Playlist (and LISTEN): The Boudin Barndance – 08/28/2025
The Boudin Barndance: 08/28/2025
Dan Ferguson
WRIU-FM, 90.3 Kingston, RI
Thursdays 6-9 pm
On the web at: www.wriu.org
Boudin Barndance playlists and album reviews now archived at
https://wriu.org/features/playlists/boudinbarndance/
SHOW ARCHIVES AT: https://archive.wriu.org/fm-public/4-Thursday/1800/
Stuff:
WATCH the BOUDIN BARNDANCE profile that aired on 01/20/21 on R.I. Public TV
right here: https://watch.ripbs.org/video/barndance-ffdxo9/
UPCOMING SPECIAL BOUDIN BARNDANCE SHOW INFO:
09/25/2025 – Alt Country A to Z: “W”, Part 2
Tonight’s Boudin Barndance radio show featured one final preview of this weekend’s Rhythm & Roots Festival (www.rhythmandroots.com) happening at Ninigret Park in Charlestown, RI beginning at 1 pm on Friday and continuing until late Sunday evening. It was in addition to an hour of new releases to begin the show followed by our weekly C&W segment and then a short mash-up of stuff. New albums and singles making the Barndance hit parade for the first time tonight came from West Texas Exiles, Margo Price, Michael Hurley, Carson McHone, Rodney Crowell, Folk Bitch Trio, Jackson & the Janks, Jubal Lee Young, Ryan Lee Crosby, and Little Feat. Hopefully you got to listen, but if not check the “LISTEN HERE” link above. Buttshaker of the week???? Randy & the Rockets with “Let’s Do the Cajun Twist.” Now let’s all grab a cold one or three, and get to the goods….
Buck Owens, et al – Buckaroo / Box Set / Rhino (intro)
West Texas Exiles – Division / 8000 Days (Floating Mesa, 2025)
Margo Price – Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down / Hard Headed Woman (Loma Vista, 2025)
Michael Hurley – Junebug / Broken Homes & Gardens (No Quarter, 2025)
Carson McHone – Idiom / Pentimento (Merge, 2025)
Kassi Valazza – Weight of the Wheel / From Newman Street (Fluff & Gravy, 2025)
Rodney Crowell – The Twenty One Song Salute / Airline Highway (New West, 2025)
Otis Gibbs – Holy River Blues / The Trust of Crows (2025)
Folk Bitch Trio – God’s a Different Sword / Now Would Be a Good Time (Secretly Canadian, 2025)
Case Oats – Kentucky Cave / Last Missouri Exit (Merge, 2025)
Kathleen Edwards – Need a Ride / Billionaire (Dualtone, 2025)
Greg Freeman – Gallic Shrug / Burnover (Canvasback, 2025)
Nap Eyes – Though I Wish I Could / Snapshot of a Beginner (Jagjaguwar)
Elroy Dietzel – Rockin’ Bones / Primitive Texas Rockabilly (Norton)
Jimmy C. Newman – Diggy Liggy Lo / Bop a Hula (Bear Family)
Randy & the Rockets – Let’s Do the Cajun Twist / Another Louisiana Saturday Night (Ace)
Kitty Wells – I Heard the Jukebox Playing / Hall of Fame (MCA)
Charlene Hancock – The Brush Off / 50 Years
Stanley Brothers – Gathering Flowers for the Master’s Bouquet / Clinch Mt Bluegrass (Vanguard)
Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder – Pig in a Pen / Ancient Tones (SFR)
Bobby Bare – Rodeo Queen / Sleep Wherever I Fall (RCA/BGO)
Dave Insley – Maricopa Mountain / Call Me Lonesome (DIR)
Mingo Saldivar – Andan Diciendo / I Love My Freedom, I Love My Texas (Rounder)
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Intermission backdrop:
Jeremy Wakefield – Steel Guitar Caviar (Ecco-Fonic)
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Jackson & the Jenks – Let’s Leave Here / Write It Down (Jalopy, 2025)
Jubal Lee Young – Lost in Hollywood / Squirrels (7 Bridges, 2025)
Waylon Jennings – Kissing You Goodbye / Right for the Time (Justice)
Jesse Daniel – One’s Too Many / Son of San Lorenzo (Lightning Rod/TT, 2025)
Jesse Dayton – Train of Dreams / Raisin’ Cain (Justice)
James McMurtry – Laredo / The Black Dog & The Wandering Boy (New West, 2025)
Jon Dee Graham – Astronaut / Only Dead for a Little While (Strolling Bones)
Ryan Lee Crosby – Tell Me / At the Blue Front (Crossnote, 2025)
………………..rhythm & roots fest mini preview…………………
Trampled by Turtles – Starting Over / Alpenglow (Banjodad/TT, 2025)
Molly Tuttle – Oasis / So Long Little Miss Sunshine (Nonesuch, 2025)
Asleep at the Wheel – Lonesome Pine Special / Ridin’ High in Texas (Bismeaux/TT, 2025)
Della Mae – The Way It Was Before / Family Reunion
Steve Earle – Harlem River Blues / JT (New West)
Wood Brothers – Witness / Puff of Smoke (Honey Jar/TT, 2025)
The Last Revel – Tall Grass / Gone for Good / Hassle House/TT, 2025)
JD Simo & Luther Dickinson – Come & Go With Me / Do the Rump
Little Feat – Too High to Cut My Hair / Strike Up the Band (2025)
Steve Riley & Mamou Playboys – King Zydeco / Bayou Rouler (Rounder)
Balfa Toujours – Hip et Taiau / Pop, Tu Me Parles Toujours (Swallow)
Burton & Mooney – Corn Pickin’ / Legends of Country Guitar / Rhino (outro)
Comments welcome.
Enjoy.
Boudin Dan