From Minnesota Public Radio, a very cool internet service “filled with an eclectic mix of acoustic, Americana, and roots music.” This description doesn’t do the station justice, though. A one-hour playlist gives you a better idea:
9:34 John Gorka – Satellites
9:30 Taj Mahal – Mockingbird
9:21 Abigail Washburn and The Sparrow Quartet – A Fuller Wine
9:17 Antje Duvekot – Go Now
9:14 Louis Armstrong – Old Man Mose
Eclectic enough for ya? When I turned it on last night, there was sweet B’s elegant friend, Fred Astaire…followed, certainly for the first time in radio history, by Lyle Lovett. You’re liable to go from Frank Sinatra to Taj Mahal. Or from Leo Kottke to Billie Holiday to Gene Autry. Later yesterday, winding astonishingly out of a largely alt folk and world music set came the voice of Doris Day singing “Que Sera, Sera.” So there’s a sense of humor here, too.
The bonus on Radio Heartland is a morning show without screaming morons. This may now actually be illegal in the U.S., so listen soon, before they haul Connelly off to Guantanamo.
[Edit: Nope, it wasn’t alt folk and world music (you can check playlist archives), but it was “Que Sera Sera.” What can I tell you? I was falling asleep.]
