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The Jackson
Hey Man
Epic,smooth,timeless freeway driving Americana with a real bliss out vibe....Great production -strong songwriting..Kinda like Grandaddy or something...Lovely track
added to station 11/15/2015 9:18:03 AM
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Alternative
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Steve April
Man Of Faith (Hugh Hamilton vocal)
Really enjoyable pop-rock track..Great confident vocal n harmonies and an exhuberant loose Neil Young feel..Some great poetic lyric images 'Who walks on water without messing up his hair ',,,Cool track
added to station 12/9/2015 11:47:22 AM
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Alternative Modern Rock
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The Jackson
Ohio (purple hat)
That strange mix of psychedelia and country that would be called 'West Coast' in the late 60s i guess..Blissed out melodies,sun-kissed harmonies..A lovely feel good empathic feeling created..
added to station 2/7/2016 3:35:00 PM
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Alternative
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Bob Elliott
She Gave Me Pictures
Lovely song..Thanx to Sam Cat for posting this on FB..Country -tinged loveliness with beautiful guitar hook and joyful chorus..Great vibe here..
added to station 4/4/2016 2:23:20 AM
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Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
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Jim Pharis
The Cure
Slidin' n slippin' into the sunset as dusk hits the long dusty freeway...Nice twangin' atmospheric instrumental
added to station 1/19/2017 12:07:19 PM
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Guitar Instrumental
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Hop On Pop
If You Knew
Lovely natural song from Todd..Great tune n lyric..Understated n emotive..Touches of the great Johnny Cash here f'sure :)
added to station 11/17/2017 10:29:24 PM
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Country
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David Nyro
Into The Blue
Lovely melodic song with alot of space n good vibes...Free-spirited n california windswept..Like a 70s song you'd get on FM radio..A very deserving Golden Kayak winner !
added to station 1/15/2018 11:11:34 AM
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Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
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Dirt Farmer
She Needs You
Sweet melancholic well crafted pop with a touch of twanging transcendence
added to station 12/5/2018 10:20:13 PM
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Alternative Rock
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Bob Balsley
5 Months
Very pretty old fashioned melodic n sincere
added to station 12/9/2018 9:08:05 PM
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Love songs
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Sven Curth
Better off alone
Really nice chorus..Lovely rythm..Good vibe..Love the pessimistic line..Very free spirited
added to station 12/9/2018 9:11:52 PM
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Americana Roots Rock
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Dead Bed Bad
Love Burns The Man
Dustblown eerie roaadtrippin' twangin'strangeness with devilish Pixies guitar,deliciously swampy singing and delicious T.Rex style BVs..Very cool track :)
added to station 9/22/2015 4:03:02 PM
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Alternative
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Steve Iannetti
Bite Down Hard
Another really cool song from Mr Ianetti..Country flavoured alt pop/rock with uplifting sweet melodies set against existential words of loss n struggle we can all understand..
added to station 6/9/2013 11:31:17 PM
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Indie Pop Rock
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Jimmy Kendrick
Shadows of the Night
Strange ,intriguing and very atmospheric track..Like a weird cross between Jimi Hendrix and modern country..The slow downs,speeds up and riff between the singing is disorienting n woozy in a very cool way
added to station 2/26/2013 6:43:41 PM
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Alternative Acoustic Rock
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The Gousters
Only Eighteen
Found this thanx to Steve April..Has a wonderful vibe,sense of forward momentum,lyric,rythm.harmonica and ace harmonica..This would be so perfect in a film soundtrack..Fab Americana
added to station 3/12/2013 11:31:10 PM
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folk punk
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Hop On Pop
We Made It To the Middle
Really sweet roadtrippin' Americana from Todd ..A touch of country.a touch of Elliott Smith,a touch of Mott THe Hoople,a touch of Tom Petty..Just a lovely warm hearted vibe here..
added to station 10/22/2015 6:05:14 PM
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Americana
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Steve Iannetti
Knocked Over
Kinda epic country/americana open top freeway pop..Flavours of Tom Petty and Dylan..Lovely soulful phrasing,sweet heartfelt happy/sad vibe and great guitar
added to station 11/11/2012 12:57:46 AM
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Dark Pop
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Bob Elliott
When Louis Armstrong Speaks
So many ghosts and spectres in this very lovely soulful slice of poetic gospel folk Americana..Fab vocal,organic production..Really sweet n evocative..
added to station 3/3/2014 10:16:09 PM
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Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
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Sly Witt
Just A Little While
Really free-spirited 70s singer-songwriter type of song-with great chord changes,a lovely joyful vibe-Fabulous voice too.....So much natural space and sense of freedom here..Its a little road movie of its own and would be perfect with one of those sunkissed road-trip videos to go along with it..Really cool :)
added to station 4/4/2009 8:19:04 PM
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Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
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EMU
A Little Rain With The Shine
Great free-spirited vocal and a lovely easy west coast late 60s vibe..Vocal reminds me a little of Roy Harper in places..I love the little vocal melisma he does at the end of the chorus...Free-spirited and a sense of love here which is always welcome...Track found on 'Waters Edge' with thanx..
added to station 12/19/2012 9:11:44 PM
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easy rock
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SILVERWOODSTUDIO
FRANK feat Leo
Kinda psyche influenced stoner 60s bluesy west coast country vibe...Relentless calling 'Frank' on the chorus is very funny- and the instrumentation has a lovely loose atmospheric roadtrippy groove.. Great lyrics too
added to station 12/5/2012 1:20:20 AM
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acoustic blues rock
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Steve April
Rider Rising
This has a feel to me like Neil Young and Crazy Horse..Big fuzzed electrics- ,sweet maj 7ths- great tune and a really thoughtful heartfelt lyric..Has alot of natural space and a genuine evocativeness..Love the use of echo here too
added to station 3/24/2013 12:49:22 AM
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Alternative Pop Rock
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Hop On Pop
You Wrote This Song
Very cool,well written heartfelt country song with excellent melody ,lovely voice and epic windswept desert-freeway driving chorus..A very natural sense of space created here..Sweet track
added to station 12/19/2012 8:09:15 PM
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Country
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Steve April
The Rd Not Taken
Excellent sweet vibed atmospheric song with a lyrical heartfelt quality 'off the beaten tra-a-ck' and creative n imaginative production -particularly the cascading vibe lines..Lovely
added to station 11/12/2012 11:37:12 PM
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Alternative Pop Rock
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J.D. Gravis
No Invitation
Instantly engaging soulful outsider americana...Rich in natural space and the kinda vibe and skilfull major-minor see-sawing that creates a perfect song for your freeway drive..An ideal of beautiful,mythic 60s west-coast folk to my ears..Lovely song,timeless really..
added to station 3/20/2008 12:45:47 AM
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Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
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Steve Ison
The Strangest Feeling
"Steve Ison has such a subtle way of slipping in a well of insight. Such clean cut lyrics, but just messy enough to be cool and human. A simple charming, and lighthearted wisdom. A nostalgic sound resurrected in a newly brilliant, and original way" (Anjuli from ISONtopes-many thanks and love:) )
added to station 2/7/2009 2:10:01 PM
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alternative folk pop
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Dirt Farmer
We've All Seen That Before
Excellent atmospheric sad-eyed acoustic song with little shimmers of tremeloed guitar adding to the cinematic internal road-movie quality of this..The way the heart-melting hook just floats in here is great..
added to station 5/15/2008 7:16:34 AM
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Soundtrack Pop
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Tiffany Lee
Heart of Glass
Delightful bluegrass version of The Blondie classic..A good song's a good song's a good song..Thanx to The Hills are alive with singing birds for finding this..
added to station 12/19/2012 8:26:44 PM
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Bluegrass
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Jesse Sykes and The Sweet Hereafter
the dreaming dead
Lovely atmospheric freeway driving alt country pop tune..Its got so much natural space and a blissful sun-blasted,top down,blue sky,open road vibe.Love that chorus.Absoloutly perfect for a Roadmovie infact..
added to station 12/17/2007 11:39:51 PM
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Alternative Country
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Tom O'Brien
God Don't Care
Great lyric thats childlike n wise all set to a sweet bubbly ultra-catchy tune..Nice :)
added to station 5/28/2011 9:31:46 PM
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Dreamy Pop
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Hugh Hamilton
We Cannot Have Tomorrow (duet)
Lovely americana lullaby from Hugh with great understated vocal,sweet McCartneyesque melodies n changes (specially that Ahh refrain) and baritone sax..Really sweet song.Thanx to Hills are alive with singing birds for finding thios..
added to station 12/19/2012 8:32:04 PM
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Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
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Rebecca Pidgeon
Long Island Poem
Supa mellow,lightly jazzy easy listening adult sophisticated singer songwriter track..Great whispersoft vocals and a beatiful groove n ultra -tasteful sweet guitaring...
added to station 11/30/2012 11:52:38 PM
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Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
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Mikey Cuthbert
We Will Fix It
Basement recorded acoustic song with alot of atmosphere- and a kinda psychedelic undercurrent n sense of strangeness i really like..
added to station 1/15/2008 10:19:12 PM
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Alternative
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the Rivergods
Ten Mile Yearning
Very atmospheric freeway driving americana track..The counter-melody the violin is doing is a total heart-melting delight and the slide is beautiful...Sweet
added to station 12/13/2012 10:57:46 PM
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Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
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Mary Ann Farley
For You To Do That
Neat American pop/rock song....Love the tympani drums on the chorus and the string break..Good songwriting..The chorus reminds me a little of I.A.C artist Woodstock Taylor-which is no bad thing..This is in a similar style but has loads more personality and better songwriting than alot of the generic American pop thats been clogging up the Big 50 here,so i'm suprised it hasn't been picked up on..
added to station 9/2/2006 1:02:50 PM
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Alternative
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Chris Weekes
Walk towards the Sun
Lovely wistful track with alot of heart and empathy and a picturesque,cinematic imagination it shares with us all as it takes us into its poetic world....Kinda like a really cool,classy slightly leftfield mid '70s pop song,which is totally fine by me..Very nice..
added to station 1/14/2009 8:54:16 AM
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Easy Listening/Soft Rock
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Village Jammers
Lucky Star
Sweet bluegrass finger-pickin' with sweet voices and sweet vibes..Naturally atmospheric n road-tripping -the perfect soundtrack as our hero drives into the distance sun a-blazin' on the open freeway of a 70s movie...
added to station 11/9/2012 10:12:13 PM
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Acoustic Folk/Americana
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The Man With No Band
Reason (Crack*A*Jack*Crow version)
Beautiful,heartfelt song..Sad eyed,stoical thru the heartbreak and a story nearly every one who's drifted to the outside sometimes should be able to understand..A fablous compassionate lyric and an utterly gorgeous,soulful vocal...Beautiful track :)
added to station 2/2/2009 1:12:17 PM
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Easy Listening/Soft Rock
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Mette
"Dont Make Me Choose"
Was a time when country-based music used to have an authentic spirit and touch the heart - and not be the cynical $ making utter mediocrity that modern country pop is..This is the real thing tho.. Understated,beautifully sung,elegant,natural and heartfelt..Why isn't country music like this anymore ?
added to station 11/8/2012 9:38:42 PM
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Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
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Rich Russom and Joe Aloisa
FREEDOM For All Horses ~ Aloisa/Russom
Woozy jazzy country instrumental with great slide playing,lovely blue piano notes and a free-spirited rollin' open freeway vibe..
added to station 12/6/2012 11:51:03 PM
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Alternative Country Rock
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Village Jammers
Interlude
Very sweet, cruisy instrumental that feels like the sun shining thru the window as you look out on the open freeway..Travelling from New York to California in 1967 probarbly..Nice..
added to station 3/20/2008 12:06:55 AM
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Easy Listening/Soft Rock
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The Man With No Band
I Was Alive
I love this,maybe my favourite Sam song ever...Haunting magical accapella like the ghost of Johnny Cash returning to the great dusty plains from beyond to tell his tale.Its happy,sad,evocative,timeless and life-affirming all at the same time..Shows you really don't need any more than a voice to share the dream and touch people if you got a heartful of soul..
added to station 9/12/2008 7:08:37 AM
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Miscellaneous
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John Myles
Walk On The Water
Jazzy,bluesy folk with a great groove and soulful vocals..Very atmospheric with just vox,acoustic n a little electric..Touches of John Martyn and Neil Young..Maybe a dash of Richie Havens..Its cool
added to station 12/19/2012 9:40:27 PM
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Christian/Spiritual
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Bob Elliott
All We Share
Jazzy n sparkly acoustic song with an exotic flavour of 60s west-coast psychedelia like Spirit for the 2000s or something.Strange,interesting and uplifting
added to station 8/24/2008 7:47:03 AM
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psychedelic pop
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Steve April
About The Night
There's a sense of atmosphere, humour,poetic spirit n relaxed looseness here thats definitely gives the whole track a kinda loving charm which is cool..
added to station 11/8/2012 9:50:30 PM
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Alternative Retro and Psychedelic
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Dick and Hugo
heartbeat
Sweet harmonies and a great feel good live uking vibe...Buddy,Dick n Hugh-a trio 3 steps to heaven!:)
added to station 4/6/2009 11:18:40 AM
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Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
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Swept To See
Attic
Sweet back-of-the-porch mellow track similar in feel to Elliott Smith, with distant menacing feedback guitar like a fighterplane threatening to bomb the tranquility but staying just out of range..
added to station 5/15/2008 7:42:22 AM
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Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
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Hugh Hamilton
I've Got A Feeling
Excellent,ultra-vibey back-of-the-porch slidey version of The Beatles' Let IT BE track...Effortlessly blowing the original offstage and far more suited stylistically to this treatment than the way they did it..Great guitaring,harmonies and a really fab vocal too..
added to station 4/14/2008 7:12:59 AM
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Rock
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One Star Hotel
Starlight
Starts off like a cool simple americana song before fully opening its wings to soar off and become a glistening Big Star like thing of real loveliness..That vocal lift into the hook is so magical..Thanks to Brendan of Great Indoors for finding this little gem..
added to station 3/30/2008 10:02:48 PM
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Alternative Pop Rock
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StrangeRadio
Crazy
Very well written mildly country flavoured pop song..Good lyrics too..Pro produced..Chorus really catchy and verse has neat chord changes..
added to station 12/3/2012 11:50:25 PM
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Alternative Pop Rock
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Gina French
Midnight Tracks - Live at the Torreyfest - 2006'
Raw and kinda strange within the blues structure.Atmospheric and interesting...I really like the vibe on this and Gina's voice has a lovely smooth quality
added to station 9/1/2008 9:39:57 AM
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acoustic blues
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Heidi and The El Cats
Louisianna
This is really pretty and evocative with an almost blissed out serene quality...The harmonicas just lovely and the voice is gorgeous.You can almost picture sitting by the riverside with the sun shining and life being perfect for the 3 minutes this plays.
added to station 4/6/2008 10:46:17 PM
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Country Blues
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Jeff Allen Myers
Mother Mary
Very pretty Finger-pickin' song utilising Lennons 'Julia' chords but giving it a breezy 70s freeway driving feel..Nice track
added to station 11/25/2008 10:50:34 PM
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Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
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Steve April
Pretty Baby
Dylan meets gentle country pop on this sweet vibed cool laid-back song from Steve..Roadtrippin'
added to station 10/13/2014 7:14:17 PM
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Alternative
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Sally Strawberry
Come back to bed
Seductive bluesy blissout with some really cool chord changes and a slightly strange psychedelic vibe rare in this genre..excellent intriguing track..
added to station 3/25/2008 11:59:19 PM
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Ambient
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The Man With No Band
Whiskey Symphony
Theres definitely the ghost of Johnny Cash coming thru this sad and haunting mutant blues with bags of character...A slow blurring freeway drive thru the outskirts of outsider Americana..I'll raise a glass to that..
added to station 3/20/2008 9:38:53 PM
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Miscellaneous
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Steve April
The Sky's The Limit
Good natured, loose and intimate song from Mr April..I'm wracking my brain to think what song it is the verse REALLY reminds me of-but i can't quite place it..Has a sweet vibe and some natural space anyway..Nice piano too
added to station 6/21/2008 1:35:26 PM
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Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
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Village Jammers
Shining Through
REally cool spacious country blues with that free-spirited freeway driving vibe in spades..Groovy and evocative with a fab vocal and wonderful guitaring to boot..
added to station 11/7/2007 9:37:26 AM
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Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
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Scatterdome
Phoenix
Sweet West coast harmonies,shimmering acoustics..Its the spirit of Spirit and Crosby Stills Nash...Nice..
added to station 4/9/2008 10:46:37 PM
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Classic Rock
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The Pale
The Good Ship
Kinda calypsoin' sultry Mexican or Italian vibe..You could almost be in The Godfather at the beginning.Has great playing-an atmosphere like you're just crossing the border into a strange new country where guns-are-a-plenty and shady looking people where shades night and day..Love the chorus..
added to station 1/13/2008 11:05:22 PM
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Alternative
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The Guild
One of your dreams...
One Of Your Dreams is a lovely warm-hearted rootsy heavily 60s tune,with fabulous lead vocals,brilliant inventive b/vs and a wonderful lilting barrelhouse feel that reminds me of The Band and Buffallo Springfield..Really cool
added to station 4/9/2008 10:46:37 PM
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Miscellaneous
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Thick As Thieves
Here's to Waking Up
Mellow ethereal road trip Americana with a beautifully tasteful production,pedal steel and a large hint of Elliot Smith.The middle bits cliched chord change nearly spoils it,but not quite as we're soon back into the welcoming chorus...
added to station 1/9/2008 11:04:50 PM
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indie alternative
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The Unseen Guest
Listen my son
Recommended by Sam on a pipeline thread..Atmospheric bluesy back-of-the-porch Americana with rollickin' freeway drivin' rythm and some lovely slidey acoustic kickin' back with a bottle of jack...
added to station 2/28/2008 6:20:09 PM
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Folk/Acoustic Rock/Americana
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The Pozers
Everybody's High
I love the logic n relentless groove to this..A f*cked up but strangely beautiful poetic wisdom...The middle path thats not exactly the Buddhist view lol but seeing life thru the existentialist outsiders eyes..A little food for thought on your Road Trip from The Pozers..
added to station 1/17/2008 10:10:17 PM
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avant electro pop
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Sheli Aarden-Monacchio
Kansas
Great smooth vocals and an engaging drive and sense of purpose to this melancholic alt folk/pop song laced with roadtripping 50s tremelo, that builds n transforms itself into a rock song by the end
added to station 11/24/2012 12:42:54 AM
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Alternative Indie Folk
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