Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 2/18/09

Ben Sollee, "A Few Honest Words," Learning to Bend *
Nick Drake, "Cello Song," Way to Blue *
Bon Iver, "Blood Bank," Blood Bank EP *
Patty Griffin, "Love Throws a Line," Impossible Dream *
J.D. Souther, "Journey Down the Nile," If the World Was You *
Chris Smither, "The Devil's Real," Live as I'll Ever Be *
Pierce Pettis, "I Am Nothing," That Kind of Love *
Bap Kennedy, "Angel is the Devil," Domestic Blues *
Steve Earle, "I'm Lookin' Through You," Train a Comin' *
American Analog Set, "The Postman," Know By Heart *
The Bad Plus, "Barracuda," For All I Care *
Nikka Costa, "Stuck to You," Pebble to a Pearl *
Thievery Corporation, "Mandala," Radio Retaliation *
Califone, "The Orchids," __________________ *
Iron & Wine, "Freedom Hangs Like Heaven," Woman King (EP) *
Dan Auerbach, "Heartbroken, In Disrepair," Keep it Hid *
The Fireman, "Highway," Electric Arguments *
Neil Finn & Friends, "There is a Light That Never Goes Out," 7 Worlds Collide: Live *
E.T. Mensah & the Tempos Band, "Save Me," Last King of Scotland (S/T) *
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, "Let Them Knock," 100 Days/100 Nights *
Madeline Peyroux, "Dance Me to the End of Love," Women of Jazz *
Al Green, "Can't Get Next to You," Greatest Hits *
Adrian Belew & The Bears, "Save Me," Rise & Shine *
Guggenheim Grotto, "Her Beautiful Ideas," Happy the Man *
Bill Mallonee, "She's So Liquid," Perfumed Letter *
Songs from the Ground, "The Gift," Bright White Light

Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 3/4/09

Avett Brothers, "Yardsale," The Gleam EP *

Josh Ritter, "You Don't Make it Easy, Babe," Hello Starling *

Bonnie Prince Billy, "You Don't Love Me," Beware *

Uncle Tupelo, "No Depression," No Depression *

My Morning Jacket, "The Way That He Sings," At Dawn *

Ben Nichols, "The Last Pale Light in the West," The Last Pale Light in the West *

Justin Townes Earle, "Can't Hardly Wait," Midnight at the Movies *

Billy Bragg, "The Milkman of Human Kindness," Must I Paint You a Picture *

Neko Case, "This Tornado Loves You," Middle Cyclone *

Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3, "Saturday Groovers," Goodnight, Oslo *

M Ward, "Absolute Beginners," Hold Time *

Dave Alvin, "King of California," Best of the Hightone Years *

The Decemberists, "Crane Wife 3," The Crane Wife *

AA Bondy, "Lover's Waltz," American Hearts *

Daniel Martin Moore, "That'll Be the Plan," Stray Age *

Eddie Vedder, "Setting Forth," Into the Wild (Soundtrack) *

Dan Auerbach, "Heartbroken, in Disrepair," Keep it Hid *

Alvin Youngblood Hart, "Tallacatcha," Territory *

Los Lobos, "The Big Ranch," Good Morning, Aztlan *

Watson Twins, "How Am I to Be," Fire Songs *

Rickie Lee Jones, "Rebel, Rebel," Traffic From Paradise *

David Bowie, "Ashes to Ashes," Best of Bowie *

Alejandro Escovedo, "All the Young Dudes," Live: Official Bootleg *

The Fireman, "Highway," Electric Arguments *

Beck, "Tropicalia," Mutations *

Gilberto Gil, "Maracatu Atomico," The Early Years *

Rachid Taha, "Rock the Casbah," The Future is Unwritten (Soundtrack) *

The Soul of John Black, "Betty Jean," Black John

Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 2/4/09

Grizzly Bear, "On a Neck, On a Spit," Yellow House *
Mark Kozelek, "Up to My Neck in You," What's Next to the Moon *
Damien Jurado, "Denton, TX," And Now That I'm In Your Shadow *
Ben Kweller, "Sawdust Man," Changing Horses *
M Ward, "Never Had Nobody Like You," Hold Time *
Tim Easton, "Before the Revolution," Ammunition *
Mark Olson and Gary Louris, "The Rose Society," Ready for the Flood *
Emmylou Harris, "Boy from Tupelo," Songbird *
Medicine Wheel, "Telluride," Pure and Simple *
Neko Case, "People Got a Lot of Nerve," Cyclone *
R.E.M., "Voice of Harold," Dead Letter Office *
Her Space Holiday, "New Kid Revolution," Her Space Holiday *
Animal Collective, "My Girls," Merriweather Post Pavillion *
Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer, "Big Country," Uncommon Ritual *
Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet, "Eleanor Rigby," Live from WFHB *
The Beatles, "Mother Nature's Son," The Beatles (the White Album) *
Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson, "Sweetest Waste of Time," Rattlin' Bones *
Jason Fickel, "Bells of Avignon," Kerosene Cologne *
Astrud Gilberto, "Bim Bom," Verve Remixed *
The Bird & The Bee, "Diamond Dave," Ray Guns are Not Just the Future *
Pink Floyd, "San Tropez," Meddle *
The Bad Plus, "Lithium," For All I Care *
Stewart Copeland, "Don't Box Me In," Rumble Fish Soundtrack *
Adrian Belew, "Oh, Daddy," Mr. Music Head *
The BPA, "Spade," I Think We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat *
The Newno2, "Another John Doe," Another John Doe

WFHB Top 100 of 2008

1. Blind Boys of Alabama / Down in New Orleans / TimeLife
 2. Bob Dylan / Tell Tale Signs / Columbia
 3. Cat Power / Jukebox / Merge
 4. Carrie Newcomer / The Geography of Light / Philo
 5. Taj Mahal / Maestro / Kan Du
 6. Jim White / Transnormal Skiperoo / Luaka Bop
 7. Bon Iver / For Emma, Forever Ago / Jagjaguwar
 8. Catherine Russel / Sentimental Streak / World Village
 9. Sia / Some People Have Real Problems / Sia Music
10. Krista Detor / Cover Their Eyes / Corazong
11. Randy Newman / Harps and Angels / Nonesuch
12. Lucinda Williams / Little Honey / Lost Highway
13. Mavis Staples / Live Hope at The Hideout / Anti
14. Dengue Fever / Venus on Earth / M80
15. Calexico / Carried to Dust / Quarterstick
16. Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs / Dirt Don't Hurt / Transdreamer
17. Lizz Wright / The Orchard / Verve Forecast
18. George Clinton / and his Gangsters of Love / Shanachie
19. Ani DiFranco / Red Letter Year / Righteous Babe
20. The Helio Sequence / Keep Your Eyes Ahead / Sub Pop
21. Eli "Paperboy" Reed / Roll With You / Q Division
22. Vampire Weekend / Vampire Weekend / XL
23. John Mellencamp / Life Death Love and Freedom / Hear Music
24. My Morning Jacket / Evil Urges / ATO
25. TV on the Radio / Dear Science / DGC
26. Greg Brown / Yellow Dog / Earthwork Music
27. Thievery Corporation / Radio Retaliation / ESL
28. Cowboy Junkies / Trinity Revisited / Zoe
29. British Sea Power / Do You Like Rock Music? / Rough Trade
30. Dr. John / The City That Care Forgot / 429
31. Various Artists / The Harlem Experiment / Ropeadope
32. Kentucky Nightmare / Take Her Favour / Kentucky Nightmare
33. Juliana Hatfield / How to Walk Away / Ye Olde
34. Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis / Two Men with the Blues / Blue Note
35. Arlen Roth / Toolin' Around Woodstock / Aquinnah
36. Maceo Parker / Roots & Grooves / Heads Up
37. David Byrne/Brian Eno / Everything That Happens.. / Todomundo/Opal
38. Ray Davies / Working Man's Cafe / New West
39. Solas / For Love and Laughter / Compass
40. Neil Halstead / Oh! Mighty Engine / Brushfire
41. Chicha Libre / Sonido Amazonico / Barbes
42. Rory Block / Blues Walkin' Like a Man / Stony Plain
43. Rodney Crowell / Sex & Gasoline / Work Song/Yep Roc
44. Michael Franti & Spearhead / All Rebel Rockers / Anti
45. Galactic / From the Corner to the Block / Anti
46. Amp Fiddler / Afro Strut / PIAS
47. Tim O'Brien / Chameleon / Proper American
48. Ben Solee / Learning to Bend / Sonablast
49. Hot Chip / Made in the Dark / Astralwerks
50. Thea Gilmore / Liejacker / Rykodisc
51. Ry Cooder / I, Flathead / Nonesuch
52. Steve Cropper & Felix Cavaliere / Nudge It Up a Notch / Stax
53. Amos Lee / Last Days at the Lodge / Blue Note
54. Richie Havens / Nobody Left to Crown / Verve
55. Alejandro Escovedo / Real Animal / Back Porch
56. Drive-By Truckers / Brighter Than Creation's Dark / New West
57. Mysteries of Life / Great Lakes / Musical Family Tree
58. Amp Fiddler/Sly&Robbie / Inspiration Information / Strut
59. BB King / One Kind Favor / Geffen
60. Lambchop / OH (Ohio) / Merge
61. Black Mountain / In the Future / Jagjaguwar
62. Blue Sky Back / Blue Sky Back / Upstairs Ape
63. Basia Bulat / Oh, My Darling / Rough Trade
64. James Combs / To Know You Is To Save You / James Combs Music

65. Jerry Douglas / Glide / Koch
66. The Watson Twins / Fire Songs / Vanguard
67. Tim Grimm / Holding Up the World / Vault
68. The Stairwell Sisters / Get Off Your Money / Yodel-Ay-Hee
69. Evangelicals / The Evening Descends / Dead Oceans
70. The Waybacks / Loaded / Compass
71. Abigail Washburn / and The Sparrow Quartet / Nettwerk
72. Herbie Hancock / River: The Joni Letters / Verve
73. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals / Cardinology / Lost Highway
74. James Jackson Toth / Waiting in Vain / Rykodisc
75. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / Real Emotional Trash / Matador
76. The Breeders / Mountain Battles / 4AD
77. Mia Doi Todd / Gea / City Zen
78. Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile / s/t / Nonesuch
79. The Sacred Shakers / The Sacred Shakers / Signature Sound
80. Al Green / Lay It Down / Blue Note
81. Sam Phillips / Don't Do Anything / Nonesuch
82. Of Montreal / Skeletal Lamping / Polyvinyl
83. Devotchka / A Mad & Faithful Telling / Anti
84. Rebecca Martin / The Growing Season / Sunnyside
85. The Horse Flies / Until the Ocean / Pest Control
86. The Black Keys / Attack & Release / Nonesuch
87. Otis Taylor / Recapturing the Banjo / Telarc
88. Wyclef Jean / Carnival Vol II / Columbia
89. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! / Anti
90. Mason Jennings / In the Ever / Brushfire
91. Elf Power / In a Cave / Rykodisc
92. Giant Sand / proVISIONS / Yep Roc
93. Beck / Modern Guilt / DGC
94. Stanton Moore / Emphasis! on Parentesis / Telarc
95. Throw Me the Statue / Moondreams / Secretly Canadian
96. Marcia Ball / Peace, Love & BBQ / Alligator
97. Moby / Last Night / Mute
98. Medeski Martin & Wood / Radiolarians I / Indirecto
99. Menahan Street Band / Make the Road By Walking / Dunham/Daptone
100. Dan Tyminski / Wheels / Rounder

Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 1/7/09

Aqualung, "Slip Slidin' Away," Words & Music *
Ron Sexsmith, "Hands of Time," Time Being *
Jason Collett, "We All Lose One Another," Idols of Exile *
Fleet Foxes, "He Doesn't Know Why," Fleet Foxes *
Grant Lee Phillips, "Soft Asylum," Strangelet *
Peter Bradley Adams, "I'll Forget You," Leavetalking *
Glenn Tilbrook, "Untouchable," Transatlantic Ping-Pong *
Josh Rouse, "Under Cold Blue Stars," Under Cold Blue Stars *
Abigail Washburn, "Banjo-Pickin' Girl," Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet *
Leo Kottke, "Snorkel," One Guitar, No Vocal *
Tom Morello/The Nightwatchman, "The Fabled City," The Fabled City *
Jim White, "Static on the Radio," Drill a Hole in that Substrate and Tell Me What You See *
R.E.M., "Half a World Away," Out of Time *
Truckstop Honeymoon, "He Ain't Out of Date," Great Big Family *
Cowboy Junkies, "Anniversary Song," Great Big Family *
Luke Doucet, "Bomb's Away," Blood's Too Rich *
Sun Kil Moon, "Neverending Math Equation," Tiny Cities *
Los Super 7, "The El Burro Song," Heard it on the X *
Nil Lara, "Fighting for My Love," Nil Lara *
David Byrne & Brian Eno, "Strange Overtones," Everything that Happens Will Happen Today *
Of Montreal, "An Eluardian Instance," Skeletal Lamping *
Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile, "Ham & Cheese," Meyer/Thile *
Parts & Labor, "Nowheres Nigh," Receivers *
Anthony Smith's Trunk Fulla Funk, "Freaky Revelation," Life as We Know It *

Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 12/31/08

Scud Mountain Boys, "Massachusetts," In a Ditch *
Pretenders, "Chill Factor," Isle of View *
Pernice Brothers, "Talk of the Town," Nobody's Watching *
Chrissie Hynde & Emmylou Harris, "She," Return of the Grievous Angel *
Neil Young, "Mr. Soul," Sugar Mountain, Live 1968 *
Radiohead, "Faust Arp," In Rainbows *
Spoon, "My Japanese Cigarette Case," Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga *
Blonde Redhead, "Falling Man," 23 *
Wilco, "Impossible Germany," Sky Blue Sky *
Jenny Lewis, "Black Sand," Acid Tongue *
Crowded House, "Lester," Afterglow *
Jeff Buckley, "Forget Her," Grace (Legacy Edition) *
Antony & the Johnsons, "Another World," Another World *
Dungen, "Det Tar Did," 4 *
Bruce Cockburn, "When You Give it Away," Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu *
Joseph Arthur & the Lonely Astronauts, "Look Into the Sky," Temporary People *
Love Psychedelico, "Everybody Needs Somebody," This is Love Psychedelico *
M. Ward, "Chinese Translation," Post-War *
Ben Sollee, "Built for This," Learning to Bend *
SMV, "Tutu," Thunder *
Jose Gonzalez, "Killing for Love," In Our Nature *
Beth Orton, Concrete Sky, Daybreaker *
Luke Doucet, "Long Haul Driver," Blood's Too Rich *
Mark Erelli, "Baltimore," Delivered *
The Postmarks, "7-11," 1-12 by the Numbers *
Medeski, Marin, & Wood, "Cloud Wars," Radiolarians I *

Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 12/24/08 - Uncle Matt Edition

Ray Charles & Willie Nelson, "Seven Spanish Angels," The Essential Willie Nelson *

Mavis Staples, "Wade in the Water," Live: Hope in the Hideout *

Talking Heads, "Take Me to the River," Live: Stop Making Sense *

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, "Nightwatchman," Hard Promises *

Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, "Get Down Moses," Streetcore *

Waylon Jennings, "Ain't Livin' Long Like This," Waylon Forever *

Alejandro Escovedo, "Guilty," With These Hands *

Spike Jones & his City Slickers, "Pal-Yat-Chee," Spiked! The Music of Spike Jones *

Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show, "Cover of the Rolling Stone," Greatest Hits *

Steve Goodman, "Veg-o-Matic," Anthology *

Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson, "The House That Never Was," Rattlin' Bones *

John Prine, "Bottomless Lake," Aimless Love *

Tom Waits, "Hang on St. Christopher," Beautiful Maladies *

Deep Purple, "Hush," Greatest Hits *

David Byrne & Brian Eno, "Wanted for Life," Everything That Happens Will Happen Today *

Margot & the Nuclear So-and-So's, "Love Song for a Schuba's Bartender," Animal/Not Animal *

Ryan Adams, "Fix It," Cardinology *

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, "Little Mountain Church House," Will the Circle Be Unbroken II *

Chris Thile, "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground," How to Grow a Woman from the Ground Up *

Charlie Louvin, "Wreck of the Old 97," Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads and Disaster Songs *

Nina Simone, "You Don't Know What It's Like," The Future is Unwritten (S/T) *

The Sea and Cake, "Aerial," Car Alarm *

Beastie Boys, "In 3's," The In Sound from Way Out *

King Curtis, "Ode to Billy Joe," Live at the Filmore *

Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise, "Shake it Off," Live *

Raphael Saddiq, "Big Easy," The Way I See It *

Medeski Martin & Wood, "Free Go Lily," Radiolarians I

Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 12/10/08

South San Gabriel, "Charred Resentment Just the Same," The Carlton Chronicles *
American Music Club, "All the Lost Souls Welcome You to San Francisco," The Golden Age *
Adrian Belew, "Phone Call from the Moon," Young Lions *
Lou Reed, "Lady Day," Berlin *
Ben Weaver, "Red Red Fox," The Ax in the Oak *
Big Star, "Thirteen," #1 Record *
Bonnie Prince Billy, "Cursed Sleep," The Letting Go *
Isobell Campbell & Mark Lanegan, "Who Built the Road," Sunday at Devil Dirt *
Tim Easton, "Oh People," Ammunition *
Michael Hedges, "Gimme Shelter," Strings of Steel *
New Pornographers, "Myriad Harbour," Challengers *
Her Space Holiday, "The New Kid Revival," XOXO, Panda, and the New Kid Revival *
Kevn Kinney, "Kerouac," The Flower and the Knife *
The Deep Vibration, "Thanks to You," Veracruz *
Doves, "Snowden," Some Cities *
Paul Simon v. Django, "Brazilian Diamonds," (unreleased) *
Cafe Tecuba, "El Ciclon," Re *
Elbow, "The Bones of You," The Seldom Seen Kid *
Nikka Costa, "Pebble to a Pearl," Pebble to a Pearl *
Stevie Wonder, "Boogie on Reggae Woman," Original Musiquarium *
Medeski, Martin, & Wood, "Free Go Lilly," Radiolarians I *
The Sea and Cake, "Weekend," Car Alarm *
Broken Social Scene, "7/4 (Shoreline)," Broken Social Scene *
The Chemical Brothers, "Under the Influence," Electronic Battle Weapons *
My Morning Jacket, "Highly Suspicious," Evil Urges *
Sigur Ros, "Inni Mer . . .," Med Sud . . .

WFHB Add Pool Quick Pick: Sigur Ros, "Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust"

Date:	11/30/08	Label: XL Recordings
artist:	Sigur Ros
title:	Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust
file under:	Rock
grade:	A
Review: With Med Sud . . ., Sigur Ros has managed to make its most accessible record (a relative statement!) to date, without compromising the beauty and subtleties that make them one-of-a-kind.  Produced by Flood (U2, Depeche Mode, etc.), this music is indescribable but beautiful and, in places, actually FUN!  Once again filled with Icelandic gibberish and quasi-fake invented language, this album soars with strings, strange acoustic guitar play, and Thom York-ish vocals.  Any track will do, but try the syncopated organic stomp of “Gobbledigook,” (track 1), the horned-up harmonizing Flaming Lips-ish “Inni Mer . . .” (track 2), the dreamscape of “Med Sud . . .” (track 6), or the sleepy-sleepy first English language track for the band, “All Alright,” (track 11).  Put a little Radiohead against it!
comments / tracks  of interest: 1, 2, 6, 11 FCC: Are you kidding me?  THIS AIN’T EVEN ENGLISH!
reviewer:  Hopedaddy

WFHB Americana Genre Director Quick Pick: Bruce Robison, "The New World"

Date:	11/30/08	Label: Premium
artist:	Bruce Robison
title:	The New World
file under:	Americana
grade:	B
Review: How do you stand out as a songwriter when you are married to Kelley Willis, brother to Charlie Robison, and brother-in-law to Dixie Chick Emily Robison?  Well, you write DAMN GOOD SONGS and probably have a hell of a hootenanny around the Thanksgiving table.  Robison’s written hits for Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, George Strait, and the Dixie Chicks, but his own project is no slacker.  A slice of folk / Americana (think Lyle Lovett or a countrier John Hiatt), The New World has a lot to recommend it.  Check out the twang plodder “The Hammer” (track 1), the weepy “Bad Girl Blues” (track 3), the poppier “California 85” (track 4), or the banjo folk of “She Don’t Care” (track 9).
comments / tracks  of interest: 1, 3, 4, 9 FCC: None
reviewer:  Hopedaddy

WFHB Americana Genre Director Quick Pick: Waylon Jennings, "Forever"

Date:	11/30/08	Label: Vagrant
artist:	Waylon Jennings
title:	Forever
file under:	Americana
grade:	A-
Review: Waylon left us in 2002, but not before (even years prior) he recorded a few tracks with his son, Shooter.  His place in rock history well-fixed, this Grammy award winner and Hall of Fame member’s posthumous release was put together by Shooter, who resurrected the tracks from the 95-96 sessions and finished recording them with his own band, the .357’s.  Standouts include covers of Rodney Crowell’s “Ain’t Livin Long Like This” (track 3) and Neil Young’s “Are You Ready for the Country?” (track 4).  Also spin the golden blues creeper, “Waymore’s Blues” (track 6)—it’s GOLD!.  A fitting last project for Waylon, and a bridge to Shooter and the .357’s.  Oh, and pop the cover open and check out the photobooth pic with Buddy Holly!
comments / tracks  of interest: 1, 3, 4, 6 FCC: TRACK 2 “SHIT”
reviewer:  Hopedaddy

WFHB Americana Genre Director Quick Pick: Luke Doucet, "Blood's Too Rich"

Date:	11/30/08	Label: Six Shooter
artist:	Luke Doucet
title:	Blood’s Too Rich
file under:	Americana
grade:	B+
Review: Canadian singer/songwriter Doucet has been recognized as a quality writer, voice, and guitar player for a few years now, including sideman stints with Canada’s Kathleen Edwards and Sarah McClachlan.  With Blood’s Too Rich, Doucet turns his songwriting AND guitar prowess up a couple of notches, releasing a more Americana project with nods in places to (smoother versions of ) Neil Young and Mark Knopfler.  Just as the writing gets a little light or the production a little smooth, though, Doucet dirties it up with tasty turns on the guitar.   If Doucet can calm his artistic schizophrenia, he will mature into an Americana artist to watch.  Check out his (un-Americana) cover of the Cure’s “The Lovecats” (track 3).   “The Comandante” (track 7) was recently featured on Nick Hornby’s NYT playlist.
comments / tracks  of interest: 2, 3, 7, 11, 12  FCC: none
reviewer: Hopedaddy

 

WFHB Americana Genre Director Quick Pick: Dave Alvin, Best of the Hightone Years

Date:	11/30/08	Label: Hightone
artist:	Dave Alvin
title:	Best of the Hightone Years
file under:	Americana
grade:	A-
Review: Alvin’s long and colorful Americana career includes founding member status of the legendary Blasters, as well as stints with the Knitters and, for a time, as Billy Zoom’s replacement in the seminal L.A. punk country band X.  Alvin’s sound has always been rooted in blues and Americana music, and his solo records on Hightone are proof.  This collection swings between fingerpicked country blues, National slide, and straight ahead country rock.  This “Best of” includes unreleased tracks “Dry River” and “Dixie Highway Blues” and “Out in California.”
comments / tracks  of interest:  Plenty to draw on here, but recommended tracks include the signature acoustic roll “King of California (track 2),”  rocker “Haley’s Comet (with Dwight Yoakam, track 3),” an acoustic version of X standard “4th of July (track 5)” and the  smoker 12-bar “Out in California” (track 13).  FCC: none
reviewer:  Hopedaddy

 

 

Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 11/26/08

Crooked Fingers, "Run, Lieutenant, Run," Forfeit/Fortune *

Emmylou Harris, "May This Be Love," Wrecking Ball *

Daniel Lanois, "Falling at Your Feet," Shine *

Luke Doucet, "The Day Rick Danko Died," Blood's Too Rich *

The Band, "When You Awake," The Band *

Afrigo Band, "Kasongo," Last King of Scotland (s/t) *

Paul Simon, "Gumboots," Graceland *

Calexico, "Guero Canelo," Feast of Wire *

Aqualung, "Slip Slidin' Away," Words and Music *

Jethro Tull, "Life is a Long Song," A Little Light Music *

Robbie Fulks, "Cry, Cry, Cry," Man in Black: A Tribute to Johnny Cash *

Rodney Crowell, "I Walk the Line (Revisited)," The Houston Kid *

The Byrds, "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere," Sweetheart of the Rodeo *

The Mavericks, "Hot Burrito #1," Return of the Grievous Angel *

James Taylor, "Not Fade Away," Covers *

Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, "Natural Born Lover," Naturally *

Arthur Conley, "Sweet Soul Music," Atlantic Soul Classics *

Pete Kuzma, "High and Dry," Exit Music: Songs for Radioheads *

Marvin Gaye vs. Radiohead, "Sexual High," (unreleased) *

Medeski Martin & Wood, "Free Go Lily," Radiolarians I *

Alison Moorer, "Ain't Givin' Up on You," The Duel *

Steve Earle & Del McCoury, "Texas Eagle," The Mountain *

Jim Lauderdale & Ralph Stanley, "I Feel Like Singin' Today," I Feel Like Singin' Today *

Ralph Stanley II, "Train Songs," This One is Two *

Chris Thile, "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground," How to Build a Woman from the Ground Up *

Andrew Bird, "Dear Dirty," Fingerlings 3 *

Ben Sollee, "Mute Bullhorn," (unreleased) *

Ray LaMontagne, "You Are the Best Thing," Gossip in the Grain *

Malachi Thompson, "Black Metropolis," Delmark 55 Years of Jazz

Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 11/12/08

Todd Snider, "The Ballad of Cape Henry," Peace Queer *

Josh Ritter, "Come and Find Me," Golden Age of Radio *

AA Bondy, "Black Rain, Black Rain," American Hearts *

Little Feat, "Willin'," Join the Band *

Dan Bern, "Albuquerque Lullaby," New American Language *

Vampire Weekend, "Cape Cod Kwassa Wassa," Vampire Weekend *

David Byrne & Brian Eno, "Wanted for Life," Everything that Happens . . . *

Robbie Robertson, "Code of Handsome Lake," Contact from the Underworld of Redboy *

Blitzentrapper, "Furr," Furr *

Calexico with Iron & Wine, "Sixteen, Maybe Less," In the Reins *

Gomez, "78 Stone Wobble," Abandoned Shopping Trolley Hotline *

Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, "Mega Bottle Ride," Global a-Go-Go *

Thievery Corporation, "Vampires," Retaliation Suite *

Avett Brothers, "Murdered in the City," The Second Gleam *

John Prine, "Everybody Wants to Feel Like You," The Missing Years *

Mark Erelli, "Baltimore," Delivered *

Lucinda Williams, "Circles & X's," Little Honey *

Olu Dara, "Belle & Ponce at the Movie Show," Neighborhoods *

Chuck Prophet, "You Did," Age of Miracles *

Band of Horses, "The Great Salt Lake," Everything All the Time *

Aqualung, "Mr. Universe," Words & Music *

Black Keys, "All You Ever Wanted," Attack and Release *

My Morning Jacket, "It Beats for You," Z *

The Hold Steady, "Sequestered in Memphis," Stay Positive *

Drive By Truckers, "Feb 14," A Blessing & a Curse *

Deerhoof, "Chandelier Searchlight," Offend Maggie

Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 10/29/08

Bruce Cockburn, "Hills of Morning," Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws *

Josh Rouse, "Dressed Up Like Nebraska," Dressed Up Like Nebraska *

Nils Lofgren, "You," Acoustic Live *

Lambchop, "Slipped, Dissolved, and Loosed," OH *

Robert Plant and Allison Krauss, "Please Read the Letter," Raising Sand *

Sam Phillips, "Baby, I Can't Please You," Martinis & Bikinis *

John Doe, "The Real One," Meet John Doe *

Joseph Arthur, "Heart's a Soldier," Lonely Astronauts *

Paul Westerberg, "Knockin' on Mine," 14 Songs *

Chris Whitley, "Terra Incognita," Aerial *

Damien Jurado, "Go First," Lost in the Trees *

Pete Townsend, "Face Dances Part II," All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes *

Of Montreal, "For Our Elegant Castle," Skeletal Lamping *

The Smiths, "Vicar in a Tutu," The Queen is Dead *

Travis, "Sing," The Invisible Band *

Blitzen Trapper, "Furr," Furr *

My Morning Jacket, "Mahgeetah," It Still Moves *

TV on the Radio, "Halfway Home," Dear Science, *

Talking Heads, "Psycho Killer," Stop Making Sense *

Stereolab, "Daisy Click Clack," Chemical Chords *

XTC, "That's Really Super, Supergirl," Skylarking *

Pretenders, "The Nothing Maker," Break Up the Concrete *

Toad the Wet Sprocket, "Rock & Roll All Night," Kiss My Ass *

Bob Schneider, "Big Blue Sea," Lonelyland *

Graham Parker, "Ambivalent," Sins of No Consequence

Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 10/15/08

Hayden, "The Van Song," In Field & Town *
Josh Ritter, "Daddy's Little Pumpkin," Live at the Record Exchange *
Tim O'Brien, "Don't You," Chameleon *
Bob Dylan, "Dignity," Telltale Signs *
Bruce Springsteen, "Johnny 99," Nebraska *
Todd Snider, "The Ballad of Cape Henry," Peace Queer *
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, "The Yee-Haw Factor," Greatest Hits of the 20th Century *
Gilberto Gil, "Maquina de Ritmo," Banda Larga Cordel *
Blitzentrapper, "Saturday Nite," Furr *
David Bowie, "Thursday's Child," Hours *
Mercury Rev, "Senses on Fire," Snowflake Midnight *
Mates of State, "The Re-Arranger," Rearrange Us *
Blue Sky Back, "Toe the Line," Blue Sky Back *
George Harrison, "My Sweet Lord," All Things Must Pass *
Jim White, "Crash into the Sun," Transnormal Skiperoo *
Lambchop, "Sharing a Gibson with Martin Luther King," OH *
Jeff Buckley, "Last Goodbye," Live in Paris *
Antony & the Johnsons, "Shake that Devil," Another World *
Kings of Leon, "Sex on Fire," Only by the Night *
John Doe, "Golden State," A Year in the Wilderness *
The Clash, "Clampdown," The Essential Clash *
Rufus Wainwright, "Movies of Myself," Want One *
Toshi Reagon, "I Hate/I Love," Toshi Reagon *
Weezer, "Heart Songs," Weezer *
Kaki King, "Saving Days in a Frozen Head," Dreaming of Revenge

Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 10/1/08

Vigilantes of Love, "Parting Shot," Blister Soul *
Loudon Wainwright, III, "Say That You Love Me," Recovery *
Jon Dee Graham, "Swept Away," Full *
Buddy Miller, "Fire and Water," Universal United House of Prayer *
Wilco, "Forget the Flowers," Being There *
Old School Freight Train, "Heavy Metal Drummer," Pickin' on Wilco *
Joshua Bell & Edgar Meyer, "Hang Hang," Short Trip Home *
Jim Lauderdale & Donna
the Buffalo, "Some Other Bayou," Wait 'Til Spring *
Old Crow Medicine Show, "Alabama High Test," Tennessee Pusher *
James Brown, "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," Soul on Top *
Vieux Farka Toure', "Tabara," Vieux Farka Toure' *
Stereolab, "Daisy Click Clack," Chemical Chords *
Nina Simone, "Gimme Some," Verve Remixed 4 *
George Clinton & the Gangsters of Love, "Let the Good Times Roll," GC&tGoL *
Blue Mountain, "70's Song," Midnight in Mississippi *
Kelly Joe Phelps, "Lead Me On," Lead Me On *
Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, "Mama's Fried Potatoes," The Whole Fam Damnily *
Mother Truckers, "Passing By Again," Broke not Broken" *
Rhett Miller, "Help Me Suzanne," The Believer *
David Vandervelde, "Knowledge of Evil," Waiting for the Sunrise *
Joseph Arthur, "Morning Cup," Could We Survive *
George Harrison, "Isn't it a Pity," All Things Must Pass *
Backyard Tire Fire, "How the Hell Did You Get Back Here?" The Places We Lived *
The Whigs, "Right Hand on My Heart," Misson Control *
Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, "Tony Adams," Rock Art & the X-Ray Style *
Glen Campbell, "Times Like These," Meet Glen Campbell

Hopedaddy on the Air: WFHB Morning Music Mix 9/3/08

* Alejandro Escovedo, "Golden Bear," Real Animal
* David Bowie, "Ashes to Ashes," Scary Monsters
* The Impossible Shapes, "I Loved Every One of your Daughters," Impossible Shapes
* Sam Roberts, "Bridge to Nowhere," Chemical City
* Grant Lee Phillips, "Boys Don't Cry," Nineteeneighties
* Jerry Reed, "Guitar Man," The Essential Jerry Reed
* Clint Black, "The Claw," Sounds of Wood & Steel
* Damien Jurado, "Go First," Caught in the Trees
* Rodney Crowell, "I Want You #35," Sex & Gasoline
* Gob Iron, "Death's Black Train is Coming," Death Songs for the Living
* Fleet Foxes, "Your Protector," Fleet Foxes
* My Brightest Diamond, "From the Top of the World," A Thousand Sharks' Teeth
* The New Pornographers, "All the Old Showstoppers," Challengers
* Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell, "Waiting on June," Begonias
* Patty Griffin, "Makin' Pies," 1,000 Kisses
* Gentleman Caller, "Hotel Key," Gentleman Caller vs. The Elephant
* Peter Bruntnell, "Here Comes the Swells," Ends of the Earth
* Marah, "Christian St.," Kids in Philly
* The Whipsaws, "60 Watt," 60 Watt Avenue
* Okkervil River, "Singer Songwriter," The Stand-Ins
* Lucero, "That Much Further West," That Much Further West
* Calexico, "House of Valparaiso," Carried to Dust
* Chris Stills, "100 Year Thing," 100 Year Thing
* Josh Ritter, "Monster Ballads," The Animal Years
* Josh Rouse, "Dressed up Like Nebraska, Dressed up Like Nebraska
* Loudon Wainwright, III, "School Days," Recovery
* Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet, "A Fuller Wine," AW & SQ

AWOL Bondy NOT live in our studios . . .

Still, American Hearts is a gorgeous record.  Buy it.  And the show?  Sold out!  Maybe we'll see AA next time 'round.