Hello Everyone, I'm back on the airwaves this Saturday (14th Sept) after a short break. On the show we have great new albums from Blue Rodeo, who are on a short tour (see Irish dates below); Po' Girl & The Snakes. We have great tracks from Jeffrey Foucault, Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez, Terry Allen, Clive Gregson, Kevin Welch, & Deadstring Brothers. We have classic tracks from a Bobby bare reissue and a couple of country tracks from Dwight Yoakam & Chris WAll. So do join me from 1:00 - 2:30pm for what should be a great show.
Tracklisying for Sat 14th Sept.
- Blue Rodeo: In My Bones (The things we left behind)
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Blue Rodeo: Arizona Dust (The things we left behind - see video below)
- Bobby Bare: Numbers (Lullabies, Legends & Lies)
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Bobby Bare: Lullabies, Legends & Lie
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Guy Clark: Let Him Roll (Essential Guy Clark)
- Deadstring Bros: Smile (Sao paulo)
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Clive Gregson: Home is where the heart is (Best of)
- Chris Wall: No Sweat (No Sweat)
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Dwight Yoakam: Blame the Vain
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Kevin Welch: A Patch of Blue Sky
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Kevin Welch: Beneath My Wheels
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Terry Allen: New Delhi Freight Train (The Silent Majority - Terry Allen's Greatest Missed Hits)
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The Snakes: What have I done to you? (Something Soon)
- Po' Girl: Kathy: Follow Your Bliss
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Jeffrey Foucault: Ghost Repeater
- Gerry McIvor: I don't wanna have a nice day (promo)
- Lynyrd Skynyrd: Sweet Home Alabama
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Chip taylor & Carrie Rodriquez: Angel of the morning
In Search of a Song: Chip Taylor Part 1
In Search of a Song: John Prine, Part 2
From: ISOAS Media
Length: 00:59:56
www.insearchofasong.com
See below for some great shows coming to N. Ireland to a venue near you!!
KEVIN WELCH
UK Tour · October 2010
Kevin Welch makes a long-awaited solo return to the UK & Ireland in October for a run of dates in support of his new album A Patch Of Blue Sky, which was released to widespread acclaim in July.
A Patch of Blue Sky is Kevin Welch’s first solo record since 2001's Millionaire. Featuring 10 new songs, all written or co-written by Kevin, the album is an ultimately hopeful journey from darkness to dawn.
Kevin Welch grew up in Oklahoma. He had already toured as a teenager with several bands before he moved to Nashville in 1978 to work as a songwriter. Singers like Solomon Burke, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood and Linda Ronstadt were using his material. At the same time he was very active in local clubs, performing with John Scott Sherrill and the Wolves In Cheap Clothing, The Roosters, and finally his own band - The Overtones. His popularity grew and in 1988 he signed a record contract with Warner Brothers. In 1990 the album Kevin Welch was recorded and 2 years later Western Beat. Both albums received rave reviews.
In 2004 Welch teamed up with fellow Dead Reckoning artists Kieran Kane and Fats Kaplin to produce You Can't Save Everybody. The trio followed this up with Lost John Dean in 2006, to general acclaim. Lost John Dean reached number one on the Americana charts, gaining nominations for several awards including Duo/Group of the year at the 2006 Americana Honors and Awards. The following eponymous Kane Welch Kaplin, with the addition of Lucas Kane, was also nominated for Duo/Group. The group travelled to Australia 10 times, as well as Europe and the UK, Canada, and all over the United States.
In the spring of 2008 Welch left Nashville for the hills outside of Austin Texas. In early 2010 he then joined with friends and colleagues Jimmy LaFave, Sam Baker, Slaid Cleaves and John Fullbright at the start-up (and up-start) label Music Road Records, and self-produced his first solo record in 8 years, A Patch Of Blue Sky
Kevin Welch Tour· October 2010
Tuesday 5 Portstewart Flowerfield Arts Centre
N. Ireland 028 7083 1400 / www.flowerfield.org £TBC, TBC
Wednesday 6 Belfast The Real Music Club @ The Errigle Inn
028 9032 3744 / www.errigle.com £12, 8pm
Thursday 7 Omagh Strule Arts Centre
N. Ireland 028 8224 7831 / www.struleartscentre.co.uk £11, 8pm
Friday 8 Dublin The Cherry Tree
VIDEO
Kevin Welch performing ‘Answer Me That’ on Music Fog earlier this year
&
A Patch of Blue Sky: Making a Record with Kevin Welch
Watch the video for Blue Rodeo’s Arizona Dust here
Blue Rodeo
UK/Ireland Tour · September-October 2010
The definition of a rebel is someone who goes against the grain. For over twenty five years, Blue Rodeo has taken the road less travelled - and succeeded far beyond anyone’s expectations. The band emerged in the early 80’s as a countrified rock band in the era of hair metal and glossy pop. Despite sticking out like a sore thumb (or maybe because of it), their single “Try” became omnipresent on radio across Canada and set in motion a three decade long career of headlining every club, theatre and arena in the country. In 1993, when grunge rock was squeezing commercial rock off the radio, they recorded their most acoustic album, Five Days In July, and scored their biggest hit, selling over a half million copies of that one record alone. And now, in the digital age, while everyone else is thinking of ways to sell single songs through the Internet or snippets of songs on cell phones, Blue Rodeo has recorded The Things We Left Behind, a double album designed to be enjoyed on vinyl. Twelve albums in, the rebels live on!
- Blue Rodeo is among the most accomplished groups Canada has produced. The band has won 12 Juno Awards, including a record breaking 5 Group of the Year Junos. Blue Rodeo won the 2008 Juno for Best Group, Best Adult Alternative Album & Best Video and received a Star on Canada’s Walk of Fame in 2009.
- Blue Rodeo, led by songwriter/vocalist/guitarist combo Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy, has amassed over 4 million sales worldwide, and every record in its 25 year recording history has gone Platinum in Canada.
- Blue Rodeo were invited to perform 3 times during the 2010 Winter Olympics.
- Blue Rodeo’s current The Things We Left Behind tour included more than 50 Canadian dates and the album has been charting in the Top 200 since its release in November. In the United States the album charted Top 20 at Americana Radio for 10 weeks.
“The range of emotion and styles on this sprawling but not sloppy double disc effort make it the best music Blue Rodeo has put out in years. It is at times massive and monumental, at others painfully intimate.” Now Toronto
“(Blue Rodeo) have made a completely cohesive double album that would be all the poorer if just one track had been left off.” Maverick ****
“…epic in the truest sense of the word. Blue Rodeo have delivered the ultimate in retro ideas, a double album that begs to be heard in its entirety.”
R2 (Rock ‘N’ Reel)
Blue Rodeo Tour Itinerary · September-October 2010
September
Monday 27 Dublin Whelan’s
00 353 1 478 0776 / www.whelanslive.com €TBC, 8pm
Tuesday 28 Belfast The Errigle Inn
028 9032 3744 /
James Keelaghan
September 2010
Sat 25 September. The Bronte Music Club, Rathfriland, Co Down, Northern Ireland.
Tel: 028 4062 3322 £12.00 – From 7.30 p.m. http://www.brontemusicclub.com
About James Keelaghan:
It was Dave Marsh, the award-winning American music critic and historian who not so long ago stated that James Keelaghan is “Canada’s finest songwriter.” Those few but powerful words of praise say it all about an artist who continues to set the bar at a lofty height. James Keelaghan is an artist who has proven to be a man for all seasons. As the calendar pages have turned, for almost a quarter of a century now, this poet of the folk and roots music world has gone about his work with a combination of passion, curiosity intent and intensity. His masterful story telling has, over the course of nine recordings, been part of the bedrock of his success, earning Keelaghan nominations and awards - including a Juno (Canada's Grammy) - and acclaim from Australia to Scandinavia. More at www.pattynanmedia.com/452/397411.html
Forthcoming gigs at The Black Box
Tickets currently on sale for all of these from www.oldflattop.com
or from The Black Box, 18 Hill Street Belfast. Tel 028 90 244400
Thursday 16th September
JOHN COOPER CLARKE
Support Jinx Lennon
£15.00
The original "punk poet" and so called Bard of
Salford has only improved with age. His delivery
is truly impeccable earning him accolades not
only as a poet but also as a stand-up comic!
His Evidently Chickentown" was used on an
episode of The Sopranos, introducing him
to a whole new generation of fans.
Friday 1st October
HENRY McCULLOUGH BAND
Support Andreas Varady
£12.50
A full set with his long established line up of Percy
Robinson on steel and Telecaster, Mr. James Delaney
on piano and organ, Roe Butcher on bass and
Pete McKinney on drums. Support by the
amazing 12 year old "jazzmaster" Andreas Varady
with the David Lyttle Band!
Wednesday 6th October
CHIP TAYLOR
Support Kendel Carson
The lesser know brother of the Voight family
and hence uncle to Angelina Joli and James Havens
penned Wild Thing, Angel Of The Morning
and a host of other instantly recognisable hits.
£10.00
Thursday 28th October
GARETH PEARSON
Support Thomas Leeb
The amazing Welsh guitar wizard is now a
Candy Rat Records stable mate of Andy McKee.
Fingerstyle guitar with the same focus on sheer
entertainment as his mentor Tommy Emmanuel.
Friday 5th November
FRANK VIGNOLA TRIO
Special guest Andreas Varady
£12.50
Frank has recorded the Grammy
nominated Just Between Frets with Tommy
Emmanuel, was a member of David Dawg
Grisman's band and at one stage was Les
Paul's right hand man. Cites his influences
as Django Reinhardt, Frank Zappa and
Eddie Van Halen. Extreme gypsy jazz
guitar and beyond - this could well be
the guitar gig of the year!
Friday 26th November
MARY COUGHLAN BAND
£17.50
23 years after her first Belfast gig, Mary
returns to promote her latest CD The House Of
Ill Repute and her biography, Bloody Mary.
Wednesday 1st December
GRAINNE DUFFY BAND
£10.00
With a new studio CD due for release in January
Grainne returns to the Black Box with a bunch of
new songs and a full compliment of live favourites.