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January 2012*NEW*
Artist 

  

Album    

Label 

FAR WEST

 The Far West Light Fighter

NATE LATTA

Broken Glass self

RECKLESS KELLY

Good Luck & True Love No Big Deal

CHARLIE FAYE

Travels With Charlie Wine & Nut

MIKE ETHAN MESSICK

Only Easy Day Was Yesterday Mucho Bucho

ORBO & THE LONGSHOTS

Prarie Moon Blue Mood

WOOD BROTHERS

Smoke Ring Halo Southern Ground

DARRELL SCOTT

Long Ride Home Full Light

LINCOLN DURHAM

The Shovel (vs) The Howling Bones self
CHRIS CASTLE Last Bird Home Dirtsandwich Music Co.
BROCK ZEMAN Me Then You Mud/Busted Flat
DEADMAN Take Up Your Mat & Walk Rootsy
RUTHIE FOSTER Let It Burn Blue Corn Music
     
WAYNE TOUPS, STEVE RILEY & WILSON SAVOY The Band Courtbouillon Valcour
VARIOUS En Francais: Cajun 'n' Creole Rock 'n' Roll Bayou Teche


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Regarding the colored bars: The library is color-coded.
Orange = singer/songwriter and real-deal country
Red = rock 'n' roll, rockabilly
Blue = blues
Green = Louisiana music: Cajun, zydeco, brass bands, swamp pop
White = compilations and music that doesn't conveniently fit in other categories, i.e., conjunto, Gospel, Brave Combo

While there's always room for some quibbling about who goes in what category, that's part of the fun. Also, we allegedly use a color wheel, a wheel that's divided into library color-coded segments to correspond with the divisions of the hour so we don't do an entire show of, say, orange songs. That works better with some jocks than others.

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