Songwriters Showcase (Music)
With Ed Becker
Sun Dec 26th 2010 10.00am–12.00pm
R=listener request. N=music new at the station. L=local music. Your purchases using the Buy it! links
Time zone: central
10:03am | Perry Keyes “NYE” from Meter (Laughing Outlaw 2005) —Best song about New Years Eve that I can think of.Buy it! |
10:08am | Luke Steele & Katy Steele “Good Things” from Long Gone Whistle: The Songs of Maurice Frawley (Liberation 2010) N —The start of some of my best of 2010 songs ...Buy it! |
10:13am | Lynn Miles “Fearless Heart” from Fall for Beauty (TRUE NORTH RECORDS 2010) N —A new set of gems from this canadian singer/songwriter who never disappoints.Buy it! |
10:17am | Adam Carroll & Michael O'Connor “New Years Eve” from Hard Times (Adam Carroll 2009) —One of 2 new releases from Texas Wordsmith Adam Carroll and my introduction to Michael O'ConnerBuy it! |
10:20am | Peter Wolf “Tragedy” from Midnight Souvenirs (Verve 2010) N —w/Shelby Lynne on backing vocals, I saw this on a lot of KDHX dj top 10 lists.Buy it! |
10:24am | Peter Rudy “Honus Wagner's Bat” from Mud Shack SINGLE (Big Chief 2010) N —Another new one, the baseball song caught my attention, and the rest of the cd won me over.Buy it! |
10:28am | Blue Rodeo “One Light Left in Heaven” from The Things We Left Behind (Red Eye 2010) N —Canadian stars, duo frontmen Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor with 2 cd's worth of new tunes.Buy it! |
10:43am | Turnpike Troubadours “Every Girl” from Diamonds & Gasoline (Onward Music 2009) —Not a weak cut from this infectous Oklahoma Band, my favorite new discovery in 2010Buy it! |
10:46am | John Hiatt “The Open Road” (New West 2010) N —Another master delivers another great set of songs.Buy it! |
10:51am | Bruce Springsteen “Because the Night” from The Promise (Columbia 2010) N —Originally written in the 70's and given to Patti Smith, now on the Promise, an outtake album from Bruce's Darkness on the Edge of Town.Buy it! |
10:55am | Scott McClatchy “American Land” from A Dark Rage (self 2010) N —A favorite new discovery, this great Springsteen cover seemed to fit here, also a Shane MacGowen cover along with 10 great originals by Scott.Buy it! |
10:59am | Willie Nile “The Innocent Ones” (River House 2011) N —Willie usually takes a few years between releases, this is his 2nd release in 2 years, and we're the ones who benefit.Buy it! |
11:08am | Mary Chapin Carpenter “Mrs. Hemingway” from The Age Of Miracles (Zoe www.thehip.com 2010) N —Great to hear new music from Mary.Buy it! |
11:14am | Tom Russell “Heart of a Bucking Horse” from Cowboy'd All to Hell (Frontera Records 2010) N —Tom rerecorde many of cowboy classics on one disc, it did include this one never released song. Look for a new release from Tom early next year, new songs with the help of Fats Kaplin, Barry Walsh, Gretchen Peters, Wll Kimbro, Victor Kraus, Calexico, Etc.Buy it! |
11:17am | Norah Jones “Loretta” from ...Featuring (Blue Note 2010) N —w/Gillian Welch and David RawlingsBuy it! |
11:21am | Kevin Welch “Marysville” from A Patch of Blue Sky (Music Road Records 2010) N —Kevin's first solo release in lot of years, a true story about an Austrailan town destroyed by recent wildfires.Buy it! |
11:24am | Chely Wright “Like Me” from Lifted Off the Ground (Painted Red 2010) N —Chely's fine new cd produced by Rodney Crowell.Buy it! |
11:33am | Reckless Kelly “Thelma” from Somewhere In Time (Yep Roc Records 2010) N —Reckless Kelly's tribute to the songs of Pinto Bennett & the Famous Motel Cowboys.Buy it! |
11:37am | David Olney “Covington Girl” from Dutchman's Curve (Deadbeat Records 2010) N —David Onley a songwriters songwriter and a master of his craft, made 2 St.Louis apearences with his buddy Sergio Webb in 2010.Buy it! |
11:44am | Ellis Paul “Rose Tattoo” from Live @ KDHX 12/6/09 (self 2009) —This show with Ellis Paul and Adam Ezra was the last of hundreds of shows that Larry hosted in the KDHX studios, he was the best interviewer I ever heard and made all the guests feel relaxed and comfortable.Buy it! |
11:51am | Ellis Paul “The Lights of Vegas” from Live @ KDHX 12/6/09 (self 2009) —It's hard to believe a year has passed, he's still missed each and every day.Buy it! |
11:58am | Ellis Paul “Snow in Austin” from Live @ KDHX 12/6/09 (self 2009) —I appreciate all the tremendous support throughout the year, have a happy and healthy New Year, Thanks !!!!Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate. Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.