Acoustic Cafe - 2007 Archive
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Best In-Studio Performances of 2007 (Part 5)
Featuring "Gimme Shelter" Anjelique Kidjo, "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" Chris Thile, "Denton Road" Michael Penn, "National Express" Mark Olson.
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Best CDs of 2007 (Part 6)
Acoustic Cafe named the album "In Our Nature" by Swedish folk artist Jose Gonzalez as one of the top 10 albums of 2007. The album features all original songs, except a cover of Massive Attack's "Teardrop." Neil Young's previously unreleased solo set, "Live at Massey Hall," captured the artist in his prime and introduced the never-before-heard song "Bad Fog of Loneliness." Rocky Votolato performed songs off his sixth album, "The Brag & Cuss," in the Acoustic Cafe studio in November. Now check...
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Ferraby Lionheart
Newcomer Ferraby Lionheart and his band join us in the studio for songs from his self-titled EP, and his full length disc, "Catch The Brass Ring." Ferraby lives in L.A., and his debut disc has drawn favorable comparisons to Harry Nilsson, Rufus Wainwright, Elliott Smith and many more. On this week's show, Ferraby talks about the music, the comparisons and more!
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Steve Earle
It's been a while, but we're thrilled to welcome Steve Earle back to Acafe! Along with his wife, Allison Moorer, Steve plays songs from his newest "Washington Square Serenade."Although mostly a collection of songs celebrating his new wife and home in NYC, it just wouldn't be a Steve Earle appearance without a healthy dose of politics... A truly interesting listen this week! This week's guest segment is made possible in part by Leon Speakers.
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Dan Wilson
This year's Grammy winner for Song Of The Year, Dan Wilson, joins us in the studio for new music from his long-awaited solo debut "Free Life." And Dan brought along the bass player from his previous bands Trip Shakespeare and Semisonic, John Munson, and a ton of great stories... Including how he came up with the award winning "Not Ready To Make Nice" for The Dixie Chicks.
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The Aliens
An odd departure this week as we welcome The Aliens to Acoustic Cafe. The former Beta Band members (Gordon Anderson, Robin Jones) play some songs from The Aliens' debut disc "Astronomy For Dogs," plus a couple unreleased numbers.
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Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles
Roots-punk is the genre of the week as Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles join us for songs from their second release "Diamonds In The Dark," and conversation about the Boston indie rock scene and more.
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Mark Olson
Mark Olson stops by the studio this week for songs from his first solo record, "The Salvation Blues," talk about his ex-wife Victoria Williams, his old songwriting partner Gary Louris and his previous bands The Creekdippers and The Jayhawks.
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Ollabelle
The New York City roots band Ollabelle joins us in the studio this week for songs from their last studio disc, "Riverside Battle Songs" (2006), plus a new found traditional and an amazing Grateful Dead cover! They also talk about working on other folk's records, including The Holmes Brothers, Chris Smither and lead singer Amy Helm's father, Levon Helm.
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Ari Hest
Ari Hest joins us in the studio this week for songs from his latest disc "The Break-In." Ari also shares some thoughts about working with producer Mitchell Froom on the new record, versus doing everything himself, as he did on last year's EP "The Green Room Sessions."
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Teddy Thompson
This week Teddy Thompson makes his first solo appearance on Acafe to talk about his third record, "Up Font and Down Low," an album of classic country and rockabilly covers. The last time Teddy was on the show was accompanying his mother, Linda, in 2002.
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Elizabeth Cook
It's two leading lights of "left of center Nashville" joining us in the studio, Elizabeth Cook and Tim Carroll. Elizabeth and Tim play songs from Elizabeth's newest "Balls," and tell us about playing The Opry one night, and hitting the day job the next morning. Excellent music and interesting conversation from two of our favorite hard working musicians!
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The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello)
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Tim Finn
Tim Finn stops in this week on Acoustic Cafe. The founding member of Split Enz talks about re-uniting that band last year, making music with his brother Tim and his new album "The Imaginary Kingdom," released in the spring. Tim also performs songs both old and new on his visit to our studio.
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James Lee Stanley
James Lee Stanley makes his first appearance on the show this week. JLS has been making music for 45 years as a major label artist in the 70s, a hit songwriter in the late 70s, in a duo with The Monkees' Peter Tork and through a series of solo folk releases since the 1980s. James also worked for Bones Howe as a songwriter, and even played the part of a singing Klingon on "Star Trek: Deep Space 9." An interesting career and great new songs from his album "The Eternal Contradiction" make up...
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Matt Nathanson
One of the best, current live performers also happens to be excellent in the studio. This week, Matt Nathanson drops in to discuss his new release "Some Mad Hope," live performing and the creative use of the cover song!
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Suzanne Vega
Suzanne Vega's first new record in 6 years, "Beauty & Crime," is one part 9/11 remembrance, and one part open love letter to her home, New York City. Suzanne, along with bassist Mike Viseglia and keyboardist/violinist Allison Cornell join us this week for songs both new and old!
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Kim Richey
It's great to have Kim Richey back for a visit this week. Kim's last appearance was in 2002, which was the last she had a new studio record... But now she's got a new one, "Chinese Boxes," and lots of great stories about the time in-between!
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Ryan Shaw
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Fountains of Wayne
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Robbie Fulks
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Low Stars
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Martin Sexton
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Michael Penn
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Angelique Kidjo
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Dana Cooper
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M. Ward
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Alejandro Escovedo
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Brett Dennen
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Susan Werner
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Badly Drawn Boy
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The Alternate Routes
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Kristin Hersh
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