North Fork Sound Top 20 - February 20th 2011

The Yayhoos

1. The Yayhoos: Highway Junkie
2. Eleni Mandell: Don't Touch Me
3. The Del-Lords: Me And The Lord Blues
4. Sarah Borges: Daniel Lee
5. Doug Paisley: Out On The Weekend
6. R.L. Burnside: The Criminal Inside Me
7. Michael Chapman: Rockport Sunday
8. Nora Dean: Peace Begins With
9. Brian Eno: In Dark Trees
10. Björk: Vökuró
11. Li'l Millet & His Creoles: Rich Woman
12. Doug Kershaw w/Fats Domino: Don't Mess With My Toot Toot
13. Elizabeth Cotten & Brenda Evans: Shake Sugaree
14. Rupie Edwards: Ire Feelings
15. Mickey Jupp: Down In Old New Orleans
16. The Olivia Tremor Control: Glass Beard
17. Burning Spear: Farther East Of Jack
18. Mel Blanc: Money
19. Lou Reed: Fly Into The Sun
20. Cowboy Junkies: 'Cause Cheap Is How I Feel

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week

The Drive-By Truckers: Go-Go Boots

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month

Lee Perry
photo: Adrian Boot

Last Week's Listener Favourites
Ann Alford: Got To Get Me A Job
Barry Brown: Moving On To The Promised Land
Bill Kirchen: Rocks Into Sand

Bob Kelly

Bob Kelly: Git It
Bonnie Raitt And Was (Not Was): Baby Mine
Brave Combo: Simply
Brinsley Schwarz: Small Town, Big City
Brother Tyrone: I Used To Love Her

Can

Can: She Brings The Rain
Carolina Chocolate Drops: Escoutas (Diga Diga Diga)
Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Goode
The Cowboy Junkies: Misguided Angel
Curtis Mayfield: Pusherman
The Damned: Don't Cry Wolf
David Lowery: Deep Oblivion
Dean & Britta: White Horses
Denim: American Rock

The Djembabes
photo: Bonnie Thomas

The Djembabes: It's In The Water
The Drive-By Truckers: Assholes
Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians: Shadowboxing
Fats Domino: Don't You Lie To Me
The Flamin' Groovies: Second Cousin
Free: Heavy Load
The Fugs: Wide Wide River
Gary Moore w/BB King: The Thrill Is Gone
Gene Vincent: Sunshine

Helen Humes

Helen Humes: Real Fine Daddy
Hoodoo Gurus: I Want You Back
Horace Andy: Sky Larking
The Hot Club Of Cowtown: Stay A Little Longer
Imelda May: My Baby Left Me
Jah Lion: Columbia Colly
Jimi Hendrix Experience: If 6 Was 9
John Lee Hooker: House Rent Boogie

Johnny 'Guitar' Watson
photo: Jeff Dunas

Johnny 'Guitar' Watson: Too Tired
Kevin Ayers: There Goes Johnny
Lazy Lester: You're Gonna Ruin Me Baby
Lee 'Scratch' Perry & Adrian Sherwood: Wake Up Call
Lee 'Scratch' Perry & The Upsetters: Big Neck Police
Little Eva: Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
The Lone Sharks: Cowboy Grave
The Long Ryders: Looking For Lewis And Clark
Lorraine Ellison: Heart Be Still
Nick Drake: Place To Be
Nick Kent & The Subterraneans: Switch-Hitter Dub

Nina Hagen

Nina Hagen: African Reggae
The Nips: All The Time In The World
Michael Nyman: Time Lapse
The New York Dolls w/Iggy Pop: Gimme Love & Turn On The Light
The O'Jays: Back Stabbers
Oasis: Shakermaker
The Only Ones: Creatures Of Doom
Ponderosa: Girl I've Ever Seen
Porcupine Tree: Every Home Is Wired

Rich Hopkins

photo: Uwe Roßmann

Rich Hopkins & Luminarios: Good Intentions
Robert Wyatt: I'm A Believer
The Rolling Stones: Talkin' About You
Roy Lee Johnson & The Villagers: The Dryer Pt 2
Royal Finger Bowl: Bad Apple
The Royaltones: Wail
Rufus Thomas: Decorate The Counter
The Sex Pistols: EMI (live)
The Snivelling Shits: Only 13

Sparks

Sparks: Looks Looks Looks
Squeeze: Take Me I'm Yours
The Star Spangles: In Love Again
The Third Degree: Mercy
Timebox: Poor Little Heartbreaker
Todd Snider: Stuck On The Corner
The Upsetters: Big Cocky Dub

Vincent Quatroche

Vincent Quatroche: Color Madness
The White Ghost Shivers: Kayaking
Willie Nelson: Simply

North Fork Sound Top 20 - February 13th 2011

Swingadelic

1. Swingadelic: And Suddenly You Were Gone
2. Ann Alford: Got To Get Me A Job
3. Michael Nyman: Time Lapse
4. Imelda May: My Baby Left Me
5. Cooder Graw w/Asleep At The Wheel: My 'Give A Damn' Is Broken
6. Todd Snider: Stuck On The Corner (live)
7. Niney The Observer: Blood And Fire
8. The Low Anthem: Ghost Woman Blues
9. Ian Dury & The Blockheads: Sweet Gene Vincent
10. The Long Ryders: Looking For Lewis And Clark
11. Laura Cantrell: 14th Street
12. The Kronos Quartet: Mini Skirt
13. Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks: Cowboy Grave
14. Porcupine Tree: Every Home is Wired
15. Bob Kelly: Git It
16. Roy Lee Johnson & The Villagers: The Dryer Pt. 2
17. Fotheringay: Silver Threads & Golden Needles
18. Phillip Mitchell: I'll See You In Hell First
19. Marianne Faithfull: Past, Present And Future
20. Olivier Messiaen/Hans Ola-Ericsson: Desseins Éternels

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week

Various Artists: The Best Of Times -
Texas Artists Performing The Music Of Sara Hickman

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month

Lee Perry

Last Week's Listener Favourites

Anna Calvi

Anna Calvi: Suzanne And I
Big Daddy & His Boys: Bacon Fat
Black Velvet Band: As You Go Down
Caetano Veloso: Incompatibilidade De Genios

The English Beat

The English Beat: Best Friends
The Fabulous Thunderbirds: Twist Of The Knife

Fastway

Fastway: Deliver Me
Flake Brown: Cool Is The Snow
The Fugs: Group Grope
Graham Parker & The Rumour: Crawling From The Wreckage (revisited)
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Ain't No Telling
Johnny Otis: The Dirty Dozens
Johnny 'Guitar' Watson: Motor Head Baby
Lee Perry: Dreamland Skank
Lisa O Piu: Cinnamon Sea
Mother Earth: Jesse
The Mothers Of Invention: Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Down By The River
Otis Redding: Pain In My Heart
Ponderosa: Pretty People

Sarah Gillespie

Sarah Gillespie w/Gilad Atzmon: In The Current Climate

Solomon Burke: He'll Have To Go

Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth: Sugar Kane
Sonny Landreth: Back To Bayou Teche

North Fork Sound Top 20 - February 6th 2011

Gene Vincent

1. Gene Vincent: How I Love Them Old Songs

2. Old 97's: Champaign, Illinois
3. Barnacle Bill: For The Best
4. Flake Brown: Cool Is The Snow
5. David Lowery: Marigold
6. Bobby Byrd: I Know You Got Soul
7. Hamell On Trial: Global Tattoo (demo)
8. Evan Johns & The H-Bombs: Rollin' Through The Night
9. Mark Dagley: When I Lay My Burden Down
10. Go-Kart Mozart: Listening To Marmalade
11. Dale Watson: Hair Of The Dog
12. Alvin Robinson: Baby Don't You Do It
13. The Bell Tower: Don't Wanna Know
14. The Screaming Blue Messiahs: Smash The Market Place
15. Jesse Dayton: Doin' My Time
16. The Dirty Strangers: Got To Know Her
17. Gregory Isaac's All Stars: Tam Tam
18. Ponderosa: Pretty People
19. Dr. Ross: Cat Squirrel
20. LCD Soundsystem: All I Want (London Session)

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week

The Low Anthem: Smart Flesh

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month

Lee Perry

Last Week's Listener Favourites
22 Pistepirkko: Snowy Dave
Audience: Paper Round
Belton Richard: Oh Lucille
The Blue Chieftans: Punk Rockin' Honky Tonk Girl

Clifton Chenier

Clifton Chenier: Ti Na Na
The Cure: Wrong Number
Dave Edmunds: Girls Talk
Delbert McClinton: Mama's Little Baby
Dirk Hamilton: A Stranger Song
The Dirty Strangers: Saturday Night

Dr. John

Dr. John: I Walk On Guilded Splinters
Elvis Presley: T-R-O-U-B-L-E
Ennio Morricone: On Earth As It Is In Heaven
Fluke: Atom Bomb
George McCrae: Rock Your Baby
J. Geils Band: (Ain't Nothing But A) House Party
James Brown: I Don't Care
John Holt: Mr. Bojangles
Lisa O Piu: Equatorial Changes
Lou Reed: No Money Down

Michael Chapman

Michael Chapman: Hi Heel Sneakers
Michael Chapman: Fahey's Flag
Michael Chapman: Thurston's House
Mikel Rouse: Plug Nickel
The Mothers Of Invention: Anyway The Wind Blows
Nino Rota: La Dolce Vita
Paul Butterfield Blues Band: In My Own Dream

Ray Barretto

Ray Barretto: El Watusi
Red Dirt Rangers: Under The Radar
Ritchie Valens: La Bamba
Rodney Crowell: Dancing Circles Round The Sun (Epictetus Speaks)
The Rolling Stones: 100 Years Ago
Them: I Gave My Love A Diamond
Thurston Harris & The Sharps: Little Itty Bitty One
Thin Lizzy: The Rocker
Timebox: Beggin'
Vernon Reid: Lightnin'
Vincent Quatroche: Train Of Thought - Sideways

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North Fork Sound Top 20 - January 30th 2011

Anna Calvi
Photo: Gary Manhine

1. Anna Calvi: Suzanne And I
2. Keith Jarrett Trio: Shaw'nuff
3. Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Lookin' For A Love
4. Fastway: Deliver Me
5. Claudio Villa: Stornelli Amorisi
6. Frankie Miller: Be Good To Yourself
7. Clifton Chenier: Ti Na Na
8. David Byrne: Un Di Felice, Eterea
9. M.I.A: Gen N-E-Y/Bad Girls
10. The Hoodoo Gurus: A Thousand Miles Away
11. Little Richard: Function At The Junction
12. Paul Thorn: Mission Temple Fireworks Stand
13. Jimmy Witherspoon: Endless Sleep
14. Mark Knopfler: Whoop De Doo
15. Best Coast: When You Wake Up
16. The Zombies: Care Of Cell 44
17. Timebox: Beggin'
18. Happy Mondays: Stinkin' Thinkin'
19. Watty & Tony: Rise And Shine
20. Sir Douglas Quintet: In The Dark

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week

Michael Chapman: Trainsong - Guitar Compositions 1967-2010

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month

Elvis Presley
photo: Eric Maché

Last Week's Listener Favourites
Ben Vaughn: Jukebox Baby
Billy Preston: That's The Way God Planned It
Brinsley Schwarz: (It's Gonna Be A) Bringdown

The Charms
CBGB's Gallery, NYC, 08/01/05
photo: ht

The Charms: Top Down
Danny & The Fat Boys: After Hours
Dirk Hamilton: A Stranger Song
Electric Blue Peggy Sue: What In The Hell Was That
Elvis Costello: Honey Hush
Elvis Presley: Blue Moon (take 5)
Elvis Presley: Funny How Time Slips Away
Eric Johnson w/Jimmie Vaughan: Texas
Glasvegas: Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
The Hot Club Of Cowtown: Keeper Of My Heart
Jesse Hill: Ooh Poo Pah Doo pt.1
Joe The Boss: Skinhead Revolt
Jon Cleary: Big Chief
Kenny Hamber: Show Me Your Monkey
Leah Siegel: Birdsong (reprise)
Lonnie Youngblood: Soul Food
Magazine: The Light Pours Out Of Me

Martin Belmont

Martin Belmont: Alison
Mary Ann Fisher (The Raelettes): What Kind Of Man Are You?
Morphine: Honey White
Nasty Pop: Crow
The Nice: America
Percy Mayfield: Are You Out There?
The Phobics: Punk Rock Show
The Pink Fairies: The Snake
Plainfield Slim: Dressing Drawer

Raquel Welch

Raquel Welch: I'm Ready To Groove
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3: Ordinary Millionaire
The Rolling Stones: Parachute Woman
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles: Ooo Baby Baby
Tom Jones: Chills And Fever
The Tornados: Telstar

Vincent Gallo

Vincent Gallo: No Regard
Wire: Please Take
The Yayhoos: Monkey With A Gun

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North Fork Sound Top 20 - January 23rd 2010

Horace Andy

1. Horace Andy: Riding For A Fall
2. The Heart Throbs: Here I Hide
3. Poco: Rose Of Cimarron
4. Leah Siegel: Birdsong (reprise)
5. Michael Chapman: The Last Polish Breakfast
6. PT Walkley: Save The World
7. The Drive-By Truckers: I Used To Be A Cop
8. Mary Ann Fisher (The Raelettes): What Kind Of Man Are You?
9. Fairport Convention: Come All Ye
10. Swingadelic: The Gal From Joe's
11. John Holt: Got My Head On Straight
12. Peppermint Harris w/Maxwell Davis & His All-Stars: I Got Loaded
13. The Low Anthem: Matter Of Time
14. Teddy Thompson: Take Me Back Again
15. Robert Wyatt: Shipbuilding
16. The Trammps: Hold Back The Night
18. Curtis Mayfield: (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go
19. Hopeton Lewis: Sounds And Pessure
20. Free: Oh I Wept

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week

Wire: Red Barked Tree

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month

Elvis Presley

Last Week's Listener Favourites
? & The Mysterians: 96 Tears
Abba: The Visitors

Alex McMurray

Alex McMurray: Where K-Doe Lives
Althea Ranks: Jamaica 21
Arthur Lee: Do You Know The Secret?
Ben Folds & Nick Hornby: Password
Big Youth: Screaming Target (version 2)
Bob Dylan: Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
Bob Weir: Breaking The Hold
Brian Eno: I'll Come Running

Brigitte Bardot

Brigitte Bardot: Ne Me Laisse Pas L'aimer
Buddy Guy: Who's Been Fooling You
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band: The Floppy Boot Stomp
Charlie Chaplin: Que Dem
The Clash: Julie's Been Working For The Drug Squad
Crash Test Dummies: Da Doo Ron Ron
Cream: Strange Brew
The Dandy Warhols: Bohemian Like You
David Bowie: Seven
The Dirty Strangers: Don't Come Easy
Dr. Feelgood: Roxette
Elvis Presley: Heartbreak Hotel

Shirley Manson, Duke Erickson
Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco
photo: ht

Garbage: You Look So Fine (Ed Kupper deep drama mix)
Gene Casey & The Lone Sharks: Gone Hollywood
Glasvegas: Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime
The Great Awakening: Amazing Grace
Grinderman: Palaces Of Montezuma
Joe The Boss: Skinhead Revolt
John Lydon w/Leftfield: Open Up (full vocal mix)
Julee Cruise: The Mysteries Of Love

The Kane Triplets

The Kane Triplets: Mission Impossible Theme
Kate Bush: The Big Sky
Katrina Leskanich: Hitsville UK
The Kinks: A Well Respected Man
Little Richard: Tutti Frutti
Michael Nyman: Bell Set No.1
Paul McCartney: No Other Baby
The Pink Fairies: The Snake
The Pretty Things: Vivian Prince
R. Dean Taylor: Gotta See Jane
R.L. Burnside: Stole My Check
Randy Newman: Big Hat, No Cattle
Red Dirt Rangers: Lavena
Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance: How Come

Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson: One Whole Hour
The Shadows Of Knight: Gloria
Spencer Davis Group: Somebody Help Me
Taste: Railway And Gun
Television: Little Johnny Jewel (pts 1&2)
Tom Jones: Chills And Fever
Tyrannosaurus Rex: Jewel
Vince Taylor & The Playboys: Brand New Cadillac
X-Tal: Stepford Rockers
The Yayhoos: Monkey With A Gun

Yellowman
Sheraton Hotel, NYC
photo: Eric Maché

Yellowman: Zungguzungguzungguzeng
Zuco 103: Futebol

North Fork Sound Top 20 - January 16th 2011

Motörhead
photo: Robert John

1. Motörhead: Devils In My Head

2. Joe Gibbs & The Professionals: Meet On The Corner
3. Grinderman: Palaces Of Montezuma
4. Rich Hopkins & Luminarios: Lou Reed
5. Tinashé: Pieces Of Paper
6. Sarah Gillespie: Junk Food Angel
7. Beady Eye: Four Letter Word
8. Lisa O Piu: The Party
9. Joe Grushecky & The Houserockers: The Magnificent Seven
10. Billy Bragg: Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet (demo)
11. Chris Knight: Another Dollar
12. The Move: Don't Make My Baby Blue
13. Imelda May: I'm Alive
14. The Lightning Raiders: Psychedelic Musik
15. The Black Keys: Howlin' For You
16. The Ramones: Swallow My Pride
17. Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3: Born On The Wind
18. Help Yourself: Elephant By My Side
19. The Greenhornes: Open Your Eyes
20. Stereolab: Neon Beanbag

North Fork Sound Alb O' The Week

V/A: Wretches & Jabberers (OST)

North Fork Sound Legend Of The Month

Elvis Presley

Last Week's Listener Favourites
Abba: The Visitors
The Blaggards: Last Of The Steam Powered Trains
David Bowie: Helden
The Chosen Few: Stoned In Love
Dean & Britta: I Found It Not So
Dr. John & The Lower 911: You Might Be Surprised
The Drive-By Truckers: Birthday Boy
The Electricians: Tell Me Why
Elvis Presley: Way Down
Elvis Presley: I Got Stung
The Eric Burdon Band: I'm Looking Up
Eric Gales: Bad Lawbreaker
The Flying Burrito Brothers: Hot Burrito #1
Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band: Jumping Jack Flash

Ed Hamell
photo: Jim Dyson

Hamell On Trial: Civil Disobedience
Happy Mondays: Step On (Twistin My Melon mix)
The Happy Talk Band: All Played out
The Heart Throbs: She's In A Trance
Howlin' Wilf & The Vee-Jays: Get It Over Baby
The Idle Race: Skeleton And The Roundabout
Jimi Hendrix: Red House
JJ Cale w/Eric Clapton: Hard To Thrill

Kristian Hoffman
photo: Rocky Schenck

Kristian Hoffman: Ready Or Not
Lloyd & The Prophets w/The Cimarons: Bush Beat
Marianne Faithfull: As Tears Go By (remake version)
The McCoys: Sorrow

Mikel Rouse
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY - 11/02/10
photo: ht

Mikel Rouse: What You Want
Mose Allison: Modest Proposal
MX-80: Susan
Raul Malo: Matter Much To Me
Ray Charles: In The Heat Of The Night
Rod Stewart: Shake

Roky Erickson, ht

Roky Erickson & The Aliens: Sputnik
The Rolling Stones: She Said Yeah
Roogalator: Cincinnatti Fatback
Sandy Nelson: Drums Are My Beat
The Spencer Davis Group: Somebody Help Me
The Star Spangles: I Don't Wanna Be Crazy Anymore
Tinashé: She Gives A Damn
Tindersticks: No More Affairs (instr.)

Vince Taylor

Vince Taylor: Brand New Cadillac
Vincent Quatroche: Another Rubber Eden