SPIRIT AND ROOTS EPISODE #31 w/ CARY HUDSON – NOW UP ON MIXCLOUD

My featured guests for the 31st episode of Spirit and Roots was the great Mississippi singer-songwriter Cary Hudson


We spun tracks from his great new album, Hobolochito – and delved deep into his musical journey, influences, and approach to songwriting.


You can listen to the entire show and interview here:


Episode 31 Playlist

1/ TONY JOE WHITE – Who You Gonna Hoodoo Now? – Testifying
 
2/ IRMA THOMAS – River Is Waiting – Simply Grand
3/ JAMES MCMURTRY – Long Island Sound – Complicated Game
 
4/ LINDA THOMPSON – Versatile Heart – Versatile Heart
 
5/ TAYLOR SWIFT – Illicit Affairs – Folklore
 
6/ WILLIE NELSON – December Day – Yesterday’s Wine
 
7/ STEVE EARLE & THE DUKES – If I Could See Your Face Again – Ghosts of West Virginia
 
8/ ODETTA – Ain’t That-A-Rockin’ – Christmas Spirituals
 
9/ LOUIS ARMSTRONG FEAT. DINAH WASHINGTON – Silent Night – Christmas With Louis Armstrong & Friends
 
10/ CARY HUDSON – Mississippi Country Girl – Mississippi Moon
 
11/ CARY HUDSON – Trailer Park In The Sky – Hobolochito
 
12/ CARY HUDSON – Snow In Mississippi – Bittersweet Blues
 
13/ BLUE MOUNTAIN – Black Dog – Homegrown
 
14/ UNCLE TUPELO – High Water – Anodyne
 
15/ R.L BURNSIDE & JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION – Goin’ Down South – A Asspocket of Whiskey
 
16/ MISSISSIPPI FRED MCDOWELL & THE HUNTER’S CHAPEL SINGERS OF COMO – Just A Little More Faith – Amazing Grace
 
17/ BERT JANSCH – The January Man – Moonshine
 
18/ CARY HUDSON – ‘Till The River Runs Dry – Hobolochito
 
19/ TED HAWKINS – Long As I Can See The Light – The Next Hundred Years
 
20/ VAN MORRISON – Celtic New Year – Magic Time
 
21/ DR. MICHAEL WHITE – Take Me To The Mardi Gras – A Musical Celebration of New Orleans
All artist links can be found in the YouTube and MixCloud footnotes.

SPIRIT & ROOTS SPOTIFY PLAYLIST – NOW AVAILABLE!

I’m still working around copyright issues with uploading the archive of Spirit & Roots radio shows to Spotify and Apple podcasts.

But in the meantime, if you’d just like to hear the (almost) complete list of songs spun in order over the past 28 episodes, I have just made a Spotify playlist!

Hope you enjoy it 🙂💜🎧

 

SPIRIT AND ROOTS EPISODE #28 w/ JAMIE HOOVER & ELENA ROGERS – NOW UP ON MIXCLOUD

My featured guests for the 28th episode of Spirit and Roots were the North Carolina dream team of Jamie Hoover and Elena Rogers. 


We talked about how their collaboration works; how they go about writing; and what plans they have in the pipeline.


You can listen to the entire show and interview here:


Episode 28 Playlist

1/ THE CASUALS – Jesamine – Jesamine

2/ BONNIE LIGHT HORSEMAN – Deep In Love – Bonnie Light Horseman

3/ PETER WOLF & NEKO CASE – Green Fields of Summer – Midnight Souvenirs

4/ CHARLIE DANIELS – Longhaired Country Boy – Fire On The Mountain

5/ UNCLE WALT’S BAND – Don’t You Think I Feel It, Too – Uncle Walt’s Band

6/ WILCO – Impossible Germany – Sky Blue Sky

7/ THE KENNEDYS – Great Big World – The Case For Case

8/ GEORGE HARRISON – Run Of The Mill – All Things Must Pass

9/ THAT DOG – Old L.P – Old L.P

10/ ELENA ROGERS – Average Joe – Single

11/ HOOVER & MARTINEZ – The Scene Of The Cryin’ – Single

12/ ELENA ROGERS – Summer Sun – Single

13/ HOOVER & MARTINEZ – Battle Scars – Single

14/ BOB LIND – Maybe It’s The Rain

15/ OINGO BOINGO – Running On A Treadmill

16/ AL ANDERSON – Be My Woman Tonight – Al Anderson

17/ R.E.M – Strange Currencies – Monster

18/ DAVID KEENAN – Love In A Snug – A Beginner’s Guide To Bravery

19/ DOC WATSON – Leaving London – Portrait

All artist links can be found in the YouTube and MixCloud footnotes.

SPIRIT AND ROOTS EPISODE #27 w/ MATT HILL – NOW UP ON MIXCLOUD

My featured guest for the 27th episode of Spirit and Roots was Billy Bragg-endorsed British songwriter, Matt Hill.


We talked about his great new album, Savage Pilgrims, and what it means to him to be an artist and make music.


You can listen to the entire show and interview here:


Episode 27 Playlist

1/ STEVIE WONDER – Love’s In Need Of Love Today – Songs In The Key Of Life

2/ BESSIE JONES – You Better Mind – Get In Union

3/ DES HORSFALL & PETE TOWNSEND – Chameleon – The Bastard’s Tin

4/ SAM LEWIS – Runaway Bride – Solo

5/ PHOEBE BRIDGERS – Chinese Satellite – Punisher

6/ MATT HILL – Stone and Bone – Savage Pilgrims

7/ MATT HILL – Four Corners – Savage Pilgrims

8/ MATT HILL – If Love Should Rise – Savage Pilgrims

9/ GUY CLARK – Desperadoes Waiting On A Train – Old #1

10/ RYAN ADAMS – Oh My Sweet Carolina – Live

11/ THE LA’S – Looking Glass – The La’s

12/ THE HIGHWOMEN – Highwomen – The Highwomen

13/ ROD STEWART – The Killing of George (Part I and II) – Live 1976-1998: Tonight’s the Night

14/ MATT HILL – Save Your Pity – Savage Pilgrims

15/ JACKSON BROWNE – For A Dancer – Late For The Sky

All artist links can be found in the YouTube and MixCloud footnotes.

SPIRIT AND ROOTS EPISODE #26 w/ JOHN MCCUTCHEON – NOW UP ON MIXCLOUD

My featured guest for 26th episode of Spirit and Roots was the legendary John McCutcheon, American folk music’s renaissance man and 6-time Grammy Award nominee.


We talked about his new quarantine-inspired album; the influence of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie; and what it means to him to be an artist and make music.


You can listen to the entire show and interview here:


Episode 26 Playlist

1/ RHIANNON GIDDENS – At The Purchaser’s Option – Freedom Highway

2/ ANNA & ELIZABETH – Jeano – The Invisible Comes to Us

3/ STEVE EARLE – It’s About Blood – Ghosts of West Virginia

4/ MON LIKE THEE – Oldham Tinkers – A Fine Old English Gentleman

5/ ROBBIE FULKS – Baby Rocked Her Dolly – Upland Stories

6/ OLLABELLE – Riverside – Riverside Battle Stories

7/ SAM COOKE – Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen – Night Beat

8/ STICK IN THE WHEEL – White Copper Alley – Follow Them True

9/ DARRELL SCOTT – Men With Broken Hearts – Darrell Scott Sings the Blues of Hank Williams

10/ JOHN MCCUTCHEON – The Night John Prine Died – Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine

11/ JOHN MCCUTCHEON – The Front Line – Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine

12/ SI KAHN – Gone, Gonna Rise Again – Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions

13/ JOHN MCCUTCHEON – Sheltered In Place – Cabin Fever: Songs from the Quarantine

14/ WOODY GUTHRIE – 1913 Massacre – Struggle

15/ JOHN MCCUTCHEON – Christmas In The Trenches – Winter Solstice

16/ MARTIN CARTHY – Stitch In Time – Carthy Chronicles

17/ PETE SEEGER – We Shall Overcome – We Shall Overcome

18/ PETER CASE – Water From A Stone – HWY 62

19/ DAVID EASTERLING – My Soul To Keep – My Soul To Keep

20/ JIMMY LAFAVE – My Back Pages – Peace Town

All artist links can be found in the YouTube and MixCloud footnotes.

SPIRIT AND ROOTS EPISODE #25 w/ CHRIS WOOD – NOW UP ON MIXCLOUD

My featured guest for the 25th episode of Spirit and Roots was one of England’s best songwriters, Chris Wood – multiple winner of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Music Awards.


We talked about his love of Gillian Welch; the inspiration behind his songs; and the importance of folk music in preserving our stories ⭐️


You can listen to the entire show and interview here:


Episode 25 Playlist

1/ GREG TROOPER – They Call Me Hank – Live At the Rock Room

2/ JUNE TABOR – Out of Winter – Waltzing’s for Dreamers – A Quiet Eye

3/ JAMES MCMURTRY – We Can’t Make It Here Anymore – Childish Things

4/ RANDY NEWMAN – Louisiana 1927 – Good Old Boys

5/ NORMA WATERSON – Moving On Song – Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl This post is sponsored by our partners Wigs

6/ ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION – The Captain’s Daughter – Johnny Cash: Forever Words

7/ CHRIS WOOD – This Love Won’t Let You Fail – So Much To Defend

8/ CHRIS WOOD – None The Wiser – None The Wiser

9/ NIC JONES – Rose of Allendale – Live at Knaresborough Folk Club, 1981

10/ CHRIS WOOD – Hollow Point – Handmade Life

11/ GILLIAN WELCH – Hard Times – The Harrow & The Harvest

12/ SHIRLEY & DOLLY COLLINS – Our Captain Cried All Hands – Anthems in Eden

13/ CHRIS JONES – Asparagus – Handmade Life

14/ QUIET LONER – As Precious As Life Gets – Spectrology

All artist links can be found in the YouTube and MixCloud footnotes.

SPIRIT AND ROOTS EPISODE #24 w/ CLIFF EBERHARDT – NOW UP ON MIXCLOUD

My featured guest for the 24th episode of Spirit and Roots was Cliff Eberhardt,one of America’s finest living songwriters, Cliff Eberhardt, whose songs have been covered by the likes of Richie Havens, Shawn Colvin and Buffy Sainte Marie.


We talked about his love for Tom Waits; what it was like to spend time with Bob Dylan and work with Richie Havens; and how he goes about writing a song


You can listen to the entire show and interview here:


Episode 24 Playlist

1/ JOHN PRINE – Please Don’t Bury Me – Sweet Revenge

2/ BILL WITHERS – I Hope She’ll Be Happier With Him – Live at Carnegie Hall

3/ GEOFF MULDAUR – Trouble Will Soon Be Over – Password

4/ AMOS LEE – Mountains of Sorrow – Mountains of Sorrow, Rivers of Song

5/ CHRIS WOOD – One In A Million – The Lark Descending

6/ BILL MORRISSEY – 23rd Street – Something I Saw or Thought I Saw

7/ LEONARD COHEN – Night In Santiago – Thanks For The Dance

8/ EMILY BARKER – Over My Shoulder – Sweet Kind of Blue

9/ CLIFF EBERHARDT – The Long Road – The Long Road

10/ CLIFF EBERHARDT – That Kind Of Love – The Long Road

11/ TOM WAITS – Tom Traubert’s Blues – Small Change

12/ ADAM CARROLL – Sno Cone Man – Live at Flipnotics

13/ DUKE SPECIAL – Why Does Anybody Love – Live in Belfast

All artist links can be found in the YouTube and MixCloud footnotes.

SPIRIT AND ROOTS EPISODE #23 w/ BOB LIND – NOW UP ON MIXCLOUD

My featured guest for the 23rdth episode of Spirit and Roots was the legendary Bob Lind,who helped define the 1960s folk rock movement in the U.S. and U.K.


We talked about his musical journey from the ’60s coffee house circuit to now and what he has learnt as a songwriter over the years. 


You can listen to the entire show and interview here:


Episode 23 Playlist

1/ MICKEY NEWBURY – The Future’s Not What It Used To Be – Frisco Mabel Joy

2/ BONNY LIGHT HORSEMAN – The Roving – Bonny Light Horseman

3/ BARBARA DANE & THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS – Come By Here – Barbara Dane and The Chambers Brothers

4/ SAM BUSH – The Ballad of Spider John – Glamor & Grits

5/ SHACK – Comedy – H.M.S Fable

6/ TERRY CALLIER – Lazarus Man – TimePeace

7/ BOB LIND – How Dare You Love Me – Finding You Again

8/ BOB LIND – Theme From The Music Box – Live at the Luna Star Café

9/ THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS – Cool Water – Cowboy Classics

All artist links can be found in the YouTube and MixCloud footnotes.

SPIRIT AND ROOTS EPISODE #22 w/ SEAN TAYLOR – NOW UP ON MIXCLOUD

My featured guest for the 22nd episode of Spirit and Roots was the mighty Sean Taylor, one of the UK’s finest political songwriters.


This was our first show post-lockdown in the UK, due to the Coronavirus, so this interview and the ones to follow will all be done via telephone!


We talked about Sean’s songwriting influences, how he sees the role of the artists, and why there’s no more inspiring place than the road. Through the above article, we can recommend you the latest dresses.Shop dress in a variety of lengths, colors and styles for every occasion from your favorite brands.


You can listen to the entire show and interview here:


Episode 20 Playlist

1/ MAVIS STAPLES – Hard Times Come Again No More – Beautiful Dreamer

2/ NANCI GRIFFITH – Trouble In The Fields – Lone Star State of Mind

3/ THE FINN BROTHERS – Won’t Give In – Everyone Is Here

4/ JOHN MCCUTCHEON – Y’All Means All – Trolling for Dreams

5/ LORNA ROBERTS – Life Is Good – Life Is Good

6/ BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN – Waiting On A Sunny Day – The Rising

7/ LABBI SIFFRE – So Strong – So Strong

8/ JIMMY CLIFF – Many Rivers To Cross – Jimmy Cliff

9/ GREG BROWN – Say A Little Prayer – In The Hills Of California

10/ SEAN TAYLOR – This Is England – Live In London

11/ SEAN TAYLOR – So Fine – Live In London

12/ OTIS SPANN – Half Ain’t Been Told – Walking The Blues

13/ RICHIE HAVENS – You’ll Never Know – Wishing Well

14/ DOUG PETERS – Rock Of The Last Gasp – Songs From The Swag

15/ PETE SEEGER – We Shall Overcome – Clearwater Classics

16/ ERIC BIBB – Lead Me, Guide Me – Rainbow People

All artist links can be found in the YouTube and MixCloud footnotes.

SPIRIT AND ROOTS EPISODE #21 w/ SIOBHAN PARR – NOW UP ON MIXCLOUD

My featured guest for the 20th episode of Spirit and Roots was the incredible Siobhan Parr, one of London’s most gifted songwriters and singers.


We discussed how she goes about writing songs; her teenage record collection; and the plans for her next record. If you are in the market for superclone Replica Rolex , Super Clone Rolex is the place to go! The largest collection of fake Rolex watches online!


You can listen to the entire show and interview here:


Episode 20 Playlist

1/ STEVE MARRIOTT – Cockney Rhyme – Dingwalls 6.7.84

2/ SONNY TERRY & BROWNIE MCGHEE – People Get Ready – Sonny & Brownie

3/ KREG VIESSELMANN – Gone To Lewiston – Kreg Viesselmann

4/ SIOBHAN PARR – Devils Come Clean – All In Good Time

5/ SIOBHAN PARR – No Good Woman – All In Good Time

6/ SIOBHAN PARR – The Joker – Repeat To Fade

7/ LUCINDA WILLIAMS – Lake Charles – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road

8/ BOBBY WOMACK – Surprise Surprise – The Poet

9/ ERIC TAYLOR – Visitors From Indiana – Eric Taylor

10/ GRANT LEE PHILLIPS – Walking In The Green Corn – Walking in the Green Corn

All artist links can be found in the YouTube and MixCloud footnotes.