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JOURNEYS IN LIFE AND MUSIC WITH RHONDA VINCENT & ALLISON RUSSELL
It’s songs of solace and shelter, hope and joy as we visit with mandolin virtuoso Rhonda Vincent, from Greentop, Missouri, who grew up playing the bluegrass and country music circuit in her family’s bluegrass band and now plays the Grand Ole Opry with her own band, the Rage. Then, Montreal-born, Nashville-based singer, clarinetist and banjo player Allison Russell, on her journey to healing from childhood trauma through travels, words and music. Plus songs for weathering Hurricane Ida’s destructive route from the Gulf South to New York City by Allen Toussaint, Randy Newman and Fats Domino.
HOUR ONE
- Watson's Blues Doc Watson and Bill Monroe
Live Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record Volume 2 , Smithsonian Folkways - Key to the Highway Brownie McGhee
Blues is Truth , Labor Records - That Lonesome Road Rhiannon Giddens
Factory Girl, Nonesuch - I'm A Ramblin' Man Waylon Jennings
The Essential Waylon , Sony - Rambling Boy Charlie Haden with Vince Gill
Rambling Boy, Decca - Ramblin' Charles Lloyd and the Marvels
Tone Poem , Blue Note - Instrumental: Farewell Blues Jim and Jesse
Hats Off! The Bluegrass Tribute To Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs , CMH Records - Mama's Opry Iris Dement
Infamous Angel , Yep Roc - Just Rehearsing Louvin Brothers
The Family Who Prays , Capitol - This Train Sister Rosetta Tharp
Sister Rosetta Tharp--The Decca Singles , Decca - I'm a Honky Tonk Girl Loretta Lynn
Still Woman Enough , Loretta Lynn Enterprises - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Lucinda Williams
Car Wheels on a Gravel Road , Mercury - Instrumental: Help Me Rhonda Pickin' on the Beach Boys
Youtube, - Salty Dog Blues The Bluegrass Champs
Youtube, - Kentucky Borderline Rhonda Vincent
Rhonda Vincent--One Step Ahead , Rounder - Segment: Rhonda Vincent
Listen - Closing Bed: Tickled Pink Brandee Younger
Somewhere Different , Verve - Instrumental: Gospel Trane Brandee Younger, Dezron Douglas
Force Majeure , International Anthem
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Femme L'a Dit Feufollet
Cow Island Hop , Valcour - Blues for Mama Nina Simone
Nina Simone Sings the Blues , RCA Victor - Bye Bye Blackbird Rickie Lee Jones
Pop Pop , Geffen - You're Not Alone Our Native Daughters
Our Native Daughters , Smithsonian Folkways - Segment: Allison Russell
Listen - Fixin' It Up Kelsey Waldon
The Goldmine Archives , Oh Boy Records - Magnolia Blues Adia Victoria
A Southern Gothic, Atlantic - Instrumental: Fortune Teller Jon Cleary
Occapella , FHQ Records - Southern Nights Allen Toussaint
Songbook , Rounder - Louisiana 1927 Randy Newman
Songbook, Vol. 1 , Nonesuch - Walkin' to New Orleans Fats Domino
Fats Domino--Greatest Hits--Walking to New Orleans , Capitol - Closing Bed: Wade in the Water Dr. John
Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack, The Legendary Sessions, Vol. 1 , Clean Cuts