Alannah Myles
Podcast 86. December's edition of 'The Roots and Blues Hour'.
Here is a rich selection of earthy roots and blues music to sustain you over the xmas break. After an eight year hiatus Canadian Alannah Myles has re-emerged with an album called Black Velvet. Opening Podcast 86 is her song 'Trouble' a track with a course irregular blues thread running though it! Following that is an energising mix of new roots rock from Canadian and US alt. country musicians many of whom would not see the light of day 'downunder' if it wasn't for the exposure offered by the SARB Podcasts! Fill ya boots!
1 Alannah Myles - Black Velvet - Trouble.
2 Austin Collins - Roses Are Black - House Without Windows
3 Murray McLauchlan - Songs from the street - Hard Rock Town.
4 Backyard Tire Fire - The Places We Lived - Welcome to the factory.
5 The Low Anthem - Oh My God Charlie Darwin - Champion Angel.
6 Chuckanut Drive - Fidelity Grange - When the Workin's Done.
7 5440 - Northern soul - Northern Soul.
8 Hang Jones - The Ballad of Carlsbad County - Alive.
9 Nathan Bell - Traitorland - Six long years.
10 Annabelle Chvostek - Resilience - Seven Years.
11 Catherine MacLellan - Church Bell Blues - Too Easy.
12 Mare Wakefield - Ironwood - Together alone.
13 Adam Klein - Western Tales & Trails - Hank's Woman.
14 Tony Penn - The Quicken - Can't Stop The Tears.
15 The Duhks - Fast Paced World - Mighty storm.
16 Stephen Fearing - Yellowjacket - Goodnight Moon.

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Christina Crofts
Podcast 85 December's edition of 'Blues Time'
It’s time to put aside those fears and woes of a world wide recession and indulge in some uplifting and therapeutic blues! Blues therapy in this podcast will be kindly administered by 8 Ball Aitken, a rebel with a cause! Also Luis Coloma whose nimble fingers will hammer out some grand boogie on a grand piano. We also feature Christina Crofts, a blues diva from Sydney whose fingers will certainly delight as they slide up and down her fender stratacaster. We thought it was time to unleash slide guitar demon Ted Drozdowski AKA Scissormen as well as inundate you with some raw to the bone blues from Finland courtesy of Jo Bubby and Down Home King III.
In this podcast Jerome Douvendahns also presents his TOP 7 BLUES ALBUMS of 2008 drawn from all of those presented in this year’s Blues Time Podcasts.

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Rosie Burgess
Podcast 84. November's edition of 'The Roots and Blues Hour'.
Podcast 84 opens with a track by Frankie Miller, a great Scottish great rhythm 'n' blues singer who suffered a massive brain heamorage while in New York in August of 1994. He has shown remarkable courage to claw his way slowly back to health, after spending 15 months in hospital. His album Long Way Home was released in 2006. Its tracks were all recorded between 1991 and 1997 and feature Joe Walsh on guitar.
1 Frankie Miller - Long way home - Baton Rouge
2 Rosie Burgess - Wait for the world - Strangelove
3 Joe Camilleri - Bakelite Radio Vol 4 - Don't Judge Me Too Hard
4 Taj Mahal - Maestro - Further on Down the Road
5 Todd Snider - Peace queer - Fortunate Son.
6 Seasick Steve -  I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of it Left
7 Austin Collins - Roses Are Black - 11 Months
8 Lee Miles - Heathen Blux -  Peasant Blues
9 Calexico - Carried to Dust - Victor Jara's Hands
10 Dave Boutette - Boomtown and Candidate - Candidate
11 Kate Campbell - Blues and lamentations - Free world
12 Magnolia Electric Company - Lonesome valley
13 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue - Jack Killed Mom
14 Lucinda Williams - Little Honey - It's a long way to the top

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Gravelroad
Podcast 83 November's edition of 'Blues Time'
I know how some of you out there like your blues to be on the heavy, electric, dark and metallic side well get a loadof the opening track from Gravelroad! Session player, producer and sound engineer Peter Gelling has collaborated with vocalist Kate Meehan and pianist Skip Landy on their album called My sister’s shoes. We present the title track, it makes for some compelling listening.
1 Gravelroad - Shot the devil - Call my name.
2 Fontain Brown - Tales from the fence line - Fence line.
3 Kate, Skip and Peter Gelling - My Sisters Shoes - My sisters shoes.
4 Moreland and Arbuckle - 1861 - See my jumper hangin out on the line.
5 Paul Reddick - Sugar Bird - Wishing Song.
6 Othar Turner and The Afrossippi Allstars - From Senegal To Senatobia - Station Blues.
7 Rory Block - Blues Walkin Like A Man - Downhearted Blues.
8 Seasick Steve - I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of it Left - My Youth.
9 C W Stoneking - Jungle Blues - Jungle Blues.
10 Indiana Phoenix - Laugh at the devil - Laugh at the devil.
11 Andrea Marr - Little sister got soul - I prefer you.
12 Fontain Brown - Tales from the fence line - Aint no breakman.

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Christian Connor
Podcast 82.October's edition of 'The Roots and Blues Hour'.
We open by venturing over to Sweden to enter certain house. Beware downloaders because lurking in this house is the roaring pulsing onslaught of a Scandinavian psych-country band called Hyacinth House. Welcome to Crow's Country!
1 Hyacinth House - Black crows' country - Black crows' country
2 Don Chambers & Goat - Zebulon - Falling off the edges of the world
3 Elliott Brood - Mountain meadows - Garden river
4 The Sacred Shakers - John the Revelator
5 Rosie Burgess - Wait for the world - Best dress
6 Connor Christian - 90 Proof Lullabies - It's alright
7 Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - Going up the country
8 Star Anna and The Crooked Path - Live EP - Push it through
9 Rodney Crowell - Sex and gasoline
10 Ry Cooder - I Flathead - Ridin' with the blues
11 Howe Gelb - Sno Angel Like You - Chore of enchantment
12 Joan as Policewoman - To Survive - To Survive
13 Cassandra Wilson - Lovely - Dust My Broom

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Liz Mandeville
Podcast 81 October's edition of 'Blues Time'
What better way of opening a podcast than with some blues with a piercing and potent horn section. Blowing up an 'ice storm' and accompanying guitarist Scott Ellison are The Dukes of Soul Horns followed by ( more horns please) The Memphis Horns with a soul classic that will have you singing along and gyrating ( not recommended for all those earphoned commuters out there! ) Have a listen to Liz Manderville and Betty Lavette ...are they horny or what!?
1 Scott Ellison - Ice Storm - Where do you stand with me.
2 The Memphis Horns - Have Mercy Sessions - Sad song.
3 Joe Louis Walker - Witness To The Blues - Got What You Need.
4 Liz Mandeville - Red Top - Dog no more.
5 Chris James And Patrick Rynn - Stop And Think About It - Early One Morning.
6 Maria Muldaur - Yes We Can - War.
7 Bettye Lavette - The Scene Of The Crime - Take me like I am.
8 Tab Benoit - Night Train- Darkness.
9 Bo Ramsey - Stranger Blues - Hate To See You Go.
10 Buddy Guy - Skin Deep - Skin Deep.
11 William Elliott Whitmore - Song Of The Blackbird - Rest his soul.
12 Liz Mandeville - Red Top - Hold me.

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NQ Arbuckle
Podcast 80. September's edition of 'The Roots and Blues Hour'.
We are a couple of weeks late with this podcast I know …our esteemed producer has been on holidays and all production ground to a halt during his absence… but we are back with another fine selection of roots and blues music. Banks might be crashing on wall street but don't let that inhibit your spending! Here are some new releases that you will be motivated to add to your audio collection.
1 NQ Arbuckle - X O K - Ontario Michigan.
2 Jackson Cage - Jackson Cage - Taste the Moon.
3 Carrie Rodreguez - She Aint Me - Mask Of Moses.
4 Chris Knight - Heart Of Stone - Homesick Gypsy.
5 Amos Lee -  Last Days At The Lodge - Street corner preacher.
6 Donna the Buffalo - Silverlined - Meant To Be.
7 JJ Grey and Mofro - Orange Blossoms - Everything good is bad.
8 Lynne Hanson - Eleven Months - Eleven Months.
9 John Mellencamp - Life Death Love and Freedom - Troubled land.
10 Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal - People We are Only Gonna Live So Long.
11 Eliza Gilkyson - Beautiful World - Emerald Street.
12 Patty Larkin - Watch the sky - Hollywood.
13 Over the Rhine - Snow Angel - We are gonna pull through.
14 Scott Holt -  Revelator - Civil War.

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Patty Larkin
Podcast 79. August's edition of "The Roots and Blues Hour".
If you've always pigeon holed folk and electronica as polar opposites, then Computer Vs. Banjo will make you rethink everything you thought about both. Hatched in the musical crucible of Nashville, by Songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Johnny Mann and Beau Stapleton this genre-bending duo fuses fingerpicking folk with experimental programmed beats and in the process create an interesting hybrid.
1 Computer vs Banjo - Computer vs Banjo - Give up on Ghosts.
2 Manda - Keeps On Turning - Keeps On Turning.
3 Damien Jurado - Caught In The Trees - Best Dress.
4 Sera Cahoone - Only as the Day Is Long - The colder the air.
5 Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal - Sensitive Boys.
6 Liz Tormes - Limelight - Read my mind.
7 Patty Larkin - Watch the sky - Cover me.
8 Carrie Rodriguez - Seven Angels On A Bicycle - 50s French Movie.
9 Blackie and the Rodeo Kings  - Let’s Frolic again - Theres no one like you
10 Kathleen Haskard - Dont tell - Second star
11 Malcolm Holcombe - Gamblin House - Goin downtown.
12 Star Anna - Crooked Path - Space beneath the door.
13 Paul Evans - Agua Noir - The Screamin Hollar Inn.

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Carla Olsen
Podcast 78 August's edition of "Blues Time"
A wealth of new blues releases for you to have a listen to, opening with the gritty voice and bottle neck guitarplaying of Davis Coen with his interpretation of  Blind Lemon’s  'Jack of Diamonds'.
1 Davis Coen - Blues Lights For Yours And Mine - Jack Of Diamonds
2 Sonny Landreth - From The Reach - Storm Of Worry.
3 Jimmy Nails - Ain't No Stranger - The Voo Doo In You.
4 Malcolm Holcombe - Gamblin' House - My ol' radio.
5 Watermelon Slim and The Workers - No Paid Holidays - And When I Die.
6 Roddy Gordon - Love and Blues - Cold Coffee.
7 Carla Olsen - Dark Horses - Number One Is To Survive.
8 Janiva Magness - What Love Will Do -  I Dont Want You On My Mind.
9 Magda Piskorczyk - Magda  - Walking Blues.
10 Eli Paperboy Reed - Roll With You - Am I Wasting My Time
11 Pete Scheips Band - Back on the Blues Train - Back on the Train.
12 Delta Moon - Clear Blue Flame - Jessie Mae
13 Davis Coen - Blues Lights For Yours And Mine - C C Rider.
...to whet your appetite view the video trailer!

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Star Anna
Podcast 77. July's edition of "The Roots and Blues Hour".
Dirtmusic a musical collaboration that has brought together three musicians Chris Eckman, Hugo Race and Chris Brokaw. Their self proclaimed dirt music beautifully evokes the stark atmosphere and potent spaces of alt country. Podcast 77 opens with a track from their self titled debut album. Star Anna born in a small rural town in Washington state and raised on a staple diet of rock and blues music. Her song writing has evolved thro punk and rock into an engaging folk, acoustic, and alt. country style. Star Anna and The Laughing Dogs have just released their debut album and we feature the opening track.
1 Dirtmusic - Dirtmusic - Face of evil.
2 Star Anna - Crooked Path - If wishes were horses.
3 Ray Bonneville - Goin by feel - Run Jolee run.
4 Eliza Gilkyson - Beautiful World - Runaway Train.
5 Kathleen Haskard - Dont tell - Dont tell.
6 The Yearlings - Highway Dancing - Take me dancing.
7 Devon Sproule - Upstate Songs - Should Have Been Snow.
8 Carrie Rodriguez - 7 Angels On A Bicycle - 7 Angels On A Bicycle.
9 Abigail Washburn - Abigail Washburn and The Sparrow Quartet - Captain. 10 Bonnie Prince Billy - Lie Down In The Light - Where is the Puzzle.
11 Colin Linden - Big Mouth - Wrong side of the bed.
12 Aimee Mann - Smiles -Freeway.

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Painting by Earl Klatzel
Podcast 76 July's edition of "Blues Time"
It's a "lonesome road" blues special in which we hit the road! Hope your shoes ain't got no holes 'cause we've got a fair way to travel in this podcast. No journey is too long with good company and the good company for this road trip is ...
1 Little Axe - Crossroads.
2 Bob Brozman - The Lonesome Road.
3 John Lee Hooker - Hit The Road.
4 Elmore James - Standing At The Crossroads.
5 Howlin' Wolf - Ain't Goin' Down That Dirt Road.
6 Muddy Waters - - Lonesome Road Blues.
7 Bo Diddley - Road Runner.
8 Bo Diddley - Story of Bo Diddley.
9 Chuck Berry - Down the Road Apiece.
10 RL Burnside - Out on the Road.
11 Angia Mae Hinton - Going Down This Road.
12 Charles Caldwell - Down the Road of Love.
13 J.B. Lenoir - Mississippi Road.
14 Rory Block - Cross Road Blues.
15 Janiva Magness - Bury Him at the Crossroads
16 Katie Melua - Piece by Piece - On the Road Again.
17 Marcia Ball. Down the Road.
18 Bela Fleck - Roadhouse Blues. 

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