Save that term paper about Zora Neale Hurston and strap on your Docs, it’s time for Balcony Radio to load up the Volvo and take us to just past the Lilith Fair to the other stage. In episode 17 of Dusty Gems, our tribute to forgotten singer-songwriters of yesteryear, we go one step beyond the Lilith Fair and rock asses very hard as we stick it to the man with the best lady-centric tunes of the 90s. Cut your bangs and turn it up.
Dusty Gems
Dusty Gems Ep 16
Hello out there you cats and kittens, it’s time to do a little musical mining with your partners at BalconyRadio.com. This week, we get out the pick and shovel and dig deep into crates for some of the best obscure singer-songwriter tunes for this week’s episode of Dusty Gems. This show is dedicated to finding the best music you’ve never heard and we’ve located two dozen 24 carats obscurities for you to oooh and aahh over.
Dusty Gems Ep 15: The 80s
Talent is only part of the fame equation. Unfortunately, fame is some fuzzy math . . . Not everyone who writes a great song writes a hit song. In episode 15 of Dusty Gems, we shine a miner’s light on the best tracks of 80s singers and songwriters forgotten by time. Cover your eyes to.
Dusty Gems Ep 14
Well, its that time again . . . we’re thumbing our ears down some of the more unknown highways and biways of music. Join us for episode 14 of Dusty Gems, our tribute to music makers who weren’t exactly world shakers. We’re spinning two dozen of the best songs you’ve never heard of by people.
Dusty Gems Episode 2
The second in our series of shows dedicated to lesser-known singer-songwriters. Take notes (and show your work!)
Admit it, you’ve never heard of most of these people. Buy some of their music and impress your friends. There’s a playlist below.
PLAYLIST:
JONATHAN EDWARDS: DUSTY MORNING (SELF)
JUDEE SILL: CRAYON ANGELS (SELF)
CHRIS BELL: I AM THE COSMOS (SAME)
LEO KOTTKE: CRIPPLE CREEK (BEST OF..)
RON SEXSMITH: STRAWBERRY BLONDE (OTHER SONGS)
GRAHAM PARKER: NOT IF IT PLEASES ME (HOWLING WIND)
IMAAD WASIF: TOMORROW IS OURS (SELF)
TERRY REID: FAITH TO ARISE (SEED OF MEMORY)
VASHTI BUNYAN: I DON’T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS (SOME THINGS JUST STICK IN YOUR MIND)
ROBERT EARL KEEN: FEELING GOOD AGAIN (BEST OF..)
AL STEWART: SAND IN YOUR SHOES (YEAR OF THE CAT)
ALEX CHILTON: EVERYDAY AS WE GROW CLOSER (KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY)
LEON RUSSELL: CRYSTAL CLOSET QUEEM (LEON RUSSELL & THE SHELTER PEOPLE)
GORDON LIGHTFOOT: THE HOUSE YOU LIVE IN (SUMMERTIME DREAM)
PETER CASE: OLD BLUE CARE (SELF)
KATE & ANNE MCGARRIGLE: KISS & SAY GOODBYE (SELF)
MARSHAL CRENSHAW: CYNICAL GIRL (THIS IS EASY)
GENE CLARK: I FOUND YOU (ECHOES)
JOHN PRINE: MAUREEN, MAUREEN (AIMLESS LOVE)
DAVID SYLVIAN: MARIA (SECRETS OF THE BEEHIVE)
RICKIE LEE JONES: SKELETONS (PIRATES)
EMITT RHODES: WITH MY FACE ON THE FLOOR (RECORDINGS)
PHIL OCHS: A SMALL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS (PLEASURES OF THE HARBOR)
MASON JENNINGS: SOUTHERN CROSS (BIRDS FLYING BACKWARDS)
JIM CARROLL BAND: I WANT THJE ANGEL (CATHOLIC BOY)
TIM BUCKLEY: SO LONELY (BLUE AFTERNOON)
LORI CARSON: SNOW COME DOWN (EVERYTHING I TOUCH RUNS WILD)
KATE WOLF: EARLY MORNING MELODY (SAFE AT ANCHOR)
JANIS IAN: WHEN THE PARTY’S OVER (BETWEEN THE LINES)
HARRY NILSSON: I WILL TAKE YOU THERE (SKIDOO)
RICHARD THOMPSON: FOR THE SAKE OF MARY (MIRROR BLUE)
KAREN DALTON: KATIE CRUEL (IN MY OWN TIME)
NCI LOWE: MARY PROVOST (JESUS OF COOL)
Dusty Gems Episode 1 (Our episode 2!)
The first in our series of shows dedicated to lesser-known singer-songwriters. In this epsiode we play Emmitt Rhodes, Kate Wolf, Judee Sill, Phil Ochs and other people you’ve never heard of.
Like it? Buy it. Now.
PLAYLIST
Donovan: Hi, It’s Been A Long Time
Gordon Lightfoot: The House You Live In
Chris Bell: You And Your Sister
Phil Ochs: William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park & Escapes Unscathed
John Martyn: Back Down The River
Mason Jennings: Darkness Between Fireflies
Robyn Hitchcock: Elizabeth Jade
Vashti Bunyan: Love Song
Jonathan Edwards: Everybody Knows Her
David Syvian: The Devil’s Own
Karen Dalton: Skillet Good and Greasy
Kelly Willis: Not Forgotten You
Time Buckley: Sing A Song For You
Janis Ian: Light A Light
Rickie Lee Jones: After Hours (12 Bars Past Midnight)
Dave Edmonds: What Looks Best On You
Gene Clark: True One
Judee Sill: Lopin’ Around The Cosmos
Emitt Rhodes: Better Side Of Life
Richard Thompson: Put Your Trust In Me
Kate Wolf: Early Morning Melody
Jim Carroll Band: Three Sisters
Cass McCombs: My Master
Leon Russell: A Song For You
Harry Nilsson: Caroline
Kate & Anne McGarrigle: Blues In D
Terry Reid: Things To Try
Robert Earl Keen: Gringo Honeymoon
