Featuring the announcement of Reb Fountain's tour celebrating her new single Come Down, plus an interview with Reb herself, Ready Steady Learn thanks to Waipapa Taumata Rau/The University of Auckland, and a special announcement ~ Joan As Policewoman is returning to Aotearoa in May 2025!
This was fun. The great cliches of rural american music: factory closures, no good cheatin', "i done a crime and will be hanged", "troubles I got - you have no idea mate", "this town is fucked, i'm leaving" and the classic "all my problems are solved by drinking to excess". As well as few songs about significant weather events and a couple of warnings that war is bad and love is a bit tricky.
A show with a vibe centred around a chat with Adam McGrath of the Eastern. Townes, Bob Dylan, Son Volt, Anna Tivel for some folkyness. Then new tunes from The Felons, Bohannons, Mary Battiata & Cory Brannan. A big chat with Adam about his current tour and show at the Tuning Fork on June 8th, and playing a bit of Upper Hutt Posse in his honour. ( That ain't no Hank WIlliams song ! ) And then tapering off with Some crazy old 70's rednecks, back on the protest vibe Billy Bragg and Wilco and heaps more in between.
Fun show tonight with some Skynyrd ! But before that Kirsten interviews Jimmie Dale Gilmore ahead of his Auckland show with Butch Hancock, I play some brand new tunes from Tamaki Makaurau's Louisa Nicklin & Kathy Bates Motel, that gorgeous Strokes cover by Julia Jacklin, recorded live at Laneway and heaps more.
Back in at the actual radio station and tons of fun. 100% New Zealand music. Because we can. Reb. Marlon. The Eastern. Glen Moffat. The Reduction Agents. All torn up. All that good local produce.
mixed bag tonight from the Stones and Stevie Ray to Drive By Truckers & Julia Jacklin as well as a rummage around down in the blues hole with Lightnin', Sonny Boy and Muddy.
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