Category Archives: Going North From Nashville

Matters relating to Going North From Nashville, presented by Sue Smith and John Hebden, broadcast 10pm on alternate Mondays.

Going North from Nashville: Monday 17th Nov. 10-11pm

An eclectic selection tonight & what better start to the show than……….

Bob Dylan: Highway 61……followed by another star of 60’s American folk……
Judy Collins: Fannerio…….back to the present with…..
The Rails: Panic Attack Blues
The Bottle Rockets: 1000 Doller Car…………next, a classic from the early ‘norties’….
Mary Gauthier: Our Lady of the Shooting Stars………then, only a few years back…..
Bright Eyes: Triple Spiral
The Soft Hills: Belly of a Whale……. now, a GNfN favorite from 2001…..
Ryan Adams: The Resue Blues…..back to 2014 again….
Beck: Don’t Let it Go………
Jack White: Want & Able……..two lovely ladies sing for us next…..
Rosie Flores: Woring Girl’s Guitar
Alessi’s Ark: Pine Woods……….we stay in recent times for the rest of the programme
Kurt Vile: Snow Flakes are Dancing
Lee Fields & the Expressions: Magnolia
William Cole Green: Dead or in Jail

It’s Pick & Mix – Going North from Nashville, Monday 3rd November, 10-11pm

Tonight we play…………

Kurt Vile: KV Crime
Beck: Country Down
Roddy Heart & the Lonesome Fire: High Hopes
Phosphorescent: A Charm/A Blade
Emily Jane White: Thoroughbred
Emily Barker & the Red Clay Halo: Tuesday
The Felice Brothers: Lincoln Continental
Frank Turner: Polaroid Picture
Alessis Ark: Viens Are Blue
My Sad Captains: All in Your Mind
The Bottle Rockets: Thousand Dollar Car
Mark Kozeleck & Desertshore: Hey You Bastards, I’m Still Here
Neko Case: Man

Songs on the theme of Time – Going North from Nashville – Monday 6th October, 10-11pm

Our selection of time themed tunes starts with a classic…………
1. Steely Dan: Reeling in the Years………then, a couple of late greats………
2. Elliot Smith: The Last Hour
3. Nick Drake: Time Has Told Me……….is Lucinda working overtime?……
4. Lucinda Williams: Overtime………next, some time centred musings from British artists ………
5. My Sad Captains: In Time
6. Roy Harper: Time is Temporary………maybe giving up time for New Year?………
7. Or, The Whale: Giving Up Time
8. Rebecca Worthley: New Year’s Resolution………followed by a couple of classics
9. Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now
10. Simon & Garfunkel: April, Come She Will…………not forgeting the Dylan/Cohen take on tonight’s theme……
11. Bob Dylan: Time Passes Slowly
12. Leonard Cohen: Closing Time………and looking forward……
13. Crosby, Stills,Nash & Young: Looking Forward………… we let Sandy Denny have the last word……
14. Sandy Denny: Who Knows Where the Time Goes?

It’s Ladies’ Night on Going North from Nashville! Monday 8th September, 10-11pm

A programme featuring the music of women artists, kicking off with…….

1.Lucinda Williams: Buttercup
2.Stephanie Dosen: Vinalhaven Harbour
3.Foriegn Slipper: It All Starts Now
4.Caitlin Carey: Pony
5.Sarah Harmer: I Am Aglow
6.Neko Case: Things That Scare Me
7.Smoke Fairies: Want It Forever
8.Alessis Ark: Time Travel
9.Gillian Welch,Alison Kraus,Emmylou Harris: Didn’t Leave Nobody but the Baby
10.Joan Baez: Caleb Meyer
11. Mary Gauthier: Anotheer Day Borrowed
12.Laura Cantrell: Poor Ellen Smith
13.Blue Roses: I Am Leaving
14.Amy Lavere: Rabbits
15.Tiny Ruins: Little Notes
16.Emily Barker: This Is How It’s Meant To Be

Ten Years After – Songs from 2004 & 2014! Going North from Nashville, Monday 28th July, 10-11pm

John & Sue present a selection of tracks from albums 10 years apart, begining with a ‘favorite’ album of 2014…..
1. The Felice Brothers: Lion, from Favorite Waitress, 2014
2. Sufjan Stevens: To be Alone with You, from an early Sufjan offering, 2004’s Seven Swans…..then, bringing us back to the present…
3. Roddy Hart & The Lonesome Fires: High Hopes, which features on the band’s eponymous, 2014, debut album……..next, back in time with……..
4. The Indigo Girls: Fil lit up Again, from All That We Let In, 2004
5. Frank Turner: Sweet Albion Blues, from 2014’s Polariod Picture Ep
6. The Lone Bellow: Bleeding Out, featured on their eponymous 2014 album……..back in time for our Dylan/Cohen slot
7. Jennifer Warnes: Sign on the Window, from 2004’s album of country covers, Dylan Country
8. Leonard Cohen: Go No More a Rovin…..Leonard’s cover of a traditional song, from 2004’s Dear Heather
9. Nick Cave: Breathless, from The Lyre of Orpheus, released in 2004 alongside Abattoir Blues……back up to date with…..
10. Beck: Say Goodbye, from Morning Phase, 2014
11. Jack White: Temprary Ground, as featured on his 2014 album, Lazaretto
12. Jon Allen: Hummingbird Blues, from 2014’s Deep River
13. Ethan Johns: You Changed, another 2014 track from Ethan’s The Reckoning……going back in time with…
14. Micah P Hinson: Close Your Eyes, from Micah P Hinson & the Gospel of Progress, 2004….we bring the show to a close with ….
15. REM: Final Straw, from their 2004 album Around The Sun

Songs on the theme of Time – Going North from Nashville, Monday 14th July, 10-11pm

Our selection of time themed tunes starts with a classic………..
1.Steely Dan: Reeling in the Years…….then, a couple of late greats……..
2.Elliot Smith: The Last Hour
3.Nick Drake: Time Has Told Me…….is Lucinda working overtime?……
4.Lucinda Williams: Overtime……..next, some time centred musings from British artists ……
5.My Sad Captains
6.Roy Harper: Time is Temporary……maybe giving up time for New Year?…….
7.Or, The Whale: Giving Up Time
8.Rebecca Worthley: New Year’s Resolution……followed by a couple of classics
9.Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now
10.Simon & Garfunkel: April, Come She Will……….not forgeting the Dylan/Cohen take on tonight’s theme…..
11. Bob Dylan: Time Passes Slowly
12. Leonard Cohen: Closing Time……..and looking forward…..
13. Crosby, Stills,Nash & Young: Looking Forward………we let Sandy Denny have the last word…..
14.Sandy Denny: Who Knows Where the Time Goes?

A Going North from Nashville focus on Duets, feat. My Darling Clementine. Monday, 30th June, 10-11pm

After our recent singles night, join us for a programme of duets! Some unlikely contenders, some old favourites & an interview with Michael Weston King who duets with his wife, Lou Dagleish, as My Darling Clementine.

It’s Singles Night on Going North from Nashville – 10-11pm, Monday 16th June!

Our selection of singles, old & new. Starting with a family connection………
1.Harper Simon: Bonnie Brae (2013)
2.Paul Simon: So Beautiful or So What(2011)…….then a GNfN regular…
3.Emily Barker & the Red Clay Halo: Dear River(2013)…………followed by another family of musicians…….
4.The Felice Brothers: Bird on a Broken Wing (2014)
5.Simone Felice: Hey Bobby Ray (2012)………..continuing the sibling connection ……….
6.Angus & Julia Stone: Private Lawns (2007)…..and a duet….
7.Foy Vance, with Bonnie Riatt: You & I (2014)………..next a reguler on GNfN….
8.Patterson Hood: Better off Without (2012)……..followed by a GNfN debut…..
9.Lone Bellow: Green Eyes & a Heart of Gold (2014)…….now an English & a Danish singer songwriter…….
10.Beth Orton: Magpie (2012)
11.Agnes Obel: The Curse (2013)………followed by a country cover…..
12.Hayseed Dixie: I Don’t Feel Like Dancin'(2007)…….we come to our Dylan & Cohen covers slot, both from the same year…..
13.My Chemical Romance: Desolation Row (2009)
14.The Lemonheads: Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye (2009)……our penilitimate track is from…..
15. The Late Call: Look at You Now (2012)……and ending our GNfN Singles Night with the beautiful………
16.Phosporescent: Song For Zula (2013)

Another Great Going North from Nashville Pick & Mix! Monday 2nd June, 10-11pm

Our pick of excellent music from a clutch of top artists:

The Story of the Byrds, Part 2 – Going North from Nashville, Monday 5th may, 10-11pm

We take a look at the muisc of this seminal folk/rock/country band, from their ground-breaking ‘Sweetheart of the Rodeo’ album in 1968 to the final ‘Farther Along’, released in 1971.