=1
live: Monday nights at 9pm eastern on WCOM: http://www.wcomfm.org
Howdy,

New music going into rotation this week from the Jeff Gates band and Sasparilla. Check them out and let me know what you think.

I will be doing the live show as usual on Oct 31, which is Halloween, of course. But I will NOT be doing a show of cheesy monster mash-like tunes. I’m going to do an hour full of the usual hand-picked, road-tested american music. But if you are in the mood for some creepy Halloween themed music, I still highly recommend Southern Culture On The Skids’ Zombiefied.

Two new podcast episodes going into rotation this week because there won’t be one this week.

On episode 59 of the Taproot Podcast, Parker Roads talks about getting back to his roots after his indie rock days, his latest CD, Youngblood, and how is missionary father taught him to appreciate life on the road.

On Episode 60 of the Taproot Podcast, Arty Hill talks about changing the name of his most recent CD, his theory of what makes a song great, getting preloaded on a Ford, and why he had to write a song about drinking charcoal.

Dig Deep,
Calvin

Recent Podcast Episodes

Episode 56 – Andrew Adkins talks about life after his previous band, Mellow Down Easy, his trippy influences, and how he locked himself in his studio for 9 months to make Troublesome, My Love.

Episode 57 – Dale Watson talks about the CB craze in the 70′s, his debut on the theatrical stage, how to write songs while driving a bus, videos from his upcoming CD, and the inspiration he got from recording in Sun Studios.

Episode 58 – Rick Miller from Southern Culture On The Skids talks about their new CD, Zombiefied, his foray into horror movie video making, his 5 year old son’s band, life at Kudzu Ranch, and the band’s

Episode 59 – Parker Roads talks about getting back to his roots after his indie rock days, his latest CD, Youngblood, and how is missionary father taught him to appreciate life on the road.

On Episode 60 of the Taproot Podcast, Arty Hill talks about changing the name of his most recent CD, his theory of what makes a song great, getting preloaded on a Ford, and why he had to write a song about drinking charcoal.

This Week’s Rotation

The Best We Never Had / Andrew Adkins / Troublesome, My Love / 4:13
That’s How We Run / April Verch / That’s How We Run / 3:21
Muddy Water / Aretha Franklin / Aretha Sings The Blues / 2:32
Coulee Rodair / The Bluerunners / Honey Slides / 3:13
Smokin’ 100′s Alone / The Bottle Rockets / Not So Loud: An Acoustic Evening With … / 3:24
Jump, Jive, an’ Wail (Live) / Brian Setzer / Don’t Mess With a Big Band (Live) / 6:35
I Can’t Stand It / The Chambers Brothers / The Time Has Come (Remastered) / 2:43
When The Temptor Calls / Creech Holler / The Shovel And The Gun / 3:43
My Baby Makes Me Gravy / Dale Watson / The Sun Sessions / 2:45
The Dark End Of The Street / Dan Penn / Do Right Man / 2:52
Angel / Danny Barnes / Rocket / 3:36
Stranger Blues / Elmore James / Shake Your Moneymaker – The Best of the Fire Sessions / 3:17
Basin Street Blues / Ernie Hawkins / Whinin’ Boy / 3:58
Stay A Little Longer / Glambilly / White BBQ Sause / 3:45
Melchert / The Gourds / Old Mad Joy / 2:55
Maria / The Gourds / Stadium Blitzer / 3:29
Ramblin’ Heart / Gravy Boys / Working The Angels For Handouts / 3:26
Fast Train / HalleyAnna / The Country / 2:41
Carrying This Heartache / Hooverville / Follow That Trail Of Dust Back Home / 3:14
Barefoot / Jane Gillman / Piscean Dreams / 3:29
Everything Will Be Fine / JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound / Want More / 3:30
Arleeta 2 / Jimmy Donley / The Shape You Left Me In 57-59 / 2:37
Little Blossom / Joe Ely / Happy Songs From Rattlesnake Gulch (P) 2007 / 3:40
Runnin’ with the Devil / The John Cowan Band / Strummin’ with the Devil: The Southern Side of Van Halen / 3:39
Knockin’ Around / John Doe / Meet John Doe / 3:22
Just To Satisfy You / Jubal Lee Young / Take It Home / 3:07
Promise Road / Kevin Gordon / Down To The Well / 4:53
Ring Bells / The Long Ryders / The Long Ryders Anthology: Looking for Lewis and Clark [Disc 2] / 2:23
I Live The Life I Love / Los Super Seven / Heard It On The X / 3:08
Country Or / Lou Ford / Poor Man’s Soul / 2:34
Look For The Walls / Mark Lennon / Home Of The Wheel / 2:34
I’m Dreaming Of Your Demise / Mary Flower / Misery Loves Company / 4:05
Out Of Control / Miller Brothers Band / Tales From Foundry Town / 3:29
Everything’s Alright / The O’s / Between The Two / 2:21
Staring Back At Blue / Parker Roads / Youngblood / 2:44
You’re Through Fooling Me / Patty Loveless / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / 2:06
Blue Rider / Pieta Brown / Mercury / 2:57
Mississippi / Ray Bonneville / Bad Man’s Blood / 2:33
It’s The Little Things / Robert Earl Keen / The Party Never Ends / 2:25
Dontcha Lie to Me Baby (Album) / Scott H. Biram / Bad Ingredients / 1:54
Hawks and Doves / Scott Miller / Citation / 3:20
Your Hero? / Scotty Alan / Wreck And The Mess / 3:07
No Angel Knows / Slaid Cleaves / Sorrow And Smoke [Disc 1] / 4:33
Dance With No Pants / Stephen David Austin / A Bakersfield Dozen / 3:14
I Do / Steve Cropper & Brian May / Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales / 2:48
Coffee Drinkin’ Blues / Sweet Betty / Sisters Of The South / 4:47
It’s Cold In Here / Ted Hefko And The Thousandaires / If I Walked on Water / 3:18
Zombie Zoo / Tom Petty / Full Moon Fever / 2:56
I’m Walkin’ / Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers / Goin’ Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino (Disc 1) / 2:47

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Dangerous / Jeff Gates Band / You Make Me / 4:02
Work / Jeff Gates Band / You Make Me / 3:26
Bone Colored Moon / Sassparilla / The Darndest Thing / 3:18
Confession / Sassparilla / The Darndest Thing / 4:09
New Love / Sassparilla / The Darndest Thing / 3:53

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Rotation #283, October 24, 2011

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Howdy,

Danny Barnes, of Bad Livers’ fame and other subversive bluegrass and rock experiments, has a new CD coming out called Rocket. He’s going full tilt metal now while still dragging his banjo into territory it’s never been before. Among other metal originals, this one’s got a cover of Bang A Gong. Fun stuff. Great to have some excellent rock and roll on the show.

Another notable addition this week is Wreck and Mess from Scotty Alan. Not sure the story behind his music. The one sheet says he lives “off the grind” in Michigan but his accent sounds very Irish to me. And hey, how can you be off the grid if you have a web site. But anyway, I’m picking at nits. I really enjoy his songs.

On episode 58 of the Taproot Podcast, Rick Miller from Southern Culture On The Skids talks about their new CD, Zombiefied, his foray into horror movie video making, his 5 year old son’s band, life at Kudzu Ranch, and the band’s plans for Halloween.

Dig Deep,
Calvin

Recent Podcast Episodes

Episode 53 – Eric Hisaw talks about his cheap living days, the writers who inspired him, and the challenges and rewards of writing songs about your family.

Episode 54 – Ward Hayden from Girls, Guns, and Glory talks about the Boston roots music scene, simple wants and needs, the band’s approach to american roots music, and his songwriting collaboration with his father.

Episode 55 – John Shain talks about the recording his latest CD in a historic setting, the Durham music scene, and the sharing the stage with blues legends.

Episode 56 – Andrew Adkins talks about life after his previous band, Mellow Down Easy, his trippy influences, and how he locked himself in his studio for 9 months to make Troublesome, My Love.

Episode 57 – Dale Watson talks about the CB craze in the 70′s, his debut on the theatrical stage, how to write songs while driving a bus, videos from his upcoming CD, and the inspiration he got from recording in Sun Studios.

Episode 58 – Rick Miller from Southern Culture On The Skids talks about their new CD, Zombiefied, his foray into horror movie video making, his 5 year old son’s band, life at Kudzu Ranch, and the band’s

This Week’s Rotation

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Wayward Son / Adam Klein / Wounded Electric Youth / 4:05
Punch Drunk Commotion / Andrew Adkins / Troublesome, My Love / 3:28
I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight / Bob Dylan / The Essential Bob Dylan / 2:40
The Heart Bionic / Bobby Bare Jr’s Young Criminals’ Starvation League / The Longest Meow / 3:18
Let Me Be A Woman / Brenda Varner / Sweet Sounds Of Muscle Shoals: Vol. 1-Tear Stained Soul / 3:15
Since You Been Gone / Bucktown Kickback / Speakeasy / 5:59
Stumbling Block / Champion Jack Dupree / The Fire And Fury Story (Disc 1) / 2:48
Measurin’ / Chip Taylor, John Platania & Kendel Carson / Rock & Roll Joe- A Tribute To The Unsung Heroes Of Rock N’ Roll / 2:43
Jonny at the Door / Dale Watson / The Sun Sessions / 2:20
Poison / Danny Barnes / Rocket / 4:39
Let’s Get Shakin’ / Dave Fields / Time’s A Wastin’ / 3:52
Try Not To Lie / Dennis Jones / Pleasure & Pain / 3:19
Learning To Drink Whiskey / Doug & Telisha Williams / Ghost Of The KnoXVIlle Girl / 4:22
Unhinged / Drams / Jubilee Dive / 4:38
That’s All Right Mama / Elvis Presley / The Sun Recordings / 1:58
Makin’ Whoopie / Ernie Hawkins / Whinin’ Boy / 4:03
Baby’s Got A Dream / Girls Guns And Glory / Sweet Nothings / 3:46
City of Angels / Glambilly / White BBQ Sause / 4:55
Marginalized / The Gourds / Old Mad Joy / 5:31
Peace is Lonely, Love is War / HalleyAnna / The Country / 2:57
Cold Sweat – Pts. 1 & 2 / James Brown / The Best Of James Brown / 7:28
Real Light / The Jayhawks / Tomorrow The Green Grass (Legacy Edition) / 3:26
To Love Someone (That Don’t Love You) / JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound / Want More / 4:04
Thing Called Love / John Hiatt / The Best Of John Hiatt / 4:12
Georgia Brown / Kasey Chambers / Little Bird / 1:45
Success / Kelly Willis / Translated From Love / 3:45
You’ll Never Again Be Mine / Levon Helm / The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams / 3:10
Capturing The Flag / The Long Ryders / The Long Ryders Anthology: Looking for Lewis and Clark [Disc 1] / 3:51
The River Stays The Same / Mark Lennon / Home Of The Wheel / 3:15
Goin’ To Sit Down On The Banks Of The River / Mary Flower / Misery Loves Company / 3:14
New Years Eve / Michael O’Connor / Devil Stole The Moon / 3:55
We’ll Go Walkin’ / The O’s / Between The Two / 3:25
House That Used To Be / Old 97′s / Too Far To Care / 4:08
Youngblood / Parker Roads / Youngblood / 2:04
Glory to Glory / Pieta Brown / Mercury / 3:23
Little Queen Of Spades / Robert Johnson / The Centennial Collection / 2:13
Southside Of Heaven / Ryan Bingham / Mescalito / 6:19
A Simple Aspiration / The Sadies / New Seasons / 2:34
Black Creek Risin’ (Album) / Scott H. Biram / Bad Ingredients / 2:53
Good-Bye / Scotty Alan / Wreck And The Mess / 2:33
When I Sing The Blues / Sir Douglas Quintet / The Prime of Sir Douglas Quintet / 2:30
I Know You Will / Sodajerk / Sodajerk / 2:30
Best Ex I Ever Had / Stephen David Austin / A Bakersfield Dozen / 3:59
Come On & Save Me / Steve Cropper, Dylan Leblanc & Sharon Jones / Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 Royales / 2:58
If I Walked On Water / Ted Hefko And The Thousandaires / If I Walked on Water / 4:18
Black Hearted Ways / Tim Easton / Break Your Mother’s Heart / 3:14
Sorry Times / Trailer Bride / Trailer Bride / 3:12
Fade Away / The V-Roys / Sooner Or Later / 3:38
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain / Willie Nelson / The Best Of Austin City Limits: Country Music’s Finest Hour / 2:48

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Two Clouds / Angela Easterling / Beguiler / 3:44
Good-Bye / Scotty Alan / Wreck And The Mess / 2:33
Your Hero? / Scotty Alan / Wreck And The Mess / 3:07
Long Ways From Laughin’ / Scotty Alan / Wreck And The Mess / 3:55
Ain’t Much / Scotty Alan / Wreck And The Mess / 1:24
Do It Alone / Scotty Alan / Wreck And The Mess / 1:39
Best Ex I Ever Had / Stephen David Austin / A Bakersfield Dozen / 3:59
Dance With No Pants / Stephen David Austin / A Bakersfield Dozen / 3:14
Back To Bakersfield / Stephen David Austin / A Bakersfield Dozen / 3:34
Inside Out / Blue Moon Harem / Finland / 3:22
Poison / Danny Barnes / Rocket / 4:39
Angel / Danny Barnes / Rocket / 3:36
S.O.T. / Danny Barnes / Rocket / 3:15
Wine / Danny Barnes / Rocket / 5:08

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