Compact Capsules for 11/25/05 by Dan Ferguson For Thanksgiving 2005, Compact Capsules gives thanks to the fact that elder statesmen and women like Merle Haggard, Bobby Bare, and Bettye LaVette are still getting it done. Each artist has a new release out and in the process […]
Compact Capsules for 11/18/05 by Dan Ferguson Call them the original Partridge Family. In fact, if it wasn’t for The Cowsills there likely would not have been any Partridge Family. During the latter half of the 1960s, The Cowsills were responsible for placing the biggest little […]
The Boudin Barndance – 11/17/2005 Dan Ferguson WRIU-FM, 90.3 Kingston, RI Thursdays 6-9 pm On the web at: http://www.wriu.org Boudin Barndance playlists now archived at: http://wriu.org/boudinbarndance/boudinbarndance.php Boudin CD reviews at http://wriu.org/boudinbarndance/boudinreviews.php First off, we had planned to have Sarah Borges in the studio this evening to […]
Compact Capsules for 11/11/05 by Dan Ferguson Reissue collections and compilations are once again in the Compact Capsules spotlight this week. We begin with a look at two superb collections from the late king couple of country music, Johnny and June Carter Cash. From there it’s […]
The Boudin Barndance – 11/10/2005 Dan Ferguson WRIU-FM, 90.3 Kingston, RI Thursdays 6-9 pm On the web at: http://www.wriu.org Boudin Barndance playlists now archived at: http://wriu.org/boudinbarndance/boudinbarndance.php Boudin CD reviews at http://wriu.org/boudinbarndance/boudinreviews.php We welcomed Jack Smith of Jack Smith & the Rockabilly Planet fame onto the program […]
Compact Capsules for 11/04/05 by Dan Ferguson A couple of performing acts with Providence connections set the stage for this week’s Compact Capsules. First up is the debut from Get Him Eat Him. The Providence-based combo arose out of the campus of Brown University and is […]
The Boudin Barndance – 11/03/2005 Dan Ferguson WRIU-FM, 90.3 Kingston, RI Thursdays 6-9 pm On the web at: http://www.wriu.org Boudin Barndance playlists now archived at: http://wriu.org/boudinbarndance/boudinbarndance.php Boudin CD reviews at http://wriu.org/boudinbarndance/boudinreviews.php The first Boudin Barndance of November featured a birthday salute to Gram Parsons. Once upon […]
Compact Capsules for 10/28/05 by Dan Ferguson Milwaukee, Wisconsin is not usually a city one thinks of when it comes to record labels and music, but the Midwest metropolis is home to a label that is quietly making its mark on the Americana scene with an […]
The Boudin Barndance – 10/27/2005 Dan Ferguson WRIU-FM, 90.3 Kingston, RI Thursdays 6-9 pm On the web at: http://www.wriu.org Boudin Barndance playlists now archived at: http://wriu.org/boudinbarndance/boudinbarndance.php Boudin CD reviews at http://wriu.org/boudinbarndance/boudinreviews.php Celebrated 11 years of Bloodshot Records on the Boudin Barndance this evening by showcasing the […]
Compact Capsules for 10/21/05 by Dan Ferguson New releases from a couple of the best of the contemporary troubadours of the Texas singer/songwriter set, that being James McMurtry and Eliza Gilkyson, lead the Compact Capsules charge this week. They share the fact that each has a […]
