MUSICAL JUSTICE NEWSLETTER - April 2003
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IN THIS ISSUE…
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1. Brothers, Truckers and Twang
2. May Weekend Specials
3. Listen to the Buzz?
4. Download of the Month
5. Musical Justice Trivia
6. Stuff You Probably Won't Hear Anywhere Else
6. Coming Soon/Upcoming Releases
7. Current Playlist
8. Listener Feedback


To listen to the Musical Justice webcast, go to:
http://www.live365.com/stations/39801


BROTHERS, TRUCKERS AND TWANG
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If you are a Pernice Brothers fan, you'll want to hustle to their
website before May 2nd to order a copy of their forthcoming CD,
Yours, Mine and Ours. Anyone who preorders the CD by that date will
also get a bonus booklet containing lyrics from all of Joe
Pernice's original songs from the Scud Mountain Boys' first
release up to the new CD. The booklets will be personally
autographed and will be produced in very limited quantities.
Here's the link: http://www.pernicebrothers.com/ymo/index.html

Midwesterners will want to check out Twangfest in St. Louis, Missouri
on June 4th-7th. Among the performers are Jason Ringenberg, Joy Lynn
White, Bobby Bare Jr., Tim Easton and Scott Miller & The
Commonwealth. For more details, go to http://www.twangfest.com/.

Gillian Welch has been announced as the opening act for several dates
during Norah Jones's summer tour. Welch's new CD, Soul
Journey, is
scheduled to drop on June 3rd. Speaking of Norah Jones, she appears
on the new CD from Jesse Harris, The Secret Sun. Harris is Jones'
guitarist and penned the multi-Grammy winnning, "Don't Know Why".
The CD is due May 20th.

The Drive By Truckers have parted company with their record company
Lost Highway, which re-released their epic Southern Rock Opera last
year. DBT's new CD, Decoration Day, is scheduled to come out on
June 17th on their new label, New West Records.

The Thorns, the harmonic trio made up of Matthew Sweet, Pete Droge
and Shawn Mullins, are scheduled to play some dates this summer
opening for The Jayhawks. Their self-titled CD, which was produced
by Brendan O'Brien (Dan Baird, Black Crowes, Pearl Jam), is
scheduled to be in stores on May 20th.

If you like making your own mix CDs, you might want to try out
http://www.custommixcd.com/. The service, run by Sony Music, offers
users the ability to make their own compilation CD. Currently, the
most interesting tracks available are rare, previously unreleased
live tracks from Bob Dylan. Price is $15 plus shipping and handling
for up to 12 tracks.



MAY WEEKEND SPECIALS
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Each weekend in May will highlight the music of a different artist.
You'll hear their hits and their best album tracks, as well as
rare cuts and live stuff.
May 2nd – Lucinda Williams (featuring her new CD, World Without
Tears)
May 9th – John Hiatt (featuring his new CD, Beneath This Gruff
Exterior)
May 16th – Richard Thompson (featuring his new CD, The Old Kit
Bag)
May 23rd – Pernice Brothers (featuring their new CD, Yours, Mine
and Ours)
May 30th – Buddy & Julie Miller (just because I love them!)



LISTEN TO THE BUZZ?
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They're hot. Music magazines are writing about them. They're
on TV or part of high profile tours. We get curious about all the
hype and buy the CDs. And surprise, sometimes they really are pretty
good. So you're gonna hear them now as Musical Justice's Buzz
Artists. The current Buzz list features:

* The D4 (This New Zealand garage band has played Letterman and
Carson Daly and they were a highlight of South By Southwest.)
* The Libertines (NME calls them the best band out of London since
the Sex Pistols)
* Longwave (appearances on MTV's 120 Minutes, Conan O'Brien,
SXSW and part of the CMJ/MTV2 showcase tour)
* The Donnas (playing Lollapalooza 2003, nominated for 8 California
Music Awards).
* The Raveonettes (MTV2, SXSW and Rolling Stone says they're a
band to watch)

Check `em out and let me know what you think!



DOWNLOAD OF THE MONTH
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Since there is a place to put files on the Yahoo site, I'm going
to start putting some of the best files I find out on artist websites
for Musical Justice listeners to share. The web address for the
files section is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/musicaljustice/files/.


This month's file is a rare live performance by Cincinnati's
Over The Rhine of "Lucy and the Reverend". The soundboard
recording came from a November 2002 show in Ann Arbor, Michigan You
can find more great OTR downloads at their website,
www.overtherhine.com.



MUSICAL JUSTICE TRIVIA
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1. This former member of the Georgia Satellites went on to produce
Ben Folds Five, Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots, Bruce
Springsteen, and Neil Young. Name him.
2. After attending the University of Georgia, this artist recorded
two commercial failures, Inside (which featured an appearance by
Aimee Mann) and Earth before striking gold with his third release, a
masterpiece of melodic pop rock. Who am I talkin' about?
3. This singer/songwriter had a modest hit, "Voices Carry",
with the band Til Tuesday before embarking on a solo career. Name
her.
4. Over the course of his 15 year musical career, this
producer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist has worked with Rhett
Miller, Fiona Apple, Rufus Wainwright, Badly Drawn Boy, Melissa
Etheridge, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Grant Lee Buffalo, John Hiatt, Aimee
Mann, Tom Petty, Lisa Marie Presley and Elliott Smith. Who is this
guy?
5. Since 1974, this critically acclaimed Hoosier songwriter has
penned Top 40 hits for Three Dog Night and the Jeff Healey Band, but
he has never had a hit of his own. Who is he?

Answers to these trivia questions can be found on the main station
web page located at http://www.live365.com/stations/39801



STUFF YOU PROBABLY WON'T HEAR ANYWHERE ELSE
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Some cool rare stuff this month. A Musical Justice listener sent me
a CD by a local Sleepy Hollow, New York band called Gandalf Murphy
and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams. As he told me, they classify
their music as "punk-classical-hillbilly-Floyd". It's
pretty good stuff and I'm especially fond of a track called "Never
Fit", so you'll be hearing that one. Next, Uncut Magazine put out
two CDs of Bruce Springsteen covers including exclusive tracks from
Dan Bern, Ed Harcourt, Jesse Malin, Billy Bragg and Badly Drawn Boy.
And finally, there's a great new Waylon Jennings tribute CD,
Lonesome, On'ry and Mean, featuring Alejandro Escovedo, Robert Earl
Keen, Radney Foster, Norah Jones and others. When you hear Norah's
cover of Waylon's "Wurlitzer Prize", it'll remove any doubts you
might have about whether she's a one-hit wonder.


COMING SOON/UPCOMING RELEASES
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May 6th
Beneath This Gruff Exterior – John Hiatt and the Goners
Electric Version – New Pornographers
Marigold – Marty Lloyd
The Old Kit Bag – Richard Thompson (features a limited edition
bonus disk)

May 13th
Who the Hell is John Eddie? – John Eddie
Near Truths and Hotel Rooms – Todd Snider
It'll Come To You: The Songs of John Hiatt – Various

May 20th
Uncivilized Love – Gus Black
From Every Sphere – Ed Harcourt
The Secret Sun – Jesse Harris
Yours, Mine and Ours – Pernice Brothers
The Thorns – The Thorns



CURRENT PLAYLIST (* = new additions)
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Have You Fed The Fish – Badly Drawn Boy
*Fleeting Days - Dan Bern
*Uncivilized Love - Gus Black
*Fitchberg Street - Doyle Bramhall
The Hell You Say – Cory Brannon
Ends of the Earth – Peter Bruntnell
Impasse – Richard Buckner
*I'm Staying Out - Caitlin Cary
You Are Free – Cat Power
*Transient - The Coming Grass
Hard Candy – Counting Crows
*6Twenty – The D4
*Spend the Night - The Donnas
Jerusalem – Steve Earle
Break Your Mother's Heart – Tim Easton
Failer – Kathleen Edwards
Feel – Feel
Cow Fish Fowl or Pig – The Gourds
*A Little Like You - Grand Drive
A New Day at Midnight – David Gray
Dual Mono – The Greenhornes
All Right Here – Sara Groves
*We Built A Fire - Donal Hinely
Volume 4 – The Joe Jackson Band
Rainy Day Music – The Jayhawks
The Future That Was – Josh Joplin Group
*Where Shall You Take Me? - Damien Jurado
Home Away – Will Kimbrough
Sha Sha – Ben Kweller
*Red = Luck - Patty Larkin
*Up The Bracket – The Libertines
The Strangest Things – Longwave
Tennessee – Lucero
*Marigold - Marty Lloyd
The Fine Art of Self-Destruction – Jesse Malin
Midnight & Lonesome – Buddy Miller
The Instigator – Rhett Miller
Down With Wilco – The Minus 5
Stars & Guitars – Willie Nelson & Friends
How Sweet It Is – Joan Osborne
*Willy Porter - Willy Porter
Whip It On (EP) – The Raveonettes
Rise – Kim Richey
Golden Age of Radio – Josh Ritter
36 Hours (EP) – Deena Rubinson
Hopeless to Hopeful – Matthew Ryan
Do You Know Me? – Eve Selis
*All Right Here - Sam Shaber
Freedom's Child – Billy Joe Shaver
*Slippage - Slobberbone
There By Now – Soulscript
The Rising – Bruce Springsteen
*Ringo Rama - Ringo Starr
Waking Hour – Vienna Teng
When We Were Small – Rosie Thomas
The Old Kit Bag (UK Import) – Richard Thompson
*The Thorns – The Thorns
*Up All Night - The Waifs
Red Letter Days – The Wallflowers
Illumination – Paul Weller
*Holy Road: Freedom Songs - Lizzie West
Elephant – White Stripes
Sleepless – Peter Wolf
Day I Forgot – Pete Yorn
Memory Girls – Warren Zanes



LISTENER FEEDBACK
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If you've got suggestions, trivia questions, comments, likes,
dislikes about Musical Justice, we'd love to hear them. Please e-mail
them to us at musicaljustice4u@....


Have a great spring!
Jeff