Wednesday, January 31, 2018

New Songs | Week of 01.28.18

These are the brand new songs I played during the latest Lost in the Tracks show.


"Walk in Circles" - Grant-Lee Buffalo


Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Weekly New Music Post starts tomorrow!

Sunday's show marked the sixth month anniversary of my Lost in the Tracks radio show. As I've gone along, I've developed a template for the show which makes it easier to fill with songs rather than starting off with a blank slate each week.

One of those was the second set. On show #1, I put all new songs there, half of them recent releases (meaning, within the last few weeks). It wasn't a hard and fast rule at the beginning, but as time has passed, it became one and now they're almost always songs from new releases.

I've taken it up as a challenge. I keep up with what's being released each week and find the best of it to play in that block. I have to admit it's very time consuming because I want to have songs I like and, to figure that out, I usually need to hear them several times.

But it's ok, because so far I'm enjoying it. I'm learning there's an overwhelming quantity of quality music being made right now with countless bands and musicians I hadn't heard before. I think it also gives my show freshness and unpredictability. I never know what this part of the show is going to sound like two weeks ahead of time - sometimes it's very loud and rock-orientated, sometimes it's quiet and folky, sometimes there's a lot of pop.

So ... I was thinking . . . since I'm doing all this work anyway - why don't I put these new discoveries I find each week on the blog? The Music Savage website does it every week, which I find incredibly useful; perhaps someone will eventually find mine useful as well. (Disclosure: Besides giving me the idea, I also borrowed the basic format Music Savage uses and will be giving them a link and due credit each week as well.)

First post will be tomorrow.

Sunday, January 28, 2018

Show #26

Lost in the Tracks
Show #26

Broadcast on KTAL-LP
January 28, 2018
4 PM - 6 PM

Hour One

Bleachers - Rollercoaster
Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me
Sara Watkins - Young In All The Wrong Ways

Grant-Lee Phillips - Walk in Circles
The Wood Brothers - River Takes The Town
Inara George - Young Adult
BØRNS - We Don't Care
Matt Whipkey - Marian Kowalski, Dec. 1994
Darlingside - Hold Your Head Up High

Jimmy Reed - Ain't That Loving You Baby
Rolling Stones - Love in Vain
The Beatles - I'm Down
Cheap Trick - You Got It Going On
Blackberry Smoke - Let It Burn

Sarah Siskind - In the Mountains
Amos Lee - Windows Are Rolled Down


Hour Two

Dave Edmunds - Down Down Down
The Who - I Can't Explain
The Coasters - Poison Ivy
The Band of Heathens - Trouble Came Early
Neko Case - City Swan

Tenement - Crop Circle Nation
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding
World Party - Way Down Now
Jen Cloher - Forgot Myself
Ben Kweller - Sundress

Son Little - O Me O My
Rhiannon Giddens - Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Joe Ely & Joel Guzman - Slow You Down
The Shins - Saint Simon
Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Right On
Indigo Girls - Watershed


Show Notes

The Billy Vera quote and supporting information about Jimmy Reed came from this AllMusic biography written by Cub Koda.

Sunday, January 21, 2018

Show #25

Lost in the Tracks
Show #25

Broadcast on KTAL-LP
January 21, 2018
4 PM - 6 PM

Hour One

The Band - Rag Mama Rag
Sturgill Simpson - Long White Line
Buffalo Springfield - Go and Say Goodbye

Gang of Youths - The Heart Is a Muscle
Becca Mancari - Summertime Mama
Mt. Joy - Silver Lining
David Byrne - Everybody's Coming To My House
Robert Finley - Get It While You Can
Gold Star - St. Vincent De Paul's

The Moody Blues - Go Now
Gloria Jones - Tainted Love
Rascals - How Can I Be Sure
Bobby McFerrin - Good Lovin'
Muddy Magnolias - It Ain't Easy
The Cranberries - Just My Imagination

Fleet Foxes - If You Need to, Keep Time on Me
k. d. lang - Till the Heart Caves In


Hour Two

Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me
Harry Nilsson - One
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Bedouine - Solitary Daughter
Joni Mitchell - Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire

Foals - Mountain At My Gates
Titus Andronicus - Fatal Flaw
Stray Cats - Rock This Twon
Heptones - Book of Rules
Frente! - Labour of Love
Fountains of Wayne - Hat and Feet

John Lennon - Gimme Some Truth
The Knickerbockers - Lies
J. J. Cale - Lies
The Avett Brothers - The Weight of Lies
Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces Sometimes


Show Notes

Dolores O'Riordan dies suddenly at age 46

Upcoming Fleet Foxes show in El Paso May 10

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Show #24

Lost in the Tracks
Show #24

Broadcast on KTAL-LP
January 14, 2018
4 PM - 6 PM

Hour One

Tom Petty - You Wreck Me
Elvis Presley - My Baby Left Me
The Rolling Stones - Rip This Joint

The Vaccines - I Can't Quit
Superorganism - Everybody Wants To Be Famous
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - If Love Is The Law
Jenny O. - Go Away
Ben Miller Band - Akira Kurosawa
Cody Rogers - I Feel a Darkness

Scandal - Goodbye To You
Blondie - (I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence Dear
The Cars - Bye Bye Love
Nicole Atkins - Darkness Falls So Quiet
Curtis Harding - On and On

Dolly Parton - Traveling Man
Richard Thompson - How Will I Ever Be Simple Again
Jason Isbell - If It Takes a Lifetime


Hour Two

Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict a Riot
The Raconteurs - Steady As She Goes
Houndstooth - Canary Island
Old Crow Medicine Show - I Want You (Live)
Bob Dylan - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Hideaway

The Lone Bellow - Fake Roses
Patsy Cline - I Fall to Pieces
Max Gomez - Make It Me
Slow Motion Cowboys - Jimmy
The Stanley Brothers - If I Lose
Lynyrd Skynryd - I Know A Little

The Impressions - People Get Ready
James Taylor - Shed a Little Light
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
Boys Choir Of Harlem - We Shall Overcome
Prince - Baltimore


Show Notes

Upcoming Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (with Richard Thompson opening!) shows in Albuquerque on April 25 and El Pason on April 26

Sunday, January 7, 2018

Show #23

Lost in the Tracks
Show #23

Broadcast on KTAL-LP
January 7, 2018
4 PM - 6 PM

Hour One

Hoodoo Gurus - I Want You Back
The Replacements - Left of the Dial
The Creation - Making Time

Jessi Mason - This One's on Me
Shannon & The Clams - The Boy
The John Sally Ride - I Didn't Know I Was Saying Goodbye
ALA.NI - To The River
Craig Finn - God in Chicago
Jake Xerxes Fussell - Jump For Joy

Aretha Franklin - Won't Be Long
Lee Fields & The Expressions - Magnolia
Bo Diddley - Ride On Josephine
The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin'
Roxy Music - A Really Good Time
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill

Slaid Cleaves - Drunken Barber's Hand
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones - Miserlou


Hour Two

Dire Straits - Skateaway
The Pretenders - Boots of Chinese Plastic
Alejandro Escovedo - Heartbeat Smile
Ibibio Sound Machine - The Chant (Iquo Isang)
Laura Mvula - Overcome (featuring Nile Rodgers)

Black Pistol Fire - Lost Cause
Kaleo - No Good
Cracker - Almond Grove
The Belle Brigade - When Everything Was What It Was
Josh Ritter - Feels Like Lightning
Fleetwood Mac - Eyes of the World

Arthur Alexander - You Better Move On
Etta James - Tell Mama
Clarence Carter - Slip Away
Warren Zevon - Backs Turned Looking Down the Path
The Magnetic Fields - All My Little Words

Loretta Lynn - Have Mercy on Me

Show Notes

Upcoming Slaid Cleaves show in Pinos Altos on February 17

Rick Hall's obit in Rolling Stone

Also, Hall is featured in the 2013 Muscle Shoals documentary now streaming on Hulu and can be rented through iTunes, Amazon Video and YouTube.