Almost Live Guests

10 p.m. to Midnight Host: Steve Winters

This was the Friday night that the Erik Balkey and Annie Donahue, aka The Copper Ponies, were scheduled to join us live in WSHU’s Studio A as part of a New England tour. However, the great news from Erik last week that he and Annie will be parents later this year and that led to their cancelling almost all their summer appearances, including visiting with us. We send our blessings to them both — and to the expected baby.

So, I cobbled together a show that features selections for 75 minutes-plus of a handful of artists (including Erik and Annie) who’ve been past guests in our studios and followed that wonderful music with selections from two new albums by outstanding songwriters Dan Berggren and Jeff Cannon. Burning Bridget Cleary provided the night’s closing air.

  • Artist, "Title", Album, Label

  • Sultans Of String, “Return To Lisboa”, Move, Independent

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  • The Copper Ponies, “Ring Them Bells”, “If I Go”, Ring Them Bells, Hudson Harding Music

  • Marc Douglas Berardo, Havana”, Downhauler, Horizon Music Group

  • Marc Douglas Berardo w/ Red Molly, “Quiet Places”, Downhauler, Horizon Music Group

  • The Copper Ponies, “Last Train”, Ring Them Bells, Hudson Harding Music

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  • Dan Bonis, “Steel Rail Nightingale”, The Lost Green Valley, Independent

  • Susan Kane, “Buffalo Jump”, “Donal Og”, A Word Child, Independent

  • Dan Bonis, “The Lost Green Valley”, The Lost Green Valley, Independent

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  • Sonny Meadows & Drivin’ Wheel, “Hot Tamales”, “Death Ain’t Got No Mercy”, This Train, Noodleman

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  • Brother Sun, “Everybody’s Cryin’ Mercy”, “In The Name Of Love”, Some Part Of The Truth, Independent

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  • Dan Berggren, “Capitalist Without A Soul”, Tongues In Trees, Sleeping Giant Records

  • Jeff Cannon, “You Belong To Me”, “Grow Old With Me”, 13 Questions, Warm Lion Records

  • Dan Berggren, “The Attic”, “Old Dirt Road”, Tongues In Trees, Sleeping Giant Records

  • Jeff Cannon, “Courage To Be Kind”, 13 Questions, Warm Lion Records

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  • Burning Bridget Cleary, “Sitting In The Stern Of A Boat”, Pressed For Time, Independent