The Believers

The Believers will be live in the studio today for a very rare Saturday in studio.
Tune in during the two o'clock hour.
Saw some of you Friday at the Flatrock Music Fest. Fun was had.

Playlist 9-28-07

6am
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Your Long Journey
Nanci Griffin - Sing One For Sister
Two Dollar Pistols - Doesn't Matter Much
Roman Carter - It's All Rite
REM - Imitation of Life
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numbe
Tom Gilliam - Ride
Lori McKenna - Witness to Your Life
Peter Case - Coulda Shoulda Woulda
JJ Cale - Ooh La La
Waybacks - Scrapple from the Apple
Mark Knopfler - Behind With the Rent
Doc Watson - Daybreak Blues (request)
Jerry Garcia and David Grisman - Shady Grove (request)
Dave Alvin - Nine Volt Heart (request)
7am
Dave Olney - No Lies
Antsy McLain - Feild Trip (request)
Mama Said - Isrealites (Mama Said)
Michael Reno Harrell - The Sound of Goodbye
Grace Potter - Falling or Flying
John Mellencamp - Your Life is Now
Jack Johnson and G Love - Rainbow
Johny Irion - She Cast Fire
Hayes Carll - River Town
Sons of Bills - Roll on Jordon (request)
Hackensaw Boys - Oh Girl (request)
King Wilkie - Wrecking Ball
The Duhks - Down to the River
Emmylou Harris - Highway of Heartache
8am
James Leva - River of Fire
Carolina Gator Gumbo - Hello Josephine
Steve Earle - Tenessee Blues
Red Stick Ramblers - Les Oiseaux Vont Chanter
Malcolm Holcombe - The Old Woman Taught Wisdom
Linda Thompson - Versitle Heart
Susan Tedeschi - Magnificent Sanctuary Band
Raul Malo - Welcome to my World
John Fogerty - Don't You Wish it Was True
Jim Lauderdale - Chances
John Hiatt - Love in a Hurricane
Emmylou Harris - Gone
Patty Griffin - Useless Desires (request)

Playlist 9-27-07

6am
King Wilkie - Wrecking Ball
Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash - Ghost Riders in the Sky
David Childers and the MDJs - Little Cindy
Kim Richey - Get Together
Steve Earle - The Kind
John Lennon - Just Like Starting Over
Delbert McClinton- I'm With You
Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly (request)
Grateful Dead - Monkey and Engineer (request)
Eilen Jewel - Heartbreak Boulavard
Rod Stewart - Downtown Train (request)
Michael Reno Harrell - Caroline (request)
Hackensaw Boys - Radio
Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band - All Downhill
Amy LaVere - This World is Not My Home
7am
Adrianne Young - Natural Bridge
Circuit Riders - Cold Wind
Walt Wilkins - Trains I Missed
Beatles - All My Loving
Jim Lauderdale - This is the Last Time
Son Volt - L Train (request)
Cadillac Sky - Born Loansome (request)
Douglas Barenburg Meyer - Big Bug
Subdudes - Work Clothes
BR549 - That's What I Get
Springsteen, Brown - Stay
Grace Potter - Falling or Flying
Derek Trucks - Chevrolet
Neil Young - Alabama
8am\
Off to the NAB Roadshow in Charlotte, see you guys tomarrow. Don't forget to tune in this afternoon in the 2pm hour for Blue Mother Tupelo live in Studio.

Playlist 9-26-07 and Music News

Out yesterday so no playlist
6am
Kim Richey - Chinese Boxes
Paul McCartney - End of the End
Avett Brothers - The Fall
Mark Knopfler - True Love Will Never Fade
Gov't Mule - Soulshine
Beatles - Rain
Finn Brothers - Anything Can Happen
David Olney - No Lies
Richard and Linda Thompson - Walking on a Wire
Johnny Irion - Short Leash
Jimi Hendrix - Stone Free
Adrienne Young - River and a Dirt Road
Earls Scruggs and Friends - Passin' thru (request)
CCR - Bad Moon Rising (request)
Maththew Knight - Easter
7am
The Everybodyfields - Aeroplane
Kevin Kinney and John Poper - Scarred but Smarter
Two Tons of Steel - Ice Cream Man
Doc Watson - Shake Rattle and Roll (request)
The Bluegrass Elvises - Little Sister (request)
Infamous Stringdusters - Starry Night

We interrupt this play list for some music news........
ASBURY PARK, N.J. (AP) _ They're being billed as rehearsals, but fans don't seem to be noticing any of the mistakes Bruce Springsteen swears he and the E Street Band have been making. Springsteen's third rehearsal takes place this Friday at an arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. If it's anything like the others, fans who paid $100 a ticket will think they got their money's worth. Springsteen performed 21 songs in 2 hours at his first rehearsal Monday night. They're getting ready for their first tour in four years. It starts October 2nd in Hartford, Connecticut, the same day their CD "Magic" drops.

NASHVILLE (AP) _ The Eagles new single is hot on the country charts, so they're going to take advantage of that and play at the Country Music Association Awards in Nashville. They'll perform "How Long," the first song from their upcoming double album "Long Run out of Eden." It'll be their first time on the CMAs which are being held November 7th in Nashville.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Merle Haggard's is releasing his first bluegrass album. It's called ''The Bluegrass Sessions'' and it comes out October 2nd. Haggard says bluegrass music is true music. He says it's the opposite of what is happening in country music. He calls country music today -- quote -- ''too perfect.'' Haggard recorded the bluegrass album at Ricky Skaggs' Tennessee studio. Marty Stuart played guitar and mandolin on the CD. The CD includes Haggard songs and it also features a duet with Alison Krauss on the song ''Mama's Hungry Eyes.'' Haggard also has a box set coming out called the "Legends of American Music: Merle Haggard" and it's in stores on November 6th. The three-CD collection is a compilation of Haggard's 45 year career. It contains 60 of his biggest hits including "Today I Started Loving You Again," "The Fugitive," "Swinging Doors," and "Okie from Muskogee."

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Mountain Heart's new album, ''Road That Never Ends (The Live Album)'' comes out October 23rd. The CD was recorded earlier this year at a 400 seat venue in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It's the band's first live recording. Mountain Heart captured the International Bluegrass Music Association ''Emerging Artist of the Year'' award in 1999.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Jack Ingram is going to perform for approximately 500 contest winners as part of a special CMA Awards giveaway on November 6th in Nashville. His latest single ''Measure of A Man''is a top 20 hit.

Now Back to the Music....
Dwight Yoakam - Guitars Cadillacs
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band w/Guy Clark - South Texas Girl
The Band - Life is a Carnival (request)
Emmylou Harris - Highway of Heartache
Over the Rhine - I'm On a Roll
Elizabeth Cook - Sunday Morning
Merle Haggard - Honkey Tonk Night Time Man
8am
Kane Welch Kaplin - No One Told Me
Tater - Over The Falls (request)
Brandi Carlile - My Song (request)
Two Dollar Pistols - When It Was Over
Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers - Flower in the Rain
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Please Read the Letter
JJ Cale - Golden Ring
John Mellencamp - Human Wheels
Jim Lauderdale - One Piece at a time (request)

Playlist 9-24-07

6am
Steve Forbert - Middle Age
Sherly Crow - I Know Why
Evoka - On Your Face
Luka Bloom - Change
Carol King - Locomotion
George Harrison - Give Me Love
Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash - Ghost Riders In the Sky
Robbie Fulks - Busy Not Crying
Jack Johnson - Upside Down
Dave Matthews - Number 41
Pretenders - Nothing Breaks Like a Heart
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band - All Downhill
7am
Raul Malo - Welcome to My World (request)
Nora Jones - World of Trouble
Jim Lauderdale - Chances
Lori McKenna - Unglamorous
Kane Welch Kaplin - Highland Mary
DeChamps Band / Belleville Outfit - Going to New Orleans (request)
Subdudes - Street Symphony
Billy Joe Shaver and Kris Kristoperson - No Earthly Good
Steve Earle - City of Immigrants
Kim Richey - Get Together
Two Dollar Pistols - I Still Need her
Eilen Jewel - Dusty Boxcar Wall
Eagles - How Long
Carl Jackson and John Starling - I Could Cry
Gram Parsons - Streets of Baltimore
8am
Luka Bloom - I am a River
Scott Miller - Minute Man
Mary Chapin Carpenter - Take My Chances
Alana Davis - The Reaper
Doug Spartz - Flight of Jesse James
Patty Griffin - Trapize
Patty Griffin - Heavenly Days (two from Patty by request)
Wyalon Jennings - Are you Sure Hank Done It This way
Lori McKenna - Witness to Your Life
Two Tons of Steel - Your Kiss
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Gone Gone Gone
Peter Rowan and Crucial Country - Howlin' At the Moon
Mark Knopfler - Madam Geneva's
J.J. Cale - Golden Ring

Playlist 9-21-07

6am
Marty Stuart and Johnny Cash - Doing My Time
David Gray - Latley
Flatt and Scruggs - Down the Road
Adrianne Young - Dark Around the Moon
Ricky Scaggs and Bruce Hornsy - Madolin Rain
Lenord Cohen - Bird on a Wire
Counting Crows - Rain King
Eilen Jewel - Rich Man's World
John Mellencamp - Thank You
Jason Isbell - The Magician
Malcolm Holcombe - Doin' My Job
Pat Flynn - This Heart of Mine
Sheryl Crow - Abilene
Kasey Chambers - Cry Like a Baby
Mark Knopfler - Behind in the Rent
7am
Robbie Fulks - In Bristol Town One Bright Day (request)
Raul Malo - Welcome to my World (request)
Lyle Lovett - All Downhill
Erin McKeown - You Were Right About Everything
Antibodies - The Stare
Old School Freight Train - Come Back
Patty Griffin - Rowing Song
Elvis Costello - Everyday I Write the Book
Townes Van Zandt - To Lives to Fly
Townes Van Zandt - Tecumseh Valley (request)
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Your Long Journey
The Three Pickers - Road to Spencer
8am
The Carter Family - Cannon Ball Blues
Hackensaw Boys - Radio
Gigi Dover - Crazy Molly
Marty Stuart and Lester Flatt - Rawhide
Got to Run to an appointment this morning so I'm must end today's blog a little early.

Playlist 9-20-07

6am
Gurf Morlix - Madalyn's Bones
Keane - Your Eyes Open
Two Dollar Pistols - How's Life
Mike Farris - Oh Mary Don't You Weep
Willie Nelson - America the Beautiful
Bob Dylan - Cold Irons Bound
The Greencards - Love's a Word I Never Throw Around
Van Morrison - Starting a New Life
Walt Wilkins - Trains I Missed
Solomon Burke - Up to the Mountain
Jefferson Airplane - Good Shepherd
Over the Rhine - Trouble
Alison Krauss - Oh, Atlanta
Kim Richey - A Place Called Home
7am
Steve Earle - City of Immigrants
JJ Cale - Daylight
Michael Reno Harrell - Me and You
Jim Lauderdale - Chances
Chris Smither - Train Home
Donna the Buffalo - Front Porch
Acoustic Syndicate - Strike Not Your Brother Down (request)
Dwight Yoakam - Little Ways
Peter Rowan and Tony Rice - Guardian Angels (request)
Sarah Borges - The Day We Met
The Everybodyfields - Don't Turn Around
Tom Petty - Have Love will Travel
Alison Krauss and James Taylor - Down to the River To Pray
8am
Tim O'Brien - House of the Rising Sun
Flatt and Scurggs - Rolling in My Sweet Babies Arms (request)
Dylan Gilbert - In Camera
Judith Owen - Conway Bay
Fred Eaglesmith - Wilder Than Her
Allman Brothers Band - Dreams
Dr. John - World I Never Made
Jay Boy Adams - Showman's Life (request)
Son Volt - Highways and Cigarettes (request)
Ben Taylor - Ohio
Divine Maggies - Little Black Crows
Amy LaVere - Washing Machine

Playlist 9-19-07

6am
Gurf Morlix - Madalyn's Bones
Danielle Howle - I'll Be Blue
Robbie Fulks - Bluebirds Are Singing For Me
The DeChamps Band - I'm Blue
Sarah McLachan - Full of Grace
Dave Matthews - Grave Digger
Luka Bloom - Change
Greg Parker - Get in Line Caroline
Jason Isbell - The Magician
Ollabelle - No More My Lawd
Old School Freight Train - Lookee Here
Pretenders - Middle of the Road
Trina Hamlin and Randy Saxon - Bring It On Home
Kelly Willis - Stone's Throw Away
7am
Richard Thompson - A 11 (request)
Flatt and Scruggs - Old Salty Dog Blues (request)
Tony Rice - Muleskinner Blues (request)
Peter Rowan and Tony Rice - Gaurdian Angels (request)
Malcolm Holcombe - Back in '29
Lyle Lovett - All Downhill
Crosby Stills Nash and Young - Wooden Ships
Kim Richey - Get Together (request)
Steve Earle - City of Immigrants
Sons of Bill - Back to the Time (request)
Jim Lauderdale - Sometimes (request)
Jim Lauderdale - Chances
Mindy Smith - Peace of Mind
Bill Monroe - I Saw the Light
8am
Infamous Stringdusters - Starry Night (request)
Polecat Creek - Nandina
Chatham County Line - Savoy Special
King Wilkie - Wrecking Ball
Jimmy Hall - Salty
Sam Bush - Spirit is the Journey
Kane Welch Kaplin - Callin' You
Hackensaw Boys - Gospel Plow
Bruce Hornsby - Across the River
Mark Olson - Poor Michael's Boat
Patty Loveless - sounds of Loneliness
John Hiatt - Have a Little Faith IN Me

Playlist 9-18-07

I've not been working my morning shift lately so I've not been Blogging but things are now back on Track. So, here we go!
6am
Polecat Creek - Sweet Nandina
Dispatch - The General
Blue Dogs - Make Your Mama Proud
Johnny Irion - She Cast Fire
Dwigth Yokam - Guitars Cadillacs
Bruce Hornsby - The Vally Road
Loudon Wainwright III - Feels so Good
Raul Malo - Cold Cold Heart
Elizabeth Cook - Sunday Morning
The Subdudes - Fairweather Friend
Traveling Wilburys - Rattled
George Harrison - That's the Way it Goes
Invisible Cowboy - Living Alone
Bruce Springsteen - Backstreets
Steve Forbert - Good Planets
7am
Chris Knight - Leaving Souvenirs (request)
CCR - Proud Mary (request)
John Fogerty - Born on the Bayou (request)
Sons of Bill - Roll on Jordan (request)
Kelly Willis - I Must Be Lucky
Grateful Dead - Been All Around The World
Grace Potter - Ain't No Time
Kane Welch Kaplin - No One Told Me
Gram Parsons - In My Hour of Darkness (request)
Gillian Welch - Look at Miss Ohio
King Wilkie - Savannah
Ryan Adams - Pearls on a String
Lyle Lovett - All Downhill
Marty Stuart and Earl Scurggs - Mr. John Henry Steel Driving Man
Linda Thompson - Versatile Heart
8am
Dale Brittain - Homecoming
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Sourwood Mountain (request)
Jorma Kaukonen - Waiting For a Train
Citizen Cope - Every Waking Moment
Stacey Earl and Mark Stuart - Go On From There
Tracy Grammer - Hey Ho
Flatt and Scruggs - Flint Hill Special (request)
Flatt and Scurggs - Rolling In My Sweet Babies Arms (request)
Hot Tuna - True Religion (request)
Old Crow Medicine Show (request)
Bill Joe Shaver - The Tough get Going
Norah Jones - One Flight
Lyle Lovett - I Will Rise Up

Playlist 9-12-07

Congratulations to Cuz Frost! Cuz was selected by the Charlotte Music Awards as the DJ of the Year!!! Tune in tomorrow afternoon to hear Cuz on WGWG!!!!!!
6am
Roman Carter - It's All Rite
Charlie Sexton - I Do the Same For You
Blue Dogs - Isabelle
Richard Thompson - Needle and Thread
Bob Weir - Man Smart Woman Smarter
Steve Forbert - My Sea Side Brown eyed Girl
Acoustic Syndicate - November (request)
Peter Rowan and Crucial Country - No Woman No Cry (request)
Devon Sproule - Plea For A Good Nights Rest
Mark Olson - Salvation Blues
101ers - Sweety or the St. Moritz
Mountain Heart - Dance the Night Away (request)
Flatt and Scruggs - Down the Road (request)
7am
JJ Cale and Eric Clapton - Ride the River (request)
Walt Wilkins - Stand Up Seven
David Childers and the MDJs - Little Summer Time Girl
Sons of Bill - Too Far Gone
Sons of Williams - Smile
Jayhawks - Smile
The Bottle Rockets - Nancy Sinatra
Dave Matthews Band - Captain
Robbie Fulks - Away out on the Old St. Sabbeth
Richard Thompson - Coo Coo Bird
Ottis Redding - Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Bruce Hornsby - Valley Road
Tim Easton - Carry Me
8am
Kelly Willis - Losing You
Shane Puritt - I Thought You Were My Friend
Tim O'Brien - Cornbread Nation
Lyle Lovett - Up in Indiana
Dave Alvin - Black Jack David
Lyle Lovett - Up In Indiana
Luka Bloom - Change
Steve Earl - Hardin Wouldn't Run
Steve Earl - City of Immigrants
Hot Tuna - Keep On Truckin'
Jason Isbell - Down in a Hole
RobinElla - Down the Mountain
Bobby Bare - The Ballad of Lucy Jordon

Playlist 9-10-07

6am
Marty Stuart and Johnny Cash - Doin' My Time
Ralph Stanley - Keep On the Firing Line
Gigi Dover - Fortunate
Jason Isbell - Down in a Hole
Gill Landry - Lawless Soirez
Luka Bloom - Star Of Doolin
Amy Laftus - Ready to Fall
The Gourds - How Will You shine
George Harrison - Give me Love
The Everydodyfields - Leaving Today
Grace Potter - Falling or Flying
Notorious Cherry Bombs - Oklahoma Dust
Lucinda Williams - Out of Touch
Doc and Merel Watson - Sittin' Here Pickin' The Blues
White Stripes - Effect and Cause
7am
The Blasters - 4-11-44
Malcolm Holcombe - Not Forgotten
Mark Olson - Salvation Blues
Jammie Colllum - All At Sea
Brett Dennen - Darlin' Don't Fear
Dave Alvin - Black Jack David (request)
Jack Johnson - Cocoon
Joan Osborn - Who Divided
Bruce Hornsby - Look Out Any Window
Flatt and Scruggs - Earl's Breakdown (request)
Tater - Last Bandito (request)
Jimmy LaFave - Gotta Ramble
Tab Benoit - Sac au Lait Fishing
8am
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band - I will Rise Up/Ain't nomore Cain
Mary Gauthier - It Ain't the Wind It's the Rain
The Subdudes - Work Clothes
Jack Ingram - Keep on Keepin' On
Widespread Panic - This Part of Town
Eagles - Seven Bridges Road
Johnny Irion - Take Care
Bob Marley - Is this Love
Jason Isbell - Dress Blues
Kasey Chambers - If I Were You
Joy Lynn White - If you Want My Heart
Neil Young - Alabama
Kane Welch Kaplin - I Wish I had that Mandolin

Playlist 9-07-07

6am
Two Dollar Pistols - Before I Was Knowing It
Grace Potter - Falling or Flying
Sons of Bill - Makin' It Through the night
Doc and Merle Watson - How Long Blues (request)
Johnny and June Cash - Jackson
Eagles - Seven Bridges Road
Dwight Yoakam - Honky Tonk Man
Richard Thompson - Needle and Thread
Emmylou Harris and the Nash Ramblers - Smoke Along the Track
Dave Matthews Band - Number 41 (request)
Allman Brothers Band - Melissa (request)
Earl Scruggs, Don Henley and Johnny Cash - Passin' Thru (request)
John Prine - The Late John Garfield Blues
7am
Gigi Dover and the Big Love - Crazy Molly
Tres Chicas - Slip So Easily
Gob Iron - East Virgina Blues
Linda Thompson - Versitile Heart
Eric Clapton - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Beatles - Don't Let Me Down
Sarah Borges - The Day We Met
Steve Earl - The Devil's Right Hand (request)
Ryan Adams - Tears of Gold
Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita
Dave Alvin - Evening Blues (request)
Sons of Bill - Metaphysical Gingham Gown (request)
Lyle Lovett and his Large Band - Up in Indiana
8am
Eilen Jewell - Heartach Boulivard
Bluegrass Elvises - Hound Dog
Kim Richey - Jack and Jill
Marshall Tucker - Can't You See
Robbie Fulks - I Like Being Left Alone
Johnny and June Cash - Far Side Banks of Jordan
Gurf Morlix - Diamonds to Dust
Kane Welch Kaplin - Ain't Gonna Do It
Johnny Irion - Short Leash
Looka Bloom - Star of Doolin'
Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown (request)
Flatt and Scurggs - Don't Get Above Your Raising
The Three Pickers - Katty Hill (request)
Wilco - Sky Blue Sky

Cuz's Corner

SEPTEMBER CUZ’S CORNER

Welcome to yet another edition of Cuz’s Corner. By the time you read this, I’m hoping the thermometer is a bit more cooperative. Today it’s 101degrees outside and climbing. I guess it’s a good day to stay indoors and flash back to cooler times in the North Carolina mountains and a couple of festivals I attended that exceeded my high expectations.

It’s been three years since I last attended Floydfest and I must say I was amazed at how the community of Floyd, Virginia has improved on an already beautiful festival. The music ranged from old-time and traditional bluegrass at the Virginia Folklife stage to traditional African music and dance at the Global Village stage. The setting is wonderful, the food was exceptional, and the festival had energy one rarely experiences these days. I must also mention those new pegged-beam permanent stages that Bob the Builder and neighborhood volunteers have constructed – just amazing! Floydfest demonstrates what a community can accomplish by working together for the greater good of both the community and the planet. The weekend was all about music and community, so hats off to Floyd and I’ll see you next July 24-27!

Last weekend I attended my first Ola Belle Reed Festival in Lansing, North Carolina and I and a half dozen other music lovers from the Charlotte area had the time of our lives. This is an extremely small festival that never loses sight of its purpose, which is to pay homage to the music and the family of Ola Belle Reed. I really can’t recall a festival as small as this with such a high level of musicianship. If you are tired of those big ole festivals that sometimes tend to lose sight of what it’s “all about,” this festival might be for you. The highpoints for me were area favorites The Whitetop Mountain Band, Tim O’Brien’s solo set, and the exceptional Laurelyn Dossett, Kari Sickenberger, and Polecat Creek. Laurelyn and Kari’s songwriting workshop in the old turn of the century Lansing schoolhouse absolutely blew my wife, Carolyn, and me away – their songs and harmonies are just simply as good as it gets.

Speaking of Polecat Creek, this is a great time for this article to morph into my monthly gig of the month and that will no doubt be their September 14th concert for the CFS’s monthly gathering. When you combine an instrumentalist of the caliber of Riley Baugus with two amazing vocalists and songwriters, one of which (Laurelyn Dossett) has won MerleFest’s Chris Austin songwriting contest in the gospel category and has a song on the upcoming Levon Helm CD; you have a no-miss concert. Please read the write-up on this show and I hope to see you there!

Another compelling September (30th) show takes place at the Neighborhood Theatre (www.neighborhoodtheatre.com) and features Rodney Crowell, Elizabeth Cook, and Tim Carroll. Across the street the night before (29th) The Believers bring their brand of folk/country/ punk originals to The Evening Muse and are definitely worth a listen. (www.maxxmusic.com) Craig, Cynthia and their pug, Beenieboy, take the stage at 8 PM.

There were a bunch of great CDs that came out since last time and Polecat Creek’s Ordinary Seasons was one of them. (www.polecatcreek.net) If you like well constructed songs, beautiful harmonies, and back-up instrumentals that accompany perfectly, this one should be part of your collection. This one does not yet have a street date, but will be available from the website and at the September gathering - hint, hint!

Mock Turtle Soup’s Bound for Carolina is another recommendation that not only has Carolina roots, but connections to the Charlotte Folk Society (Willie Repoley and Chris Holleman). (www.mockturtlesoup.net) This CD is both well played and sung throughout and covers about every aspect of acoustic folk music from Celtic to old time and bluegrass to Western and Hispanic genres and back again. It’s great to see such a young group of players with such a mature take on folk music – well done!

Staying close to home, you might check out the new one from one time gathering performers Buffalo Creek Stringband. ( www.buffalocreekband.com) I found Weary Woman Blues to be a potent instrumental album and suitable for a long road trip.

Now let’s take a trip over the mountains, past Knoxville and the Cumberland plateau, to the town of Nashville and check out a couple of hot releases I am enjoying immensely. The self-titled Kane Welch Kaplin is the third great effort from this Americana super group. (www.compassrecords.com) I just can’t say enough about the groove, the instrumental prowess of Fats Kaplin and the fine songs from both Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch. In a month of excellent releases, this one gets Cuz’s pick of the month.

The connection between Bill Monroe, bluegrass, and Elvis Presley goes all the way back to the release of Elvis’s cover of Blue Moon of Kentucky. In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Elvis’s untimely passing, check out the new release from Shawn Camp and Billy Burnette called The Bluegrass Elvises. ( www.americanrootspublishing.org) Yep, you guessed it – these are bluegrass covers of your very favorite Elvis tunes with the backing of some of the best bluegrass instrumentalists in the business. This one is just plain fun to listen to.

I also especially love Peter Case’s Let Us Praise Sleepy John for not only its songwriting execution and social commentary, but for its live feel. No wonder, as this ex-street performer and consummate troubadour is the real deal. Catch him live on October 12th at The Evening Muse. (www.maxxmusic.com)

Finally, Ryan Adams has released, in my thinking, the finest and most consistent solo effort to date with his edgy Easy Tiger release. This release has been number one on the AMA charts for weeks now and hopefully signals the fact that this most creative North Carolinian has now found a consistent voice. I am extremely impressed with this CD! That’s all the room I have for this month, so, as always, get out and enjoy some live music in September and don’t forget CFS’s big 25th anniversary coming up in October!

CUZ

playlist 9-06-07

6am
Eilen Jewell -Heartache Boulevard
Steve Earl - The Galway Girl
David Childers - One Eyed Joe
Ryan Adams - Goodnight Rose
Damien Rice - Volcano
Gratful Dead - I've Been All Around This World
William Shatner and Ben Folds - That's Me Trying
Burrito Deluxe - Out of the Wilderness
John Fogerty - Rock and Roll all Over the World
Sam Bush - The Ballad of Spider John
Malcolm Holcombe - Mister in Morgantown (request)
Bob Dylan - Changing of the Gaurd (request)
Dwight Yoakam - I Sang Dixie
Kane Welch Kaplin - Ain't Gonna Do It
7am
The Everybodyfields - Lonely Anywhere
John Mellencamp - Stones I my Passway
Candlewyck - Watcha Gonna Say
Norah Jones - A World of Trouble
Blue Dogs - Cousin Homer's
Doc Watson - I am a Pilgram (request)
Son Volt - Afterglow 61
Bill Monroe - I'm Working On a Building (request)
KD Lang - Luck in My Eyes
Carlene Carter and Ronnie Dunn - Jackson
Jack Ingram - Keep on Keepin' On
The Highwaymen - Waiting for a long Time
Flatt and Scruggs - Cripple Creek
Donna The Buffalo - Round Ball
8am
Peter Case - I'm Gonna Change My Ways
Joe Thompson - Goin' Downtown
Raul Malo - Cold Cold Heart
Natalie Merchant - San Andreas Fault
DesChamps Band - Carolina Sound
King Wilkie - The Raising of the Patriarchs
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band - All Downhill
Glen Phillips - Thankful
Old and In the Way - Wild Horses
Kim Richey - Jack and Jill
Gram Parsons -She
Eagles - How Long
Caitlin Cary & Thad Cockrell - Two Different Things

Playlist 9-05-07

6am
Adrienne Young - River and a Dirt Road
Drivin' and Cryin' - Patron Lady Beautiful
Blue Dogs - Half of My Mistakes
Marty Stuart and Johnny Cash - Doin' My Time
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band - I will Rise Up/Ain't No More Cane
Chip Taylor and Carrie Rodriguez - Sweet Tequila Blues
Grateful Dead - Cassidy
Lori McKinna - Unglamourous
The Be Good Tanyas - Broken Telephone
John Mellencamp - Paper and Fire
Kelly Willis - I Must Be Lucky
Malcolm Holcombe - Doin' His Job
Robbie Fulks - Good Bye Good Lookin' (request)
Raul Malo - Welcome to My World (request)
7am
The Hackensaw Boys - FDR
Steve Forbert - Middle Age
Jimmie Dale Gilmore - I Was the One
Bruce Hornsby - Fields of Gray
Wille Nelson - Always Seem to get Things Wrong
Wilco - Hate It Here
Kelly Willis - Stones Throw Away (request)
Josh Ritter - Rumors
The Greencards - The Ballad of Kitty Brown
Ryan Adams - The Hardest Part (request)
Acoustic Syndicate - The Pilot
Mike Farris - Oh Merry Don't You Weep
8am
Pat Flynn - This Heart of Mine
Old School Freight Train - Come Back
Earl Scruggs with Hylo Brown - Cumberland Gap
Patty Loveless - When I Reach the Place I'm Going
Railroad Earth - Long Way to Go
Tater -Over the Falls
Alison Krauss -Never Get of the Ground
Patty Griffin - Heavenly Days
Jimi Hendrix - Red House
RobinElla -Down The Mountain
Patti Smith - Soul Kitchen
Jason Isbell - Dress Blues
Robert Earl Keen - Ride

Playlist 9-04-07

NEW YORK (AP) _ Levon Helm of The Band has gone through a lot since his last solo album. For one thing, it's been 25 years since he made a solo album. For another, he's had throat cancer that took away his singing voice and he's had intense treatments for that. On top of that, his recording studio caught fire and 80 percent of it was burned. Helm's new album is a collection of traditional songs he learned growing up in Arkansas, and he also covers songs by Steve Earle and J.B. Lenoir . The album is called "Dirt Farmer" and it comes out October 30th.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ John Rich of Big and Rich and Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson are among those scheduled to participate in "Grammys on the Hill" in Washington this Wednesday. The daylong event is aimed at educating members of Congress about the importance of music in everyday life. Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts and Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee will be recognized for their legislative support of the arts and music.

VIENNA, Va. (AP) _ Billy Joe Shaver is performing in Vienna, Virginia, on September 11th. His new gospel album "Everybody's Brother" comes out September 25th. Shaver does a duet with Johnny Cash on the CD called "You Just Can't Beat Jesus Christ." That was recorded in the 1970s. Cash's son John Carter Cash produced the album. Guests on the CD include John Anderson, Kris Kristofferson, Randy Scruggs, Marty Stuart and Tanya Tucker.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ John McEuen has played with most of the big names in music from Johnny Cash to Bob Dylan to the Doors. He's also a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, which celebrated its 41st anniversary last month. The group is famous for its hit album "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" and their mega hit "Mr. Bojangles." McEuen says he never gets tired of playing that song, saying it always takes him back in time. He says he doesn't plan on retiring anytime soon, saying what he does isn't work, it's fun. McEuen's done everything from scoring films, to producing concerts to performing solo. He's says if he had to pick one, performing would be his first love. His latest CD is "The Music of The Wild West." Some of the artists appearing on the CD include Marty Stuart, Crystal Gayle and Lyle Lovett.

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6am
John Doe - Hotel Ghost
Cephis and Wiggins - One Kind Favor
Marshall Champman - Fell in Love Again This Morning
Allman Brothers Band - Old Before My Time
Wilco - What Light
Subdudes - Street Symphony
Jackie Greene - I Will Never Let You Go
Doug Spartz - Flight of Jessie James
Chris Knight - Here Comes the Rain
BR549 - After the Hurricane
Cassy Driessen - Sally in the Garden
Ryan Adams - New York New York
Billy Joe Shaver - Old Five and Dimers
Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles - Around
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Bless this Broken Road (request)
The Band - Ophelia
7am
Hackensaw Boys - Gospel Plow
Kasey Chambers - The Rain
Steve Earl - Copperhead Road
Cattywompus - Lord I Just Don't Know
Sam Bush - The Ballad of Spider John
Ray Charles and Norah Jones - Here We Go Again
Steve Forbert - Romeo's Tune
Amy LaVere - Tennessee Valentine
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle
Josh Kelly - Solid Ground
Sons of Bill - Making It Through the Night
Johnny Irion - She Cast Fire
Dave Alvin - Border Radio
8am
David Childers - Man In Louisville
Kane Welch Kaplin - No One Told Me
William Topley - I Will Be There
From Good Homes - Comin' On Home
John Hiatt - Paper Thin
Adrienne Young - Natural Bridge
Eric Clapton - Blues Power
Peter Case - Open Road Songs
Taj Mahal - Queen Bee
REM - Imatation of Life
Paul McCartney - Silly Love Songs
Jeremy Kay - Only One
Two Dollar Pistols - Before I Was Knowing It

Playlist 9-03-07

Hope You all have a happy Labor Day.

Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello will join up on the road for a 13-date fall tour, starting Sept. 22 in Duluth, GA.

Bruce Springsteen is set to release Magic (Columbia), his first with the E Street Band in five years, on October 2nd. Produced and mixed by Brendan O'Brien, the album features eleven new Springsteen songs and was recorded at Southern Tracks Recording Studio in Atlanta. Magic is the first new studio album by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band since 2002's Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum, number one album The Rising (Columbia Records), which was also produced by O'Brien.

6am
Gigi Dover - Change
Rascal Flatts - My Wish
Two Dollar Pistols - How's Life
Steve Forbert - Middle Age
Percy Sledge and Jakob Dylan - Misty Morning
BB King - Into the Night
Bonnie Raitt - Longing in Their Hearts
Kim Richey - Pretty Picture
Blue Dogs - Cousin Homer's Anything Goes Dance Hall
Adrienne Young - River and a Dirt Road
The Band - The Shape I'm In
Hackensaw Boys - Look Out Dog Slow Down Train
Malcolm Holcombe - Cathy's Creek (request)
Gillian Welch - Miss Ohio
7am
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - Falling or Flying
From Good Homes - Broken Road
Plum Hollow Band - Purple Bluegrass Haze
Ryan Adams - Two
Shooter Jennings - Southern Comfort
Willie Nelson - You Were Always On My Mind
The Gourds - How Will You Shine
Tater - Over the Falls (request)
Kane Welch Kaplin - I Wish I had that Mandolin
Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm
Tom Petty - Here Comes My Girl
Amy LaVere - Cupid's Arrow
Ricky Skaggs - Uncle Pen
8am
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band With Norah Jones - Ruler of My Heart (request)
Bill Mallonee - Wintergreen
Kim Richey - Not a Love Like This
Ben Lee - Gamble Everything For Love
Pretenders - Lie to Me
Warren Haynes - In My Life
Jimmy LaFave - This Land
Todd Snider - There's Nothing Wrong With Nashville
Peter Case - The Open Road Songs
Lucinda Williams - Real Live Bleeding Fingers
Bruce Hornsby - Look Out Any Window
Ralph Stanley - Keep on the Firing Line (request)
The Subdudes - The Fairweather Friends
Uncle Tupelo - Post Card