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Happy Birthday Bob Revisited! Going North from Nashville, Monday 21st May , 10-11pm

In this his 71st birthday week we revisit our celebration of Bob Dylan’s 70th.

He’s been cited as influencing just about everyone we’ve ever interviewed for Going North from Nashville. His music refuses to be limited to any one genre, but reaches across all types of Americana & has done so for the past 50 years. Including listeners’ requests from Bob Dylan’s extensive ‘back pages’, the programme is an excellent & varied ‘snap shot’ of Dylan’s 50 year career.

Jolene: Together Through Life

Like A Rolling Stone: Drive By Truckers version

Not Dark Yet : Time Out Of Mind

Talking Bear Picnic Massacre Blues : Witmark demos

I Belive in You: Ceris Matthews version

Every Grain of Sand : Emmylou Harris version

Blind Willie McTell: Bootleg Series 1-3

Tweeter & the Monkey Man: Travelling Wibury’s 1

Si Tu Dois Partir: Fairport Convention

 You Ain’t Goin Nowhere: The Byrds

Make You Feel My Love: Time Out Of Mind

Something there is About You:  Planet Waves

Diamonds & Rust: Joan Baez

 

New & Nearly New on Going North from Nashville Monday 7th May 10-11pm!

An eclectic selecton of excellent music, starting with the last album from………….

The Eagles : How Long - from A Long Road Out of Eden (2007)……….next, two artists bringing us new music for 2012……

Simone Felice: You & I Belong – from his recent eponymous album, a very pleasant listen , &………

The War on Drugs: Best Night- from Slave Ambient………….then Bradford’s own…….

Wilful Missing: The Waltz – from the most excellent Molehills out of Mountains………….followed by a couple of veterans ……

Leonard Cohen : Banjo – from Old Ideas, Cohen’s latest amazing studio album….then…..

Tom Waits: Bad As Me – title track from anothergreat album

First Aid Kit: Emmilou – from the Lion’s Roar………..their first play on GNfN, followed by two tracks from 2011…..

Frank Turner: Wessex Boy – from England Keep My Bones

Kill it Kid: Wild & Wasted Waters – from Feet Fall Heavy………..then another first timer for GNfN……

Anais Mitchel: Dying Day – from her 2012 album Young Man in America………….

Carolina Chocolate Drops: Political World – their treatment of the Dylan classic, one of many interesting takes on Dylan from Chimes of Freedom compliation - proceeds to Amnesty International, marking 50 yearsof their work (& Bob’s recording career!)

Katie Malco & the Slow Parade: Johnny – from Katie’s eponymous debut ep – look out for her if she comes to Yorkshire!……..finally a couple of GNfN favourites……..

Gillian Welch: Silver Dagger – from the wonderful The Harvest & the Harrow……&……

Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues – tiltle track from this excellent 2nd album

Tour the States with Going North from Nashville! Monday 9th April 10-11pm

Going North from Nashville takes an Easter Monday Americana road trip, starting in the mid states………..

1. Procul Harem: The Devil came from Kansas………….moving south east with…..

2. Gillian Welch: Tenessee

3. Steve Earle: Tenessee Blues………..then two classic tracks from the sunshine state……..

4. Mamas & Papas: California Dreamin

5. Joni Mitchell – California……………..back south east with a couple of blues men…..

6. Clapton & Cale: Head’s in Georgia…………then,spending too long  in the south…..

7. Bob Dylan: Mississippi

8. Lissie ft Mt Desolation: Oh Mississippi …………..back to the mid states with……

9. Sufjan Stevens: Concerning the UFO Sighting near Highland, Illinois……….slightly  further north…..

10. The Low Anthem: To Ohio

11. The Black Keys: Ohio………..we travel with Josh to his home state……

12. Josh Ritter: Idaho………… we return to Kansas, not before dancing with Leonard in Tenessee……..

13. Leonard Cohen: Tenessee Waltz

14. Levi Weaver: Kansas, I Decline

Found at BCB – a fine collection of music on Going North from Nashville – Monday 12th March 10-11pm

This week we’d hoped to bring you a GNfN Leonard Cohen ‘ special’ – technical problems have delayed us so we’ve dipped back into our archive & found this fantastic collection of tunes, first broadcast in the autumn. Watch out for a focus on songs about songs! Leonard will be featured very soon!

1. Peter Lawrie : Fell into the River ( from album A Little Brighter)

2.Young Rebel Set : If I Was ( one of several tracks we could have chose from the excellent Curse Our Love)

3.Frank Turner : Trythis at Home

4.Ben Marwood : Singalong………..a bit of a theme with those last three, continued with…

5. Joni Mitchel : Chinese Cafe/ Unchained Melody

6. Levi Weaver : Iam Certain I am a Train ( from Levi’s 2nd album, The Letters of Kurt Godel) …Levi is a man not to miss……www.leviweaver.com

7. The Pheonix Foundation : Buffalo

8. King Creosote: Bats in the Attic

9. Hymn: Papertrail(from their gem of an album Inthe Depths)

10. Benjamin Francis Leftwich : Atlas Hands………beautiful, dreamy music, followed bt the equally beautiful & dreamy…..

11. Iain Morrison & Daibhidh Martin: The Sky Throws You

12. Kate Rusby: Greenfields ( John went all wobbly when we saw her at Greenbelt last year! )

14. Diagram 8 : Night all Night

Songs of Love & Hate: A Going North from Nashville take on Valentine’s Day! Monday 13th February, 10-11pm.

GNfN’s annual Valentine’s bash – Alt love songs from artists including:

Hayseed Dixie, T Bone Burnett, Stacey Earle, Neil Freitus, Bob Dylan, Loz Bridge,  Emily Barker, Broken Family Band &  Songs of Love & Hate man himself……….Leonard Cohen!

A Lucinda Williams ‘Special’ on Going North from Nashville – Monday 30th January, 10-11pm

Tonight we look at the life, times & music of Lucinda Williams, from her early folk roots to her seminal trio of albums in the late ninety’s, early noughty’s & beyond; starting & finishing the show with tracks from her accliamed 2011 album, Blessed.

1. Buttercup - excellent start to the show from new album, Blessed

2.Ramblin’ – title track from 1979 album

3. Happy Woman Blues – live version of title track from 1980 album , taken  from 2005’s  ILost It

4. I Changed the Locks – live version – originally found on Lucinda’s epomymous 1988 album

5. Passionate Kisses

6. Metal Firecracker – from the 1st of the seminal trio , 1998’s Car Wheels on a Gravel Road

7. Blue – beautiful song from 2nd album of the trio – Essence ( 2001)

8.Ventura, followed by……………………

9 . World without Tears – both tracks from final album of trio – 2003’s World without Tears

10. What If – from West ( 2007)

11. Lucinda – we couldn’t resist playing this Jesse Malin tribute toi the lady herself from his 2007 album, Glitter in the Gutter.

12.If  Wishes Were Horses – from 2008’s Little Honey

13. Blessed – to round off the show, acoustic version of  title track from Lucinda Williams latest offering

Going North from Nashville plays the very best of Americana 2011! Monday 2nd January 10-11pm

Get the New Year off to a good start by revisiting some of the best tunes played on GNfN during 2011!

The Decemberists : Calamity Song

The Low Anthem : I’ll Take Out your Ashes

Iron & Wine : Rabbit Will Run

Or, The Whale : No Love Blues

Josh T Pearson : Country Dumb

John Grant : Chicken Bones

Young Rebel Set : Lion’s Mouth

Andy Doonan : Malcolm

Ben Ottwell : Blackbird

Foreign Slippers : Old Ghosts

Ahab : Lightening Bug

Levi Weaver : An Incomplete Theorem

Blueflint: I Climbed a Mountain

Anna Elias : Evensong

Wilful Missing : Wilful Missing

Going North from Nashville keeps it in the Family! Monday 21st November 10-11pm

Parents & children from the Americana scene feature in tonights show, with a father & daughter getting us off to a good start:

Johnny Cash: The Time of the Preacher

Rosanne Cash: Tenessee Flat Top Box

Next, a mother & son:

Carly Simon: Mocking Bird

Ben Taylor: Nothing I Can Do

Followed by two legendary dynasties:

Adam Cohen: Like a Man

Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man

Jakob Dylan: Up on the Mountain

Emmylou Harris: When I Paint My Masterpiece

A late father, followed by his son:

Townes Van Zandt: My Proud Mountains

John T Van Zandt: My Proud Mountains

Next, two more late greats:

Geof Buckley: Dream Brother

Tim Buckley: Once I Was

Back to a father & daughter:

Louden Wainright 111: Pretty Good Day

Martha Wainwright: Bleeding All Over You

And to end – son of Steve……….

Justin Townes Earle: Harlem River Blues

A Going North selection of great music Monday 7th November 10-11pm

Going North from Nashville brings a selection of new music + a look back at some of the excellent bands who played Greenbelt 2011

Daniel Pearson: Wishing Well – a catchy single from this Leeds based artist’s debut album, Sattelites

Blue Flint: Missed the Boat – from their brilliant new album, Maudy Tree

Adam Cohen: What Other Guy – single from much plaudited 4th album, Like a Man…………followed by his Dad………..

Leonard Cohen – Hey, that’s no way to say Goodbye ( sigh from Sue!)

Maria Taylor: In a Bad Way – nice fragile, bluesy feel

Ahab: Wish You – country rock band who played this year’s Greenbelt, as did……

Idlewild: ( The Night Will) Bring You Back to Life

Gill Sandell: Fingers & Toes

Andy Doonan: The Woman that You Are – thoughtful song from York based singer’s debut album Lights & Mirrors

Paul Curereri: Nothing’s Changed, followed by two more Greenbelt artists……………..

Kate Rusby: Four Stars (sigh from John!)

Foriegn Slippers: Old Ghosts – Farewell to the Old Ghosts – a band well worth checking out

Ben Ottwell: No Obstacle – from Gomez main man’s solo debut Shapes & Shadows

Levi Weaver: Goodbye Vivian  – from fantastic new album The Letters of Kurt Goedel