It is music that kind of defies classification, but nonetheless, really good stuff. Unfortunately, it is not very popular compared to hip-hop and rap and the sort. I accidentally came across a radio station in Central Illinois on my travels called the Whip, WHHP in Farmersburg (?), and they play the stuff. 98.3 I believe.
Anyway, Cashbox Magazine has a bunch of countdowns that you can listen to, and one of them is the Americana Top Twenty (wish it was Top 40 and also that it would be hosted and not just played.
The most recent has some songs that I really liked:
ALL FALL DOWN-- Shawn Colvin
O SUSANNA-- Neil Young and Crazy Horse
HO HEY-- The Luminers
THE BOXER-- Jerry Douglas and Mumford & Sons
SING UP TO THE MOON-- Leftover Salmon (You've just got to love a group with that name.)
NORTH SIDE GAL-- J.D. McPherson
WHAT THE HELL IS GOIN' ON-- Paul Thom
ROLL ME UP-- Willie Nelson
ROOSTER RAG-- Little Feat
HAIL HAIL-- Shovels & Rope (Another different sort of name.)
LEVI-- Old Crow Medicine Show
Oh Yes, and Bob Stroud is going back to 1969 on his Ten at Ten show this morning (repeated at 10 PM tonight). www.wdrv.com . That would be 10 AM CDST. Worth a listen. Ten straight songs, no commercials, but little tidbits that take you back every two songs.
I'll Be Listening. --RoadDog
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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Well if its not rap racket I could probably give it a try...:)
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