Memphis Beat - Thank You Jason Cimon!

Jason Cimon's playlist:
1. Back To Dixie Unfortunately
2. Honey Tightroper
3. Variations On A Bird
4. To Distances (In A Mix)

For more information on Jason Cimon, click here.

Memphis Beat - Substitution Jason Cimon!

Well, the Memphis Beat's Summer School Session was to conclude this week with a History of Loverly Recordings. However, the show had to be postponed to next week (8/2) so that owner and founder of Loverly Music, Ed Porter, would be able to join us.

But don't fret because we have an excellent substitution in Jason Cimon.

Jason is an amazing musician from North Mississipi whose strong yet fragile voice reminds me of a Southern Jeff Buckley. Check out his Myspace page to learn more about the fella and listen to his music.

Tune in this Tuesday (7/26) from 1-2pm as Jason Cimon performs his unique folk stylings.

Blues on the Bluff Was A Great Success!

Cap'n Pete and Joyce Cobb introducing the Daddy Mack Blues Band

Thanks to everyone who showed up to Blues on the Bluff Saturday night. It was a great success! We would also like to thank all the volunteers who made the whole event possible. Listen to WEVL this week to hear your name recognized on air.

Here are few more photos from Saturday night (check back this week for more):

The Daddy Mack Blues Band

Burnside Exploration

More photos to come this week!

Siren's Muse playlist for 7/24/05

1. Fern Jones - Just A Little Talk With Jesus from Glory Road 2. Ada Turner - This Little Light of Mine from Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture: Afro-American Folk Music from Tate and Panola Counties, Mississippi 3. Fern Jones - By and By from Glory Road 4. Anita Bryant - It Took a Miracle from Abiding Love 5. Loretta Lynn - God Makes No Mistakes from Van Lear Rose 6. Paula Frazer - Everything I Own from Friends and Lovers: Songs of Bread 7. Nouvelle Vague - Friday Night Saturday Morning from Nouvelle Vague 8. Medeleine Peyroux - Give Your Mama One Smile from Sweetheart: Love Songs 9. Moe Tucker - And Then He Kissed Me from I Spent A Week There The Other Night 10. Barbara Manning (The 6ths) - San Diego Zoo from Wasp's Nest 11. Camera Obscura - Teenager from Underachievers Please Try Harder 12. Joanna Newsom - Bridge and Ballons from The Milk-Eyed Mender 13. Regina Spektor - Us from Soviet Kitsch 14. Cat Power - Say from Moon Pix 15. The Roches - Hammond Song from The Roches 16. Cyndi Lauper - Goonies 'R' Good Enough from The Goonies Soundtrack 17. Annie - My Heartbeat from Anniemal 18. Edith Frost - Temporary Loan from Calling Over Time 19. Bullette - Your Eyes Have It from The Secrets 20. Scout Niblett - Relax from Kidnapped By Neptune 21. Jessie Mae Hemphill - My Daddy's Blues from On Air - Live Music from WEVL Archives 22. The Stares - 1 2 3 from Spine To Sea 23. Alanda Davis - The Reaper from Surrender Dorthy 24. Hanne Hukkelberg - Cast Anchor from Litle Things 25. Holly Golightly - Walk A Mile from Walk A Mile 7" 26. Saturday Looks Good To Me - Alcohol from All Your Summer Songs 27. Annie Hayden - Lonely and Lonely from Survive and Advance, Vol. 1: A Merge Records Compilation 28. Yo La Tengo - Dreaming from A Smattering of Outtakes and Rarities 1986-2002 29. Julee Cruise - I Remember from Floating Into the Night

The Lovers Sub for Siren's Muse

From 10am - noon I will be subbing for Siren's Muse, the show that highlights contemporary women's music.

Blues on the Bluff Is Tonight!

Okay kids, if you want to show your support for WEVL Radio and have a good time doing so then make it down to the 17th Annual Blues on the Bluff concert located on the grounds of the National Ornamental Metal Museum this Saturday (7/23) from 6 - 11pm.

Here is the music schedule:

6:30-7:15pm - Sid Selvidge
7:30-9:10pm - The Burnside Exploration
9:25-11:00pm - Daddy Mack Blues Band

For more information about the event click here.

The Lovers' Album of the Week

Langhorne Slim When the Sun's Gone Down

The Music Lovers playlist for 7/21/05

1. Paralyzed - Bob Mould from Body of Song 2. The Boys Go Home - Oxford Collapse from A Good Ground 3. Mumble Mumble - Get Him Eat Him from Geography Cones 4. Love - The Hentchman from Form Follows Function 5. Koneko Kitten - Deerhoof from Green Cosmos 6. Monsters - The Boy Least Likely To from The Best Party Ever 7. The Poisoned Mine - Tara Jane O'Neil from You Sound, Reflect 8. Checking Out - Langhorne Slim from When The Sun's Gone Down 9. Dark End of the Street - Frank Black from Honeycomb 10. Fortress - Pinback from Summer In Abaddon 11. Now Look At Me - Sam Champion from Slow Rewind 12. What Can I Do? - Antony and the Johnsons from I Am A Bird Now 13. Sirius - Pelican from The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw 14. Hiazekeny - Venetian Snares from Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett 15. Pagina Tres - Prefuse 73 from Prefuse 73 Reads the Books EP 16. G-G-Gotta-G-G-Get - Thunderball Fist from Solid PR Presents Volume 1 17. Love Is In The Air - The Juan Maclean from Less Than Human 18. The Move - Boom Bip from Blue Eyed In The Red Room 19. Empty Save the Oxygen - Clue To Kalo from Come Here When You Sleepwalk 20. Honest With Me - Richard Davis from Details 21. You Are A Runner, And I Am My Father's Son - Wolf Parade from Wolf Parade EP 22. Did You Feel It To? - The Go! Team from Bottle Rocket EP 23. Be With - Koushik from Be With 24. Lady Day - Fruit Bats from Spelled In Bones 25. In the Future - David Byrne from Music For The Knee Plays 26. The Tallest Man, the Broadest Shoulders - Sufjan Stevens from Illinois 27. From My Own True Love (Lost At Sea) - The Decemberists from 2005 PDX Pop Now! Compilation

Radio Odyssey playlist for 7/19/05

1. Out Hud - Story of the Whole Thing from S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D. 2. Felix Laband - Miss Teardrop from Dark Days Exit 3. Aphex Twin - We Are the Music Makers from Selected Ambient Works 85-92 4. Barbara Morgenstern/Robert Lippok from Tesri 5. Alarm Will Sound - Four from Acoustica: Aphex Twin Performed by Alarm Will Sound 6. Aphex Twin - Xtal from Selected Ambient Works 85-92 7. The Juan Maclean - I Robot from DFA Compliation Vol. 2 8. Brad Stanfill - Trivia Pursuit from Nest 9. Felix Laband - Red Headed from Dark Days Exit 10. Junior Boys - Unbirthday from Last Exit Bonus Disc 11. Koushik - Battle Ryhmes for Battle Times from Be With EP 12. Prefuse 73 - Pagina Seis from Prefuse 73 Reads the Books 13. Venetian Snares - Hajnal from Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett 14. Midnight Sound Service - Sinecure from Midnight Sound Service 15. Brian Eno - Becalmed from Another Green World 16. Out Hud - Dear Mr. Bush... from Let Us Never Speak Of It Again 17. Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom - Rise from DFA Compliation Vol. 2 18. Audion - Raw Dog from Spectral Sound Vol. 1 19. Aphex Twin - Ageispolis from Selected Ambient Works 85-92

The Lovers Sub for Radio Odyssey

Tonight I'll be subbing for Radio Odyssey from 10pm - Midnight. Expect some local fare from Midnight Sound Service and Brad Stanfill thrown into the Odyssey mix.

Memphis Beat - Luke White performs!

Luke White's playlist:
1. Hearts and Arrows
2. 1st First Then Reverse
3. Little Ole Wine Drinker Me (Jennings, Mills)

Bonus - Girl Arms Remix by Luke White

The Memphis Beat Summer School - Week 5

This week on the Memphis Beat's Summer School Session Luke White will stop by the WEVL studios to perform some tunes as well as share some of his favorite Memphis music. You are sure to know Luke as the guitarist/vocalist of The Coach and Four and The Pirates.

Tune in today (7/19) from 1-2pm on WEVL89.9FM

Intonation Music Festival Ends

Out Hud gets the indie kids to shake and move despite the heat during the last day of the Intonation Music Festival in Chicago.

Look forward to a review of the festival later this week.

The Lovers' Album of the Week - Part 2

Venetian Snares Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett

Intonation Music Festival - Day 1

Day 1 of Intonation Music Fest ended with a strong performance from Chicago's own, Tortoise.

Four Tet laying down some nasty beats in that summer heat!

The highlight of the day went to The Go! Team who recruited a mass of children swimming next door to join them on stage for a grand finale of "Ladyflash"!

More photos tomorrow!

Intonation Music Festival

So I am in Chicago attending the Intonation Music Festival. I'm really looking forward to seeing: The Go! Team, Prefuse 73, Four Tet, Tortoise, Deerhoof, Thunderbirds Are Now!, Dungen, and the Will Oldham DJ Set. And I'm not complaining at all about getting the chance to see The Decemberists, Andrew Bird, and Out Hud for the second time this year. For a complete list of the artist lineup, click here.

I'll try to post some pictures when I can...

The Lovers' Album of the Week - Part 1

Felix Laband Dark Days Exit

The Music Lovers playlist for 7/14/05

1. Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 2. Woolley Bridge - Bromheads Jacket from Woolley Bridge/Leslie Parlafitt 7" 3. Get It On - The Oggs from Radiotherapy 4. Welcome Back Mr. Audio-Technica - Matson Jones from Matson Jones 5. You Can Decide - Field Music from Field Music 6. Bernadine - John Wilkes Booze from Telescopic Eyes Glance the Future Sick 7. Cash Machine - Hard-Fi from Cash Machine 8. Somewhere A Star Shines for Everyone (by request) - The Innocent Mission from Now the Day Is Over 9. Bog People - Xiu Xiu from La Foret 10. Call It Clear - Halloween, Alaska from Halloween, Alaska 11. War On Sound - Moonbabies from War On Sound 12. Pagina Dos - Prefuse 73 from Prefuse 73 Reads the Books EP 13. Ongyilkos Vasarnap - Venetian Snares from Rossz Csillag Alatt Szuletett 14. The Forest Scares The Hell Of Me - Say Hi To Your Mom from Ferocious Mopes 15. Red Handed - Felix Laband from Dark Days Exit 16. The Party Which You Know Will Be Heavy - Kinski from Alpine Static 17. Battle Rhymes For Battle Times - Koushik from Be With 18. What Else Is There? - Royksopp from The Understanding 19. Clocks (Royksopp Remix) - Coldplay from Clocks Remixes 12" 20. Happy 13 - Flotation Toy Warning from Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck 21. Bitter At Best - Meredith Bragg and the Terminals from Volume 1 22. Lousy Pictures - Wolf Parade from Wolf Parade EP 23. Aimless Day - We/Or/Me from Simple Lines EP 24. Spiral Golden Town - Deerhoof from Green Cosmos 25. The Cemetery - Architecture In Helsinki from In Case We Die 26. Be Gentle With Me - The Boy Least Likely To from The Best Party Ever 27. We Just Won't Be Defeated - The Go! Team from Bottle Rocket EP 28. The Grand Tour (by request) - The Geraldine Fibbers from What Part of "Get Thee Gone" Don't You Understand?

Memphis Beat Playlist for 7/12/05

All selections come from The History of Garage and Frat Bands in Memphis 1960 - 1975, Vol. 1 and 2 on the Shangri-La Projects record label.

1. Flash and the Casuals - Uptight, Tonight
2. Tommy and the Counts - Stormy Weather
3. Merits - Please, Please Little Girl
4. Ole Miss Downbeats - Geraldine
5. Yo-Yo's - Leaning On You
6. Percussions - Your Love
7. Breakers - Don't Send Me No Flowers
8. Goodees - Condition Red
9. Memphis Nomads - I Wanna Be
10. Rapscallions - Land of Soul
11. Castels - Save A Chance
12. Village Sound - Sally Got A Good Thing
13. Joe Frank and the Knights - Can't Find A Way
14. Los Angeles Smog Division - Blue Green

- Special thanks to Ron Hall for sharing with us a very special time in Memphis music history detailed in his book Playing For A Piece Of The Door: A History of Garage and Frat Bands in Memphis 1960-1975.

The Memphis Beat Summer School - Week 4

I am very pleased to announce that author Ron Hall, who wrote the very entertaining book Playing For A Piece Of The Door: A History of Garge and Frat Bands in Memphis 1960-1975, will be our guest for Week Number 4 of the Memphis Beat's Summer School Sessions. From the Shangri-La Projects website:

A History of Garage and Frat Bands in Memphis, 1960-75 is an amazing candid history and discography of over one hundred garage bands who recorded at least one record in Memphis from 1960-75. Great pictures to boot! Ron Hall researched and wrote this definitive account of the garage era in Memphis. Indispensable!

Tuesday (7/12) 1 - 2pm on WEVL 89.9FM