February 4, 2011

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February 4, 2011
Encore broadcast from April 2010
Lucero, Sons of Bill, The Bottle Rockets,
Sam Bush, Bud Carroll & Southern Souls
February 11, 2011
Encore broadcast from April 2010
Ani DiFranco, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue,
Andy McKee, Chuck Prophet, Erin McKeown
February 18, 2011
Encore broadcast from May 2010
Patty Loveless, The Grascals,
Loudon Wainwright III, Pieta Brown,
Leslie Stephens & The Badgers
February 25, 2011
Encore broadcast from May 2010
Paul Thorn, Peter Bradley Adams, The Fox Hunt,
Band of Heathens, Kelley Ryan
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Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
Peter Bradley Adams
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Stage Notes
Sam Bush
February 4, 2011
Lucero - Playing hundreds of dates for several years, Lucero has gone from
earnest indie rockers to a major label act. Its major label debut, “1372 Overton
Park” finds the band incorporating more of a Memphis soul sound backed by
a horn section. Formed by Ben Nichols in the late ‘90s, Lucero issued its first
CD in 2001. The 2003 release “That Much Further West” earned the group a
spot on Rolling Stone’s “Hot List.” In 2005, “Nobody’s Darlings” was produced
by Jim Dickinson while director Aaron Goldman mixed archival footage with
footage shot during the recording of the album, for his documentary on Lucero titled “Dreaming in America.”
Sam Bush - Grammy winning, multi-instrumentalist Sam Bush is one of the
architects of the newgrass movement and has emerged as the patriarch of
jazzgrass mandolinists. Bush was instrumental in expanding the horizons of
bluegrass music, fusing it with jazz, rock, blues, funk and other styles. He cofounded the genre-bending New Grass Revival and is an in-demand musician
who has played with everyone from Emmylou Harris and Bela Fleck to Charlie
Haden, Lyle Lovett and Garth Brooks.
Bottle Rockets - The Bottle Rockets’ history dates back to the mid-‘80s and
the beginning of the alt-country movement. Recording for a succession of indie labels since 1998, the group still relies on the same combination of rough
and earthy roots sound with lyrics that explore a committed (and cynical)
social consciousness.
Sons of Bill - As the name implies,
the five-piece group is led by the
three sons -- James, Sam and Abe
-- of Bill Wilson, an associate professor of philosophical theology at
the University of Virginia and, more
importantly, the inspiration behind
his sons’ love of music.
Bud Carroll & The Southern Souls
- Huntington, WV, native Bud Carroll
began playing guitar at age 8 and
was playing in clubs three nights a
week by the time he was 13.
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The Southern Souls includes bassist
Jimmy Lykens, drummer Steve Barker
and multi-instrumentalist Jon Cavendish. The group’s full-length debut,
“Wasted Words & Best Intentions”
was recorded in Athens, OH, with
producer Eddie Ashworth (Sublime).
On Today’s Program
Hour 1
Sons of Bill -- Broken Bottles; Roll on
Jordan; The Rain; Joey’s Arm
The Bottle Rockets -- Shame On Me; Give Me Room; The Long Way
Bud Carroll & The Southern Souls -- I’m
No Stranger; I Don’t Believe You; Hell Raisin’ Kind
Hour 2
Sam Bush -- Circles Around Me; Out On
The Ocean; The Ballad of Stringbean
& Estelle; Roll On, Buddy, Roll On; Blue
Mountain
Julie Adams -- Bird On a Wire
Lucerno -- Nights Like These; Can’t Feel a
Thing; Tears Don’t Matter Much; Mom
Larry Groce & Company -- Suzie Q
February 2011
February 11, 2011
Stage Notes
Ani DiFranco -- With a business plan that’s as gutsy as her songs, Ani DiFranco
emerged as one of the most influential musical forces of the ‘90s. The outspoken Buffalo, NY, native built a massive grassroots following. The prolific songwriter has released 21 CDs as well as eight discs in her “Official Bootleg Series.”
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue -- At 23, Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews has already achieved more acclaim than most players twice his age.
Growing up in New Orleans’ Treme neighborhood, Trombone Shorty was a
bandleader by the age of six. In 2009, New Orleans music magazine “Offbeat”
named Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue “Best R&B/Funk Band” for the second year in a row, and he has twice been named “Performer of The Year.”
Chuck Prophet -- Prophet first made his mark as the young guitarist in L.A.’s
Green on Red, a forerunner of the Paisley Underground movement. After GoR
disbanded in 1992, Prophet released a string of solo CDs filled with catchy
pop songs that earned him a strong following overseas. Throughout his solo
career, he has worked with legends and inspirations from Warren Zevon and
Lucinda Williams to Bob Neuwirth, Billy Swan and beat poet Hubert Huncke.
Erin McKeown -- Raised in Fredricksburg, VA, singer/songwriter Erin McKewon
began pursuing music while attending Brown University, issuing two albums
before earning a degree in ethnomusicology. To raise funds for the making
of her “Hundreds of Lions,” McKeown produced a four-part series of internet
house concerts. Fans purchased “tickets” to virtually attend shows streamed
live from in and around McKeown’s remote riverside cottage.
On Today’s Program
Hour 1
Erin McKeown -- (Put the Fun Back In)
The Funeral; Hundreds of Lions; You,
Sailor
Chuck Prophet -- Hot Talk; You and Me
Baby (Holding On); Let Freedom Ring
Andy McKee -- Rylynn; Drifting; Nocturine
Ani DiFranco
Andy McKee -- In his teens, McKee
began studying the music of Michael
Hedges, Don Ross, Billy McLaughlin
and Preston Reed, and later added
influences from groups like Earth
Wind and Fire, The Yellowjackets,
Bjork, and Pantera. A native of Topeka, KS, McKee’s playing includes
altered tunings, harp guitars, partial
capos, percussive hits, and twohanded tapping.
Hour 2
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
-- Orleans and Clairborne; Oo Poo Pah Dooh; St. James Infirmary
Ani DiFranco -- Anticipate; 78% H2O;
Splinter; Present/Infant; Which Side
Are You On?; Overlap
Larry Groce & Company -- You Keep A
Knockin’ But You Can’t Come In
February 2011
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February 18, 2011
Patty Loveless – Loveless, a Pikeville, KY, native, has been called a “new traditionalist” whose music draws from country’s honky-tonk tradition. While
still in high school, she auditioned for Porter Wagoner who quickly asked
her to perform with him and Dolly Parton. To date, the singer has issued
eight Gold Record albums, four of which have gone on to Platinum status.
Loudon Wainwright III – For his release, “High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project,” Wainwright chronicles the life and times of country music
pioneer Charlie Poole through originals and Poole standards. The album
won a Grammy for “Traditional Folk Album.” Well known as the author of
the Top 20 hit “Dead Skunk,” Loudon Wainwright III is a songwriter blessed
with uncommon wit and insight. He has also appeared on TV (“M*A*S*H”),
film (“Jacknife”) and stage (“Pump Boys and Dinettes”). Wainwright played
a Southern mayor in Tim Burton’s “Big Fish”; appeared (along with celebrity
offspring Rufus and Martha Wainwright) in Martin Scorsese’s “The Aviator”;
and most recently he has been seen in Judd Apatow’s “Knocked Up.”
Grascals - The Grascals have earned a place as one of the country’s top
contemporary bluegrass groups,
winning numerous bluegrass music
awards including “Entertainers of the
Year,” “Instrumental Group of the
Hour 1
Year,” “Bluegrass Band of the Year,”
Leslie Stevens & The Badgers -- Los
and “Mandolin Player of the Year.”
Angeles; Old Timers; My Tears Are
On Today’s Program
Pieta Brown - Pieta Brown is an
itinerant artist whose music has been
shaped by her parents and her upbringing. (Her father is folk icon Greg
Brown.) In “Shimmer,” Brown brings
together disparate musical influences
that include Loretta Lynn, P.J. Harvey,
Cat Power, and Feist.
Patty Loveless
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Leslie and the Badgers - Countryrockers Leslie & the Badgers was
formed by singer/songwriter/guitarist Leslie Stevens, a Missouri native
transplanted to Los Angeles. The
group’s current release is titled
“Roomful of Smoke.”
Wasted On You
Julie Adams -- Sun Runs
Loudon Wainwright -- Times Is Hard;
Didn’t He Ramble; High, Wide and
Handsome; Cash for Clunkers
Pieta Brown -- Other Way Around; Are
You Free; Lovin’ You Still (Closin’
Time); Calling All Angels
Hour 2
The Grascals -- Happy Go Lucky; Only
Daddy That’ll Walk The Line; Last
Train to Clarksville; Satan and
Grandma; Born to Boogie/Women
I Never Had/All My Rowdy Friends
(Hank Jr. Medley); Sally Goodin’
Patty Loveless -- On Down the Line;
Prisoner’s Tears; Bramble and the
Rose; Busted; You’ll Never Leave
Harlan Alive
Larry Groce & Company-- No Hiding
Place
February 2011
February 25, 2011
Stage Notes
Paul Thorn - The son of an evangelist preacher -- which afforded him is first
onstage experience -- Paul Thorn is a compelling songwriter and storyteller.
Thorn’s break came when he was “discovered” by record honcho Miles Copeland in the late ‘90s. Soon, he was opening for acts like Mark Knopfler, Jeff
Beck, Sting, John Hiatt, Robert Cray, Marianne Faithfull and John Prine. His
music is infused with the soul of the Mississippi heartland: blues, country, gospel, rhythm and blues, and rock n’ roll. Thorn’s current release is titled “A Long
Way From Tupelo,” with “Pimps and Preachers” due in 2010.
Paul Thorn
Band of Heathens - Comprised of singers/songwriters/guitar-pickers Colin
Brooks, Gordy Quist and Ed Jurdi, bassist Seth Whitney and drummer John
Chipman, Band of Heathens mixes soul, folk and country in the tradition of the
Band, Little Feat and Townes Van Zandt. The group’s 2008 self-titled release
was produced by Ray Wylie Hubbard and hit No. 1 on the Americana Music
Association Radio chart, spent two months at No. 1 on the Euro-Americana
Radio chart, and wound up at No. 8 on the AMA’s Top 100 Albums of 2008 list.
That album also earned the band an Americana Music Association Honors &
Awards nomination for 2009 New Emerging Artist of the Year.
Peter Bradley Adams - Formerly one half of the duo Eastmountainsouth,
Peter Bradley Adams has released three solo records: “Gather Up”, “Leavetaking”, and his most recent, “Traces” (October 2009). His music has appeared in
40-plus films and television shows
including “The Mentalist,” “One Tree
Hill,” “Brothers and Sisters” and the
film “Everybody’s Fine” starring Robert De Niro.
Hour 1
On Today’s Program
Peter Bradley Adams -- I Cannot Settle
Down; Be Still My Heart; The Longer I
Run; Deep In the Ground
Kelley Ryan -- About a Girl; Bleeding a
Girl; The Lady’s Daughter; Heart and
Bone; That’s All
The Fox Hunt -- Hang Me; Four Horses;
We Know This Town/Lord We Get High
Hour 2
Band of Heathens -- L.A. County Blues; What’s This World; Somebody Tell
The Truth; Right Here With Me; You’re
Gonna Miss Me
Paul Thorn -- You Might Be Wrong; Weeds
In My Roses; That’s Life; Lover’s
Vacation; Tequila Is Good For the
Heart; Pimps and Preachers
Larry Groce & Company-- I Shall Be
Released
February 2011
Kelley Ryan - This singer/songwriter
Kelley Ryan struck out on her own
with “Twisted.” She has also achieved
considerable success as a songwriter
with songs featured in the films “The
Trojan War” and “Colin Fitz,” the NBCTV movie “Friends Till The End” and
the soap opera “Another World.”
The Fox Hunt - Led by singer/songwriters John R. Miller and Matt Kline,
along with Matthew Metz and Ben
Townsend, this Martinsburg, WVbased group assimilates influences
that begin with early 20th Century
string band music and incorporate
their own personal upbringing.
Their third CD, “Long Way to Go,” was
released in February 2010.
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