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Friday’s Run Soundtrack – Who was that?

So the good thing about running with music, well, two good things. One the music may pick you up and you run faster, or two when you suck and the run seems like it will never end, there’s still the music and since you’re going so slow there’s more of …

Blues Wednesday – Dave Hole, John Hurt and Bill Morrissey

So while I didn’t find any new blues artist today I did listen to some old favorites. First I listened to one of my favorite blues artists Australian slide guitarist Dave Hole. I listened to his most recent release on Blind Pig Records Rough Diamond. I’ve listened to this album …

Monday Folk Mix-Spooner,Putnam and Beggs

so this morning I found three names on the Roots Music Chart that weren’t familiar so I went to Rhapsody to check them out. The artists were Jason Spooner and the album that Rhapsody had was The Flame You Follow , Will Putman and his album 15 Hours of Driving …

Tuesday’s Run Soundtrack

Ok so it’s time to bore you with the soundtrack of tonight’s four mile run! The run started with “Sunday Morning Sunshine” by Harry Chapin from Sniper and Other Love Songs always a favorite! Then a little blues “Same Old Thing” – Coco Montoya – “Cindy’s Crying” a Tom Paxton …

Saturday Mix and Computer Fix

so after hours of frustration and trying to figure out why the computer would not go past the Compaq start up page, I finally removed all the USB cords (I thought the last two were keyboard and mouse) and the computer started! The culprit was an external hard drive that …

Tuesday Mix – Folk and Twang

So I started the day today by checking the FAR Chart for new musicians and came across the name Colin Spring. His new album is titled Highballs for the Lowbrow and that certainly sounded promising. So I went to Rhapsody and they didn’t have the current release so I listened …

Twang Tuesday 2 – Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper!

After listening to Blackberry Smoke I was doing some writing and needed to listen to something without words, so I put on some Wynton Kelly, piano. Kelly played a lot with Miles Davis and Wes Montgomery and is a fine jazz pianist. I listened to an album of about six …

Twang Tuesday – Turnpike Troubadours

So today when my downloads on emusic refreshed I downloaded the sophomore album Diamonds and Gasoline from The Turnpike Troubadours. The Turnpike Troubadors take their name from the bumpy toll roads in their native state of Oklahoma. I had listened to clips from the album the other night and the …

Folk Monday – Paul Kamm and Eleanore MacDonald

So one would think that sometime over the last 23 years that I would have heard the music of Paul Kamm and Eleanore MacDonald! But alas it took until today and a review of the Roots Music Report see their names and then a trip to Rhapsody to listen to …

Need a Laugh Check Out Modern Man!

Well, with three of my four children scattered to the four winds, well at least to the three winds, son three Peter is on his honeymoon with new bride Melissa in Seattle and soon to be on a cruise to Alaska, son two Andrew in the Catskills for a week …

Category: Americana

Friday’s Run Soundtrack – Who was that?

Blues Wednesday – Dave Hole, John Hurt and Bill Morrissey

Monday Folk Mix-Spooner,Putnam and Beggs

Tuesday’s Run Soundtrack

Saturday Mix and Computer Fix

Tuesday Mix – Folk and Twang

Twang Tuesday 2 – Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper!

Twang Tuesday – Turnpike Troubadours

Folk Monday – Paul Kamm and Eleanore MacDonald

Need a Laugh Check Out Modern Man!

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