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, May 15, 2008

Playlist: May 6, 2008

From the Joshua Tree Inn – the best in contemporary folk,
country & bluegrass ... & all those regions in between.

Now in its 22nd year ... hosted by Kevin Elliott for the past
12 years ... every Tuesday from 6 to 8 PM central time.

LISTEN TO THE PROGRAM ON-LINE AT: www.weft.org

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


Playlist: May 6, 2008


Artist – Song – Album – Record Company – Artist Website


The Allman Brothers – Little Martha – Eat a Peach – Polydor – www.allmanbrothersband.com

She & Him – Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – Volume One – Merge – www.myspace.com/sheandhim

Old Man Luedecke – Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier – Proof of Love – Black Hen – www.oldmanluedecke.ca

Kathy Mattea – Lawrence Jones – Coal – Captain Potato/Thirty Tigers – www.mattea.com

The Stairwell Sisters – Cannonball – Get Off Your Money – Yodel-Ay-Hee – www.stairwellsisters.com

Tony Trischka – Molly & Tenbrooks – Territory – Smithsonian Folkways – www.tonytrischka.com

The Infamous Stringdusters – Won’t Be Coming Back – The Infamous Stringdusters – Sugar Hill – www.thestringdusters.com


Neil Diamond – Act Like a Man – Home Before Dark – Columbia – www.neildiamond.com

Chip Taylor – Sunshine’s a Waterfall – New Songs of Freedom – Train Wreck – www.trainwreckrecords.com

Eliza Gilkyson – Emerald Street – Beautiful World – Red House – www.elizagilkyson.com


Lucy Wainwright Roche – Spring Song – 8 More – Lucy Wainwright Roche – www.myspace.com/lwrlwr

Amy Meyers – Hate to Cry – Lucky – ARM – www.amymeyersmusic.com

Annie Keating – For the Taking – Belmont – Annie Keating – www.anniekeating.com

Rebecca Pidgeon – Baby, Please Come Home to Me – Behind the Velvet Curtain: Featuring Songs from the Motion Picture Redbelt – Hot Milk/Great American – www.rebeccapidgeon.com


I See Hawks in L.A. – Good & Foolish Times – Hallowed Ground – Big Book – www.iseehawks.com

James McMurtry – Freeway View – Just Us Kids – Lightning Rod – www.jamesmcmurtry.com

Alejandro Escovedo – Always a Friend – Real Animal – Manhattan/Back Porch – www.alejandroescovedo.com

Elvis Costello & the Impostors – Harry Worth – Momofuku – Lost Highway – www.elviscostello.com


KaiserCartel – Okay – Okay … & Other Things We Feel – Bluhammock – www.kaisercartel.com

Maggie Walters – Be Careful Love – Midwestern Hurricane – Maggie Walters – www.maggiewalters.com

The Weepies – How You Survived the War – Hideaway – Nettwerk – www.theweepies.com


Steppin’ In It – Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man) – Simple Tunes for Troubled Times – EarthWork – www.steppininit.com

Rachael Davis – While the World Is Sleeping – Antebellum Queens – EarthWork – www.rachaeldavis.com

Krista Detor – Anemic Moon – Cover Their Eyes – CoraZong – www.kristadetor.com


Otis Taylor (with Guy Davis, Corey Harris, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Keb’ Mo’ & Don Vappie) – Little Liza Jane – Recapturing the Banjo – Telarc – www.otistaylor.com, www.guydavis.com, www.myspace.com/coreyharrismusic, www.mojomusic.com/alvin/, www.kebmo.net, www.vappielle.com

Jack Williams – Gotta Travel On – Don’t Let Go! – Wind River – www.jackwilliamsmusic.com

Pat Wictor – Well, Well, Well – Sunset Waltz – Blue Risky Disc – www.patwictor.com


Pat Wictor – Song of Songs – Sunset Waltz – Blue Risky Disc – www.patwictor.com

Jenny Scheinman – Johnsburgh, Illinois – Jenny Scheinman – Koch – www.jennyscheinman.com

Kelli O’Hara (with Harry Connick, Jr.) – Here Now – Wonder in the World – Ghostlight – www.kelliohara.com; www.harryconnickjr.com

Rachel Sage – Beloved – Chandelier – MPress – www.rachelsage.com

Sun Ra – My Favorite Things – Some Blues But Not the Kind Thats Blue (Deluxe Edition) – Unheard/Atavistic – www.atavistic.com


Kevin Elliott
From the Joshua Tree Inn – the best in contemporary folk,
country & bluegrass ... & all those regions in between.
Tuesday 6-8 pm central time.

LISTEN TO THE PROGRAM ON-LINE AT: www.weft.org

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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