Month: April 2011

216 Pete Ekstam, The Ravishers

HOUR ONE:
Josh Ritter – Bright Smile – Hello Starling (Signature Sounds, 2003)
Blitzen Trapper – Black River Killer – Furr (SubPop, 2008)
Devendra Banhardt – Saw Kill River – Cripple Crow (XL, 2005)
Pete Ekstam – Water – Water (self, 2007)

Pete Ekstam live in-studio:
-The Oracle’s Son
-The Tinkerer
-Post Turtle
-From Birth To Bomb

Anais Mitchell – Why We Build The Wall – Hadestown (Righteous Babe, 2010)
Peter Blegvad – Daughter – Just Woke Up (East Side Digital, 1995)

HOUR TWO:
Ashleigh Flynn – Isa – Chokecherry (HomePerm, 2002)
Blue Giant – Target Heart – Blue Giant (Vanguard, 2010)
Deb Talan – Rocks And Water – A Bird Flies Out (self, 2003)
The Ravishers – Keep You Around – The Ravishers (Timber Carnival, 2011)

The Ravishers live in-studio:
-I’m Him
-You Have It
-The Chase
-Underachievers

Strangled Darlings – Tears Of Akhmatova – The Devil In Outer Space (Mudfarm, 2011)
Erin McKeown – You, Sailor – Hundreds Of Lions (Righteous Babe, 2009)

215 Scott McCaughey, Brooke Parrott


HOUR ONE:
The Pines – Lonesome Tremolo Blues – Tremolo (Red House, 2009)
Frazey Ford – Firecracker – Obadiah (Nettwerk, 2010)
Iron & Wine – Me And Lazarus – Kiss Each Other Clean (Sub Pop, 2011)
The Minus 5 – Vintage Violet – Killingsworth (Yep Roc, 2009)

Scott McCaughey live in-studio:
– The Disembowelers
– The Guilty Ones
– Buckner’s Bolero
– The Panda & The Freak
– The Ballad Of Mott The Hoople

Robyn Hitchcock – Mamie Dunn / Good Times Rock And Roll – This One’s For The Fellows (BlueDisguise, 2004)
Jose Gonzalez – Love Will Tear Us Apart – Australian Tour EP (Shock, 2005)

HOUR TWO:
The Mountain Goats – The Autopsy Garland – All Eternals Deck (Merge, 2011)
Damien Jurado – Thax Douglas #1 – Live At Landlocked (Secretly Canadian, 2011) **
Ann Scott – Return To Die – Return To Die (self, 2010)
Tori Amos – Winter – Crucify EP (Atlantic, 1992)
Marissa Nadler – Dying Breed – Songs III: Bird On The Water (Peacefrog, 2007)
Sea Of Bees – Wizbot – Songs For The Ravens (Crossbill, 2010)
Brooke Parrott – In Any Light – Another City (Ten ‘Til Six, 2008)

Brooke Parrott live in-studio:
– Rest
– Maybe She Just Doesn’t Love You
– If You Don’t Know
– Waterproof

The Decemberists – Down By The Water – Live At Bull Moose (Capitol, 2011) **

** taken from exclusive Record Store Day 2011 releases

calendar for the rest of april

Apr 16th – Brooke Parrott, Scott McCaughey
Apr 30th – The Ravishers, Pete Ekstam

(I’m leaving town for Easter, HCW will still air 4/23: no guests, and it’s pre-recorded. It’s a pseudo greatest hits of the past 4 months on 107.1 FM.)

I’m starting to book for May, Alina Hardin is booked for the 21st and Norman is almost confirmed at this point. Stay tuned!

214 Alameda

HOUR ONE:
Loudon Wainwright III – High Wide & Handsome (Reprise) – High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (2nd Story Sound, 2009)
Ah Holly Fam’ly – All Unfolding – Reservoir (Lucky Madison, 2009)
Rauelsson – El Rio De Los Nudos – La Siembra, La Espera Y La Cosecha (HUSH, 2010)
Suzanne Vega – The Queen & The Soldier – Close-Up Vol 2: People & Places (Amanuensis Productions, 2010)

Kris Delmhorst – Light Of The Light – Strange Conversation (Signature Sounds, 2006)
Elliott Smith – Rose Parade – Either/Or (Kill Rock Stars, 1997)
Michael Cera & Ellen Page – Anyone Else But You – Juno Soundtrack (Rhino, 2008)
Nick Drake – Road – Pink Moon (Island, 1972)
Kurt Vile – I Know I Got Religion – Square Shells EP (Matador, 2010)
Cat Power – Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again – I’m Not There Soundtrack (Columbia, 2007)

Neko Case – Hold On, Hold On – Fox Confessor Brings the Flood (ANTI, 2006)
Dan Bern – Joe Van Gogh – Smartie Mine (self, 1998)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 – Ordinary Millionaire – Propellor Time (Sartorial, 2010)
Jake Shimabukuro – While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Gently Weeps (Hitchhike, 2006)

HOUR TWO:
St. Even – Blinding Love – Spirit Animal (Dustbin, 2011)
Mike James – Monster – Waiting For The Shell (self, 2009)
Strangled Darlings – Tears Of Akhmatova – The Devil In Outer Space: An Operetta (Mudfarm, 2011)

Alameda – Cutting Teeth – Seasons/Spectres (self, 2011)

Alameda live in-studio:
– Floating Hospital
– New Leaf
– Silver Hands
– The Woods

Portland Cello Project – Seeds May Fall – The Thao & Justin Power Sessions (Kill Rock Stars, 2009)
Mimicking Birds – New Doomsdays – Mimicking Birds (Glacial Pace, 2009)
Ani DiFranco – Millenium Theater – Reprieve (Righteous Babe, 2006)

April Announcements

Thanks for tuning in to the new Hello Cruel World on KZME! After 3 months I’m finally starting to get my “sea legs” at the new KMHD2 studios. I’m looking forward to bringing you more Portland acoustic talent in the coming months. Here is a calendar for April:

April 9th – Alameda
April 16th – Brooke Parrott
April 23rd – I’m out of town for Easter
April 30th – The Ravishers

Hello Cruel World is now on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/hellocruelworld. Follow us over there for a more community-like environment.

Finally, I wanted to mention Hello Cruel World’s YouTube channel. In the past week I’ve added 3 or 4 new performances taken from the show. Go check it out! Thanks!

213 Jake Kelly with Aubrey Webber


HOUR ONE:
Ron Sexsmith – Not Too Big – Blue Boy (Cooking Vinyl, 2001)

Wilco – War On War – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Nonesuch, 2002)
The Dimes – Jersey Kid – The Silent Generation (Pet Marmoset, 2007)
Randy Kaplan – Jackson Blues – 12 American Songs (self, 2003)
Momus – Tape Recorder Man – Folktronic (Le Grande Magistery, 2001)

The Minus 5 – Vintage Violet – Killingsworth (Yep Roc, 2009)
St. Even – Loneliness – Spirit Animal (self, 2011)
Jaime & Becky – Midwest – Jaime & Becky (self, 2005)
Vic Chesnutt – Glossolalia – North Star Deserter (Constellation, 2007)
Lucinda Williams – Seeing Black (demo) – Blessed Deluxe Edition (Lost Highway, 2011)

Richard Thompson – The Money Shuffle – Dream Attic (Shout Factory, 2010)
The Be Good Tanyas – Junkie Blues – Chinatown (Nettwerk, 2003)
Elvis Perkins – It’s Only Me – Ash Wednesday (XL, 2006)
Little Sue – Hurricane – Shine (self, 2004)

HOUR TWO:
Bon Iver – Flume – For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguar, 2008)
Jake Kelly – Corners – The Soothing Nature Of Industry (Materials To Outlet, 2009)

Jake Kelly with Aubrey Webber live in-studio:
– Fly Away
– O Death
– Garden Gate
– Clockwork

Ali Wesley – That Bridge – All Things (My Two Fish) (self, 2007)
Colin Meloy – Jack The Ripper – Colin Meloy Sings Morrissey EP (self, 2005)
Joanna Newsom – ’81 – Have One On Me (Drag City, 2010)
Regina Spektor – Samson – Begin To Hope (Sire, 2006)

John Wesley Harding – Sorry, Lazarus – Songs To A Small Guitar Vol. II (Popover, 2010)
Duover – Lighthouse Thicket – Duover (self, 2010)