Crisper Roots Podcast
1) Creative Outburst: On the Great Jesse Welles
Send us a text Jesse Welles, whose LP 'Hells Welles' I covered last year, is in an amazing patch of creativity, and has a new album, MIDDLE.
2) Championship Week!: the Doohickeys and Jason Eady
Send us a textCrisper Roots is back for season 2! With the Doohickeys' hilarious ALL HAT NO CATTLE and Jason Eady's lovely MISSISSIPPI, UNPLUGGED.The gutsiest country song ever recorded: I Don't Give ...Show More
3) Top Ten 2024
Send us a textLast episode of Season 1. Out of 90, more or less.(1) Samory I, Strength(2) Jesse Welles, Hell's Welles(3) Fiona Boyes, Ramblified(4) Stephanie Lambring, Hypocrite(5) Jerron Paxton, Thin...Show More
4) Saddest Man in Texas: Hudson Westbrook and Ags Connolly
Send us a textHudson Westbrook's eponymous EP and Ags Connolly's YOUR PAL SLIM: SONGS OF JAMES HAND
5) Instruments of Construction: Tyler Ray Miniard and the Doohickeys
Send us a textTwo fine EPs: Tyler Ray Miniard, THE COUNTY LINE and the Doohickeys, CAN'T BEAT MY OLD BEATER
6) Singin' Songwriters: John R. Miller and Forest Sun
Send us a textTwo good late-year albums! John R. Miller, FIRESIDE SESSIONS VOL 1 and Forest Sun, NO FINISH LINE. No it's not "I'll meet you at the bar" on "America I Love You." It's "I'll meet you at ...Show More
7) Rodeo Literature: Tyler Halverson and Corb Lund
Send us a textTwo unusual 'Western' items: Tyler Halverson's WESTERN AMERIJUANA (pt 2) and Corb Lund's stunning EL VIEJO (deluxe edition)
8) History Lesson: Eric Bibb and Lone Justice
Send us a textBluesman Eric Bibb's beautiful IN THE REAL WORLD and the late-arriving greatest record of cowpunk, VIVA LONE JUSTICE. I meant to say, re Bibb: J.B. Lenoir.
9) Vulnerable Revival: Joy Oladokun and Jerron Paxton
Send us a textTradition and innovation from the great young bluesman Jerron Paxton and the budding folk-pop star Joy Oladokun.
10) Not Too Polished: Gurf Morlix and Chris Acker
Send us a textLovely albums by two guys who with outsider personae: Gurf Morlix, IN LOVE AT ZERO DEGREES and Chris Acker, FAMOUS LUNCH