Been a Good Year So Far

From the desk of Peter Crowley:

Not much to say this week - just the following:

-The obligatory Michael Jackson tribute kicks off the show. It's a little unorthadox, but hey, what was ever traditional about Michael anyway?

-We're about halfway through 2009, so I figured I'd play some of my favorite music released in 2009 so far - no particular order. Some of it is only semi-released, like the Fiery Furnaces single - available for a free Web download; album pending.

-Because there wasn't much rhyme or reason to the song selection, I left out some great music that really is among my favorites of the last six months. Therefore, in addition to the stuff on the list below, I strongly encourage you to go down to your local record store and pick up new albums by Son Volt, King Wilkie, Dan Auerbach (of the Black Keys) and probably the new ones by Steve Earle and Levon Helm as well. You can take my word for it; if you like this show, you'll like those discs.

The Ten Dollar Radio Show - sounds like the soundtrack of summer 2009 and plays for free.

This week's playlist:

 

Billy Jean - Shinehead

Show Respect to Michael Jackson - James Superstar Kochalka

Run Chicken Run - The Felice Brothers

It's All Good - Bob Dylan

Just Singing a Song - Neil Young

Warped Sister - Booker T

Black Hearted Love - PJ Harvey & John Parish

Liberties - Attack in Black

People Got a Lotta Nerve - Neko Case

Poppy - Zee Avi

Fear - Benjy Ferree

I Am Fine - Illinois

Sugarfoot - Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears

Sure Hope You Mean It - Raphael Saadiq

Black Dresses - The Builders & the Butchers

Never Going Back to Memphis - Shemekia Copeland

Please Remember Me - Ramblin' Jack Elliott

How to Rob a Bank - Willy Porter

A Thousand Men - Joe Pug

House Party Time - Dan Zanes

Viper of Melody - Wayne "The Train" Hancock

Hurtin' You - Ben Kweller

Chip Away the Stone - James Jackson Toth

The Mountain - Heartless Bastards

Less than Positive - Cotton Jones

Help Me Forget - The Jayhawks

Down Among the Wines and Spirits - Elvis Costello

I Have Laid in the Darkness of Doubt - Mazes

Anna - Charles Spearin

The End Is Near - The Fiery Furnaces

The Big Surprise - The Felice Brothers

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