April 2015 – Hello Cruel World

377 Bob Ham fills in

Prefab Sprout – The World Awake – Protest Songs (Kitchenware, 1989)
Jane Siberry – Everything Reminds Me Of My Dog – Bound By The Beauty (Reprise, 1989)
The Vulgar Boatmen – Calling Upstairs – Please Panic (Rough Trade, 1992)
Rick Nelson – Nighttime Lady – Garden Party (Decca, 1972)
Mark Eitzel – White Rosary – Caught In A Trap And I Can’t Back Out ‘Cause I Love You Too Much, Baby (Matador, 1998)

Sean Nelson – Brooklyn Bridge – Make Good Choices (Really, 2013)
The Beach Boys – Funky Pretty – Holland (Reprise, 1973)
Roy Wood – Miss Clarke and the Computer – Boulders (United Artists, 1973)
Wooden Wand – Forgiveness Figg (Bethany Hotel Blues) – Harem of the Sundrum & The Witness Figg (Time Lag, 2006)
Robyn Hitchcock – St. Petersburg – Groovy Decoy (Relativity, 1986)
Tracey Thorn – Kentish Town – Love And Its Opposite (Strange Feeling, 2010)

David Kilgour – Splash Your Jewels – Here Come The Cars (De Stijl/Flying Nun, )
Barbara Manning – Smoking Her Wings – One Perfect Green Blanket (Normal, )
Sonny Bono – I Told You To Go Away – Inner Views (ATCO, )
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers – Affection – Back In Your Life (Beserkley, )
Secret Stars – 5,000,000,000 – Genealogies (Shrimper, )

376 fund drive covers

After an in-studio is over, I invite my guests to play a favorite cover. These are recorded, stockpiled, and played all at once as a special thank you to members and contributors during XRAY.FM‘s fund drive. If you haven’t yet become a member, please visit xray.fm/donate

Playlist:

Alina Hardin – Oh Me (Meat Puppets) – Hello Cruel World session (XRAY, 2014)
Ezza Rose – New Partner (Bonnie “Prince” Billy) – Hello Cruel World session (XRAY, 2015)

Snowblind Traveler – Dayton, Ohio (Randy Newman) – Hello Cruel World session (XRAY, 2015)
Lindsay Clark – Reason To Believe (Tim Hardin) – Hello Cruel World session (XRAY, 2014)
Emily Logan – Shenandoah (Anais Mitchell) – Hello Cruel World session (XRAY, 2014)

Nick Jaina – The Old Revolution (Leonard Cohen) – Hello Cruel world session (XRAY, 2015)
Anne-Marie Sanderson – Who Knows Where The Time Goes (Sandy Denny) – Hello Cruel World session (XRAY, 2015)

Drunken Prayer – On Mobile Bay (Vernon Dalheart) – Hello Cruel World session (XRAY, 2014)
Supercrow – Buckets Of Rain (Bob Dylan) – Hello Cruel World session (XRAY, 2015)
Mikaela Davis – Acrobat (Angel Olsen) – Hello Cruel World session (XRAY, 2015)

Annalisa Tornfelt – I Fall To Pieces (Patsy Cline) – Hello Cruel World session (XRAY, 2015)
Jon Ransom – The Killing Moon (Echo & The Bunnymen) – Hello Cruel World session (XRAY, 2015)
Montclaire – Black Rainbow (St. Vincent) – Hello Cruel world session (XRAY, 2014)

375 Nick Jaina

Annalisa Tornfelt – Found A Song – The Number 8 (Jealous Butcher, 2015)
Robyn Hitchcock – Nocturne (live) – I Often Dream Of Trains In New York (Yep Roc, 2009)
Jon Ransom – The Alchemist – The Chief Mourner (Gorbie International, 2015)

Nick Jaina – Don’t Come To Me – Primary Perception (Fluff & Gravy, 2013)

Nick Jaina in-studio:
– The Dinner Party
– Telepathic Teleplay
– Unsent Love Letter (reading)

Dan Bern – Graceland – Fleeting Days (Messenger, 2003)
Courtney Barnett – Dead Fox – Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit (Milk, 2015)
Death Songs – So Deadly – Death Songs
Kaki King – Anthropomorph – The Neck Is A Bridge To The Body (self, 2015)

374 then: the earlier years

Kaki King – Ingots – Legs To Keep Us Longer (Red Ink, 2004)
Chris Whitley – Her Furious Angels – War Crime Blues (Messenger, 2004)
Yo La Tengo – I’ll Be Around – Fade (Matador, 2013)
Alialujah Choir – Looking For A Gesture – Alialujah Choir (self, 2012)

Laura Gibson – Milk-Heavy, Pollen-Eyed – La Grande (Barsuk, 2012)
Nick Jaina – Winding Sheet – A Narrow Way (HUSH, 2008)
Anais Mitchell – Wilderland – Young Man In America (Wilderland, 2012)
Mimicking Birds – New Doomsdays – Mimicking Birds (Glacial Pace, 2010)

Michael Cera – Moving In – True That (bandcamp, 2014)
Cataldo – In Now And Then – Gilded Oldies (bandcamp, 2014)
Juliana Hatfield – Needle In The Hay – I Saved Latin! A Tribute To Wes Anderson (American Laundromat, 2014)
Brandi Carlile – The Chain – Sweetheart 2014 (Hear Music, 2014)

The Decemberists – Down By The Water – The King Is Dead (Capitol, 2011)
R.E.M. – The One I Love (Live) – The One I Love 12” Single (I.R.S., 1987)