Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Between Tides - best of 2019 part two (TOTR 375)


aired live on WTTU on Monday, December 9

DIIV - Between Tides
Black Mountain - Boogie Lover
TOOL - Pneuma 
Strand of Oaks - Weird Ways
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - Amethyst Realm
The Flaming Lips & Mick Jones - Mouth of the King
Garcia Peoples - Weathered Mountains
One Eleven Heavy - Too Much, Too Much
Trey Anastasio - Beneath a Sea of Stars
Greensky Bluegrass - Cathedral Eyes
Tinariwen - Lalla
The Good Ones & Tunde Adebimpe - Despite It All I Still Love You, Dear Friend
Gary Clark Jr. - What About Us
Michael Kiwanuka - I’ve Been Dazed
Brittany Howard - Stay High
Yola - Love is Light


Monday, December 9, 2019

Morning Is Mended - best of 2019 part one (TOTR 374)


Steve Gunn -Morning Is Mended - The Unseen In Between - 1.18.19
Meat Puppets - The Great Awakening - Dusty Notes - 3.8.19
Calexico with Iron & Wine - Midnight Sun - Years to Burn - 6.14.19 
Our Native Daughters -Moon Meets The Sun- Songs Of Our Native Daughters -2.22.19
Rainbow Girls - Angel Of Montgomery - Give The People What They Want - 2.22.19
Ewan Currie-I’d Like To Live In California- Out Of My Mind - 3.29.19
Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Stars Fell On California - Servants of the Sun -6.14.19 
Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real - Out In LA -  Turn Off the News (Build a Garden)-6.14.19 
Tyler Ramsey - Firewood -For The Morning - 4.5.19
William Tyler - Our Lady of the Desert - Goes West - 1.25.19
Guster - Hello Mister Sun - Look Alive - 1.18.19
Pedro The Lion - Sunrise - Phoenix - 1.18.19
Bob Mould - Sunshine Rock - Sunshine Rock - 2.8.19
Bruce Springsteen - Hello Sunshine - Western Stars -6.14.19  
The Black Keys - Shine A Little Light - Let’s Rock - 6.28.19
The Raconteurs - Shine The Light On Me - Help Us Stranger - 6.21.19
Yeasayer - Blue Skies Dandelions - Erotic Reruns - 4.10.2019
Violent  Femmes - Not OK - Hotel Last Resort - 6.26, 2019
The Waterboys - In My Time On Earth - Where The Action Is - 5.24.19
The Alarm - Armageddon In The Morning - Sigma - 6.28.19
Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors - End of the World - Dragons - 8.6.19
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Green Is Blue - Colorado - 10.25.19
Van Morrison - If We Wait for the Mountains - Three Chords & the Truth - 10.25.19
Mercury Rev  & Lucinda Williams - Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry’s The Delta Sweete Revisited - 2.8.19
The Lumineers - Democracy - III - 9.13.19
Joseph Arthur - Tomorrow Today - Come Back World - 10.11.19

Aired Live on WTTU on Monday, December 9,  2019
Complete audio archive:



The Best Albums of 2019 by Teacher On The Radio

  1.      J.S. Ondara - Tales Of America
  2.     The Highwomen - The Highwomen 
  3.     Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride 
  4.     Coldplay - Everyday Life
  5.     The Avett Brothers - Closer Than Together
  6.     Wilco - Ode To Joy
  7.     Josh Ritter - Fever Breaks 
  8.      Robert Ellis - Texas Piano Man
  9.      Strand Of Oaks - Eraserland 
  10. The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality 
  11.      Matthew Logan Vasquez - Light’n Up
  12.      Hiss Golden Messenger - Terms of Surrender 
  13.       Shovels & Rope - By Blood 
  14.       The Felice Brothers - Undress 
  15.      Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real - Turn Off the News (Build a  Garden) 
  1.       Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury 
  2.       Steve Gunn - The Unseen In Between 
  3. Son Volt - Union 
  4.      Tyler Ramsey - For The Morning 
  5. Kevin Morby - Oh My God 
  6.      Judah & the Lion - Pep Talks 
  7. Calexico with Iron & Wine - Years to Burn 
  8. The Lumineers - III
  9. The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger 
  10. The Alarm - Sigma

Top Seventy or So, in order of release date
Greensky Bluegrass - All For Money - January 18, 2019
Steve Gunn - The Unseen In Between - January 18, 2019
Pedro the Lion- Phoenix- January 18, 2019
Guster - Look Alive - January 18, 2019
Better Oblivion Community Center - Better Oblivion Community Center - January 24, 2019
Mercury Rev - Bobbie Gentry’s The Delta Sweete Revisited - February 8, 2019
Pablo Dylan - The Finest Somersault - February 8, 2019
Bob Mould - Sunshine Rock - February 8, 2019
Robert Ellis - Texas Piano Man - February 14, 2019
J.S. Ondara - Tales Of America - February 15, 2019
The Claypool Lennon Delirium - South of Reality - February 22, 2019
Gary Clark Jr. - This Land - February 22, 2019
Matthew Logan Vasquez - Light’n Up- February 22, 2019
Our Native Daughters - Songs Of Our Native Daughters - February 22, 2019
Rainbow Girls - Give The People What They Want - February 22, 2019
Yola - Walk Through Fire -  February 22, 2019
Meat Puppets - Dusty Notes - March 8, 2019
Andrew Bird - My Finest Work Yet -March 22, 2019
Carl Carbonell - Strand Of Oaks - Eraserland - March 22, 2019
Carl Carbonell - Hold Your Head Higher -  March 22, 2019
Son Volt - Union - March 29, 2019
Garcia Peoples - Natural Facts - March 29, 2019
Ewan Currie - Out Of My Mind - March 29, 2019
Tyler Ramsey - For The Morning - April 5, 2019
Yeasayer - Erotic Reruns - April 10, 2019
Shovels & Rope - By Blood -  April 12, 2019
Josh Ritter - Fever Breaks - April 26, 2019
Kevin Morby - Oh My God - April 26, 2019
Judah & the Lion - Pep Talks - May 3, 2019
Vampire Weekend - Father of the Bride - May 3, 2019
The Felice Brothers - Undress - May 3, 2019
The Head and the Heart - Living Mirage - May 17, 2019
Justin Townes Earle - The Saint of Lost Causes - May 24, 2019
Black Mountain - Destroyer - May 24, 2019
The Waterboys - Where The Action Is - May 24, 2019
Ian Noe - Between the Country - May 31, 2019
Trey Anastasio - Ghosts of the Forest - June 7, 2019
Chris Robinson Brotherhood - Servants of the Sun - June 14, 2019 
Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real - 
Turn Off the News (Build a Garden) - June 14, 2019 
Calexico with Iron & Wine - Years to Burn - June 14, 2019 
Bruce Springsteen - Western Stars - June 14, 2019 
The Raconteurs - Help Us Stranger - June 21, 2019
The Alarm - Sigma - June 28, 2019
The Black Keys - Let’s Rock - June 28, 2019
The Flaming Lips - King’s Mouth - July 19, 2019
Violent Femmes - Hotel Last Resort - July 26, 2019
Tyler Childers - Country Squire - August 2, 2019
Drew Holcomb & the Neighbors - Dragons - August 16, 2019
Frank Turner - No Man’s Land - August 16, 2019
TOOL - Fear Inoculum - August 30, 2019
Tinariwen - Amadjar - September 6, 2019
The Highwomen - The Highwomen - September 6, 2019
The Lumineers - III -  September 13, 2019
Keane - Cause and Effect - September 20, 2019 
Hiss Golden Messenger - Terms of Surrender - September 20, 2019 
One Eleven Heavy - Desire Path - September 20, 2019
Brittany Howard - Jaime - September 20, 2019
Sturgill Simpson - Sound & Fury - September 27, 2019
Hope & Social - Happy Breed (& Cruel Hangovers) - September 30, 2019
The Avett Brothers - Closer Than Together - October 4, 2019
Wilco - Ode To Joy - October 4, 2019
DIIV - Deceiver - October 4, 2019
Elbow - Giants of All Sizes - October 11, 2019
Joseph Arthur - Come Back World - October 11, 2019
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Colorado - October 25, 2019
Allison Moorer - Blood - October 25, 2019
Van Morrison - Three Chords & the Truth - October 25, 2019
Michael Kiwanuka - KIWANUKA - November 1, 2019
Cold War Kids - New Age Norms 1 - November 1, 2019
The Good Ones - RWANDA, you should be loved - November 8, 2019
Coldplay - Everyday Life - November 22, 2019
















Tuesday, December 3, 2019

We Are Home (TOTR 373)

Aired Monday, December 2, 2019
Annual Advent-Christmas mix
Mt. Joy - Every Holiday
Langhorne Slim - Deck The Halls
Frank Turner - The Graveyard Of The Outcast Dead
John Legend - By Christmas Eve
The McCrary Sisters - Away In A Manger
Lincoln Brewster - O Come O Come Emmanuel 
Sara Groves - Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
Page CVXVI - Comfort, Comfort Now My People
Sandra McCracken - Justice Will Roll Down
Liz Vice & Hannah Glavor - Refugee King
Elizabeth Mitchell, Natalie Merchant, Happy Traum, John Sebastian - Singing in the Land
Sandra McCracken - Go Tell It On The Mountain
Emmylou Harris - Cherry Tree Carol
Bifrost Arts - In Labor All Creation Groans
Skylar Gudasz - The Sounds of Christmas
Salt Of The Sound - Coventry Carol
Andrew Peterson & Andy Gullahorn - It Came To Pass
The McCrary Sisters - No Room At The Inn
William Billings, The Tudor Choir, Doug Fullington - The Psalm Singers Amusement: Emanuel
Mike McCready & Johnny Cash - Matthew 25; Luke 4
Johnny Cash - Here Was A Man
Dan Fogelberg - Christ, the King
The Oh Hellos - Mvmt IV, “Every Bell On Earth Will Ring”
Sandra McCracken & Josh Garrels - The Space Between
Josh Garrels - Hosanna
Wilder Adkins - Christmas Dance (Snow Drop)
Furture of Forestry - We Are Home
Andrew Bird - Auld Lang Syne (snippet) Listen to the complete audio archive of this show here: https://soundcloud.com/teacherontheradio/totr-373-we-are-home

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

No Depression (TOTR 372)


This show aired on Monday, November 18, 2019 with guest co-host Rick Quinn. 

Uncle Tupelo - No Depression
Uncle Tupelo - Whiskey Bottle
Uncle Tupelo - I Got Drunk
Uncle Tupelo - Sin City 
Uncle Tupelo - Chickamauga
Uncle Tupelo - Gun
Uncle Tupelo - Acuff-Rose
Son Volt - Bandages & Scars
Son Volt - Highways & Cigarettes
Son Volt - Cocaine & Ashes
Son Volt - Roll On
Son Volt - Route
Son Volt - Tear Stained Eye
Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard - Big Sur
Son Volt - The 99
Wilco - Please Be Patient With Me
Wilco - Impossible Germany
Wilco - Handshake Drugs 
Wilco - One Sunday Morning (Song For Jane Smiley’s Boyfriend)
Jeff Tweedy - Having Been Is No Way To Be

Wilco - Via Chicago