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Random Play with Doug Cox
March 5th - Nanaimo
March 6th - Tofino/Ucluelet
March 7th - Kamloops
The Beatles - Baby's In Black
Edgar Winter with Rick Derringer - Hang On Sloopy
Nashville Jug Band - Titanic
Joe Jackson - I'm The Man
Rob Ickes Trio - Big Bad Bill
Tish Hinojosa - All My Love
Tom Jones & Jules Holland - Baptism By Fire
Leela Gilday - I Feel Stronger
John Sebastian - Sitting In Limbo
Martin Simpson & Don Flemons - Too Long (I've Been Gone)
Amos Garrett - Baby Your Feets Is Cold
Bachman Turner Overdrive - Roll On Down The Highway
Los Lobos - Volver Volver
Muddy Waters - Good Morning Little SchoolGirl
Hour Two
Maynard Ferguson - Give It One
The Gourds - Caledonia
Hank Williams - Nobody's Lonesome For Me
Jesse Winchester - That's Where I'm From
Bob Marley and the Wailers - We and Dem
Guy Clark - Rita Ballou
Sam Hurrie - Char Lo
Jerry Douglas - Dobro Solo
Eric Idle - Accountancy Shanty
Rodney Crowell - Please Remember Me
The Neville Bros. - Sister Rosa
Bob Carpenter - Magdalena
Liam Docherty - Wipe My Weeping Eyes
Tom Waits - Better Off Without A Wife
Random Play with Doug Cox
Feb 26 - Nanaimo
Feb 27 - Tofino/Ucluelet
Feb 28 - Kamloops
Thomas Dolby - The Toad Lickers
Abbey Lincoln - Blue Monk
Freddy Fender with Townes Van Zandt - Pancho & Lefty
Bebe & Cece Winans with Mavis Staples - I'll Take You There
Svend Asmussen - Ring Dem Bells
Connie Kaldor - Everyday Moments
Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi - Dzoka Uyamwe
Mark Isham - Never Cry Wolf
Hour Two
The Spinners with Dionne Warwick - Then Came You
Mother's Finest - Feelin' Alright
Billy Preston - Born To Lose
Ernest Tubb - Walking the Floor Over You
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers - Calling My Children Home
Joan Armatrading - What Do Boys Dream
The Guess Who - Follow Your Daughter Home
Imogean Heap - Bad Body Double
Nina Simone - Compensation
Louis Armstrong - There's No You
Waylon Jennings - Luckenback Texas
Dolly Parton with Nickel Creek - Blowin In The Wind
Rachelle van Zanten - Oh Mother
Nick Drake - Which Way
Adrian Belew - Adidas in Heat
Inn Echo - Summers with Nan set
Random Play with Doug Cox
Feb 19 - Nanaimo
Feb 20 - Tofino/Ucluelet
Feb 21- Kamloops
Bryan Bowers - Opry Reel
George Harrison - Piggies
Sista- Women In Reggae - The World
Colin Hay & The Cuban Band - Be Good Johnny
Mike Garson - Ashes to Ashes
Ed Palermo Big Band - I Want You - She's So Heavy
Bobby Charles - Small Town Talk
Carole King - It's Too Late
Bellflower - If The Sky Should Fall
Dan Hicks & The Acoustic Warriors - HoneySuckle Rose
Moe Koffman - The Magnificant Cat
Chris Smither - Where I'm Going To
Cornell Dupree & Papa Hodo Medicine Show - Mercy Mercy
John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - So Many Roads
David Essig - State of Origin
Raul Malo, Rob Ickes & Pat Flynn - Moon River
The Section - Sitting On The Dock of The Bay
Oh My Darling - Pixou Falls
Laurie Anderson - Only An Expert
Beppe Gambetta - Leonidi
Rory Block - Everybody Loves John
Random Play with Doug Cox
Feb 12- Nanaimo
Feb 13- Tofino/Ucluelet
Feb 14 – Kamloops
Holly Williams – Waiting on June – The Highway
Bruce Cockburn – Tokyo – Humans
Jethro Tull – Wondering Aloud – Aqualung
The New Kentucky Colonels – Soldiers Joy/Blackmountain Rag – Live In Holland 73
Herbie Hancock w Carlos Santana & Angelique Kidjo – Safitou – Possibilities
Big Mama Thornton – Unlucky Girl – Ball and Chain
Eric Johnson – Tribute To Jerry Reed – Cleveland 2016
Beny Esguerra – Return of the Kuisi – Condor and Eagle
Poco – Crazy Love – Best Of
Elvis Costello – Radio Radio – Best Of
Adrian Belew – Ampersand – Live Overseas
Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong, Lambert, Hendicks and Ross – You Swing Baby – The Real Ambassadors
John Sebastian – This Sportin' Life – Tarzana Kid
NRBQ – Never Take The Place of You – Tiddly Winks
Michael Dunn – Palolo – Resophonics Anonymous
Hour Two
Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony #4 in G Major – North German Radio Orchestra & Leopold Ludwig
Laurence Juber – Dear Prudence – LJ Plays the Beatles Volume 2
Shaye Zadravec – Night Drive – Now and Then
Peatbog Faeries – Drone Age – Croftwork
Rodney Crowell – I Didn't Know I Could Lose You – Diamonds and Dirt
Ray Charles – What'd I say - Live In Paris
Boomtown Rats – I Don't Like Mondays – The Fine Art of Surfacing
Mary Chapin Carpenter – This Shirt – State Of Heart
Jeff Beck – Day In The House – Guitar Shop
Ramblin Jack Elliot – If I Were A Carpenter – South Coast
Maynard Ferguson – Hey Jude – M.F. Horn 2
Random Play
FEB 5th - Nanaimo
FEb 6th - Tofino/Ucluelet
FEB 7th - Kamloops
Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra – Rockin In Rhythm - The Art of Vocal Jazz
Nouvelle Vague – Making Plans For Nigel - Best Of
Jerry Jeff Walker – Morning Song To Sally – Live From Dixies Bar & Bus Stop
Annie Lou – Envy Won't Let Me Be – Tried and True
Willie Dixon – Crazy For My Baby – Greatest Blues Masters Ever Made
The Limeliters – Have Some Madeira M'dear – Right From The Start
Otis Taylor – Hey Joe – Recapturing the Banjo
Set 2
Peppino D'Agostino – Una serata a North Beach – Penumbra
Leonard Sumner – Questions – Rez Poetry
Gil Scott Heron – Winter In America - 1984
Eddi Reader – Dragonflies – 2016 radio Broadcasts
Bobby Charles – I Can't Quit You – Secrets of the Heart
John Martyn – Look at The Girl – Live
Haven't Got A Name – The Brothers Landau
Set 3
Tommy Bolin & Friends (John Scofield) – Savannah Woman – Great Gypsy Soul
Kenny Smith – Sail Away Ladies – Return
ZZ Top – Heard It On The X – Fandango
Miles Davis – All Blues – Kind of Blue
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong – Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You? - The best of on Verve
Elton John – Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
Set 4
Gentle Giant – Giant For A Day
The Monkees – Gonna Buy Me A Dog
Loggins & Messina – Be Free – Live
Dick Gaughan – The World Turned Upside Down
T-Bone Burnett – I've Always Been A Man Without A Country
Random Play
Episode 16
Jan 30, 2021
Set 1
BB King – The Blues Come Over Me – There Is Always One More Time
Tony Trischka – (William Bourroughs) – The Boatman's Dance/Over The Mountains World Turning
Susan Alcorn Quintet – Pedernal – Pedernal
The Mavericks – All That Heaven Will Allow – The Millenium Collection
Lennie Gallant – Has Anybody Seen My Skates – Live Acoustic at the Carleton
Bill Frisell - Things Will Never Be The Same – Blues Dream
Brandi Carlile – Eye of the Needle – Acoustic EP
Set 2
Bruce Springsteen - Highway Patrolman – Nebraska
Bruce Hornsby – Mandolin Rain - The Way It Is
Porter Wagnor & Dolly Parton – The Last Thing On My Mind – Essential
Snooks Eaglin – Let Me Go Home Whisky – New Orleans Street Singer
Warren Zevon – They Moved The Moon – Transverse City
Twin Peaks – Goddamn – Twin Peaks
Set 3
CSNY – Treetop Flyer – The Hollywood Bowl – 2006
Ry Cooder – The Dark End Of The Street - Showtime
(Bobby King, Terry Evans, Eldridge King)
Carly Dow – Sunlight Remembers – Comet
Taj Mahal – Satisfied & Tickled Too
Jerry Douglas, Russ Barrenberg & Edgar Meyer – Squeezy Pig – Skip Hop and Wobble
Set 4
Travels With Charley – Little Willie - Uncle Herb's Amusements
Fleet Foxes – Bedouin Dress – Helplessness Blues
Buddy Emmons – Cherokee – Steel Guitar Jazz
Bruce Cockburn – Dust & Diesel Tunes For Humans – 1988 Ann Arbor
War – Low Rider – Anthology
Chet Atkins and Doc Watson – Don't Monkey Round My Wideer – Reflections
Bob Dylan – I Shall Be Released – The Rolling Thunder Review - 1975
Random Play
Episode 15
Jan 13, 2021
Set 1
Sweet Honey In The Rock – Breaths
Novelle Vague – I Melt With You – Best Of
The Doobie Brothers – Tell Me What You Want (And I'll Give You What You Need ) What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger – Circles – Precious Friend
Stephen Stills – Piece Of me – Man Alive!
Chris Barber & Dr John – Perdido Street Blues
Set 2
Levon Helm –Little Birdies - Dirt Farmer
Leon Redbone – Diddy Wa Diddy – Portland Oregon 1984
KD Lang – Helpless – Baltimore Symphony Orchestra – 2004
Justin Townes Earle – Flint City Shake – Melbourne 2019
Nils Landgren, Cecile Norby, Celine Bonacina - Love Is Real – Hamburg 2012
The Heavyweights Brass Band – Why Can't We Be Friends – Don't Bring Me Down
Alan Parson Project – Eye In The Sky -
Set 3
BettySoo & Doug Cox – Light In Your Window – Lie To Me
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers – I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent
Tennessee Ernie Ford and the Starlighters – Cincinnati Dancing Pig
Tony Rice – Fine As Fine Can Be – Me & My Guitar
Neil Diamond - Slow It Down – Home Before Dark
Bert Jansch Inspired – Robert Plant
The Seldom Scene – The Railroad Line – 2017
Set 3
Antonio Carlos and Jocafi sing the Music of Jorge Amado – Capitaes De Areia
The Beatles (Buck Owens) – Act Naturally – Help
Roxy Music – Dance Away – Manifesto
The Stones Project – Miss You – Tim Ries
The Holmes Brothers – Farther Along - Speaking in Tongues
Dixie Chicks – Ready To Run – Fly
Slavek Hanzlik – Spring In The Old Country
Random Play
Episode 14
Jan 16, 2021
Set 1
Ray Charles – Oh Lonesome Me – Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music
Bill Frisell (Robin Holcomb) – The End Of The World – Nashville
Big Al Anderson & The Balls – Pawn Shop Guitars
Sam Cooke – Shake Rattle & Roll – Nightbeat
Keith Whiteley – Don't Close Your Eyes
Shawn Camp – Would You Go With Me – Fireball
The Cold Club – Nagasaki – The Cold Club
Rick Danko – Twilight – Live in Northhampton – 1995
Set 2
Rod Stewart – Hot Legs – The Sessions
The Haoles – Because – Hawaiian Holiday
The Sons Of The Pioneers – Cool Water
New Grass Revival – One Love/People Get Ready – On The Boulevard
Los Lobos – Guantanamera – Live 2005
Louis Bellson Big Band – Time Check – 1980
Set 3
The Left Banke – Walk Away Renee – There's Gonna Be A Storm
Sam Cooke – You Send Me (Demo Version)
Alison Krauss & Union Station – Wouldn't Be So Bad
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Delilah – Live
Duke Ellington – Take The A Train
The Spinners – Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
Josh Graves – Just Joshin' – The Great Dobro Sessions
Elvis Presley – In The Ghetto
Set 4
Jimmy LaFave – Sweetheart Like You
Cowboy – Please Be With Me
Ken Hamm – Burns Lake Bounce
Olu Dara – Your Lips – From Natchez to New York
Mary Flower – Baby Please Don't Go – Green Onions
Ray Davies with Paloma Faith – Lola – See My Friends
Keith Richards and George Jones - Say It's Not So – The Bradley Barn Session
Random Play
Episode 13
Jan 9, 2021
Set 1
Russell Malone Quartet – You Should Know Better – Montreal Jazz Fest 2002
Tom Paxton – Virginia Morning – Redemption Road
Doug Cox – While My Guitar Gently Weeps – Without Words
Eddie Hinton – Everybody Meets Mister Blue – Letters From
Mississippi
Kevin Breit – Empty – Empty 2007
Jerry Douglas (with Mumford & Sons & Paul Smon ) – The Boxer -from the Traveler
Aviva Chernick – A Ti Espanya – Le Serena
Set 2
Michael Franks – Popsicle Toes – The Art of Tea
Nduduzo Makhathini – Beneath The Earth – Modes of Communication: Letters From The Underworld (2020)
Stevie Wonder w Sting – Higher Ground/Roxanne - 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Dave Harris – I'm On My Way – Slim's Blue Dream
Patrick Godfrey – Here In My Arms – That's Why
Set 3
Dennis Ellsworth – Anywhere But Here – Things Change
John Prine – Ubangi Stomp – Pink Cadillac
Queen – Doing All Right – Queen
Hank Snow – The Anniversary Of A Broken Heart
Ruthie Foster – Hole In My Pocket – Runaway Soul
Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin – Letter(Unsent) – Edgelarks
Charles Loyd and the Marvels w Lucinda Williams – Angel
Set 4
Jethro Tull – Skating Away – Bursting Out
Filippo Gambetta – Berzezi/Garbanzo/Aquilone – Otto Baffi
The Bluegrass Sessions – Wheel Hoss – 1999 Greensboro/NC
John Martyn – May You Never – Solid Air
Beyries – You Are – Landing
Dr John (with the Blind Boys and Nicholas Payton) – What A Wonderful World – Ske-Dat-De-Dat – The Spirit of Satch
The Silhouettes – Get A Job
Dyad – Early Early In The Spring – Who's Been Here Since I've Been Gone
Random Play
Episode 12
Jan 2, 2021
Set 1
The Clovers – Fool, Fool Fool – American Graffiti
Bobby Charles – Why Are People Like That? - Last Train To Memphis
Dan Hicks – I Wear A 13D, Doin It, Doin It – 1992 Soundstage
Edmund Paul Nicodemi – Waiting For The Sunset - Parallel Solitudes
Nic Jones Trio – Ruins By The Shore – Sidmouth 2013
Eric Clapton – Sick and Tired – Pilgrim
Set 2
Gurrumul – Gathu Mawula
Bear McCreary – Helo Rescued – BattleStar Gallactica
Colin Hay – I Came Into Your Store – American Sunshine
Bill Evans – Stella By Starlight – California Here I Come (Live)
The Cars – I'm In Touch With Your World – The Cars
Nils Landgren – Ghost In This House – Sentimental Journey
Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer – Wings Like An Eagle – Get Up And Do It Right
Federspiel – Mit em Dampfschiff um de Piz Palu
Set 3
Duane Allman (John Hammond Jr) – Shake For Me – Anthology
Georgie Fame and the Aussie Blue Fames – Riverboat Shuffle – 1987 Melbourne
Lou Rawls – Groovy People – The Essential Lou Rawls
David Francey – Long Long Road – So Say We All
Martin Simpson and Martin Taylor – Time After Time – Liverpool 2012
Stevie Wonder – Looking For Another Pure Love – Talking Book
John Mayer – Belief – Continuum
Set 4
Booker T Jones – Hang Em High – Live Demo
Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie – Robbins Nest Take 3 – Ella & Basie!
David Grisman and Martin Taylor – Mood Indigo – Santa Rosa, CA 1996
India.Arie – Wings of Forgiveness – Testimony
Junior Brown – Joe The Singing Janitor – Semi Crazy
John Martyn – Fines Lines – Sweet Little Memories
The Persuasions – Brokedown Palace - NY 2001
Random Play
Episode 11
Dec 26, 2020
Set 1
Raul Malo (The Mavericks) , Rob Ickes, Pat Flynn, Dave Pomeroy – Hot Burrito #1 – The Nashville Acoustic Sessions
Robben Ford – Born Under A Bad Sign – Talk To Your Daughter
Dan Fogelberg – Down The Road / Mountain Pass – High Country Snows
Heart – Love Alive – Little Queen
Webb Pierce – Wondering - Country Meets Rockabilly
Holly Cole Trio – Every Day Will Be Like A Holiday – Don't Smoke In Bed (David Piltch Bass – Aaron Davis – Piano)
Crosby Stills & Nash – Carried Away – CSN
Set 2
Lisa Rose Bradford – Awake
(Natalie & Sean – The Atlantic String Section)
Firefall – Just Remember I Love You
The Staple Singers – I'll Take You There – Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (David Hood – Bass)
David Byrne – I Dance Like This – American Utopia
Corey Hamm – Theme - Frederick Rzewski – The People United Will Never Be Defeated
John Hartford, Tony Rice & Vassar Clements – Long Journey Home
Cindy Cashdollar – How Many More Years – Waltz for Abilene w Omar Kent Dykes (Omar and the Howlers)
Chet Atkins & Jethro Burns - Autumn Leaves – A Prairie Home Companion : Duets
Set 3
Kris DeMeanor – One Of Two Things – Lark
Bogus Ben Covington – Adam and Eve In The Garden – The Rough Guide To Ragtime Blues and Hokum
Paul Simon – Late In The Evening – Live In New York City
Phil Baugh – Take One – Live Wire!
Steve Earle and The Dukes – Willin' – Station Inn in Nashville 1999
Buck Owens - How Long Will My Baby Be Gone
Hans Zimmer – The Crown Main Title
Stephen Fearing – Early Morning Rain – Between Hurricanes
Elan – Nothing Is Worth Losing You – Together As One
Set 4
Michael Jerome Browne – Walk On – Self Titled
Moe Koffman – Swingin Shepard Blues - Moncton INTL Jazz Fest – 90
John Mills Cockell - Melina's Torch – Panagalactic Performer
NRBQ -Music Goes Round and Round – Tiddly Winks
The Eagles – Already Gone – Their Greatest Hits 71-75
Amazing Rhythm Aces – Ella B – Stacked Deck
Soweto Gospel Choir – Forever Young – African Spirit
Random Play Episode 10
Dec 19, 2020
Set 1
Leon Redbone & Dr John – Frosty the Snowman – Christmas Island
Stacy Phillips and Paul Howard – Perry Mason Theme and Sleigh Ride
Nat King Cole – The Happiest Christmas Tree – The Christmas Song
David Essig – Desert Way – Moon On Rough Bay
The Beatles – Maggie May – Let It Be Remastered
Snooks Eaglin – Veal Chop & Pork Chop – Country Boy Down In New Orleans
Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie – C-Jam Blues – 1971 Live in Stuttgard
Tom Jackson – The Huron Carol
Orchestra – Welcome Christmas – How the Grinch (1966)
Set 2
Doug Cox – Silent Night
Jose Feliciano – Feliz Navidad
Sarah McLachlin - River - Wintersong
Al Hirt & Ann Margaret – Baby It's Cold Outside – Beauty & The Beard
Brenda Lee – Jingle Bell Rock – Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Merry Christmas From The Family – Robert Earl Keen – Best
Christmas In Prison – John Prine – Sweet Revenge
Nat King Cole – The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot
Kathy Kallick – Ring The Bells At Midnight
Set 3
Vince Guaraldi Trio – Christmas Time Is Here – Charlie Brown Chreistmas
Townes Van Zandt – Snowin' On Raton
Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem – Snowbird – Cocktail Swing
Lonesome River Band – All I Want Is Mary For Christmas
George Winston – Carol Of The Bells – December
Sam Bush – Sleigh Ride
Wendell Ferguson – Why Does Every Christmas Song Have So Many Chords – Cranky Christmas
You're A Mean One Mr Grinch - How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Set 4
Jerry Jeff Walker – Walkin In A Winter Wonderland
Nana Mouskouri – Go Tell It On The Mountain
Homer & Jethro – Santa Claus, The Original Hippie – A Cool Crazy Christmas
Jeff Beck – Amazing Grace
The Blind Boys of Alabama with Taj Mahal – Christ Was Born On Christmas Morn – Talkin' Christmas
Pretty Paper – Willie Nelson
Milton Batiste – Big Fat Santa Coming To Town
Sammy Davis Jr – Jingle Bells
Christmas Island – Leon Redbone