The Orbans: ‘When We Were Wild’

October 22, 2011

This evening I had a chance meeting with in a bar with an old friend from college who was in town for Homecoming. Now, as I listen to The Orbans’ “When We Were Wild,” memories of my times with her and with many other friends from days long gone by rush back. It’s easy to [...]

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Cahl’s Jukebox, 10-19-11

October 19, 2011

Today’s mix: 1) Broken Bells: “Sailing to Nowhere” 2) Great Lakes Myth Society: “Lake Effect” 3) Guided By Voices: “Back to the Lake” 4) Chuck Prophet: “Shore Patrol” 5) The Ike Reilly Association: “The Boat Song (We’re Getting Loaded)” 6) Fountains of Wayne: “Trains and Boats and Planes” 7) Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve: “Black [...]

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Cahl’s Jukebox, 10-18-11

October 18, 2011

Today’s mix: 1) Waylon Jennings: “Six White Horses” 2) The Fox Hunt: “Four Horses” 3) Ray Wylie Hubbard: “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” 4) Johnny Cash: “All of God’s Children Aren’t Free” 5) Emmylou Harris: “Red Dirt Girl” 6) Kim Richey: “Lay It Down” 7) Jim Ford: “Sounds of Our Time” 8) Merle Haggard: [...]

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Robyn Ludwick: “Out of These Blues’

October 18, 2011

Robyn Ludwick’s voice quivers ever so prettily when she sings songs such as “Hollywood,” “Out of These Blues” and “For You Baby” on her latest album. The songs — wrapped in a soulful, slightly swampy overcoat — will give you chills. They’re the kind of country tunes that will break your heart as quickly as [...]

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Cahl’s Jukebox, 10-17-11

October 17, 2011

Today’s mix: 1) Butch Hancock: “Where the West Winds Have Blow’d” 2) Steve Young: “We’ve Been Together on This Earth Before” 3) Notting Hillbillies: “Your Own Sweet Way” 4) Dave Alvin: “Black Rose of Texas” 5) Hayes Carll: “Girl Downtown” 6) Heather Myles: “The Love You Left Behind” 7) Robyn Ludwick: “Can’t Go Back: 8) [...]

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Cahl’s Jukebox, 10-16-11

October 16, 2011

Today’s mix: 1) Seun Kuti: “You Can Run” 2) Inemo: “Sweet Baby” 3) Keji Hamilton and The Exousia Band: “Bambiala (Beggars)” 4) Afro-Cuban All Stars: “A Toda Cuba Le Gusta” 5) Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra: “Cuban Blues” 6) Tito Puente: “El Bribon Del Aguacero” 7) Ismael Rivera: “Alegria y Bomba” 8) Mulatu [...]

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Christofolly and The Afro Beat Cookers: ‘Afrobeat Rolling’

October 16, 2011

On the title track of “Afrobeat Rolling, Christofolly urges his audience to dance. It’d be hard not to when you listen to the native of Togo now based in France and his band, The Afro Beat Cookers. The music’s infectious and joyous. Here’s a taste:

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Cahl’s Jukebox, 10-15-11

October 15, 2011

Saturday night blues: 1) Howlin’ Wolf: “I Am the Wolf” 2) John Campbell: “Wolf Among the Lambs” 3) Tomcat Courtney: “Wolf That Howls” 4) Lightnin’ Hopkins: “The Howlin’ Wolf” 5) Syl and Jimmy Johnson: “Dangerous” 6) Charles Campbell: “Goin’ Through the Woods” 7) Brownie McGhee: “Walk On” 8) Al Garner: “Don’t Play in Your Backyard” [...]

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Cahl’s Jukebox, 10-13-11

October 13, 2011

Today’s mix: 1) Antibalas: “World War IV” 2) Black Uhuru: “Freedom Fighter” 3) Edwin Star: “Stop the War Now” 4) Super Chikan: “Shoot That Thing” 5) Alvin Youngblood: “Fightin’ Hard” 6) Johnny Copeland: “Rolling With the Punches” 7) Maxine Brown: “You Upset My Soul” 8) Ruby Winters: “Bluer Days Ahead” 9) Little Esther: “Flesh, Blood [...]

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Gebhard Ullmann, Tá Lam 11: ‘Mingus!’

October 13, 2011

I picked up “Mingus,” a new album by Gebhard Ullmann and Tá Lam 11, at the store, mostly because Charles Mingus is my favorite musician ever. I kept my expectations in check, though, because I’ve heard a lot of musicians cover Mingus before and their versions, though often good, usually sound like thin imitations of [...]

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Cahl’s Jukebox, 10-11-11

October 11, 2011

Today’s mix: 1) John Hartford: “Keep on Truckin’” 2) The Stanley Brothers: “Prayer of a Truck Drivers’ Son” 3) Buzz Busby: “Tragic Highway” 4) Skeets McDonald: “Lost Highway” 5) Boots Randolph: “King of the Road” 6) Big Al Downing: “Long Truckin’ Night” 7) Dale Watson: “Good Luck ‘n’ Truckin’ Tonite” 8) Wayne Hancock: “Highway 54″ [...]

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