Hearth Music Radio
10/10/2010
Theme: STRAIGHT-UP FOLK

New Discovery: Cort Armstrong & Blue Rooster
We promoted Cort Armstrong's hip solo blues CD, Chicken Pickin', a little while ago and have been in love with his music and playing for some time now. He's got what we call the "Appalachian X Factor": that chilling vocal and playing quality that just keeps you listening. Can't explain it. He passed us an earlier CD from when he was living in the South and had formed a band, Blue Rooster, and we were again blown away by the quality and taste of his music. It's a great CD that we heartily recommend!

Artist: Song Title (Album)
* = Brand New!

Foghorn Duo: My Horses Ain't Hungry

*Jason & Pharis Romero And Friends (Josh Rabie): Billy In The Lowground

Racines: Reel Perdu/Fruge's Reel (Racines)

Cort Armstrong & Blue Rooster: Funky Butt

Bix Beiderbecke: Krazy Kat

Constantin Fulgericã: Hor Lui D. Vanciucã

*The SteelDrivers: Jesus Come For Me

*What Hearts: That's The Way

Lord Invader: The Soldiers Came And Broke Up My Life (#2)

Derrick Morgan: Tougher Than Tough

Buena Vista Social Club: ?Y Tú Qué Has Hecho?

Arsenio Rodríguez: El Reloj de Pastoria

*De Temps Antan: Petipetan

*Maria Muldaur w/Kit Stovepipe: Shout You Cats

Cort Armstrong & Blue Rooster: West Coast Blues

*Tim O'Brien: Not Afraid O' Dyin'

*Andrew Bird: The Twistable, Turnable Man Returns

Ralph Stanley: Little Mathie Grove

*Frank Solivan And Dirty Kitchen: Paul and Silas

*Randall Paskemin: Pride & Joy

Les Charbonniers De L'enfer: Le Kyrie

*André Alain: Le voyageur; Jack Delad

La Bottine Souriante: La tapinie / Le reel des voyageurs

*Jason & Pharis Romero And Friends (Karen Celia Heil): Walk Chalk Chicken With A Necktie On

David Greely: McGee's Minor Waltz

*De Temps Antan: La fee des dents

*Sassparilla: Cooling Board

Alela Diane & Alina Hardin: Matty Groves

*Connolly & McNay: Little Sadie

Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim: Sittin' & Cryin' The Blues

Unknown, 1909 in the Caucauses: Lezghinka

Hearth Music Radio
10/20/2010
Theme: WORKING STIFFS

New Discovery: Mr. Lif (I Heard it Today)
Mr. Lif is a well known force in the underground hip-hop world, but following a brutal tour bus accident, he's been off the scene for the past few years. It seems like his most recent album, I Heard It Today dropped without a ton of fanfare in 2009, which is a damn shame. I've been thinking of Lif as my generation's version of Woody Guthrie. Like Guthrie, he's able to channel our anger over the nation's economic collapse and the exploitation of hard working people by greedy corporations. Turns out somethings never change.

DOWNLOAD Mr. Lif's new album: http://mrlif.bandcamp.com/album/i-heard-it-today

Artist: Song Title (Album)
* = Brand New!

Woody Guthrie: Pastures Of Plenty

Solas: Pastures Of Plenty

Old Man Luedecke: Woe Betide The Doer Of The Deed

*Johanna Divine: The Big Grab

*Pine Leaf Boys: Whiskey C'est Mon Ami

Paul Butterfield: I Got My Mojo Working

*DJ Topcat: Eazy E vs Johnny Cash-Folsom Prison Gangstaz

Mr. Lif: What About Us?

Walter Spenser & Friends: Fuck Work

The Border Blasters: The Harder They Come

Billy Bragg & Wilco: Blood Of The Lamb

The Canote Brothers: Obama's March To The White House

Earl Taylor & The Stony Mountain Boys: White House Blues

RedDog: Hard Times Come Again No More

Maria Muldaur: Bank Failure Blues

J. M. Mullins: Working's Too Hard

Scott H. Biram: Pastures Of Plenty

Jim Hinde: Long Way Home

Banjo Joe: My Money Never Runs Out

Eric Merrill: If I Lose/The Western Star

David Goliath: Working On A Building

The Tallboys: Broken Down Gambler

Tommy Dean: Dying Crapshooter's Blues

*Jim Page: Tent City

Mr. Lif: Live From The Plantation

*Cedric Watson Et Bijou Créole: Jogue Au Plombeau

Accordéonistes Du Québec: The Mortgage Burn

Mick Moloney: Paddy Works On The Railway

Louis Armstrong Hot Seven: Weary Blues

Jim Henry with Jeff Webster: Workin´ On The Levee, Sleepin´ On De Ground

Carolina Tar Heels: There Ain't No Use Working So Hard

Polka Dot Dot Dot: Go To Work (Love Letter To New Zealand)

4 dollar shoe: Trouble on My Mind (I'm Worried Now)

Floorbirds: Worried Blues (Field Recordings)

Tangle Eye: Katie Left Memphis (Various Artists - Roots Of The Blues)

Henry Thomas: Texas Worried Blues (Henry Thomas)