Playlist Catch-up

I've been getting positive thoughts from last Friday's show, which found me trawling the alphabet to deliver the A-Z of Americana. Which is essentially country music for people who are nervously disposed towards line-dancing and Philomena Begley. If you really want reassured, let's call it alt. country and use Uncle Tupelo as the gold standard.

Most of the tunes selected themselves, although there was some creative accounting to fill up the 'X' category. And we kinda cheated with the Victoria Williams selection, even though the tune in question was ace. Also, there were several Canadian artists in the mix, but if 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down' isn't pure Americana, what is?

Playlist 18.07.08

STUART BAILIE

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM, 1341 MW

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Fridays, ten - midnight

Ryan Adams - To Be Young Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High (Bloodshot)

The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Capitol)

Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat (American)

Iris DeMent - Let The Mystery Be (Rounder)

Steve Earle - Del McCoury Band - The mountain (Grapevine)

Flatt & Scruggs - I'll Go Stepping Too (Columbia)

Woody Guthrie - Pretty Boy Floyd (Proper)

Emmylou Harris - Bounder To Birmingham (Warner)

Catherine Irwin - The Only Hell My Momma Ever Raised (Thrill Jockey)

The Jayhawks - Nevada, California (Def American)

Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Morning coming Down (EMI)

Loretta Lynne - Family Tree (Interscope)

Bill Monroe - Uncle Pen (MCA)

Willie Nelson - Stardust (Columbia)

Will Oldham, Palace - New Partner (Domino)

Gram Parsons - Return Of The Grievous Angel (Reprise)

Monica Queen - I'm Sorry Darling (Creeping Bent)

Tom Russell - The Man From God Knows Where (Kirkleig)

Doug Sahm- Is Anybody Going To San Antone (Edsel)

Billy Bob Thornton - Starlight Lounge (Universal)

Uncle Tupelo - No Depression (Columbia)

Victoria Williams - Tarbelly and Featherfoot (Mammouth)

Hank Williams - My Bucket's Got a Hole In It (Polydor)

George Strait - All My Exes Live In Texas (MCA)

Neil Young - Cortez The Killer (Reprise)

Townes Van Zandt - Tower Song (Arista)

The previous week's playlist was a simple reminder of the decent tunes that have come our way in the first half of 2008. Did I miss anything significant?

Playlist 11.07.08

STUART BAILIE

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Fridays, ten - midnight

Paul Weller - Have You Made Up Your Mind (Island)

Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma (XL)

Elbow - Grounds For Divorce (Fiction)

Ben Glover - No Direction Home (Mr Jones)

Bon Iver - Skinny Love (4AD)

Rolling Stones - Shine a Light (Rolling Stones)

Oppenheimer - Cate Blanchett (Fantastic Plastic)

Dr John - Time for a Change (CV)

The Hold Steady - Sequestered In Memphis (Rough Trade)

Elvis Costello - No Hiding Place (Lost Highway)

Martha Wainwright - Bleeding All Over You (Drowned In Sound)

Sigur Ros -Gobbledigook (EMI)

Billy Bragg - I Keep Faith (CV)

Van Morrison - Behind the Ritual (Polydor)

REM - Supernatural Superserious (Warner)

Nick Cave - Dig Lazarus Dig (Mute)

Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal (Bella Union)

Zutons - Always Right Behind You (Deltasonic)

Boathouse - What I Remember (Tiny Tuba)

Felice Brothers - Whiskey In My Whiskey (Loose)

Beth Rowley - Beautiful Tomorrow (Universal)

Kowalski - Phil Kansus (white)

Emmylou Harris - All That You Have Is Your Soul (Nonesuch)

Robert Forster - Let Your Light In Babe (Tag5)

Cat Power - Song To Bobby (Matador)

Neil Diamond - Pretty Amazing Grace (Columbia)

Jape - Phil Lynott (V2)