Great new playlist additions

I haven't been doing enough of this lately: outlining which CDs have been added to the rotation. Some of these are brand-new additions, others are things I've added within the past few months but not drawn suitable attention to. Mixed into the current playlist, along with the albums below, are some older favorites -- most but not all are players falling under the "Young Fogies" heading.

Recent addtions:

Hilarie Burhans - Put On The Skillet
The Devil Makes Three - Longjohns, Boots, and a Belt
Thomas Fraser - You & My Old Guitar
Thomas Fraser - Long Gone Lonesome Blues
Rayna Gellert & Susie Goehring - Starch & Iron
The Hog Hollar Stringband - The Great Compromise
Hotpoint Stringband - Steppin' on Cords
Hotpoint Stringband - The Road to Burhania
Hotpoint Stringband - Hotpoint Special
The Humdingers - The Humdingers
Mississippi John Hurt - D.C. Blues: The Library Of Congress Recordings, Vol. 2
Dave Landreth - Chairs
Elizabeth LaPrelle - Rain And Snow
R.D. Lunceford - Cottom Blossom
Run of the Mill String Band - Steal Aboard
John Morgan Salyer - Home Recordings 1941-1942 Volume 2
Hobart Smith - In Sacred Trust
The Stairwell Sisters - Feet All Over the Floor
Trevor & Travis Stuart - Mountaineer
Troublesome Creek String Band - Fast as Time Can Take Me
Various Artists - Mountain Blues: Blues, Ballads & String Bands, 1927-38
Various Artists - Sounds Like Jimmie Rodgers

Enjoy.

Streaming problems

I'm having some kind of problem with the streams, but I won't be able to investigate until I get home from work this evening. Until then, you may not be able to listen.

Sorry for the inconvenience...

John

...Update: 5:30 PM Problem resolved. The player was stopped for some reason...

Fingers crossed

I think/hope the problem with dropouts when listening is resolved. Please let me know if you have any problems when listening.

thanks,

John

Listening problems

There is something wrong at the moment but I'm not sure what. The streams play for a minute or two, then stop for 30 seconds or so, then start again. Not sure where the problem is and I won't be able to look into it fully until I am home tonight.

In general, if you have a high-speed Internet connection and you have problems listening, please send me an email to let me know. I often don't know there's a problem until I hear from one of you.

thanks,

John

Ari Eisinger's new CD is great!

It's not old-time music, but I wanted to put in a plug for my friend Ari Eisinger's new CD, titled That Will Never Happen No More. Not because he's my friend, but because this CD is just so darn good.

Our friends at Weenie Campbell have a review of Ari's CD that nails it:

One of the more impressive things about him, aside from sheer virtuosity, is he doesn’t just master individual songs but takes on the entire stylistic vocabulary as well, allowing him to interject his own musical ideas into a tune without breaking the spell of painstaking authenticity and a real '20s vibe. His additions to Lemon Jefferson sound right at home, his liberties with Blake are things Blake himself would likely have played. Some contemporary players of country blues dismiss such an approach as too curatorial and insist the music needs a modern or personal imprint to stay vibrant and keep moving forward. But That Will Never Happen No More proves Eisinger’s method is completely viable as well: the music is very much alive in his hands, bringing new insight into the guitar styles of the '20s and '30s and the original masters of the music in a way that is just as exciting, if not moreso, for the listener. What he calls "the golden age of the blues" comes streaming back for the all-too-brief 45 minutes you'll spend with this CD in the player.

I think that anyone who enjoys my site and the music I play would find Ari's new CD a great addition to their collection. You can order it from him via his website at http://www.secondmind.com or from Elderly Instruments.

John

Back online

As of earlier this afternoon, the station is back up. The upgrade went well, and means that I should be able to do more on my computer without robbing Winamp/Shoutcast of processing power, which results in dropouts or "skipping" in the streams.

For you geeks out there, I have a new MSI motherboard with an Athlon 64 3000+ (Venice) processor, a gig of DDR2 RAM, and some other fun stuff like a new case, DVD burner, and new graphics and sound cards.

If anyone wants an inexpensive sound card that really does produce much better quality sound that your motherboard's onboard audio or SoundBlaster cards, check out the Chaintech AV-710. I'm really pleasantly surprised at how much better the computer sounds vs my old Soundblaster (which cost more).

Everything seems pretty stable -- I'll probably have to restart a few more times but hopefully any outages will only last a minutes or two. If you do experience any listening problems please let me know!

thanks,

John

Site will be down a bit this weekend

Starting on Friday night, I'm going to have to take the streams down while I rebuild/upgrade my computer. The station will probably be down most of Saturday, and possibly longer, depending on how things go.

Hope everyone enjoys their holiday weekend. Our thoughts are with the people in New Orleans and elsewhere on the Gulf Coast.

John