Desolation Angel Radio

It's all in the heart

This week's full broadcast, with over two hours of the same music that you've become used to here; authentic, down to the bone, raw, passionate and real. A full raft of that artists that you've come to expect, and 2 or 3 sets of music from folks you've never heard of, but should be listening to, along with some of this year's Grammy nominees and winners, as those awards finally became relevant after 35 years.
Music from upcoming releases by Lucero, Shooter Jennings and Justin Townes Earle. Songs from Levon Helm, and The Band, The Allman Brothers, Jamey Johnson, Los Lonely Boy and a set to celebrate the upcoming Mardi Gras weekend. It's all here, and all for you.
Download it, stream it, but whatever else you do, share it. Remember, comments and ratings are always appreciated. Dive in and enjoy!

Desolation Angel Radio on Outlaw Radio Chicago Feb. 9th

The archived podcast of last week's Desolation Angel radio show on Outlaw Radio Chicago Thursday nights, featuring:
Chris Knight
Davis Coen
Wet Willie
Dion
The Marshall Tucker Band
Sarah Borges
Jimbo and the Soupbones
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Alabama Shakes
And a whole lot more. . .check it out and get caught up.
Kip

Desolation Angel Radio on Outlaw Radio Chicago Jan. 26th

Thursday night's live broadcast is neatly wrapped up into a podcast here for your listening pleasure if you missed it, or if you want to hear it again.
Remember, every Thursday over on Outlaw Radio Chicago, and every week or two weeks the regular 2 1/2 hour Desolation Angel Radio podcast (new one below). Thank for being a listener and a supporter of the music.
Kip

Mr. Zimmerman, I presume. . . . .

Welcome back for another edition of the Desolation Angel Radio Show podcast. This week, a full load of songs from the Chimes of Freedom - The Songs of Bob Dylan that dropped this week; 80 artists, 4 discs, so helping yourself to 5 cuts or so of artists doing Bob their way is a goooood appetizer. Johnny Cash with the Avett Brothers, Seal and Jeff Beck, Mark Knopfler, Adele, Dave Matthews Band, Eric Burdon and the list goes on.
A full 2 blocks of home-grown Michigan Talent. The entire roster of the Inside Outlaws; Doop & The Inside Outlaws, String of Ponies, Pat V. & The Detroit 3. Jeni Lee Richey & The Great Tribulation, The Deadstring Brothers and the Broken Arrow Blues Band round it out.
The normal, eclectic mix. Close to bone music; raw, passionate, authentic and real. Artists and bands who will not compromise, no matter what, and stay true to their muse and the voice inside that drives them to make the music they do. People like Grayson Capps, Anders Osborne, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, JC Brooks & The Uptown Sound, William Elliot Whitmore, Rich Robinson, Danny Barnes, Kevin Gordon and the list just keeps on going.
All the authenticity and passion that you can handle in 2 1/2 hours worth of a radio show, and it will be impossible to sit still in your chair. Fire it up, download, play it in the pop-up, open it in a separate tab and just keep on rolling with your day.
My thanks, as always, for my life being as good as it is, and for all of you, loyal listeners and music aficionado's who listen to folks who care about their art and the contribution it makes to the human soul. Let's keep these artists and bands working and eating so they can continue to give to the world what they do.
As per normal, and it's probably entirely insane, this broadcast costs you nothing and isn't advertiser or sponsor supported. I'm the CEO, musical director, technical director, producer and host and I'm the funding for it, so the price is simple. Share this, share the living shit out of it. Share it on Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, through e-mail; however you can. Leave some comments and some ratings, I love interacting with y'all.
Remember that this podcast is now available on iTunes, just go to the iTunes store, to podcasts and search my name, Kip Williams or Desolation Angel Radio. It's yours free to subscribe to and download. Find me on Facebook; Kip Williams or The Desolation Angel or Music That Doesn't Suck Canal Water. Follow me on Twitter where I'm kip_williams, or on Google +. You're always welcome to this party.
Thanks,
Peace out
Kip

Rollin' on down the line. . . . .

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.

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