Desolation Angel Radio

Desolation Angel Radio Thursday November 15th, 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

Desolation Angel Radio Tuesday November 13th, 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

Desolation Angel Radio Thursday November 8th, 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

Desolation Angel Radio Tuesday November 6th, 2012

Folks, we may be one of the only radio programs in America that would decide to go on the air and go up opposite the Presidential elections, but that's how we roll:
Bob Dylan - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
Chris Knight - Little Victories
Levon Helm (and about 50 friends) - Toast To Freedom
Steve Earle and The Dukes - The Rain Came Down
Brandon Jenkins (w/ Cody Canada) - Out of Babylon
Waylon Jennings - I Do Believe
Johnny Cash - What Is Truth
Merle Haggard - What I Hate
Kris Kristofferson - Pilgrim's Progress
Jason Boland and The Stragglers - Woody's Road
Bruce Springsteen - Reason To Believe
Michael Stanley - Take The Time
As always, and very sincerely, thanks for being you, thanks for supporting the music and independent broadcasters. Share this as many ways as humanly possible.
Kip

Desolation Angel Radio Thursday November 1st, 2012

The high church of Soulfulness and Truth hit the airwaves on Thursday, with the congregation assembled and working from the gospel of the Desolation Angel. Music is at it's best when it's a clear, pure connection between the music and the songwriter. These artists presented it simply and sparingly, letting the power of the music they were putting out speak for itself:
Scott H. Biram - Just Another River
CW Ayon - Solitary Man
Don Duprie (w/ Doop & The Inside Outlaws) - Let You Bleed
William Elliott Whitmore - Midnight
Molly Gene One Whoaman Band - Reformation
Possessed by Paul James - Older In My Body
Alison Lewis - Blue eyed Brother
Michael Stanley - Rosewood Bitters
Lucinda Williams - Blessed
Don Duprie - If Everybody Was My Friend
Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky
Yes, we went up head on against the CMA's and it was on purpose. Whilst Nashville's glitterati kings and queens of trash-pop country paraded across the stage and patted one another on the back over the millions they're making with the fast one they're pulling on the American public, we hit the airwaves with a roster of people who are devoted to the traditions of songwriting, musicianship, craftsmanship, authenticity and bring it with rawness, passion and the truth and bring it close to the bone and down in the blood (which, I suppose, is why none of them are welcome in Nashvegas). Thanks for supporting them, and supporting independent music and independent artists. Share this as many ways as possible and send the message.
Kip

Desolation Angel Radio Tuesday October 30th, 2012

Tuesday's show. All neatly wrapped up in Mp3 podcast form for your downloading, streaming, whenever and wherever you want pleasure for your car, phone, computer, iPhone, Android, iPad, whatever. I normally do just the show, but, tonight's a little different. I always listen to my own music. Don't get me wrong, every cut, every note, every song you hear here is part of my personal library, every last bit of it. But, there's always music that is "mine", music that I listen to to get me in the mood for the show that normally isn't commercially available, bootlegs straight off boards at shows that us grizzled, gnarly old sound men trade back and forth with one another. I'm leaving this week's in, it's a very cool Allman Brothers cut from 1971 that I have, and it also includes a discussion about production, how live shows differ from live broadcasts of recorded music, differ from podcasts, etc. Enjoy.
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Gary Clark, Jr. - Next Door Neighbor Blues
Chris & Rich Robinson - Roll 'Um Easy
Wheeler Brothers - Long Hard Road
Dirty River Boys - Dried Up
Tom Skinner  - Gypsy Moth
Willy Tea Taylor - Wrong Way To Run
Waylon Jennings (feat. Jessi Colter) - Storms Never Last
Larry And His Flask - End of an Era
Jim Lauderdale - Alligator Alley
Buddy Miller - That's How I Got To Memphis
Bob Dylan  - Shelter From The Storm
As always, thanks for being part of the Desolation Angel Radio Family and hanging out here in the High Church of Rock and Roll. It's always appreciated. There's no sponsor, no advertiser, no commercials and I produce, finance, host and direct the show myself. The only price I charge for getting the enjoyment of listening to these raw, authentic, true, passionate, close to the bone and down in the blood artists is simple. Share this as many ways as humanly possible. Use the little Green Share button below, use FB, use Twitter, use Google +, use email, smoke signals, two cans tied together with a string, whatever.
Enjoy, Peace out
Kip

Desolation Angel Radio Thursday October 25th, 2012

The Thursday night show hit the air and had a definite "feel" to it -
Jason and The Scorchers
J.B. Beverly and The Wayward Drifters
C.W. Ayon
Lonewolf OMB
John D. Hale Band
Jason Boland & The Stragglers
Southern Culture On The Skids
The Legendary Shackshakers
Los Straitjackets
Tim Gearan
Titty Bingo
Doc Daily & Magnolia Devil
Thanks for being part of the Desolation Angel Radio congregation, helping to spread the gospel of hip-shaking, teeth-rattling, you just have to dance to it music. So cool, you just want to keep it all to yourself, but don't. I don't charge for this program, there's no advertisers, no sponsors, no commercials, and I produce, direct it and host it myself and pay for the music so you can hear it and these bands, these artists, these raw, true, authentic, passionate, down in the blood, close to the bone musicians can be heard. Now, there is price. Think about hitting these artist's websites and buying their music straight from their stores, go see them when they're in your town, go see someone this weekend live, local, who plays originals and not covers, and most importantly, spread the word about Desolation Angel Radio. Use the little Green Share button just below on the left, use Facebook use Twitter, find Desolation Angel Radio on Facebook and "Like" us there. Use e-mail, tell your friends, download the podcast and give it to some friends. Keep the music alive.
Kip

Desolation Angel Radio Tuesday October 23rd, 2012

The Desolation Angel Radio tent show revival, flying circus and rock and roll show hit the air last night and featured:
Brandon Adams & The Sad Bastards
Tift Merritt
Charlie Haden and Elvis Costello
Ragged Jubilee
William Clark Green
Jimbo Mathus
6 Market Blvd.
Phil Hamilton and The Backroads Drifters
Rhett Miller
Amy Cook
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Amongst others. . .as always, thanks for being part of what we do here and please support these artists by buying their music, going to see them live and sharing this podcast. Thanks for being part of keeping music alive, vital and real
Kip