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.

Playlist

Montag, 23. Februar 2009

Sendung vom 22.2.2009 - Presidents

- Townes van Zandt - If I Was Washington (No deeper blue)
- Randy Newman - Louisiana 1927 (Good old boys)
- Dr. John - Promises Promises (The city that care forgot)
- Tom T. Hall - The Monkey that Became President (The Storyteller)
- Billy Bragg & Wilco - Christ for President (Mermaid Avenue)
- New Lost City Ramblers - Franklin D. Roosevelt's Back Again (Early Years 1958 - 19627)
- Tom Paxton - Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation (Ain't that news)
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott - He Was a Friend of Mine (Friends of mine)
- Ry Cooder - President Kennedy (Boomers' story)
- Phil Ochs - Love me, I'm a Liberal (Farewells & Fantasies)
- Neil Young - Campaigner (Decade12)
- Dick Gaughan - Waist Deep in the Big Muddy (The songs of Pete Seeger)
- Warren Zevon - Veracruz (Excitable Boy)
- The Byrds - I Wanna Grow Up to be a Politician (Byrdmaniax)
- Johnny Cash - Mr. Garfield (Mean as hell)

Montag, 16. Februar 2009

Sendung vom 15.2.2009 - Grammys & Co.

- Old Joe Clark - Charlie Hadem (Rambling Boy)
- Sweet Jennie Lee - Willie Nelson and Asleep at the Wheel (Willie and the Wheel)
- The Supernatural - Mick Fleetwood Blues Band (Blue Again)
- In the Skies - Peter Green (The Anthology)
- Blues With a Feeling - Little Walter (Blowin' the Blues)
- I Just Wanna Make Love to You - Muddy Waters (His Best)
- Blues for Nothing - Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Stephen Stills (Super Session)
- From A Buick 6 - Bob Dylan (Highway 61 Revisited)
- Steel Guitar Rag - Buck Owens (No One But You)
- May You Never - John Martin (Sweet Little Mysteries)
- Reach Out, I'll Be There - Run C&W (Row Vs. Wade)
- Please Read The Letter - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (Raising Sand)
- False From True - Pete Seeger (At 89)
- Cluster Pluck - Brad Paisley (Play)

Dienstag, 10. Februar 2009

Sendung vom 8.2.2009 - Tribute to the Dead

- Haley's Comet - Tom Russell Band (Hurricane Season)
- Elvis Presley Blues - Gillian Welch (Time the Revelator)
- He Was the King - Neil Young (Prairie Wind)
- Ft. Worth Blues - Steve Earle (El Corazon)
- Final Attraction - Kris Kristofferson (This Old Road)
- Boulder to Birmingham - Emmylou Harris (Pieces of the Sky)
- Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way - Waylon Jennings (Ultimate Waylon Jennings)
- The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde - Merle Haggard (Down Every Road)
- Jesse James - The Pogues (Rum, Sodomy & the Lash)
- White House Blues - Earl Taylor and the Stony Mountain Boys (Classic African-American Ballads)
- The Ballad of Davy Crockett - Marc Wiseman ('Tis Sweet to Be Remembered)
- Eisler On the Go - Billy Bragg & Wilco (Mermaid Avenue)
- J. Edgar - Ry Cooder (My Name Is Buddy)
- Custer - Johnny Cash (Bitter Tears)
- Hefner and Disney - T-Bone Burnett (Proof Through the Night)
- John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan (John Wesley Harding)

Dienstag, 3. Februar 2009

Sendung vom 1.2.2009 - An Introduction to Bluegrass

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Sendung vom 25.1.2009 - Novelty Special

- The Streak - Ray Stevens (The Best of Ray Stevens)
- I'm a Nut - Leroy Pullins (Dr. Demonto's Country Corn)
- You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd - Roger Miller (King of the Road: The Genius of Roger Miller)
- One Piece at a Time - Johnny Cash (The Legend)
- Baby, It's Cold Outside - Homer and Jethro with June Carter (America's Song Butchers: The Weird World of Homer and Jethro)
- I'm My Own Grandpa - Homer and Jethro (Dr. Demento's Country Corn)
- Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! - Tex Williams (Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - 1947)
- Tennesse Bird Walk - Blanchard and Morgan (Life and Death)
- May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose - "Little" Jimmy Dickens (Out Behind The Barn)
- It's Hard To Be Humble - Mac Davis (It's Hard To Be Humble)
- When You're Hot You're Hot - Jerry Reed (The Essential Jerry Reed)
- Put Another Log on the Fire - Tompall Glaser (Wanted: The Outlaws)
- She Broke My Heart in Three Places - Hoosier Hot Shots (Everybody Stomp)
- Uneasy Rider - Charlie Daniels (The Charlie Daniels Band - A Decade of Hits)
- The Jogger - Bobby Bare (Drunk and Crazy... Plus)
- Monster's Holiday - Buck Owens (The Buck Owens Collection)
- Girl on the Billboard - Del Reeves (50 Years of Country)
- In the Mood - Henhouse Fire Plus Too (The Best of Ray Stevens)

Montag, 19. Januar 2009

Sendung vom 18.1.2009 - A Journey Through the States: 1st Stop California

- California Blues - Merle Haggard (Same Train - A Different Time)
- Streets of Bakerfield - Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens (Just Lookin' For A Hit)
- California Angel - The Derailers (Reverb Deluxe)
- King of California - Dave Alvin (King of California)
- Friends in California - Johnny Cash (American Outtakes)
- California Stars - Billy Bragg & Wilco (Mermaid Avenue)
- California Up Tight Band - Flatt & Scruggs (1964-1969, plus)
- L.A. Blues - Tom T. Hall (In Search of a Song)
- L.A. Freeway - Guy Clark (Old No1)
- Out in California - Tom T. Russel (The Rose of San Joaquin)
- All the Gold in California - Larry Gatlin and The Gatlin Brothers (The Best of the Gatlins)
- San Francisco Bay Blues - Eric Clapton (Unplugged)
- San Diego Serenade - Tom Waits (The Heart of Saturday Night)
- California Sunshine - Waylon Jennings (The Journey - Destiny's Child)
- Frisco Blues - John Lee Hooker (The Ultimate Collection: 1948-1990)

Montag, 12. Januar 2009

Sendung vom 11.1.2009 - Songs zur Finanzkrise

- How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live - Blind Afred Reed ("When The Sun Goes Down: Poor Man's Heaven")
- Eddie Cantor's Tips on the Stock Market - Eddie Cantor ("When The Sun Goes Down...)
- No Depression In Heaven - The Carter Family (American Folk Music, Vol. 4)
- Brother Can You Spare a Dime? - Leo Reisman & His Orchestra ("When The Sun Goes Down...")
- Slippin' Around - Floyd Tillmann ("Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - 1949")
- Lovesick Blues - Hank Williams ("The Original Singles Collection ...Plus")
- Mule Train - Tennessee Ernie Ford ("Dim Lights, ...")
- Boogie Chillen' - John Lee Hooker ("The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990)
- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams ("The Orginal Singles Collection ...Plus")
- Pay Me My Money Down - Bruce Springsteen ("We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions")
- I'm Changing My Name to Fannie Mae - Tom Paxton ("Demos")
- Rainin' in My Heart - Slim Harpo ("Sweet Soul Music - 1961")
- New Spanish Two Step - Bob Wills ("The Essential Bob Wills 1935-1947")
- Workingman's Blues #2 - Bob Dylan ("Modern Times")

Montag, 5. Januar 2009

Sendung vom 4.1.2009 - All New

- Happy New Year Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson (Classic Sides)
- That's A Start - Shilf (Out For Food)
- New Moon Over Jamaica - Johnny Cash with Paul McCartney (Water from the Wells of Home)
- The New Hula Blues - Taj Mahal (Taj Mahal and the Hula Blues)
- New Partner - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy (Greatest Palace Music)
- New Game Now - Kris Kristofferson (Moment of Forever)
- Looking for a New Mama - Jimmie Rodgers (The Singing Brakeman)
- Ich such mir eine neue Frau - Roland Heinrich (Einsam und ausgebremst)
- Brand New Companion - Townes Van Zandt (Texas Troubadour)
- All Things New Again - The Wallflowers (Rebel, Sweetheart)
- I've Got a New Heartache - Ray Price and the Cherokees (Ray Price and the Cherokee Cowboys)
- Brand New Heartache - Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen (Bakersfield Bound)
- New Paint - Loudon Wainwright III (Recovery)
- New Year's Day - Charlie Robison (Good Times)

Dienstag, 30. Dezember 2008

Sendung vom 28.12.2008 - Best of 2008

- Are You Missing Me - The Country Pickers (East to West)
- Walk Right In - Otis Taylor (Recapturing the Banjo)
- Alabama High Test - Old Crow Medicine Show (Tennessee Pusher)
- Mr. Guthrie - The Coal Porters (Turn the Water On, Baby)
- Johnny Cash - Ry Cooder (I, Flathead)
- Old Five & Dimers Like Me - Emmylou Harris (All I Intended to Be)
- Keep Me In Mind Sweetheart - Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan (Keep My In Mind Sweetheart)
- Indeed You Do - Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs (Dirt Don't Hurt)
- Habe Mut - Ed Csupkay (O.S.T. Robert Zimmermann wundert sich über die Liebe)
- Lost Highway - Leon Payne (Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music - 1948)
- I'll Sail My Ship Alone - Hank Williams (The Unreleased Recordings)
- Act Naturally - Buck Owens (Act Naturally)
- Born In Time - Bob Dylan (The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: "Tell Tale Signs")
- El Gatillo - Calexico (Carried to Dust)
- Suffering Jukebox - Silver Jews (Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea)

Sendung vom 21.12.2008 - X-Mas Songs

- Please Come Home for Christmas - Charles Brown (Billboard Greatest Christmas Hits 1955 - Present)
- The Reindeer Boogie - Hank Snow (The Singing Ranger Vol. 3)
- They Shined Up Rudolph's Nose - Johnny Horton (Johnny Horton 1956 - 1960)
- Frosty the Snowman - Leon Redbone with Dr. John (Christmas Island)
- X-Mas on the Isthmus - Terry Allen with Guy Clark (Salvation)
- Christmas in Prison - John Prine (A John Prine Christmas)
- If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard (Hag)
- Christmas in Southgate - Ry Cooder (My Name Is Buddy)
- Christmas Time's A-Coming - Emmylou Harris (Light of the Stable)
- Winter Wonderland - Aimee Mann (One More Drifter in the Snow)
- I Saw Three Ships A-Sailing - The Chieftains with Marianne Faithfull (The Bells of Dublin)
- Christmas Night in Harlem - Jack Teagarden and Johnny Mercer with Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (Essential Jazz Christmas)
- Here Comes Santa Claus - The Ramsey Lewis Trio (A Jazz and Blues Christmas)
- We Wish You A Reggae Christmas - Yellowman (Trojan Christmas Box Set)
- It's Christmastime in Louisiana - Johnnie Allan (Alligator Stomp Vol. 4: Cajun Christmas)
- Spotlight on Christmas - Rufus Wainwright with Martha Wainwright (The McGarrigle Christmas Hour)
- Santa Can't Stay - Dwight Yoakam (Come On Christmas)
- Christmas in Washington - Steve Earle (El Corazon)