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It all started in the small town of Lyle, MN (pop. 500) with a skid loader and a fence post, when Six Mile Grove frontman Brandon Sampson was 7 years old. He injured his hand when helping his dad on the family farm. The physician recommended guitar playing for rehabilitation, and a few weeks later, Sampson came home from the music store with a new guitar. His younger brother Brian threw a fit, and was appeased with a shiny drum set. And so the seeds of Six Mile Grove were planted.
The brothers spent years pounding away on their instruments in the kitchen of their great grandmother’s old house, as well as singing in church with their mom, an organist and devoted music lover. Soon Brian’s friend Barry, from across the woods, wanted to join the noise, and so his years of piano lessons began paying off. The boys realized they would need a bass player, put an ad in the paper, and dug up Dezi Wallace from the “big city” of Austin, MN, who arrived courtesy of his mom, as he did not yet have a driver’s license.
Fast forward 15 years, and Six Mile Grove has a lot to be proud of. They have weathered the ever changing music scene as a primarily self-managed, self-produced, and self-recorded band. Their music has evolved accordingly, as an organic, honest voice that has not been tinkered with or tainted by the lure of record labels or flashy music producers. You’re sure to find influences of Minnesota music’s founding fathers; from Bob Dylan to the Jayhawks, Six Mile Grove honours it’s roots, but has also managed to forge it’s own sound and space on a stage without compromise. They hearken most to the genre of Americana, which recognizes the value of songwriting and musicianship over radio charts and record sales, and reflects that in artists as diverse as Emmy Lou Harris and Lyle Lovett. In addition, their friendship, touring and recording with legendary Johnny Cash guitarist Bob Wootton, has lended even more distinctly to their “good all-American boy” sound and style.
Six Mile Grove is releasing it’s sixth album this Spring 2012, titled “Secret Life in a Quiet Town.” In this album, Sampson muses on the responsibilities of providing for a family, keeping love alive, and fighting for what’s right in the world. These themes resonate with all the members of the band, as guys with day jobs, wives and kids. You’ll hear the whines and growls in Nelson’s piano and lead guitar licks; the take-it-easy pace of Wallace’s bass, and the simple to furious tempos in Brian Sampson’s drums.
Also available on Six Mile Groves label Rena’s Kitchen Records "Guaranteed Cash" with Johnny Cash's Guitarist of 35 years
As Bob Wootton states, “There’s nothing fancy about them and they don’t try to be something they’re not. And that’s what I like about them.”
Six Mile Grove and Bob Wootton on FSR
March Featured Artist Kevin Gordon
Over the course of twenty years of writing, recording and touring, Kevin Gordon has built an impressively consistent catalog of songs, a critically-acclaimed stack of albums, and a reputation for dynamic live performances. His new record, Gloryland, will be released in early 2012. Author Peter Guralnick said about Gloryland:
"There's nothing else around today quite like Kevin Gordon’s music. I'm a huge Kevin Gordon fan. Think of John Lee Hooker tied to the hard, imagistic poetry of William Carlos Williams, and you get a little bit of an idea. It’s something like trance blues, I
suppose – but then you encounter the tangled, complex story lines of 'Colfax' or 'Trying to Get to Memphis' or 'Bus to Shreveport.' There really is no way to sum it up neatly – you just have to listen. And listen again. For the pure emotional pleasure of it. For the
unmistakable, hard-driving passion of words and music, rocking together in rhythm."
Gordon's previous release, "o Come Look at the Burning" - climbed to the Top 10 on the Americana radio chart, and continues to receive significant airplay at XM/Sirius satellite radio. The album made several year-end Top Albums lists as well. Playboy magazine says, "Kevin Gordon's 'O Come Look At The Burning' may be the least classifiable of the [Nashville Underground] lot but perhaps the best, with a strange assortment of swamp rock, blues and literate lyrics."
The opening track from the Burning record, "Watching the Sun Go Down", was recently licensed for use in the new HBO series, True Blood. The title track of Kevin's 2000 Shanachie Records release, "Down to the Well"- a duet with Lucinda Williams, was featured on both the Oxford American Music issue CD and on No Depression: What It Sounds Like, Vol. 1 compilation, released by Dualtone Records.
Gordon's songs have been recorded by Keith Richards, Levon Helm, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Irma Thomas, Webb Wilder, Kate Campbell, and others. His recordings are featured in major motion picture soundtracks and in national advertising campaigns. Raised in north Louisiana and currently based in Nashville, Kevin earned a master's degree in poetry from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Featured Artist of the month and Mark Gerking article and album review here on FSR For Kevin Gordon CLICK HERE
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Featured Artist of the month and Amos Perrine article and album review here on FSR For John Lilly CLICK HERE
John Lilly is a multi-talented acoustic music performer from Charleston, West Virginia, specializing in Americana, country roots, and traditional folk music. He writes new songs that sound as old as the hills, and performs older songs like they were made yesterday. According to one reviewer, “If Hank Williams had a sunny disposition, he’d be John Lilly.”
John has released five self-produced CDs. “Haunted Honky Tonk” achieved the #1 position on both the Freeform American Roots (FAR) and the Euro Americana radio charts in November 2007. “Broken Moon,” released in 2000, earned enthusiastic reviews and widespread radio airplay. John’s second CD, “Last Chance to Dance,” released in 2003, debuted at #1 on the FAR radio chart and rose to #4 on the Euro Americana radio chart. His 2005 CD release, “Blue Highway,” is a collaboration with legendary Tennessee fiddler Ralph Blizard. John's latest CD, "John Lilly Live on Red Barn Radio," released in 2010, features Lilly in an intimate solo setting.
John is recognized internationally as a powerful performing songwriter. He was the winner of the 2010 “Next Great Road Song” contest, sponsored by Midas and Spin, out of more than 1,200 song entries. In 2005, he won the national Ghost Writers In the Sky songwriting contest, for his original song “Blue Highway.” He was a finalist in the 2002 Chris Austin Songwriting Competition at MerleFest in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, chosen from 853 entries for his song "Broken Moon."
John was born in Illinois in 1954 and has traveled and performed widely, including three tours of Scotland and visits to 48 states. A former member of the Green Grass Cloggers dance team, John spent years playing traditional string band music with groups including Ralph Blizard and the New Southern Ramblers. He is a former a tour guide at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, and is currently editor of West Virginia’s Goldenseal magazine.
Time: November 26, 2011 from 7:30pm to 11pm
Location: Coffee Shop
Street: Cromarty Buildings
City/Town: Strathpeffer
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Event Type: record, launch
Organized By: Ally McLeod
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Ally's circuitous route back to music took in acting, writing and directing for the theatre, a quick sojourn into film and back to music...
Due to a fortuitous encounter with Martin Stephenson, Ally began recording songs for her first three - yes three - albums with Martin in March 2010...
The imminent arrival of the first born - Astor Place - includes all original material by Ally...
The tracks feature Martin on guitars and Allan Leckie on keyboards and feature musical parner Donald Forbes on Guitar, who she is now a member of Red Hook Rapids
Coffee Shop Strathpeff er Nov 26th (Donation suggest £8)
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gary hall
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ian bailey
Songs from The Voodoo Rooms
(Northern Sun Recordings NSRCD 00411)
‘Gary Hall, Preston’s Celtic soul man, infused with the epic sweep of Springsteen’
– The Guardian
‘Bailey’s Tower Songs is reminiscent of some of Nick Drake’s best work’
– Northern Sky
‘Listen to Hall closely and hear touches of Dylan and Gram Parsons:
straightforward with all the power of a freight train’ – Folk Roots
‘His gorgeous string-drenched soulful pop puts Ian Bailey in the front rank of
British songwriters’ – Americana UK
Gary Hall, who recorded six critically acclaimed albums (both here and in the States) during the 1990s, has finally been cajoled by best friend and song writing partner Ian Bailey (who also has three critically acclaimed albums under his belt) to not only record an album together, but also to leave the dark depths of his Voodoo Rooms studio to ‘tread the boards’ again for the first time in over a decade.
The result of this partnership is stripped down (no reverb, no overdubs, no nonsense) acoustic versions of some of Hall and Bailey’s most powerful work to date. Eight of the songs recorded have been completely reworked and distilled down from their original versions, whilst four new songs ‘Can’t Believe She’s Gone’, ‘Chance to Change’, ‘Still My Reason Why’ and ‘The Enemy Within’ have been specially written for these sessions.
The live shows to promote the album will no doubt drag some old Gary fans out of the woodwork to rub shoulders with Ian’s ever-growing grass roots following, where they can share an evening together experiencing that special place in music where poetry meets melody, melts and makes magic.
Songs from The Voodoo Rooms, featuring twelve
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Suzette and the Neon Angels be playing some gigs in London May 22-25 and are available for UK from May 26 to June 8. contact fash@medicinemusic.co.uk or leave a note here for us
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Matt Urmy and Mary Gauthier recording Sweet Lonesome at Quonset Hut Studios
Its Medicine Show Wednesday every second wednesday of the month join Rob Ellen on UK Country Radio.com, 8pm, repeated 4pm on the following Thursday.
This Medicine show was first broadcast on UkCountryRadio.com in Jan 2011 and features a concert features Matt Urmy as his album Sweet Lonesome has this month entered the Euro Americana Chart at 3. Sweet Lonesome was the first album to be recorded at the recently refurbished legendary Owen Bradley's Quonset Hut Studios, the first Nashville Studio where The Nashville Sound was fostered. I'll be looking back at some of those great recording from the perspective of one of Nashvilles rising stars Matt Urmy.
The Medicine Show Broadcasts the Second Wednesday Of The Month on UKCountryRadio.com and every Wednesday on www.nevisradio.co.uk Broadcasting Health and Happiness From The Highlands Of Scotland www.themedicineshow.eu .
Frequencies and channel numbers
FM: 102.3 MHz. - RDS name: Nevis_FM (Skye & Mallaig)
FM: 102.4 MHz. - RDS name: Nevis_FM (Loch Leven)
FM: 96.6 MHz. - RDS name: Nevis_FM (Fort William)
FM: 97.0 MHz. - RDS name: Nevis_FM (Glencoe)
The Medicine Show Presents Benny Gallagher @ Acoustic Strathpeffer Coffee Shop Session,
Coffee Shop Cromarty Buildings Strathpeffer Ross-shire. Scotland IV14 9dg 01997 421500. (By Dingwall) March 6th ticket £15 On sale here and from the venue only 30 available, so "Don't Be Late Don't Hesitate".
"In an intimate evening of songs and stories about his days as a Staff Writer with The Beatles Publishing Co. Apple, Legendary Singer-Songwriter Benny Gallagher will perform all of the hits he penned for McGuinness Flint and Gallagher & Lyle - songs that have since been recorded by:
Art Garfunkel, Bryan Ferry, Colin Blunstone, Donavon Frankenreiter, Don Williams, Elkie Brooks, Fairport Convention, Garth Brooks (Concert in Central Park), Judith Durham, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Mary Hopkin, Phil Everly, Ricky Nelson, Ringo Starr, Rita Coolidge, Status Quo, Simon and Garfunkel (Concert in Central Park), The Fureys, and Lemon Jelly to name but a few..... along with some great new songs from his latest Album ‘At The Edge of the Wave’
For 40 years and more, Benny Gallagher has been writing, composing, arranging and performing timeless classics. Small wonder then that, with Graham Lyle, he was one of the first songwriters to be signed by Apple Publishing. Success as an artist quickly followed when the legendary McGuinness Flint stormed the charts with When I'm Dead And Gone and Malt and Barley Blues.
Then came seven more albums and world tours with the majestic Gallagher & Lyle - by which time Benny’s reputation was cemented as one of the UK’s foremost songwriters of his generation. 
Benny Gallagher in conversation with Rob Ellen Acoustic Strathpeffer
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The Medicine Show every second Wednesday of every month is featured on UK Country Radio.com this months show featured No Comebacks in conversation and a Celtic Connections preview, www.ukcountryradio.com to listen to live feed 8pm Jan 13th (repeated 4pm next Thursdays) www.themedicineshow.eu for feeds to Nevis Radio Medicine Show every Wednesday 10pm (GMT) and more info on all Medicine Shows.
Here is the play list for UKCountryradio.com show (In conjunction with The AF Collective Radio
Intro Hungry Hash House Ramblers - Cherokee Shuffle
Arty Hill and The Long Gone Daddies - I'm a Long Gone Daddy - Montgomery on my Mind
Hanks Williams - Faded Love and Winter Roses - The Hanks Williams Story
Daddy - Wash and Fold - For a Second Time
Professor Longhair - Tripitinas 1945 - Tripitina
No Comebacks - Interview
No Comebacks (with PJ Proby) - Corrina Corrina - Back In The Saddle Again
Bob Wills and his Texas Play Boys - San Antonio Rose
Eric Brace and Last Train Home - My Baby Just Cares For Me - Six Songs
Phil Lee - Neon Tombstone - East Nashville - Vol 3 More Songs From The Other side
AJ Roach - Cold As Christmas - Dogwood Winter
Robby Hecht - Chemicals - Late Last Night
Gandalf Murphy and The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams - Radio -A Good Thief Tips His Hat
Furnace Mountain -Winters Nights - Fields Of Fescue
Here is the podcast enjoy
Rob Ellen
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