PHIL RYAN – OUR NEXT GUEST – 9 JULY
The next episode of Spirit and Roots will be Tuesday 9th July.
My featured guest will be the superb, Phil Ryan.
Here is one of my favourites of his:
SPIRIT AND ROOTS EPISODE #5 w/ GRAHAM ROBINS – NOW UP ON MIXCLOUD
My featured guest on the fifth episode of Spirit and Roots was Graham Robins. Here is him performing the track, ‘Strong,’ live for us in the studio.
He talked about the role of spirituality in his music, the influence of Bob Dylan and gave us an insight into life in the Swinging 60s when he kickstarted his career.
You can listen to the entire interview and show here:
Episode 5 Playlist
1/ CHARIVARI – Reel De Barzas/Wayne Perry’s Reel – A Trip To The Holiday Lounge
2/ DAVID BALL – I Can See Arkansas – Freewheeler
3/ SOLOMON BURKE – Don’t Give Up Me – Don’t Give Up Me
4/ GRAHAM ROBINS – Back To The Heartland – The Shipping News
5/ BOB DYLAN – Positively Fourth Street – Biograph
6/ DISORDER ON THE BORDER – Love Has No Pride – Disorder On The Border
7/ BRENT COBB – Ain’t A Road Too Long – Ain’t A Road Too Long
8/ GRAHAM ROBINS – Strong – Parish Papers and Short Stories
9/ SAM COOKE AND THE SOUL STIRRERS – Last Mile Of The Way – The Complete Specialty Recordings
10/ VAN MORRISON – Enlightenment – Enlightenment
11/ LEON REDBONE – Lovesick Blues – Red To Blue
12/ DR JOHN – Just The Same – In The Right Place
13/ THE WATERBOYS – Strange Boat – Fisherman’s Blues
14/ CAST – Magic Hour – Magic Hour
15/ JOHNNY ADAMS – Now You Know – Man Of My Word
16/ RICHARD AND LINDA THOMPSON – Down Where The Drunkards Roll – I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
17/ MARGARET GLASPY – Talking Like You – Vanity Of Vanities
18/ EMBRACE – That’s All Changed Forever – The Good Will Out
19/ JJ GREY AND THE MOFRO – Tame A Wild One – The River
20/ BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Western Stars – Western Stars
21/ BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO – Beast Of Burden – The Buckwheat Zydeco Story
All artist links can be found in the YouTube and MixCloud footnotes.
GRAHAM ROBINS – OUR NEXT GUEST – 29 JUNE
Fantastic news!
Spirit and Roots will now be going out twice a month!
As well as our regular 2nd Tuesday (9-10pm GMT) broadcast, we will now be airing a second monthly show on the 4th Saturday (2-4pm GMT).
Thanks to everybody who has supported the show so far – it’s truly appreciated.
Our next guest will be the Mister Soul, Graham Robins. Make sure to tune in 29 June (2-4pm GMT) for that.
Here is a track from his latest record:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_SwFJFRwxM
SPIRIT AND ROOTS EPISODE #4 w/ HANNAH SCOTT – NOW UP ON MIXCLOUD
My featured guest on the fourth episode of Spirit and Roots was the Suffolk songbird, Hannah Scott. We had a Fathers Day theme on this show and, fittingly, here is a video of her playing her song, ‘My Dad and I’, for us in the studio.
We talked about the long-term influence of Counting Crows and how meeting long-time collaborator, Stefano Della Casa, indelibly transformed her approach to making music.
You can listen to the entire interview and show here:
Episode 4 Playlist
1/ DARRELL SCOTT – Thanksgiving 1985 / The Songs of Ben Bullington
2/ CHRIS WOOD – This Love Won’t Let You Fail / So Much To Defend
3/ HANNAH SCOTT – Walk A Wire / Single
4/ HANNAH SCOTT – My Dad And I / The Space Inbetween
5/ COUNTING CROWS – Sullivan Street / August and Everything After
6/ CHAIM TANNENBAUM – My Old Man / Chaim Tannenbaum
7/ PIERCE PETTIS – Your Father’s Son / Father’s Son
8/ LOUDON WAINWRIGHT – Men / So Damn Happy
All artist links can be found in the YouTube and MixCloud footnotes.
HANNAH SCOTT – OUR NEXT GUEST – 11 JUNE
The next episode of Spirit and Roots will be Tuesday 11th June.
My featured guest will be the wonderful, Hannah Scott.
You can hear her latest single, ‘Walk A Wire,’ here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxyiRoWJDAA