X-Roads schenkt wöchentlich eine Stunde lang den missverstandenen Poeten, den einsamen Cowboys, den gescheiterten Baumwollpflückern, den heiseren Protestsängern und den betrunkenen Alleinunterhaltern Gehör.

X-Roads: Jeden Sonntag von sechs bis sieben auf Radio X.

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Mittwoch, 5. August 2009

Guy Clark mit neuer Platte

Frisch von Facebook. Guy Clark bringt am 22. September eine neue Scheibe raus. Die CD trägt den verheissungsvollen Titel "Somedays The Song Writes You"

Dienstag, 4. August 2009

80 and Still Rocking

Während wir Feuerwerk verballern, haben die Amis das Newport Folk Festival - mit Pete Seeger

2.8.2009 - Back on the Track

- Truck Stop in LaGrange - Dale Watson (The Truckin' Session 2)
- After the Fire Is Gone - Bobby Osbourne and the Rocky Top Express (Bluegrass and Beyond)
- Stop the World - Rhonda Vincent (Destination Life)
- Cry For Freedom - The Flatlanders (Hills and Valleys)
- Le Two-Step de l'haricot - Mama Rosin (Brûle lentement)
- Allons Joujette - Chris Jagger (Atcha)
- I Fall to Pieces - Patsy Cline (The Patsy Cline Story)
- I'll Fight - Wilco (Wilco - The Album)
- Dynamite - Son Volt (American Central Dust)
- Vintage Violet - The Minus 5 (Killingsworth)
- Birds - Neil Young (Archives Vol. I)
- A Good Year for the Roses - George Jones (A Good Year for the Roses 1965-1971 Part 2)
- Wine Me Up - Tanya Tucker (My Turn)
- Monroe's Mandolin - Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver (Lonely Street)
- Ophelia - The Band (Northern Lights - Southern Cross)
- Kingfish - Levon Helm (Electric Dirt)

Samstag, 1. August 2009

Wilco to come

Wie kürzlich bekannt wurde, geben Wilco am 11.11. im Zürcher Volkshaus ein CH-Konzert.



Be there or be square.

The Flatlanders were in town



Für alle die's verpasst haben, hier ein paar Impressionen von den Leuten von www.dizzydancers.com

Mittwoch, 3. Juni 2009

Sendung vom 31.5.09 - Western-Soundtracks

Playlist folgt

Sendung vom 24.5.09 - Happy Birthday Bob

- Talking New Bob Dylan - Loudon Wainwright III (History)
- He Was A Friend Of Mine - Willie Nelson (O.S.T Brokeback Mountain)
- Masters Of War - Tim O' Brien (Red On Blonde)
- I'll Be your Baby Tonight - Linda Ronstadt (Handsome Homegrown)
- Si tu dois partir - Fairport Convention (Unhalfbricking)
- Winterlude - Steve Gibbons (The Dylan Project)
- Girl From The North Country - Keith Richards (Voodoo Brew)
- My Back Pages - The Magokoro Brothers (O.S.T. Masked & Anonymous)
- Goin' To Acapulco - Jim James & Calexico (O.S.T. I'm Not There)
- I'll Keep It With Mine - Nico (Chelsea Girl)
- Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Warren Zevon (The Wind)
- Love Minus Zero - Rick Nelson (Rudy the Fith)
- Yea! Heavy And A Bottle Of Bread - Hank Shizzoe (Live In Motown)
- Every Grain Of Sand - Emmylou Harris (Wrecking Ball)

Sendung vom 17.5.09 - Folk Festivals

- Gold Road - Viper Central (The Devil Sure Is Hard To Please)
- Even If It's Wrong - BR 5-49 (BR 5-49)
- Nashville Cats - The DelMcCoury Band (The Family)
- Warten auf den Zug - Roland Heinrich (Einsam und ausgebremst)
- Color Of The Blues - John Hammond (Ready For Love)
- Über den Missbrauch des Sommers - Wiglaf Droste (Wieso heissen plötzlich alle Oliver?)
- Harvest Moon - Neil Young (Unplugged)
- Still Is Still Moving To Me - Willie Nelson (Farm Aid 2008)
- Hard To Live - Kristofer Aström (Sikadus)
- A Detour - Tina Dico (No Time To Sleep)
- Gods Gonna Cut You Down - Union Soul (Trailer Park Romance)
- Alone In The Dark - Freddy Rotten (Myspace)
- Mama Don't Allow No Music - Doc And Merle Watson (Live In Washington)
- If You Gotta Go, Go Now - Bob Dylan (Bootleg Series Vol. 6)

Montag, 11. Mai 2009

Sendung vom 10.5.2009 - Mother's Day

- Mother's Day - Paul Mac Bonvin (On the Boulevard)
- Mama Tried - Merle Haggard (Down Every Road)
- Mama Said - Gordon Lightfoot (Songbook)
- Mama's Hungry Eyes - Emmylou Harris (Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard)
- Mama's Opry - Iris DeMent (Infamous Angel)
- Mother, the Queen of My Heart - Ernest Tubb (Ernest Tubb Sings Songs of Jimmie Rodgers)
- Mama's Eyes - Justin Townes Earle (Midnight at the Movies)
- Your Mother's Eyes - Porter Wagoner (The Carroll County Accident)
- Mama's Got a Girlfriend Now - Ben Harper (Welcome to the Cruel World)
- Angel Mother - Jim & Jesse (Bluegrass and More)
- Don't Throw Mama's Flowers Away - Chris Stuart & Backcountry (Mojave River)
- I Dreamed About Mama Last Night - Johnny Cash (Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute)
- Mama You Sweet - Lucinda Williams (West)
- Days Like This - Van Morrison (Days Like This)
- Mother - Glen of Guiness (Gossip)
- Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys - Willie Nelsond & Waylon Jennings (Waylon & Willie)

Sendung vom 3.5.2009 - Happy Birthday Pete

- Little Boxes - Pete Seeger (Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits)
- Talking Union - Almanac Singers (Songs for Political Action)
- Round, Round Hitler's Grave - Almanac Singers (Songs for Political Action)
- So Long, It's Been Good to Know You - Woody Guthrie (This Machine Kills Faschists)
- A Dollar Ain't a Dollar Anymore - The Union Boys (Songs for Political Action)
- The Hammer Song - The Weavers (The Weavers 1949-1953)
- The Wreck of the John B. - The Weavers (The Weavers 1949-1953)
- Viet Nam Blues - Dave Dudley (Truck Drivin' Son-of-a-gun: The Mercury Hit Singles 1963-73)
- Honky Tonk Moon - Randy Travis (Forever and Ever - The Best of Randy Travis)
- I'll Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms - The New Lost City Ramblers (Troubadours of the Folk Era: Volume Three: The Groups)
- Diferent Therefore Equal - Peggy Seeger (Period Pieces)
- Andante for Strings - The Cleveland Orchestra (Andante for Strings)
- Where Have All the Flowers Gone - The Kingston Trio (The Kingston Trio. The Stewart Years)
- Get Up and Go - Tom Paxton (Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The Songs of Pete Seeger)
- Old Dan Tucker - Bruce Springsteen (The Seeger Sessions)
- Turn Turn Turn - Bruce Cockburn (Where Have All the Flowers Gone...)
- Bells of Rhymney - Roger McGuinn (Where Have All the Flowers Gone...)
- Throw Away That Shad Net (How Are We Gonna Save Tomorrow?) - Pete Seeger (At 89)