Playlist 19.09.11

Not too many popular recording acts are writing songs about the prophet Isaiah and his purification with a burning coal on the lips, applied by the Seraphim. But hey, we've got Pete McAuley, central mover in Rams Pocket Radio, an act that's in full creative array, lashing out memorable songs and author of some intriguing ones, like 'Coal My Lips Are Sealed'. If he is quoting from the Old Testament, then it puts him in a similar sphere to U2 and Nick Cave, Bob Marley and Bob Dylan. We're speculated before how much of an influence that the old text is on local acts like Duke Special, Foy Vance, Burning Codes, Iain Archer and others, arguably even Snow Patrol and 'Run'. All permissible, natch, so long as the music passes muster.

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Blog: https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/stuartbailie/

Mondays, ten - midnight



Lee Dorsey, Betty Harris - Love Lots Of Lovin (Soul Jazz)

The Gourds - I Want It So Bad (Vanguard)

Rams Pocket Radio - Coal My Lips Are Sealed (Reel To Reel)

Paul Simon - So Beautiful Or So What (Universal)

Laura Marling - All My Rage (Virgin)

Margie Joseph - Stop In The Name Of Love (Stax)

The Horrible Crowes - Sugar (Side One Dummy)

Gene - Olympian (Costermonger)

Naomi Bedford - Railroad Bill (Dusty Willow)

Elvis Presley - Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Sun)

Jono McCleery - Fears (Counter)

Tom Petty - I Need To Know (MCA)

Peter Delaney - Pariah Chimes (Deadslack Strings)

Manic Street Preachers - This Is The Day (Sony)

Mariachi El Bronx - Norteno Lights (Wichita)

Maria Carlisle - Weird Girl (Ancient and Modern)

Paul Simon - Rewrite (Universal)

Ali Farka Toure, Toumani Diabate - Doudou (World Circuit)

The Gourds - Ink And Grief (Vanguard)

Gabe Dixon - Running On Fumes (Fantasy)

Laura Marling - Don't Ask Me (Virgin)

John Martyn - Can't Turn Back The Years (Virgin)

Nathaniel Rateliffe - Happy Just To Be (Rounder)

The Delgados - If This Is A Plan (Mantra)

The Waterboys - The Faery's Last Song (Puck)