Mary of the Heartland's Heartland Hootenanny

Lots of first-time plays this hour:  almost monday, Nuke The Soup, The Pin Group  and  Amy McDonald among others. Other songs from  Rodney Crowell, Short Dogs Grow, XTC and Loudon Wainwright III

Early music from blockbuster artists like  REM, Madness  and  The Goo Goo Dolls.  More recent music from  Deep Sea Diver, Jessica Lee Mayfield  and  Brett Newski & The New Inventions.  Also,  Toyko Sex Destruction, Alex G, The Sadies  and others

Early tunes from blockbuster artists like  U2 and  Simple Minds , plus older stuff from  Gang of Four and Soul Asylum.  Recent music from  The Brudi Brothers, Waxahatchee, Chrash  and  Michigander

Songs from artists inspired by the TV I've been watching lately include  The Modern Lovers, The Cramps,  and  Don't Touch My Stuff.  Also,  Brett Newski & The Bad Inventions, Steely Dan, Plains, Horsegirl  and plenty of others. A whole hours worth!

My fixation with  Hurray For The Riff Raff continues with a great song from them in this episode. You'll also hear  Viagra Boys, The Police, Jason Isbell, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Emmylou Harris, The Yeah Yeah Yeah's  and more

This episode includes music from  Purple Mountains, Neko Case, Lee Hazelwood, REM, The Dead Boys, Hurray For The Riff Raff  along with whatever else I could fit into the hour. Enjoy!

Enjoy the sweet sweet sounds of  Bahamas, Dead Man Winter, Joe P, Big Thief, Lou Reed  and others.

New music this episode includes  Lone Justice  and  Nick Piunti & The Complicated Men.  Not new music includes  Adam and the Ants, Willie Nile, The Long Ryders,  and  The Lemonheads

Included this episode is new music from  Kent Nielsen and  Old Mervs . Also playing:  Beat Farmers, The Wonder Stuff, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, Eilen Jewell, The Kinks  and more

This episode has more songs from my 2024 Top Ten but mostly has the honorable mentions that didn't make the Top Ten. Tunes from  Charlie Crockett, Waxahatchee, Corb Lund  and  Katie Pruitt. Also, music from  World Party  and  Paolo Nutini

Plenty of these songs are from my Top Ten albums of 2024 which I compiled for the Quad City Reader. They include  Chrash, Alejandro Escovedo, The Linda Lindas and Royel Otis.  There is also music from  Tina Dico  and  Big Thief

In this episode, enjoy the sultry sounds of  Supergrass  along with music from  Lou Reed, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Charley Crockett, Peter Cat Recording Co, Madeline Hawthorne  and others