2007 Host & Staff Picks

WYEP After hours: Friday Static with Joey Spehar

1. Tim Armstrong A Poet’s Life
2. Gogol Bordello Super Taranta!
3. Lucid Music How Can We Lose When We’re So Sincere?
4. Manchester Orchestra I’m Like A Virgin Losing A Child
5. Heavy Trash Going Way Out With Heavy Trash
   

Saturday Sunrise with Steve Morse

1. Feist The Reminder
2. Josh Ritter The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter
3. The Shins Wincing the Night Away
4. Fionn Regan The End of History
5. Richard Shindell South of Delia

The Saturday Mix with Dinah Denmark

1. Kaiser Chiefs Yours Truly, Angry Mob
2. moe. The Conch
3. The Shins Wincing The Night Away
4. Mavis Staples We’ll Never Turn Back
5. Amy Winehouse Back to Black

The Blues and Rhythm show with Bumblebee Slim

1. Koko Taylor Old School
2. Rod Piazza & Mighty Flyers Quartet Thrillville
3. Debbie Davies Blues Blast
4. Sugar Ray & Bluetones My Life, My Friends, My Music
5. Bobby Rush Raw

Dubmission with Kerem Gokman

1. 4hero Play With The Changes
2. DJ Vadim The Soundcatcher
3. Jimi Tenor & Kabu Kabu Joystone
4. The Landau Orchestra Janus Plays Telephone
5. Lanu This Is My Home

An American Sampler with Ken Batista

1. Tom Russell Wounded Heart of America
2. Nerissa & Katryna Nields Sister Holler
3. Martin Simpson Prodigal Son
4. Jimmy LaFave Cimarron Manifesto
5. Uncle Earl Waterloo, Tennessee

The Roots and Rhythm Mix with Kate Borger

1. Los Straitjackets with Big Sandy Rock en Español
2. Billy Burnette and Shawn Camp Bluegrass Elvises
3. The Derailers Under the Influence of Buck
4. Marie Knight Let Us Get Together
5. The Holmes Brothers State of Grace

The Evening Mix: Monday with Brian Czarniecki

1. Amy Winehouse Back to Black
2. Arcade Fire Neon Bible
3. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals This is Somewhere
4. Midlake The Trials of Van Occupanther
5. Lucinda Williams West

The Bluegrass Jam Session with Bruce Mountjoy and Traditional Ties with John Trout

1. J. D. Crowe and the New South Lefty’s Old Guitar
2. Grass Cats Home To Carolina
3. Carrie Hassler and Hard Rain s/t
4. The Infamous Stringdusters Fork In The Road
5. Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver More Behind The Picture Than The Wall
6. Newfound Road Life In A Song
7. Alicia Nugent A Little Girl..A Big Four Lane
8. Steep Canyon Rangers Lovin’ Pretty Women
9. Special Consensus The Trail Of Aching Hearts
10. Larry Stephenson True Stories

WYEP After Hours: Guy Overnight with Frank Cindrich

1. Paul McCartney Memory Amost Full
2. Björk Volta
3. The Frames The Cost
4. LCD Soundsystem The Sound of Silver
5. Michael Brunnock So I Do

The Evening Mix: Wednesday with Tania

1. Ruthie Foster The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster
2. Paul McCartney Memory Almost Full
3. Slaid Cleaves Unsung
4. The Stone Coyotes Dreams of Glory
5. Loudon Wainwright III Strange Weirdos

The Evening Mix: Friday with Chris Fletcher

1. Future Clouds and Radar s/t
2. Peter Case Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John
3. Jarvis Cocker Jarvis
4. Mitch Easter Dynamico
5. John Doe A Year In The Wilderness

WYEP After Hours: The Helping Friendly Show with Steve Pusateri

1. A Band of Bees Octopus
2. Feist The Reminder
3. Soulive No Place Like Soul
4. John Butler Trio Grand National
5. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals This is Somewhere

WYEP After Hours: Monday with Dave Hutchinson

1. Pterodactyl Pterodactyl
2. Panda Bear Person Pitch
3. The Shins Wincing the Night Away
4. Georgie James Places
5. Feist The Reminder

WYEP After Hours: Thursday with Nicole Rohm

1. The National Boxer
2. Beck The Information
3. The Good, The Bad, and The Queen s/t
4. The White Stripes Icky Thump
5. Amy Winehouse Back To Black

Rosemary Welsch, Afternoon Host & Senior Producer

1. Mavis Staples – We’ll Never Turn Back
   Legendary soul singer Mavis Staples teams up with prolific guitarist/producer Ry Cooder for 12 songs that epitomize the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement.
2. Linda Thompson – Versatile Heart
   The British folk diva is joined by family and friends for a celebration of the fragile but ever resilient heart.
3. Alison Krauss/Robert Plant – Raising Sand
   The King of Classic British Rock and Queen of American Bluegrass is a match made in heaven as they collaborate on songs that range from blues to folk to rock.
4. Iron & Wine – The Shepherd’s Dog
   Sam Beam expands his sound by adding a variety of new sounds that encompass ska, psychedelic rock and world without sacrificing his introspective vision and quiet intensity.
5. Joe Henry – Civilians
   Joe Henry is a classy songwriter who captures the essence of time and place with this portrait driven group of songs.
6. Feist – The Reminder
   On her third release the Canadian songwriter finds her own voice and produces a record of sweet, languid pop-perfection.
7. Loudon Wainwright III – Strange Weirdos
   Satire and sarcasm are tempered by nostalgia and wit on another great record from an under-appreciated master of songwriting.
8. Andrew Bird – Armchair Apocrypha
   Bird continues to validate the concept of a one-man band by playing a multitude of instruments and accompanying his singing and playing with superb whistling interludes.
9. Sharon Jones & Dap Kings – 100 Days, 100 Nights
   It’s 1970 again! - or so You’ll think when you hear what this veteran of soul music has done with her team of young hot-shot musicians and songwriters.
10. John Doe – A Year In the Wilderness
    This is Doe’s best solo work yet and that’s saying a lot being that Doe has created some of most intelligent, searing rock and punk of the past 30 years!

Stephan Bontrager, Director of Education & Outreach

1. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
   What more can one write about Amy Winehouse? In one short year, she's managed to capture our collective praise, concern, and scorn, haphazardly stumbling her way through the minefields of personal relationships, drug abuse and the unexpected fame. Despite all the tabloid coverage and fretful self-destructive behavior, though, no one makes music as unabashedly romantic (and tragic) as Winehouse. While 2007 brought us many good albums, Back to Black is the only one that will sound timeless--and sadly relatable--twenty years from now.
2. Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob
3. The National - Boxer
4. Rilo Kiley - Under the Blacklight
5. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
6. Iron & Wine- The Shepherd's Dog
7. Laura Veirs - Saltbreakers
8. Rufus Wainwright - Release the Stars
9. M.I.A. - Kala
10. Vega4 - You & Others

Melissa Franko, Marketing Director

• Top 10 (shh...11) CDs In No Order
  
  The Kooks Inside In/Inside Out
  Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raising Sand
  Brandi Carlile The Story
  Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings 100 Days, 100 Nights
  Sarah Borges & The Broken Singles Diamonds in the Dark
  Dan Wilson Free Life
  Jesse Malin Glitter In The Gutter
  Fiction Plane Left Side of the Brain
  Chris Trapper Hey You
  Scott Blasey Travelin' On
  Ike Reilly Assassination We Belong To The Staggering Evening
  
  
• Top 10 (shh...11) Concerts In No Order
  
  Old 97's (Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland/July)
  Rodrigo y Gabriela (Central Park SummerStage, NYC/July)
  Ryan Adams (Carnegie Music Hall Oakland, Pittsburgh/October)
  The Hold Steady (The Rex, Pittsburgh/March)
  WXXP Reunion Show (The Rex, Pittsburgh/October)
  Minibar/Aqualung/Pete Yorn (House of Blues, Cleveland/March)
  Peter Bjorn & John (Mr. Smalls, Pittsburgh/December)
  Damien Rice (Playwright's Theater, Cleveland/September)
  Piers Faccini/Ben Harper (Benedum Center, Pittsburgh/September)
  Ozomatli (Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh/June)
  The Police (Hershey Park, PA/July)

Cindy Howes, Morning Mix Host

1. Loney, Dear - "Loney, Noir"
2. Tegan and Sara - "The Con"
3. A Band of Bees - "Octopus"
4. Anais Mitchell - "The Brightness"
5. Ben Hardt and His Symphony - "Ben Hardt and His Symphony"
6. Tom Brosseau - "Grand Forks"
7. Band of Horses - "Cease to Begin"
8. Feist - "The Reminder"
9. Paolo Nutini - "These Streets"
10. Beirut - "The Flying Club Cup"

Mary Jo, Director of Interactive & Print Media

1. Beirut Lon Gisland EP & Flying Cup Club
2. New Pornographers Challengers
3. Marissa Nadler Songs III Bird on Water
4. Jens Lekman Night Falls Over Kortedala
5. Bowerbirds Hymn for a Dark Horse
6. Shannon Wright Let in Light
7. Iron & Wine Shepherd's Dog
8. Sea & Cake Everybody
9. Wax Fang Black and Endless Night
10. The Mekons Natural

Kyle Smith, Director of Programming

1. Travis 'The Boy With No Name'
2. Wilco 'Sky Blue Sky'
3. Spoon 'Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga'
4. Dan Wilson 'Free Life'
5. John Doe 'A Year In the Wilderness'
6. John Fogerty 'Revival'
7. Joe Henry 'Civilians'
8. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings '100 Days 100 Nights'
9. Josh Ritter 'The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter'
10. Amy Winehouse 'Back To Black'

Teresa, Membership & Administrative Assistant

1. Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles Diamonds in the Dark
2. Kelly Clarkson My December
3. Rilo Kiley Under the Blacklight
4. Brandi Carlile The Story
5. Feist The Reminder
6. Lily Allen Alright Still
7. Amy Winehouse Back in Black
8. New Pornographers Challengers
9. Foo Fighters Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace
10. Robert Pland and Alison Krauss Raising Sand

Kathleen Radock, Membership Director

1. PJ Harvey-White Chalk
2. Lily Allen-Alright Still
3. Tegan & Sara-The Con
4. Kim Richey-Chinese Boxes
5. Patty Griffin-Children Running Through
6. Tori Amos-American Doll Posse
7. Feist-The Reminder
8. Rilo Kiley-Under the Blacklight
9. Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles-Diamonds in the Dark
10. Brandi Carlile-The Story

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