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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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A pennant-winning battery of songland. Ongoing feature: Single File, a half-hour of randomly selected small records with big holes.

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English

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Come a Day from Feb 24, 2025

2/24/2025
Bill Fay - "Sing Us One of Your Songs, May" - Bill Fay [From 1970] [0:00:00] Bill Fay - "Warwick Town" - From the Bottom of an Old Grandfather Clock [late '60s] [0:05:30] Bill Fay - "Some Good Advice" - Bill Fay [first single, 1967] [0:07:31] Bill Fay - "Garden Song" - From the Bottom of an Old Grandfather Clock [circa 1969] [0:09:39] Bill Fay - "Dust Filled Room" - Time of the Last Persecution [From 1971] [0:12:36] Bill Fay - "Release Is in the Eye" - Still Some Light [From 1970] [0:14:33] Bill Fay - "Come a Day / Let All the Other Teddies Know" - Time of the Last Persecution [From 1971] [0:16:53] Bill Fay Group - "We Are Raised" - Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow [From 1978-81] [0:21:47] Bill Fay - "Still Some Light" - Still Some Light [From 2009] [0:25:11] Bill Fay - "The Healing Day" - Life Is People [0:27:59] Bill Fay - "World of Life" - Who Is the Sender? [0:33:05] Bill Fay - "Filled with Wonder Once Again" - Countless Branches [0:38:08] Bill Fay - "The Coast No Man Can Tell" - Life Is People [0:41:05] Tuung - "Levitate a Little" - Love You All Over Again [0:55:04] Magnetic Fields - "All My Little Words" - 69 Love Songs [0:58:31] Mickey Jupp - "I Very Very Know" - Times Like These [1:00:39] Sierra Ferrell - "Dollar Bill Bar" - Trail of Flowers [1:02:58] David Byrne - "Just the Motion" - Beat the Retreat: Songs by Richard Thompson [1:06:26] James Elkington - "Very Berk Squad" - Pastel de Nada [1:09:42] Yasmin Williams - "Hummingbird" - Acadia [feat. Allison de Groot, Tatiana Hargreaves] [1:11:38] George Melvin Group - "It's Good Not to Forget" - Praise Poems 10 [From 1983, live at G.T. Brooks Ribs] [1:17:30] Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour Ray Charles - "Hallelujah I Love Her So" - single [1:34:29] Karen Smith - "Wide Awake in a Dream" - single [1:36:33] Steve Davis - "Penny" - single [1:39:43] Frank Sinatra - "The Train" - single [1:42:36] ABBA - "Should I Laugh or Cry" - single [1:45:46] Capability Brown - "Liar" - single [1:50:11] Jerry Reed - "Caffein, Nicotine, Benzedrine (And Wish Me Luck)" - single [1:52:48] Steve Miller Band - "The Joker" - single [1:55:11] Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - "Heavy Music / Katmandu" - 'Live' Bullet [Detroit, 9/4/75] [2:08:03] Aerosmith - "I Ain't Got You / Mother Popcorn" - Live Bootleg [Boston, 4/23/73] [2:21:51] Rolling Stones - "Crackin' Up" - Love You Live [Toronto, 5/4/77] [2:32:33] Black Oak Arkansas - "Mutants of the Monster" - Raunch 'N' Roll Live [Seattle, 12/2/72] [2:37:30] Foghat - "Honey Hush" - Foghat Live [unknown location, 5/77] [2:43:24] J. Geils Band - "Looking for a Love" - "Live" Full House [Detroit, 4/21/72] [2:49:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/149474

Duration:03:08:39

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Continuing to Peep from Feb 17, 2025

2/17/2025
Father Tom Vaughn - "The "In" Congregation" - Jazz in Concert at the Village Gate [0:00:00] Mary Lou Williams - "Praise the Lord" - Black Christ of the Andes [From 1970] [0:05:34] Brother John Rydgren - "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" - Silhouette Segments [From 1968] [0:11:16] Father Herrera & The Trio ESP - "Jesus, Master, Shepherd Hear Me" - Jazz Goes to Church [0:14:23] Paul Horn - "Kyrie" - Jazz Suite on the Mass Texts [0:18:18] Hermann Gehlen - "Kyrie" - Spiritual Jazz Volume 3 [From 1969] [0:22:34] Ed Summerlin - "Benedictus" - Liturgical Jazz: A Musical Setting for an Order of Morning Prayer [0:25:37] The Overton Berry Ensemble - "Jesus Christ Superstar Medly: Heaven on Their Minds; Everything's Alright; I Don't Know How to Love Him; The Last Supper; Superstar" - TOBE [From 1972] [0:28:34] Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Featuring Mahalia Jackson - "Part IV (a.k.a. Come Sunday)" - Black, Brown and Beige [From 1958] [0:39:39] Spanky Alford - "The Lord's Prayer" - Soulful Christmas Live [0:47:09] Rahsaan Roland Kirk - "Old Rugged Cross" - Blacknuss [0:51:20] Parchman Prison Prayer - "Grace Will Lead Me On" - Another Mississippi Sunday Morning [1:07:59] The Delines - "The Haunting Thoughts" - Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom [1:11:09] Holly Cole - "Walk Away Renee" - Dark Moon [1:14:36] Nyron Higor (feat. Johanna) - "Me Vestir Em Você" - Nyron Higor [1:17:08] Claude Fontaine - "Camaçari" - La Mer [1:19:00] Homar Jackson - "Sea Trip" - Elsewhere CC [From 1972] [1:22:18] Michael Hearst feat. Stephin Merritt and Xavier Smith - "You Dropped a Bomb on Me" - 80 from the 80s [1:25:28] Set: Single File: a bunch of singles stomping your way for about a half-hour Bobby Comstock - "Let's Stomp" - single [1:33:49] Nat Kendrick and the Swans - "(Do The) Mashed Potatoes (Part 1)" - single [1:35:29] Boobie Knight & The Universal Lady - "Power Greater Than Man" - single [1:37:09] Bob Andy - "Nyah" - single [1:39:59] Atlanta Rhythm Section - "Spooky" - single [1:43:25] V.K. and Sci Fi - "Awake" - single [1:48:23] Randy Newman - "Hold On (Have You Seen My Baby)" - single [1:53:22] Sandie Shaw - "An jenem Tag" - single [1:55:53] Rick Wakeman - "White Rock" - single [2:00:00] Peter Hammill - "Imperial Zeppelin" - Fool's Mate [From 1971] [2:14:16] Kevin Ayers - "Song for Insane Times" - Joy of a Toy [2:17:02] Matching Mole - "Part of the Dance" - Matching Mole [2:21:02] Jade Warrior - "Red Lotus" - Floating World [2:30:04] Henry Cow - "Half Asleep; Half Awake" - Unrest [2:35:19] Julie Tippetts - "Oceans and Sky (And Questions Why?)" - Sunset Glow [2:43:17] Steve Hackett - "Ace of Wands" - Voyage of the Acolyte [bonus track, live at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane] [2:48:44] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/149246

Duration:03:08:20

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Interview with Michael Timmins, Cowboy Junkies from Feb 10, 2025

2/10/2025
Clan Caimán - "Tulipán" - Pica-Pau [0:00:00] Mickey Baker - "Bobi" - Rock with a Sock [From 1957] [0:06:17] Blossom Dearie - "Just in Time" - Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green [From 1959] [0:10:33] Okonski - "October" - Entrance Music [0:14:04] Mekons - "Fallen Leaves" - Horror [0:17:55] Bonnie Prince Billy - "Turned to Dust (Rolling On)" - The Purple Bird [0:21:08] David Alexander Hess - "Little Cows Looking for Some Grass" - The Last House on the Left: Original Movie Soundtrack [From 1972] [0:24:40] Isasa - "Pistachito" - Canciones de Amor [0:26:57] Marewrew - "Yaykaterkara" - Ukouk. Round Singing Voices of the Ainu 2012​-​2024 [0:30:20] Andy Summers and Robert Fripp - "Skyline" - The Complete Recordings 1981-1984 [0:33:29] Joseba Irazoki - "OAM" - Gitarra Lekeitioak (Onomatopeikoa II) [0:38:19] Sparks - "Do Things My Own Way" - MAD! [0:41:38] Rose City Band - "Lights on the Way" - Sol y Sombra [0:45:19] Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s for a half hour, a bit earlier this week Ellie Greenwich - "Goodnight, Goodnight (What's So Good About It?)" - single [1:04:20] Barry McGuire - "I'd Have to Be Outta My Mind" - single [1:06:30] Sugar Minott - "Upon the Level" - single [1:10:01] Norse Turdans Ensemble - "Pols / Rørospols" - single [1:13:04] Leroy Pullins - "Swimming at the Bottom of the Pool" - single [1:16:30] Pepper Tree - "Workin'" - single [1:18:12] Gloria Gaynor - "Walk On By" - single [1:21:02] Keith Richards - "Take It So Hard" - single [1:25:09] Cat's Ass - "Mexico" - single [1:27:02] Interview with Michael Timmins, Part 1 [1:39:05] Cowboy Junkies - "Me and the Devil" - Whites Off Earth Now!! [1:45:13] Interview with Michael Timmins, Part 2 [1:49:37] Cowboy Junkies - "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" - The Trinity Session [1:57:07] Interview with Michael Timmins, Part 3 [2:02:45] Cowboy Junkies - "'Cause Cheap Is How I Feel" - 12" single [2:06:08] Interview with Michael Timmins, Part 4 [2:10:36] Cowboy Junkies - "What I Lost" - Such Ferocious Beauty [2:14:44] Interview with Michael Timmins, Part 5 [2:18:58] Cowboy Junkies - "The Way I Feel" - Songs of the Recollection [2:22:01] Interview with Michael Timmins, Part 6 [2:26:04] Cowboy Junkies - "Cowboy Junkies Lament" - Black Eyed Man [written by TVZ for the band] [2:29:05] Interview with Michael Timmins, Part 7 [2:31:59] Cowboy Junkies - "Lost My Drivin' Wheel" - 200 More Miles: Live Performances 1985-1994 [2:35:40] Interview with Michael Timmins, Last Part [2:42:12] Cowboy Junkies - "Shadows 2" - Such Ferocious Beauty [2:45:04] Cowboy Junkies - "All That Reckoning (Part 1)" - All That Reckoning [2:52:50] Cowboy Junkies - "Dreaming My Dreams of You" - The Trinity Session [2:55:56] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/149011

Duration:03:08:27

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Episode from Feb 3, 2025

2/3/2025
Marianne Faithfull - "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - North Country Maid [From 1966] [0:00:00] Marianne Faithfull - "Paris Bells" - Marianne Faithfull [From 1964] [0:06:00] Marianne Faithfull - "Portland Town" - Come My Way [From 1964] [0:08:44] Marianne Faithfull - "In the Night Time" - Loveinamist [From 1967] [0:11:43] Marianne Faithfull - "I'm the Sky" - Faithfull Forever... [0:14:42] Marianne Faithfull - "Beware of Darkness" - True [From 1971] [0:17:04] Marianne Faithfull - "That Was the Day (Nashville)" - Faithless [From 1976] [0:20:33] Marianne Faithfull - "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" - Broken English [0:24:45] Marianne Faithfull - "Times Square" - A Child's Adventure [0:28:55] Marianne Faithfull - "I'll Keep It with Mine" - Strange Weather [0:33:14] Marianne Faithfull - "Tower of Song" - Vagabond Ways [0:36:57] Marianne Faithfull - "The Phoenix" - Easy Come Easy Go [0:41:16] Marianne Faithfull - "Goin' Back" - Horses and High Heels [0:43:34] Marianne Faithfull - "Don't Forget Me" - 20th Century Blues [live in 1995] [0:47:11] Bananagun - "Children of the Man" - What Is the Colour of the Sky? [1:02:41] Dengue Fever - "One Thousand Tears of a Tarantula" - Escape from Dragon House [1:07:21] Dennis Coffey - "Fame" - Finger Pickin' Good [From 1975 (originally Lickin')] [1:13:58] Rahman Mammadli - "Qoçalı̇" - Azerbaijani Gitara Volume 2 [1:17:49] The Routes - "She's Lost Control" - Surfin' Pleasures [1:21:47] Set: Single File: a bunch of 45s in a row for about a half-hour The Big Bopper - "Chantilly Lace" - single [1:33:13] Ritchie Valens - "Donna" - single [1:35:07] The Crickets - "Not Fade Away" - single [1:37:28] Marty Robbins - "El Paso City" - single [1:39:57] Gladys Knight and the Pips - "Operator" - single [1:44:02] Dennis Brown - "Meet Me at the Corner" - single [1:46:14] Funkadelic - "The Electric Spanking of War Babies" - single [Edit version] [1:49:47] Head East - "Gettin' Lucky" - single [1:54:15] Bud Dashiell - "Seasons in the Sun" - single [1:57:27] Waylon Jennings - "A Long Time Ago" - I've Always Been Crazy [2:12:54] Willie Nelson - "Medley: These Are Difficult Times; Remember the Good Times" - Yesterday's Wine [From 1971] [2:14:52] Townes Van Zandt - "Rex's Blues" - Rear View Mirror [2:18:02] Cowboy Junkies - "Townes Blues" - The Radio One Sessions [27.2.92] [2:20:20] The Band - "Rockin' Chair" - Rock of Ages [New Year's Eve 1970] [2:23:12] Gregg Allman - "Win, Lose or Draw" - One More Try: An Anthology [From 1974] [2:27:08] Patti Whipp - "It's Gone" - Driftless Dreamers in Cuca Country [From 1970] [2:31:50] Kacy & Clayton - "Spare Me Over One More Year" - Carrying On [2:34:33] Allen Toussaint - "American Tune" - American Tunes [2:37:29] Jellow Buzzard - "Changing World" - Jellow Buzzard [From 1969] [2:42:10] The Byrds - "Ballad of Easy Rider" - Ballad of Easy Rider [From 1969] [2:45:28] Sachiko Kanenobu - "Toki ni Makasete" - Toki Ni Makasete: Sachiko Kanenobu Rare Tracks + 2 [previously unreleased outtake; "Leave It to Time"] [2:47:10] Rick Cuevas - "The Birds" - Planisphere [From 1984] [2:50:18] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/148769

Duration:03:08:47