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Album of the Week (full episodes) - Josh Rutner

Join Josh each week as he digs deep into another album he loves (and thinks you might enjoy as well).

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Episode 34: Red Headed Stranger (Willie Nelson, 1975)

Episode 34: Red Headed Stranger (Willie Nelson, 1975)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter “I guess I was trying to figure out how a man could do something as cr... Read more

24 Aug 2016

7mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 12: Takin' My Time (Bonnie Raitt, 1973)

Episode 12: Takin' My Time (Bonnie Raitt, 1973)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter It's true, Bonnie Raitt has written and recorded her own songs, but he... Read more

11 Aug 2016

3mins

Ranked #3

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Episode 39: Plexure (John Oswald, 1993)

Episode 39: Plexure (John Oswald, 1993)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter There's a great video of Dolly Parton performing her song "Do I Ever C... Read more

5 Oct 2016

8mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 8: There's No Place Like America Today (Curtis Mayfield, 1975)

Episode 8: There's No Place Like America Today (Curtis Mayfield, 1975)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter Curtis Mayfield's 1975 album, There’s No Place Like America Today, ope... Read more

3 Aug 2016

3mins

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Episode 4: Sail Away (Randy Newman, 1972)

Episode 4: Sail Away (Randy Newman, 1972)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter In the early 1970s, James Taylor introduced his song “Steamroller Blue... Read more

28 Jul 2016

10mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 32: Odessey and Oracle (The Zombies, 1968)

Episode 32: Odessey and Oracle (The Zombies, 1968)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter Abbey Road Studios—the summer of 1967. The Beatles had, just about a m... Read more

18 Aug 2016

5mins

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Episode 7: Bright Sunny South (Sam Amidon, 2013)

Episode 7: Bright Sunny South (Sam Amidon, 2013)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter There’s something about the directness of Irish folk songs that appeal... Read more

3 Aug 2016

3mins

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Episode 9: Love is Overtaking Me (Arthur Russell, 2008)

Episode 9: Love is Overtaking Me (Arthur Russell, 2008)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter In May of this year, The New York Public Library for the Performing Ar... Read more

3 Aug 2016

6mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 37: Masterpiece (Big Thief, 2016)

Episode 37: Masterpiece (Big Thief, 2016)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter Years ago I saw an old episode of the 1983 BBC television series calle... Read more

22 Sep 2016

8mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 31: Frank Fairfield (Frank Fairfield, 2009)

Episode 31: Frank Fairfield (Frank Fairfield, 2009)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter It was June 2015, and Frank Fairfield was calling it quits. At long la... Read more

18 Aug 2016

6mins

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Episode 5: Emergency Ward! (Nina Simone, 1972)

Episode 5: Emergency Ward! (Nina Simone, 1972)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter It’s 1971 at the Fort Dix army base. The impassioned crowd has grown i... Read more

28 Jul 2016

5mins

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Episode 28: DADO v. The Universe (Shape King, 2016)

Episode 28: DADO v. The Universe (Shape King, 2016)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter After a brief and goofy introductory nose-trumpet fanfare, DADO v. The... Read more

18 Aug 2016

6mins

Ranked #13

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Episode 11 (a very special accidental reprise of Ep. 2!): Face Value (Phil Collins, 1981)

Episode 11 (a very special accidental reprise of Ep. 2!): Face Value (Phil Collins, 1981)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter Face Value, Phil Collins’ 1981 debut solo album, opens, improbably, wi... Read more

11 Aug 2016

5mins

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Episode 30: Olesi: Fragments of an Earth (Georgia Anne Muldrow, 2006)

Episode 30: Olesi: Fragments of an Earth (Georgia Anne Muldrow, 2006)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter In a 2013 lecture–interview for Red Bull Music Academy, Roots drummer ... Read more

18 Aug 2016

6mins

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Episode 14: Career Moves (Loudon Wainwright III, 1993)

Episode 14: Career Moves (Loudon Wainwright III, 1993)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter “My songs are written to be performed, mostly,” explains Loudon Wainwr... Read more

11 Aug 2016

6mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 6: At Newport (Reverend Gary Davis, 1967)

Episode 6: At Newport (Reverend Gary Davis, 1967)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter The 1965 Newport Folk Festival was the site of Bob Dylan’s fabled perf... Read more

3 Aug 2016

3mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 3: Apple O' (Deerhoof, 2003)

Episode 3: Apple O' (Deerhoof, 2003)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter Viewed casually, the musical and lyrical content of Deerhoof’s 2003 re... Read more

28 Jul 2016

6mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 13: The Way Out (The Books, 2010)

Episode 13: The Way Out (The Books, 2010)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter Where we perceive a chain of events, Walter Benjamin’s Angel of Histor... Read more

11 Aug 2016

4mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 29: New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live! (James Booker, 1987)

Episode 29: New Orleans Piano Wizard: Live! (James Booker, 1987)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter In the 2013 documentary Bayou Maharajah: The Tragic Genius of James Bo... Read more

18 Aug 2016

6mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 36: ¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May (Mel Tormé, 1959)

Episode 36: ¡Olé Tormé!: Mel Tormé Goes South of the Border with Billy May (Mel Tormé, 1959)

Subscribe via iTunes, PlayerFM, Facebook, Twitter “Have you ever been embarrassed / when you’re in a smart café / when t... Read more

15 Sep 2016

8mins

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