Tomorrow I Sub

You can catch me subbing tomorrow from 2 - 4pm for WEVL's prog-rock show Vapour Trails. I'll be playing mostly early prog from the 60's so it should be entertaining. Expect spins from Soft Machine, The Wilde Flowers, Giles, Giles, and Fripp, The Strawbs, Zobe, and such...

(And yes, I will be bringing a portable T.V. to watch the Tigers during those long ones.)

The Lovers' Album of the Week - Part 1

Various Artists Exit Music: Songs With Radio Heads

The Lovers' Album of the Week - Part 2

Sam Cooke The Two Sides of Sam Cooke

Go Tigers Go!

The Music Lovers playlist for 3/16/06

1. New English - Ambulance LTD from New English
2. Fireworks - The Court and Spark from Bless You
3. Triggers and Trash Heaps - Centro-matic from Fort Recovery
4. Letter To Bowie Knife - Calexico from Garden Ruin
5. Munich - The Editors from Munich (single)
6. Yr City's A Sucker - LCD Soundsystem from Introns
7. Rip Van Winkle - Witch from Witch
8. Friend, That Just Isn't So - Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice from Gipsy Freedom
9. Will My Feet Still Carry Me Home - Elf Power from A Dream In Sound
10. The Loving Souds of Static (Junior Boys Remix) - Mobius Band from Idol Tryouts 2: Ghostly International, Vol. 2
11. Just Drums - Tapes `N Tapes from The Loon
12. Music Television - Tom Vek from Nothing But Green Lights EP
13. Suite Life - Kudu from Death of the Party
14. Reno, I'm Coming Home - Roy from Killed John Train
15. Fashionaby Uninvited - Mellowdrone from Box
16. I'll Never Be Afraid Again - Matinee Orchestra from Matinee Orchestra
17. I See A Darkness - Bonnie "Prince" Billy from Summer In The Southeast
18. We All, Us Three, Will Ride - Iron and Wine from I Am A Cold Rock, I Am Dull Grass: A Tribute To Will Oldham
19. I Send My Love To You - Bonnie "Prince" Billy from Summer In The Southeast
20. A Minor Place - Pinetop Seven from Summer In The Southeast
21. Luminous - Lanterna from Desert Ocean
22. Everything In Its Right Place (featuring Erro) - Osunlade from Exit Music: Songs With Radio Heads
23. Sound As Ever - Track A Tiger from Woke Up Early The Day I Died
24. Behind That Locked Door - My Morning Jacket from For A Decade Of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records
25. If - Islands from Return To The Sea

The Summer of Musical Festivals

Well, I bought my tickets for the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, TN on June 16-18 as well as Intonation in Chicago, IL on July 24-25. So who I am looking forward to seeing?

Bonnaroo:
Radiohead, Cat Power, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, My Morning Jacket, Devendra Bandhart, Bright Eyes, Andrew Bird, Sonic Youth, Common, Beck, Dungen, Bill Frisell, Steel Train, Matt Costa, Balkan Beat Box, Amadou & Martin, Seu Jorge..

Intonation:
Silvers Jews(!), The Streets, Jens Lekman, Bloc Party, Yo La Tengo, Mountain Goats, Spoon, Mission of Burma, The National, Tapes`N Tapes, Man Man...
(remember there are still 24 more artists to be added to the bill)

Boy, I can't wait for summer to begin!

Monday Morning Blues playlist for 3/13/06

1. Furry Lewis - Shake`Em On Down
2. Gatemouth Moore - Did You Ever Love A Woman
3. Roscoe Gordon - No More Doggin'
4. Nathan Beauregard - `Bout A Spoonful (live)
5. Frank Stokes - South Memphis Blues
6. Frank Stokes - Mr. Crump Don't Like It
7. Memphis Jug Band - Beale Street Mess Around
8. Charlie Patton - You Gonna Need Somebody When You Die
9. Jim Jackson - Hesitation Blues
10. Gus Cannon - Mule Get Up In The Alley
11. Sleepy John Estes - Airplane Blues
12. Bukka White - Pinebuff, Arkansas
13. R.L. Burnside - Boogie Instrumental
14. Fred McDowell - Going Down The River
15. Cecil Augusta - Stop All The Buses
16. Memphis Jug Band - Kokomo
17. Ada Turner - This Little Light Of Mine
18. Otha Turner - When I Lay My Burden Down
19. Sid Hemphill's Band - After The Ball Is Over
20. B.B. King - Everyday I Have The Blues (live)
21. B.B. King - How Blue Can You Get (live)
22. R.L. Burnside - Glory Be
23. R.L. Burnside - Hard Time Killing Floor
24. B.B. King - B.B. Blues
25. Harmonica Frank Floyd - Swamp Root
26. The Howlin' Wolf - How Many More Years
27. Sleepy John Estes - Rats In My Kitchen
28. Roscoe Gordon - Let's Get High
29. Nathan Beauregard - Nathan's Bumble Bee Blues (live)
30. Mose Vinson - Some Thing On My Mind
31. Tom Dickson - Happy Blues

Yep, I'm Subbing Again!

Okay, I admit that I am no blues scholar but I will be subbing for the Monday Morning Blues program tomorrow from 8am - 10am so expect a strong focus on Memphis regional artists.

An Album I Purchased Today

One of the greatest rewards listening to a station like WEVL is the exposure to so many different musical styles and genres. Artists that I never even thought I would be exposed to or even care about are now amazing me each day with their timelessness. As for today's purchase, I have always loved religious music (Singing Down In Dixie is one of my favorite programs at the station, and, let's face it, the best part of church has always been the music, right?) and this is a great introduction to the soulful side of the Word. My favorite has to be "The Last Mile of the Way" from the Soul Stirrers (from Sam Cooke's early career) or Dorothy Love Coates' "Strange Man".