Chris Smither - What I Learned In School

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 23:04
Size: 52.8 MB
Styles: Roots, Contemporary blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[4:30] 1. Take Out Some Insurance
[2:43] 2. Love's Made A Fool Of You
[4:09] 3. The Price Of Love
[4:23] 4. Working In The Coal Mine
[2:52] 5. Mind Your Own Business
[4:24] 6. You Can't Catch Me

Chris took a break from writing songs for this studio record and strapped on and plugged in an arch top jazz guitar. He invited some very fine musicians (Billy Conway of Morphine, Smither vocal favorite Anita Suhanin, and Johnny Sciascia & Jerry Miller from Eilen Jewell’s band) to the studio. With long-time producer David Goodrich at the helm, they rocked the house. Chris put the Smither spin on some Rock & Roll classics, including “Take Out Some Insurance” and “You Can’t Catch Me” – reaching back to some of his earliest sound/musical influences. Take a ride with Chris on his sure-to-make-you-grin road trip.

A profound songwriter, Chris Smither draws deeply from the blues, American folk music, modern poets, and philosophers. Reviewers continue to praise his dazzling guitar work, gravelly voice and songwriting. “Smither is an American original – a product of the musical melting pot and one of the absolute best singer-songwriters in the world.” ~Associated Press

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Various - Live! At The Krush

Album: Live! At The Krush
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 75:53
Size: 173.7 MB
Styles: Roots, Acoustic blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[3:52] 1. James McMurtry - See The Elephant
[4:18] 2. Audrey Auld Mezera - Last Seen In Gainesville
[4:46] 3. Chuck Prophet - Would You Love Me
[4:06] 4. New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Louisiana Lady
[3:29] 5. Nick Gravenites, John Allair & Roy Rogers - Since The Gas Station Left Town
[9:51] 6. Bill Kirchen - Hot Rod Lincoln
[3:49] 7. Carrie Rodriguez - 7 Angels On A Bicycle
[4:48] 8. Eric Lindell - Give It Time
[5:12] 9. David Grisman & The Gypsy Kidz - Limehouse Blues
[4:39] 10. Volker Strifler - In Your Arms
[4:25] 11. Alejandro Escovedo - Evita's Lullaby
[2:32] 12. Johnny Rawls - You Got To Change
[2:56] 13. Paul Thorn - Viagra
[3:47] 14. Chris Smither - Seems So Real
[5:48] 15. The Ruminators - Ghost Town
[3:49] 16. Seth Walker - Miss Ann
[3:39] 17. Jesse Denatale - Dreamer's Holiday

The Krush 95.9 FM has been serving Sonoma County (Nor Cal) since 1993 with an eclectic array of Roots Music: The best of Blues, Americana, Rock, Folk, Singer-Songwriters, R&B, Soul, Gospel, Rockabilly, Jazz, Reggae and World. Throughout these years, we have been ever-so-fortunate to have a slew of awesome musicians stop by and perform LIVE! in our broadcast studio.

LIVE! at the Krush, The CD is 17 of the finest of those performances. Many are stripped down, acoustic versions of the original recordings. It’s an intimate, relaxed sounding collection, good from start to finish!

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Various - Raise The Roof: A Retrospective: Live From The Barns At Wolf Trap

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 68:51
Size: 157.6 MB
Styles: Electric blues, Acoustic blues, Folk, Roots
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[6:20] 1. The Nighthawks - Rock This House
[3:44] 2. Deanna Bogart - Peephole
[4:24] 3. Fighting Gravity - I Disagree
[3:20] 4. John Mccutcheon - Yesterday's Fools
[6:04] 5. Nils Lofgren - Some Must Dream
[5:08] 6. The Iguanas - Para Donde Vas
[4:28] 7. The Grandsons - Don't Let Go
[4:34] 8. Speidel, Goodrich, Goggin & Lille - Lefty's Boys
[3:35] 9. Tom Paxton - Did You Hear John Hurt
[3:27] 10. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer - Daughters Of Feminists
[3:23] 11. Chris Smither - Winsome Smile
[3:38] 12. Cravin' Dogs - First Of September
[4:30] 13. Roomful Of Blues - Two Bones And A Pick
[2:58] 14. Beausoleil - Perky Dance Two-Step
[4:23] 15. Saffire The Uppity Blues Women - Some Cold And Rainy Day
[4:49] 16. Eddie From Ohio - Great Day

Reviewed in The Washington Post by Richard Harrington, Wednesday, February 2, 2005: "That two conjoined 18th-century barns could prove so hospitable to so much fine music won't surprise anyone who's ever visited them at Wolf Trap. In fact, 17 acts have recorded live albums at the Barns since they opened in 1981 as the smaller, year-round adjunct of Wolf Trap, and a handful of compilations have also come out of assorted folk-focused programs. This new CD gathers one track from each of 16 artists, about half of them local, and captures the venue's populist appeal, nowhere more raucously than in the opening track, "Rock This House," a Jimmy Rogers blues classic delivered with typical bravado by the Nighthawks. The Barns' juke joint feel is brought home in similarly energized performances by the Deanna Bogart Band, the Grandsons and the aptly named Roomful of Blues, who romp through the T-Bone Walker instrumental, "Two Bones and a Pick." Beausoleil's "Perky Dance Two-Step" and the Iguanas' sinewy "Para Donde Vas" exemplify why the Barns also doubles so effectively as a dance hall. On the other hand, its superb acoustics are well suited to the subtler singer-songwriter offerings of Nils Lofgren (the airy, hopeful "Some Must Dream"), John McCutcheon and Chris Smither. Among the previously unreleased tracks: Tom Paxton's gentle evocation of the '60s folk boom, "Did You Hear John Hurt?," with harmonies from Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, whose wry and mirthful "Daughters of Feminists" is a highlight. So is Eddie From Ohio's "Great Day," a rousing a cappella gospel quartet built around Julie Murphy Wells's sterling lead and underscored by clapping hands and tapping feet."

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