Playlist for WEVL's Through The Cracks, Wednesday 12/31/2025: Year In Review

Jason Isbell - Bury Me - Foxes In The Snow

Larkin Poe - Easy Love, Pt. 2 - Bloom
Chatham Rabbits - Gas Money - Be Real With Me
Gary Louris - Two Birds - Dark Country

Deb Talan - Summerwill - I Thought I Saw You
Paul Thorn - Life Is Just A Vapor - Life Is Just A Vapor
Michael Cusack - Shirley - Michael Cusack - EP

Valerie June - Love Me Any Old Way - Owls, Omens And Oracles
Mike Farris - Slow Train - The Sound Of Muscle Shoals

Southern Avenue - Rum Boogie - Family
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' - Room On The Porch (w/ Ruby Amanfu) - Room On The Porch
North Mississippi AllStars - Stay All Night (w/ Robert Kimbrough, Joey Williams) - Still Shakin'

I'm With Her - Ancient Light - Wild And Clear And Blue
Lucius - Mad Love - Lucius

James McMurtry - Back To Coeur d'Alene - The Black Dog And The Wandering Boy
Kelsey Waldon - Falling Down - Every Ghost
Jay Farrar & Shannon McNally - Don't Ya Take It Too Bad - Don't Ya Take It Too Bad

Anne McCue & The Cubists - Fly Or Fall - Wholly Roller Coaster
The Wood Brothers - Pray God Listens - Puff Of Smoke
Ron Sexsmith - Cigarette And Cocktail - Hangover Terrace

Jonell Mosser - Touch The Hem Of His Garment - Immaculate Contraption
Hayes Carll - We're Only Human - We're Only Human

Margaret Glaspy - The Book Of Love (w/ Madison Cunningham) - The Golden Heart Protector
Josh Ritter - Thunderbird - I Believe In You, My Honeydew
Lera Lynn - Comic Book Cowboy - Comic Book Cowboy

Todd Snider - The Human Condition - High, Lonesome And Then Some
Luther Dickinson w/ Datrian Johnson & New Memphis Colorways - Mystery Train - Dead Blues Vol. 1
Mavis Staples - Satisfied Mind - Sad And Beautiful World

instrumental interlude: Arthur Rubinstein - Chopin: Waltz, Op. 70, No. 3: in D-Flat Major

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Playlist for WEVL's Through The Cracks, Saturday 12/27/2025: Joe Ely Tribute

The Flatlanders - Settin' The Woods On Fire - Live '72

Joe Ely - I Had My Hopes Up High - Joe Ely
Joe Ely - Because Of The Wind - Honky Tonk Masquerade
Joe Ely - Standin' At A Big Hotel - Down On The Drag

Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Honky Tonk Masquerade - Fair & Square
Joe Ely - Fingernails - Live Shots
Joe Ely - Dallas - Musta Notta Gotta Lotta 

Joe Ely - Cool Rockin' Loretta - B4 84
Joe Ely - Me And Billy The Kid - Lord Of The Highway

Joe Ely - Musta Notta Gotta Lotta - Live Chicago 1987
Joe Ely - My Eyes Got Lucky - Dig All Night
Joe Ely - Are You Listenin' Lucky? - Live At Liberty Lunch

Guy Clark - Indian Cowboy - Old Friends
Joe Ely - She Collected - Love And Danger
Joe Ely - Nacho Mama - Twistin' In The Wind

Joe Ely & Bruce Springsteen - All Just To Get To You - Letter From Laredo
Joe Ely - The Road Goes On Forever - Live @ Antone's
The Flatlanders - Right Where I Belong - Now Again

Joe Ely - 95 South - Streets Of Sin
The Flatlanders - Back To My Old Molehill - Wheels Of Fortune
Joe Ely - Hard Luck Saint - Happy Songs From Rattlesnake Gulch

Kelly Willis - Settle For Love - Bang Bang
Joe Ely - Drivin' 'Cross Russia - Silver City

Joe Ely & Todd Snider - Oh Boy! - Not Fade Away: Remembering Buddy Holly
Joe Ely - Live Forever - Satisfied At Last

Joe Ely - Here's To The Weary - Panhandle Rambler
Joe Ely - A Man And His Dog - Love In The Midst Of Mayhem
Joe Ely - Early Morning Rain - single

Joe Ely - I'll Be Your Fool - Honky Tonk Masquerade

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Playlist for WEVL's Through The Cracks, Wednesday 12/24/2025 Christmas Special Pt. 2

Todd Snider - Go Tell It On The Mountain - The Sounds Of Starry Nights

Willie Nelson - If We Make It Through December - Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle
The Gougers - Just Because It's Christmas - single
Joe Ely - Winterlude - To: Kate - A Benefit For Kate's Sake

Steve Selvidge - Last Month Of The Year - single
Maria Muldaur - What Would Santa Claus Say - Christmas At The Oasis
Taj Mahal & Maria Muldaur - Baby, It's Cold Outside - Savoy

Paul Simon - Getting Ready For Christmas Day - So Beautiful Or So What
The Chieftains with Elvis Costello - St. Stephen's Day Murders - The Bells Of Dublin

Rosanne Cash - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Acoustic Christmas
Pierce Pettis - Miriam - Snow Angels
John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) - single

Joni Mitchell - River - Blue
Leon Russell - Slipping Into Christmas - single
Madeleine Peyroux - Ha Ha Holiday - single

Mark Erelli - Not Quite Christmas - single
Steve Goodman - Winter Wonderland - Artistic Hair
Loudon Wainwright - Christmas Morning - Social Studies

Anais Mitchell - Song Of The Magi - The Brightness
Rufus & Martha Wainwright - Some Children See Him - The McGarrigle Christmas Hour
Marlee Macleod - No Vacancy - Vertigo

Dwight Yoakam - Santa Claus Is Back In Town - Gift Wrapped!
Greg Hisky & His Dixie Whiskey Boys - Merry Christmas Baby - single

Lori McKenna - North Pole - Christmas Is Right Here
Alex Chilton - The Christmas Song - Cliches
Delta Joe Sanders - Holiday Song - Like Pearls On A String

Serena Ryder - Christmas Kisses - single
Loveland Duren - Burnin' Mistletoe Holiday - single

Garrison Starr - Christmas This Year - Somethin' To Hold You Over
Tim O'Brien - Don't Be Surprised - When No One's Around

instrumental interlude: Paul "Snowflake" Taylor - Winter Wonderland

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Playlist for WEVL's Through The Cracks, Saturday 12/20/2025 Christmas Special Pt. 1

Wintery Songs In Eleventy Part Harmony feat. Valerie Thompson & Rose Cousins - The Holly And The Ivy/ Life Is Good Jig - Hark

The  Central Standards - Let Us Be Still - Lost Nog
Indigo Girls - Your Holiday Song - Holly Happy Days
Milk Carton Kids - The First Noel - Christmas In A Minor Key

The Restless Townies - Christmas Memory (What Did I Do Wrong) - Lost Nog
Susan Marshall - Jingle Bells - Decorations Of Red
Wyly Bigger - Ol' Jack Frost - single

Emmylou Harris - Christmas Time's A Comin' - Light Of The Stable
Joan Osborne - Christmas Must Be Tonight - Christmas Means Love

Nick Lowe - Silent Night - Quality Time: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
Martin Sexton - Blue Christmas - Camp Holiday
The Roches - Sleigh Ride - We Three Kings

Over The Rhine - Snow Angel - Snow Angels
Bruck Cockburn - I Saw Three Ships - Christmas
Shawn Colvin - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Acoustic Christmas

Bob Dylan - Must Be Santa - Christmas In The Heart
Shelby Lynne - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer - Merry Christmas

Kelly Willis & Bruce Robison - Baby It's Cold Outside - Happy Holidays
Rodney Crowell - Christmas Everywhere (w/ Lera Lynn) - Christmas Everywhere
Dan Hicks And The Hot Licks - Under The Mistletoe - Crazy For Christmas

Aimee Mann - Calling On Mary - One More Drifter In The Snow
Jimmy Stephens, Jr. - I Wish It Was Christmas - I Wish It Was Christmas - EP
Amanda Shires - Wish For You - For Christmas

Robert Earl Keen - Merry Christmas From The Family - single
Five Chinese Brothers - Christmas On Interstate 80 - A Window Shoppers' Christmas

Memphis Ukulele Band - Mele Kalikimaka - Holidays Ain't The Same
Asleep At The Wheel - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Merry Texas Christmas Ya'll
Lynn Miles - Santa Claus Parade (w/ Rebecca Campbell) - Winter

Catie Curtis - Some Children See Him (w/ Elana Arian & Ingrid Graudins) - A Catie Curtis Christmas
Sugar & The Hi Lows - Home For The Holiday - Snow Angel - EP
Ranch Romance - Santa Bring My Baby Back - Sugar Plums

instrumental interlude: Booker T. & The MGs - The Chistmas Song

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Playlist for WEVL's Through The Cracks, Wednesday 12/17/2025

Joe Ely - Treat Me Like A Saturday Night - Joe Ely

I'm With Her - Find My Way To You - Songs From The Stage: Kansas City MO, June 2025
Chris Hillman - When I Get A Little Money - Bidin' My Time
Bob Schneider - Highway To Hell - The Texas Bluegrass Massacre

Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter - The Dreaming Dead - Oh, My Girl
Keith Sykes - Jon Scott - single
Deering & Down - Sugar - Break This Record

Todd Snider - High, Lonesome And Then Some - High, Lonesome And Then Some
Frazey Ford - The Kids Are Having None Of It - U Kin B The Sun

The Restless Townies - Christmas Memory (What Did I Do Wrong) - Lost Nog
Deb Talan - Just Another Unicorn - I  Thought I Saw You
Frank McLallen - The Hillside - Extra Eyes

Joe Ely - Down On The Drag - Down On The Drag
Joe Ely - Johnny's Blues - Live Shots

John Hartford - In Tall Buildings - Nobody Knows What You Do
Tom Russell - Landed On Your Feet Again - Mount Olive
Audra Mae - The Happiest Lamb - The Happiest Lamb

The Central Standards - Let Us Be Still - Lost Nog
Tennessee Boltsmokers - Heart Of Stone - Live On TTC 3.22.2003
Valerie June - Rollin' And Tumblin' - single

Aaron Neville - Stompin' Ground - Apache
Marcella Simien - Where You Are - Vishuddha: Live In The Green Room

Todd Snider - Horseshoe Lake - Step Right Up
Tommy Womack - Underneath The Water Tower Again - Live A Little
Amy Rigby - The Trouble With Jeannie - Little Fugitive

Amy Speace - God Came To Me - The Blue Rock Session
Scott Miller & The Commonwealth - Dear Sarah - Reconstruction
Rodney Crowell - Heaven Can You Help (w/ Charlie Starr) - Airline Highway

instrumental interlude: Peyo Torres Y Sus Diablos Del Ritmo - La Veterana

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Playlist for WEVL's Through The Cracks, Saturday 12/13/2025

Richard Shindell - The Courier - Sparrows Point

Rufus Wainwright - Zuhälterballade (w/ Viola Odetta Harlow) - I'm A Stranger Here Myself (Wainwright Does Weill)
Nina Simone - I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl - ...Sings The Blues
Steve Selvidge - Last Month Of The Year - single

Drew & Ellie Holcomb - You Drive Me Crazy - Memory Bank
Tommy Womack - A Little Help Here - Live A Little
Shelby Lynne - Life Is Bad - I Am Shelby Lynne

Todd Snider - It's Hard To Be Happy (Y Is For Redneck) - High, Lonesome And Then Some
Tracy Chapman - 3000 Miles - Where You Live

Keith Sykes - Jon Scott - single
Van Duren - Bear With Me All The Way - Idiot Optimism
Maria Sharp - A Fool In Love (w/ Fancy Hagood & Emily West) - Tomboy

Lyle Lovett - Up In Indiana - It's Not Big It's Large
Luther Dickinson w/ Datrian Johnson & Rayfield "Ray Ray" Holloman - King Bee - Dead Blues Vol. 1

Laura Nyro - In The Country Way - New York Tendaberry
Valerie June - Runnin' And Searchin' - Rollin' And Tumblin' (single)
Alex McMurray - Crazy World - The Recent Future

Amy Speace - Kindness - The Blue Rock Session
Fairport Convention - Autopsy - Unhalfbricking
Bob Schneider - Happy Endings - The Texas Bluegrass Massacre

Iris Dement - If That Ain't Love - Sing The Delta
John Gorka - Give Us Back Our Water (w/ Eliza Gilkyson) - unentitled

Todd Snider - Somebody's Coming - Songs For The Daily Planet
Mavis Staples - We Got To Have Peace - Sad And Beautiful World
Kasey Chambers - Too Late To Save Me - Bittersweet

Tom Russell - Kindred Spirits (The Choctaw Song) - Mount Olive
Lucy Kaplansky - Raleigh & Spencer (w/ The Wafaring Strangers) - The Lucy Story: Unrealeased And Rare Recordings
Robert Plant - Higher Rock (w/ Suzi Dian) - Saving Grace

instrumental interlude: John Renbourne - Forty-Eight

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Playlist for WEVL's Through The Cracks, Wednesday 12/10/2025

Carly Ritter - Mama - Carly Ritter

Tommy Womack - Ten Feet Tall - Live A Little
David Olney - Mister Stay At Home - When The Deal Goes Down
Valerie June - Maybellene - single

Andy Ratliff - Run Through The Bottom - Andy Ratliff
Bob Schneider - Trouble Down The Line - The Texas Bluegrass Massacre
Sara Jean Kelly - Last One To Know - The Wild - EP

Todd Snider - While We Still Have A Chance - High, Lonesome And Then Some
Rob Jungklas - Glory - December

Amy Speace - The Mother - The Blue Rock Session
Peter Mulvey - The Ocean - Ten Thousand Mornings
Tom Russell - Where The Cows Turn Their Backs To The Wind - Mount Olive

Aimee Mann - I've Had It - Whatever
Chrissie Hynde - Me And Mrs. Jones (w/ k.d. lang) - Duets Special

Blue Mountain - That Nasty Swing - Roots
Wyly Bigger - Ol' Jack Frost - single
Eden Brent - Someone To Love - Ain't Got No Troubles

Steve Selvidge - Last Month Of The Year - single
Toy Trucks - Captain Remo - Rockets, Bells And Poetry
Marcella Simien - Time Is Wild - Vishuddha: Live In The Green Room

Diana Krall - Glad Rag Doll - Glad Rag Doll
Paul Kelly - The Body Keeps The Score - Seventy

Hard Working Americans - Purple Mountain Jamboree - Rest In Chaos
Mavis Staples - Sad And Beautiful World - Sad And Beautiful World
Pieta Brown - No Words Now - Mercury

Willie Nelson - If We Make It Through December - Workin' Man: Willie Sings Merle
Hem - Last Call - Departure And Farewell
Dar Williams - Hummingbird Highway - Hummingbird Highway

instrumental interlude: Fleetwood Mac - Albatross

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