Kevin Elliott corresponds with musicians, scours music magazines, contacts record companies, tracks down indy labels, listens for hours on end and finally culls the best of the best. His playlist influences DJs and music lovers from around the globe.

For 12 years Kevin has hosted "From The Joshua Tree Inn" which airs on Tuesday’s from 6-8pm on WEFT 90.1FM in Champaign IL.

All the years of listening have not only resulted in a radio program that has touched many, but have materialized in Kevin’s own unique take on the sound of contemporary folk in his own compositions.

Sunday, February 18, 2007

WEFT folk, country, bluegrass, etc… top 30: 4th week of January 2007

WEFT - 90.1 FM, Champaign, IL, US

Kevin Elliott, From the Joshua Tree Inn

P: 217-359-9338

E: kelliott28@hotmail.com

W: www.kevinelliottmusic.com

Folk, country, bluegrass, etc… top 30

4th week of January 2007

1. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer – Seven Is the Number – Tracy Grammer

2. Cara Dillon – After the Morning – Compass

3. Terry Winchell – Vice Versa – Woodzilla

4. Abigail Washburn – The Sparrow Quartet - Nettwerk

5. Rickie Lee Jones – The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard – New West

6. Holly Figueroa – Gifts & Burdens – www.hollyfigueroa.com

7. Eric Bibb – Diamond Days – Telarc

8. Nathan – Key Principles – Nettwerk

9. Po’ Girl – Home to You – Nettwerk

10. Chris Proctor – Ladybug Stomp – Sugarhouse

11. Eve Goldberg – A Kinder Season – Borealis

12. Roy Forbes – Some Tunes for that Mother of Mine – AKA

13. David Ross Macdonald – Knuckled Brass & Bone – Pepper Tree

14. Storyhill – Storyhill – Red House

15. The Greencards – Viridian – Dualtone

16. T. Nile – At My Table – www.tamaranile.com

17. Libby Johnson – Annabella – Wrong

18. Kristin Hersh – Learn to Sing like a Star – Yep Roc

19. Patty Griffin – Children Running Through – ATO

20. Lucinda Williams – West – Lost Highway

21. Keller Williams – Dream – SCI Fidelity

22. John Mellencamp – Freedom’s Road – Universal Media

23. Natalia Zukerman – Only One – Talisman

24. Chris Pureka – Dryland – Sad Rabbit

25. Jenny Whiteley – Dear – Black Hen

26. Joe Mannix – A Town by the Sea – Bongo Beat

27. Bow Thayer – Spend It All – Crooked Root

28. Chris McDermott – Radio Ghosts – P & N

29. Gill Landry – The Ballad of Lawless Soirez - Nettwerk

30. Hazmat Modine – Bahamut – Barbes (tie)

30. Josh Rouse & Paz Suay – She’s Spanish, I’m American – Bedroom (tie)

30. Karen Jacobsen – Kissing Someone Else – Kurly Queen (tie)

Compiled by:

Kevin Elliott

From the Joshua Tree Inn - the best in contemporary folk,

country & bluegrass ... & all those regions in between.

Tuesday 6-8 pm

WEFT, Community Radio 90.1 FM

113 N. Market St.

Champaign, IL, US 61820

217-359-9338

www.weft.org

www.kevinelliottmusic.com

kelliott28@hotmail.com

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