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Desolation Angel Radio 2012
The regular weekend show is back after the holiday/end of the year/football frenzy hiatus and is smokin' hot. Hip-shakin', blood-roiling, can't stay still in your seat music starting 2012 off right and hitting on all cylinders. The music you're used to from DR Radio; true, authentic, passionate, raw, real, close to the bone, down in the blood music made by artists who absolutely will not compromise.
Blocks of music from blues women, outlaw country, renegade rock and rollers that speak to where we're at, who we are and the thing that unites all of us, the human spirit. Enjoy, share the hell out of it, and thanks for being a listener and supporter.

Desolation Angel Radio - Thursday Dec. 22nd

If you've made it here to catch the live Thursday night show, follow this link, to Outlaw Radio Chicago. When we do the live Thursday night shows, it streams on that link. 8 Eastern, 7 Central.
Thanks for stopping by, checking it out and tuning it in.
Kip

Desolation Angel Radio on Outlaw Radio Chicago Dec. 15 2011

This last week's playlist from Desolation Angel Radio, broadcast on Outlaw Radio Chicago on Thursday Dec. 15th, for those who couldn't catch the show. Enjoy.
Remember to check the Christmas special below, and find out how you can help those less fortunate.
Kip
The Desolation Angel

Christmas 2011

It's Christmas time again, and time to do some good in the world. For every comment here, for every e-mail sent to me, for every "like" on Facebook, for every share, every comment -  here's the deal -
That click, that "like", that comment, that share means that you're pledging whatever you can, whatever you can spare, and I, the show here, will pledge $4.00 to the Christmas fund, which will go towards Christmas meals at two different missions that serve Christmas meals. You get to do some good in the world, and the show gets to give back. It's totally anonymous, so no one except you will get to know that you did some good for others, as it should be, and you get to try and bankrupt me! Really, it means that I can give back to the world some of the good stuff that's been given to me.
Enjoy, turn it up, the contributions will be open until midnight Thursday night, the 22nd.
Peace on Earth, Good Will towards Man
Merry Christmas
Kip

2011 in review. . . . .

This edition takes on the year past, and looks at some of the fantastic music that came out in 2011. There were a lot of great releases, and music that flew under the radar, but by the end of the year was bubbling to the top and more and more "mainstream" folks were getting a chance to hear it. This list is by no means definitive, or a "best of" piece of crap. It's almost impossible to do a "best of". All music is completely dependent on the moment you hear it, what's going on around you, what memories may be associated with it, and is also dependent on what came out ahead of it, or after it. It's just a list of the music that I enjoyed in 2011, the stuff that came out this year that made it into constant rotation in the truck, on my home system, on the computer and on my playlists. Thanks for being a constant and loyal listener, and thanks for helping get these artists more widely known and out there.
Peace out,
The Desolation Angel
Kip

The hills are calling, and it sounds like the blues

This week is firmly rooted in the Hill Country of North Mississippi, with a taste of Memphis, some Red Dirt, some definite Detroit sweat and blood, an entire serving of New Orleans funk and swamp and the usual suspects from underground Country and XXX artists and bands.
Blocks from the North Mississippi Allstars and their bloodline: Junior Kimbrough and Otha Turner, along with the Hill Country Revue.
NOLA being represented by Anders Osborne, Amanda Shaw, The Rebirth Brass Brand, Trombone Shorty, Brian Stultz and more.
Detroit being paid respect to by Doop and The Inside Outlaws, Pat V. and The Detroit 3, String of Ponies and Screamray
Red Dirt from Stoney Larue and Mike McClure
XXX artists like The Drive-By Truckers and Dave Alvin
All for you, and all music that's passionate, intense, raw, true, authentic and close to the bone and blood.
Share the hell of out of this using the little Green share button below, Share it on Facebook, Twitter and anywhere you can, it's not about me, it's about these artists and this music, and as always, thanks for being a fan, for listening and taking the time.
The Desolation Angel
Kip

Where it came from . . . .

Where it all came from, the playlist that runs inside the Desolation Angel's head all the time. Music from the '70's that was happening in my life at the time when I was the kid hanging out down at Boogie Records and ripping and running on the roads, backroads and byways of West Michigan. The stuff you may not readily remember.
What you won't hear this week, because I'm under the assumption that anyone who's a serious student of  music already owns every cut or has heard every cut from: The Beatles, Hank Sr., Johnny Cash, Led Zeppelin, Janis, Jimi, The Sun Studios catalog, the Chess Studios catalog, The Who, Lynyrd Skynyrd or The Allman Brothers. They're important, they're critical and they're foundational.
What you will hear, the stuff that was always playing, on vinyl, on my turntable, and formed the foundation, the elements of my musical education. The "other" stuff. Enjoy, it's not nostalgia, it's like a class in American music and what it was like to grow up in West Michigan.
Peace out,
The Desolation Angel
Kip

Earn it. . .every day. . .every way

Earn it, every day, in every way. This week's show full of artists and bands that have earned it, and keep earning it every day. Go see a show by any one of the folks here this week and you won't find pyro, lasers or a B and C screen video. Hell, their lighting trusses are even simple. What you get is hard working people who know that you work hard too, and spent your hard earned money on their show, or their CD, and they appreciate it, and give every ounce of blood, sweat, energy and passion they can and make you feel like they know you.
Still the only show on the radio that can bring you authentic, raw, passionate, real, down to the bone and close to the blood music. The only show on the radio that can combine Chris Isaak, Hank III, Bob Seger, Tom Waits, Kid Rock, Lyle Lovett, The Kentucky Headhunters, Dave Alvin, Grand Funk and huge chunks of unsigned, underappreciated bands and and make it work. Full blocks of XXX Outlaw artists, Inside Outlaw bands, the roster of Top Dog Records, Bloodshot records, Farmageddon records, Michigan bands and Texas Songwriters.
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No cheesy Halloween show shit here, just real music.
Peace out,
Kip