Steve Krinsky: Playlist from June 26, 2007

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Artist	Track	Comments
Big Guitars from Texas	Groovus	The intro theme tune to this web-only show started midway through; hope you didn't mind
Tinariwen	Matadjem Yinmixan	These Tuareg nomads from North Africa sure can plug in and play; from a great new album-- "Water is Life"-- on World Village, 2007
Sedo Um Ehl Aida	Ya Moulana	Recorded in Mali as part of Le Festival Au Desert in 2003, this group from Mauritania was one of dozens that performed at this amazing event
Vieux Farka Toure	Sangare	Son of Ali Farka Toure-- also on World Village
Ralph Alessi	Soy Ink	Trumpeter Alessi has help here from Don Byron (clarinet), David Gilmore (guitar), Drew Gress (bass) and others
Don Byron	I'll Follow the Sun	Bill Frisell plays guitar on this Lennon/McCartney tune, from DB's 1999 "Romance with the Unseen" on Blue Note
Traffic	Walking in the Wind	Originally on "When the Eagle Flies" (1974), now part of a double-CD of Traffic tunes called "Smiling Phases" on Island
Ibiza Sound	Ad Lib (Parte 2)	The CD is "Andergraun Vibrations-- Spanish Hard Psych & Beyond, 1970-1978" on Hundergum
Modificacion	Across the Time	Despite the title, this is more psychedelic rock from Spain
Spam All Stars	El Ultimo	This Miami-based group likes to mix it up; from their 2000 CD "Pigs in Space"
Balkan Beat Box	Balcasio	Not sure where Spam All Stars ends and Balkan Beat Box begins but it sounds good to me!
Rabbits & Carrots	Hip City	And how about this 1969 Mexican music, from "Soul Latino" on Vampisoul
Lauren Hooker	You Needn't Call Me	Lauren will be around-- check out upcoming gigs in NY & NJ at laurenhooker.com
Damn Glad	Lighten the Load	Jersey City band with a nice sound; see their website: damnglad.com
Paul Iorio	Pretty Women at the Funeral	Paul's debut album is called "About Myself" and was recorded in L.A. in 2005
Lou Russo	Better Off Dead	Longtime friend of the station. I used to see Lou and band decades ago play the bars of Hudson County.
Greg Englesson	That Last Phone Call	aka Mr. E. Lots of nice tunes on his "Demystified" CD; you can email Greg in Woodstock: GE@netstep.net
Bazza	Savage Season	I like this stuff: interesting lyrics, good band, cool album covers. Out of Portland. Oregon. Website: vachss.com
Wilco	Either Way	Nice new CD on Nonesuch: "Sky Blue Sky"
The Special Pillow	Goodnight Morning, Hello Moon	Local band makes good
Nick Lowe	The Man in Love	I didn't realize this was a Charlie Feathers' tune; NL knows how to make that old rockabilly stuff sound fresh
The Walkabouts	Satisfied Mind	From a reissue of their 1993 CD
Sheb Wooley	Blue Guitar	Of "Purple People Eater" fame, from the "Roots of Elvis" CD on Rev-Ola
Ivory Joe Hunter	I Almost Lost My Mind	Elvis listened to this one too
Bobby Blue Bland	Lovin' Blues	Deep South BBB, on "The Earls of Duke" (Rev-Ola, 2007)
Joe Liggins	Honeydripper	A 2-for-1 Honeydripper, Parts 1 & 2 combined. This was a huge hit, sold a million records in 1945-46-- and it still sounds great
Eddie Shaw	Chicago Man	Shaw heads the house band for the new John Sayles movie--"Honeydripper"-- and he still blows a mean sax, as this cool instrumental shows
Eddie Shaw	Blues at the Crossroads	In 1992, he recorded "In the Land of the Crossroads" for Rooster Blues in Clarksdale, Mississippi
Little Willie John	I Need Your Love So Bad	What a voice! Although he died in prison in 1968-- he killed a man in a bar fight-- his music lives on. His older sister Mabel is in the Honeydripper band
Wynonie Harris	Good Rockin' Tonight	This was a smash R&B hit in 1948, with Hal Cornbread Singer playing sax. A hot number
Joe Ely	Good Rockin' Tonight	Joe Ely's version is even hotter, a rock & rock powerhouse-- from "Musta Notta Gotta Lotta" (SouthCoast Records, 1981)
Mahalia Jackson	Move On Up A LIttle Higher	Can a gospel tune be a hit? This 1963 song sure has all the makings!
Six Pack	There Was A Time	From "Good God! James Brown Covers from the 60s & 70s"
The Dave Pike Set	I Got the Feelin'	More JB style funk
OFS Unlimited	Mr. Kidneys	Mr. Kidneys?! I guess that's why they call it "Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label"
Mardigras.bb	Junge Telegraph	Great stuff out of Frankfurt, Germany; the CD is "Alligatorsoup" (Hazlewood Music)
Jose Roberto	Crioula Multicolorida	From "Brazilian Beats Brooklyn" on Mr. Bongo
Erasmo Carlos	Jeep	More Brooklyn Brazilian Beats
Rockin' Dopsie	My Baby She's Gone`	My favorite Dopsie album is "Hold On!" on Sonet Records out of London in 1979
[from "Gypsy Caravan"]	Smoking Bass	Super soundtrack on World Village from new movie
Esma's Ensemble Teodosievski	Romano Horo	According to the Liner Notes, Esma Redzepova, from Macedonia, has been performing for more than 40 years and is the musical "Queen of the Gypsies."
[from "Gypsy Caravan"]	Spoons	Food and music go hand in hand
Taraf de Hajouks	Carolina	This group from Macedonia is the best known of the Gypsy bands
Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake	Planet E	These two Chicago guys have been playing together for decades; Allmusic says their new CD-- "From the River to the Ocean"-- "is not only among Anderson's finest albums to date, it has to be among the top jazz albums of 2007."