Playlist ( and LISTEN): The Boudin Barndance – 10/23/2025

The Boudin Barndance: 10/23/2025
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/

LISTEN HERE!

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:
11/07/2025 – Album You Need to Hear
11/21/2025 – Finale of Alt Country A to Z: “X, Y & Z”
11/28/2025 – Annual Doug Sahm Thanksgiving special

The latest installment of our Alt Country A to Z was the feature of this evening’s Boudin Barndance with our final focus on “W” artists and in particular, “Wi” to “Wz” artists. It took up the entire 2nd half of the program. As usual, we began with mostly new releases the first hour followed by our weekly C&W segment. We also featured a few cuts from Rodney Crowell who performs at the United Theatre in Westerly on Saturday evening with The Secret Sisters opening. New albums and singles making the Barndance hit parade for the first time tonight came from Mariel Buckley, Joelton Mayfield,and Emily Hines. Hopefully you got to listen, but if not check the “LISTEN HERE” link above. Buttshaker of the week???? Glen Glenn with “Hold Me Baby.” Now let’s all grab a cold one or three, and get to the goods….

Buck Owens, et al – Buckaroo / Box Set / Rhino (intro)

Mariel Buckley – Headroom / Strange Trip Ahead (2025)
Joelton Mayfield – The Shore / Crowd Pleaser (Bloodshot, 2025)
Jeff Tweedy – No One’s Moving / Twilight Override (dBpm, 2025)
The Autumn Defense – Underneath the Rollers / Here & Nowhere (Yep Roc, 2025)
Emily Hines – Cowgirl Suit / This Town (Keeled Scales, 2025)
Nancy Sinatra – This Town / Keep Walkin’ (LITA)

Rodney Crowell – No Place to Fall / The Chicago Sessions (New West)
Rodney Crowell – Sometime Thang / Airline Highway (New West, 2025)
The Secret Sisters – Bear With Me / Mind, Men, Medicine (New West)
Neko Case – Match-Lit / Neon Grey Midnight Green (Anti, 2025)
The Sadies – More Alone / Colder Streams (Yep Roc)
Kelly Hogan – Pass On By / I Like to Keep Myself in Pain (Anti)
Dex Romweber – Sally / Good Thing Goin’ (Propeller Sound)

Faron Young – I’m a Poor Boy / Sweethearts or Strangers (Capitol)
Merle Haggard – Street Singer / Anthology / Anthology (R&T)
Dwight Yoakam – Pocket of a Clown / This Time (Reprise)
Big Bopper – Big Bopper’s Wedding / Helloooo Baby (Rhino)
Andy Starr – Tell Me Why / Dig Them Squeaky Sneakers (Bear Family)
Johnny Carroll – Sexy Ways / Rock Baby Rock It (Bear Family)
Wanda Jackson – Riot in Cell Block #9 / Rockin’ in the Country (Rhino)
Helen Hall – Wasted Life / Gals of the Big D Jamboree (Dragon St)
Grandpa Jones – Don’t Look Back / Hall of Fame (MCA)
Mel Street – Let’s Put Out the Fire / His Greatest Hits (Hollywood)
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Intermission backdrop:
Jerry Byrd – Byrd’s Expedition (RWA)
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……………..Alt Country A to Z: “W”, Pt 3 …………..
Wilco – Passenger Side / AM (Reprise)
Lucinda Williams – Side of the Road / s/t (Chameleon)
Bob Woodruff – You Can’t Win / Dreams & Saturday Nights (Asylum)
Victoria Williams – Sunshine Country / Loose (Mammoth)
Kelly Willis – Up All Night / s/t (MCA)
Wylie & Wild West Show – All Hat No Cattle / s/t (Cross Three)

John Lincoln Wright & Sourmash Boys – Horizon Line / Honky Tonk Verite’
John Lincoln Wright & Sourmash Boys – That’s When I Start to Worry / Honky Tonk Verite’
Wooden Leg – To the Bone / s/t (ESD)
Wild Seeds – Long Gone Train / I’m Sorry I Can’t Rock You All Night Long (Aznut)
Webb Wilder & Nashvegans – Honky Tonk Hell / Town & Country (Watermelon)
Tommy Womack – Sweet Hitchhiker / Positively Na Na (Checkered Past)
Lucinda Williams – Something About What Happens…. / Sweet Old World (Chameleon/Elektra)

World Famous Bluejays – Mud Flap Boogie / Hellbent (Bloodshot)
Earle C Whitehead & Grievous Angels – Wine Women & Wrong / Angels & Inbreds (Bloodshot)
Lucinda Williams – Metal Firecracker / Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Mercury)
Wilco – Forget the Flowers / Being There (Reprise)
Kelly Willis – Take Me Down / What I Deserve (Rykodisc)
Wilco – Summerteeth / same (Reprise)

…………for tony fitzpatrick………….
Steve Earle – What’s a Simple Man to Do / Jerusalem (Artemis)
Burton & Mooney – Corn Pickin’ / Legends of Country Guitar / Rhino (outro)

Comments welcome.
Enjoy.
Boudin Dan