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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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English

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Backseat Driver in the Car of Love from May 12, 2025

5/12/2025
Julie Russell - "One Morning in May" - One Morning in May [0:00:00] Lou & Sally Killen - "Bright Shining Morning" - Bright Shining Morning [0:05:34] Brìghde Chaimbeul - "Uguvlu (ii)" - Carry Them with Us [0:09:48] Filkin's Drift - "Craig y Ddinas / The Miller's Pond" - Glan [0:12:41] Aly Bain - "Niel Gow's Lament for His Second Wife" - Never the Same: Leave-Taking from the British Folk Revival 1970-1977 [From 1971] [0:16:58] Stick in the Wheel - "Watercress-O" - A Thousand Pokes [0:20:30] The Worm - "Pantilde" - Pantilde [0:24:30] Milkweed - "The Milk-Fed Calf" - Remscéla [0:28:49] Vashti Bunyan - "Window Over the Bay" - Gather in the Mushrooms: The British Folk Underground 1969-75 [From 1970] [0:32:01] The Scruffy Pooks - "Tree Stands Alone" - Beltane [0:33:57] Jim Ghedi - "The Seasons" - Wasteland [0:36:06] Peggy Seeger - "Hope" - Teleology [0:38:53] Màiri Morrison & Alasdair Roberts - "The Bonny House of Airlie" - Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia [0:54:52] Bhajan Bhoy - "Sir Richard Conyers" - Summer in St. Mary's [0:59:23] Inturist - "Birdwatching" - Tourism [1:09:26] J.G.G. - "BOMBOLLA 6" - BOMBOLLA [1:14:34] Y. Tabata - "Summer Initiation" - Disk Musik: A DD. Records Compilation [early '80s] [1:16:32] Maple Fyshh - "Love Gone to the Blue Sea (Once Again on the Seaside Path)" - You Are Leaving My Mind: The "Mariko" and "Dokitto Station!!" Era [From 1995] [1:22:29] Adult Net - "Where Were You (When I Needed You)" - The Honey Tangle [1:25:26] Set: Single File: a bunch of singles in a row for about a half-hour The Chi-Lites - "Stoned Out of My Mind" - single [1:35:03] Esther Phillips - "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" - single [1:38:02] Henry Mancini and His Orchestra - "Seventy Six Trombones" - single [1:40:49] Bobby Bare - "(Margie's at) The Lincoln Park Inn" - single [1:43:45] Freddie McGregor - "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" - single [1:46:42] Linda Ronstadt - "How Do I Make You" - single [1:50:28] Various Artists - "Zingers from "The Hollywood Squares"" - single [1:53:02] D. Steven Thomas - "Agent Orange Blues" - single [1:58:22] Set: Live from San Francisco 1966–1969 The Great! Society - "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" - Collector's Item from the San Francisco Scene [live at the Matrix 1966] [2:12:27] Jefferson Airplane - "Chauffeur Blues" - Live at the Fillmore Auditorium 10/15/66 Late Show-Signe's Farewell [2:17:48] The Grateful Dead - "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" - The History of The Grateful Dead [live at the Avalon Ballroom, 9/66] [2:24:37] Big Brother and the Holding Company - "It's a Deal" - Live at the Carousel Ballroom 1968 [June 23, 1968, to be exact] [2:28:40] Quicksilver Messenger Service - "Mona" - Happy Trails [mostly live at the Fillmore] [2:31:54] Moby Grape - "Changes" - Moby Grape Live [Avalon Ballroom 1967] [2:38:24] Santana - "Conquistadore Rides Again" - Live at the Fillmore '68 [December 1968] [2:43:04] Country Joe and The Fish - "Rock and Soul Music / Love" - The Life and Times of Country Joe and The Fish from Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock [Fillmore, January 1969] [2:51:29] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151999
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Episode from May 5, 2025

5/5/2025
Phil Cook - "Rise" - Appalachia Borealis [0:00:00] Nils Frahm - "Over There, It's Raining" - Spaces [0:08:23] Yann Tiersen - "Caledonian Canal" - Rathlin from a Distance [0:09:07] Teddy Wilson - "You Took Advantage of Me" - Teddy Wilson Revamps Rodgers & Hart [0:11:39] Marian McPartland - "Here's That Rainy Day" - Marian McPartland at the Peninsula Library 1972 [live in Lawrence, NY, 1972] [0:14:24] Oscar Peterson - "Stairway to the Stars" - This Is Oscar Peterson [From 1947] [0:17:52] James P. Johnson - "If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight" - All My Own Work: 17 Great Songwriters Perform [From 1944] [0:20:29] Mary Lou Williams and Cecil Taylor - "I Can't Get Started" - Embraced [live in NYC, April 1977] [0:22:57] Thelonious Monk - "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" - Solo Monk [From 1965] [0:27:02] The King Cole Trio - "Blues in My Shower" - Cool Cole: The King Cole Trio Story [From 1947] [0:29:38] Dick Hyman - "The Minotaur" - An Evening at the Cookery - June 17, 1973 [live in Greenwich Village] [0:32:26] Charlie Haden / Hank Jones - "Danny Boy" - Steal Away: Spirituals, Hymns, and Folk Songs [0:35:43] Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru - "Ave Maria" - Church of Kidane Mehret [From 1972] [0:42:13] Billy Mohler - "Those Who Know" - The Eternal [0:55:19] Morphine - "All Wrong" - B-Sides and Otherwise [From radio broadcast May 1994] [0:59:02] The Lewis Express + Chip Wickham - "Run Tell That" - Doo-Ha! [1:02:47] Kaito Winse - "Ballade Peul" - Reele Bumbou [1:08:23] Manu Dibango - "Africa Boogie" - Dibango 82 [live in Marseille, December 1982] [1:14:31] Ibex Band - "Yezemed Yebada" - Stereo Instrumental Music [From 1976] [1:25:53] Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour The Rascals - "Any Dance'll Do!" - single [1:33:04] Jimmy McCracklin - "Steppin' Up in Class" - single [1:35:11] Delano Stewart - "Stay a Little Bit Longer" - single [1:37:30] Glass Moon - "On a Carousel" - single [1:39:55] Yachts - "Permanent Damage" - single [live in London, November 1978] [1:43:09] Bloodstone - "Dumb Dude" - single [1:45:37] Carole King - "Still Here Thinking of You" - single [1:50:10] Vladimir Cosma - "Sentimental Promenade" - single [1:53:22] Ketty Lester - "Once Upon a Time" - single [1:56:54] Oogie - "La De Da Dah" - single [1:59:28] The Del Rubio Triplets - "Satisfaction" - Whip It! [2:12:27] Brad & Jerry - "The People Hater" - Rockin' on Broadway: The Time-Brent-Shad Story [From 1959] [2:15:04] Clayton Ford - "Don't Believe All City Kids Are Bad" - Heartache in Your Hand: Startime Country [2:18:02] Buddy Winfield & Westex - "Jessica" - single [2:19:28] Vanita Thompson - "You Always Break My Heart" - Barnyard Beehive [2:21:49] Tom Jones - "Factory Girl" - Long Lost Suitcase [2:23:58] Tobacco City - "Mr. Wine" - Horses [2:26:19] Prariewolf - "Lighthouse" - Deep Time [2:32:25] John Hiatt - "Rose" - Hangin' Around the Observatory [From 1974] [2:35:29] Trefethen - "It Just Followed Me Home" - Am I Stupid or Am I Great?/It's All Mom's Fault [2:38:31] Appaloosa - "Tulu Rogers" - American Baroque: Chamber Pop and Beyond 1967-71 [From 1969] [2:42:05] The J Ann C Trio - "More" - The J Ann C Trio at Tan-Tar-A [From 1966] [2:45:58] Meiko Kaji - "Sunset" - Yadokuri [From 1973] [2:48:43] Martin Circus - "Tout tremblant de fievre" - Évolution Française 1969-1985 [From 1969] [2:51:53] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151775
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Episode from Apr 28, 2025

4/28/2025
Barbecue Joe and His Hot Dogs - "Tar Paper Stomp" - Swingin' at the Hickory House [From 1930] [0:00:00] Baltimore Bell Hops - "Hot and Anxious" - The Definitive Fletcher Henderson [From 1931] [0:05:15] Mills Blue Rhythm Band - "There's Rhythm in Harlem" - Harlem Jazz Classics [From 1931] [0:08:35] Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra - "In the Mood" - 78 single [0:11:39] Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - "In the Mood" - Melody and Madness Vol. 1 [radio broadcast, early 1939] [0:15:00] Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - "In the Mood" - Swing Time! The Fabulous Big Band Era 1925–1955 [From August 1939; the hit version] [0:17:40] The Merry Macs - "In the Mood" - 78 single [0:21:10] The Andrew Sisters - "In the Mood" - Deluxe - Anthology, Vol. 2 [From 1952] [0:23:54] Ernie Fields and His Orchestra - "In the Mood" - In the Mood - A Golden Classics Edition [From 1959] [0:26:40] The Hawk - "In the Mood" - single [a.k.a. Jerry Lee Lewis] [0:29:17] Sandy Nelson - "In the Mood" - Sandy Nelson Plays Teen Beat [0:31:35] Roy Clark - "In the Mood" - The Lightning Fingers of Roy Clark [From 1962] [0:34:14] The Swinging Blue Jeans - "In the Mood" - Live Aus Dem "Cascade Beat Club" in Köln [From 1965] [0:37:22] The Soft Boys - "In the Mood" - Live at the Portland Arms [live in 1978] [0:43:00] Ray Stevens and the Henhouse Five Plus Too - "In the Mood" - single [0:45:27] Stereolab - "Aerial Troubles" - single [instrumental version] [1:00:40] Daughter of Swords - "Morning in Madison" - Alex [1:03:11] Tirez Tirez - "Dreams" - single [From 1982] [1:06:56] Essenden Airport - "How Low Can You Go...?" - Can't Stop It! Australian Post-Punk 1978-82 [From 1979] [1:11:47] The Worm - "Grass Grows Pt. 1" - Pantilde [1:15:12] Zbigniew Preisner - "Effroyables Jardins (Generique)" - Effroyables Jardins [1:18:10] Dionne Warwick - "Put Yourself In My Place" - From the Vaults [1:19:37] Friday Browne - "Getting Nowhere" - You Got Me Hooked! More Marylebone Beat Girls [From 1966] [1:21:45] Irma Thomas - "The Hurt's All Gone" - Straight from the Soul [From 1965] [1:24:41] Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye - "Don't Knock My Love" - single [1:33:11] Michel Polnareff - "Lipstick" - single [1:34:58] Donna Lynn - "My Boyfriend Got a Beatle Haircut" - single [1:38:19] Ricky Nelson - "Stood Up" - single [1:40:25] The Blasters - "Bus Station" - single [1:42:16] Swamp Dogg - "I Was Born Blue" - single [1:44:49] Brian Hyland - "You and Me (#2)" - single [1:47:48] Candlewick Green - "Doggie" - single [1:50:14] Barrington Levy - "Reggae Music (Version)" - single [1:53:31] Aretha Franklin & Mavis Staples - "Oh Happy Day" - single [1:56:45] Los Lobos - "Bertha" - Deadicated [2:10:46] Richard Betts - "Long Time Gone" - Highway Call [From 1974; not gone that long] [2:15:38] Shadow - "Oh La La" - Earl's Closet: The Lost Archive of Earl McGrath, 1970-1980 [2:20:00] Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance - "Harvest Home" - One for the Road [From 1976] [2:23:04] Coulson, Dean, McGuinness, Flint - "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" - Lo and Behold [2:28:14] Nana Mouskouri - "Le ciel est noir" - Que je sois un ange... [with the Athéniens] [2:32:25] Warren Zevon - "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" - The Wind [2:41:26] Ritchie Tierney - "Please Stop Breaking Me Down" - Someone Like Me [From 1981] [2:45:58] Michael Hall - "I Want to Watch You Age" - Quarter to Three [2:50:21] Willie Nelson - "Leave You with a Smile" - A Beautiful Time [Happy early birthday to Willie!] [2:53:36] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151536
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Episode from Apr 21, 2025

4/21/2025
William Tyler - "Concern" - Time Indefinite [0:00:00] Eli Winter - "For a Fallen Rocket" - A Trick of the Light [0:07:23] Drew Gardner - "Polaris" - Cygnus A [0:11:43] Ernest Hood - "Pleasant, This Garden" - Back to the Woodlands [from sometime between 1972 and 1982] [0:18:59] Yaryu - "Sacrifice" - For Damage [0:22:50] Bark Culture - "Slippy's Tune" - Warm Wisdom [0:26:29] The Lewis Express + Chip Wickham - "The Saint and The Stranger" - Doo-Ha! [0:30:41] BUZZ - "Garasumado" - Tokyo Bliss: Japanese Funk, Boogie & City Pop from King Records 1974-88 [From 1974] [0:37:34] Yoshiko Sai - "Koi Shita Hito E" - Mangekyō [From 1975] [0:40:13] Laurie Styvers - "The Way It Should Stay" - Let Me Comfort You: The Hush Rarities [From 1972] [0:43:54] The Clinger Sisters - "In Need of a Friend" - Havin' a Good Time [From the late 60s, unissued previously] [0:49:13] Nora Guthrie - "Home Before Dark" - American Baroque: Chamber Pop and Beyond 1967-1971 [From 1967] [0:53:05] Cyrus Faryar - "Evergreen (Earth Anthem)" - Cyrus [From 1971] [0:55:46] Mekons - "You're Not Singing Any More" - Horror [1:09:45] Σtella - "Ta Vimata" - Adagio [1:12:35] Rita Donte - "La Vida Es Hermosa" - Ritual [1:14:33] Tom Jones - "Opportunity to Cry" - The Willie Nelson Songbook [From 2015] [1:18:20] Molly Fay - "The Bottle or Me" - Barnyard Beehive [From 1967] [1:20:59] Ben Vaughn - "Too Sensitive for This World" - Mood Swings ('90-'85 & More) [interviewed on Three Chord Monte today!] [1:24:10] Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour Bobby Whitlock - "Hello L.A., Bye Bye Birmingham" - single [1:33:52] The Ventures - "Soul Breeze" - single [1:36:24] Charlie Rich - "Everything I Do Is Wrong" - single [1:39:07] Li'l Wally - "Li'l Wally Twirl" - single [1:40:53] Interlude - "Don't Like No Boring People" - single [thanks to Scott Williams] [1:43:43] The Captain & Tennille - "Do That to Me One More Time" - single [1:48:03] 999 - "Found Out Too Late" - single [1:51:47] Bobby Bare and Lacy J. Dalton - "It's a Dirty Job" - single [1:55:22] Alison Krauss & Union Station - "Richmond on the James" - Arcadia [2:09:47] Hedy West - "Little Margaret" - Hedy West, Vol. 2 [2:12:33] Murphy Campbell - "I Can't Feel at Home in This World Anymore" - No Album [2:15:48] The Down Hill Strugglers - "Abandoned Orchards That Grow" - Old Juniper [2:18:40] Sierra Ferrell - "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down" - Trail of Flowers [2:21:14] Mary Faith Rhoads and the Dobbs Brothers - "The Cuckoo" - Take Care of Yourself [2:24:52] The Wildmans - "Take Me" - Longtime Friend [2:27:46] Freakwater - "Rank Strangers" - Dancing Underwater [2:31:25] The Charles River Valley Boys - "Victim to the Tomb" - Bluegrass and Old Timey Music [From 1962] [2:36:01] The Blue Grass Gentlemen - "Poor Little Ellen" - The Blue Grass Gentlemen [2:39:23] Red Cravens and the Bray Brothers - "I Never Shall Marry" - 419 W. Main [From 1964] [2:41:54] The Seldom Scene - "Show Me the Way to Go Home" - Remains to Be Scene [2:44:44] Emerson's Old Timey Custard-Suckin' Band - "The Brand New Tennessee Waltz" - Emerson's Old Timey Custard-Suckin' Band [2:47:23] Country Gazette - "Teach Your Children" - Don't Give Up Your Day Job [2:50:51] Clarence White - "Sugarfoot Rag" - 33 Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals [From 1964] [2:54:03] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/151308