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.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

WEFT folk, country, bluegrass, etc… top 40: 3rd week of September 2007

WEFT - 90.1 FM, Champaign, IL, US

Kevin Elliott, From the Joshua Tree Inn

P: 217-359-9338

E: kelliott28@hotmail.com

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B: www.folkplaylist.blogspot.com

Folk, country, bluegrass, etc… top 40

3rd week of September 2007

1. Ani DiFranco – Canon – Righteous Babe

2. Jesca Hoop – Kismet – Red Ink/Columbia

3. José González – In Our Nature – Imperial

4. John Fogerty – Revival – Concord/Fantasy

5. Richard Leo Johnson/Gregg Bendian – Who Knew Charlie Shoe? – Cuneiform

6. Red Stick Ramblers – Made in the Shade – Sugar Hill

7. Iron & Wine – Shepherd’s Dog – Sub Pop

8. Angie Heaton & the Gentle Tamers – The Rumor Mill – Spur

9. Steve Earle – Washington Square Serenade – New West

10. Mary Gauthier – Between Daylight & Dark – Lost Highway

11. Over the Rhine – The Trumpet Child – Great Speckled Dog

12. Joe Henry – Civilians – Anti

13. Lyle Lovett & His Large Band – It’s Not Big It’s Large – Lost Highway

14. Becky Schlegel – For All the World to See – Lilly Ray

15. Susan Levine – Atlas – Riverwide

16. Amy Cook – The Sky Observer’s Guide – Root House

17. Meg Baird – Dear Companion – Drag City

18. Heather Styka – Golden Light EP – Heather Styka

19. Dwight Yoakam – Dwight Sings Buck – New West

20. Jim Lauderdale – The Bluegrass Diaries – Yep Roc

21. Seldom Scene – Scenechronized – Sugar Hill

22. Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers – Swampblood – Yep Roc

23. Patterson Barrett – I Must Be Dreaming – So’ Fish

24. Luke Powers – Picture Book – Phoebe Claire

25. Carla Bruni – No Promises – Naïve

26. Dana Cooper & Annika Fehling – Visby, Texas – Rootsy

27. Jeff Talmadge – At Least That Much Was True – Artist Development Co-Op

28. Bill Wence – Songs from the Rocky Fork Tavern – 615 Records

29. Laura Love – NēGrass – Octoroon Biography

30. Delta Kings – 13 Years of Friday Nights – Delta Kings

31. V/A – Banjo Gathering – Steve Baughman

32. V/A – Folksongs of Illinois # 1 – Illinois Humanities Council

33. V/A – Folksongs of Illinois # 2 – Illinois Humanities Council

34. Pete & Maura Kennedy: The Stringbusters – Rhapsody in UKE - Kennedys

35. The Strangelings – Season of the Witch – Kennedys

36. Kelly Flint – Drive All Night – BePop

37. Peter Case – Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John – Yep Roc

38. Sam Baker – Pretty World – Sam Baker

39. Bill Morrissey – Come Running – Turn & Spin

40. V/A – Wounded Heart of America (Songs of Tom Russell) – HighTone


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

www.folkplaylist.blogspot.com

kelliott28@hotmail.com

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