19/09/2009
Bob presents the show live from Nashville and is joined by guests including 'Queen of Folkabilly' Nanci Griffith, JD Souther and John Prine.
During the week of the Americana Music Awards, tonight's programme comes live from Nashville. Bob is joined in his Music Row studio by guests who are in town for this annual celebration of Americana music including Grammy award winning singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith who performs songs from her brand new album 'The Loving Kind'.Nanci's musical career started in the folk clubs of Austin, Texas and has seen her release more than twenty albums and be hailed as 'Queen of folkabilly' by Rolling Stone Magazine.Originally a kindergarten teacher, Nanci Griffith released her first two albums in 1978 and 1982 on a local Austin label. Her breakthrough came in 1986 with the album 'Last of the True Believers', which earned her a Grammy nomination and led to her being signed by MCA. She went on to release 'Lone Star State of Mind', which included the hugely acclaimed Julie Gold composition 'From a Distance' . Her 1989 album 'Storms', and 1991's Late night Grand Hotel' moved her music further into the pop mainstream, before she returned to her country-folk roots with 'Other Voices, Other Rooms', an album celebrating folk songwriters including Bob Dylan, Ralph McTell and Tom Paxton. Since then Nanci Griffith has recorded several more studio albums including a collection of reworked songs with the London Symphony Orchestra, a sequel to 'Other Voices, Other Rooms' and an album of intimate torch songs 'Ruby's Torch' where she is once again accompanied by her band, The Blue Moon Orchestra. Other guests will include J.D. Souther and John Prine who will be both be playing live in the studio plus the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting John Fogerty.In amongst tonight's live studio sessions Bob selects some of the best new music in Nashville's record shops, and features artists performing in town at the Americana music showcases.
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Big Jeff & The Radio Playboys
Juke Box Boogie
- Hillbilly Boogie.
- Proper Records.
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Scott Miller
Iron Gate
- For Crying Out Loud.
- F.A.Y Recordings.
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Chuck Prophet
American Man
- American Man (SINGLE).
- Cooking Vinyl.
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Donald Fagen
Tomorrow's Girls
- Kamakiriad.
- REPRISE.
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John Fogerty
Garden Party
- The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again.
- Verve Forecast.
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Creedence Clearwater Revival
Bad Moon Rising
- Chronicle.
- FANTASY.
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John Fogerty
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
- The Songs Of Bill Monroe.
- SKAGGS FAMILY.
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John Fogerty
Haunted House
- The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again.
- Verve Forecast.
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Rosanne Cash
Sea Of Heartbreak
- The List.
- Manhattan.
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Medicine Hat
Bob Jingle
- Medicine Hat.
- PRS.
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Barefoot Jerry
Watching T.V. (With The Radio On)
- Watchin' TV.
- See For Miles.
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The Band of Heathens
L.A. County Blues
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Nanci Griffith
The Loving Kind
- The Loving Kind.
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Nanci Griffith
Across America
- The Loving Kind.
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Nanci Griffith
Sing
- The Loving Kind.
- Rounder.
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Peter Cooper
Bells of Odilia
- Lloyd Green.
- Bells of Odilia.
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Will Hoge
Hard To Love
- The Wreck.
- Ryko.
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Alison Krauss
Baby Now That I'Ve Found You
- Now That I'Ve Found You A Collection.
- ROUNDER.
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John Prine
All The Best
- Oh Boy.
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John Prine
Crazy As A Loon
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John Prine
Glory Of True Love
- Fair And Square.
- OH BOY.
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Among the Oak & Ash
Peggy-O
- Among The Oak And The Ash.
- Verve Forecast.
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J.D. Souther
I'Ll Be Here At Closing Time
- If The World Was You.
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J.D. Souther
Faithless Love
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Cecil Gant
Nashville Jumps
- Nashville's Jukebox 1945-1955.
- Country Music Hall Of Fame.
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- Sat 19 Sep 2009 23:00Â鶹ÊÓƵAV Radio 2
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