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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

Another selection of fine songs: Going North from Nashville 10-11pm, Monday, October 25th

The Low Anthem : Ticket Taker

The Acorn: Restoration

Ryan Adams: Goodnight Rose, followed by his mate,

Jesse Malin: Lucinda,

then the lady herself,  Lucinda Williams: World without Tears,

a new one from Corrine West & Kelly Joe Phelps: Road to no Compromise,

The Tallest Man on Earth: Burden of Tomorrow,

James Apollo: One After 909,

Bob Dylan: One More Weekend,

The Pernice Brothers: We Love the Stage,

Gillian Welch: Red Clay Halo, followed by

Emily Barker & the Red Clay Halo: Nostalgia – spot the link ?!

Blind Atlas: Take A While,

The Storys: Long Way Up from, sadly their latest & last album ‘Luck’,

The Travelling Band:Sundial

Saltaire Live 2010 (and Selection Box 131)

Only a wazzock would begin a blog entry about what he played on his radio show this week by discussing a band whose wares he failed to commit to the airwaves.  I am that aforementioned hitherto hypothetical wazzock.  I had all good intentions of playing Salsa Celtica on this week’s programme, and then when the weekly task of packing the record bag full of goodies in preparation for the programme came along, I just plain forgot.  If you see me on the street, feel free to point and boo me for my continued enslavement to lacksadaisy.

The timing of the proposed play was imperative, as it was meant to serve as a “heads up” – as I believe trendy people say – to the fact that Salsa Celtica, who released their new live album En Vivo En El Norte on 19 April, are set to play at Victoria Hall this coming weekend as a part of this 2010’s Saltaire Live.

Salsa Celtica play the Saltaire Live festival this weekend.

Salsa Celtica - only one of them was expecting rain.

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