584 Around and about some Post-Country

Took a little break there, the ebb and flow of life can sometimes get overwhelming.   I'm back and hope to continue with my regular cadence of sharing mixes a few times a week.

I was picking up my daughter at school and complimented another dad on his excellent "Murder By Death" t-shirt.  One of the other Dads I was with said he'd never heard of them before.  Upon my recommendation to start with their covers albums, he quickly became a big fan and bought tickets to see them on this tour.  

That exchange got me moving along on this mix, which I had started with some ambient Americana tracks for my series on that topic, though quickly moved into post-country territory.  I also broke out my Possessed by Paul James records which are quite entertaining.  Included some odd ball country tracks I came across, like the one in Eastbound and Down, the Jim Keach track was sampled by the Orb in their YMO "Tong Poo" remixes which is just wild, and then closed it with that Elmer track from a punk rock compilation "Songs About Drinking."

Hope you enjoy the ride.

00:00  Murder By Death - Theme (For Ennio Morricone - Extended Version)

03:56  Little Tornados - Ben's Boat

05:22  The Title Sequence - Desert Song

08:12  Brightblack - Own Time

13:24  J Mascis - Untitled #2

14:46  Aoife O'Donovan - Nebraska (Bruce Springsteen)

18:42  Crownley - Untitled

20:57  A Small Good Thing - Jane Russell

22:58  Andrew Tuttle - Scribbly Gums Park

25:22  The Black Heart Procession - Guess I'll Forget You

29:51  Dean Owens - El Tiradito

32:07  Sara Watkins - Blue Shadows on the Trail

34:43  Jim Reeves - 'Til the End of the World

36:20  Numun - Awaken

39:18  Drag the River - Beautiful & Damned

42:23  Balmorhea - Clear Language

45:35  Terminal Sound System - Theme for Broken Home

51:10  Rebolledo & The Novotones - Mountain Eagle (The Black Frame Desert mix)

57:28  Townes Van Zandt - Waitin' Around to Die

59:48  Marisa Anderson - Bench Seat

60:41  Dean Owens - Mother Road

64:52  Murder By Death - Here's Looking at You, Kid (Gaslight Anthem)

67:59  Possessed By Paul James - Pills Beneath Her Pillow

73:36  Tia Blake - Plastic Jesus

75:57  Mack Allen Smith - I'm Not Drunk, I'm Just Drinkin

77:59  Jim Keach - Wildwood Boys

82:04  Elmer - Here's To You

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543C Post-Country

Wrapping it up with some more structure and less ambient in the traditional sense.  I mean, who would have expected a Funkadelic cover working in this style?  

00:00  Tulsa Drone - Chiaroscuro

04:34  Friends of Dean Martinez - All in a Golden Afternoon

09:34  William Tyler - Highway Anxiety

18:23  Hammock - Drugs and Religion

23:42  Japancakes - Always Stuck with Leaving

28:55  SUSS - Ursa Major

33:00  Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Martha's Dream

36:00  Earth - Tethered to the Polestar

40:26  Calexico - Where Only The Ashes are Left

44:43  All India Radio - Solstice

47:52  Viva Las Vegas - El Rio Llamado Orbigo

50:41  Elliott Smith - Kiwi Maddog 20/20

54:11  Volebeats - Maggot Brain (Funkadelic)

60:11  T.G. Olson - III

66:31  Oiseaux-Tempete - Ouroboros

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454 Latest Ideas mix 3

These are some of the more out there tracks I've been jamming on recently.   Starting this with my love of ambient country/Americana.  I'd seen this Bruce Kaphan album referenced in a review of SUSS, so had to check it out.  Next is a very ambient piece by Calexico which I like a lot.  Hermanos Gutierrez is yet another artist I've come across via Tiny Desk Concerts.  They have the best vibe to their music, I want to chill on my porch at dusk sipping a good tequila to this.  Steven Wilson remixed by Fear Falls Burning is exactly what you'd expect from that pairing.  Spook, the Belgian one (apparently there are many by this name), are hard to nail down though quite engaging.  

This Ka-Spel track comes from a compilation called "Chillicious" and if that wasn't bizarre enough, it also features an early track from Orbit Service when they were mostly still a local Denver band (Randall is now a full time member of the Legendary Pink Dots following the Silverman's retirement).  O Yuki Conjugate brings that creepy ambience and groove like they do best.  This leads us right into Tarta Relena, a new one to me which was also brought to my attention through their amazing Tiny Desk Concert.  These two Spanish Ladies make some mesmerizing and ancient sounding music with a modern flair.  Listening to them reminded me of Holly Herndon's work, so naturally I included this next.  Alluded to in the previous mix, I've been on a Laika binge, so here is their Wire cover in all is glory.  

Just when you think you have every thing from this era, someone goes and posts a promo only remix of an early hit track;  amazing stuff.  Georgia is some dark grimy trance; what I'd always hoped some trance artists might end up sounding like when I was going to raves in the 90s.  Erik Levander reminds me of some Third Eye Foundation, but without the tense fast breaks with maybe some Tigerbeat6 glitch in there.  Last but not least is Frl. Tost, half of one of my favorite groups Novy Svet.  Her partner Jurgen Weber has done his fair share of guest and solo released, while Frl. Tost has seemingly only released this track and one on the Mushroom's Patience solo tracks 7".  I have always wondered if she would release more solo work, but have not found anything.  

00:00  Bruce Kaphan - Country & Eastern

07:07  Calexico - Triple T Truckstop

12:25  Hermanos Gutierrez - Thunderbird

15:48  Steven Wilson - Get All You Deserve (Fear Falls Burning remix)

21:38  SPOOK - Rommelkot

23:41  Edward Ka-Spel - Hey Rainman (Forest Friendly Mix)

30:42  O Yuki Conjugate - Alia Ma

36:55  Tarta Relena - Me yelassan

39:22  Holly Herndon - SWIM

43:53  Gang Gang Dance - Snake Dub

47:10  Laika - German Shepherds (Wire)

51:36  Meat Beat Manifesto - Circles (remix - promo)

55:05  Georgia - Tioga Nicetown

62:12  Erik Levander - Tolvupop

67:35  Frl. Tost - I hate you, Laura

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382 Mark S still plays Simon Says

Fourth and final of this set for Mark in 2010.  Lots of cleanup of leftovers from the last three, plus some real classics and fun tracks.  A mixed bag of styles, though entertaining start to finish.

00:00  DJ Spooky vs Rob Swift - Scratch Battle

02:29  2nd Gen - and_or (Techno Animal vocal mix feat Dalek)

07:31  2Pac x Cookin Soul x DJ Whoo Kid x DJ Scream - Halloween pt II feat Notorious BIG

09:52  Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says (remix)

16:01  My Morning Jacket - Across 110th Street

20:02  Beequeen - The Honeythief

22:41  Faust - Jennifer (alt mix)

27:22  David Lynch - Basically

27:33  Novy Svet - Malavita

30:28  Electrelane - I'm On Fire (Springsteen)

32:40  Perez Prado and His Orchestra - Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom

35:36  Harry Belafonte - Jump In Line (Shake, Shake Senora)

39:17  Astrud Gilberto - Fly Me To The Moon

41:32  Francoise Hardy - Le Temps De l'Amour

43:51  The Velvet Underground - Waiting For My Man (Different Take)

47:56  Buddy Holly - That'll Be The Day (greetings to Murray)

48:21  Bob Dylan - (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle

50:21  Cowboy Copas - Don't Shake Hands With The Devil

52:27  Smokey Harless - Place For Them Called Hell

54:53  Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards - If You Can't Land 'Er On The Old Veranda

57:36  Chick Webb and His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald - Wackey Dust

60:34  Howlin Wolf - Moanin at Midnight

63:28  Rev. Edward W. Clayborn - A Letter From Father

66:22  Rev. Edward W. Clayborn - Your Enemy Cannot Harm You

69:17  Blind Willie Johnson - God Moves on the Water

72:14  Hakim Bey & Nicky Skopelitis - Marco Polo's Tale

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380 Mark S drinks whiskey from the well

Round 2, for Mark from 2010.  More indie folk this round and notably softer in overall tone.  More dialogue from "Last Time I Committed Suicide."

00:00  Dialogue - It's a Metaphor

00:13  Monsters of Folk - Baby Boomer

02:57  Bright Eyes - Well Whiskey

07:01  Bad Books - The Easy Mark & The Old Maid

10:33  The Leisure Society - A Short Weekend Begins With Longing

13:45  The Living Sisters - Ferris Wheel

16:46  Akron; Family - Miccheck

19:21  The Tallest Man on Earth - The Gardner

23:10  This Immortal Coil - Amber Rain (Coil)

26:18  Snowglobe - Dream Works

31:10  Mojave 3 - Give What You Take

35:21  Trespassers William - Vapour Trail (Ride)

40:09  Lana Mir - I Wanna Be Adored (Stone Roses)

43:07  Band of Horses - Our Swords

45:23  The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make (Peel Session)

48:29  Yo La Tengo - Let's Save Tony Orlando's House (Sonic Boom remix)

52:24  Emiliana Torrini - If You Go Away (Scott Walker)

56:45  Devendra Banhart - The Charles C. Leary

59:28  Aranos - New Guitar

63:35  Johnny Price - Marijuana, The Devil Flower

66:17  Johnny Cash - Wer Kennt Den Weg

68:15  Buddy Holly - Dearest

70:05  Elizabeth Cotten - Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie

74:45  Dialogue - Carry On, My Brother

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280b - Indie Folk for my Wife vol 2

Here is the second half, this one is more my heavy hand on the track selection.  A lot of the tracks are from the same artists on vol 1, trying to keep it to one track per artist on these mixes, which is a challenge for me.

00:00  Calexico - Harness the Wind

02:46  Jess Williamson - Wind on Tin

05:49  Angel Olsen - Sweet Dreams

08:55  Bright Eyes - Four Winds

12:59  Modest Mouse - Gravity Rides Everything

17:05  Monsters of Folk - Map Of The World

21:03  Mojave 3 - Mercy

25:51  Iron and Wine & Ben Bridwell - The Straight and Narrow (Spiritualized)

30:58  Rex - All Waves

36:33  Daughter - Still

40:03  Indigo Sparke - Colourblind

43:47  Frightened Rabbit - Poke (Daytrotter session)

48:17  J Mascis - Fade Into You (Mazzy Star)

52:38  Big Star - Blue Moon

54:35  Sybil - Asleep (The Smiths)

57:06  George Harrison - My Sweet Lord

60:20  Haley Richman - Wicked Game (Chris Isaak)

64:37  10,000 Maniacs - Trouble Me

67:41  Steve Gunn - Way Out Weather

73:44  Ray Charles & Willie Nelson - Seven Spanish Angels

77:23  Eddy Arnold - The Streets of Laredo

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Episode 184b - Country & Western

More favorites from the golden days of country.

00:00  Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire

02:31  Marty Robbins - El Paso

06:48  Tennessee Buck & The Three Strings - Tennessee Border

09:25  Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man

12:01  Ray Price - Release Me

14:38  Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash - Girl From The North Country

18:19  George Jones - Heartaches By The Number

20:49  Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Nobody's Sweetheart Now

23:17  Waylon Jennings - Abilene

25:08  Eddy Arnold - I'll Hold You In My Heart (Til I Can Hold You In My Arms)

27:47  Kris Kristofferson - Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)

31:22  Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

35:36  Tom Tall & Ginny Wright - I've Got Somebody New

38:02  Ray Price - One More Time

40:45  Johhny Horton - North To Alaska

43:29  Johnny Cash - Delia's Gone

45:41  Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces

48:27  Leon Payne - I Love You Because

51:08  Roy Rogers - The Yellow Rose of Texas

53:35  Willie Nelson - Unchained Melody

57:24  Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You

60:24  Marty Robbins - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You

63:30  Floyd Tillman - You're Not Worth The Teardrops

66:07  Hank Williams Sr. - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain

68:50  Jim Reeves - Making Believe 

71:01  Lefty Frizzell - What Good Did You Get (Out Of Breaking My Heart)

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Episode 184a - Country & Western

Songs from a golden era of Country & Western music.

00:00  Lemmy, Slim Jim and Danny B - Big River

02:23  Waylon Jennings - Don't Think Twice Its Alright

05:00  Johnny Cash - Man In Black

07:47  Marty Robbins - Big Iron

11:41  Roy Hogsed - Cocaine Blues

14:12  Dolly Parton - Jolene

16:45  Ray Price - If You're Ever Lonely Darlin

19:14  Patsy Cline - Crazy

21:54  Hank Williams Sr. - Ramblin Man

24:53  Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues

27:34  Lefty Frizzell - Sick, Sober and Sorry

30:02  Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Mornin Comin Down

34:23  Patsy Cline - Walkin After Midnight

36:19  Bruce Springsteen - Highway Patrolman

41:52  John Denver - Take Me Home Country Roads

44:57  Hank Williams Sr. - Alone and Forsaken

46:52  Roy Rogers - Don't Fence Me In

49:38  Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons

52:10  George Jones - Just One More

54:49  Buck Owens - It Don't Show On Me

57:06  Tom Tall & Ginny Wright - Where Were You

59:39  Linda Ronstadt - Desperado

63:07  Jim Reeves - Til The End Of The World

64:43  Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

68:13  Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman

71:13  Willie Nelson - Always On My Mind

74:38  Gene Autry - You Are My Sunshine

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Episode 127 - Country and Bluegrass

00:00 Sturgill Simpson - Breakers Roar

03:30 Parker Millsap - Disappear (live)

07:09 The Deep Dark Woods - 18th of December

10:47 Iron & Wine & Ben Bridwell - The Straight and Narrow (Spiritualized)

15:55 Julie Fowlis - Blackbird

18:32 Parker Millsap - Heaven Sent (live)

22:34 Sturgill Simpson - All Around You

26:09 The Tallest Man on Earth - Love is All

30:15 Otis Redding - Pain in My Heart

32:32 The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl

35:51 The Living Sisters - Don't Let The Sun Go Down

39:23 Jack Sharp - Adieu to Old England

42:33 Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave)

47:02 Of Montreal - Harvest Moon (Neil Young)

49:19 Iron Horse - Renegade (Styx)

53:21 Margo Price - Heartaches and Hangovers

56:17 The Three Amigos - My Little Buttercup

57:44 Bruce Springsteen - Downbound Train

60:45 Bonnie Dobson and The Lords of Thyme - Hares on the Mountain

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