Desolation Angel Radio
Episodes
Wednesday Dec 12, 2012
Wednesday Dec 12, 2012
The Tuesday night service hit the airwaves, and delivered hard, to the heart and the gut:
Kevin Gordon - Gloryland
The Damn Quails - Midnight Swagger
Matt King - Shantytown
The Lone Bellow - You Never Need Nobody
Tom Skinner - Out on Dentonville
Chris Knight - In The Mean Time
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Dress Blues
Patterson Hood - (unspoken pretties)
Cross Canadian Ragweed - 17
Reckless Kelly - Weatherbeaten Soul
Otis Gibbs - Small Town Saturday Night
As always, thanks for being a listener and supporter of independent radio, and independent musicians. Please share this as many different ways as you know how.
Kip
Friday Dec 07, 2012
Friday Dec 07, 2012
The broadcast network went down on Thursday night, but there was still a show, and it sizzled:
Grant Lee Phillips - Thunderbird
Will Hoge - American Dream
John Fullbright - Moving
Shovels & Rope - Hail, Hail
The Mastersons - Tell Me Its Allright
The Deadstring Borthers - Talkin' Born Blues
The Detroit Cobras - The Real Thing
Ryan Dillaha - Comfort Me
The Howling Diablos - Xmas in Jail
The Believers - You've Got Another Thing Comin'
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit - Heart On A String
JJ Grey & Mofro - Tupelo Honey
Graham Parker & The Rumour - Three Chords Good
Thanks for supporting the show, for being a loyal and faithful listener and supporting artists like these and music like this, it's important, more than you know. Keep on rockin' in the free world, boys and girls. Remember that ratings, comments, interaction is always appreciated, and remember that this is one of only 9 independent broadcasts left in the United States, support the artists here and keep it commercial, sponsor and advertiser free by sharing this as many ways as humanly possible in this day and age of social media - FB, Twitter, Google +, email, smoke signals, tin cans on a string, whatever and however you can.
Peace
Kip
Wednesday Dec 05, 2012
Wednesday Dec 05, 2012
The Tuesday night rock and roll flying circus, rodeo and tent revival hit the airwaves and nailed it, thanks to a playlist that included:
The Band - the preshow was a lot of unreleased material from the The Last Waltz, including the long, long jam that occurred at the end of the night
The show concentrated on a couple of themes. It's well known that yes, I theme Tuesdays. We spent almost a year going back to Robert Johnson, Leadbelly, Son House, Elmore James, Lightning Hopkins, Bo Diddley and the like. People like Townes VanZandt, Gram Parsons, Jerry Jeff Walker, Willie, Waylon, Kris and Johnny are heard here often, but the question is this. How did a long-haired 16 year old in 1974 in the Midwest get turned on to the blues and country to begin with? Simple, it was the major bands of the era, and you know what. 2012 has been as great a year as any year in the mid-70's:
John Fogerty - Hey Tonight
Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Swamp Music
The Allman Brothers Band - Done Somebody Wrong
The Eagles - Doolin Dalton
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Wanna Rock and Roll
American Aquarium - Cape Fear River
Reckless Kelly - Back In the USA
Cody Canada & The Departed - Hobo
Lucero - Women and Work
North Mississippi Allstars - Rollin' and Tumblin'
As always, thanks for supporting the show, the artists and the music. It's really about that - the music - and supporting those folks who come through your town, and getting out to see people live, buying their music, keeping them eating. Please share this as many ways as humanly possible; FB, Twitter, Google +, Reddit, email. I thank you personally for your continued support.
Kip
Friday Nov 23, 2012
Friday Nov 23, 2012
Thursday night, Thanksgiving night, we hit the air live, and did the second show of Desolation Angel Radio anniversary week, wrapped around my birthday, and the holiday weekend. The playlist ranged all over the map:
Pre-show: - Jason Isbell (Live in Alabama) - Danko/Manuel
The show:
Graham Parker and The Rumour - Long Emotional Ride
Lucero - On My Way Downtown
Lindi Ortega - Murder of Crows
Tin Pan - Summertime
Chris Knight - Nothing On Me
The Skels - Come Hell or Highwater
Uncle Lucius - Pocket Full of Misery
The Rev. Peyton's Big Damn Band - Shake "em Off Like Fleas
Tift Merritt - Still Not Home
Doc Dailey & Magnolia Devil - She Has Her Moments
Flogging Molly - This Present State of Grace
Ryan Bingham - Flower Bomb
Thank for being a member of the faithful, for being part of the congregation of the high church of Rock and Roll, where we know that the gospel of the Desolation Angel reaches down into the soul, and connects everyone through music, through rock and roll, through roots, blues, country, bluegrass, mountain music, through passion, authenticity, musicianship, craftsmanship, raw, true, close to the bone and down in the blood music.
Please share this if you're a regular listener, through email, FB, Twitter, Google +, however you can. In this day and age of corporate control of labels, and national computerized playlists on ClearChannel radio stations, it's desperately important to these artists, bands and musicians to get their music out there, and this is the model that's working to do it. Thank you in advance for doing that. Thank you for another great year at Desolation Angel Radio, and in my life, you're the ones who really make it all happen, and it is all for you.
Peace out,
Kip
Wednesday Nov 21, 2012
Wednesday Nov 21, 2012
Hello there. Desolation Angel Radio hit the airwaves on Tuesday night and we had us a time. It's anniversary week here at the show, and Wednesday is my 55th birthday, and there's that whole Thursday thing going on. It would have been tremendously easy to take the night off, phone this one in, do a "where it came from" or "best of" show with a playlist that I'd slapped together in 3 minutes. . .but that's not how I roll, nor is it how the show rolls. . .and as it turned out, if you haven't been listening lately, or if you want to get a flavor for what the show is, or want to turn a friend onto Desolation Angel Radio. . .this would be the one:
The Rolling Stone - Tumbling Dice
Cody Canada & The Departed - Worth The Fight
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires - The Red, Red Dirt of Home
Ray Wylie Hubbard - Train Yard
Rosie Flores - Little But I'm Loud
American Aquarium - Abe Lincoln
Lilly Hiatt & The Dropped Ponies - Big Bad Wolf
Bow Thayer - Wingless Angels
Gretchen Peters - Woman On The Wheel
Frank Turner - Reasons Not To Be An Idiot
The Band (previously unreleased, straight off the boards at The Last Waltz) - The Weight
Bruce - Atlantic City
Thanks to you, this show has an anniversary week. Thanks to you, these artists, these bands, these songs - all get more ears and more attention paid to what they're doing. Thanks to you, Desolation Angel Radio exists, and I thank you - personally, sincerely and from the bottom of my heart for making it what it is, and for supporting the show, and this type of music.
I had a friend (well, several friends, actually) who were listening last night, and said after it was over "this is the show, the episode I"m using to introduce people to the show, it rocked". Thank you. Share this as many ways as possible. Send the link in email, use the Share button. Share it on all your social media - on FB, on Twitter, on Google +, using email, but let's continue to spread the full tilt boogie, pedal to metal, balls out rock and roll gospel of the Desolation Angel.
Kip
Friday Nov 16, 2012
Friday Nov 16, 2012
The Thursday night service at the flying circus, rodeo and rock and roll tent revival show known as Desolation Angel Radio had a couple of themes. It was regional, with a focused lens on Michigan, and it brought out those independent artists, the folks without a label who work, sacrifice and give it all for their art. A couple of songwriters collectives were represented, and a whole lot of talent was on aural display:
American Mars - Long Walk Home
Dragon Wagon - County Line
Doop & The Inside Outlaws - Saturday
Joshua Davis - Delta 88
Lindsay Lou and The Flatbellys - Lemon Squeezy
Katie Grace - Can't Save Them All
Chris Bathgate - Last Parade on Ann St.
The Ben Daniels Band - Set "Em On The Run
53 Willys - Every Girl
Misty Lyn & The Big Beautiful - Rita Mae
Alison Lewis and String of Ponies - Detroit or Buffalo
Rootstand - The Captain
Matt Jones & The Reconstruction - Special Forces
Matt Dmits - St. Christopher
Regular listeners of the show know my standard lines. There's only 3 corporate behemoth labels left, and ClearChannel has over 3,000 radio stations with national disc jockeys setting the playlist. This year, 10,000 CD's were released, but only 1,000 even hit the 10,000 unit sales mark where an artist even starts to break even. Independent artists; true, raw, passionate, real, down in the blood and close to the bone artists are our heart and soul and need to be supported. Listen to this show, buy the band's CD's straight from their website, go see them live. Go see someone this weekend local and live who plays originals. Respect the music, respect the artist. Buy the music.
I put Desolation Angel Radio on the air as it's producer/program director/host/engineer and owner free to you, no commercials, no sponsors and the price that I'm asking isn't big. Share this. Share it as many ways as possible; FB, Twitter, Google+, Reddit, email, tin cans tied together with string, however. Thanks for being part of the Desolation Angel Radio congregation and spreading the gospel of roots, blues, country, rock and soul.
Peace out
Kip
Wednesday Nov 14, 2012
Wednesday Nov 14, 2012
Well then, the show goes on forever and the party never ends. We took a serious look at songwriters, and how they convey, through music, stories. In some cases, novels, or entire portraits or landscapes, but master songwriters and storytellers all. If you tuned in early, you got to hear the warm-up music, the things I play to get me warmed up and ready to rock:
Rich Robinson - Run, Run
Jackson Browne - The Pretender
Jamey Johnson (w/ Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson) - Love Makes A Fool of Us All
Then we got to the show itself:
Doc Dailey & Magnolia Devil - At Midnight
Tom Skinner - I Love This Game
Cody Canada & The Departed - Prayer For The Lonely
Jason Eady - Cane River Blues
Kevin Gordon - Colfax/Step In Time
Kevin Welch - Andaman Sea
Cody Canada & The Departed - Cold Hard Fact
Gary Clark, Jr. - Third Stone From The Sun/If You Love Me Like You Say
Neil Young - Psychedelic Pill
Thank you for supporting independent broadcasters, independent music and real musicians. True, raw, passionate, down in the blood, close to the bone, real live musicians and artists. They don't do it for the money, they do it for the love of a song, and the love of the music. Please, what I ask of you is simple. This show is solely produced, directed, hosted by me. I pay all the artists for spinning their tracks, buying their music. I give it away to you for free. What I need you to do is share it. Share this broadcast, share this site, use the little Green Share button down below. Use the web address for this to share it on FB, share it on Twitter, on Google +, on Reddit, with email; but share it. That's my price for giving it away to you for free, with no commercials, no sponsors, no advertisers.
Kip
Friday Nov 09, 2012
Friday Nov 09, 2012
Thursday night's show was simple, easy and clean. 13 artists, who, if this was the '70's, would be superstars. People would be lined up at the record store for their new vinyl, they would sell out ever tour, but because they don't play by the "rules" and aren't on a major label with consultants running their sound, because they do what's true and real, it's up to us and people like us to play them and get the word out. On top of that, listen to the show, and you can find out how you can help people, make a difference, with just a few clicks, and get free Desolation Angel Radio swag, and have me do 85% of the heavy lifting. Give it a listen. The playlist:
Will Hoge - When I Get My Wings
Mindy Smith - When You're Walking On My Grave
Kevin Gordon - Don't Stop Me This Time
Gretchen Peters - Dark Angel
Stonehoney - Feels Like Home
John Gorka - Night Into Day
Hayes Carll - Stomp and Holler
Grace Pettis - Edge of The World
North Mississippi Allstars - Rollin' and Tumblin'
Jimmy LaFave - Bring Back The Trains
Tift Merritt - To Myself
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires - Total Destruction To Your Mind
John Fullbright - All The Time In The World
Thank you for being a supporter of this broadcast, of all independent broadcasters of these artists and musicians. Thanks in advance for listening to tonight's, especially and doing some good things to help people out. I put this together myself, produce it, finance it, direct it, host it, and pay for all the music here and make sure these artists get paid for their work. Please share this broadcast, this link and keep the Church open, and keep people singing and playing badass music from the gospel of the Desolation Angel. Use FB, Twitter, Google + and any other means possible to share it, spread it and get the word out, and remember to go see someone live and local who plays originals this weekend.
Bless y'all
Kip