The Roots Music Project

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Saturday 12:00p.m. to 2:00p.m.

Roots Music Project

The Roots Music Project, WEMU's newest locally-produced offering, is hosted by Jeremy Baldwin on Saturdays from Noon to 2 p.m.

The show focuses on the creases and intersections between genres, styles and influences in music and features everything from folk to country, from blues to roots rock, from rockabilly to bluegrass and just about everything in between.

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Playlist

February 02, 2013

12:07 PM
Forever Young
Artist : Bob Dylan w/ The Band
Album : Planet Waves
Label : Columbia
12:10 PM
Beneath The Piano
Artist : The Devil Makes Three
Album : The Devil Makes Three
Label : Milan
12:12 PM
Danger & Dread
Artist : Brown Bird
Album : The Devil Dancing
Label : Brown Bird
12:16 PM
Dark As A Dungeon
Artist : Bobby Bare Sr.
Album : Darker Than Light
Label : Plowboy
12:22 PM
"T" For Texas aka: Blue Yodel #1
Artist : Waylon Jennings
Album : Waylon Live
Label : RCA
12:26 PM
Don’t Let The Sunshine Fool You
Artist : Guy Clark
Album : Essential
Label : RCA
12:29 PM
When You Awake
Artist : The Band
Album : The Band
Label : Capitol
12:33 PM
Watch Me Fall
Artist : Uncle Tupelo
Album : Still Feel Gone
Label : Columbia/Legacy
12:36 PM
Up South
Artist : Regina Carter w/ Russell Malone
Album : Motor City Moments
Label : Verve
12:40 PM
This Affair
Artist : Miss Tess
Album : Sweet Talk
Catalog : 46839
Label : Signature Sounds
12:45 PM
Say Darlin’ Say
Artist : Nora Jane Struthers
Album : Nora Jane Struthers
Label : Blue Pig
12:49 PM
I’m Fine (I Am, I Am)
Artist : Old Man Luedecke
Album : Tender is The Night
Catalog : 47152
Label : True North
12:55 PM
Still Not Home
Artist : Tift Merritt
Album : Traveling Alone
Label : Yep Roc
12:58 PM
Nellie Bly
Artist : The Jim Campilongo Electric Trio
Album : Heaven is Creepy
Label : Blue Hen
1:03 PM
That’s What Love Will Make You Do
Artist : Janiva Magness
Album : What Love Will Do
Label : Alligator
1:06 PM
Money Honey
Artist : Aaron Neville
Album : My True Story
Catalog : 47212
Label : Blue Note
1:09 PM
Every Night About This Time
Artist : Rachel Brooke
Album : A Killer's Dream
Catalog : 47107
Label : Mal
1:11 PM
Lonely Avenue
Artist : Diana Krall
Album : Glad Rag Doll
Catalog : 46838
Label : Verve
1:19 PM
I Bid You Goodnight
Artist : The Dixie Hummingbirds
Album : Diamond Jubilation
Label : Treasure/Rounder
1:23 PM
Travelin’ This Lonesome Road
Artist : Bill Monroe w/ Mac Wiseman
Album : The Music Of Bill Monroe
Label : MCA
1:26 PM
Hard Times Come & Go
Artist : Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three
Album : Riverboat Soul
Label : Free Dirt
12:30 PM
Sugar Mama
Artist : The Deep Dark Woods
Album : The Place I Left Behind
Label : Sugar Hill
1:35 PM
Rhythm Of The Road
Artist : Elephant Revival
Album : Break In The Clouds
Label : Ruff Shod
12:38 PM
Trouble
Artist : Red Tail Ring
Album : I. Middlewest Chant
Label : Earth-Work
1:40 PM
Vernadines
Artist : Steppin’ In It
Album : Hidden In The Lowlands
Label : Hippo Coop
1:43 PM
Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow
Artist : Rachael Davis
Album : Antebellum Queens
Label : Earth-Work/Fox On A Hill
1:49 PM
Not Fade Away
Artist : Buddy Holly
Album : From The Original Master Tapes
Label : MCA
1:51 PM
Jubilee Train
Artist : The Blasters
Album : The Complete Slash Recordings
Label : Slash/Rhino
1:54 PM
North Side Gal
Artist : JD McPherson
Album : Signs & Signifiers
Label : Hi-Style/Rounder
1:57 PM
Night Train To Memphis
Artist : Jerry Lee Lewis
Album : A Half Century Of Hits
Label : Time/Life
Roots Music
11:09 am
Fri February 15, 2013

Hear Aboriginal Country Singer, Roger Knox on The Roots Music Project (2/16)

"Stranger In My Land" by Roger Knox & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts

Strange as it may seem, Black Aboriginal Australians have adapted American style Country music as a vehicle for telling their own unique stories.  Roger Knox aka: The King of Koori Country or The Black Elvis, is one of the leading practitioners of this style and has just released a brand new album, Stranger In My Land (Bloodshot). 

For this release Knox is backed up by the rotating cast of musicians led by producer Jon Langford (The Mekons), known as The Pine Valley Cosmonauts

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Music
1:38 pm
Fri January 25, 2013

The Steel Wheels perform on The Roots Music Project 1/26

The Steel Wheels

Ann Arbor Folk Festival performers, The Steel Wheels are scheduled to stop by the WEMU studios on Saturday (1/26)  to play live on The Roots Music Project with Jeremy Baldwin.

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