Podcasts by Joe Boyds A-Z

Letter ZZ from 2017-02-17T12:00

"the things you hear are too much for your mind..." The Move: Zing Went The Strings of My Heart / The Move: Flowers In The Rain / The Move: I Can Hear The Grass Grow (live) / The Move: Night of Fea...

Letter YY from 2017-02-03T12:00

"And I could not slow down...." Kate & Anna McGarrigle (Martha Wainwright): Year of the Dragon / Martha Wainwright: When The Days Are Short / Martha Wainwright: These Flowers / Geoff Muldaur (M...

Letter XX from 2017-01-20T12:00

"mais je connais Toumani..." Kurt Engles Orch: Xylophonismus / Taj Mahal: Fanta / Trio Da Kali: Godmothers / Afro Mexico: Chivofono / Balafon Marimba Orch: Temerina / Fong Nam Ensemble: Ma Ram (The...

Letter WW from 2017-01-06T12:00

"you made your own amusements then..."Incredible String Band: Way Back In The 1960s / Incredible String Band: Chinese White / Incredible String Band: First Girl I Loved / Incredible String Band: Ma...

Letter VV from 2016-12-23T12:00

"Life is a dream and everything goes away...." Arsenio Rodriguez: La Vida Es Un Sueno / Arsenio Rodriguez: Juventud de Colon / Orquesta Casino de la Playa: Bruca Manigua / Arsenio Rodriguez: El Pal...

Letter UU from 2016-12-09T12:00

"I had a dream last night that worried me..." Staple Singers: Uncloudy Day /Staple Singers: God's Wonderful Love / Staple Singers: Respect Yourself / Staple Singers: I'll Take You There / Staple Si...

Letter TT from 2016-11-25T12:00

"I don't get it...." Idjah Hadidjah: Tonggeret / Idjah Hadidjah: Mahoni / Detty Kurnia: Sorban Palid / Detty Kurnia: Dar Der Dor / Sunda Wayang Kulit: Talu Kending / Idjah Hadidjah: Bayu Bayu
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Letter SS from 2016-11-11T12:00

"and we who are free swing like the rope on that tree.." / Teddy Thompson: Saratoga Summer Song / Kate McGarrigle: Saratoga Summer Song / Kate McGarrigle: Souther Boys (demo) / Kate McGarrigle: Wal...

Letter RR from 2016-10-28T11:00

"Macho Queens selling war-makers toys..."John Trudell: Rockin' the Rez / John Trudell: Graffiti Man / John Trudell: Bombs Over Baghdad / John Trudell: Baby Boom Che / Kris Kristofferson: Johnny Lob...

Letter QQ from 2016-10-14T11:00

"..he said he didn't want no shortening in his bread ..."Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate: Queen Bee / Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate: Tunkaranke / Taj Mahal & Toumani Diabate: Mississippi Mali / Taj Maha...

Letter PP from 2016-09-30T11:00

"money's getting scarce...." Pete Seeger: Russian Folk Song (Petrushka) / Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka / Dinu Lipati: Chorale Jesu bleibet meine Freude / Pete Seeger: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring /Pete...

Letter OO from 2016-09-16T11:00

"and I bought a cigar, too"Blind Lemon Jefferson: One Dime Blues / Blind Lemon Jefferson: Rabbit's Foot Blues / Blind Lemon Jefferson: Matchbox Blues / Leadbelly: Roberta / Blind Lemon Jefferson: H...

Letter NN from 2016-09-02T11:00

"whom do you talk to?..." Mary Margaret O'Hara: Not Be Alright (demo) / Mary Margaret O'Hara: Not Be Alright / Mary Margaret O'Hara: To Cry About / Mary Margaret O'Hara: Body's In Trouble / Mary Ma...

Letter MM from 2016-08-19T11:00

"the clock struck three, I said Daddy, you're killin' me"Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon: My Daddy Rocks Me With One Steady Roll / Trixie Smith: My Man Rocks Me With One Steady Roll / Big Joe Turner: Aro...

Letter LL from 2016-08-05T11:00

"I found you were all swallow's milk...." Lela Family: Leskoviqare / Laver Bariu: Gajde Permetare / Laver Bariu: Valle Plakava Medley / Lela Family: N'Pensheremne e Zotrise Sate / *Saz'Iso (Donika ...

Letter KK from 2016-07-21T23:00

"Freedom calls and Pippi runs..." Jan Johansson: Klara Stjärnor / Jan Johansson: Visa Fran Utanmyra / Jan Johansson: Emigrantvisa / Danny Thompson: Swedish Dance / Eva Mattes: Här Kommer Pippi Lå...

Letter JJ from 2016-07-08T11:00

"There's a place they find romance where they do the cajun dance..."Eddie Lejeune: J'ai Eté Au Bal / Eddie Lejeune: Diggy Diggy Lo / Iry Lejeune: Lovebridge Waltz / Eddie Lejeune: Lovebridge Waltz ...

Letter II from 2016-06-24T11:00

"All its wonder to know....." Kate & Anna McGarrigle: I Don't Know / Krystle Warren: I Don't Know / Krystle Warren: Time Has Told Me / Krystle Warren: Tuesday Mornings / Emmylou Harris, Anna McGarr...

Letter HH from 2016-06-10T11:00

".... Bless that happy day that Nellie lost her way..." Bill Keith: Hornswoggled / Muleskinner: Opus 57 in G Minor / Muleskinner: Footprints In The Snow / Bill Keith: Bending the Strings / Jim Kwes...

Letter GG from 2016-05-27T11:00

"..as it soars and plunges above the crashing waves" / Damia: Les Goelands / Damia: La Châine / Damia: La Guingette a Fermé Ses Volets / Damia: Depuis Que Les Bals Sont Fermés / Jacques Bolognesi:...

Letter FF from 2016-05-13T11:00

"...Doch an mein Pianola, da laß ich keinen ran"Marlene Dietrich: Falling in Love Again / Marlene Dietrich: Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt / Marlene Dietrich: Ich Bin Die Fesche Lo...

Letter EE from 2016-04-29T11:00

"Look in my eyes, and tell me you love me...." The Chantels: Every Night / The Chantels: He's Gone / The Chantels: Maybe / The Chantels: Look In My Eyes / The Crystals: There's No Other Like My Bab...

Letter DD from 2016-04-15T11:00

"in case my dynamite change her mind about me...." "Nya me ho renge kyo..."Ethel Waters: DinahDjango Reinhardt: DinahFats Waller & His Rhythm: DinahKing Benny Nawahi's Red Devils: DinahMiss Wakana ...

Letter CC from 2016-04-01T11:00

"that puppy you left behind...." Carlos Gardel: La Cumparsita / Roberto Firpo: La Cumparsita / Julio de Caro: La Cumparsita / Felix Perez Cardozo: La Cumparsita / Alberto Castillo: La Cumparsita / ...

Letter BB from 2016-03-18T12:00

"Just like way back in the days of old...."Van Morrison: Big Time Operator / Isley Brothers: Twist and Shout / Them: Gloria / Them: Here Comes The Night / Van Morrison: Brown-Eyed Girl / Van Morris...

Letter AA from 2016-03-04T12:00

"Oh the sound it rang so clear through the cold"Fairport Convention: Autopsy / Fairport Convention: Tam Lin / Fotheringay: The Banks of the Nile / Fotheringay: The Pond and the Stream / Fotheringay...

Letter Z from 2016-02-19T12:00

"there is delight in doing things right....." McKinney's Cotton Pickers: Zonky / McKinney's Cotton Pickers: Stop Kidding / Don Redman Orch: Rocky Road / Betty Boop w Don Redman: I Heard / Don Redma...

Letter Y from 2016-02-12T12:00

"she can do no wrong..." Yanka Rupkina: Yankina Mama Dumashe / Balkana: Mari Stanko / Mystere de Voix Bulgare: Kalimenko Denko / Trio Bulgarka (Balkana): Strati Angelaki / Yanka Rupkina: Kana Na Pu...

Letter X from 2016-02-05T12:00

"When routine bites hard, and ambitions are low..."Dörvön Berkh: Xöömij Magtaal / Dörvön Berkh: Xöömij Uria Duudlaga / Kangar-Ol Ondar: Alash Kem /Huun Hur Tu: Ondarnyng Ayany / Yat Kha: Love Will ...

Letter W from 2016-01-29T12:00

"Bend your branches down and cover me...." David 'Fathead' Newman: Willow Weep For Me / David 'Fathead' Newman: Hard Times / Ray Charles: Blues Waltz / Ray Charles: I Got A Woman / Ray Charles: Bla...

Letter V from 2016-01-22T12:00

"One by one I let things go, my cats my house my car my clothes..."Blackgirls: A Visit to the Behaviorist / Blackgirls: Happy / Blackgirls: Cathedral / Dana & Karen Kletter: We Died In August / Dan...

Letter U from 2016-01-15T13:00

"I picked up his voice right up into my neck, right into my shoulders..." Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens: Umama Ithembalami / Mahlathini & The Mahotella Queens: Sithunyiwe Thozkozile No 2 / The ...

Letter T from 2016-01-08T12:00

"No more barrellhouse women drinkin' no beer..." Frank Stokes: 'Tain't Nobody's Business / Ike & Tina Turner: Ain't Nobody's Business / James Booker: Ain't Nobody's Business / Louis Jordan & Ella F...

Letter S from 2015-12-18T12:00

"If you forget your mother, you've lost your life..." Prince Nico Mbarga: Sweet Mother / City Boys Band: Nye Asem Hwe / Fela Kuti: This Is Sad / Henri Dikongué: Ndol'Asu / Franco & TPOK Jazz: Inf...

Letter R from 2015-12-11T12:00

"I gave up a lot, but I won't give in..." Defunkt: The Razor's Edge / Defunkt: Make Them Dance / Defunkt: Strangling Me With Your Love / Defunkt: In the Good Times

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Letter L from 2015-10-30T12:00

"I would look her in the eye"The Pioneers: Long-Shot Kick The Bucket / Richard Thompson: Angels Took My Racehorse Away / Bill Monroe: Molly and Tenbrooks / Carlos Gardel: Por Una Cabeza

Letter K from 2015-10-23T11:00

"Where they don't allow you...." Wilburt Harrison: Kansas City / Albert Ammons: Swanee River Boogie / Little Willie Littlefield: KC Loving / Willie Nelson: Kansas City / Little Richard: Kansas City...

Letter J from 2015-10-16T11:00

"What is it, fish?" Rev F W McGee: Jonah In the Belly of the Whale / Rev F W McGee: Fifty Miles of Elbow Room / Louis Armostrong: Jonah / Lord Buckley: Jonah and the Whale /

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Letter G from 2015-09-25T11:00

"A set of keys and a dusty suitcase....." Lucinda Williams: Greenville / Lucinda Williams: Joy / /Lucinda Williams: Car Wheels On A Gravel Road / Hank Williams: Hey, Good Lookin’ / Lucinda Williams...

Letter F from 2015-09-18T11:00

"I once was lost, but now I'm found...." Swan Silvertones: Feed Me Jesus / Swan Silvertones: Get Right With God / Paul Simon: Take Me To The Mardi Gras / Paul Simon: Love Me Like A Rock / Swan Silv...

Letter E from 2015-09-15T20:39:33

"Higher, higher, into the blue sky....."Farlanders: Easter Song / Alians: Further Further / Inna Zhalanaya: Ivan / Pokrovsky Ensemble: Porushka / Baba Yaga: Back in the USSR

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Letter C from 2015-08-28T11:00

"Como la primera vez..." Alfredo Rodriguez: Cuba Linda / Cubanismo: Pa’ Que Gozen / Ruben Gonzalez: Como Siento Yo

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Letter B from 2015-08-21T11:00

"But if you trouble this man...." Toots & the Maytals: Bam Bam / Toots & the Maytals: Rastaman

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Joe Boyd's A-Z Trailer from 2015-08-10T23:00

A one-minute description of "Joe Boyd's A-Z"

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