Episodes

  • Creative Outburst: On the Great Jesse Welles
    Feb 24 2025

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    Jesse Welles, whose LP 'Hells Welles' I covered last year, is in an amazing patch of creativity, and has a new album, MIDDLE.

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    23 mins
  • Championship Week!: the Doohickeys and Jason Eady
    Jan 25 2025

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    Crisper Roots is back for season 2! With the Doohickeys' hilarious ALL HAT NO CATTLE and Jason Eady's lovely MISSISSIPPI, UNPLUGGED.
    The gutsiest country song ever recorded: I Don't Give a Damn About Football

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    22 mins
  • Top Ten 2024
    Dec 1 2024

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    Last episode of Season 1. Out of 90, more or less.

    (1) Samory I, Strength

    (2) Jesse Welles, Hell's Welles

    (3) Fiona Boyes, Ramblified

    (4) Stephanie Lambring, Hypocrite

    (5) Jerron Paxton, Things Done Changed

    (6) Elizabeth King, Soul Provider

    (7) Leslie Stevens, eponymous

    (8) The Franklin County Trucking Company, The Death-Defying Adventures of

    (9) Wyly Bigger, Broken Telephone

    (10) BadNews Barnes, Bad News Travels Fast

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    35 mins
  • Saddest Man in Texas (or Oxfordshire): Hudson Westbrook and Ags Connolly
    Nov 23 2024

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    Hudson Westbrook's eponymous EP and Ags Connolly's YOUR PAL SLIM: SONGS OF JAMES HAND

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    20 mins
  • Instruments of Construction: Tyler Ray Miniard and the Doohickeys
    Nov 19 2024

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    Two fine EPs: Tyler Ray Miniard, THE COUNTY LINE and the Doohickeys, CAN'T BEAT MY OLD BEATER

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    19 mins
  • Singin' Songwriters: John R. Miller and Forest Sun
    Nov 10 2024

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    Two good late-year albums! John R. Miller, FIRESIDE SESSIONS VOL 1 and Forest Sun, NO FINISH LINE. No it's not "I'll meet you at the bar" on "America I Love You." It's "I'll meet you at the mall."

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    21 mins
  • Rodeo Literature: Tyler Halverson and Corb Lund
    Nov 4 2024

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    Two unusual 'Western' items: Tyler Halverson's WESTERN AMERIJUANA (pt 2) and Corb Lund's stunning EL VIEJO (deluxe edition)

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    22 mins
  • History Lesson: Eric Bibb and Lone Justice
    Oct 26 2024

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    Bluesman Eric Bibb's beautiful IN THE REAL WORLD and the late-arriving greatest record of cowpunk, VIVA LONE JUSTICE. I meant to say, re Bibb: J.B. Lenoir.

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    25 mins