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Out of the Woods is an earthy, wires and wood, mostly acoustic program featuring some of the best new and established artists from the worlds of folk, bluegrass, singer-songwriters, alt.country, Americana, classic country, old-time, Celtic, and everything that falls in between. The show is an unpredictable mix flowing like a river between moods, often with an edge or in a melancholy minor key. On occasion, Out of the Woods features interviews and live in-studio performances with national and international touring musicians. Past guests have included artists such as Bela Fleck, Si Kahn, Brown Bird, Dana Robinson, Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, Bill Bourne, Karl Shiflett, Rachel Bissex, Darryl Purpose, Bow Thayer, Cosy Sheridan and many others. Out of the Woods grew out of Jon 'Chip' Colcord's former acoustic programs, The Song Swap and Music For The Mountain, separate folk and bluegrass programs which aired in New Hampshire during the 1990s. As a child, Colcord grew up a ravenous music fan with an ear for both rock and folk, from Arlo Guthrie to Aerosmith. All of these influences converge on Out of the Woods to bring you a mix which is as much on the edge as it is down home. Folk music with a rock 'n' roll soul
This week I started the show with a bit of music for Black History Month. It eventually sent me into some blues, and then onto some reggae-inspired stuff. A few new releases in the mix as well. Here's what I played:
OUT OF THE WOODS INTRO
TAJ MAHAL - Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes - Phantom Blues - Private Music
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THE CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS - Hit 'Em Up Style - Genuine Negro Jig - Nonesuch
OTIS TAYLOR - Ten Million Slaves - Recapturing The Banjo - Telarc
LAURA LOVE - Passin' - NeGrass - Octoroon Biography
VANCE GILBERT - No One Can Love You Like Mary - Old White Men - Gadfly/Disismye Music
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CAROLINE HERRING - White Dress - Camilla - Signature Sounds
PHIL OCHS - Talking Birmingham Jam - I Ain't Marching Anymore - Rhino/Elektra
CHUCK BRODSKY - Letters In The Dirt - Letters In The Dirt - Red House
LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS - My Babe - Soul Blues - Fantasy
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SONNY TERRY - I've Been Your Doggie Since I Been Your Man - The Folkways Years, 1944-1963 - Smithsonian Folkways
CEPHAS & WIGGINS - Jelly Roll - Homemade - Alligator
TED HAWKINS - If You Love Me - Cold And Bitter Tears: The Essential Recordings - Rounder
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - Redemption Song - Uprising - Island
SAM BUSH - Is This Love - Glamour & Grits - Sugar Hill
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BREAD & BONES - Three Little Birds - Could Have Been A Dream - Riptone
BILL BOURNE - No Woman No Cry - Boon Tang - Cordova Bay
AZTEC TWO-STEP - Better Watch Out For The Rastafarians - Cause & Effect - Red Engine
PETER ROWAN - Maui Momma - Medicine Trail - Flying Fish
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THE QUIET AMERICAN - Gallows Pole - Wild Bill Jones - Self
ROBERT PLANT - Cindy, I'll Marry You Someday - Band Of Joy - Rounder
DUBL HANDI - Shortnin' Bread - Up Like The Clouds - Self
SPECIAL CONSENSUS - Jacklene - Scratch Gravel Road - Compass
(Weekly concert calendar over 'Waiting For Gordon' by Dana & Susan Robinson)
RUSSELL MOORE & IIIRD TYME OUT - Take Me Home Country Roads - Timeless Hits From The Past - Cracker Barrel
SCOTT BRANNON - Your Tears Are Just Interest On The Loan - Your Old Standby - Patuxent
JODY STECHER - The Southwest Train - Wonders & Signs - Vegetiboy Music
SIAMESE COUSINS - The Way I Feel - 2 Chairs, No Waiting - Mountain Roads
KATHY MATTEA - West Virginia Mine Disaster - Calling Me Home - Sugar Hill
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KATHLEEN EDWARDS - Sure As Sh*t (edit) - Asking For Flowers - Zoe
NEIL YOUNG - Red Sun - Silver & Gold - Reprise
FRAZEY FORD - Lay Down With You - Obadiah - Nettwerk
JAY LINDEN - Baltimore - Under The Radar - Self
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ARLON BENNETT - Sal - World Of Possibility - Red Sea
DARRYL PURPOSE - The Fourth Chair - Next Time Around - Blue Rock Artists
ERIC BANNAN - Patience - Wild Places - Self
BLACK PRAIRIE - What You Gave Me - A Tear In The Eye Is A Wound In The Heart - Sugar Hill
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JOHN DOE & EXENE CERVENKA - See How We Are - Singing And Playing - Moonlight Graham
SHOOK TWINS - Growing Things - Window - Self
DEATH SONGS - So Deadly - Death Songs - Post-Consumer
GOGOL BORDELLO - Avenue B - Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike - Side One Dummy
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BOB BRADSHAW - Remember Me - Home - Fluke
SHAWN TAYLOR - Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You - Home - Self
STEVE MAYONE & KRISTINA STYKOS - Mess Of Love - Beautiful Blood - Thunder Ridge
(Outro over 'Happy Trails' by Quicksilver Messenger Service)