September 2016 Playlists

September 19, 2016

Within Your Reach - The Replacements
Just Make It Stop - LOW
Tough Mama - Bob Dylan
Six Pack Of Beer and a Pack of Cigarettes - Erik Koskinen
I Can Get Us Out Of Here Alive - Lucero
I'll Always Know - Merle Haggard
Longer - Lydia Loveless
Furr - Blitzen Trapper - Live at Third Man Records
Sometimes Blue - Meat Puppets
Right On Time - Dawes
You Can't Resist It - Lye Lovett
This Town Gets Around - Margo Price
Stockholm - Jason Isbell
Baby, We're Really In Love - Hank Williams



September 12, 2016

Surrender Under Protest - Drive-By Truckers
Are You Thirsty - Jonny Fritz
Harmless - Amanda Shires
Watching The River Flow - Grams & Krieger
Let The Train Blow the Whistle - Johnny Cash
Rusty Cage - Johnny Cash
Mercy Seat - Johnny Cash
Accidentally On Purpose - George Jones
Narcolepsy -Ben Folds Five
YYZ - Rush
You Think I Don't Know (But I Know) - Charles Bradley
Watch Me Fall - Unce Tupelo
Before My Time - Johnny Cash
When The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
Ain't No Grave - Johnny Cash



September 5, 2016

Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain - Willie Nelson
Out Of Control - George Jones
Still Be Around - Uncle Tupelo
Dreams - Buddy Miles
Izabella - Jimi Hendrix
Changes - Band of Gypsys
Doctor Wu - Steely Dan
Chain Lightning - Steely Dan
Any World - Steely Dan
Pretty Polly - The Sadies
Trouble Is - Grams & Krieger
The Partner Nobody Chose - Guy Clark
Salute To A Switchblade - Tom T. Hall
Working Man - RUSH

September Playlists

September 28, 2015

Ophelia - The Band - The Last Waltz
Sing About It - The Wood Brothers - 2013 The Muse
Falcon - Charlie Parr - 2015 Stumpjumper
Giant Step Backwards - John Doe - 2011 Keeper
All The Way Under The Hill - Daniel Romano - 2015 If I've Only One Time Askin'
Through With You - Sonny Knight & The Lakers - 2015 Do It Live
Shy Boy - JD McPherson - 2015 Let the Good Times Roll
Burn & Shine - Joe Pug - 2015 Windfall
You Get What You Deserve - Big Star - 1974 Radio City
Passenger Side - Wilco - 1995 AM
Repetition - Trampled By Turtles - 2014 Wild Animals
San Tropez - Pink Floyd - 1971 Meddle
I Wish I Was The Moon - Neko Case - 2002 Blacklisted
Moanin' The Blues - Hank Williams
Be Better To Your Baby - Ernest Tubb



September 21, 2015

Baby Don't You Want Me
Went Looking For Warren Zevon's Los Angels
The Man I Was
Can't You Hear Them Howl
I Woke Up In New Orleans
Throwback No. 2
They Called Her Killer
Young Outlaws
I'm In Love With A Girl
My Girl And Me In '93
>>> Lucero - 2015 All A Man Should Do
Slow Cruel Hands Of Time - Band of Horses - 2012 Mirage Rock
Lonesome Angel - Blitzen Trapper - 2015 All Across This Land



September 14, 2015

It Ain't Me Babe - Bob Dylan - Rolling Thunder Review 1975
Beginning To See The Light - Velvet Underground
Grim to the Brim - Leo Kottke - 1975 Chewing Pine
Brand New Day - Javier Trejo
All Across This Land - Blitzen Trapper - 2015 All Across This Land
Aunt Avis - Vic Chesnutt - 1993 Drunk
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - The Three Pickers
Over and Over - Neil Young - Crazy Horse - 1990 Ragged Glory
Angels & Devils - Cary Morin - 2015 Tiny Town
When The Levee Breaks - Cary Morin - 2015 Tiny Town
Call Me - St. Paul & The Broken Bones - 2014 Half The City
What Kind Of God Do You Think You Are - Ernest Tubb
How To Forget - Jason Isbell - 2015 Something More Than Free



September 7, 2015

Working Man - Rush - 1974 Rush
Working For The Music Man - Daniel Romano - 2010 Working For The Music Man
Wide Open Road - Church of Cash
C-Line Woman - Heritage Blues Orchestra - 2012 And Still I Rise
Clarksdale Moon - Heritage Blues Orchestra - 2012 And Still I Rise
Live a Little - Cary Morin - 2013 Streamline
Wolfman's Brother - Cary Morin - 2013 Streamline
Unbound - The Last Revel - 2015 s/t
Gospel Plow - Charlie Parr - 2011 Keep Your Hands On That Plow
Stumpjumper - Charlie Parr - 2015 Stumpjumper
I Am Yours - Carter Sampson - 2014 thirty three
Highway Rider - Carter Sampson - 2014 thirty three
She Said - Erik the Viking
Nothing Without You - Erik Koskinen - 2014 American Theatre

New Playlists

February 9, 2015

When I Was Young - The Wood Brothers - 2010 Smoke Ring Halo
The Momma Dance - Phish - 1998 The Story Of The Ghost
Cry To Me - Solomon Burke - 1966 The Best Of...
Blue Moon - Beck - 2014 Morning Phase
Many Splendored Thing - Papa M - 2001 Whatever, Mortal
All Men Are Liars - Robert Ellis - 2012 Lowe Country
Long Walk Back - Barbara Jean - 2014 Darker Than Blue
Never Enough>>Poor Girl>>Forever For You - John Doe - 2014 The Best Of John Doe: This Far
Out of Control - George Jones
Two Pillow Sleeper - Daniel Romano - 2013 Come Cry With Me
Favorite - Neko Case - 2004 The Tigers Have Spoken
Brand New Day - Javier Trejo



February 2, 2015

Do You Love Me - Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
The First 5 Minutes - The Sadies
Hey Babe - Neil Young
You Can't Hurt Me Now - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Together Again - Ray Charles
Crying On The Inside - Erik Koskinen
Cadillac Slim - Luke Winslow-King
Loose String - Son Volt
Hands On The Wheel - Willie Nelson
Lifeguard Larry - Junior Brown
Periodically Double or Triple - Yo La Tengo
I Was Just Walking Out The Door - Wynn Stewart
Caveman - Sonny Knight & The Lakers
Crimes Of The Mind - The Dude Of Life
Window Shopping - Ernest Tubb



January 26, 2015

Go It Alone - Jason Isbell & 400 Unit - 2011 Here We Rest
Curse of A Drunk - The Takers - 2009 Taker Easy
Happy Man On A Gloomy Day - The Cactus Blossoms - 2013 Live at Turf Club
Farther From Me>>Why>>Least I Got The Blues - Justin Townes Earle - 2015 Absent Fathers
She Came And She Touched Me - Townes Van Zandt - 1977 Live At The Old Quarter
Invisible - Steve Earle & The Dukes - 2013 The Low Highway
My Old Drunk Friend - Freakwater - 1993 Feels Like The Third Time
Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas) - Jimmie Rodgers
Heart Of The City - Chatham County Line - 2012 Lowe Country
Give Back The Key To My Heart - Uncle Tupelo - 1993 Anodyne
San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys In Concert

A New Start

Embrace the Sound is now heard at 3pm on Monday afternoon! Thanks to KMSU for the new slot, enjoy!


January 12, 2015

TV Song - Robert Ellis - 2014 The Lights From The Chemical Plant
Hoping Machine - 2012 New Multitudes
Black River Killer - Blitzen Trapper - 2009 Black River Killer EP
A Little Unfair - Lefty Frizzell
Live a Little - Carey Morin - 2013 Streamline
Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan - 1974 Pretzel Logic
What Are You Willing To Lose? - Lucero - 2009 1372 Overton Park
Bulletproof - Amanda Shires - 2013 Down Fell The Doves
Radio - Hackensaw Boys - 2007 Look Out!
Tonight's The Night - Neil Young - 1975 Tonight's The Night
Mind Your Own Business - Hank Williams
From A Window Seat - Dawes - 2013 Stories Don't End
Fools & Sages - Jonny Corndawg - 2011 Down The Bikini Line
Life Of A Bear - Jonny Corndawg - 2011 Down The Bikini Line



January 5, 2015

Giant Step Backwards - John Doe - 2007 Keeper
To Live Is To Fly - Guy Clark - 1988 Old Friends
Not Fine - Drag The River - 2004 Chicken Demos
Walking The Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb
Soft Picasso - Vic Chesnutt - 1990 Little
Furnace Room Lullaby - Neko Case & Her Boyfriends - 2000 Furnace Room Lullaby
J Smoov - Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Teenage FBI - Guided By Voices - 1999 Do The Collapse
Jericho - John Fullbright - 2012 From The Ground Up
Liar - Built to Spill - 2006 You In Reverse
Goin' Down To The River - Buck Owens
How Long Do I Have To Wait For You? - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - 2005 Naturally
Don't Mean A Thing - St. Paul & The Broken Bones - 2014 Half The City
Middle Child - Daniel Romano - 2013 Come Cry With Me

01 June 2014 playlists

The return of the weekly playlist update!

Lots of great music coming up in the area: Rachel Brooke at NaKato Bar and Grill 06-11, Great music at Ambassadors Blues Fest in St. Peter 06-14, LOW at Vetter Stone Amphitheater 06-21, Joe Ely at Vetter Stone Amphitheater 07-20, Jason Isbell & 400 Unit at Vetterstone Amphitheater in Mankato 07-30 and all the great music lined up at Rock Bend Folk Festival September 6 & 7. There is more, we'll talk more about it later...

June 1, 2014

Willie The Wandering Gypsy And Me - Waylon Jennings - 1973 Honky Tonk Heroes
The Naughton Farms Garden Spot Program Show #9 - Hank Williams
--Mind Your Own Business
--Love Sick Blues
--At The First Fall Of Snow
Another Fool - Pert Near Sandstone - 2014 The Hardest Part of Leaving
Glow Sky Glow - Erik Koskinen - 2014 American Theatre
Queen Jane Approximately - Bob Dylan - 1965 Highway 61 Revisited
Madonna of the Wasps - Neko Case - 2013 The Worse Things Get...
War is Placebo - Blitzen Trapper - 2009 RSD 7"
On the Massachusetts/Virginia Border - Glenn Jones - Even To Win Is To Fail
Relatively Easy - Jason Isbell - 2013 Southeastern

Put Another Chair At The Table - Bob Wills a& His Texas Playboys
My Hometown - Neil Young - 2014 A Letter Home
Roll On Buddy - Ramblin' Jack Elliot

Playlist Update

November 11, 2012

Cold Cold Heart -- Jerry Lee Lewis -- The Golden Cream of the Country
Walking Out the Door -- John Doe -- 2011 Keeper
Curse of a Drunk -- The Takers -- Taker Easy
No Fear -- 2012 New Multitudes
Lost -- Lee Ranaldo -- 2012 Between the Times and the Tides
Nothing's Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now -- Justin Townes Earle -- 2012 NGCTWYFAMN
Periodically Double or Triple -- Yo La Tengo -- 2009 Popular Songs
Mr. Crews -- Drag The River -- Esta Loco
Me & Joe Drove Out To California -- Drag The River -- Esta Loco
Colorado Girl -- Townes Van Zandt -- 1969 s/t
At the Crossroads -- Sir Douglas Quintet -- 1969 Mendocino
In Spite of All That Happened -- Evening Rig -- 2009 Is Doin' Stuff
Tonight's the Night -- Neil Young & Crazy Horse -- 1979 Live Rust
A Low Thud -- Leo Kottke -- 1978 Burnt Lips



November 4, 2012

Ashamed -- Deer Tick
When My Baby's Beside Me -- Big Star
LA Freeway -- Guy Clark
Still Be Around -- Uncle Tupelo
Oh, Mama, Come Home -- Jakob Dylan
Headshock -- Tapes n' Tapes
September Gurls -- Big Star
Yours to Discover -- The Sadies
Godfather -- Tilth
Dinosaur Ghost -- Crash Cuddle
Simplicity's Key -- Claps
Sing Me Back Home -- Buck Owens
Marry Me -- Drive-By Truckers
outro: Orange Room -- Leo Kottke



October 28, 2012

The Veil of Isis -- The Sword
Liberation Frequency -- Refused
Surfer Blood -- Floating Vibes
Johnny Hit & Run Pauline -- X
It's Tricky -- Run DMC
Evil's Sway -- Japandroids
The Merry Barracks -- Deerhoof
Public Image -- Public Image Ltd
Defender -- Seaweed
Skip Steps 1&3 -- Superchunk
Last Night In Town -- Lucero
Birdsong -- Tomahawk

w/ Kuppy



October 21, 2012

Brass Buttons -- Gram Parsons -- 1974 Grievous Angel
Is It Done -- J Mascis -- 2011 Several Shades of Why
What's The World Got In Store -- Wilco -- 1996 Being There
Such Great Heights -- The New Standards -- 2008 Rock & Roll
Thanks A Lot -- Ernest Tubb
100,000 Times -- Maria Taylor -- 2009 Lady Luck
Goodbye, Dear Friend -- Deer Tick -- 2010 Black Dirt Sessions
A Good Flying Day -- The Sadies -- 2004 Favorite Colours
Dog Bite>>Dirt Bike -- Detroit -- 1999 A Brand New Testament
Spit On A Stranger -- Pavement -- 1999 Terror Twilight
Does My Ring Burn Your Finger -- Solomon Burke -- 2006 Nashville
Lonesome & Blue -- The Cactus Blossoms -- 2011 s/t
Kiss Me Again -- Jessica Lea Mayfield -- Daytrotter 4/16/2009
Until I Say So -- Drag The River -- 2004 Chicken Demos
outro: Wheels -- Leo Kottke

Saw this today...

Looks like Ben Nichols will be doing this benefit gig at Grumpy's NE the day before his solo gig at the entry. Good thing Dick Balls lives within spitting distance of GNE.

Speaking of that Ben Nicholas gig, My friend Erik the Viking is meeting me at KMSU studios on June 12th for an in-studio recording. Be sure to check out the show that night for a listen of that recording. I'm hoping to cut a KMSU ep for Erik and make him go see Ben.

Speaking of speaking of...had another productive session with local Mankato avant-garde troupe "That's What She Said" in the studio this last week. We were able to lay down 6 solid tracks before Zach hits the road to Peru for 2 years! Good luck to you sir. I'll try and trow some of those recordings up on this blog in the next few days.

Meanwhile, be sure to give Erik the Viking a listen and check out Blues Fest in St. Peter on June 11...Absolutely Free!!





Erik the Viking

That's What She Said

KMSU Listener Appreciation Show

I knew this day was going to be huge. Never even had the chance to see the Fleshtones or The Ledge and to get that chance for free in Mankato was a real treat. It embodied the reason why I love KMSU so much, normal good people making awesome things happen in a great community. Thank you a thousand times to Tim and Shelley for all their hard work. You two do more for Mankato than the people know. Thanks also to Gully, Karen, The Red Sky Lounge, Tune Town, all the volunteers at KMSU and most of all...you the listener! Here is a bunch of pics I was able to get that day. The best is the Legendary Stardust Cowboy playing the trumpet my Mother bought me 20 years ago, thanks Mom!!


The day started by listening to Shuffle Function and hearing a call out for a bugle. Seems as if the Ledge forgot to pack his. The old straight bugles are tough to come by, I suggested he needed to get in contact with a boy scout. I could offer my trumpet, which seemed to work well enough.


Next up was the in-store performance at Tune Town. I proper Rock-Star fashion, it started at 5pm instead of 4pm. But, what a great opportunity to spend some time browsing at the store, where I picked up an awesome Pavement DVD. After their in-store performance, which is the only in-store I've ever been to, I knew the show tonight would be one not to miss.


Then the show...The Ledge blew our socks off in only the way he can and the Altamont Boys tore it up! Down to his Dark Knights, the Ledge left the stage and stuck around to socialize and autograph whatever was handed to him. " I never autographed so many plates!" The Fleshtones ripped it up! I even got in on the push-up man schtick. Let it be known that these guys are rock stars! I can't wait for them to come back and rock Southern Minnesota again. I got some autographs and an impromptu picture with Klaus Fluoride, bass player for the Altamont Boys and founding member of the Dead Kennedys, after an extensive conversation about his daughter, his cell phone, and Embrace the Sound.








The single greatest night of music I have ever experienced in Mankato.